Chapter 2: Edmunds Arrival

Hey! So yea as you all know I don't own Narnia C.S. Lewis does, and as ya'll can tell I'm not dead or a dude or British! The only thing I own is Aria and a bottle of coffee (that's right I upgraded!)

I was in my tree again, waiting. I knew that she would be back, that Narnia would call for her. Like a siren calling to sailors, she wouldn't be able to escape its hypnotizing call. I know dramatic right? Sorry but I do that at times, painting a picture with words is what my mom called it. I waited for about a day and a half. I was about to move to another spot when she came. She looked happy, but scared at the same time. She ran off in the direction of Tumnus's house, I was about to follow when I heard a Son of Adam coming in. He was calling for her; he fell in, gasping when he saw the snow and ice. He had back hair and dark eyes, his complexion was pale and he was wearing blue house coat, and blue striped pajamas, and brown loafers. "Lucy, Lucy where are you?" he called, I frowned. Didn't he know? He had been right behind her, and you could see her prints in the snow. "Lucy I think I believe you now!" Well of course, I thought, I mean why wouldn't he believe his sister, they were family. He walked around for a moment, still out of sorts. Then he saw the lamp post. He walked up to it, walked around it, and then shuffled on. I frowned, hopping lightly from tree to tree. The evil things probably thought I was a dryad or something, I knew they could feel my earthly presence. After making sure to check my leather headband, which covered my pointed ears, was in place I prepared to appear to him. Then I heard it, and I knew he did too, as his head turned. My eyes widened and I hurried to get away from the path, closer to the brush. He called out uncertainly; "Lucy..." the sleigh appeared, its bells warning everyone to get out of the way. I could see him, eyes wide with fear as the sleigh zipped past. He fell to the ground, unfortunately, they had seen him. The sleigh stopped and the dwarf who drove her sleigh got out. Edmund tried to run, but who knew that the dwarf had a whip… oh that's right me! I strung my bow and nocked an arrow, ready to fire should he threaten the king's life. "Let me go, leave me alone, I dint do anything wrong!" The dwarf said something about," the queen of Narnia" and Edmund replied back with more scared babble. The dwarf raised his knife, I pulled back my on the arrow and was about to fire when I heard, "Wait!" Both of us freeze and look over to the hag. "What is your name Son of Adam?" I narrowed my eyes. "Edmund" he answered. "And how did you come into my domain?" she asked. "I don't know, I was following my sister." I face palmed, stupid human, I thought. "Sister, how many of there are you?" she questioned. Don't reply I chanted in my head, don't reply! " Lucy is the only one whose been here before, she said she met a fawn named Tumnus," he stopped and glanced at her for approval. I looked away, disgusted, he is going to sing like a canary, I thought. You traitor, you are betraying your family, our world! I was ashamed of this Son of Adam. He was immediately on my dislike list. Him and the wolves and the Witch, and fire… "Peter and Susan didn't believe her, I didn't either" he looked proud? "Why you…" I muttered. The dwarf looked around though I knew he didn't see me. "Edmund, you look so cold, come and sit with me." He looked at her, but she simply turned and guided him to her sleigh. As soon as he sat, she put her fur coat around him. I glared; she was working up to something I was sure.

She gave him a "sweet" smile. "Now, how about something to drink?" she asked. "Yes… your majesty." He looked a bit apprehensive still, which was good, it meant that he hadn't given in completely yet. She smiled again and pulled out a potion. Dropping a single drop on the frozen ground she snapped the vial shut and waited till the drink was fully formed from the ice surrounding it. The dwarf picked up the goblet and handed it to him, "Your drink, sire" he rasped. He gave him a venomous look which he ignored. He stared at the drink, "How did you do that?" he asked. "I can make you anything you like." She said. Edmund smiled, looking completely at home now, not a trace of caution on his face. "Can you make me taller?" the Witch laughed, "Anything you would like to eat?" and then for a brief instant I saw it, caution! But he looked back into her eyes and it was gone! "Turkish delight?" he asked, and then it was there again, and this time it stayed! A tiny spark of hope rekindled in my stomach and I nodded. The Witch looked surprised but went ahead and agreed anyway. She took out her vial again and did the same trick. She took the glass from him and I saw greed enter his eyes. She turned and gave the glass to the dwarf, who I now decided to call Beardy. He quickly turned and threw the glass up against the tree behind him, shattering it, and turning it back into snow. After watching him stuff his face with a few pieces she asked," Edmund I would very much like to meet the rest of your family." He didn't even look up, or even get alarmed that a stranger was asking about his family! "Why? They're nothing special!" I glared, you foolish human! His family was more special than any other on the entire earth! The Witch looked at him, most likely deciding what would be the quickest way to get him to come to her castle, but she also looked disgusted. He continued to stuff his face at a precautious rate. "Oh I'm sure they are not nearly as delightful as you are!" Here she stopped and leaned over to grab Beardy's hat from his wrinkly, bald head. After wiping his mouth she turned and threw the hat back to him, and in turn Beardy dusted the corners off before jamming it back on his head. The Witch started to stroke the traitors head, like a dog, I thought glumly. A well trained dog. "But you see Edmund; I have no children of my own." Yea, I thought, because no one wants to have kids with a nasty ogre like you! "And you are such an exceptional boy, one who I can see one day, Prince of Narnia. Maybe even king." I rolled my eyes and wondered how hard it was for her to even utter the words. Oh he would be king, just not with her! No, she would be dead and his siblings would rule beside him! "Really?" he looked unsure. "Of course, you would have to bring your family." He immediately looked downward in sadness, fake or not I wasn't sure. "Oh, do you mean… Peter would be king too?" He looked sad, greedy and sad. I still glared and I could not believe the Ice Queen could not feel my "Glare of Fire" as my dad called it." No!" she exclaimed then shook her head to the side, chuckling all the while. "But a king needs servants!" Edmund looked intrigued, and that was when I saw he was truly a traitor. "I guess I could bring them" he then proceeded to turn back to his food and continue to stuff more food in his mouth. After a few more seconds of this, I guess she got tired of watching him so she took the canister away. He watched sadly and I could tell he wanted to snatch them back. As soon as she handed them to Beardy he immediately started to stuff them in HIS mouth! She turned back to Edmund a new smile plastered on her face, she turned his head and whispered, " beyond these woods, here she pointed," see those two hills, my house," ha I thought more like icy death trap, "Is right between them. You would love it there Edmund!" she let him out of her sleigh. "It has whole rooms simply stuffed with Turkish delight!" She gave him a false smile. "Could I have some more now?" she gave him a small glare, "No!" she yelled, he looked taken aback. "I mean you wouldn't want to ruin your appetite, besides you and I are going to see each other very soon aren't we?" he looked to her and smiled, " I hope so, your majesty!"

He stepped off the sleigh while Beardy hurried to get up in the driving spot of the carriage. The Witch turned to him, "Until then dear one," she let out a small sigh and gave him an even smaller smile," I am going to miss you." They looked at each other for a moment before Beardy whipped the reindeer pulling the sleigh and off they went. As soon as they left it was as if a weight was lifted off my shoulders and I let out a small sigh. A matter of moments later, I heard someone else coming so I readied my bow. "Edmund?" I relaxed, it was just Lucy, but couldn't help but think how close she had been to being discovered as well! "Oh Edmund you got in too, isn't it wonderful!" she grabbed him and wrapped him up in a hug. I smiled at the younger girl, she reminded me of my sister. He scoffed and pushed her away. "Where have you been?" he asked, obviously uncomfortable. "With ! He's fine the White Witch never found out anything about him meeting me!" he quickly wiped his mouth and looked at skeptically, "The White Witch?" Lucy looked around dramatically, "She calls herself 'Queen of Narnia', but she really isn't!" Edmund looked down and away. I knew what he was probably thinking, the same, nice lady I just met, a tyrant? Lucy saw this and asked, "Are you alright? You look awful!" I smirked, probably all those Turkish delights! Edmund turned back to her and glared, "well what do you expect, it's freezing!" he looked around for a moment, probably looking for an excuse, "How do we get out of here?" Lucy looked at him for a moment, as he was still avoiding eye contact. I was pretty sure she smelled a rat, but of course she was too good a sport to say anything. She bit her lip then leaned forward and grabbed his hand. "Come on! This way!" towing him along she pulled him back to the magical wardrobe, to their world. Talking about her visit with Mr. Tumnus the entire way. I cocked my head to the side as I watched them go. I shook my head sadly as I got into a new spot. The traitor and the true believer, an unlikely pair that was for sure. Now I waited for the two to come back, this time with the rest of their family.