DISCLAIMER: The Chronicles of Narnia belongs to C.S. Lewis, not me!

Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, Diana Fowley etc. are the creations and property of Chris Carter, 1013 Productions and the Fox Broadcasting Corporation

The lines I've quoted from the book come in italic.

I'll continue quoting lines from the original story as I want to stick to C.S. Lewis true story. The X-Files characters are just an additional element to the original story. Their presence will bring along some changes but almost all the characters from The Lion, the Witch and Wardrobe will be present


Chapter One

Finding one, Missing two


"You said you wanted to see me" explained Mulder.

"Yes, please come in" answered Scully.

"What happened?" asked Mulder, slightly worried about his partner and followed her into the living-room.

"Sit down please" ordered Scully while taking place on the couch.

"You…you seem confused" stammered Mulder. Now he was sure that something was wrong with her.

"Mulder…

Several months ago, I learned that as a result of my abduction, of what they did to me, I cannot conceive a child. And know I just found out that I have a little three-year old girl. I need the truth. Mulder look me in the eye and tell me what has really been done to me during my abduction" said Scully on a determined tone.

"I never expected this… I thought I was protecting you…" said Mulder slowly

"By lying?

Mulder! Why would they do this to me?" asked Scully confused.

"I only know that genetic experiments were being done, that children were being created" explained Mulder.

"Children being created for who?"

"For who, for what, I don't know" he said.

"But you are going to help me find out; aren't you?" asked Scully hopefully, staring into Mulder's beautiful hazel eyes.

"I'll help you" replied Mulder, sounding very convincing.

"That little girl, Emily is her name…

Mulder, she's very sick, she suffers from a rare type of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia. I talked to her doctor a few days ago. Her treatment is only experimental. She's a subject in a clinical trial, where they're developing gene therapies for several blood disorders.
When I asked doctor Calderon what her prognosis was, he just told me that he couldn't say. He explained that these were ongoing double-blind trials and that it could be years before we have any results"

From the heartrending tone of her voice as well as her sad look; Mulder immediately knew how much Scully cared for that child and already loved it. He searched for the best words to tell her in this painful moment, and it didn't matter how hard he tried, he could not find them. In the end he thought that maybe the simplest words were the most right ones.

"I'm sorry" he said softly and took her hand, giving it a little squeeze like he always did. But this time Scully wouldn't smile at his gesture, instead she leaned back and continued with her explanations.

"There's more…I got very strange phone calls, informing me that someone needed my help. I had them traced and that's how I found out about Emily. However the voice on the phone was not Emily's voice, neither was it her mother's" explained Scully.

"Whose voice was it then?" asked Mulder intrigued by her affirmations.

"I know it might sound absurd but…I think it was Melissa's"

Mulder found it hard to believe what he had just heard, did Scully really say she had talked to someone who was dead?

"What did she say exactly?"

"Not much… only that someone needed my help; that I should go and help" said Scully.

"You believe that the person you're supposed to help is Emily?"

"I do…Otherwise it wouldn't make any sense. Her parents were both murdered and I feel that their death is somehow closely linked to Emily."

"Then what are you going to do now?"

"I don't know yet, but I know that your help would be precious…whatever I decide to do"

"Do you have any ideas about who might be the murderer?" asked Mulder.

"No, not really. At first I thought it might be the father who had killed the mother because she wanted to stop Emily's treatment, but then… he too was murdered, so I'm no longer sure. I want to help resolve this case, but for the moment, Emily is my priority".

"I understand you"

"You see I never realised how much I wanted to become a mother, until I could no longer have this chance. Now.., that little girl is there... she's mine and I'm going to to everything to keep her safe".

They were interrupted by the ringing of Scully's mobile phone.

"Sorry, just one minute" she said apologetically and stood up.

She left the living-room and went into the hallway, apparently not wanting him to hear her conversation, but Mulder could grab a few bricks of it, even if he would pretend the contrary later, because conventions require it of a well-mannered man.

It had something to do with the little girl.

A few instants later she entered the room, smiling brightly.

"Mulder?"

"Yes"

"Did you plan anything this afternoon apart from coming to see me?"

"No, nothing"

"I just had the woman from the children's center on the phone. She said that I could drop in and spend some time with Emily… and I thought that you might want to see her too…"

"Of course"

"So-" asked Scully.

"Let's go" replied Mulder.

They both smiled and Scully felt thankful for having such a reliable and trustworthy friend.

Twenty minutes later they arrived at the children's center and went straight to the special-needs ward. Mulder was happy for Scully but at the same time he was afraid of what they would discover. He feared the truth about Emily's conception and for the first time he hoped to be mistaken.

Emily who tended to be such a shy girl with strangers, immediately felt at ease with Mulder. He made her laugh at their first meeting by imitating Mr. Potato Head, and as a consequence of it, won the little girls trust and love.

The three of them spent a wonderful afternoon, playing, joking and laughing together. Scully couldn't hide her surprise when she saw how fantastic Mulder was in dealing with children and told him he would make an amazing father. Mulder blushed at her comment, which Emily found very amusing, but he took it as compliment, especially if it was coming from her.

Unfortunately good moments are always too short and the end of their afternoon together had come quickly. With a heavy heart Mulder and Scully had to leave Emily but promised to be back very soon.

The presence of Mulder at Scully's side had made a good impression on the social worker, who was in charge of Emily till the definitive custody of Scully was approved. The fact that she was a single unmarried woman and had a very dangerous job surely was disadvantageous, but she was Emily's biological mother and that gave her a privileged position.

Scully appeared more joyful, more courageous when Mulder was next to her. They completed each other perfectly thought the social worker.


Mulder spent the night at Bill's house and shared a room with Scully, to Bill's great displeasure. So he was at her side when she got another of these strange phone calls. Again Scully was told to go and help. Like the previous times, they had the call traced and found out that it had been made from the children's center. Scully immediately started panicking and Mulder didn't manage to calm her down, as he himself feared that something might have happened to Emily. They dressed quickly and headed towards the children's center.

Scully banged at the door like made, fearing the worst. A young woman, who seemed very confused, hastily opened the door wondering who might disturb her at such an hour.

"What is it? What's the matter?" she asked while both agents entered the ward.

"Has anyone been here in the last half-hour?" enquired Mulder.

"No! What's going on?" the woman's tone became more threatening.

Neither Mulder nor Scully cared to explain to the supervisor what they were worried about. Emily's safety was their main concern. They went straight to the little girl's room and tried to be as quiet as they could in order not to waken the other children. No one can describe how relieved they both felt when they saw that she was sleeping peacefully in her bed. However this serene look was just an appearance. Emily's forehead was sweaty and she was breathing hard, the phone call had been a warning, something was wrong with that little girl.

Scully touched her forehead and anxiety could be read in her eyes the second that followed.

"She's burning up!" exclaimed Scully.

"I'll call 911" said the supervisor and left the room.

"Can you carry her to the entrance hall?" asked Scully turning to Mulder.

He nodded and carefully lifted Emily.

Scully left him alone and followed the supervisor, who had gone downstairs and was waiting for the ambulance.


He had hardly taken her into his arms that the little girl started to stammer something "Not… downstairs…not hospital…"

"Dana and I are with you, nothing will happen to you sweetie…" whispered Mulder gently and rubbed her back trying to comfort her.

"Please…the third door on your right…open the wardrobe…please… you are my friend" stuttered Emily.

Mulder hesitated for a moment, he thought about Scully who was waiting downstairs and the face she made when she realized that Emily had fever, he didn't want to hurt her, but then he decided to follow the girl's advice and carried her to that room with the wardrobe. Arrived just in front of the wardrobe, Emily asked to be put down.

"What are you looking for" asked Mulder.

"Doctors can't heal me" whispered Emily.

"They'll find something, all they need is time" explained Mulder.

"I like you, you are different"

"What do you mean Emily?"

"You are not like all the other adults, you are different from Dana, you believe"

Mulder stared at Emily, not knowing what to reply to her affirmation. Sure he believed in paranormal activities more that other people did, but why did that make him so different?

"I don't understand…" said Mulder.

"They need your help"

"Who? Emily, please tell me who needs help?"

"If you are my friend and if you trust me, you will see and you will be able to help" said Emily.

"I trust you" replied Mulder calmly.

"Give me your hand and promise that whatever will happen, you won't tell it to anyone, that you will keep the secret"

"I promise"

Then Emily unlocked the huge wooden wardrobe and cautiously opened it. She closed her eyes, hoping that Mulder could see, and that he was that person everyone expected over there in Narnia. They needed his help, she thought.

She climbed into the wardrobe and indicated Mulder to do the same. He looked stunned and wasn't quite sure that this was the right thing to do, but then he saw Emily, her sweaty face and he knew that he would do everything that could possibly appease her suffering, and in this case it meant climbing into a wardrobe. Mulder saw that there were several coats hanging up and he wondered if there would be enough space for the two of them. He had to bend down in order to get in, which Emily found quite funny. As soon as they were both inside, Emily closed the wardrobe. Very soon, Mulder who was still holding Emily's hand went further into the wardrobe and found that there was a second row of coats hanging up behind the first one. He wondered why they would need so many long woman coats in a children's center, but then decided that it was just one more of these queer items to add to his list ofeven more strange things.

It was quite dark in there and Mulder kept one arm stretched out in front of him so as not to bump into the back of the wardrobe. He took a step further in, then two or three steps- always expecting to feel woodwork against the tips of his fingers. But he could not feel it. Emily who was just next to him started giggling. "This is not an ordinary wardrobe Mulder" she said freeing her hand and then pushing the folds of the coat aside to make room for Mulder and her. The two of them went on a few steps further, and for a moment Mulder thought that the wardrobe was endless, but then he noticed that there was something crunching under their feet and that they no longer felt the hard smooth wood of the floor of the wardrobe but something soft and powdery and extremely cold. He looked up and discovered a huge snowy landscape.

While Mulder and Emily were entering the world of Narnia, Scully was waiting downstairs for the ambulance to come, and slowly began to wonder why Mulder was taking so long. She was impatient and worried.

"I'll go upstairs and check if everything is alright" said Scully to the supervisor who had been waiting here with her for the past five minutes.

But when she arrived upstairs she found no Mulder and no Emily in the dormitory. She turned on the light because she thought she had been mistaken, but no, they weren't here. She left the dormitory and opened each door on that floor shouting "Mulder! Emily! Where are the two of you?" but no answer came from them, as they could no longer hear her…

TBC...


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