She froze at the sight of a horse sized wolf staring at her, it growled lowly at her, seeming to want her to leave, but she summoned her Narnian courage and stood her ground. It huffed and walked into the forest, she then heard bones cracking and saw a half dressed Paul walk out from behind the bushes.
"Are you insane? God you are so stupid little girl." She glared at him.
"Actually I'm not insane." She started off saying but Paul cut her off.
"Then why the hell are you out here!?" He demanded.
"I just wanted to see if you were all right." She said feeling like the little girl who was being scolded for supposedly making up her visits to Narnia.
"Well I am fine, and I don't need some little girl following me about, so fuck off." She glared at his cuss word.
"Didn't your mother teach you that it is rude to swear?" Lucy asked glaring at him. She had to look up to see him, but that was beside the point.
"My mother taught me a lot of things, wait a second, what is it even got to do with you, you are just a lost little girl, who has probably left behind her family, or hell was sent away because they didn't want you there, because you are annoying." Paul yelled at her. Lucy felt her heart break just a little bit and her face dropped.
"I just wanted to see if you were okay, I'm sorry." She said quietly.
"What for?" Paul spat.
"For thinking that you had an actual human soul beneath that cold exterior, but I guess I was wrong." Lucy said feeling tears come to her eyes.
"Lucy…" Paul reached his hand over to her, suddenly looking remorseful as if he knew how much his words had hurt her.
"No! Just go away and leave me alone!" Lucy shouted sounding like a small child, like she felt.
She walked in what she hoped was the direction towards Emilys house, but the longer she walked she couldn't help but feel was going the wrong way. She looked around her but couldn't see properly, she looked up and was greeted with a thick ceiling of tree branches but what little light managed to break through was fading so she began to panic. She didn't know which way to go, she was in a strange place and to top it off she missed her brothers and sister and most of all she missed Aslan.
She didn't know how long she was sat down for, or how long she had been crying but she had managed to pull herself into a seated position against a rather large fir tree, she pulled her knees towards her and put her head on her knees, and started crying again, assaulted by the memories of her family.
Peter and her reading together in the library near their schools.
Susan teaching her how to apply makeup in the bathroom mirror at home.
Edmund teaching her how to play chess, and patiently teaching her to use a sword.
She missed them all, even Susan who was refusing to believe in Narnia or anything connected to it. Even Edmunds teasing, she missed.
She sat there lost in her memories for a while knowing that those would be all she had of them. Suddenly the bushes started to move and a tall person stepped out of them, Lucy looked over knowing that if they were to attack her, she would be defenceless. As they got closer she saw that it was Paul. He was looking at her, and he looked concerned.
"Oh thank fuck we have found you, you've been gone all day." He said sounding slightly relieved.
"Why do you care, you as good as told me that you didn't want me around." He looked down, knowing Lucy was right.
"I know, I didn't mean it, I'm sorry." He looked at her. He moved to sit next to her.
"And how am I supposed to know that you are telling the truth, you have been nothing but mean to me, and I know it sounds silly but it's true." He shook his head.
"Let me prove it to you." He said sitting heavily on the mossy ground.
"And how would you do that? As far as I know, all you are is an angry person who turns into a wolf, but who am I to talk, I'm not even from here." She shook her head.
"Shit, you're cold, and anyone can tell that you are English, little girl." He pulled her closer and she leant into his warmth.
"Really? I hadn't noticed." She was vague on the fact that she wasn't even from the same time period as them, but kept silent, so they didn't think that she was crazy.
"Come on Lucy, let's get you back. We need to get you warm." Paul said. Lucy nodded and allowed him to pull her up for the base of the tree.
"What are you?" Lucy asked curiously. Paul looked at her.
"Well, it will be explained at the bonfire tomorrow." Lucy pouted.
"But I want to know now." She put out her bottom lip. Paul seemed to weaken at her pleading gaze and her big smile.
"We protect the people of the tribe, from things that could hurt them." Lucy furrowed her eyebrows.
"What do you mean by that?" Lucy asked curiously. Paul seemed to falter.
"I can't tell you, I'm sorry, I want to, fuck I want to, but I physically cannot, we are not allowed to tell people, the tribal elders will fill you in more tomorrow." Paul said causing Lucy to pout.
"aww, fine, but you are gonna have to make up for it." Lucy grinned at him.
"How?" Paul asked looking wary.
"A piggy back ride would be a nice start. My feet hurt after walking so much." She smiled and he knelt down and picked her up, she wound her hands around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder, she nuzzled her head in his shoulder blades.
"Hmm warm" she could feel herself getting sleepy.
Sorry about the long wait, hit a writers block on this story and didnt wanna push it, so waited for the muse to make her grovelling return
Reviews are appreciated
much love to those who are still reading
