"Bring! Bring!" the alarm clocked cried.
A hand came out of the covers and tapped the alarm clock shut and pulled off the covers off the rest of the body. The woman rose from her bed and stretched her arms and legs and hopped off the bed. She put silk pink robe and walked down to the kitchen. There, at the counter, stood a boy, around 19 years old. His hair was almost black, his face bale with nig brown eyes. Next to him was a girl about 17 years old. Her hair was long and a light brown. They were Edmund and Lucy. The woman, who I was talking about before, was their older sister Susan, who was around 21.
"How did you get in here?" Susan gasped.
"We have the keys, remember?" Lucy recalled.
Susan sighed and went over to her coffee. "Where's Peter?"
"He's" Edmund said, "with Professor Kirke."
"Polly-" Lucy was starting to say.
"It's Ms. Plumber! You can't just be calling adults by their first names unless they are your older siblings," Susan corrected her.
Lucy continued, "Ms. Plumber told us that the Professor has been having nightmares of creatures running a muck in, you know where."
Susan slammed her cup to the counter, not breaking it, and looked up and slapped her forehead.
"I thought, I told you not to speak of that place around me."
There was a short silence. Edmund looked out the window and saw Eustace and Jill trying to holler at them.
"We'd better get going," Edmund said.
"To where?" Susan started to sound like their mother.
Lucy and Edmund looked at each other. Lucy looked at Susan and almost opened her mouth when Edmund pulled her out the door. Susan knew exactly what was going on. She hurried up to her room and dressed herself in a pencil skirt, blouse, and in a long coat with a hat and gloves. She rushed out the door and sneakily followed the kids all the way to Big Ben. There Polly, now 60 years old, was carrying a basket and was talking to the kids. Susan couldn't hear anything they were saying, but Polly was telling the others that Peter fears that there is danger yet again in Narnia, but he doesn't know for long. They hopped on a train and Susan followed. When Susan appeared on the bus, the children and Polly got quiet and walked up to her.
"All passengers," the bus driver yelled, "must be seated!"
They sat in a group and Susan pulled Lucy to the seats opposite them.
"Lu," Susan began, "Where are you going?"
Lucy looked hesitant.
"I'll tell mum that you have been sneaking around London!"
Lucy opened her mouth right away, "We're having our daily meetings."
Susan grew angry. Lucy looked over to the others and they shook their heads except Polly. She was smiling. When the bus got to their stop, Susan followed the group to a pub called the Eagle & Child. Inside, the professor was smoking a cigar and Peter was drinking beer. When Peter saw Susan, he tilted his hat so his eyes wouldn't show. Susan walked hastily towards him, grabbed his hat and smacked his knees with them.
"What the hell are you doing here with underage children?" Susan scolded him.
The professor stood up and said, "As long as they supervision and are made sure that they are not going to drink or smoke, they may enter."
They all sat down at the table, including Susan. Peter stood up and raised his mug of beer. "Welcome to our daily meetings of-"
Then he looked to Susan and continued, " you know where. Now, Digory-"
"Shouldn't you be calling him Professor Kirke?"
"That will alright Susan," Digory spoke. "You all may call Polly and I as you wish."
Susan felt embarrassed for interrupting Peter about something that apparently didn't matter.
"As I was saying," Peter continued again, "Digory has been having nightmares of harmful things, going on in…Narnia."
Susan slammed the table with her palms faced down. "I'm sorry, but don't you get it! I know that I don't talk about…Narnia this way or at least haven't in a while, but if they needed us, we would be sent back."
Edmund gave Susan the stink eye.
"Susan," Jill began, "Haven't you seen the pattern? Digory and Polly were only sent to Narnia because of his uncle. Then, it had just so happened that you four were sent to his manor and got in through his wardrobe. Then Lu and Ed brought in Eustace and he brought in me. We all were only sent because we had a connection. I know no one else. So, therefore at least only I can be sent back, but Aslan said nothing about Eustace to never come back, but he has a chance!"
There was another long silence. Susan had to go to the bathroom and Peter whispered to everyone to come to his apartment that night as he feels something important is to happen.
