The Return

Chapter Four

A/N Wow two updates in like 2 hours someone write that down. I think the expresso is wearing of so this one will be my last update till tomorrow cus im a bout to pass out. Enjoy! :) oh and pick out my errors on this one to.

I looked up at Cair Pereval as it caught fire. I watched as the flames burned higher and higher.  The screams of the people trapped inside ripped into my skull. I sunk to my knees covering my ears with my hands. I saw Tumnus run in to try and help the people trapped inside.

"No Tumnus!" I screamed.

The dream shifted to me standing chained at the White Witched feet. Aslan layed on the stone table looking at me desperately.

"Tonight the deep magic will be appeased, but tomorrow we will take Narnia forever!" She announced.

"In that knowlege and despair, and die!" she screamed. She sank the knife into his heart.

"No!" I screamed desperately. Tears flowed down my face as I sobbed.

"Aslan!" I screamed.

"Chrystal!" someone screamed.

I was being shaken and screamed at.

I sat up breathing heavily tears flowing down my face. I looked around wildly my eyed landed on Trufflehunter as he stood beside me. I sighed in relief.

"Chrystal are you alright?" He asked.

"Yeah you started to scream and cry in your sleep," Nikabrik said from the table.

"Yeah I'm fine just a dream," I said.

"Well come and have some soup, it'll make you feel better," Trufflehunter said.

I nodded and sat at the table playing with the soup infront of me. I had crashed on their couch since I had to watch over Caspian. Trufflehunter had tended to Caspian's head while I slept.

"This bread is so stale," complained Nikabrik.

"I'll just get him some soup then, he should be coming around soon," Trufflehunter replied.

"Yea well I don't think I hit him hard enough," Nikabrik muttered.

"Nikabrik he's just a boy," Trufflehunter argued.

"He's a Telmarine not some lost puppy, you said you were going to get rid of him"

"No I said I would take care of him we can't kill him now, we just bandaged his head, it would be like murdering a guest," I scoffed at that but they didn't take notice.

"Oh yeah and how do you think his friends are treating their guests?" Nikabrik retaliated.

Trufflehunter looked down "Trumpkin knew what he was doing, it's not the boys fault,"

Truffle hunter walked aroud the table with soup in his paws when Caspian jumped out knocking it down I jumped up unshealthing my sword. Caspian grabbed the fire poker(idk what it's called) holding it up like a sword. He swung and I blocked. I swung he blocked. I twisted my sword when the metal met throwing it from his grasp. I pinned him to the wall sword to his neck.

"Enough Chrystal! You cant kill him!" Trufflehunter yelled.

I sighed " I wasn't going to I was just stopping him from doing something stupid," I said but I didn't move.

Nikabrik jumped up. "I told you we should have killed him while we had the chance," he exclaimed.

"You know why we cant!" the badger said calmly.

"If were taking a vote I'm with him," Caspian said nodding to the badger. He looked back at me. He studied me like he had seen me before. I had to resist the urge to laugh or smirk. When he found out who I really was all the pieces would fall together.

"Well we can't let him go he's seen us!" Nikabrik yelled.

"Enough Nikabrik! Or do I have to sit on ur heard again? And Chrystal let the poor boy go you've scared him enough" Trufflehunter scolded.

"And you look at what you made me do! I spent half the morning on that soup," he huffed rounding on Caspian.

I let Caspian go and sheathed my sword. He stepped around me eyeing me wearily then sat on the steps.

"What are you?" Caspian asked.

"You know it's funny that you would ask that, you would think more people would know a badger when they saw one," Trufflehunter muttered.

"No, no I mean your Narnians your suppose to be extinct," Caspian said.

"Sorry to disappoint you," Nikabrik huffed throwing his sword on the table.

"What about you your not a narnian yet you live with them," Caspian asked.

"I actually just live here part time," I said.

"Well where do you live the other half of the time?" he asked.

"Goodluck getting her to tell you that. She won't even tell us," Nikabrik scoffed.

"And for good reason, she doesn't have to tell us everything," Trufflehunter defended me.

"Well it was still be nice to know," Nikabrik muttered.

Caspian looked at me curiously.

"Here you go still hot," Trufflehunter offered him some soup.

"Since when do we own a boarding house for Telmarine soldiers?" Nikabrik asked incredulously.

"I am not a soldier I am Prince Caspian the Tenth," he said standing a little taller.

"What are you doing here?" Nikabrik asked.

"Running a way," Caspian admitted.

  "My uncle has always wanted my throne, I suppose I've only lived this long because he didn't have an heir of his own," he continued

"Well that changes things," Trufflehunter said.

"Yea it means we dont have to kill you our selves," Nikabrik muttered. I took that moment to smack him upside the head.

"You are right," Caspian said looking up and heading for his armor.

"Where are you going?" Trufflehunter asked panicked.

"My uncle won't stop until I am dead," Caspian explained.

"But you can't leave your meant to save us," Trufflehunter reasoned.

"Don't you know what this is?" the badger asked looking down at Queen Susan's horn.

Caspian didn't reply.

"If you go then we're going with you," Trufflehunter said.

"No you can't come with me," Caspian argued.

"Why not?" I asked standing up.

"It's to dangerous you'll get hurt," he said walking out the door.

"I'm following him," Trufflehunter said getting up.

"Wait there's something I need to tell you," I said.

"What is it?" Nikabrik asked curiously.

I sighed and shifted to my cat form. Theu gasped in surprise.

"I'll explain everything in time but not now," I said. They nodded mutely and followed me out the door.

I bounded up and padded next to Caspian.

"Hey girl, I wondering when you would join me," Caspian said smiling down at me.