The doors closed behind us, and we headed up the stairs. At the top of the stairs, there was a long medieval looking, dark hallway, that lead to another door that was propped open slightly.
"I suppose we look in there?" Lucy asked. I shrugged, and we continued towards the door. Our foot steps echoed slightly, but no one came running in to kill us.
Inside the room, the walls were lined with books, and in the center, a stand held a big book that had a light directly above it. We moved towards that. When we got up close, there were letters tossed all over the front, slightly covered in dust. Lucy blew the dust away, and as she did, the letters turned into words.
"The Book Of Incantations," I read aloud. Lucy undid the lock, and we opened it up. The first page read 'The spell that cureth toothache.' We both laughed and continued through the book. We saw things such as a forgetting spell, a moon spell of some kind, and then Lucy stopped at a Snow Spell.
"With these words, your tongue must sew," She started reading, "For all around there to be snow." She gave me an amazed look and then we looked at the black blank page that was opposite the words.
A snow flake fell and hit it. We shared an amazed smile, and then turned and looked up at the ceiling. Snow started raining down. And soon, all around us there was snow.
"Wow," I said as we laughed. It was an amazing wonderland. We looked back down at the book that was now covered with snow, and I blew on the pages. Suddenly, they all started turning rapidly. I slammed my hand down on a page to stop it from turning. Voices started whispering, and we were looking around frantically. No one was in sight. Lucy gave me a frightened look.
I looked down at the page. "A spell to set you free, and make you see, your hearts wildest desire." I read. The picture on the other page blurred, and soon an image showed up of Caspian and me, cradling a baby. The room we were in looked like the nursery that Peter and I stumbled upon when we were searching for Miraz in the castle.
"Oh, Su…" Lucy whispered, despair clear in her voice. The sight of the picture made my eyes well up with tears.
"I could have that…" I heard myself say. I wasn't even thinking. As the words fell out of my mouth, the picture disappeared and turned back to what it was originally. "No, wait!" I shouted at it. I repeated the words but it wasn't showing up again. I ripped the page out of the book, and then the pages were flipping wildly again. And there was a roar, a load ear-piercing roar.
"Susan…" I heard Aslan say.
"Aslan!" Lucy and I both shouted, looking around. I suddenly felt very ashamed of myself and looked back to see the pages fall to a halt.
"I'm so sorry," I said to the air, and to Lucy. Lucy gave me a hug.
"It's alright… I would love to see that be a reality too…" She comforted me. I laughed slightly, and we went back over to the book. I dropped the page next to the book.
Voices whispered again. Lucy and I reacted the same, looking around and such. Again, no one was there. Suddenly, the voices stopped. We looked at the page.
"A spell to make the unseen seen," Lucy read. "Finally, we found it!" She exclaimed. I turned to look at the spell.
"Like the 'p' in psychology," I started. "The 'h' in psychiatry, invisible ink, and the truth in theology…"
Caspian's point of view
We followed the foot steps to a very garden like area, with oddly shaped bushes and hills.
"Caspian, Peter!" Edmund called our attention. "Lucy's dagger," He picked it up to show us. We all shared a look. Then, out of no where, spears came flying at us. We all just nearly dodged them. Our swords were out in an instant.
"Stop right there or parish!" A voice yelled. My sword was yanked out of my hand, and something hit me in the face. I barely noticed that the same was happening to everyone else.
We were all being beaten, badly.
Susan's point of view
"…The spell is complete." I finished "Now all is visible." We looked at each other, and then a book ladder began moving and a floating book appeared. The book was dropped and we watched the invisible person move across the room. It went and picked up another book, and while doing so, took the shape of an older man.
He had short brown hair and a scruffy beard. He was wearing a cloak, bent over the book. He hadn't seemed to notice us, even though he was turned towards Lucy and me.
The closer he got, the more nervous Lucy and I became. Suddenly, he looked up at us.
Caspian's point of view
I was lying on the ground, looking around at our invisible enemies.
"What kind of creatures are you?" I asked.
"Big ones," They replied. "With the head of a tiger and the body of a…" the one that was speaking trailed off, uncertain.
"Different tiger!" Another finished for him.
"You don't want to mess with us!" The first one said proudly.
"Or what?" Edmund asked.
"Or I'll claw you to death!" One said. As this was said, the creatures came into view. The sight we saw was a dwarf with one large foot holding another one on his shoulder that had what looked to be a shovel in his hand. He was the one speaking to Edmund.
Another one came into view, the exact same image, saying "I'll run my tusks right through you."
Then the same image came in again while the dwarf looking thing said, "And I'll gnash you with my teeth." Another set came into view saying,
"And I'll bite you with my fangs. Grrr!" Peter and I shared an amused look.
"You mean, squash us, with your fat bellies?" Peter asked sarcastically.
"Yes!" One shouted, taken off guard. Then they all started saying, "Fat bellies?"
"Or tickle us with your toes?" I asked. One of them yelled, and fell off the shoulders of another.
"What have you done with my sisters, you little pip-squeak?" Edmund asked, running up to the one that fell on the ground. He pointed his sword at the creature. I pulled mine and held it at his head.
Peter pointed his at its throat. "Now, calm down." The thing said.
"Where are they?" Peter shouted at it.
"You better tell them!" One of the others shouted, concerned.
"Yeah, Chief, tell him." Another said, just as upset.
"Well?" I asked. He looked around at us all.
"In—in the mansion." He said, scared.
"What mansion?!" Edmund shouted at him. Peter looked around, as did I. But, there was no mansion.
Suddenly behind us, a large house faded into view. "Oh," Edmund said. "That mansion." Lucy and Susan came walking around the bushes from the mansion then, accompanied by a man. The creatures began shouting,
"The Oppressor! The Oppressor!" While hopping around on their giant feet.
"Lucy, Susan!" Peter and Edmund said, hugging their sisters. The man bowed to me.
"Your Majesty,"
"Peter, Ed, Caspian," Lucy said. "This is Coriakin. It's his island." We bowed back, but one of the large footed things shouted,
"That's what he thinks! You have wronged us, magician." Coriakin stepped forward, towards the thing.
"I have not wronged you." He began calmly. "I made you invisible for your own protection." He kept walking towards them, and they hopped around him frantically.
"Protection?" One asked. One of them shouted that it was a myth and said 'the oppressor' again.
"I have not oppressed you," Coriakin said.
"But you could have, if you'd wanted to!" one of the things shouted at him.
"Oh, Cas, they're called Dufflepods." Lucy supplied me with.
"Ah, thank you." Coriakin pulled out some white fuzz of some sort and said,
"Be gone!" While throwing it at them. The Dufflepods freaked out and started hopping away.
"What was that?" Susan asked. Coriakin smiled.
"Lint." The girls laughed and then we followed him back to his house