Hi there, thanks for opening up my story! It will be broken down into sections, the first one being "The Little Princess" which takes place during the lion, the witch and the wardrobe. This is a sort of prequel to the story, and sets the scene for the next section which will be more exciting! I hope you stay till then.

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The Little Princess - Part One

Narnia was not a happy place. It was a cold and lonely landscape, home to ice and a bitter wind that could chill you straight through to your bones in just a single gust.

Curled up in an uncomfortable wooden sleigh was a young girl, more beautiful than an angel come straight from heaven, with bright and curious blue eyes that were busy drinking in her unfamiliar surroundings. She stared with fascination at the new world around her, admiring the glistening snow and fur trees dusted white.

Nerves started to bubble up in her stomach, as she wondered why the country was so deserted. They had been riding for hours and she had not seen a single living being other than the two tall reindeer who were pulling the sleigh. It was eerily quiet, the only noise to be heard was the reindeer's large hooves crunching the ground in a steady rhythm. Turning her attention to the white creatures running through the snow, the little girl's lips turned into a frown. The poor animals looked so tired and skinny. Surely the must be freezing without any sort of clothing on their backs to fight off the icy breeze. Feeling guilty, she hugged her thin grey cloak closer and waited for the castle to appear in the distance.

More and more, the little girl felt her anxiety growing, nagging at her that she had made a terrible mistake. She had been pushing it down forcefully, not wanting to face the fact that she may have been wrong about coming to Narnia, but she could no longer compress her fear when the threatening ice castle appeared between two intimidating mountains in the distance.

As the two exhausted-looking reindeer pulled into the castle courtyard, the little girl shrunk back into her seat in horror. There were hundreds upon hundreds of disturbing stone statues scattered about the castle grounds in some sick display. Many of the figures were creatures she had never seen before. A short man with odd, fluffy looking legs, an incredibly tall woman with a horse's body, and an endless number of different animals. Each of them wore terrified, pained expressions and stood cowering as though they were about to be struck with something horrible and frightening.
Shivering, her heart beat faster and louder than it ever had before. She definitely should not have come here. In just a few short moments the reindeer had pulled up to the castle's massive doors, and preceded to drop their big heads low, panting loudly.

Much to the girl's shock, a huge dark-coloured wolf stalked out from behind a statue and stopped to stare at the frightened girl viciously. Frozen in her seat, she thought back to a story her Aunt Fauna once told her, about a girl in a red cloak who got eaten by a wolf. Oh, she really hoped that he wasn't hungry. Shrinking back into her seat, she watched helplessly as the scary creature walked towards her, it's yellow eyes cruel.
She wanted to go home.
"Come, little princess," he snarled suddenly, causing her to jump back as a shriek escaped her cold lips. His expression changed to amusement, before he turned back around and preceded to walk to the castle doors saying, "the queen is waiting for you."
Frightened tears were starting to fill her eyes as she watched the creature walk away. Her heart was still pounding from the shock of hearing him speak. Animals weren't supposed to talk! She longed for the familiar warmth of her cozy cottage and the caring love of her fussy aunts. She wished she was still home. Still safe.
It took all of her strength to push thoughts of her old life to the back of her mind and force her shaky legs to take her out of the sleigh. Ignoring her gut instinct to run in the opposite direction, she followed the wolf cautiously past the last of the disturbing statues and up the slippery glass steps.

She was led to a massive room, only dimly lit by the pale sun shining through the high glass ceiling. The room was unfurnished except for a tall throne which sat at the back wall. It was grand and beautiful appearing to be made out of glass or ice, it was hard to tell which, and sparkled like a million diamonds.
It was not the throne however that caught the princess' attention and caused her heart to freeze. It was in fact, the lady that sat upon it.
She was huge, that was the princess' first thought. Although she had a slim figure her height was that of a small giant. With porcelain skin, white hair and dressed in a breath-taking floor length gown, she was quite beautiful but in the most terrible way as her icy blue eyes cut through the princess and turned her insides cold.
She felt as though she had turned into one of the statues outside as the woman stared at her, taking in her small form with a fierce expression.
"Come forward child," her cool voice ordered.
Instantly the princess felt herself obey, not wanting to anger the powerful woman. A shudder went down her spine when the giant's features suddenly morphed into a wicked smile, and the princess swallowed nervously. There was a reason she had come here, she reminded herself. Mustering up all of her courage she asked the question in a small, nervous voice,
"Are you my mother?"

I hoped you enjoyed the first chapter of The Little Princess, please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks for reading!