A/N: Hello again my lovely readers. I would like to thank you all for your support thus far of my writing and let you know that I will be working on this new story while I continue to battle a bit of writer's block and juggle my increasingly hectic schedule. I hope you enjoy this second installment
Disclaimer: Alas I still own nothing
Chapter One: An Island
Lucy Pevensie
Train Station
August 15, 1941
The wide blue water spread endlessly before me on the open shore. There was no sign that this was a public beach or that anyone had ever been here before at all. The water was so crystal clear that you seemed to be able to see through it and it was little stretch for my imagination to guess where we were. Narnia, the land that my brothers and sister had ruled so long, lay out in bright contrast of the dark dingy train station that we had been sitting in. I remembered that Peter and Edmund were questioning why we had been away so long; as they had so many times before and then there was a pinching and pulling sensation and suddenly we were home.
At least I hope it is Narnia. I have never seen my country so still as this place. Suddenly the boys were off racing to the water and peeling off their shoes and socks. I was not about to miss this so I followed suit. Susan hung back for a moment looking a little unsure. "We could be anywhere." She said softly after a moment.
"Come on Susan!" Edmund called from the water. She seemed to break out of herself long enough to at least wade in a bit. I splashed towards the boys as best I could but the waves slapped me toward the shore. After a while we headed back toward shore, Peter was already starting to turn a bit red from the sun.
"We'd best make some sort of plans; it'll be getting dark soon." Susan pointed out.
"I don't know about you but I'm starting to get a bit hungry." Edmund replied. This reminded me that we didn't really have much to eat.
"I'm more thirsty than hungry." I said after a moment.
"If we walk along the shore we're bound to find any streams that run through this place," Peter pointed out, "and that way we don't have to go wondering through all those trees." This seemed like the most sensible idea so we began to walk along the shore. We began walking a good way along before the shoreline curved strongly and after some time there seemed to be another thickly wooded shore across from us.
"I wonder if this is an island or if it all connects." I mused. We continued plodding through the hot sand under the hot sun and I wished we would find some food or water soon. I kept expecting the land to join with that across from us somewhere until finally our little shore curved sharply away from the other again.
"Looks like it's an island after all." Edmund said a bit dejectedly.
"Look!" I shouted excitedly. There up ahead of us lay a silvery-blue line that I knew at once to be a river and rushed toward it. Peter led the way further up the river, away from the beach, and finally we found a shallow place for us to drink. The relief of the fresh water was instant and so pleasing.
"I've got the sandwich Mum packed for us in my pocket." Edmund's hand was already reaching to grab the wrapped sandwich.
"So have I." Peter added.
"I left mine on the platform." I felt my pockets and realized how unfortunate that was.
"We might want to save them in case we get worse off." Susan suggested. I really wish she wouldn't have. Solving my thirst made me feel very hungry.
"There's no point in waiting until they go bad." Edmund reasoned. He and Peter promptly brought out there sandwiches and gave me and Susan a half. I was still a bit hungry after eating mine but it was better than before. "Now we can go exploring." Edmund looked excitedly at the wood around him.
"What'll we do for our next meal though?" Susan's blue eyes looked worriedly at her brothers.
"We can find berries and such, I'm sure there are plenty of edible plants on this island." Peter began walking through the thick trees following close to the river. We continued to walk and I was getting rather tired. There were a number of small plants on the path but no one was sure whether they would be edible or not. Finally I saw a small fruit on the ground.
I looked up and surely there were dozens of apple trees all around us. "We'll be alright for a while at least." Susan relented. Each of us ate an apple or three and that was when we first noticed the large stone wall.
Hello dear readers, I hope you all haven't forgotten me. Real life has been extremely crazy these days. I'm writing this to hopefully work myself through a very extended bit of writer's block. I hope you enjoy it.