Author's Note: Here's chapter two. :) It was fun to write, so I hope you all enjoy it. :) It's a little bit longer than I normally do, so...yeah. XD I thought I'd update since a got like...eight reviews in one day. Thanks you guys! :D
Song for this chapter: Never Going Back To OK by the Afters
Ariana groaned as a high pitched squeal snapped her from her deep sleep. She rolled over and pulled her pillow over her head to block out the sudden light that filled the room. She abruptly sat up as the blankets were yanked off of her and she felt the chill from the early January air.
"What was that for?" She shouted as she put a hand to her eyes to block out the harsh brightness.
"Get off your lazy bum and get ready for school." Lucy laughed as she threw a pillow at her friend.
"Wait... School!" Ari shouted, all sign of tiredness now long gone. Today they would be going back to school after a week of spring break. They wouldn't be coming back to Finchley until term ended. Then they would have summer break.
"Yeah. The rest of us have been up for nearly an hour." Lucy said as she rolled her eyes. "Mum sent me up to make sure you were awake." Lucy turned and headed towards the door. She paused and turned her head. "I think she's beginning to worry about you sleeping so long these past few days." Then she left.
Ari sighed and began to get dressed. She pulled on her red, plaid skirt and white, button up shirt. Then she pulled on a dark navy blazer that finished off the uniform. She hopped around the room as she pulled on her white stockings. After she had laced up her black shoes, she grabbed her satchel and suitcase and walked downstairs.
"Took you long enough." Lucy snorted in a very unladylike way when Ari finally made her way to the kitchen. "Ed and Peter have been gone for almost a half hour now. Susan just left." Lucy explained her siblings' absence. Ari nodded. She quickly grabbed a piece of toast.
"Come on, Lu. We need to go so we won't be late." Ari said. She and Lucy picked up their suitcases and said goodbye to Mrs. Pevesnsie and Mr. Pevensie. Then they walked out of the door to head to the subway station.
It wasn't a long walk. Ten minutes at the most. They looked across the street to the newspaper stand where Susan was reading a magazine. Lucy started to walk across the street but froze as a car horn blared loudly.
"Watch where you're going, love!" The man that was driving the small black car shouted at her. Lucy grinned sheepishly.
"I'm sorry!" She said as she and Ari quickly crossed the street, this time watching for cars.
"Lucy, you go catch up with Peter and Edmund. I'll go get Susan." Ari said to the younger girl. Lucy nodded and dashed off in the direction of the subway.
Susan looked lazily up from her magazine as a boy who was about her age stepped up to the stand.
"You go to St. Finbar's." The boy said. It was a statement, not a question.
"That's right." Susan replied to him, not looking up from her magazine.
"I go to Hendon House. Across the road." He said to her. When she still didn't look up, he continued. "I've seen you..." He paused as Ari walked up and looked over Susan's shoulder at the magazine she was reading. "Sitting by yourself."
Susan rolled her eyes and turned to Ari while responding to the boy, who she now realized had a few skin problems. "Yes, well, that's because I prefer to be left alone."
"Me too!" He exclaimed. Susan sighed, rolling her eyes again and Ariana snickered. "What's your name?"
"Phyllis." Susan lied smoothly. He looked to Ari and asked her the same question.
"Millie." She said a little more quickly than she should have.
"Susan! Ari!" Lucy's voice called frantically. The two girls turned on instinct, not realizing that they had just been given away. Lucy's eyes were wide and she had a very worried expression on her face. "You better come quickly."
That was all the two older girls needed to know. Lucy's look and tone of voice were self explanatory. You see, Peter had the tendency the past couple of months to overreact at every little thing. There had been plenty of times where Edmund had to practically drag him home to keep him from punching someone. Ari and Susan quickly grabbed their bags and raced off towards the station, leaving the boy at the magazine stand very confused.
They ran into the subway. Lucy paused for a moment and stared at a stone lion guarding the gate. As they dashed down the stairs of the subway, screams and shouts could be heard coming from below. The scene was chaotic. There were at least a hundred students from the private schools shouting and crowding around four boys locked in a fist fight. One was Peter, and the other three were clearly older students that were most likely in their last year of school.
One of the older boys punched Peter in the jaw, sending him back against the wall. Peter tried to punch back, but before he could two of the boys held him against the wall while the other kneed him in the stomach. A person pushed by Ari and just before he jumped into the fight she saw who it was.
"Edmund, no!" She screamed as Edmund tackled one of the boys holding Peter to the wall. They rolled and Edmund flew into a fighting stance, back into battle mode after several long months. The boy swung a punch and Edmund ducked and kicked him in the skin, sending the older boy to his knees. Peter was faring a little worse, since he was against two, but now it was still more of a fair fight. He swung a punch, decking one of the two boys in the face.
Just as he was about to swing again, as shrill whistle filled the air. Edmund immediately backed away, melting stealthily into the crowd that backed off as a few soldiers went to break up the fight. A soldier grabbed Peter by the collar of his shirt and shook him.
"Act your age!" The soldier yelled at him. Peter seethed. He angrily shook the soldiers grip off of him and stormed over to where the other four were. Edmund set down his luggage next to the bench and sat down next to Ari.
"You're welcome." Edmund said as he looked up at Peter, who was now pacing back and forth in front of the bench.
"I had it sorted." Peter snapped back bitterly. Ariana rolled her green eyes.
"If you call getting your butt kicked, then yes. You had it sorted." She said sarcastically. Peter shot a glare her way and she only shrugged in response.
"What was it this time?" Susan sighed, giving her brother an exasperated look.
"He bumped me." Peter stated as if it was obvious.
"So you hit him?" Lucy gasped incredulously. "Peter, even you-"
"No." Peter said, cutting her off. "He bumped me, and then he and his cronies tried to get me to apologize. When I had been the one in the right!" Peter kicked at a stone on the ground. "That's when I hit him." Ariana, Edmund, and Lucy all shared a collective eye-roll while Susan sighed again.
"Honestly, how hard is it to just walk away?" She drew out the words for emphasis.
"I shouldn't have to!" Peter shouted. "I mean, don't you ever get tired of being treated like a child?"
"I hate to burst your bubble there Pete, but we are kids." Ari said, gesturing between the five of them.
"I wasn't always." Peter said as he sat down on the empty seat between Edmund and Susan.
"Neither were we." Susan said. "But that's still no excuse."
"I know." Peter sighed, putting his hands in his head. "It's been a year...How long does Aslan expect us to wait to go back?"
"I think it's time to accept the fact that we live here, in England." Susan stated. "There's no use in pretending any different. It's only going to make you feel worse."
"But we can't just forget everything." Ari protested.
"Of course not." Susan said as she looked up. "Oh no..." She said as her eyes landed on the boy from the newspaper stand, who was walking their way.
"What's the matter, Susan?" Lucy asked. Ari chuckled as he saw why Susan's face had suddenly taken on a mask of horror.
"See that boy there? The one with all of the pimples?" She asked, earning a nod. "It seems like he fancies our dear Susan here."
"Pretend like you're talking to me." Susan exclaimed under her breath.
"We are talking to you, Su." Edmund said sarcastically.
"Ow!" Lucy suddenly exclaimed, jumping from her seat, just as you could hear the train coming near.
"Be quiet, Lucy." Susan whispered harshly. Lucy's exclamation hadn't gained any odd stares, but Susan wasn't about to chance earning some.
"Something pinched me!" Lucy said, glaring at the seat accusingly.
"Hey!" Peter said, jumping from his seat. He looked sharply at Edmund. "Stop pulling!"
"I'm not touching-" Edmund jumped from his seat too.
"Gah!" Ari squealed as she felt like something was tickling her all over.
"Okay, guys that's enough-" Susan shrieked in a very un-Susanlike way and jumped from her seat. "What is that?" Susan exclaimed as the train started to pull into the station.
Lucy grinned. "It feels like magic!"
"Quick." Susan said as she grabbed Lucy's hand. "Everyone link hands." The train started to speed past, sending papers swirling in the air as it passed.
"I'm not holding your hand!" Edmund shouted at his brother. Ari rolled her eyes.
"Then hold mine!" She yelled over the sound of the passing train. She jumped between Peter and Edmund and then proceeded to link hands with both of them.
The train was moving with an alarming speed that shouldn't be humanely possible. The wind was so much that it began to peel posters and papers off of the bulletin boards, as well as the tiles off of the walls. The sign above them flew off of the wall, taking several bricks with it. At the beginning of the tunnel, the metal grates pulled great chunks of concrete off. They all flew back and disappeared.
The five teenagers looked around, seeing that no one else seemed to notice what was going on. The train continued speeding past. The station began flickering from where they were standing and to some other place. There was a blinding light as the train finally passed them, and then when they could see again, they were in shock. They were standing in the middle of a cave by the beach.
Author's Note: Well, there it is. That's the second chapter... I've already got up to halfway through chapter elecen typed up now, so I should update on a regular basis. :) Leave a smiley if you liked it! :D