A/N: I know this one is uber short but that's why I'm doing a double post today, you see?! :)
We were all panting when I looked over and saw Lucy lying in the snow. She had tripped over some stone animals. The Witch's doing. Beaver looked melancholy as he approached the statue of a badger with his paws covering his head in fear.
"I'm so sorry, dear" Came Mrs. Beaver's words of comfort to her husband
"He was my best mate" Was the reply.
I looked back at Susan and Peter who looking around looked like they regretted wanting to leave things like this covered in snow and stone.
"What happened here?" Peter asked as he turned to me. I opened my mouth to speak but someone else spoke instead.
"This is what becomes of those who cross the Witch"
As I turned around in a flurry my burgundy cloak spun with my feet and my blade was already out as I took a protective stance in front of the Beavers and Pevensies.
Beaver however had different plans.
"You take one more step, traitor, and I'll chew you to splinters!" his angry threat came as Mrs. Beaver struggled to hold him back. I slid my foot and leg in front of him but it didn't deter him.
"Relax. I'm one of the good guys" the fox answered "And you can put that away too" he said as he looked at me
My body was ready to kill as it had been taught but my mind screamed at me to trust him, so I did, and placed the silver blade back in it's leather cover.
"Well, you look an awful lot like one of the bad ones" I said still calm and in kill mode I swore that if that fox made one wrong move there wouldn't be anything big enough to be classed as a splinter, let alone be chewed into one.
"An unfortunate family resemblance" the fox answered "But we can argue breeding later"
I noticed Peter put a protective arm around Lucy and the other kept Susan behind him, I moved closer to them figuring if push came to shove I'd have the better chance
"Right now we've got to move" the fox continued.
Lucy, Peter and I looked back at the tunnel where we heard the wolves charging up. And Peter asked what we were all thinking:
"What did you have in mind?"
The fox immediately wore a sly grin.