*Autumn's POV*
Finally, we got to our stop. I grabbed my suitcase from the rack and followed the others out onto the platform. There was no one there besides us. "The Professor knew we were coming" Susan said. "Maybe we've been incorrectly labeled" Edmund suggested while reading his tag. A car went by and Lucy waved but the car just honked and drove passed us. Then a cart pulled by horse stopped by us. A sour looking woman glared at us. "Mrs. Macready?" Peter asked. I rolled my eyes and looked towards Edmund. This woman couldn't possibly know anything about taking care of kids ages 10 to 18 because that's an 8 year difference. "Haven't you brought anything else?" she asked looking down on us. We shook our heads and piled onto the cart.
*Uneventful and boring ride*
The mansion was huge. Once inside, Mrs. Macready went over the rules (Which I never listen to). Susan almost fingered a statue head. "NO touching of the historical artifacts!" Mrs. Macready exclaimed. She went on babbling about rules and not disturbing the professor. Finally, we got into the room we were staying in. There was a big bed on one side for Susan and
Lucy and three smaller beds from Edmund, Peter and me.
*Sometime later*
We listened to the radio. It was all about bombings and happenings in the war. I couldn't stand listening to it. My father was a solider and my mother was helping at camps that needed nurses to care for the wounded. Both of them were so close to the battle lines. I was in my bed in my pajamas. I curled my knees until they touched my forehead. Someone snapped the radio off. "These sheets are scratchy" Lucy whined. "Don't worry Lu. We'll be home soon" Peter said trying to comfort her. "If home's even there" Edmund said sourly. I gave him a grim glance and looked away. Soon all the lights were turned off except for a lamp. Peter and Susan were talking to Lucy about this place being huge and exploring outside tomorrow. Peter went to bed and Susan and Lucy snuggled into the covers. Edmund and Peter left but before they could, I saw Edmund stare at me for a second but then he left with Peter. Whatever was going on in that corrupted mind of his was
clearly a mystery to me. Maybe one day I'll get him. Someday.
*The next morning*
Rain pounded the house. We were siting in a living room. Edmund was messing with a chess set and I was slumped in a chair. "Gastro-vascular" Susan spelled out. "Come on Peter. Gastrovascular". They had being doing this for hours. "Is is Latin?" Peter guessed. "Yes". "Is is Latin for worst game ever?" Edmund sighed. "We could play hide and seek" Lucy said breaking the silence. "But we're already having so much fun" Peter protested. "Peter we're all half asleep" I groaned. "Come on ? Pretty please?" Lucy said giving her puppy face. Peter thought for a second and sighed. "1...2...3...4...5...6". Lucy smiled."What!" Edmund got up and ran. Edmund slammed the chess pieces on the table and Peter continued counting with his back to us. We all ran out to find a place to hide.I looked all over but couldn't find anything. I ran up stairs and I heard Lucy and Edmund fighting over a hiding place."I was here first!". Lucy huffed and ran off. As I passed Edmund's hiding spot, he stuck his head out and motioned for me to hide with him. "He'll find us quicker if we're together" I said. "Just come on" he pulled me behind the curtain. I was a tight place but I was slim and there was enough room between us and Peter's counting echoed through the house. "80...81...82". Edmund and I were still close and almost touching. "92...93...". I suddenly heard running. "I'm back. I'm alright!". It was Lucy. Ed and I stuck our heads out from the curtain. "Shut it. He'll hear you" Ed hissed. Peter came jogging. So much for hide and seek. "I don't think you three get the point of this game" Peter sighed. "Weren't you wondering where I was?" she asked. "That's why he's seeking" Edmund huffed. "I've been gone for hours" Lucy said. Ed and Pete just looked at her. "Does this mean I win?" Susan said approaching behind Peter."I don't think Lucy wants to play any more" Peter said. Lucy broke out her story. How she was hiding in the wardrobe. How she meet Mr. Tumnus and how he took her back to the wardrobe. We went into the room with the wardrobe and Susan opened it. "There's nothing here" she said. Narnia...why does that sound so familiar? I zoned out and didn't listen the sibling's debt. Narnia sounded so new but so familiar to me.
*Flashback*
Two bright birds. Phoenix. Fiery and beautiful. One was larger; clearly a male. Another was a bit smaller; a female. Both were close together on a branch. After awhile, they flew off. The male flew for the tall trees. The female went for the ground. A flash of bright light. The Phoenix was no longer a bird but a woman. She had red hair and hazel eyes. She looked over her shoulder to watch the male phoenix fly to a tree. The male was all phoenix not part human.
*Later in Flashback*
The same woman ,who could turn into a phoenix, was holding a child. It was only a few months old by the look. She was talking to a majestic lion. Aslan. He roared and a doorway appeared from a tree. A couple stepped out from the door. They looked dazzled. They were... my parents! The woman kissed the baby on the forehead and handed it to the couple. The couple adored the baby and gave the woman a few words that I couldn't hear. Before the couple left, the woman took a golden locket from around her neck and placed it around the baby. Just before the couple left, I saw the baby with my own eyes. It had a mop of dark hair and bright but dark blue eyes and its eyes had the faintest tint of hazel. It couldn't be! When the couple left, Aslan turned to the woman and said "She will return and she will save Narnia. She will become a queen and more importantly a protector".
*End of Flashback*
"SHUT UP. YOU THINK YOU'RE DAD BUT YOU'RE NOT!" Edmund yelled. That brought me back to reality. Edmund stormed out "Well that was nicely handled" and Susan went after him.