As the kart pulled up to the manor, all five children gasped at the sight before them.

Following Ms Mcready into the foyer, she began listing of plenty of rules.

'You're rooms are upstairs on the right, you two boys will be across the hall from your sisters, and Kardia dear you will be in the room next to the girls' she drawled.

As Susan reached out a hand to curiously touch a figure like statue on the staircase, she was cut off by a sharp 'and there will be NO touching of the historical artefacts!' intentionally directed at her.

As Kardia looked between the two boys, she could see them both staring at each other trying to keep the smirk of both of their faces. Kardia looked at Susan, and seeing her face look a little dejected she shuffled over and placed a hand on her new friends shoulder and gave her a slight smile.

Susan mumbled a slight thank you as they carried walking towards their rooms.

'Most important of all, there will be no disturbing of the professor!' the housekeeper whispered, her face looking to a door in front of them.

Kardia trailed after Lucy at the back and watched as Lucy stopped and stared at the door that the professor was in. Seeing a slight shadow under the door frame, she gasped and quickly made her way up the stairs with Kardia giggling slightly slowly behind her.

Watching all the children enter there rooms, Kardia began to walk to hers.

'Kardia!' she heard Susan call. She turned around and smiled slightly. 'Mm?' she responded.

'Would you like to come into our room with us? The boys are joining us soon, and we would hate for you to be alone in there.' she suggested.

Kardia smiled happily, 'ok.. Yeah thank you. I'll be in, in a moment. If that's alright?'

'of course' Susan smiled and turned the handle to her door and walked inside, shutting it slowly behind her careful to make no noise.

Kardia sat on her bed, feeling the sheets. Compared to hers at home, they were incredibly scratchy.

She sighed and set her suitcase on the bed and left to go to the girls room, she would unpack later.

Kardia walked into the room to find Lucy quietly sobbing on the bed.

'What's wrong, Lu?' she questioned.

'it's the sheets' Lucy sobbed. 'They're all scratchy'. Apparently me and Lucy are on the same page she thought to herself.

'Don't worry Lucy, we'll be home soon. Just you wait.' Susan started.

Edmund scoffed, 'yeah, if homes still there!'

'Isn't it time you were in bed?' Susan questioned hinting to Edmund. 'Yes mum' Edmund sighed.

'Ed!' peter warned him. 'Have you seen this house Lucy?' Kardia cut in, sitting on the end of her bed.

'Its huge! We can do anything we want here! Tomorrow will be great, you just wait and see' she placed a comforting hand on the sad girls knee. Ed huffed and walked out of the room, shutting the door as he went. 'Well, I suppose I better be of now aswell' Peter sighed. 'Goodnight girls, sleep well'. He walked out of the room following Edmund, with choruses of goodnight behind him.

'I best be off too, goodnight girls' Kardia said smiling, leaving the room. Susan and Lucy wished each other nice dreams, and made their way to bed just like the others.

'Kardia, we bring you grave news. Your mother has passed.' There were cries, screams, silence. Kardia could not quite make out the picture. 'YOUR LYING!' she heard herself scream.

There were flashes, bright lights and things she was yet to see. 'She didn't love you Kardia, I bet she's glad she's dead! She never even liked you!' there were taunts, teasing. 'STOP IT! JUST STOP IT!' she was screaming more. She couldn't stop. 'SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!'

'Kardia!' there was someone calling her name. 'SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!' 'Why is she thrashing around like that?' more voices were heard. Suddenly, she stopped abruptly. She felt the tears, she didn't do anything. She let them fall. Slowly, she let the silent sobs wrack her small body. She felt herself being pulled into a slight embrace, forcing her eyes to open she looked around. The faces of the four siblings were crowding around her. It took her a while to realise that she was sobbing in Peters lap, but as she did she sat up as quickly as she could. She gasped. It had all felt so real. This just made her sob more. No. She mustn't cry. So, as quick as she started, she stopped. Just like that. Don't be weak, you stupid child! she told herself. 'Oh my! Kardia are you alright?' she heard Susan exclaim.

Kardia drew out the long breath she never realised she had been holding and replied with a quiet 'Yes, I'm fine. Sorry I woke you all. You can go back to sleep now.'

As all the others said goodnight to the previously weeping girl, and left - Peter had stayed behind. Only for a few moments, but long enough to tell Kardia she needn't put up an act, and with that - he left along with the others.

Kardia sighed, and felt her body slump into the bed sheets. Why had that dream felt so realistic? It had never happened before? It's just tiredness she had convinced herself over and over before letting her body fall into the calm and dreamless slumber.

She awoke with a start the next morning, making her way out of bed and into the bathroom. She let the cold water of the shower take over her aching body and sighed. She couldn't stop thinking about that dream. Once washed, she dried herself and got changed. Realising she had missed breakfast, Kardia made her way into the sitting room the children were given. 'Oh come on Peter! Gastro vascular!' she heard Susan whine, wile walking in. Gathering the idea of the game it seemed Susan had made up, she realised the looks of boredom on Peter and Edmunds face. It was obvious Peter didn't know the answer to any of these, and Edmund just looked completely uninterested.

Kardia sat down on a chair opposite the eldest Pevensie and giggled. Once his gaze had settled on her 'its Latin' she mouthed. Peter smiled at her thankfully and turned to Susan. 'Is it Latin?' Peter smiled.

'Yes!' Susan said, obviously quite shocked that Peter was aware of the answer.

'Is it Latin for worst game ever invented?' Edmund sniggered from underneath a table.

Peter, Lucy, and Kardia gave a quiet giggle at the look on their sisters face.

Susan huffed and slammed the dictionary shut. 'Well what do you suppose we do then?'

Lucy left her place on the windowsill and made her way to her big brother. 'We could play Hide and Seek?' she suggested.

Peter smiled 'But we were already having so much fun!' Susan gave Peter a look, which made him laugh further.

'Come on Peter! Please?' Lucy begged. Peter glanced at his younger sister and sighed.

'1..2..3' he started. Lucy giggled in delight and ran off to find a place to hide, while the rest of the siblings groaned and made their way out of the room, followed by Kardia.

As Lucy went to hide behind a curtain, Edmund moved her out of the way. 'I got here first!' he complained. She huffed and ran to find another spot. Kardia found a trunk, not too far from where Edmund was hiding and climbed in.

'98..99..I'm coming!' Peters voice was faint, from the sound of the corridors.

'Its alright! I'm fine, I'm back!' Lucy ran outside of the room she was in.

Kardia lifted up the trunk lid, to see if she could find out what was going on.

'Shut up! He's coming!' Edmund cried.

As soon as Edmund had said that, Peter came strolling into the corridor where Kardia, Edmund and Lucy were all looking at one another.

'You know, I don't think you three quite get the idea of this game' he joked.

'But.. I was gone for hours?' Lucy questioned, obviously confused.

'Does this mean I win?' Susan said smiling walking into the room.

'I don't think Lucy want's to play anymore' responded Peter, looking at his little sister in confusion.

'What are you going on about, Lu?' Kardia piped up from her trunk, lifting the lid fully now and stepping out of it.

'I.. I was in the wardrobe! And then there was another world inside! I met a fawn! Oh, he was so lovely!' she exclaimed.

'Well, I think we should take a look' Susan suggested, asking Lucy to lead her to the supposed magical wardrobe.

Once inside the spare room, Susan made her way over to the Victorian woodwork and opened its doors. She walked inside and knocked on its back twice.

'Lucy, the only wood in here is the back of the wardrobe' she called, walking out.

Edmund stood at the side of it, knocking on the sides just to make sure that there really wasn't a secret land his little sister was crying about.

'But it really was there!' Lucy exclaimed.

'One game at a time, Lu. We don't all have your imagination!' Peter said to the little girl softly.

'I wouldn't lie about this!' she outraged. 'Well.. I believe you' Edmund spoke.

'You.. You do?' Kardia questioned, obviously as confused as the others.

'Well yeah, didn't I ever tell you about the football pitch in the bathroom cupboard?' he laughed.

'Oh will you just stop' Peter said, getting increasingly angrier by the second.

'You just have to make everything worse don't you?' Peter scowled. 'When will you learn to just grow up?'

Edmund, furious, found himself face to face with his older brother. 'JUST SHUT UP! YOU THINK YOUR DAD, BUT YOUR NOT!' and with this, he ran out of the room.

Susan sighed, 'well that was nicely handled' disappointed with her older brother, and walked out of the room to follow Edmund.

'I wasn't lying!' Lucy piped up from behind Kardia.

'Susan's right Lucy. That's enough' peter said, walking out of the room.

Kardia and Lucy were the only people left in the room by the time the argument was over and done.

'Well.. If it means anything, I believe you' Kardia spoke quietly.

'You.. Do?' Lucy questioned cautiously, as the last time she had believed somebody they humiliated her in front of the rest of her siblings. 'Of course, they just don't believe in what they don't see. But, if you're sure it was there Lucy, then I have every right to believe you' Kardia responded.

'Thankyou!' Lucy smiled as Kardia went to walk out of the room. 'Oh! And Kardia!' she turned around. 'Mm?' she answered. 'You're the best' Lucy grinned and took Kardias hand in hers and led her out to the gardens.

Well wasn't that interesting, Kardia mused.