'I can't wait for you to meet him!' Lucy giggled, walking ahead of her siblings and new friend. 'We'll have tea and lots of.. Lots of..' stopping dead in her tracks, Lucy stared up at the cave in front of them. Upon seeing the broken down door, she ran into the snow covered hole, her siblings following in trail.
Once the four of them were inside, Kardia stood in the entrance looking round encase of any attackers. Once she figured there was nobody in sight, she followed the others into the cave.
Looking around, there were broken china and torn books laying across the wooden floor. Stepping forward she heard a crunch beneath her feet. Looking down, she saw she had stepped on a framed picture of an old yet very proud looking faun. Stepping off of it quickly, she walked down the stairs and stood next to Lucy. 'Who could have done this?' she whispered.
Peter drew his gaze to a piece of paper pinned into the wall, and tore it off, leaving it in his hands.
'The former occupant of these premises, The Faun Tumnus,
Is under arrest and awaiting trial on a charge of high treason, against his Majesty.
Jadis, Queen of Narnia, Chatelaine of Cair Paravel, Empress of the Lone Islands.
Also of comforting her majesties said enemies and fraternizing with humans.
Signed, Maugrim
Captain of the secret police.
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN'
Peter read off the piece of paper. He looked up, a horrified look on his face.
'We have to do something!' Lucy cried. Peter bent down and took his little sister in a hug.
'Its ok, Lu! We'll figure something out. Maybe we should call the police?' he suggested.
'These are the police!' Kardia spoke up. Peter shot her a look, telling her to shut up.
'Ok. Now we really should get back!' Susan cried, walking forward and taking Lucy's hand.
'We can't just leave him!' Lucy exclaimed, pulling her arm out of Susan's grasp.
'But, he's a criminal!' Edmund piped up from the back, walking to stand next to Kardia.
'If he was arrested just for being with a human, I don't think there's much we can do, Lu!' Kardia agreed. Lucy groaned.
'You don't get it do you?' she exclaimed, looking up. 'I'm the human! She must have found out he helped me!' Susan sighed. 'Listen Lu..' Psst. Susan stopped talking. She walked towards the cave door and peered outside. Psst. There it was again. 'Did.. Did that bird just Psst us?' Kardia whispered.
She, Susan, and the other three walked outside into the snow once more and looked around.
The sound of footsteps were heard around them. Kardia grew closer to Edmund, grabbing onto his coat for protection. Susan and Lucy on the other hand, were in front gripping onto Peter.
The footsteps were growing louder and all of the children were looking around them, on edge.
Suddenly, they stopped. A beaver emerged from behind a snowy mound and started walking towards the three in front, 'it's a.. beaver?' Lucy stated. Peter bent down and put his hand out towards the Beaver.
'Here boy! Here boy!' he whispered, clicking his fingers. He moved closer, doing the same as before.
'Well, I 'aint gonna smell it if that's what you're getting at' the beaver laughed.
The five children were startled.
'Lucy Pevensie?' the beaver questioned, walking towards the three children in front.
'Y..yes?' she whispered. Beaver pulled something out from behind his back, and offered it to the small girl.
'Hey! That's the hankie I gave to Mr Tum..' she was cut off by the beaver.
'Tumnus, I know. He got it to me just before they took him.' he looked down, sadness evident.
'Do you know where he is? Is he alright?' she cried.
Beaver looked around, 'its better left for safer quarters' he whispered, walking off.
Peter and Lucy went to follow him, before Susan grabbed the end of Peters coat and pulled him back.
'What are you doing?' she whispered forcefully, adamant not to let the beaver hear her.
'Well.. He said he knows the faun?' Peter trailed off.
'How do we know we can trust him?' Edmund asked.
'Yeah.. I'm with these two on that one Peter. We don't even know where we are! We could get lost, then maybe we'll never get back home! Imagine what our parents would say.. Oh. Peter we really should be getting back!' Kardia whispered, joining in on the conversation.
'Nobody asked your opinion, Kardia! You're not even part of this family!' Peter whispered, just as harshly. All the children were startled at Peters sudden change of attitude.
'Next time you think of opening your mouth, make sure it's a point worth saying. We're doing this for Lucy, now stop being such a selfish twit!'
'Is everything alright?' the beaver questioned, emerging from the snowy mound he came from.
'Yes! We were just…talking!' Peter answered, far too quickly.
'Further in!' the beaver whispered, walking off again.
'He means the trees' Lucy whispered, speaking for the first time since the argument began.
Peter and Lucy started following the beaver, Susan sighed and followed reluctantly, giving an apologetic look to the other two, that opinions had been completely rejected.
Kardia sighed, blinked back the tears in her eyes and followed the others, Edmund in tow.
'Oh its lovely!' she heard Lucy cry in delight. She looked up to see a small dam in the middle of a clearing. The snow covered it, making it look homely and warm.
'Its merely a trifle, not finished yet. But it'll look the business when it is though!' the beaver thanked Lucy and continued walking.
When they had reached the bottom of the long steep hill down, they heard a females voice call from the inside.
'Beaver? Is that you! I've been worried sick, if I find out you've been with Badger again I..' a small beaver emerged from the damn, fussing over her fur and looked up.
'Oh.. Their not badgers!' she whispered, walking even further towards them.
'Why, I'd never thought I'd live to see this day!' She started fussing with her fur even more.
'Beaver! Couldn't you have given me five minutes warning?' she cried.
'I would have given you a month if I thought it would've 'elped!' he laughed, making the children give a slight smile.
'Oh, come inside dears! You must be freezing!' she ushered them in.
Kardia walked behind Edmund, when he stopped she sighed and looked to were he was looking.
2 Hills. He seemed to be transfixed.
'Enjoying the scenery are we, you two?' beavers voice called from below.
They both looked down, and walked inside.
Once they were all sitting inside comfortably, Susan, Lucy and Peter sitting at the table with Mr and Mrs Beaver and Edmund and Kardia sitting on the steps close.
'Are you sure there isn't anything we can't do to help Mr Tumnus?' Lucy questioned.
'Well you know what they say, he was probably taken by the White Witch. Most people that go through them doors never really come back outside again.' He sighed.
'But there's hope, dear! Lots of hope!' Mrs Beaver called 'fish and chips!' she sighed, placing the plate in front of the young girl.
'There's a great deal more than hope! Aslan is on the move' the three children looked at Mr Beaver admiringly, not knowing who/what he was but the name in itself sounded amazing.
'Who's Aslan?' Kardia and Edmund questioned.
'Who's Aslan?' Mr Beaver cried, laughing. 'Oh - you cheeky blighters!'
Mrs Beaver nudged him, and he looked up. 'He's only the king of the whole wood! The top geezer! The real king of Narnia!'
Edmund sat down, begrudgingly.
'You see.. There's a prophecy. When Adams flesh And Adams bone, sits at Cair Paravel in throne, the evil time will be over and done!' He announced.
'You know, that doesn't really rhyme?' Susan questioned.
'Yeah, I know it doesn't but you're missing the point!' Beaver cried.
'There's also a second prophecy, but that of which is unknown.' Mrs Beaver added.
'And you think were the ones?' Peter questioned. 'I think you've got it wrong! We're not heroes!'
'Were from Finchley!' Susan added.
'Well you've gotta be! Aslan's already at the Stone Table. He's fitted out you're army!' Mr Beaver exclaimed.
'Our army?' Lucy questioned, surprised.
'Mum sent us away so we wouldn't get caught up in a war!' Susan sighed. 'Thank you for your hospitality. But we really should be going!'
'You can't just leave!' Beaver cried.
'We have to help Mr Tumnus!' Lucy added.
'It's out of our hands, Lu!' Peter sighed. 'Come on Ed, Kardia.' He looked around the room, to find the door open and the two children missing.
'I'm gonna kill them' Peter groaned.
'You might not have to..' Beaver sighed. The children looked at him curiously.. 'Have either of them ever been to Narnia before?'
I'm sorry! Its taken so long, but my computer was being such an idiot. I'll make up for it though, I promise xox