A/N : This is going to be slightly crossed over with " A Little Princess"

Lucy was bored . It was grey and drizzly and everyone was out for the day. Nanny was taking a nap,so Lucy decided to find a new place to play and she knew the perfect place the attic. She climbed the stairs and pushed open the door to the attic. It was filled with old toys form generations ago ,most of them were dusty,but Lucy took her handkerchief out of her pinafore pocket and started dusting off the toys.

Ten minutes went by and Lucy was hot even though it was cold outside the room was awfully stuffy,crossing the room she opened the windows and leaned out all the roof connected to each other. Looking over to the house to the right of her,she noticed the window go up and a head stick out. A girl's face appeared,she had black hair and looked tired.

"Hello." Lucy said wondering who the girl was and why she looked so tired and pale.

"Hello" the girl said looking across at the grey sky.

"What's your name?" Lucy asked.

"Sara Crewe,what's yours?"

"Lucy Pevensie" Lucy said climbing out the window and carefully making her way across the roof. She heard Sara gasp.

"It's all right,I won't fall you know." Lucy said misinterepting Sara's backed up as Lucy climbed into her attic.

Lucy looked around the dismal attic and rubbed her arms." She noticed the bed with the blanket and Emily,Sara's doll," Do you sleep up here,it's awfully cold."

"Yes." Sara said simply.

"Why is your Mamma mean I know a girl who has a mean Mamma,she's awful." Lucy said

"I haven't got a Mamma or a Papa,they're both dead." Sara explained. Lucy still looked confused so Sara hastened to explain.

"I live up here because I'm a servant" she said.

Lucy looked at Sara disbelieving," You can't be a servant,servants talk funny and bob curtsies "

Sara smiled at the little girl,"I used to be a student here,then Papa died and there was no one to take care of me,so here I am" she spread her arms wide indicating her living quarters.

Lucy wrinkled her nose and looked about the attic."You haven't anyone at all?" she asked.

Sara shook her head,"There's no one,what about you have you got anyone."

Lucy brightened," Oh yes,there's Mamma and older brothers Peter and Edmund and my older sister Susan and Nanny.I have to go now cause it's almost lunch,but I'll come back okay."

" All right and be careful okay." Sara said sorry to see Lucy go.

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True to her word Lucy was back the next day,Sara was worried Lucy would get in trouble.

"I won't" Lucy said placing some flowers in a chipped cup,"Anyway ,they don't mind,they know about you I told them and the only thing Mamma said was to not to stay too feel sorry for you know and I asked Mamma why we couldn't invite you to dinner and she said it would be a slight .That you'd probably refuse cause it's charity. Anyway I bought you some cake from tea." she handed Sara a folded linen napkin."You won't refuse it will you?" she asked plaintively.

"Not from a sweet child like you." Sara said and kissed Lucy's cheek. She noticed Lucy looking about the attic.

"It's not so bad if you use your imagination." she said putting the cake down and walking about the tiny room.

"Really?" Lucy asked intrigued.

Sara smiled and nodded,"Oh yes,this bed is a four poster bed with a downy cover and thick pillows. Over there-" she indicated the cold fire place-" There's a roaring fire and on the table there are books loads of books and armchair.

Lucy looked at Sara her eyes shining," I wish Susan was like you."

"What is she like?" Sara asked.

"She's boring sometimes." Lucy said.

"Oh." Sara said sitting on her bed .

"But she is nice too." Lucy said loyally.

Sara smiled," I'm sure she is very nice. I'm sure everyone in your family's nice."

Lucy nodded," They are I wish you could meet them all."

"I do too." Sara said finding that she was liking Lucy more and more.

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Every afternoon Lucy ran up to the attic and went to visit Sara,she told Sara what she had done that day,and Sara would tell her about India for Sara had told her she used to live in India. Sometimes she couldn't stay long because Sara always had chores and errands to run..

"I want to go to India,I want to travel the world." Lucy said picking up Emily and cuddling her.

"Perhaps you shall one day." Sara said

Lucy smiled and stood up," I have to go were having visitors today." she waved and headed back over.