Once, there were four children who stood at an underground train station. They had just returned from a land called Narnia but nobody around them was aware that they ever had left. The children thought that their adventure was over. After all, it wa...
"This is all my fault." Caspian told Eustace when his suspicion was confirmed. "If only I made better orders, or told you three to go into the cabins below-"
"It is not your fault, Caspian." Eustace reassured him. "We couldn't have known what would have happened."
"Yes, but that doesn't make me any less at fault. Thanks to my irresponsibility, Edmund and Lucy were captured by merpeople." Guilt was pouring in his eyes. Eustace looked like he was about to say something when Caspian lost any control he had left. "No, Eustace! I run this ship! I made the order to come here! I allowed them to fight the merpeople and I couldn't protect them! I have failed them and..."
Eustace was speechless. He had left Caspian to breathe, hoping that he would have time to think it over and stop blaming himself.
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Caspian sat on the balcony of his ship, watching the waves. "Oh Aslan, what do I do now?" He whispered, hoping the lion could somehow hear him and continued to look at the waves. Even after the fight and the mist, they were nice and gentle. It was magnificent really, how such ugly rough waves could be present at one moment, and be calm the next.
Caspian's face lit up with an idea. It was risky, but it would all be worth it if it worked. "Thank you, Aslan." He whispered before racing upstairs to tell his crew of his plan. "They are our only hope." He whispered once there, loud enough for only Eustace to hear. "But we don't know if this would work."
"We don't know that it won't." Eustace persisted. "We don't have another choice. They would know where to start."
Caspian thought about it for a moment. "You're right." He agreed. "Maybe this has something to do with matters that we are not aware of."
"But how do we bring them here?" Eustace wondered.
"I have an idea."
As both the acquaintances walked over to the empty main deck - since Caspian dismissed all the crew members to take a day's rest - they prayed for their plan to work. "How would it even work?" Eustace asked.
"It worked once before. I just pray...." Caspian looked at the worrying Eustace and changed his sentence. "I have faith that this will work."
Eustace nodded and sighed at the same time. "Caspian?" He called out for him. They looked at each other. "I never thought that I would say this to anyone, not even Edmund for that matter. But you are kind of like an elder brother to me." He revealed. "I've always wanted one. I have spent my whole life alone and I just...."
Caspian clapped Eustace on his shoulder. "You are a part of my family now, Eustace."
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"Thank you. For everything." He said gratefully. "Shall we get started?"
"Sooner the better." Caspian nodded as he opened the wooden box in his hands.
"Oh, I love the engravings on it." Eustace thought as he examined the box that Caspian held. He picked up the object inside once he set the box on one of the wagons. "Long live Aslan!" Caspian shouted and blew into the object.
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There was a loud whir and sea water sprayed onto the deck. Caspian and Eustace got wet but they didn't lose hope. After the sea calmed down, they looked at each other. There was a huge roar that came from the port side and they rushed to see what had caused it.
"What-" Caspian started.
"It worked!" Eustace exclaimed. "This magic horn worked! We need to go-"
"Eustace, wait." He stopped him. "We don't know if that was caused by her horn." He told him.
"Yes, we do." Eustace said, confidently. "I'll go." He said before Caspian could ask his next question. "Everyone needs you here. I'll bring them back. I promise."
"Be safe, my friend." Caspian said, knowing that there was no time to argue. He pulled out a dagger from its case. "Here." He handed it to Eustace but he looked confusingly at it. "Just in case."
"I must trust my feelings." Eustace remembered what Aslan had told him in the dream. Maybe that was what he had meant. He should trust that he could get them back to Narnia - their home. He had to trust himself. "Long live Aslan!" He shouted and jumped into the whirlpool.
The portal closed as Caspian saw the last of the blonde hair disappear into it. He put his hands together and mumbled, "We need you. Narnia needs you. Lucy and Edmund need you." He took a breath. "I need you."
