Edmund walked slowly in the fresh cold snow. "Why should I go with those people!" he said to himself as he kicked some snow, "I can find that faun's house on my own!" He trudged in the snow and looked around as the sound of bells filled the silent air. Edmund spun around alertly, looking for the thing that was creating this melancholy sound. He looked back at the road and saw snow flying through the air.

He could barely make out the outline of some animals that were pulling at the thing that seemed like a sleigh. A rather annoying yelling filled the air, and Edmund fell to the ground as the sleigh barely past him. The sleigh came to a sudden stop and a dark faced creature stepped out. Edmund immediately realized that he was a bad dwarf and began to run as fast as his legs could run. The dwarf yelled once more and threw a rope around Edmund's legs. Edmund tripped and fell facing the sky. The dwarf crouched over Edmund and threatened him with a knife.

"Let me go!" Edmund cried in terror. "Tell him to let me go!" he shouted at the other figure in the sleigh.

The dwarf snarled, "How dare you address the queen of Narnia!" he said with a most frightening face.

Edmund's eyes grew wide when the dwarf lifted the knife up, ready to strike, "I didn't know!" he protested.

"Let him go Ginnabrik." A stern voice called. It was full of confidence and a shiver went down Edmund's spine when he heard the female's voice. The dwarf backed away from Edmund. Edmund looked up at the women and his mouth fell open. She was the palest women he had ever seen and not to mention the tallest! Her eyebrows gave her a more stern face expression. Her cold blue piercing eyes looked down on Edmund.

"What is your name son of Adam?" she asked keeping her face straight.

Edmund sat up, "My name is Edmund." Edmund said not quite giving her full eye contact.

"And how do you, Edmund, come to enter my domain?" the Queen asked.

"I-I was just following the others- we got in through the," Edmund began.

"Others?" the queen interrupted, for the first time she seemed interested and raised her eyebrow. "How many are there?"

Uh, five of us, Lucy, the youngest, has already been here, she said she met a faun called Tumnus, or something."

The Queen nodded slightly at the name Tumnus. All of sudden her whole face changed. "Edmund, you look so cold, come and sit with me." She said with a smile. Edmund felt uneasy, but dared not to disobey, he slowly walked over to her.