Chapter Ten: Truth Can Hurt.
Aang stood grinning at his sister and Korra. Both of them still unable to believe that they were here. Korra decided to break the silents.
"I don't suppose saying sorry will cover it" She asked
"No" Aang answered
Asami and Korra both looked at each other surprised. But that was broken when a snow ball hit Korra in the face. They both looked to see Aang with a another one floating in his hand.
"But that might" He laughed.
Korra got back with an even bigger snow ball in her hand. She then chucked it at Aang but was intercepted by Asami.
"No one throws the snow at my little bro. But Me" She said all evil.
Soon the air was filled with snow balls. All of them getting cold and wet with each throw and hit. The only one that wasn't joining in was Kai who was too busy staring off into the distance. He saw the two hill covered by cloud and trying to figure a way to get the others to Kuvira's castle. He then heard painting behind him, he turned to see the others lying in the snow now finished with their snowball fight. Korra then sat in the snow while Pabu licked her face.
"Well see as we're here what should we do first?" She asked everybody.
"We should do some exploring. Who knows what will find" Asami replied
"But first" she said while heading back into the Wardrobe.
She came back out a few seconds later carrying coats and snow shoes for herself, Aang and Kai. See that Korra already had snow boots Asami handed her a blue parka.
"Sweetie are your sure we should be taking these? I mean there not ours" Korra asked
"That maybe but it is wet and cold. But its not like were stealing them, we're not even taking them out of the house. And logically not even out of the wardrobe" Asami explained
Korra then gave Asami a small kiss. The boys sighed at the sight of their sisters lovy dovy moment.
"When did you get so smart" Korra said dreamily
"Long before we met" Asami answered.
They began to walk through the woods with little to no idea of where to go or what to do, but they all enjoyed the view of the land and the sight of the falling snow. Kai on the other hand was lagging behind them. Hoping to get them to follow him.
"Uh shouldn't be heading a little to the left if we're aiming for the lamppost?" Kai said
As soon as the words left his mouth he wished he had kept it shut. They all stopped and rounded on him. Korra grabbed him by his shirt and threw him into snow. She began punching him in the face hard and threw him again. She then picked him up and pinned him to a tree.
"So you were here you little SHIT. All this time you made out that Aang was lying" She snarled
"You didn't believe him either" Kai spat
Korra was about to hit him again but Asami stopped her by grabbing her forearm. Her touch managed to calm Korra down and let Kai go. He gasped for breath and cough into the ground.
"You know sometimes I wish mom and dad had never had you. If they knew you'd become this, they would dumped you a long time ago" Korra said.
Kai fumed at Korra for saying that as she walked away from him. No matter how much he tried to deny it she so much like their father. Angry and aggressive but still able to love. Korra came up to Aang and asked him where they should go.
"How about to Miss Tumnus. The faun I told you about" Aang answered
"Well to Miss Tumnus it is" Korra replied.
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They walked through the woods and played in the snow while heading for Miss Tumnus's cave. Pabu and Momo were throwing snow at each other like everybody else. Pabu then suddenly slipped and began rolling in the snow until he became a snow ball. Momo jumped on the ball to free him.
Aang was just in the middle of telling Asami what kinds of tea Miss Tumnus would have until he stopped dead in his tracks.
"Aang? Whats Wrong?" Asami asked.
Aang pointed to a stone wall. Asami looked where he was pointing to see a sliding door that been ripped from it frame. Aang then ran towards the cave with others close behind.
They entered the cave and what they found inside broke Aangs heart. Everything from books to china had been torn, smashed or burned, Furniture lay in pieces and every from the wall looked as though someone had set fire to it.
"Who could've done this" Asami said shaken
Looking at this reminded her of home when they faced the aftermath of the air raids. It broke her heart to see the ruins of their house, the ruins of the streets and the sadness she would see in Aangs eyes. The same sadness he was showing right now. She continued to walk through the house when she felt something on the tip of her foot. She looked down to see a picture of a male faun. She picked it but to see someone slashed it with a knife.
"No, No, No" Aang said when she showed it to him
"Thats her father. WHY" Aang screamed
He took the picture and held it to his chest. He began to sob and fall to his knees with tears streaming down his face. Asami couldn't bare to see him like this, she knelt beside him and took him in her arms. He continued to sob into her chest, each tear hitting her coat felt like shards of glass cutting her deeply. She cursed her self for not believing Aang before and prayed that he would able to forgive her for all times she wasn't there for him.
"Shhh little brother. I'm here and I'm sorry. I'm always gonna be here. I won't ever leave you alone again" She whispered
Aang held his sister tightly, controlling his sobs and trying bit by bit to calm him self and stop crying. Korra stood watching her girlfriend comfort the boy, smiling at the moment they were having. She looked around the room at the damaged cursing the people who did this. Her eyes then fell upon a piece of paper nailed to the wall. She walked over, ripped it off it nail and brought it over to the others.
"Some kind of letter" She said
She and Aang made small flames in their hands and held them close to the paper but not too close so it would catch fire.
"The former occupant of this premise Tumnus has been arrested for high treason" Korra read aloud
Aang's heart sank even more. They had found out about Tumnus and what she had done. Momo landed on his shoulder and dabbed at Aangs eyes with his tail. Korra kept reading.
"Against her majesty Kuvira The Great Uniter of Narnia, emperess of the lone islands and chatelaine of Cair Paravel etc. Also comforting the Uniter's enemies, havering spies and fraternizing with humans.
Sighed Morgrim, Captain of the secret police
All Hail The Great Uniter"
Aang couldn't believe this was happing. He ran out side to catch his breath, letting the cold air blow in his face. The others ran out to join him and comfort him.
"It's all my fault. Fraternizing with humans, thats why she's been taken prisoner" Aang wept
"Shh. Honey it's not your fault this happened. You couldn't have known it would" Asami said
Korra joined them with Pabu on her shoulder. She placed her hand on Aangs shoulder to calm him down.
"I'm guessing this Great Uniter isn't who she says she is" Korra asked
Aang whipped what was left of his tears away and nodded.
"She cruel and heartless. She's the reason Narnia is like this, she placed and enchantment over the inter country. Plunging it into a never ending winter" Aang explained
Korra and Asami looked at each other. When things like this happened your first instinct is to go where its safe. For a moment Asami thought of going back home but it would break Aangs heart.
"We have to try and rescue her" Aang said "It's my fault she's in trouble"
"And you'd be right Aang. A part of me doesn't want to go any further and we shouldn't have come here. But we have to do what ever we can to save Miss Whatever her name is. The Faun" Asami said
Aang smiled at his big sis. Even when things seemed to look dire she always seemed to have the courage that gave him courage and giving him hope that everything was going to be alright. Korra felt that way to which was one of the many reason she fell in love with Asami.
"Fat lot of good we could do. We've got no idea where to start looking, let alone anything to eat" Kai said wanting to heard
Korra looked back at him and gave him a cold dead stare which was the same one their father used when either of them had stepped out of line.
"You shut up" She growled but She could see his point.
She turned to the others and said "I feel the same way too, only I do worry that we've got no food for the journey. I'd vote for going back and getting something from the kitchen, only their isn't a certainty we'd get back into Narnia once we've got out of it"
It all seemed hopeless when they heard something moving in the brush. They all readied themselves to fight. But to their surprise it's wasn't an enemy.
It was a beaver, with brown fur and large flat tail. It began sniffing around on all fours getting closer to them. They lowered their arms and stared at it, then it suddenly stood on it hind legs and brushed it self of snow.
"Begging your pardon. But are you the son's of Adam and daughters of Eve?" It asked in a hush tone.
