14.2






Back at the How, Lucy traces the pattern on her cordial before she hears something from outside. She puts the cordial away before running outside.

"What happened?" Lucy asks as Peter and the rest get closer.

"Ask him," Peter accuses as he looks towards Caspian while he keeps his arm wrapped around Zoe.

"Peter," Susan tries to keep things from getting heated.

"Me?" Caspian asks as he looks at Peter, who steps in front of Zoe protectively, so she is not between the two feuding boys. "You could've called it off. There was still time."

"No, there wasn't, thanks to you," Peter argues as he steps closer to Caspian. "If you kept to the plan, those soldiers might be alive right now."

"If you'd stayed here like I suggested, they definitely would be!" Caspian defends himself as he motions to the How.

"You called us, remember?" Peter responds as Zoe puts a hand on his arm in an attempt to get him to calm down.

"My first mistake," Caspian pops off which causes Zoe to glare at him.

"No. Your first mistake was thinking you could lead these people," Peter argues while shaking his head.

"Hey! I am not the one who abandoned Narnia!" Caspian retorts which sets Zoe off.

"You invaded Narnia!" Zoe angrily yells as she steps around Peter to stand toe to toe with Caspian, who turns to walk away. "You have no more right to lead it than Miraz does. You, him, your father... Narnia's better off without the lot of you."

Caspian shouts as he unsheathes his sword while turning to face Zoe, who was prepared for the attack as she knocks his sword out of the way with one of her daggers while pointing the other dagger at his throat.

"Stop it!" Susan orders as she rushes forward while a centaur carries Trumpkin to them.

Lucy rushes forward while grabbing her cordial as they lay Trumpkin on the ground. Lucy drops a drop of the juice into Trumpkin's mouth and he starts to come to.

"What are you all standing around for? Telmarines will be here soon enough," Trumpkin says as he sits up while Caspian sneaks into the How with Nikabrik following him. "Thank you, my dear little friend."



After Zoe calmed down, she knew that she needed to apologize to Caspian if they were to win this battle. Zoe goes to enter the room where the stone table is before hearing voices.

"Stop!" Zoe calls out as she enters the room with her sword at the ready before coming to a stop as she sees a wall of ice with the White Witch in it.

"Impossible," The White Witch says for she believed the girl to be dead.

Peter and Edmund run into the room with Trumpkin behind them, since they had heard Zoe's yell. Zoe starts running for Caspian as Peter fights the hag with Edmund fighting the werewolf while Trumpkin fights Nikabrik. Lucy enters the room as Nikabrik disarms Trumpkin before she disarms Nikabrik while holding her dagger to his neck. Nikabrik is able to throw Lucy off of him before grabbing another knife. As Nikabrik goes to stab Lucy, Trumpkin stabs him in the back, killing him. Edmund kills the werewolf as Peter kills the hag.

"Come on! Come," The White Witch urges as she attempts to reach Caspian.

"Get away from him!" Zoe yells as she tackles Caspian out of the way.

"Peter, dear. I've missed you. Come. Just one drop. You know you can't do this alone," The White Witch says as Peter steps into the circle.

Susan runs into the room looking around
shocked. Zoe stands up before looking over at Peter, who lowers his sword as he gives into temptation.

"No!" Zoe yells as she steps in front of Peter  while she keeps her sword raised in front of her.

A sword suddenly comes out of the White Witch's stomach. Trumpkin holds Lucy back while Peter drops to his knee as the ice shatters revealing Edmund on the other side with his sword raised. Peter stands up as Edmund lowers his sword while Zoe moves to stand by Susan and Lucy.

"I know. You had it sorted," Edmund states with narrowed eyes before walking away.

Caspian and Peter stare at the engraving of Aslan before looking at each other. Susan and Lucy leave the room as Zoe looks at Peter and Caspian in disappointment. Zoe sighs as she walks over to the two boys.

"We all three have a fault in what happened," Zoe admits as she looks from Caspian to Peter. "But I think the only way that we become deserving of Aslan's help is if we put our differences aside and find a way to work together."

Zoe picks up Peter's sword before handing it to him as she goes to leave the room. Peter and Caspian share a look of understanding that shows that they each need a moment but both know that Zoe is right.



Susan goes to help train some of the Narnians in archery while Zoe checks on the weapons supply as she waits on Peter and Edmund to start the sword training.


"You're lucky, you know," Peter states as Lucy sits beside him on the stone table since Zoe had sent her to retrieve him.

"What do you mean?" Lucy asks with her eyebrows raised in confusion.

"To have seen him. I wish he'd just given me some sort of proof," Peter responds with a shake of his head as he looks up at the engraving of Aslan.

"Maybe we're the ones who need to prove ourselves to him," Lucy explains as Peter remembers what Zoe said about them needing to be deserving of Aslan's help. "Zoe and Edmund are waiting on you."

Peter nods with a sigh before going to where Edmund and Zoe set up the training area. Peter and Edmund start off the training with a duel but everyone can tell that they are evenly matched.

"I think you can use some help," Zoe says as she walks over to Peter and Edmund, who are taking a break.

"Things are well in hand, thank you," Peter responds as he glances around at the Narnians.

"I did not mean to suggest otherwise, your majesty," Zoe informs him with a slightly taunting smile.

"I suppose you could do better?" Peter asks as he realizes that Zoe is challenging him like she did many times when they were in Narnia the first time around.

"Possibly," Zoe responds with a shrug.

"She's yours," Edmund says with his hands raised in surrender as Peter looks over at him. Though they all three knew the words held double meaning.

Peter and Zoe walk over to the training area which catches many of the Narnians' attention. Zoe bows to Peter in a taunting manner before Peter bows back. The two begin to circle each other, waiting to see who will make the first move.

Peter is the first to make a move as he swings at Zoe, who dodges which causes her to be able to get behind Peter before hitting him in the butt with the flat of her sword which makes everyone laugh. Peter rolls his eyes playfully before he swings at Zoe once again, causing her to quickly duck out of the way.

Zoe makes some quick attacks before knocking Peter's sword out of her way as she wraps her leg around Peter's, causing him to trip and fall to the floor. Everyone cheers for Zoe before she notices that Peter is holding his arm in pain.

"Are you okay?" Zoe asks as she and Edmund quickly make their way over to Peter.

"I think my arm dislocated," Peter responds as Edmund help him up while Peter tries not to show any weakness in front of the Narnians.

"Peter. Zoe. You both better come quickly," Susan says as she and Caspian walk over to them since they stopped to watch the fight despite having seen a Telemarine.

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