Edmund turned around quickly and saw Lucy and then he saw me.

"Rachel? What are you doing here?"

"I was about to ask you the same question."

"Come on guys . . . we have to go!" Lucy said to us both.

"Why?" Ed asked.

"Because the White Witch is looking for us. She calls herself the Queen of Narnia, but she really isn't."

"Well . . . let's go then." I said urgently.

We pushed our way through the pine trees then came to the coats. We all fell out of the wardrobe.

"Whoa!" Edmund exclaimed.

"Come on! Peter and Susan will have to believe us now!" Lucy said excitedly as she ran out of the room towards Peter's.

I followed her with Ed close behind. She ran into Peter and Ed's room, and then she jumped onto Peter as he slept.

"Peter! Peter! Wake up! It's there! Narnia is really there!" Lucy cried.

Susan stepped into the room followed by Ed.

"It was just a dream Lucy . . ." Susan began to say.

"No it wasn't. I saw Mr. Tumnus again and this time Rachel was there too!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Y-you saw the faun?" Peter asked me.

"Yes . . . he's a very good flute player." I said reassuringly.

"And Edmund was there as well." Lucy added.

"You saw the faun too?" Peter asked.

"Well . . . he wasn't exactly there with me like Rachel was . . . he . . . what were you doing Ed?" Lucy asked.

"I was just playing along. I' sorry Peter. I had gotten Rachel to use her magic . . . and poor Lucy . . . well, you know kids her age will believe anything. They just don't know when to stop pretending." Edmund said.

"Rachel . . . why would you do something like that?" Peter asked.

"I didn't do anything!" I said defensively as Lucy ran out of the room crying.

"Oh! You're just aging it on weren't you!" Peter began yelling at me.

""Don't you yell at me! I haven't done anything!" I screamed back.

Peter and Susan stomped out of the room to find Lucy. I was alone with Ed which whom I really felt like punching. He smiled with satisfaction as I walked out of the room. I walked down the stairs and out the front door. I thought of me being a hawk, and then felt the changes. I flapped my wings and began to soar on the thermals. Oh how the warm wind felt good under my wings. It felt as if it was blowing all my troubles away. I continued to circle around the house, when finally Ed, Peter, Susan, and Lucy all came out with a few balls and a bat. Lucy went underneath some oak trees and began to read a book as Peter, Susan and Ed went to play ball. I flew in and landed on a branch above Lucy's head. I guess she didn't realize it was me.

"Oh! Hullo birdie. You're so pretty!"

She began to walk towards me with her arm reaching out to me.

What are you doing?> I asked from my mind to hers.

"Rachel?"

uh . . . yeah? Do you really think any Red-tailed Hawk would come this close to a human . . . I mean naturally?>

"No . . ."

Alright then.

Suddenly the sound of a window breaking caught our attention. Lucy and I came out from underneath the trees. I hovered over Lucy.

"Lucy! Look out!" Susan cried, pointing at me.

"Relax . . . it's only Rachel . . ." Lucy said.

"Oh, yeah . . ." Peter said in a hateful tone.

Ooh . . . someone's going to get into trouble . . .> I chanted, only teasing Ed.

I was trying to get him to like me again . . . but it didn't work.

"Shut up you Witch! You cursed that ball!" Ed screamed.

I flew onto the ground and turned into my normal self.

"Now you listen." Peter said hatefully, "You stay away from my brother and my sister's from now on . . . you hear me?"

"I didn't do it!" I said.

"How do we know that?" Susan asked.

"Because it is against my Wican religion to "curse" or "hex"."

"Well . . . I really don't care . . . just stay away from my family." Peter finished.