A/N: Merry Christmas everyone! I've got to get to bed now, or father Christmas wont be paying me a visit lol.
Im sorry if this chapter stinks, but tomorrow is Christmas, and I had to post it now! Haha
:faints next to the computer: lol
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Christmas Eve continued on, as if it refused to give itself to the morning. The fire had long since died out and Lucy lay fast asleep next to Tumnus, snoring softly, her arm now lay draped over his middle. Snow continued to fall outside, and the wind had started up, blowing frost on to the windows.
There was not a single sound to be heard throughout the room except the quiet breathing of the two friends.
Suddenly, a distant jingle of bells could be heard followed with merry laughing and cheering.
Lucy awoke just in time to see an old, white bearded man enter through the door of the room. Her eyes lit up to see him. A brand new hope rekindled in her heart.
"Father Christmas!" She cried loudly in amazement. She had completely forgotten about him through all the hectic times throughout the day.
Sitting up in excitement, she began to jump out of bed, but the jolly old man stopped her by putting a finger to his lips.
"Shh, we needn't wake Mr. Tumnus now." He whispered kindly.
"Oh! Father Christmas! You can help him can't you?" She asked eagerly, forgetting to be quiet for a moment.
"That cordial I gave you was the only bottle left I'm afraid." Father Christmas started.
Lucy face fell upon hearing those words. Her last hope and now…
"However, I think I may have something for you after all." He said with a chuckle.
He reached into his bag of gifts and pulled out a bottle of bright blue liquid. Lucy stared at the tiny container and took it in her grasp carefully.
"It works slower than the cordial I gave you before, I'm afraid,…but it will help your friend heal much faster."
Tears came to Lucy's eyes. Mr. Tumnus hadn't a chance seconds ago…but now, there truly was hope!
"Father Christmas, I don't quite know what to say…" She said with a tearful expression on her face.
The spirited man patted Lucy's head and met her gaze directly.
"You have been a wonderful young queen this year, your majesty. You deserve this and more."
There was a little pause and then he added. "Are you sure you don't want anything else?"
Lucy smiled brightly and gave Father Christmas a loving hug. "I have everything I'll ever need right here." She replied quietly, turning to look at Tumnus.
"I thought so…but I'll leave you with this." The old man pulled a sack of candy out of his sack. "Just don't spoil your dinner." He said with a grin. And with that he went to walk out of the room.
"Make sure he gets a good swig of that medicine once a day, alright?"
Lucy nodded and thanked him many more times before he finally left. As all became quiet again, the bells on Father Christmas' sleigh slowly faded away once more.
Lucy lit a small candle in the room so she could have a bit of light to see and carefully opened the bottle of medicine.
Her hands trembled horribly as she fiddled a bit with the lid.
When she finally did get it open, she tried her best to lift Tumnus' head in her lap and prepared to make him swallow the new liquid.
She shook him gently, but as she feared, he remained unmoving.
"Mr. Tumnus…If you can hear me, please take this medicine. It will make you feel better." She whispered gently in his ear.
Starting with a small amount so as not to choke him, she poured it into his mouth and prayed silently that he would indeed swallow it.
In an instant she heard him gulp the substance down and go into another short fit of coughing.
Lucy smiled brightly and kissed the top of his head. "You did it." She cried in happiness.
She placed the bottle on a nearby table and quickly got back on the bed. Nestling closer to the faun once more, the young queen felt she could finally truly believe that Mr. Tumnus would be alright.
"Please get well, Mr. Tumnus." Lucy stated before feeling the effects of sleep.
Christmas was finally coming and tomorrow she was going to spend it with Tumnus, making sure that he would take a turn point towards recovery.
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a/n: This story isn't over yet, and I know the new cordial thing is kind of lame, but I didn't want Tumnus to be :poof: all better, if that makes sense so I made this up.
Theres still a few more things I wanted to do before this story comes to a close.
Anyways…merry Christmas you guys…I think Ive stated that way to many times haha
Well…does this chapter suck? I wont be upset if you criticize me. I did write this really late after all. Thanks