Author's Note: I've been seeing this all over FFN for awhile now, so I figured I'd give it a shot too. Here's to hoping I do at least an okay job. I used this site to find my random words:
http:// watchout4snakes .com / creativitytools / RandomWord / RandomWord .aspx (minus the spaces)
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, setting, or anything. I'm just a sad little teenager with too much time on her hands.
1. Solitary
It was a morning ritual for Peter and Edmund to meet each other at the training course at dawn and spar, but there was nothing Edmund enjoyed more than reaching the spot a few minutes early and listen to the sound of his sword swinging through midair.
2. Faith
To Peter, it was a stronghold. To Edmund, it was something to cling to. To Susan, it was something to live by. But to Lucy, it was her very soul.
3. Obliterate
In battle, Peter was usually extremely chivalrous. But if you messed with his brother, you were thoroughly screwed.
4. Precipitate
Edmund groaned a bit as the frightened kitten dug its claws deeper into his shoulders.
"Edmund, what happened?!"
"It's literally raining cats and dogs, and I'm getting wet."
5. Eccentric
Edmund knew that some of the Narnians were a bit capricious, but the small Squirrel ricocheting back and forth before him in ecstasy simply because the Just King had nodded a greeting was something else entirely.
6. Bored
"Why am I not surprised…?"
"Because I've done stranger stuff before?"
Peter simply shook his head, staring dumbfoundedly at the working trebuchet his brother had built out of a strand of copper wire and a twig.
7. Misappropriate
"Um, Ed, something tells me that that is not the proper way to use Susan's arrows."
8. Thwart
"The Tisroc, may he live forever, instructed me to kill you for your insolence. But I'm feeling generous, so I'll let you get a head start on your running."
"You fooled them with that?!"
Edmund shrugged.
9. Coping
It had been hard seeing all of the bodies after Beruna, especially for Lucy. But she found solace in the fact that they were in Aslan's Country, and that made accepting their deaths all the easier.
10. Scheme
Edmund looked at Lucy and Lucy looked at Edmund, both of them smirking in such a way that sent everyone that saw them scampering in the other direction. The two were up to something again, and no one wanted to be a part of it.
11. Burst
If there was one thing Edmund enjoyed about a battle, it was the adrenaline rush that made him feel utterly invincible.
12. Up
"Just think of it this way, Peter…" Edmund placed a hand on his shoulder comfortingly. "At least it can't get any worse!"
Peter slapped him good-naturedly.
13. Crystal
Peter knew the Witch's wand had been a weapon perfectly suited for her and her alone. It shared her glistening beauty as well as her evil nature.
14. Save
"Drat it all, Peter. In battle I can understand, but do you have to save me from a bug?!" Peter simply glared at the remains of the large millipede.
15. Necessity
It was more than a tradition, more than an honorable action, more even than a requirement. And as Edmund kneeled in front of the portrait of the Great Lion to pray for the fallen, he realized exactly what faith was.
16. Diagnosis
Susan watched her brother and the Archenlander walk through the gardens together, unaware of everything but the person beside them. When she saw her brother laugh heartily at something the girl had said, she smiled. He had obviously come down with a case of puppy love, and by the looks of it, he was terminal.
17. Protected
Whether on the battlefield, at the Cair, or elsewhere in Narnia, there was one thing the three youngest siblings were sure of. As long as they were with Peter, they were safe.
18. Worried
After only six months of living in Narnia, Peter forgot what it was like not to worry. "What do you mean you're 'fine', Edmund?! You broke your wrist falling down the stairs!" And then he realized why he had forgotten.
19. Summer
Summer would always be Lucy's favorite season. The weather was perfect, it was never too cold to go for a swim in the ocean or a walk in the garden, everyone seemed much more willing to eat on the balcony that looked over the Eastern Sea, and listening to Edmund gripe about the sunburn that was his own fault was rather amusing as well.
20. Bound
Whenever Edmund had wanted to think, he had always known to hide away somewhere by himself for a little while. But now, tied and freezing in the Witch's dungeon, he was far too alone and had far too many things to think about than he wanted.
21. Ingredient (1)
"Susan," Peter rasped, looking at the tea his sister had just given him. "Did you replace the sugar with salt again?"
22. Illegal
Peter shook his head, partly in fear and partly in surrender, when he saw that gleam in his brother's eyes. "Something tells me that whatever you're about to do can't be legal, and I don't want any part of it this time." As Edmund smirked at his statement, another something told Peter he was going to be a part of it anyway.
23. Awful
"Oh Ed, you're so…so…awful!" Susan screamed at him, nearly in tears. But as the two of them turned to look at the disaster area that was her closet (though, getting clothes two sizes too big for Susan had been Lucy's idea), Edmund could only grin.
24. Stupid
"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered. But stupid lasts forever." As the professor berated the ten-year-old Edmund, he could do nothing but sink down in his chair and hope to hide the tears that threatened to fall.
25. Chaos
"My room's not messy, Peter!" Edmund protested. Both boys looked around the room, staring at the papers and books scattered across every possible surface. "It's just a different brand of chaos than you're used to."
26. Idea
"Hey Lucy, I have an idea." Edmund smirked.
"Susan, I think now would be a good time to run."
27. Understaffed
Susan and Lucy looked at the five Animals that had so far volunteered to work as chambermaids and then turned around to look at the vast expanse of castle behind them.
"We may need more help, Lu."
28. Spiritless
Edmund had seen his brother in bad shape before, but he had never seen his eyes look like that, and he never cared to again.
29. Emasculate
"Edmund! What did you do to my shirts?!"
30. Unmerciful
Lucy couldn't stop the tear that slid down her cheek as she gave each of her brothers a drop of the cordial. She knew Calormenes were terrible people, but had they lost their hearts completely?
31. Radiance
She knew Edmund needed to eat more. He had gotten so pale from malnutrition that, when it grew dark enough, he almost literally glowed.
32. Revived
Everyone had thought Edmund dead at Beruna, including Edmund himself. But when he had finally been able to breathe again, no one was happier than Peter.
33. Combustible (2)
"You sodding idiot, of course wine-soaked fingers catch on fire!"
34. Groggy (3)
Edmund hated when Peter got concussions.
"Eddy, 's at you? I wan' a biscuit…"
Really, really hated it.
35. Foretold
"You know, ending the Witch's reign and defeating her army wasn't nearly as easy as the prophecy made it sound."
36. Afloat
There were few things Edmund found more calming than floating on his back in the ocean and letting the waves roll beneath him on the sandbar.
"Edmund! You know sharks feed out there, right?!" Drat it all.
37. Abuse
Peter had gotten into a fight. Again. And as Edmund cleaned up the wounds, Peter refused to apologize. Again. "Your body can't take much more of this, Pete." "I'm fine." Edmund winced, grateful that he was behind his brother. But fearing what his brother would say, if anything, if he saw his reaction, well, that was the unkindest cut of all.
38. Hate
Edmund had thought he had hated before. The bullies at that horrid school, the White Witch, himself. But as he stared at the beast that had nearly put his brother to death, he realized that none of those feelings came close to the murderous rage he felt now.
39. Compromise
"Fine, you can come with me, as long as you promise to stay with the healers."
"What kind of agreement is that?!"
40. Stone
Edmund repressed a shudder as he stared at the stone statue of a Centaur before him. He hated museums. And when his school mates gave him a confused look and one rested a hand concernedly on his shoulder and he had to try and hide the tears, his hate grew deeper.
41. Lead
Peter knew, he knew, that he wasn't ready to lead these people. But when Edmund, his Edmund, said that he believed in Peter, nothing made him feel more wrong about himself.
42. Work
"I wonder how long it's going to take to find every single creature the Witch turned to stone."
Inwardly, thinking of the little butterfly, Edmund groaned.
43. Concern
"Don't worry, Ed."
"I'm not worried. I'm concerned. There's a difference."
"Is there?"
"Concerned means I actually have a good reason to worry. And I think this," Edmund waved a hand over Peter's mangled arm. "Is a good reason to worry."
44. Proportion
Peter hated when Edmund got concussions.
"And y'know, Pete, their heads are way too big f'r their bodies. Why don' they fall over all th' time? If I jus' pushed one, would it fall down? "
Really, really hated it.
45. Collection (4)
Edmund hated the courtyard of the Witch's castle. Even if she had been the nicest woman in Narnia and the statues were simply carvings, there was simply no order to her collection, and it drove him crazy.
46. Apologize
As a child, Edmund had heard the phrase "I'm going to hit you so hard, your brother will feel it." And as a child, he hadn't thought such a hit was possible. But as he watched the Giant strike his brother with a swing of his club, Edmund literally felt Peter's pain, and suddenly found himself wanting to apologize for all of those fights he got into when he was young.
47. Against (5)
"You're kidding, right?"
Edmund shrugged and headed for his rooms to pack for the journey.
"He's kidding, right?"
48. Impact
When he looked into his brother's eyes and saw that he wasn't going to change his mind about leaving, he felt a worse pain than even the most critical of wounds he had suffered.
49. Question
"Just answer me this before you go. Please." When Edmund sighed but didn't protest, Peter continued to talk. "You're sure I can't come with you?"
"Welcome to my world, big brother." It was all Peter could do not to cry when Edmund hugged him after that.
50. Creature
It made Lucy sick that a creature made by Aslan could become so evil and twisted on the inside that it completely destroyed it on the outside.
51. Whole
It didn't matter how many times Lucy gave Edmund her cordial. He never felt completely whole again until he was sure his brother's condition was perfect as well.
52. Care
"Would you get off? I can take care of myself!"
"Of course you can. Now would you hold still?"
53. Hold
After the battle, after the adrenaline had worn off and the wounds had been healed, after all was said and done, two brothers sat in their tent alone and just held each other close.
54. Saint
"You're a saint, Ed."
"Well you almost became a martyr, you idiot!"
55. Imagination
As Edmund stepped into Narnia for the first time, he wondered if "imagination" was a disease, and if it was contagious. There was simply no other way to explain such a large wardrobe.
56. Search
"Confound it all, Edmund. When I find you I'm going to kill you."
"Don't be so sure." And the voice that had been taunting him for the past hour skittered just out of his reach. Again.
57. Aid
"I'm fine. I can walk by myself."
"Sure you can. And I can hold a sword."
"Well if you would have let me look at your wrist when we were back there, I might have let you carry the thing on your own."
"And if you hadn't gotten hurt trying to get to me to look at my wrist, I might have let you walk home on your own."
"Oh, fine."
"Good boy."
58. Mentality
"Are you completely insane?!"
"You're one to talk about mental stability, Mr. Magnificent!"
59. Worthy
Never, in his entire life, had he felt worthy enough to have a brother like Peter. And as he watched his brother take the hit that had been meant for Edmund, he knew he had felt correctly.
60. Constant
In battle, there were so many variables it was impossible to keep track of them all. But there was one constant Edmund was sure would accompany every fight. Peter would always be right by his side.
61. Bear
Peter couldn't take it anymore. He had worked so hard, and yet everything had gone wrong. Again.
"Checkmate. I believe that's your…seventh loss in a row?"
"Eighth."
62. Sprain
As he wrapped his swollen ankle, he smiled sadly. Just two years ago, something like this would have sent him crying to his mother. But now he took almost a sick pride in the fact that the pain didn't bother him anymore.
63. Faint
Peter begged, pleaded, and threatened, but he knew Edmund was too far gone to stay conscious. He could only hope his brother would wake up again.
64. Severity
"It's not as bad as it looks."
"It's not as bad as it looks?! Peter, I can see the muscles working!"
65. Liability
Edmund lived for years thinking he was nothing more than a liability. It wasn't until his brother sat him down after a particular grueling battle three years into their reign that he realized he was an asset.
66. Puncture
The cry was loud enough to send birds scattering and Peter running to his brother in terror. When he broke through the brambles, he froze in shock. Lying on the grass not ten feet away was his little brother, a werewulf on top of his body. Edmund's sword was sticking out of the dead beast's side, but that wasn't at all what had Peter crying in horror. Clamped around Edmund's shoulder was the monster's mouth. Edmund had been bitten.
67. Loss
"Oh, Ed."
"Stop your…fussing…Pete…" Edmund gasped as he struggled to stay conscious. "It's…it's not…that bad…"
Peter looked at the blood soaking the ground and had to disagree.
68. Span
"Hey Edmund…" Peter asked quietly as the two watched the clouds.
"Yeah, Pete?"
"Do you think our life span has been shortened because of everything we've been through, or prolonged?"
"Prolonged. There's no way I'm dying young. I'm going to have to keep you out of trouble until we're one hundred and ten."
Peter chuckled, his dark mood broken.
69. Indicator
"Storm's coming." Edmund stated as the four siblings watched the cumulonimbus clouds roll in. Thunder resonated through the bedroom almost as soon as he had finished speaking, with a thick, driving rain following quickly behind.
"What makes you say that?" Peter smirked and rolled his eyes.
70. Boil
Edmund struggled to keep his breathing even. He could feel his eyes turning red and almost quite literally see the smoke pouring out of his ears, but his face was completely docile. This nobleman from Calormen was lucky. Had he come just a few months earlier, Edmund would have boiled over and exploded almost as soon as he had walked in. But Lucy had been helping him, and, to the great relief of all involved, he had learned to simply simmer until he was alone.
71. Genius (6)
"Eddy, you're a genius!" Edmund smirked proudly.
"Plenty of practice."
72. Attempt
Plenty of creatures had attempted to assassinate the Kings and Queens of Narnia and Edmund had to wonder when they would learn that they simply wouldn't succeed. After all, they didn't have Aslan on their side.
73. Feed
The first time Edmund had truly been frightened outside of battle after the Coronation was when he had been riding through his Western Wood with Peter and had stumbled upon a large bat-like creature feeding on a dead stag. Even then, the true fear didn't arise until the creature looked at the boys, licked its lips, and rushed for them. And even then, Edmund hadn't been frightened for himself, but for the High King.
74. Controversy (7)
It was obvious that the Kings and Queens wouldn't agree on everything. Sooner or later there would be an argument of some sort. Lucy just couldn't help but be amused by what the first argument was.
"I'm not going to have silver drapes in my room!"
"Your color is silver! You're going to have silver!"
"Silver would kill my eyes in the morning!"
"Oh don't be such a priss! You'll be fine!"
"Let Edmund pick his own color, Susan."
"Why? So you can have a chance to change your color?!"
"Gold does hurt my eyes in the morning! And silver will too!"
"Oh you boys are so whiny!"
75. Breach
It was one of the few things that made all four Pevensies fear for their other three siblings.
"Narnia's borders have been breached."
76. Glass
"Peter, I'm not made of glass you know. You don't need to be so careful." Edmund protested quietly.
"Right now, Ed, you might as well be." Peter tightened his hold on the injured King he was carrying.
77. Mask
Edmund hated what he had become. It had started out as a simple mask. If he acted like he didn't care, maybe everyone else wouldn't care either and they would leave him alone. But eventually the mask melded to and became one with him, and no matter how much he tried to show his family he really did love them, he simply couldn't, and he hated it.
78. Music
"I hate singing."
"Then why do you sing so well?"
"Oh shut up."
79. Crude
"You drew this?!"
"It's a bit rough, I know-"
"Ed, this is a masterpiece!"
"It's a doodle!"
"If that's a doodle, what do you consider a work of art?!"
80. Kidnapping
"Edmund, what are you doing?"
"Kidnapping Lucy."
"Why?"
"You'll see."
Susan decided that it would be a good time to find Peter and hide for a few days.
81. Slip
Edmund realized he was in a bit of trouble when he couldn't even put his hand on the ice to push himself up without slipping. He just wished Peter would hurry up before the ice broke beneath him.
82. Modeling
"Tell me again how I got sucked into this?"
Peter could only laugh as he watched Susan use her brother as a mannequin for her new dress.
83. Vain
As Lucy watched Susan put her makeup on, she couldn't bear to think that this vain young woman had once been Queen Susan the Gentle, and she could only wonder what had gone wrong.
84. Unprovokable
Though Edmund had improved greatly at keeping his temper in check, he knew he would never be as unprovokable as Lucy.
85. Incoming
"Peter, run!" The High King watched his brother, bewildered and somewhat frightened, as Edmund raced past him. "We have incoming!" He turned to see what the fuss was about, his confusion vanishing completely when he saw a dripping wet Susan chasing after her brother with a large clump of seaweed and screaming something about high tides and leaving certain younger brothers to experience them first hand.
86. Lodge
Peter threw another log on the fire before turning to pull his unconscious brother a few inches closer to the flames. He sighed and looked out the door of their makeshift shelter, praying to Aslan that either the blizzard would stop soon or the tree making up one wall of the lodge would survive the night.
87. Revenge
Edmund growled internally as he looked down at his brother, lying prone and bleeding on the battlefield. But as he stooped down to help Peter he felt his brother's hand on his own. He looked at his face, saw his elder brother shake his head, and sighed. Getting even would have to wait until Peter's next injury.
88. Comparing
Peter stared wearily as Edmund slipped his shirt back on, covering the scars Peter had asked to see. "Alright, your turn."
89. Vegetarian
Edmund's eyes widened as he watched the cook slaughter a pig for that night's banquet. His brother stood beside him and squeezed his shoulder lightly, giving him a worried glance.
"I am never eating meat again." Edmund vowed.
"That's what you said the last time you rounded the pig up for the cook." Peter laughed.
"This time it'll last more than two days, I promise you that." The elder brother could only smirk and shake his head.
90. Antonym
They were exact opposites in every way imaginable. Looks, build, character, even their laugh couldn't be more different. But as the two brothers rode side by side into battle, Edmund knew that they had one thing in common. They would die for each other, and that was all that mattered.
91. Drip
Peter had never had a weak stomach. His mother had employed his help when he was a child to help with any messes his younger siblings made because his tolerance was so much stronger than his father's. But as he listened to the sound Edmund's blood made as it dripped from the table to the marble floor below, it was all he could do to keep from being sick.
92. Light
Edmund had come close to death many times, far too many to count. And each time he had seen the classic "light at the end of the tunnel". But this time, he saw only darkness, and he knew he wouldn't be coming out this time.
93. Sick
The only thing worse than Peter getting injured, Edmund had decided, was him getting sick. Injuries didn't leave his brother unconscious, breathing incorrectly, and feeling like he was going to catch fire if his fever grew any worse. And the fact that Edmund could wreak revenge on the enemies that injured his brother in real life but not the ones Peter's fever conjured up made him all the more certain of his decision.
94. Loophole
"Edmund, I just told you that you can't come with me this time!" Peter glared at his brother.
"I'm not coming with you, Peter," Edmund smirked. "I'm coming with Orieus."
95. Harm
Nothing was more frightening or more comforting to the Pevensies than the knowledge that, should harm come to any one of them, the other three siblings would quickly and happily bring an end to the attacker.
96. Acorn
Edmund knew, with the knowledge born of knowing, that this time he would succeed and would finally catch his brother off guard. "Edmund, get out of that tree. And don't blame the falling acorns on Squirrels." Drat!
97. Inch
It was a fact that brought a good-natured scowl to Edmund's face and an amused smirk to Peter's. No matter how much time passed and no matter what either boy did, Edmund would always be one inch shorter than his brother.
98. Queue
As Peter turned in his saddle to see the single file line of soldiers following him home, he could only wish the line was longer.
99. Ace
Edmund and Peter could hold their own in battle. Their skills with the sword were legendary, especially Edmund's. But Ed knew that, on or off the battle field, Peter would always be his ace in the hole.
100. Draft
As Edmund raced down the street, struggling to hold back the tears, all but begging to be told he was having a nightmare, he knew that he had never felt more dread than hearing his brother tell him he had been drafted.
1 – If you're making coffee for your mother, please, please be careful not to mix up the salt and sugar.
2 – If your friend tells you to dip your finger in wine and run it through a flame to see what would happen, don't do it. And don't be like me, who videotaped it all.
3 – Two words. Concussions suck.
4 – It sounds trite and pathetic, but I can't stand how the White Witch doesn't organize her statues in the least.
5 – Apologize, Impact, and Question are all connected and are in chronological order.
6 – You decide who is talking to Edmund and what they are doing. –smirk-
7 – Based off of an argument I had with my mother about the drapes for my new room. I gave in. x3
Okay, so, thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed these mini-plotling things. Reviews are greatly appreciated, and if you want to flame, please do so in a polite way with correct spelling and grammar. Thank you!