Author's reaction to reviews: Wow guys! Thanks for all the nice reviews. This is going to be my first serial with Narnia, so be nice to me! Hehe
Oh and by the way; I have not seen the movie yet. I also happen to like foxes. And badgers? I got the badger from Prince Caspian. And if you stopped at "Mistah Tummy", how do you know how it ended? Think about it.
And yeah, I was hoping someone would discover the little joke with Mr. Fox's son. Thanks!
On with the story!
They traveled from Tumnus' cave to the Lamppost where they stopped for a moment. Tumnus looked around at the trees around the lamppost, and he sighed softly as he shook his head a bit.
"What are you looking for, Tumnus?" Badger asked, tilting his head to one side slightly. Tumnus looked around for a moment more before he sighed softly and shook his head.
"I'm trying to remember in what direction Lucy the Valiant first come from when she came here for the first time." He explained.
"Why ar' you doin' dat, Mistah Tummy?" Brer asked, tilting his head to one side, one of his oversized ears flopping over his eye.
"If he remembers than he can follow after her last old foot steps." Mr. Fox explained to his son, emphasizing the word old purposely. "If the royal family has indeed gone back to their own world, than perhaps we can find this entrance to War Drobe and Spare Oom. Although…these do sound more like wardrobe and spare room."
"A spare room and a wardrobe are not entrances to other worlds." Tumnus snapped with thinking. "And if you are so clever, why did you come then?" He regretted his harsh words after they were spoken, because Brer squeaked in fright and ran behind his father, using his tail to hide his face, his eyes peeking out between the fur.
Tumnus sighed softly, and he shook his head a bit.
"I am sorry for yelling, Brer." He said. Mr. Fox gently nudged his son with the tip of his nose, and Brer finally crept out from behind his tail, looking at Tumnus cautiously for a moment before he dashed over and raised his paws up to touch his knees.
"It's all right, Mistah Tummy." He said finally.
"I've found their trail." Looking up, the three of them saw Badger standing to the west, his nose still quivering as he sniffed in that direction. While they had been arguing and the like, he had been sniffing for any trace of the family. He had found one of one of Susan's favorite riding horses, so he guessed that that was where they had last gone. Still the trail was old, and if the dogs had not been able to find them, how were they supposed to find them?
"This is the last place they went I would guess." He said. "And perhaps it is the direction Lucy the Valiant came from as well, when she scared you into dropping your things." He added with a soft laugh.
"Scaredy cat!" Brer laughed, shaking his brush at Tumnus.
"I did not drop my things in fright!" Tumnus argued calmly, fixing his scarf a bit as he said it. "I never did that at all!"
The three Animals merely looked at him, and soon his cheeks were a blazing red color.
"Mistah Tummy is da same color as his scarf, daddy!" Brer laughed. Tumnus sighed softly, and he merely started to walk in the direction Badger had pointed out.
"We don't have time to waste." He said over his shoulder. "Come on."