This story starts off in two different places in time. The first is modern 2009 and the second is in the 1950s, however they are both happening at the same time-if that makes any sense. It will be easier once the two worlds join together into a third world. A world that is even further back in time then 1950, this world is magical, filled with talking animals and mythical creatures, this world is called Narnia…
"Ella would you hurry up, Ben can only get us in between 8 and 8:30!" A long blonde haired, brown eyed girl wearing a light green halter dress and holding a bottle of Vodka called from her hot pink convertible.
"I'm coming. I just had trouble sneaking out my parent's bottle of fancy French wine!" Ella—a short brown haired girl with green eyes and a pale yellow halter dress on called as she ran out of THE DELUXE hotel she lived in.
"Sit by me, Amber get in the back." Blonde girl ordered Amber.
"Lissy, you said I could sit by you this time." Amber whined as she climbed into the back seat.
"One never ever call me Lissy and two I make the rules so if I say get in the back you get in the back, and three I choose Ella over you always and don't you ever forget that." Lissy—or Alyssa said as she moved over for Ella to get in.
"Okay I'm in lets par-tey!" Ella shouted and raised the bottle of wine in the air.
"Drive Jer." Alyssa instructed the guy sitting next to her.
"So Aly is Jared meeting us there or…" Ella asked.
"We are not together anymore, after I found him with that little freshmen slut. He's lucky I only yelled at him." Alyssa said as she applied more lip gloss to her already glossed lips.
"He was a horrible person anyway, and you're better off without him."
"Horrible person? Girl we need to work on your insults. Can I try some of that wine?" Alyssa asked indicating to the bottle Ella had in her hand.
"Sure, I brought it for tonight. I am sooo glad exams are done. I can't wait for second semester, I have literature and English." Ella said as she handed Alyssa the bottle.
"Ella, no talking about being excited for school and Jer slow down the light is about to turn red."
"Can't stop now, I'm on a roll." Jer yelled as he started to go faster.
"Jeremy, slow down, you're already drunk and you need to slow down!" Ella yelled as Alyssa tried to take the wheel.
"Jeremy stop, we're going to go through the red light and it's a big intersection." Alyssa said starting to panic. Jeremy however didn't slow down he was determined to go through that red light. The last thing Alyssa saw was the beaming lights of the oncoming vehicle and the last thing she heard was Ella's petrified scream as the convertible was hit and then everything went black.
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"Mr. Pevensie, I assume you know why I had you escorted down to my office." stated the Principal of the all boys' prep school Edmund attended. Peter had left for college and work which meant that he couldn't stop Edmund from getting into trouble anymore.
"Well Sir." Edmund started with a cheeky grin on his face. "You know what they say when you assume?"
"Actually Mr. Pevensie I don't believe I do, pray tell what do 'they' say?" the Principal asked leaning forward over his desk to glare at Edmund through his rather large spectacles that fell down to the tip of his nose.
Feeling a bit scared of what his punishment might be if he finished the saying, he instead replied "Nothing Sir, and to answer your question I actually don't know why I was, how did you put it, 'escorted' here."
"Well for starters you are the cheekiest little boy I have ever met."
"The pleasures all mine Sir." Edmund replied earning him a glare.
"You are also the most disruptive boy. How many times have you disobeyed the schools rules of conduct? I've lost count, but this is the last straw. If you dare commit an act of offence against this school again Mr. Pevensie I will have no choice but to expel you from this institution. Is that understood?"
"To the best of my ability." Edmund grinned. "Yes Sir, I understand." He added after the Principle shot him a stern glare.
"Good, then I believe we are also in agreement that you will spend the next three weeks after school helping the janitor clean up, especially the paint off the lavatories."
"Yes Sir."
"Very well, you may go. I believe your sister is waiting in the car out front. Although, why a woman is allowed to drive a car is beyond me, but this world is changing. Good day Mr. Pevensie."
"Good day Sir." Edmund said and walked swiftly out of the office and out the main door as fast as possible.
"So, what is it this time?" Susan asked as soon as Edmund sat down and closed the door.
"Painted the loo blue."
"All of it?" Susan asked.
"No, do you know how much paint I would have to buy? I painted the door and glued shut the stall doors."
"Edmund, why on earth would you do that?"
"It was fun." Edmund shrugged. "Are you going to start driving?"
And on that note Susan started to drive. "What did the Principal have to say?"
"I have to stay after school for the next three weeks and my next offence will earn me a one way ticket out of that school."
"It sounds like you're proud."
"I am Su, turn here."
"Thank you, Edmund what are you going to tell Mother if you get kicked out of school?"
"I'll tell her that I'm going to work and earn money for the family."
"Edmund you have to go to school, you need to go to college."
"Peter's in college, turn left."
"Thank you, well Peter is not going to be in college for long, he says that work has become more demanding and that in order to keep his job he needs to work full time."
"Well then you and Lucy can go to college, they allow girls in now."
"Yes I know that, but don't you want to go to college and learn something that will allow you to have an important job like those people who run the stock market, you could go to New York."
"Turn right, I don't want to go to New York, I want to help Mother."
"Well the only way to help her is to stay in school! And we are going the wrong way!"
"It's a shortcut Su, and I'm done talking about this. Don't worry Mum won't find out about anything, since they disconnected our phone the Principal can't exactly telephone her." Edmund told his sister. "See? We're home ten minutes faster then usual."
Later that night
"How was school?" Mrs. Pevensie asked as she and her children sat down at the dinner table.
Ever since they received the news of Mr. Pevensie's death the children had learned to grow up a little faster to take care of the family. Mrs. Pevensie was hired by wealthy folks to do some of their mending. Peter had begun working in the stables at the race track, and also went to college. When Susan wasn't in school she was working as a secretary in training at one of the lawyer's offices downtown. Lucy had begun to help around the house more and Edmund, well, he made sure not to make his misconduct known to his mother. However all of them acted differently since they had arrived back home, from the Professor's house. They had excellent posture and often talked about talking animals and magnificent castles, fairytale-like topics.
"Excellent." All four children said as they sat down.
"Peter was work good?"
"Yes Mum, my last class at the college was cancelled so I started early today."
"You are still doing well in college right?" Mrs. Pevensie asked.
"Yes Mum, please stop worrying and eat something." Peter told her, passing the plate of potatoes.
After a few moments Mrs. Pevensie spoke again "When is your next break in school?"
"A few weeks." Edmund said.
"We get two weeks off. Why?" Susan asked.
"Well your Aunt Lucille has been asking me for quite sometime now when we will visit her again."
"She's not our Aunt, she's Father's sister's husband's sister." Edmund said disliking the idea of having Lucile actually related to him, she was an absolute nightmare.
"Regardless, she's family—sort of—and we haven't seen her in two years. I thought that you kids would like a break from the busy London life and might prefer a week or two in the country."
The four Pevensie's looked at each other. Lucille's house was not the Professor's but maybe they could find some way into Narnia from the country. After all there is a lot of forest land in the country, and Lucille is bound to have some old abandon room.
"It sounds like a fabulous idea Mother. I know I am dying to see the new draperies she told us she put up." Susan said, it was a lie but it was making her mother happy.
"Great, I'll call Lucille immediately. Oh Peter, I almost forgot, Cornelia has been anxious to see you as well." Mrs. Pevensie said before she left to go call Lucille.
"Did you hear that Peter? Cornie has been anxious to see you; she's probably in her room right now. 'Peter, Peter, Peter, I love you so'" Edmund teased. There had been talk of Peter and Cornelia marrying at one point, Peter hoped everyday that this would not come true.
"Shut it Ed, she drives me insane. Besides if I do marry her she'd also be your sister and then she'd be over all the time talking with you 'Edmund why do you have your hair like that? Edmund what made you choose that shirt today? Edmund that was rude you shouldn't do that in front of a lady like myself. Edmund why are you not talking to me? Edmund you are the rudest little boy ever.'"
"Okay, okay, sorry, gosh she's annoying. And to think we have to spend two weeks with her just because Susan thinks it's a 'fabulous idea' and is obsessed with drapes." Edmund said.
"Thanks Su." Peter chimed in sarcastically.
"Well I think it will give us a chance to reconnect with Narnia, and your two are not the only ones who find Cornie a nuisance; Su and I have to share a room with her and play her stupid little games. As if she knows what it's like to actually be a queen." Lucy said.
"Thank you Lucy. Now we best stop talking about this before Mother comes back, so eat." Susan said and with that the conversation ended.
LUCILLE"S
"I am so glad you came! At first I was worried about you making the trip alone but then I thought they are all so grown up now. Then you were an hour late and I started panicking, hyperventilating you know, and I imagined horrible things, too horrible for Lucy's little ears. Here you are though safe and sound. Oh I have the rooms all set up, Peter and Edmund; you are in your usual room. Lucy and Susan I am afraid you cannot share Cornelia's room because, well, she is grown up now and sophisticated and she needs her privacy, so you will share the room that is right next to the boys okay? Oh and please call Cornelia, Cornelia and not Cornie—she hates Cornie, being sophisticated and all. Well I best let you get settled and dinner will be served at 6:00 sharp, we have schedules to follow in this house and can not wait forever for you to come downstairs. So get settled and freshen up and then come down." Lucille said and then walked down the stairs.
"Oh the trip was fine thanks. And Mum's doing well. We were an hour late because our train derailed but no one's hurt." Edmund said to the space where Lucille was standing as if she had actually been a polite hostess and asked.
"Day One: Of living with the most aggravating people on the planet." Lucy said.
"She wants to be called Cornelia, not Cornie." Peter mocked.
"Okay now stop it all of you. Lets go to our rooms and get cleaned up, I am hungry. Later we start looking for clues." Susan said.
"Clues about what Holmes?" Edmund asked.
"Narnia, Dr. Watson." Susan said and went into her room.
After dinner
"Let's play a game." suggested Lucy. Peter, Susan, Ed, Lucy and Cornie were sitting in the parlour. Peter and Cornie on the couch, she was talking his ear off about the silliest subjects, Edmund sitting in a chair opposite, trying hard not to laugh. Su and Lucy were sitting on the ground in front of the fire; Susan was braiding Lucy's hair.
"I am too much of a Lady to play silly children's games." Cornie scoffed flipping her hair back over her shoulder. "Don't you agree Peter dear?"
"Actually I enjoy most children's games. What do you want to play Lu?" Peter asked.
"Oh Peter you are so good with children." Cornie cooed placing her hand on Peter's knee.
Peter stood up immediently. "Yes well I do have three younger siblings. So Lu do you want to play hide and seek?" he asked.
"That would be fun! Cornielia would you count first?" Lucy asked.
"Uh, well I don't think mother would want us running around the house."
"Please Cornie." Peter asked. He was the only one allowed to call her Cornie.
"Oh, alright." Cornie agreed.
"Excellent. Start counting." Edmund told her and hurried out of the room, the rest of his siblings following him.
"So what's the plan?" Peter asked Lucy as soon as they were out of ear shot.
"Follow me." Lucy said and of course they did.
"Lucy." Susan said moments later. "Why are we outside?"
"When we were walking towards the front door earlier I noticed something in the woods. I don't know what it was but it felt like Narnia, like magic."
"So let me get this straight, we are going into the forest—in the dark—in the country, a forest that could have God knows what in it." Edmund said. Lucy nodded. "Awesome I am so in. This is going to be great." Edmund said running ahead.
…
"Lucy how much longer?" Susan asked, they had been walking for quite sometime now and it had begun to get chilly.
"How on earth did you see something this deep into the forest Lu?" Peter asked as he gave Susan his sweater.
"I didn't. I think it might have gone back into the forest after it saw me looking at it. Look a cave." Lucy exclaimed rushing towards it.
"This is ridiculous we cannot go in that cave. I am going back right now." Susan said.
"There you all are! Do you think I am really stupid?" Cornie asked. The Pevensie's turned around and looked at their—whatever she actually was to them.
"Was that a rhetorical question?" Edmund asked.
"When I tell mother about this you are in such huge trouble."
"Now Cornie, don't be rash, we just decided to take a little midnight stroll." Peter said.
"And leave me?" Cornie pouted.
"Course not, but we thought you were to sophisticated to do this sort of thing and…" Susan stopped and looked around. "Where did Lucy go?"
"Lu!" Peter called.
"In here! I think I found it!" Lucy shouted from the cave.
They all rushed into the cave and followed her voice. "This wall can open." Lucy said.
"Okay everyone push." Peter said, and the Pevensie's started pushing on the stone wall. It opened ever so slowly.
"Come on, I hear water." Lucy said as she stepped through the door way.
"I am not going in there, no way." Cornie protested.
"Oh shut up." Ed said and pushed her through.
"Peter?" Su asked.
"Come on don't you want to go back?"
"Course, I just have this feeling."
"Ignore it, let's go." Peter said then grabbed her wrist and pulled her through the door. When they were all through the door closed on its own and time stopped in the real world.
Okay I realize that the Pevensie's into was a bit longer then Alyssa's and Ella's but oh well. I hope you like it; this is one of the longest chapters I have ever written. Comments, criticism, ideas anything, just please send a review. Thank you Queen of Britannia for proofing it.