Sorry it took so long... Here is the next chapter.
Chapter 11
Peter stared at Edmund, still shocked at what he had just been told. "What if they succeeded? What if Aslan does not come? What if....." Peter immediately pushed those thoughts from his mind. He was the High King. High Kings do not panic. He focused on forming a plan.
Meanwhile, Lucy had gone to retrieve Peridan. They both returned, and Lucy immediately asked Peter "What has been going on. I want the truth, not one of your failed attempts at a lie." She put her hands on her hips and glared at Peter.
Peter was amused at his sisters determination and firmness, so decided to give them an explanation. Just as he was about to start, the door swung open and Alana stood in the doorway. "Well, is someone going to explain to me what is going on?" She said with a smile.
Edmund looked at Peter and whispered, "Do you think we can trust her?" Peter nodded and said, "I trust her." Edmund smirked at this, but was forced to hide it by a glare from Peter, who proceeded to explain everything that has been going on in these last few chapters.
"After that point, I am going to turn to Edmund for a further explanation."
"Well," Edmund started, again with a smirk, " We were on our scouting expedition. We had stopped at a town outside of Lantern Waste, when we realized that we were being followed. We tried to shake them, but they were not easily shaken. We finally believed we had lost them, but obviously had not. They attacked in the middle of the night. They were all remnants of the White Witches army, and they continued to explain to us that they did not acknowledge our leadership, but served only the witch. They told us how they were going to bring her back, which was their mistake. You see, they believed that we would be easily killed, but were mistaken, again. When we learned their plans we fought back. One of the Minotaurs stabbed me, but Peridan was able to fight them off, with some help from Oakleaf and AppleBerry the squirrels. He then was able to help me onto a horse and get me back here."
They all stood staring at Edmund, in shock at what they had just heard. Finally Peter managed to ask, "Well, how do they plan to bring the witch back?"
Edmund's voice was shaky as he replied, "They need all the parts from her wand, then are going to put them all together and use black magic to revive her."
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Alana gasped. It was too awful. The White Witch come back, in full force? What would that mean for Narnia, for Archenland. She sank into a chair and buried her face in her hands, starting to sob.
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Lucy and Susan were near tears. "He will come." Lucy said. everyone looked at her, except for Alana, who was shaking with sobs. "Aslan will come to our aid. He would not abandon us in a time like this."
Peter smiled. His sister was right, Aslan would return. He looked at Alana, and had a strange feeling. He wanted so much to comfort her, but did not know how. Edmund saw this and had to stifle the laughter that was arising. He could not help but let one or two giggles escape. Peter turned and glared at him.
Edmund realized that he was still shirtless, and so proceeded to get up and grab a shirt. It always made him feel awkward to be without a shirt in the presence of any woman, wether it be his sister or the laundrymaid.
Peter sat next to Alana, not sure what to do. He was not sure wether he should put a comforting arm around her, or just sit there and wait for her to stop crying. She started to sob even harder. Lucy started to walk over in order that she might comfort her, but then Peter decided to put his arm around her shoulders in comfort. Lucy smiled at this, while Edmund, noticing it, had to hide the giggles that had once more arisen. His brother was in love, he thought with an overdramatic sigh. Peter glared at his brother.