Narnia ? Narnia !

They sting, the drops of liquid that drop on me occassionally. The ceiling of the box I'm in is raw metal and rotting away. I'm trapped here. I'm hungry and I'm thirsty. My legs ache. My sight's blurred by tears. I'm so alone. I'm not used to this cold and hard surface beneath me. I'm used to the believable thudding of Edmund's feet and the black ground. Where is that black ground? Where is Edmund ? Where did they all go? I can't believe how much I miss them, its ridiculous. If only Susan was here to smack some sense into me. If only Lucy was here to laugh it off. If only Peter was here to calm me down. If only.

I've been here for 5 hours. Screaming my head off in the first two. Heat-butting the metallic walls for the other two. And then crying my eyes out for the past hour. Nothing seems to matter. The Shadows have captured me too, I know it. I woke up in this cage. I'm surrounded only by metal walls and the ceiling's a bit cracked but its too high. The dripping liquid makes eerie sounds and its acidic, piercing through my skin. My body has gone back to normal. And by that I mean that I can feel all the hunger, thirst and fatigue. I'm dying alone.

" I think, you're fine. You really blow my mind. Maybe, someday, You and me and run away - "

Its my rigntone. I quickly fumble for my cell and look at the caller I.D.

" I just want you to know, I can be your Romeo. Hey juliet... Hey Hey Juliet .. - "

I answer the unknown number hesitantly.

" He- Hello ? " I rasp into my phone.

" - how does this thing work? - "

" - said something about a signal- "

" Lucy ! Stop flapping your hand ! You're not supposed to signal AT the device - " I recognized all their voices and a yelp of joy escapes from my lips.

" Guys ! Guys, its ok. I can hear you. Oh my god, you have no idea how long I've been in this box, please, please come get me out. I'm so , so scared. " I quickly say into the phone.

" Riva ! Thank Aslan you're alright ! We were worried sick. " Lucy screams into my ears. Wait. What are they calling from ?

Various shouts of concern are thrown my way but I'm too confused to pay attention.

" Riva , just stay calm. Tell me where you are and me and Peter will come to get you, Ok ? " Edmund says soothingly. I can hear Peter agreeing in the back.

" Wait, did you say a box? Does it happen to be a big metallic box? Very very big? " Susan asks in the background.

" Yes. " I almost squeak. " How- how are you guys even talking to me? How do you know about the box ? " I ask.

The wall behind my back starts moving and I jump up to my feet. It starts to open, like a door and a gust of fresh air fills my lungs.

" Like this. ", says Edmund. He was standing outside the box. Peter, Lucy and Susan were with him. I smiled so big, my cheeks hurt. I didn't care how they got here. I didn't care how they found me or called. They're here. For me.

" Oh mi gosh YOU GUYS I WAS SO SCARED AND I CRIED AND I SCREAMED ! WERE YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE ALL OF THE TIME , WAIT DON'T ANSWER THAT - " I run towards them screaming and then finally enveloping Edmund in a hug and almost toppled him over. He screamed but held on to me tight. Next, Lucy ran in between us and then we toppled over to the ground. We laughed so hard. There I was lying in the arms of Edmund and Lucy Pevensie and thinking this must be the luckiest day of my life. Susan gave me a hand and brought me to my feet and gave me warm hug.

" I'm sorry. " She whispered into my ear.

" For what ? " I asked, confused.

" For being illogical. " She said and smirked. I gave her another tight hug.

" Enough hugging, I assume. " Peter said to me and Susan.

" But you didn't even get one. " Susan said. I laughed.

" Do you want one? " Peter said to me and Susan with a smirk. We both went over to him and jumped at him. And then Lucy. And Edmund. I think Peter knows what a tackle is now. Its an over-excited hug.

" I missed you people so much. " I told them, lying on top of Peter with Susan beside me and Lucy over me.

" We missed you too ! " Lucy screamed in my ear . I turned around with all intention of strangling her but instead toppled off Peter and onto Edmund. Group-Hugs-that-end-up-being-tackles suck.

" Steady there. " Edmund said . He was holding me from smashing into his face and I gasped out of shock. He let go of me and I got off him and we all returned to normal-standing conditions. The excitment died down a bit. I took this as an opportunity to take in my surroundings. We were in a grassland. There were a few apple trees up ahead and the sun shone down on us. It felt so great to actually feel cold, heat and wind. Behind me was the big metallic box and it was opened wide. It had a red button and a green button.

" How did you call me on my cell? " I asked Edmund. I showed him my cell-phone.

" This was attactched next to the red button on the door " he said pointing at the door and then showing me a Nokia 3310 look alike cell.

" And ? " I prompted him.

" We took this and then magically, you spoke through it and then I pressed the green button on the box door and well you know the rest. " Edmund said.

" Wait, why did you press the green button rather than the red one ? " I asked him. He just shrugged.

" Psht, everyone knows you press the big red button. " I muttered. We went over and looked at the buttons. And as I looked next to the red button, a small screen blinked my number . It was connected to my cell somehow so when Edmund took it out of the casing from the box , it automatically called me.

What the hell is happening?

" I think we're in Narnia but I don't know why that thing is here. " Peter said. He was referring to the the giant silver box. I looked around and realized it does look like a mythical land. Rolling, green hills. Enormous and tiny trees, very very radiant sky and many landscape animals. But it might be earth too. Maybe we'll find out if we start moving. But this time,it would be a longer, tiring and slow journey. We're finally human again. I never thought I'd be this happy to feel this strong pang of pain in my legs, my dry and scratched throat and the rumble of hunger in my stomach. How things started towards the forest whose beginning was marked by the apple trees I had seen. We had landed on a clearing much oddly but not the one with the pond that The Pevensies had told me about. They said they were investigating it, oh how indeed things change. Back in the 21st century, we have sceintists and geologists for land and marine inspection. The kings of the past sure had a hard time.

" Come on Riva, we need to keep moving so we can find water. " Peter woke me up from my daydream. I happily moved along with my gang. Yes, I'll call them my gang now. My gang that has rescued me so many times and in so many ways and are there when I need them -

Wait.

Where were they when I needed them most in the first hours of my captivity ?

I look at Peter and he's got this stern look on his face. Weird. I absently wonder why they haven't told me how THEY landed up here.

Susan is exceptionally happy. And Lucy is really fussing about her dress.

Weird.

The last straw was when I thought back to being in Edmund's grasp and him letting me go without any real emotion. And - Susan won't call herself illogical - Ever.

I looked back to where the silver box was supposed to be and to my utter horror there were four of them. All of them were closed though. As I looked closer , the boxes seemed to be forming a window by themselves at which goosebumps crawled up my arms. They were trapped. Susan,Lucy, Edmund and Peter were all banging on the window inside the silver cages.

Holy mother of Oreos

I glanced back to 'my gang' and they had noticed something was wrong.

Me too.

Running full speed I tried to get away from the Pevensies that were quickly changing into Shadows. I never threw another look at them. I knew this was the test Aslan was talking about. This is what I had to choose between - perfection and reality.

" What are you going to do clever girl ? You can't win. " Shadows chanted behind me as I ran towards Lucy's box . Lucy was crying and shouting inaudibly inside and my nerves were at peak. I hesitated before pressing the green button when I heard what the shadows were chanting.

Choose the Red and you die in peace

Loose it all when you choose the Green

Death will come If you leave them be

Die in pain, The Pevensies

When the clever girl chooses the Green

My hands shook as it hovered over the green button. If I choose the red one , the Pevensies stay safe inside but I die. And if I choose the green one , they die while I watch. I could see Edmund frantically telling me something from his window beside Lucy's. My condition was way beyond panic. Think. Think.

When I got out, Shadow Edmund said he pressed green. That's how I get out. If the Shadows are manipulating me - I shouldn't press the red. I should do exactly what the Shadow Edmund did. Not go for the obvious. Or should I? Only one of the statements are true :

I die - The Pevensies die - ( Red ) *Because the Shadows never leave prisoners. I've seen it.

I die - The Pevensies die - ( Green ) * Who am I kidding I should just push green.

And I pushed the Green button on Lucy's door. Not waiting to see the result I ran and pushed the red button on Edmund's door. The green at Susan's. The red at Peter's.

And I remember nothing after that. Just a big bang. I think Narnia just exploded.