Chapter 6: Enter War Drobe of Spare Oom

"For someone who seems to be in mourning she seems to be pretty cheerful," Susan muttered.

"She's mourning. Didn't you see how her eyes were filled with sadness and hurt when she talked about her family and that game. She still mourning them." Peter objected. And I will help her get over it. I don't know how but I will try, Peter thought. "I'm going to go use the loo."

When Peter got out of the bathroom he walked back to the parlor to see Madison and Lucy standing in front a mirror. Lucy had her tongue in between her teeth as she braided Madison's hair. He never noticed how long it was. In the braid it fell to her lower back but with out it went to the bottom of her butt. Madison was reading from the book, The Talmud, occasionally checking on Lucy's progress. Susan was reading a dictionary and Edmund was doing something with the bottom of a chair.

"Peter! I have an idea," Susan said when she noticed Peter. "I'll give you a word and you tell me where it comes from."

"You mean what root its from," Madison asked.

"Yes," Susan said pointedly.

"I've got nothing else better to do," Peter said and flopped down on the couch. Susan scrolled down the dictionary giving off words. Peter guessed, he could care less about where a word came from. He just liked to watch Lucy and Madison. More of the latter though. Lucy finished braiding Madison's hair and Madison gave her a hug and thanked her.

"Gastrovascular," Susan said.

"Latin?"

"Yes," Susan said.

"Does it mean 'the worst game ever invented'. Madison's game sounds more interesting then this," Edmund criticized from under the chair.

"We can play Hide-and-Seek?" Lucy suggested. "Please Peter. Madison." Lucy begged and gave her puppy dog eyes. Eyes that would make you give in to anything.

"One. Two. Three," Peter started. Lucy smiled and hugged him. Madison put her book down. Susan groaned and Edmund complained. Peter got up and closed his eyes.

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"Twenty. Twenty-One." Peter counted. Madison quickly found and empty closet and went in leaving the door just a crack so she couldn't get locked in. Peter's voice filtered through the walls. Madison took a few breaths and waited. Madison touched her braid and felt a weak spot where Lucy didn't tug hard enough. Oh, well. No big deal. I used to have a lot of those for a while. I should cut my hair it is getting a bit long, Madison pondered. She heard Edmund say something mean to someone. Probably shooed Susan or Lucy out of a hiding space. "Ready or not. Here I come," Peter said.

Out of the crack Madison saw Peter leave the parlor. He looked over to where her hiding place was and blinked. Madison backed into the darkness of the closet. Peter walked over to the closet and opened it, "Found you."

"You found me good job," Madison said. "Now please move so I can get out and help you find Susan, Edmund and Lucy."

"It's all right! I'm back! I'm all right!" Lucy voice rang. Peter looked over at Madison, she shrugged and the two quickly went to the sound of Lucy's voice.

"Quiet he's coming," Edmund voice said.

"You know. I'm not sure you two have quite got the idea of this game," said Peter as he and Madison approached the two younger children.

"Weren't you wondering where I was?" Lucy asked her face puzzled.

"That's the point. That is why he was trying to seek you," Edmund snorted.

"Lucy?" Madison asked as she tilted her head to the side. But before she could say anything more Susan popped in.

"Does this mean I win?" Susan asked happily as she skipped over to the group.

"I don't think Lucy wants to play anymore," Peter stated.

"But I've been gone for hours," Lucy stated, her eyes showed confusion.

"Lucy we just started the game," Madison asked and approached he girl. She got down the girls height and looked directly at her. Chocolate brown eyes met emerald green. "Where do you think you've been?"

"I went into the wardrobe in a spare room to hide. I walked all the way back and walked into a winter wonderland. There was snow everywhere. The trees were huge. I met a faun there. His name is Mr. Tumnas. He took me to his house and gave me tea. He played some type of an instrument and played a beautiful lullaby. When I woke up the house was dark and he quickly took me back to where we met and told me to go back home. So here I am." Lucy's eyes begged to be believed.

"Let's get a look at this wardrobe," Madison stated. "Where is it?"

"Follow me," Lucy took Madison hand and led her over to a spare room. She opened it up and entered. "Inside there."

Madison approached the wardrobe. It had many intricate carvings on it. One showed a lion, another a boy and a tree, and an apple. It seemed to be telling a story but what story, Madison didn't know. Susan knocked on the back, while Peter checked inside. Edmund was just looking at it with Madison.

"Lucy, the only wood in here is the back of the wardrobe," Susan said gently.

"One game at a time Lu. We all don't have your imagination," Peter said, he, Susan and Edmund started to walk away.

"But I wasn't imagining it!" Lucy shouted.

"That's enough Lucy," Susan scolded the girl.

"I wouldn't lie about something like this," Lucy cried tears started to come in to her eyes.

"Well I believe you," Edmund said and stepped out from his brother and elder sister.

"You do?" asked Lucy not sounding very questionable.

"Didn't I tell you about the football fields in the bathroom cupboards," Edmund gave an evil smile.

"Oh will you just stop," Peter groaned. "You just have to make everything worse don't you?"

"It was just a joke!"

"When are you going to learn to grow up?" Peter asked sounding very tired.

"Shut up! You think you're Dad, but you're not!" Edmund shouted and left the room. Madison could tell he hadn't gone far.

Susan glared at Peter, "Well that was nicely handled."

"Madison! Please say you believe me," Lucy said and turned to Madison. Madison looked from the wardrobe to Lucy and then to her siblings. She looked all of them in the eye. Lucy's begged for someone to believe her. Susan's showed that she thought the entire thing was illogical. Peter's showed that he cared for his little sister but couldn't believe a story like this.

"Your story," Madison said as she broke the contact with Peter and met Lucy's again. "You told it the same way as Sassy. She could tell a story so well that you could believe that it actually happened. She was brilliant at story telling. Your eyes are like hers. When you talked about walking in to this world and the instrument you eyes showed wonder and amazement. When you talked about the faun, Mr. Tumnas. You're eyes showed the happiness that comes from making a new friend. When you talked about Mr. Tumnas being scared and rushing you back to where you met, your eyes showed sadness.

"I have always believed in a parrell universe. Another world that works with this one. So maybe what you speak of is real. I don't know, I've never been there. But I think your story is possible," Madison said.

Lucy threw her arms around Madison. "Thanks for believing. Somewhat."

"Madison, can I talk to you," Susan huffed as she folded her arms.

Madison shrugged and Lucy got off her. Madison walked over to Susan and stopped right in front of her.

"Everyone out of here," Susan commanded. Lucy timidly left but Peter stayed. "Get out Peter!"

"I'm the eldest, and Mum left me in charge. So I'm staying," Peter said.

"Fine!" Susan said. She looked to Madison and glared, "You shouldn't be encouraging her."

"How am I encouraging her?" Madison asked her face neutral. Her body laxed compared to Susan's tense body.

"By telling her you believe that stupid story. You can't travel to a different dimension spend time there and come back all with in seconds. It's impossible. Illogical!"

"You only say that because you don't understand it. Think of it this way. Maybe the wardrobe will only let certain people in and take them to some place. Because you are traveling time reacts differently. Maybe where Lucy came from. Every hour there is a second here. But just because it's 'illogical' doesn't make it less true," Madison said her voice even.

"You seriously can't believe that rubbish! Peter tell her it's stupid. A wardrobe can't take you anywhere. And there is no other universes out there." Susan said and turned to her brother.

"Madison had a pretty good point. How do we know that time is different there then here. Lucy had always told the truth," Peter stated.

"Fauns don't exist!" Susan cried.

"How do you know? Maybe they do there. We don't know as we have never been there before. Now I have better things to do today then listen to you criticize your little sister story," Madison started to walk to the door.

"Why did you have to come here? Why can't you just go away?" Susan cried.

"Susan!" Peter yelled he was about to say something when Madison cut in.

"Do you really think I want to be here?" Madison's back was to them, but she slowly turned around. Her eyes blazing fury, she pulled back her shoulders, put her hands on her hips, and coldly glared at Susan. "If I had a choice I would be with my parents and siblings. But I don't want to break my grandparents, Aunts or Uncles hearts anymore then they already are. My family would want me to live out the rest of my life to the fullest. Go to see different places and be happy. So, I really don't want to be here to. But I don't have a choice until those air raids stop and I can meet up with the rest of my family. You don't want me here. I would gladly leave the soonest I can," Madison said in a deadly calm voice. Her eyes blazed and both Peter and Susan cringed slightly.

"Don't go!" Lucy burst threw the door and jumped onto Madison, her small arms went around Madison's waist, holding close to Madison's body. Madison hid her surprise quite well. "Don't go. I like you and I don't want you to leave." Lucy cried into Madison's back.

Madison closed her eyes and took a few breathes before turning around. She got back to Lucy's level and said softly, quietly, comfortingly, as she gripped Lucy's shoulder's gently, "I'm not leaving. So don't worry, all right. So stop crying, and put your smile back on your face," Lucy nodded her head, and whipped her eyes clean but they were still slightly wet, tears streaks went down her baby fat cheeks. Madison got up and faced Susan and Peter, "I believe this meeting is done. Come on in Edmund. Let's go clean off your face, Lucy."

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Madison and Lucy walked out of the room, hand in hand, talking softly, when Edmund walked in. Once Madison had left. Peter closed the door and faced Susan. "Why did you have to say that? We are supposed to help her get over her families death not yell at her and miss them more!" Peter sharply said at his sister.

"Yeah well I think she's over it. And maybe I should write to Mum and tell her that you slept with her last night," Susan retorted.

"For the last time. We did nothing last night. She was scared and I comforted her like I'm supposed to do. We just both happen to fall asleep on each other. Nothing happened." Today is not my day, thought Peter.

"Was that why you weren't in bed when I woke up?" Edmund asked.

"Don't believe a word Susan's says. Where did you even get those ideas?" Peter asked.

"That is what it looked like to me," Susan stated.

"Then you need glasses." Peter turned on his heel and left the room. I hate rain, he thought to himself.

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