Susan came in and told Peter that Lucy kept crying and wouldn't stop.
Peter stared at the two girls, nodded and then left,
Susan right behind him.
Veronica stood in her spot and looked at
the mirror that was connected to
the
closet door. She shut her
eyes, and let her mind wander…
Veronica
walked to the mirror and looked at her reflection. She wore a
deep
ocean blue dress with a golden cape. Atop of her head laid a
golden leave
crown. Her hair was completely curly and set into a
nice delicate bun with a
single strand of hair resting on the side
of her face. Her skin glowed
magnificently in the light. "The
time has come…" she turned around
and blinked.
Veronica
opened her eyes and looked back at the mirror that
reflected a
dull reflection herself. "Just a dream" she said to herself and
quickly shut
the closet door.
Midmorning
the pevensie children and Veronica stayed in a study room
all that
morning, since they had been caught in a storm. Lucy sat and
watched
the raindrops flow down the window. Edmund was under a
chair doing god knows
what, while Peter and Susan played a
dictionary game.
"Come on Peter Gastro vascular!" cried
Susan, now very annoyed. Veronica
looked up at the two from her
spot on the couch and shook her head. She was
lying there facing
the ceiling replaying the lions' words and her dream.
What
does he mean by reclaim what I left behind? Left behind where? The
time
has
now come;
She pondered these thoughts over and over again until she fell
into
a sleep. Peter and Susan had just 'finished' their game,
when
Lucy suggested that they could play hide and seek.
"But
we're already having so much fun" Peter stated sarcastically
and
looked at Susan. She simply gave him a dirty look. Lucy
however wasn't
going to take 'no' for a answer.
"Come
on, Peter, please." she said begging him to play shaking his
arm
wildly.
"Lucy! Shh…Veronica's asleep." Susan told
her now tossing her head
in Veronica's direction.
Lucy didn't
want to wake her friend. " Peter play! Or I might wake
Veronica
up to play with me…Pretty please?" she said giving him her
puppy
dog eyes. Peter didn't want Veronica to wake just because he
refused to
play with his siblings and also because Lucy was too
cute to refuse. Giving in He
began to count. " One, two, three,
four…" Lucy smiled and hugged him,
she ran off, and peter
continued to count with a smile on his
face…."95,96,97…
"Veronica
walked for sometime in the snow before
sitting down… " This
looks oddly familiar…"
She grasped the snow in her hands
but quickly dropped for it was freezing…
just then Lucy came out
from one of the trees. "Lucy? Lucy!" she
shouted.
To her
surprise Lucy turned and stared at her and ran towards her.
Veronica
got up quickly and brushed the snow off her.
"Veronica!
Where are we?" Lucy asked as she hugged her. " I…I
don't
know…Lucy how did you get here?"
"I came from
the War—" but was stopped when Veronica saw the lamppost.
As
if in a trance she walked towards it gently and smoothly, her
dress
gliding on the snow. She stopped once she reached the
lamppost.
"Veronica? Is everything all right?" Lucy asked
curiously, but Veronica
paid no attention to her but simply
mumbled "Narnia?" Just then they heard a twig snap.
Veronica's
head snapped in the direction where it came and then
rushed
too.
Lucy who was now frightened, 'snap' they
turned in the other direction.
Footsteps could be heard trotting
here and there. Something caught Lucy's
attention, which caused
her to scream. Lucy ran behind the lamppost and
tried to hide
herself. The creature dropped its packages and ran behind a
tree.
"Lucy its all right, its more afraid of us than we are
of it," Lucy
poked her head out from behind the lamppost.
Veronica brushed the snow off of her
hair and then walked
forwards, Lucy right behind her.
"Its all right, were not
going to hurt you," Veronica gently said to the
creature poking
his head out from behind the tree. Lucy picked up a brown
wrapped
package.
" I…Um," The creature said trying to find words
to say.
Lucy gently gave him the package. He took it still
shaking. Lucy looked back
towards Veronica who nodded to her
smiling.
"Were you hiding from me?" Lucy asked gently and
slowly. The creature
looked at her and said 'no' and began to
pick his belongings off the
snowy ground. "I…I just…um. I
just didn't want to scare you." Lucy
giggled.
" If you don't mind me asking, what are you?"
"Well, I'm a
faun and what about you two? You must be some kind of
beardless
dwarf?"
Veronica chuckled at his statement but said nothing
for she wanted to hear
Lucy's answer.
"I'm a girl!
And so is she" she said boldly pointing at me. Veronica
loved
Lucy like her own sister. Lucy had that gentle lovingness that
was
rare these day and not common in most girls.
The faun
looked surprise and stared at me for the longest time and
then
stated, " you mean to tell me you're, daughters of Eve?"
Lucy had no
clue what he meant, but Veronica remembered the word
Daughter of Eve from
somewhere. She walked up to the faun and said
slowly "If you mean to say
where Human, then yes…" The faun
stared at her cautiously and then
turned to Lucy
"You do
realize you are in the Land Of Narnia" he said
nervously.
Veronica's eyes widen when he said this. " What's
Narnia?" Lucy
asked curiously with inertest. " Everything you
see is Narnia" he replied
pointing his hand at everything around
them.
" My name is Tumnus." Lucy smiled and replied
happily " My name is
Lucy Pevensie, and this is Veronica Watson.
Pleased to meet you" she said.
Veronica still in shock nodded
her head to the faun. The faun also seemed to be lost in thought.
"Would you
care to join me for some tea?" Lucy looked happy "
Why, thank you very
much, but…" she looked at Veronica.
"Go
on ahead Lucy, I'll just look around," She said putting on a
fake
smile. Lucy nodded and told Mr. Tumnus all right. Veronica
watched them walk
off. " Some things not right" she said to
herself. She walked to the other side of the lamppost. "Why is it
winter?" She said as she looked up at the sky. She turned to follow
where
Lucy came from when she heard music playing in her head. Her
eyes grew wide,
she felt as if she was going to be sick "Lucy!"
she ran to the opening they had gone through.
That music was made for an evil purpose!
She
began to feel sleep. What
have I done?
Her paced slowed down and she
then collapsed in the snow. "Lucy"
she whispered and then all went black
right after she heard a
lion's roar in her head.
The wind was howling loud, and the
wind gave a chilling breeze. Veronica
opened her eyes and sat up.
" Lucy?" but there came no response. She
stood up trying to
remember everything that happened. Her skin was now very pale,
most
of her hair was covered in snow and she felt the chilling breeze
that
made her fall to the ground. I must find her! She stood up
again and
struggled to reach the lamppost, the winded slapped
against her face and legs, and her
dress was now tightly wrapped
around her. She panted and closed her eyes as
she walked, for the
stinging was unbearable. She felt Cold metal touch her
hands. She
looked up to see the flames untouchable by the wind. This gave
her
heart warmth and hope. Please let her be all right she whispered.
Just then
in the distance she heard Mr. Tumnus's voice. "Can
you find your way back
from here?"
They ran into view and Veronica nearly cried when she saw her " Lucy! Your all right!" she hugged her tightly. Lucy returned the hug " Veronica, we have to leave…" she said trying to catch her breath "The white witch is after us!" Veronica looked at her shockingly " Who?"
Lucy
shooked her head " No time for that! Lets Go!" They both waved
bye
to the faun and ran to the area where the wardrobe was
located. " Veronica,
I came through the wardrobe! Where did you
come from?"
Veronica stared at Lucy and told her quickly " You need to go now! I'll be all right!"
Lucy looked at her sadly and ran into the forest. Just then Veronica heard
"Ready or not here I come!" Veronica turned and she saw a flash.