'Look out!' Caspian warns us. We fight the slave traders who'd just appeared even though we are greatly outnumbered. A scream from Eustace causes everyone to stop. A man who looks to be in charge is holding a knife to Eustace's throat. 'Unless you want to hear this one squeal like a girl again... I'd say you should... drop your weapons.'
'Like a girl?' Eustace tried to object.
'Now!' the trader calls out, 'Put it down.'
'Eustace', Peter states accusingly.
With no other choice, we drop our weapons.
'Put them in irons', the trader boss commands.
'Come on. Come here, you.' the traders say.
'Get your hands off me!' I snap.
'Let's take these two to market', referring to me and Eustace, 'Send those two to the dungeons.' referring to Peter and Caspian.
' Listen to me, you insolent fool! I am your king!' Caspian calls.
Peter attempts to break free but gets struck in the face. 'You're gonna pay for that.' he threatens.
'Actually...', a sudden voice states, 'someone else is going to pay... for all of you.' a man in much richer attire appears.
They start dragging us away and separating us.
'No! Peter! Peter!' I cry out.
'Alexa! No!'
Eustace and I sit in a row with other people who are to be brought to this slave market, when suddenly a carriage full of people rides by, in the direction of the docks.
'No! No! Helaine!' a man yells as he runs after the carriage.
'Mummy!' a girl also comes running.
'No! Helaine!' the man calls again, before he gets knocked to the ground by the guards on the carriage.
'Mummy! Please! Mummy!' the girl cries.
'Get back!' a guard commands.
'Mummy!'
'Stay with Daddy!' a woman on the carriage tells the girl.
'Don't worry! I'll find you!' the man is still laying on the ground as he calls this, the girl reaches her dad. I put my head in my hands and on her knees, not being able to look at the scene.
When I dare to look up I can see the people who'd been on the carriage being forced onto a boat and pushed into the open see.
The sky suddenly darkens as gray clouds form, casting a shadow onto the water, from the shadow a green mist emerges. Steaks of mist surround the boat, it completely swallows up the boat, making it disappear in open sea.
How is that possible.
'I bid 60.'
'I bid 80.'
'100 for the young lady.'
'120.'
'150.
'Any more bids?' the auctioneer calls, 'Sold!'
There is a plate saying 'sold' placed around my neck. I am lifted off the box and pushed to the side.
And now...', the auctioneer continues, 'for this... fine specimen... who'll kick off the bidding?'
No bits are made.
'Come on now...', he encourages, 'he may not look like much but he's strong.'
'Yeah, he's strong, all right', a man in the crowd calls, 'Smells like the rear end of a Minotaur!'
Eustace: That is an outrageous lie! I won the school hygiene award two years running.
'Come on, someone make a bid!'
'I'll take them off your hands', a cloaked figure with a familiar voice, walks forward, 'I'll take them all off your hands!' The captain with reep on his shoulder throws of his cape, the Crewmen follow. 'For Narnia! Narnia!'
'Guards! Guards!' the auctioneer calls.
A fight breaks loose, I can see someone being shoved of the wall, there I see Peter and Caspian standing on top of it, fighting while still in chains.
'Move yourselves!' Reep calls to the men.
Using his sword, reep is able to open my chains.
'Thanks, Reep. I knew you'd come.'
Reep bows, 'Your Highness.' then hits the hand of the slavers boss with his sword, 'Ha!'
I am able to smash a few slavers to the ground using an auction book. I see Caspian and Peter, unchained, jump from roof to roof, before ending on the ground.
'Peter!' I run to him, seems to have heard me and runs to me as well.
'Alexa! There you are! Are you okay?'
I nod before turning the attention back to the battle. It doesn't take long before we are able to retrieve our weapons.
The battle ends soon, the narnians won.
