Some Startling News(open)

[Akira Mitsune]

The healer glanced down at Akio. There was an amusing look in her expression. Akio looked at her impatiently. "Well?" he asked with a slight wince. "Looks like someone really hates you and would like nothing better to do than to see you killed," Akio grunted with a shake of his head. "I've had worse then this," the healer raised an eyebrow. "I would take that back. Looks like you're going to be in bed for a few days up to a week." Akio looked angry as the door opened and King Peter stuck his head in...

That was all she remembered as she made her way over to the pool. Akira shook her head as she thought. Who would want to try to kill her father? Lots of people, she answered herself. But she couldn't help it as one name was brought to mind: Soren. Surely he couldn't have come back, she thought with alarm. The last few days have been peaceful enough after the battle. Well...peaceful during the day. Her dreams were plauged by the recent events in the past days. Argh stupid Soren! Akira snapped in her mind as she sat down by the pool.

She pulled her knees up to her chest and laid her head on them. Akira closed her eyes, but couldn't stop the image of her father's leg from popping into her mind. The leg was cut during a meeting and it was gushing out blood. The blood was mixed with some black stuff that could have been on the knife. Posion? she asked, running a hand through her hair. Forget that, she told herself firmly as she laid her head back on her knees. Soren had not been seen since the battle, which really was a shame, the young girl thought, fingering the hilt to heer knife rather lovenly. What I won't give for hurting him. She let out a sigh as she stared at the pool, lost in her own thoughts.

[Peter Pevensie]

Peter walked in the forest, he needed some fresh air. With everything happening all at once. It had taken a toll on the young king. There was the fact that he was posioned and Soren was still out there. Everything the king heard that name it made he shakes his head. This guy was making more trouble than the white witch herself. And then there was the news that he had gotton this morning. One of the healers had been taking about something that Akio wasn't good. God! what next. Peter wished he could just kill Soren and be gone with it. Peter was walkingslowly becuase that was the only way.

He couldn't walk fast with this stuipd cane. As he walked he happened to trip over a log. He feel flant of his face. He got up angery. "Arghhh!" he spat. Peter bent over and picked up the cane. God! stuipd bloodly well thing!. Arghh it made him soo mad to be like this. It was hard when he had first found out that he was blind, but this was worst, he couldn't even go anywhere without following over or having gurads around him, 24/7 becuase they think that the king will hurt himself. Peter keep on walking slowly untill he came to the Pool.

He smiled as he saw the fingure of a young girl. Akira. She was like a sister to Peter now, ever since her and Ed started seeing each other. Peter was still angery with Soren, becuase of what he had done to Akira when he had her. Peter shook away these thoughts when he walked up to her. He lifted his head to her shoulder,and smiled,"Akira"he said in a gentle tone.

[Akira Mitsune]

Akira felt something on her shoulder and she shrieked, her mind was on Soren and all the things she would have done with him. She turned her head to find Peter standing there. "Peter!" she said angrily with a smile. "Don't scare me like that!" she couldn't help but to smile as she stood and hugged him. Her expression softened somewhat. Just somewhat. "How are you?" her eyes brightened. "I haven't seen you since the battle and I was starting to get scared..." her voice trailed off and she turned crimson. She let her gaze fall to the ground and she decided to kept her mouth shut. She stifled a yawn with her hand. Akira had not been getting enough sleep as she was dreaming about her caputer and the battle afterward. She shuddered at those thoughts.

"Would you like to sit for a while?" she asked happily as she turned and sat back down. She ran a hand through her hair as a question formed in her mind. "Just being curious, Peter, what are you doing to do to Soren when and if we ever catch him?" she inquired. Her eyes were oddly bright as she thought of a revenge plot. "I won't mind doing a few things to him that requires a knife," she said ever so sweetly. There was an innocent expression to her tone and her eyes sparkled dangerously. A very bad look for anyone who knew her all to well. Her mind returned to what she hadd said earlier. She sighed, haing decided to tell him anyways.

"I thought you were mad at me," she confessed to him softly. Akira tensed somewhat at the thought of both him and Edmund dying. It was enough to make her sleepless for a few more months at least. "I saw a few guards gathering around and they didn't look anything like your guards. As much as I am around the guards I should know what they look like. Well anyways," Akira was getting to the point. "I creeped closer and listened in. All I heard was your name and saying they were going to posion you. I tried making a run for it but they caught me," she sighed as she glanced at the pool. Akira turned her head to him. "How's my father doing? Will he be allright?" She wandered what he was going to say after she had said what was on her mind. "Peter, I know this is impossible...but I think that one of Soren's men, or a few of them, had snuck into the palace."

[Peter Pevensie]

Peter looked at Akira as she shrieked, her mind most have been on Soren. He smiled as she hugged him, but he didn't let the pain show. Peter smiled,"I am not the greatest". He noticed that she went quit after she talked about the battle. Peter remebered it well, and he knew that Akira had spent along time with Soren before the battle. God! peter would have loved to just ripped out Soren thoart or something for ever doing that to Akira. He also knew that she more than likely wasn't getting any sleep, with the last few days being so trouble.

He smiled and slowly and painfully sat himself down beside Akira. He didn't wont to worry about him, Peter was more worried about Akira than anything. He just grinned,"When we find Soren, You don't have to worry Akira, I'll kill him myself and I even might let you have some of the fun". He laughed. He hoped that he could cheer her up, but I didn't look like it, Akira's mind was set on one thing and one thing only. Soren. and Peter couldn't blame her. Soren was evil, more evil than the white witch herself.

Peter smiled,"Me mad at you? Never Akira. Your like a sister to me and I don't you ever forget that". He looked out into the pool. as she talked, Peter wondered if these was when she was taken to Soren. Peter looked at her,"I don't know, Akira, the healers are saying that he's fine". He tryed to smile but he knew it wasn't going to help. The fact was Peter had no clue if Akio was going to be ok or not. "It could be, I have been in my room, the last few weeks, so there could be soren's men running aorund but they wont do anything, Soren wonts me and only me". With this he slowly rolled up his sleeves. He hadn't told anyone how badly the poison had taken a toll on his body. As he rolled them up, you could see the blackness though his veins, and the fact was it was all over his body, and he could feel that darkness of the magic, moving though his body.

[Akira Mitsune]

Akira grinned ever so sweetly at him. "Deal but be sure to save a big piece of him for me." she had one of her sweetest smiles on her face. But her expression was innocent enough. She laid her head on his arm for a minute, her mind was whirling with thoughts and memories. "I will kill you and everyone you love so dearly," she quickly sat up as she glanced around, startled. His voice rang loud and clear in her mind as she remembered. Akira bit her lower lip, looking worried. She then grinned. "Ed was mad at me for running off to find Soren," she told him. "He lectured me that night. But I wasn't paying any attention really."

She looked up at him and hugged him again. "I sometimes think of you four something like my siblings," she admitted. "It can get very lonesome at times when you're the only child." she paused as he said something to her. She looked at him worriedly. "Yeah but he won't get you though. Father's tightening security around you and the others," she added with a huge grin, knowing too well that Peter would hate this type of news.

Another thought came to mind. "At least we know something they don't. We know every passage way into and out of the castle. Well, at least I do. And it comes in handy at times," she said with a red face. Akira had snuck out of the palace many times using those secret ways. "And if that doesn't help, he's being more stricter with me. But he's allowing Kain to follow me so thats better at least." there was a big grin as she started to laugh. "He wanted to get out of bed and started working on something. He had a row with the healer last night before you walked in. I overheard. He's not the type of person that likes to rest much,"

She looked away as she took a glance at his arm. She closed her eyes as tears started to fall. "I shouldn't have said anything," Akiar muttered as she pulled her knees up to her chest. She didn't even bother to wipe the tears that were now streaming. "He said he will kill me if I say anything. Me and everyone I love. But thats a threat....right?" she asked hopefully, looking up at him. "I mean he isn't really to kill...." she let the sentence hang.

[Peter Pevensie]

Peter laughed,"Oh allright, it's a deal". He could tell that Akira was still abit shaken up from being with Soren. God! Peter hated him even more now. Even though the castle may be guarded, Peter knew that Soren would try anything to kill him and take Narnia for himself. Peter smiled,"That sounds like my brother, but Akira he was more than likely right".

Peter hugged her back,"I know that you feel that same way about me and everyone esle, as we do about you" he smiled but his face truned to a grin at her next words,"It's doesn't make everything better,Soren will stop at nothing to get what he wonts, and we know that for a fact". Oh great more guards. Arghh, Peter would go crazy with so many people following him everywhere. It was bad even with just two of them, but he still know that Akio was just doing his job. Peter sighed.

Peter just listened, as Akira talking, his mind was off thinking about Soren. Peter hated him soo much, why couldn't it end. There were somedays when he wonted to go back to england, where nothing like this could ever happened, and everything would be ok. But Peter knew that he couldn't leave Narnia, not with Soren running around, Narnia would become a trouble place, even more evil than when Jadis ruled Narna so many years ago, before him and his family had came here.

It took a while for Peter to come back from his thoughts, when he heard crying. He looked over to see that Akira was crying. Peter lifted his arms around her and pulled her close too him. "Shhh.. Akira it's ok. No one is going to hurt you or anyone, I will make sure of that" he smiled.

[Akira Mitsune]

Akira rolled her eyes at him. "Not you to," she said with a groan. She shook her head with a sigh. "I thought father was bad, but no. Ed's much worse. He's trying to get his guards following me around," she made a face. "I'm guessing thats just Ed though. Before the battle he wasn't that...protective if you know what I mean. We were always sneaking out, trying to be with each other," she added with a smile. "But now its like he's following me,"

She then frowned, trying to remember what she was suppose to tell him. I'll find out later, she told herself. But what was it? Oh god she was going crazy until she would think of it. "I was suppose to tell you something from Ed," she said with a frown. "But I forgot already. Oh well," Akira said with a shrug.

"Yeah but we both know how sneaky he is though," Akira told him with a shake of her head. She was worried at how he would get into the castle so easily. She flinced and rubbed the back of her neck. Soren had really gripped her neck tightly a few times. Images were running through her mind and she wanted them to stop. Akira let out a groan. "I don't care what it takes I want to kill him," she paused as she looked at Peter. "Well, help you kill him actually. Although I think my father would rather help. He was really mad after the battle. You should have heard him yelling at the guards,"

She buried her head into his chest and withdrew it a few minutes after. She glanced down at both her wrists and could still see red marks where the ropes had dug into them. Akira took a deep breath and shook her head. "I just don't want you or anyone else dying," she told him, thinking of how her life would be without Edmund. Akira thought of something and looked at him. "You know....you really do need more spies on Soren," she said slowly. An idea was forming in her mind. "I mean, it would be a good idea to find someone who knows where him and his army is located," she sat up even straighter. "And I won't mind doing it..."

[Peter Pevensie]

Peter smiled,"Yes I know how your father can get, and don't worry about Ed, it's just the way he is". It was true Akio could get alittle angery, but he was just an old man, doing his job. Then there was Ed, he had always been like that since he was born,When peter and susan were away and it was just Lu and Ed, he use to tell Lucy what he couldn't do. Peter smiled again,"It's a brotherly, Ed use to be that way with Lucy, when he was young and me and Susan were away".

Peter laughed,"Oh Akira...." shaking his head, but just grinned,"I am sure you'll remeber or I'll see Ed and he'll tell me". Peter and Ed hadn't been the greatest brother, they fought allot, but after the battle with Soren, Peter could see that Ed had change and he had change from being around Akira too. Peter liked it, he wonted to old Ed back.

Peter looked at Akira worried,"He really did hurt you didn't he?". He knew that this subject might be good at this time but Peter needed to know and he was sure that Akira hadn't talked to anyone about it. Peter grinned as he saw that marks on Akria's neck. Peter was now pissed off. He was going to track down Soren if it was the last thing he didn't and even if it lead to his death, Peter would do it. Soren just made one peaceful king, pissed off, and one who would stop at nothing."Yes I know, Tyler told me what happened after they brought me back and Jason even scared to be in the smae room as Akio".


Peter smiled at Akira and put his hand on her shoulder,"I now that you don't wont to see any of use hurt, and don't worry I'll take care of everything, I promise" he said in a gentle tone but as she went on his face turned to a grin and there was anger in his voice. Peter shook his head. "Akira do you kow what would happen if your father found out that I let you got out there to go after Soren, I would have my head ripped off, and think about what Ed would say to me, I am sure he would never talk to me again. Also think about wont kind of toll it would put on me, worrying every night that you might be out there died r even worst in the hands of Soren against, who know's what he'll do this time. Forget it Akira, your not doing it,plus I allready have someone looking for him". Peter looked away from her and into the pool.

[Akira Mitsune]

Akira paused, trying to think of a good lie to answer his question. "Not that bad," she said truthfully. Try as she might Akira could not forget his other threats. She shuddered at the thought of the men having their way with her. Ed would be really mad and would probably go on a killing spree. And we don't want that, she thought as she glanced at the ground. "He just threatened me with stuff....he also threatened to give me to his men if I so much try to fight back," she said and cringed, picturing Peter's reaction. And it was not a very pleasant picture. "I can't see why they would want me though," she muttered, not looking at him and still bracing herself for his reaction.

She paused as she remembered what the men had said. Her eyes grew wide. "He has spies," she breathed, now remembering. "They probably knows everything about you four and almost everything about me," she shuddered at the thought. She feared what he would do the next time they met. Probably something worse. Maybe torture and all those things. She took a deep shaking breath.

She then grinned at him. "Ed and I happened to be in their while he was yelling. I had to talk to Kain about a replacement for a spear and a few other things when he burst in. You can tell he's about to go off when he has a certain look on his face. And I knew and hid behind Ed." she continued to grin and nodded. "I suppose he made a few people afraid of him. Jon said he would not go anywhere near him unless you're there.

She rolled her eyes. "Allright, allright," Akira muttered as she looked away. "Just a suggestion. Plus I want to do something anyways. I hate feeling useless and bored all the time. How about protrolling the border with a few..." Akira decided to drop the subject. There was no way he was going to let her go out of the castle bounds. Even if it was with a few trusted guards. "It just frusterates me that he's still out there probably planning something worse. And I'm stuck here under guard almost all day without nothing to do basically. Father's orders," she looked up at him. "After the battle, he decided that a few guards would follow me around. But I know a few ways out of that one," she muttered under her breath.