SO... This take place right after the children come out of the wardrobe... Hope you like it... Oh and I obviously don't own the Chronicles or the characters... Mostly because the guy who did died (*sniff*)... Yup... that's all I have to say... ENJOY!

Lucy had been the first to fall out of the wardrobe. Her knees hit the ground, followed by the rest of her body. In the back of her mind she recognized pain, which was only compounded when one of brothers landed on top of her, but that pain was nothing compared to the shock she felt upon looking at her hands, hands that had been much bigger only a minute ago. She slowly disentangled herself from her siblings and began to shake. It was only a minute later that she connected the moan that she had been hearing to her own body. She couldn't bear to look at her siblings because she knew that when she did it would lead to full on meltdown. The idea of seeing them in the bodies that they had outgrown over a decade ago was too… Was there even a word for what they were going through? Perhaps Edmund or Susan would know, Aslan knows they read enough, but she couldn't be bothered asking. Instead she sobbed. And, as far as she could tell, her siblings sobbed with her. It was in this fashion that they continued for what they felt was at least as long as the time they had spent in Narnia, but once again no one felt the need to check.

Finally, after all the tears had poured from her face, Lucy straightened up and sat upon her knees. She looked at the desolation on her sibling's faces, with Peter running a hand through his now short hair, Edmund doing his best to maintain a stiff upper lip, literally and figuratively, and Susan mumbling under her breath about rational explanations.

"What are we going to do?" Lucy whispered. The other three looked up at her in shock, almost as if they had forgotten that anyone else had been in the room.

"What are we going to do?" she asked again, this time with much more force. When no one replied she sighed and stood up, sweeping the dust off her skirt. "I think we should tell Professor Kirk," she continued, "He might know what to do… I, I," the tears she thought she had cried out began falling once again but she just whipped them away and cleared her throat, "I don't think we will be able to get back, at least not now, but… but maybe someday we will," she finished and though there was hope in her voice, the others couldn't help but notice it never reached her eyes.

One Week Later, Peter's PoV

My hand reached for the simple door knob, but I couldn't make myself grab on to it, let alone turn it. Since we had come back, only Lucy had been able to go into the spare room with the wardrobe. She went in the middle of the night when she thought everyone was asleep, but we knew she went there. I doubt she went in to try and get back to Narnia, she knew better, in fact, I was convinced that in all matters Narnia, she probably understood more than anyone, even Edmund, who had traveled all over the lands we had ruled.

And then, almost as if he had been called, Edmund appeared by my side, "I couldn't do it either. Open the door I mean," he sighed, clearing his rough voice, "I don't think Susan could either, it's only been…"

"Lucy," I finished, "She has been so strong through this, always trying to get us to laugh and remember the good of Narnia" I paused letting all the pent up worry I had had for my younger sister, "But don't you worry that there is going to come a time when… when," my voice trailed off and I felt a tear run down my face.

"When her strength is going to wear out?" Edmund placed a hand on my shoulder, an action that had occurred several times throughout our reign. He had always helped calm me down, always a rock on which I could lean upon. He never once faltered, and though I rarely admitted it to him, I know I couldn't have ruled Narnia without him. His experiences in Narnia had made him into a man, one who was in many ways much better than me. I looked into my brother's eyes and I suddenly felt calmer, like maybe I could handle the coming months of adjustment.

"Pete, I don't know what going to happen, with any of us, but I do know that we have each other to help us through," I rolled my eyes at the cliché sentiment, but decided to let him continue, "And as for Lu all I can say is that Lucy as always been different then us. Maybe it's because of how young she is, but she has always had such faith…"

Just then we heard footsteps come to an abrupt stop and turned to see Lucy standing at the end of the hall. As she saw us the shock on her face melted into a smile that seemed to light up the space around her. "Pete! Ed!" she exclaimed, "I was just coming to look for you! I was talking to Susan and she suggested that we play a game of cards, I mean it's not as exciting as anything we could play outside, but until the rain lets up I think we'll be stuck in doors and…"

"We would love to play cards Lu," I said, while Ed nodded fervently at my side.

"Good! I'll go and tell Susan!" with that she turned and we heard her walking down the stairs, two at a time. "Let's go" I said and we followed our sister's lead, taking our first steps into our new life after Narnia.

So that's all she wrote... literally... Ahhh puns... good old puns! Anyway, please review! I'd love you like a million dollars! Oh and if my plans pan out this will be the first of a few...