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The Neverending Winter
Chapter 6. Meeting Evil Once Again
Lucy slowly climbed the hill, tears falling down her cheeks. And it was so cold, she was surprised they hadn't frozen where they were on her face. Finally, after what seemed an eternity, she found the castle. When she saw it, she could feel the evil. And she thought to herself "No matter how scared I am, I have to do this. For Peter. For Susan. And for Edmund."
She kept that thought as she walked on. And when she got to the door she heard someone shout her name. She looked up at the hill she had just, practically rolled down. She saw Peter, Susan, and Edmund. She could just barely make out one of the beavers as well.
"I'm sorry." she said, blinking back more tears.
She pushed open the door and walked in. She was in a courtyard filled with stone statues. She wished to herself one of her siblings would come and drag her back home, but she knew she had to do this. She walked further and further, becoming more and more scared. No one had seen her, she had a chance to run, but she kept walking.
"What is your business here, stranger?" someone growled. She looked and saw a wolf staring at her. She felt as though she couldn't move. "Your the daughter of eve aren't you?" the wolf asked. Lucy nodded her head. "Well then, follow me." the wolf said.
She followed the wolf up some stairs and into an unusual room, but she could see a throne. An icy one. "Wait here." the wolf said.
Lucy stood there, and for the next few minutes she had, cried silently and thought to herself "It's all over, I'm never going to see my siblings again." But before she could think or cry anymore, the witch appeared.
"Well, isn't this a wonderful sight." the witch mocked. Lucy said nothing, but continued to stare at the ground. "Where are your siblings? I told you to bring them." the witch asked.
"I came here alone... because... your not going to take them." Lucy stuttered.
"Excuse me." the witch said shocked.
"I said I'm not telling you where they are." Lucy replied.
"Oh you won't? Well, we'll just have to fix that." the witch said. Then she called the dwarf that had whipped Lucy. "Take her to the torture chamber. I need to know where her siblings are." the witch said.
"I can tell you." someone said. Lucy turned around and saw a strange green woman.
"Ahh, Arabella, what news have you?" the witch asked.
"Their with the beavers." the girl replied.
The witch nodded. "Maurgrim!" she called.
The wolf that had led Lucy there walked back in. "Yes your majesty." he said bowing low.
"Go to the beaver's dam. Kill everything and everyone you find there." the witch said.
"NO!" Lucy cried. The witch strode over and slapped her.
"Go now, before they have a chance to escape, and Ginnarbrik, why isn't this little brat in the torture chamber yet?" the witch asked. The dwarf nodded and started dragging the kicking and biting Lucy away. And what happened next is to horrible to explain.
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"Hurry mother! Their after us!" Mr. Beaver exclaimed running in the door, Peter, Susan, and Edmund behind him.
"Right then." Mrs. Beaver said starting to scurry around.
"What's she doing?" Peter asked.
"Other than wasting time?" Edmund mumbled.
"You'll thank me later. It's a long journey and Beaver get's pretty cranky when he's hungry." Mrs. Beaver replied.
"I'm cranky now!" Mr. Beaver exclaimed. A few moments later wolves were tearing at the roof.
"What do we do?!" Edmund exclaimed. Suddenly Mr. Beaver opened a little pantry, and started pushing all the children toward it. It turned out to be a little tunnel. When they got to the otherside, Peter and Edmund helped Mr. Beaver block the exit. When they turned around, the sight they saw was unimaginable, little stone statues of animals. Mr. Beaver walked up to one.
"I'm so sorry dear." Mrs. Beaver said, putting a paw on Mr. Beaver's shoulder.
"He was my best mate." Mr. Beaver said.
"What happened here?" Peter asked.
"This is what becomes of people who cross the witch." a fox replied walking up. Peter pushed Susan and Edmund behind him.
"If you take one more step traitor, I'll chew you to splinters!" Mr. Beaver warned.
"Relax, I'm one of the good guys." the fox said.
"Oh yeah, cause you look an aweful lot like one of the bad ones." Mr. Beaver said.
"Unfortunant family resemblance, but we can argue breeding later, right now we have to move." the fox said. Then they heard the sound of wolves.
"What did you have in mind?" Peter asked urgently. The fox smiled and then motioned for the tree.
"Climb, I'll get rid of the wolves." the fox said. The beavers scrambled up the tree. Peter pushed Edmund up, he knew Edmund could get up quicker so he could push Susan up faster, and then helped Susan up, then climbed up himself. They had just gotten settles when the barrier came busting open. They surrounded the fox.
"Evening gent's, lost something have we?" the fox said.
"Stop patronizing me, I know where your alleigance lies. We're looking for some humans." the wolf said.
The fox chuckled. "Humans, here in Narnia. Now that's a valuable bit of information." the fox said. One of the wolf's jumped him, biting into his neck, making the fox yelp. Susan very nearly screamed, but Peter and Edmund put their hands over her mouth, before she could make a sound.
"Now where did they go?" the wolf growled.
The fox paused, and for a moment they thought he would tell them. "They ran north." the fox said.
"Smell them out!" the wolf ordered. The wolf that had been holding the fox down threw him and ran off with the others. The fox collapsed and stayed there.