I'm sorry for not updating this in awhile, but I've been extremely busy with my projects at school especially with Finals coming up, you know? I don't really mean to forget about updating this one it's just that it takes awhile to update this one because I've got to think more deeply for it. It's hard coming with ideas and sticking to how it happened based on the movie. Anyways, I hope you guys like it and please continue to review and comment on it.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Chronicles of Narnia, except for this story and my OC's.
The Next Morning…
"Rise and shine everyone," Mrs. Beaver exclaimed cheerfully and I groaned as she shook me awake from my peaceful slumber. I'm not a morning person, unlike most women are. Groggily, I pushed myself up into a sitting position and ate some of the food Mrs. Beaver brought in the satchel not even paying attention to what I was eating because of my exhaustion. "Oh, stop your moaning and help us get ready to leave, Rosella." Mrs. Beaver stated briskly and I groaned even louder shaking Aqua and Taylor awake. Mr. and Mrs. Beaver shook Lucy, Peter and Susan awake while I woke my siblings. Will was snoring rather loudly even with them muffled by his thick brown overcoat, so I flicked him in the forehead which immediately gained a response from him.
"What happened? I didn't eat the yellow sand," Will exclaimed after he shot up awake, well, more like half awake.
"Good morning, Sleeping Beauty," Taylor greeted him sarcastically after everyone was up and ready to go while he sat on the snowy floor. Will looked around at us confused when realization dawned him and he quickly stood up. We walked through the forests for most of the morning, until we came upon a huge bluff that allowed us to overlook the whole snow forest and it was definitely a sight for sore eyes. I barely remember much about Narnia from when I was a young child, but I do remember the river that we've got to take in order to get to the Stone Table, which is now a giant chunk of solid ice.
"So big," Lucy and Jack whispered in wonder. Poor Jackie, he probably barely even remembers a thing of what Narnia looked like before we left to go to the human world since he was just an infant at the time.
"Well, what did you expect, honey? Did you expect the world to be a small place?" Mrs. Beaver asked them amusedly at their awed expressions.
"Smaller," Susan mumbled to Peter who just continued to look guilty and I rolled my eyes at his idiocy. Why can't he see that it wasn't his fault? It's not his fault that Edmund betrayed us to Jadis! Wait, why am I being so defensive over Peter? It's not like he's ever defended me or has even been that nice to me recently. I just shook my head in disapproval at those two and looked out at the snow covered land tempted to just melt all the snow in front of me, but if I do that, then not only will Jadis find us I'll also reveal our secrets in the process.
"Time to keep moving," Mr. Beaver declared and we continued walking to the Stone Tables in silence while I worked to keep my body warm from the inside out.
"Aren't you cold, Rose?" Peter asked me worriedly and I rolled my eyes in annoyance not even bothering to answer his question, but instead sped up my walking pace to get away from him. "Rose?" Peter called again and I sent a warning glare at Peter, which made him stop in his tracks for a moment surprised.
"Lucy, tell Peter that I'm perfectly fine and to mind his own business," I said tersely and Lucy relayed that back to Peter nervously.
"I can hear you just fine you know," Peter replied and I looked at him with a look of boredom.
"What do you want? A medal?" I snapped and I ran to catch up to Aqua not even bothering to spare him a second's glance.
"You know you can't keep ignoring him forever, right?" Aqua asked me curiously and I grunted in annoyance.
"Whatever," I muttered low enough so that no one, but me and Aqua can hear.
"But I don't blame you for trying, though," Aqua added and I stared at her incredulously. Usually she's the level-headed and fair one always lecturing me about giving other people second chances and stuff like that.
"You do?"
"Of course. He insulted you behind your back," I nodded in agreement. Soon, we were crossing a wide opened plane covered in snow making us all feel uneasy about crossing mainly because we're way too exposed out in the open this way. That's mainly the reason why Mr. Beaver has been pushing us to move faster, but just because he's got a good reason for it doesn't mean it's fun being told constantly to move faster, especially since we've been traveling all morning into the early afternoon.
"C'mon! Hurry up!" Mr. Beaver shouted from the front of the group where me, Aqua and Taylor were walking close behind them while Peter carried Lucy on his back, Will's carrying Jack on his back and Susan is just trying to keep up with a deep and worried frown etched into her face. One day that frown is going to remain permanently etched into her face if she keeps frowning like that.
"If he tells us to hurry up one more time I'm going to turn him into a fluffy hat," Peter joked and I couldn't help the growing smile on my face at his joke. Hey, I may not like him, but that doesn't mean I can't laugh or smile at his jokes every now and then. The sound of sleigh bells filled my ears and my heart began to race in fear as the sound of large hoofs beating down on the ground filled my ears.
"Run! Hurry, it's the White Witch!" Mr. Beaver shouted urgently and that made us run as fast as possible across the frozen land until we all squeezed together pressed up against a tall cliff panting and holding our breaths in fear. Suddenly, the sound of reindeer hoofs stopped pounding on the ground and a sleigh moving turned into anxious silence as a huge shadowy figure appeared over the cliff outlined against the pearly white snow in the sunlight and no one dared to even breathe until the shadowy figure disappeared. Stayed like this for a few moments just in case even after the figure disappeared everyone began to move ever so slightly.
"I'll go see if they're gone, yet," Peter said shakily and as he was about to leave Mr. Beaver pulled him back trying to reason with him.
"You're no use to Narnia if you're dead," Mr. Beaver whisper yelled and he began to leave, but Mrs. Beaver called out to him softly.
"Neither are you Beaver," she whispered and he only gave her a reassuring smile in return leaving swiftly and silently out from the refuge of the cliffside. After what seemed to be the longest amount of time, Mr. Beaver popped out swinging upside down from the cliff with a cheerful smile.
"There's someone who wants to see you," Mr. Beaver exclaimed happily and we all rushed out of the cliff to see the one and only…Father Christmas!
"Greetings everyone! I've brought you a few gifts this time of year," Father Christmas bellowed in a jolly voice and I grinned excitedly.
"We thought you were the Witch," Peter said apologetically and Father Christmas chuckled in amusement.
"Well, in my defense I've been riding a sleigh a lot longer than she has," Father Christmas explained grinning widely and he waved to me and my family. "It's good to see you again, Jackie," Father Christmas greeted Jack who blushed bright pink as me and my siblings snickered at him.
"How do you know Jack?" Susan asked confusedly and Father Christmas chuckled whole heartedly.
"It's very difficult to forget the one little boy who managed to sneak unto my sleigh without my knowledge until after we were air born," Father Christmas replied amusedly.
"And that's why I'm afraid of heights," Jack mumbled quietly and I smiled fondly at him.
