Supreme Sorceress

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"Look!" Lucy shouted "Narnians! Narnians!"

From the green mist, Narnians emerged on longboats,

"Mummy!" Gael shouted

"Helaine!" Rhince shouted

"Rhince! Gael!" Helaine shouted happily, waving to them

"Mummy!" Gael shouted

"Let's have them on board!" Drinian ordered "clear the decks"

"We did it" Caspian said, looking out in the horizon

"I knew we would" Lucy replied "are you alright?" seeing the saddened look on his face, earning a small nod

"Hey!" The voice of Eustace shouted "hey I'm down here, Lucy. Over here! Hey, Lucy. I'm in the water. Lucy!"

Running over to the side of the ship, Lucy looked over, seeing her cousin in the water, a smile forming on her lips,

"Eustace" she said happily

"I'm a boy again" he replied happily "I'm a boy"

"Eustace! I see your wings have been clipped" Reepicheep said, hopping into the water "ha, ha! Where sky and water meet. Where the waves grow ever sweet" tasting the water "it is sweet. It's sweet!"

"Look!" Lucy said, pointing out into the distance "look, Aslan's country"

"We must be close" Edmund said

"Well, we've come this far" Caspian replied, sadness in his voice

"Permission to come aboard?" A female voice asked from the water

Caspian looked down, not believing his eyes when they met Hilaria's deep blue sapphire eyes, a smile forming on her lips as she raised a hand to shade her eyes from the brightness of the sun, giving Caspian a small wave. Shock filled him as he noticed that she was physically standing on water,

"Hilaria!" Lucy exclaimed happily "you're alive!"

"Of course" she answered with a smile "you can't get rid of me that easily"

" . . . You're walking on water" Edmund said in shock

"Yes, well . ." She trailed off, looking down at her feet, then back up to them "this is rather new to me as well, frankly I didn't even know that I could do this" scratching the back of her neck "can I come up, now?"

Rogan flew around the ship, over to his master and gently picked her up, taking her to the main deck of the ship where he set her down, shrinking down to his travel size, landing on her shoulder. Caspian slowly walked up to Hilaria, not believing his eyes that she was standing right in front of him, until she reached up, placing a hand on his scruffy cheek, a soft smile forming on her lips as he pulled her into a tight hug.

"Don't ever do that to me again" Caspian said lowly "ever"

"You know I can't promise anything" Hilaria said softly "but I'll do my best"

Caspian pulled back slightly, cupping her face in his hands and claiming her lips with his, surprise filling Hilaria, but complying nonetheless, knowing he wants to assure himself that she was alive and well,

"Here" he said softly when he pulled back

Reaching into his pocket, Caspian pulled out her necklace, only to have Hilaria shake her head slightly,

"I have a feeling that I will no longer need it" she replied

.

"So, what was it like when Aslan changed you back?" Lucy asked Eustace, sitting next to him on the longboat