He Came from Narnia: Chapter 7

Shareen lay naked on the bed next to her lover and watched his chest slowly rise and fall as he slept peacefully while she ran her finger softly down his chest and under the blanket. Realizing that Bam Bam was completely out and wasn’t about to be roused for another roll in the sheets, Shareen got up and walked over to the table under the giant window and poured herself a glass of wine. The Silver Sea was unusually calm and this left Shareen with an uneasy feeling in her stomach, she hadn’t heard the rumbles of the Zydon yet. Those damn pirates better not have killed it! Shareen thought while tightly gripping her goblet. The Zydon is a beautiful and dangerous shimmery dragon like creature that slithers its way through the crisp blue waters and on occasion he’ll crawl up on a warm rock to sun bathe his glimmering scales. As Shareen stood naked in the window she caught a glimpse of a faint shimmer in the water almost directly below her. Azuelo! She could see his purple, silver and blue shimmery scales swimming along hugging the ship and his tendril like mane flowing behind him.

“It’s the Zydon!” Shareen heard someone shout from the crows nest. “Grab your harpoons before it attacks!”

Shareen quickly put on her robe and ran out on deck: “STOP! Don’t harm that creature, he’s mine!”

“Get back inside Priestess, you don’t know what this monster can do!” a Pirate cautioned her.

“Of course I know what he can do,” Shareen sneered at the pirate. “I raised him. He’s a water dragon from the Dark Isle. PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPONS! Azuelo will not harm this ship so long as I am on board.”

She glared at the pirates before going back to the captain’s quarters to enjoy and other glass of wine and enjoy the view of the sea while sitting naked on the chaise lounge next to another large window. Shareen enjoyed sailing on the Silver Sea, it brought back many fond memories of when she was an apprentice setting sail from South Narnia to the Dark Isle for training. She glanced down and noticed Bam Bam’s glistening gold pipe that he used to play for her when they first became lovers: more fond memories of being aboard a ship. Before her and Bam Bam made love for the first time after the White Witch had her demise and the Huntress was cast out, before she was cast out: Bam Bam had written a beautiful song for her while playing his pan pipe. If it were not for the beautiful song, Shareen would have allowed Bam Bam to die in the jaws of his own twin brother, instead she placed an enchantment on him after he tamed the wild Zydon with his music. Shareen did not only control the water dragons but also the land and air dragons, Priestess Shareen was almost invincible and back in Narnia where she belongs.

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As the curse became more and more apparent in the forest, large rats began to appear and produce offspring. Soon the forest had developed a section called the swamp, where large bursts of fire occurred randomly and the large oversized rodents resided. Yugyeom was more than happy to hunt these crazy beasts for their meat and fur:

“These beasts will make fine clothes for Jess and I,” the Warrior Elf gloated. “Can’t wait to bring one home to her!”

Yeeehaaa! He yelled as he decapitated the head of one of the large beasts, “Perhaps I should bring one back for the Prince….I’m sure he loves to devour his own kind.”

Junior followed closely behind Yugyeom as the hunting continued, “Shouldn’t we slow down?” Junior asked while trotting briskly. “The fire Eagle can only carry so many as well as you!”

“Then you’ll carry one!” Yugyeom said, “I’m sure that strong back and tail of yours can handle at least a small female rodent of unusual size.”

Junior waggled his tail about as he sensed another large rodent approaching, “There she is!” Junior hissed and furrowed his tail while pouncing at the large female rodent. Junior buried his sharp teeth into her neck as she flailed him about trying to fend him off. Yugyeom grabbed an arrow and panned his aim on the creature so as not to hit Junior in the process.

“Junior, Let go!” Yugyeom demanded.

Junior let go just as an arrow buried itself deep into the beast’s neck where Junior had latched on. Yugyeom frantically looked through every bush to find Junior after killing the beast, the poor little two tailed fox was thrown against a rock and knocked unconscious. The Elf picked up his little two tailed friend and gently rested him in his pack while putting the oversized rodent into his large net and dragging everything back to the palace.

Jess could see Yugyeom dragging the large net back over the dirt road but saw no Junior, she became worried and ran out to greet them:

“Where is Junior?!” Jess asked frantically.

“He’s here in my pack,” Yugyeom lowered himself so Jess could pull the little fox out. “He’s unconscious from fighting a beast. Take him inside quickly!”

Jess plucked the two tailed fox from Yugyeom’s pack and carried him inside to her room. Poor little Junior had a bloodied head and his fur was mangled. Jess quickly grabbed a towel and some warm water to dab Junior’s head with as his tongue hung out and he breathed ever so slightly; she worried over his wheezing. Prince Jackson walked in:

“What’s happened?” Jackson demanded, “What is with all the large rats running through my Kingdom and why is your…poor excuse of a fiancé….at my gate with 6 dead rats?”

“Junior is unconscious, sire.” Jess said impatiently. “He’s wounded from battling those large rodents you’re so worried about. AND as for Yugyeom, you should be thanking him! He’s just brought food for the troops, you and the entire court!”

Prince Jackson stood astonished at Jess’ response to his abrupt entry, he did not expect her to be so….feisty and obtrusive. He had to be honest with himself though, this is the Jess he fell in love with the moment she walked through his gate. 200 years earlier, when she was just The Huntress, she was plain and uninteresting; now she is someone else. Jess the Huntress is someone who has lived many lives in a different world only to return here and teach them something new. Prince Jackson fell in love with the new Huntress, the old Huntress is now nothing more than a memory, a memory of someone who annoyed him and badgered him about keeping the forest clean and to respect what the earth gave him. Living with Yugyeom hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park for him either; he got the same reprimanding from Yugyeom as he received from the original Huntress; don’t cook your vegetable or fruits with meat, it is unsanitary. If you must serve cooked vegetables with your meat, cook them separately. And no talking animals are allowed to be meals. Any animal that speaks is sacred or could also be a human who is cursed.

Turns out, the oversized rats are all humans whom are cursed, they have been cursed by Aslan to roam this world as grotesque creatures who have no purpose but to do bad since they refuse to change. Once Jackson got wind of this fact, he began to question his own life and how he’s been living. Will I become one of those grotesque creatures because I go out once or twice a month and eat innocent creatures? This worried the Prince greatly, because, although he’s not the brightest nor the strongest Prince or King; he doesn’t feel he should be curse with being a giant rodent for the rest of his life! On the contrary, Prince Jackson felt he was already living his own hell with being forced to eat innocent people and always attempting to kill his own twin every full or new moon.

“Huntress, I’m very sorry for intruding,” Prince Jackson bowed to her, “I shall take my leave as you mend this humble creature.”

Jess looked confused as Jackson bowed his way out of her room as if she were the royalty and not him. Her attention immediately returned to Junior as he coughed a little and opened his little red eyes then gave her, what seemed to be a smile with his tongue hanging out as he panted a bit. Jess felt the need to rub Junior’s tummy to make him feel better; as she did so, Junior’s left foot began to kick slightly out of enjoyment. He was definitely back to normal! Jessica giggled slightly as she saw him come too and back to his normal self. She picked him up and gently threw him over her shoulder like a baby and rocked him about in joy. Junior licked Jess’s ear in happiness to see her and she set him down on the floor:

“You’re feeling a bit better I see,” Jess said while petting Junior’s head.

“Oh yes Huntress!” Junior purred.

“I’ll bet you’re hungry,” Jess said happy to see her friend awake and bouncing around.

“Oh YESSS!” he squealed. “I’d like some eggs and bacon and wild pig if you have it!” Junior waggled his tail in excitement. He knew there was oversized rodent to be devoured as well and his mouth watered at the thought.

Jess directed her four legged friend down to the kitchen where they found some fresh eggs to cook and some left over chicken thighs from the night before for him to devour. They both looked up sharply as Yugyeom came into the kitchen dragging the large rodents behind him and reeking of blood and mud; Jess, regardless of how her lover smelled, ran to him immediately.

“I’m so happy to see you’re safe!” Jess crooned. “Do your scratches hurt? I hear scratches from these beasts are poisonous and hurt a lot!”

“No, my love,” Yugyeom said cupping Jess’ face in his hand, “They don’t hurt at….”

Yugyeom fell hard on the stone floor at the three striped gash on his shoulder began to turn from a dark red to a brown-ish green. The poison from the rat who’d struck him had begun to sink in to his blood stream. Jess saw the colour change, picked her lover up and heaved him over her shoulder to carry him to a safer place. Junior followed close behind to make sure Jess didn’t grow faint from carrying such a large creature on her shoulder; they reached an empty room and Jess gently placed Yugyeom on the bed.

“Junior, what do we do?” Jess asked frantically, “I don’t know how to cure this!”

“Don’t cry huntress,” Junior said as he jumped up on the bed next to Yugyeom, “You always think of something. I know you! I’ve seen you cure this before!”

“What did I use?” Jess asked as tears rand down her face, “Where did I go?”

“You used toad stools from the enchanted pond!” Junior explained, “You just walked to the pond and asked the toads for their mushrooms and lily pads that glow right before dawn.”

“That sounds difficult,” Jess said crying and frustrated. “It’s almost dawn, will I make it?!”

“Come with me, Jess,” Junior waggled his tail and let his tongue hang out in excitement, “Let’s get a horse and I will take you there! You’ll remember then!”

Jess quickly followed Junior to the horse stable to find the quickest horse en-route to the swamps of light where Jess would find her salvation with her lover once more.