(Disclaimer: I do not own the world of Narnia, I wish I did though.)
"Lucy! Get away from there!" Susan cried from where she was perched on a boulder.
"Come back Lu." Peter said trying to get his sister to come back from across the dark lake. For she, walked across a log leading to the other side of the cold October waters.
Always being the adventurous one she decided to follow her instinct and crossed the rickety dried log of an oak tree. On that side of the lake she saw an old stone house.
"All of you come over here! You won't believe what I've found!" screamed Lucy now hidden behind the forest foliage.
"Oh she's got to be kidding! How does she believe we, will get across on that old log when we weight more than her." Susan said, as she rolled her eyes.
"What have we got to lose?" Ask Edmund now curious of what his younger sister found.
"Oh I don't know maybe getting soaking wet in freezing cold water and then being caught by the headmistress for being out after curfew, and possibly expelled." Huffed Susan, but none the less stepped on the old log once Edmund had already crossed it.
"Peter, are you coming?" asked Edmund to his brother who was staring at where Lucy had been.
"Doesn't this all feel strange?" pondered Peter out loud. "I mean why did Lucy suddenly get a feeling that we must come out in the dead of night, to cross a lake? Couldn't we have managed to do the same during the day?" Edmund shrugged his shoulders
"We would have been caught during the day, and anyway lets have a little faith in Lucy's behaviour. She never ceases to surprise us." Edmund said while motioning for his brother to come closer.
"Hurry up!" Lucy shouted her voiced muffled slightly by something unseen by the others so far.
"Come on Peter!" Susan said exasperated "You know she wont come back until we've seen what she wants' us to have seen. May as well get over with it, who knows what she has found.
"Alright, I'll get the bags." Peter picked up two rather used schoolbags that belonged to Edmund and Susan as they forgot about them when Lucy crossed the log. He put a tentative step to see if the log was secure, and it was therefore he crossed the distance.
He threw the bag to Susan and handed Edmund his.
"Where are you Lucy, we can't see anything with these trees in the way?" Edmund asked in what he hoped was the general direction in which Lucy was.
"Over here!" she shouted behind him not to far away. Peter and Susan laughed as Edmund gave a sheepish grinned. "I though she was over there" he mumbled.
"Why are the woods so thick, we've barely just got in them?" ask Susan as she looked around. There were massive trees, she doubted even if they joined all there hands together that they would surround the tree. Not only were they enormous but there where everywhere in different shapes and sizes everything from a Willow tree to a Monkey-Puzzle tree. Peter stared at the monkey-Puzzle tree for a second before finding the others again.
"Lucy?" Peter said trying to find his little sister.
"Peter!" shouted Lucy back. They walked deeper into the woods and found a gate. It was wooden and instead of it surrounded by walls it was Tilia trees acting in its place. Engraved in the gate were various flowers, animal and creature. What caught there attentions was the phrase imprinted in the wood;
'Those of pure faith and courage, shall forever, rule over those shadowed in darkness.'
In elegant script it was placed in the center of a roaring lion's mouth. The children ran there hands over the script and smile at the picture of the lion.
"I wonder how we are supposed to get in?" ask Lucy excitedly.
"Maybe there's a key somewhere?" ask Peter.
"No," said Susan "we must read it." whispered Susan dreamily. Edmund cleared his throat and said in a booming voice the password to open the mysterious gates. They held their breath and waited, as to not be disappointed the gate slowly opened.
The sight they saw made them lose there breathes then gasps in surprise. For there lying all around were various types of animal all lounging in the grass. The temperature was noticeably warmer, and for good reason. All around were the most beautiful flowers the children have ever seen and all in full bloom. Situated in the middle was a fountain roughly the size of a mansion.
There were four people in the center; they were High King Peter, Queen Susan, King Edmund and Queen Lucy. They were standing on a hill and all around were Narnian creatures and wildlife. The Kings swords, Queen Susan bow and Queen Lucy's dagger were all held up in the air in the center forming a point out of there weapons the water came gushing out like no tomorrow. The roaring of the water sounded exactly like a certain Lion's roar.
The Earthen animal all walk threw the gates back outside to leave the kids in peace. They all scattered around touching every surface they found wet or not. As they carefully climbed the marble hill towards there own statue self, they felt no need to talk as they new everything was as it should be. They all looked at each other took a deep breath and all let out a beautifully musical laughter. They caught each others eyes again and each touched there own stone selves.
And that's when they felt it, the strange tingling sensation of magic pulling them to a different place entirely.
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