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Disclaimer: Narnia and all of its characters belong to C.S. Lewis.
Prompt: Write a Narnian coffee shop AU. (Or, if you prefer, another common AU, like high school, modern day, historic, etc.)
I did a summer camp and everyone is human.
Shasta stares at the sign that reads 'Welcome to Camp Narnia' as the other campers walk through the gate. This was his first summer going to camp and wasn't sure what to expect or if he would even have fun here. He didn't really know anyone and no one talked to him on the bus. Though he guessed it was better then being at home with his foster dad and hopefully it would be less painful too. He tells himself as he rubs his shoulder and walks around the camp with his bag.
"Need some help?" Shasta turns to another boy.
"Yeah, I uhm… I'm not sure where to go," Shasta says scratching the back of his head.
"Have you been check-in yet?"
"No, I just got here, where do I go to check-in?"
"Come on I'll show you," the boy says before helping Shasta with his bag and leading him to the main building. "My name's Bree by the way,"
"I'm Shasta, this is my first time here,"
"Well, you're in luck, I've been here the last few summers and I know everything about camp Narnia," Bree tells him as they walk into the main building. "This is Cair Paravel, all the camp meetings happen here. Though sometimes we meet outside near the Stone Table, but we probably won't go there until tomorrow." He tells Shasta as he looks round. It was a big open space, that seem to be crowded by other campers and counselors.
"I've never been to summer camp before, what do we do here?" Shasta asks nervously,
"All sorts of things, Swimming, Archery, fencing, crafts, we play many games on a field we call Beruna, and so much more. You're going to love it here," Bree tells him as they make their way to the front of the line.
"Yeah, it sounds like a lot of fun," Shasta says not noticing the girl in front of him.
"Ow, watch where you're going!" the girl yells
"Sorry, I didn't see you,"
"Then you must be blind not to notice someone right in front of you." She says turning away from him.
"Aravis, be nice," says another girl who was standing next to Aravis "Sorry about my friend, she's… been going through a lot,"
"It's no problem, we're all friends here," Bree says, and Shasta looks at Aravis who looked more annoyed with him by the minute.
Maybe not all of us will be friends. Shasta tells himself as Bree introduces himself and Shasta and the other girl says her name is Hwin. The four of them talk to each other, or at least most of them talk to each other. Aravis and Shasta don't say another word to one another.
"Hey, look it's two of the four camp directors'" Bree says after a while of talking. Shasta looks over to see a young man and woman talking to each other. They look to be in their twenties.
"The camp has four directors?" Shasta asks.
"Yes, two boys and two girls, I believe they're siblings, the camp owner gave them the job a while ago," Hwin tells him.
"Yeah, they're great and everyone loves them. A lot better than the last camp director, she was cold." Bree adds when they make it to the check-in table.
"Corin, it's great to see you again," The man at the table says. Confused, Shasta looks up at the man (who was named Tumnus according to his name tag) unsure why he called him that name or acted as though he knew him.
But before Shasta could ask another kid comes to the table. Shasta's eyes widen as the other boy looks at him with the same surprise look and the same exact face.
"Wow, you must be my double, this is going to be fun." The other boy smiles and Shasta has more questions than ever.
Sorry about the ending, I wasn't sure. This was loosely inspired by the movie Parent Trap' at least the part about twins who didn't know about each other, meet at a camp. Though I think it turned into an AU of Horse and his Boy at a summer camp. Also, who else would want to go to this camp?