Chapter 4

We went outside to a Winter Wonderland. Lucy did not see it a warning like I did. I had such a bad feeling about this snow in the summer. I was surprised she did not think it odd. Zadis kept popping in my head. Who was she?

Lucy sneaked up behind me and threw a snowball at me. It smacked me right dab between my shoulder blades.

Laughing and forgetting my worries for a while I made a perfectly round snowball (thanks to living in a land of winter so long) and threw it at Lucy while she was not looking, "Ha! Never throw snowballs at Tumnus!" I joked shying away from her when she prepared to make another. But she succeeded and the snowball landed on my head, my horns catching it.

"Ah, that's it!" I ran after her, making snowball after snowball and shooting them at her like I was some cannon. She was shrieking as she ran, not having time to make any of her own.

"Stop, stop it!" she laughed as she staggered out of breath and grabbed onto a tree.

It was nearing daylight now. I plopped over under the tree beside Lucy who was still standing. It was getting colder.

Suddenly I felt something dark and evil close by. It was like the feeling I had around the White Witch. I stiffened immediately.

"What is the matter?" Lucy asked, worried as I jumped up quickly and looked around.

"Something just isn't right. We need to get back inside now!" I herded her away inside Cair Paravel's safety. I trusted Aslan that everything would be alright. Things would get better and the snow would melt instead of stay.

But it did not get better. It got colder and colder by the days, in fact after 3 days the whole palace had a layer of ice on everything and the fires would not thaw it all and it stayed cold. Everyone became sick, not being used to such severe weather but eventually adapted…only with it being so cold there was a food shortage and we had to import food from Calormen. To top it off Shanty came back and for some reason Lucy's siblings redecided Lucy marry him. It was as if they forgot he was abusing her. They acted as if I was the bad one and they renounced me as her body guard. I was not allowed to see her anymore.

Everything was like a nightmare and my trust in Aslan was slowly diminishing. He watched us suffer and yet did nothing! It was as if we were cursed.

Zadis kept popping in my head and I knew not why.

Lucy loved me with all her soul and was devastated to not see me anymore. She was Queen but she could not disobey the High King and see me in public. So we met at night secretly, hiding from view.

She became sickly looking by the day and I knew he was hurting her still and it killed me not to be able to make Shanty stop. She always clung to me like I was her life support.

"My life seems to be fading before my eyes; I pray daily that Aslan take me out of my misery. I'm so tired of being tortured, Tumnus," Lucy said to me one night as I tried to comfort her.

My heart split into at those words. The lively girl I had known so long was now grieving and sickly. Shanty was killing her slowly and Zadis who ever she was was definitely helping him.

I could not reply, I only held her close, grieving silently myself. Have I come to fall in love with her only to have her taken away? Why would Aslan do this? Why couldn't he let us be together? Maybe it was because I was just a faun and not a Son of Adam. Was I being punished for loving her? I had not even kissed her yet (It probably had to do with me being shy about it). Still if he was punishing me, why did he have to make Lucy suffer the consequences also? That was when I abandoned my trust in him. He had abandoned us so I would abandon him.

I decided to reply, "Don't say that, Lucy. If you died you would make me devastated. I don't think I can live without you."

"You're going to have to, Tumnus. I have to marry Shanty. There's no way out," Lucy buried her face into my chest and sobbed.

Something dark lurked by us. I could feel it strongly. Lucy must have to for she stopped crying, grabbing onto my hand and looked around her grip tightening.

The White Witch appeared in front of us, suddenly.

Lucy muffled a horrified scream, shuddering against me.

Only this was not the White Witch Jadis, but she had a striking resemblance. She was darker looking and I knew this was who Shanty called Zadis.

"I have come in the revenge of my sister, Jadis. I have come to take the last remaining crown," the woman yelled, angrily.

"Last remaining crown?" Lucy shrieked in surprise, clutching onto me for dear life.

"You are the only one left now, dear heart. Your little family are stone statues," Zadis said, her voice smooth as honey yet so evil.

"No!" Lucy screamed falling to the ground sobbing, trembling in fear and shock.

I eyed the identical wand Zadis clutched as I knelt down beside Lucy and put my arms around her.

"I have cursed Narnia with plagues, and they will continue on until you are dead," Zadis pointed the wand at Lucy.

"No! I beg you," I shielded Lucy, protectively. I wanted her safe I did not really at that moment care what happened to me just as long as Lucy was safe.

Oh Aslan! Why did I doubt you?

"Very well, Tumnus. Look at me faun!" Zadis said sharply.

I did not know how she knew my name but I looked up bravely, meeting the eyes of my enemy. I was Lucy's only hope now. I was all she had left, it was up to me now and I had to save her. We had to runaway far from here, that is if we could make away alive when Zadis was done with us

. Lucy's siblings' redecision of Lucy to marry Shanty was no doubt Zadis' plan. Shanty I realized did not want to marry Lucy he was only going along with the marriage so he could kill Lucy because he was with Zadis! She must have hypnotized Lucy's family.

Her eyes held mine and I had a feeling she was trying to hypnotize me as I found it really hard to look away. Her eyes were the eyes of a serpent.

I glared at her, shaking my head. I felt strangely light-headed.

Zadis grinned like she had accomplished something great. She turned swiftly and left.

What a merciful lion you are. Please let me save Lucy. I slumped in relief. Why had I ever doubted and abandoned Aslan?

If I only had known what her intentions were for me to do……

I am sorry if this chapter isn't very good at the appearance of Zadis. I had a lot of distractions going on as I wrote this. If you have any ideas of how I can make this chapter better tell me. I'm starting on chapter 5 now. It may be a while before I can post though because I only have mobile internet now and I have to go to the library to post. Be patient with me Can anyone give me some information about Calormen?

-Phantom Stallion fan aka Emma Rose.

P.S.

What do you think Zadis hypnotized Tumnus to do?