The Guardian's Quest
Chapter 1-A Walk in the woods
3rd person POV
One day in Narnia, a lone Elf rode through the woods on her white horse to a dear friends house for tea. 'I wonder how Mr. Tumnus is doing today?' she wondered. This Elf's name was Ithilwhen, it ment Moon in Elvish. Ithilwhen was a beautiful elf of 16 years, with long brown hair and kind sappire blue eyes, and she wore a gown of emerald green with a snow white cape to hide her in the neverending winter wonderland. The horse she rode was also white, and its name was Merilwen, meaning Rose in Elvish.
Soon Ithilwhen made it to Mr. Tumnus's house, after putting Merilwen under some tree's to keep the snow off her, Ithilwhen went to Mr. Tumnus's door with a basket of baked goods for their afternoon tea. She knocked on the door waiting for it to open. "Ithilwhen! You made it! I didn't know if you could make it with all the snow coming down toady." Mr. Tumnus said opening the door that led to his home built into a cave. "I left home a little early so I could get here before the snow, I don't get to spend a lot of time with my best friend anymore so I came as soon as I could." Ithilwhen said smiling. "Well hurry and come in before you freeze! I'm very happy you could come!" Mr. Tumnus said taking her hand and leading Ithilwhen inside his warm cave.
After having some tea and the baked goods Ithilwhen brought they sat in their chairs and said nothing. "Tumnus, do you ever think the Kings and Queens from the prophocy will come?" Hearing this Mr. Tumnus froze as if the White Witch had hit him with her staff. What Ithilwhen didn't know about her friend is that Mr. Tumnus had a deal with the White Witch, if he ever were to find a Son of Adam or a Daughter of Eve he was to tell Her right away. "I don't know, I'm sure they will come some day, I just hope the White Witch doesn't catch them." Mr. Tumnus said looking away from his friend. "I hope not either, its my job to keep that from happening, I'm always looking around Narnia for any signs of them, but I never find any. But I will not stop looking until they come or something happens to me." Ithilwhen said leaning into her chair. "I hope nothing happens to you, your my best friend, and I think without you these woods would be in chaos." Mr. Tumnus said smiling at her. "I doubt that, but thank you Tumnus, you are my best friend too." Ithilwhen said smiling back. "I'm going to go check on Merilwen." Ithilwhen said getting up from her chair and putting her cape on. When she opened the door a load of snow fell from the tree just outside of Mr. Tumnus's door. "Oh no" she said walking outside. "I can't get back home in this, it's going to be dark soon and I can't ride in this when its dark!" Ithilwhen said walking over to Merilwen. "Then you'll stay the night here, I don't want you outside after dark when its like this." Mr. Tumnus said walking outside with her. "Are you sure? I don't want to bother you." "I'm very sure, You can stay here as long as you'd like, I won't be home tomorrow, I have to go pick up some things." Mr. Tumnus said putting his hand on Ithilwhen's shoulder. "Thank you so much Tumnus! Your so kind!" Ithilwhen said giving Mr. Tumnus a hug. Later that night Ithilwhen gave Merilwen some oats that she had in her saddle pack just in case she ever ran into this situation and went to bed.
The next morning Ithilwhen woke up to see Mr. Tumnus had already left. As she got up she put the blanket Mr. Tumnus gave her around her shoulders and went to look outside. 'Well, its not snowing as hard today, maybe I can scout around the area's near here while Tumnus is gone.' Ithilwhen said closing the door. After putting her hair in a braid and putting her dress and cape on she wrote a note for Mr. Tumnus in case he got back before she did. "Merilwen, are you ready to ride around today?" Ithilwhen said getting a horse blanket out of her saddle bags. Merilwen responded by brushing her hoof through the snow. "Alright, lets get you ready, I have to put your blanket on since theres so much snow today." Ithilwhen said smiling, putting the blanket on Merilwen. After making sure everything was ready for their ride Ithilwhen mounted Merilwen and rode off. 'Lets hope I don't run into any wolves today.'