Lucy ran into the boys room and turned on the light shouting with joy.
-"Peter, Peter, wake up! Peter, wake up!" she said this while jumping on Peter to get him awake.
"It's there! It's really there!" Peter wanting to go back to sleep only 'Shh' Lucy. Finally giving in to all the jumping and shouting he asked her half awake.
-"Lucy what are you talking about?" Peter regretted asking for Lucy shouted louder.
-"Narnia! It's all in the wardrobe like I told you!" By this time Edmund and Susan walked in.
-"You've just been dreaming, Lucy" Susan told her.
-"But I haven't! I saw Mr. Tumnus again! And this time Edmund went too!" she said pointing to Edmund.
Edmund just looked up in shock, while the others all turned to him. Peter looked at him and asked him with concern…
-"You…you saw the faun?" Edmund merely shook his head as a reply for 'no'. Lucy got off the bed.
-"Well…he actually didn't go there with me…He…" But stopped and looked at Edmund. "What where you doing Edmund?" Edmund sighed.
"I was just playing along…I'm sorry Peter, I shouldn't have encouraged her, but you know what little children are like these days." Lucy began to start crying, "They just don't know when to stop pretending…"
Lucy had enough and ran out the door. Peter and Susan sighed and ran off to get her, Peter shoving Edmund on to the bed.
Veronica walked with the professor back to her room, when all of a sudden Lucy ran into the Professor.
Lucy looked up at him and hugged him. The professor didn't know what to do since he never had children before…
-"Lucy, are you all right?" Veronica asked kneeling next to her. Lucy looked next to her and shook her head and then ran and hugged her…the impact nearly caused Veronica to fall over, but Veronica only returned the hug. At that very moment Peter and Susan ran in looking startled that the professor was there.
-"You children are one shenanigan shy of sleepin' in the stable!" came Mrs. Macready tying her robe and then looking up, startled to see the professor. "Professor, I'm sorry. I told them you were not to be disturbed."
-"It's all right, Mrs. Macready. I'm sure there's and explanation, but first of all I think this one is in need of a little hot chocolate." The professor said gesturing for Veronica and Lucy to follow Mrs. Macready.
-"Come along dears." And Mrs. Macready led the two out of the hallway. Peter and Susan turned around to leave but the professor cleared his throat gesturing them to stay.
The Professor opened a tan keen filled with pipe tobacco. " You seem to have seem to have upset the delicate internal balance of my house keeper." He said looking at the two siblings. Peter didn't want a lecture and tried hurry Susan out the door.
-"We're very sorry, sir, it wont happen again." But Susan didn't budge.
-"It's our Sister, sir. Lucy"
-"The weeping girl."
-"Yes, sir...She's upset…"
-"Hence the weeping." Peter already got tired of all this
-"It's nothing. We can handle it."
-"Oh I can see that." Said the professor sarcastically.
-"She and Veronica think they've found a magical land…" the professor smiled. "In the upstairs wardrobe…" This caught the professors' attention for he immediately asked
-"What did you say?" but Peter answered to clear things up
-"Um, the wardrobe, upstairs. Lucy and Veronica think they've found a forest inside."
-"They won't stop going on about it."
-"What was it like?" asked the professor eagerly.
-"Like talking to Lunatics!" said Susan worriedly.
-"No, no, no, not them. The forest." Peter's eyes widen with disbeliefe.
-"You're not saying you believe them?"
-"You don't?" responded the Professor
-"Of course not, I mean logically its impossible." The professor only mumbled to himself
What do they teach in schools these days?
-"Edmund said they were only pretending."
-" And he's the more truthful one is he?"
-"No…this would be the first time."
-"Well…if they're not mad, and their not lying…then logically we must assume they are both telling the truth."
-"So, your just saying we should just believe them?" asked Peter, The professor began to light his smoking pipe.
-"She's your sister, you're a family. And she's your friend, isn't she? You might just try acting like one."
The next morning, Susan decided it would be best if they all played outside. Veronica sat with Lucy reading under a tree. While Edmund, Susan and Peter played. Veronica looked up to see Peter throw a ball.
-"Peter winds up, poised to take yet another wicket!" Unfortunately for Edmund the ball hit him. Veronica laughed silently; Peter saw this and laughed as well.
-"Whoops! Wake up Dolly Daydream!"
-"Why can't we play hide and seek again?" Lucy heard this and stared harder into her book.
-"I thought you said it was a kids game?"
-"Besides, we could all use the fresh air." Susan responded trying to back Peters statement.
-"It's not like there isn't any air inside." Spat back Edmund.
-"Are you ready?"
-"Are you?" said Edmund. Peter threw the ball and Edmund was able to hit it. Unfortunately, not were they wanted it to go. The ball crashed into a window and knocked a suit of armor down. Lucy looked up impressed and shocked. Veronica ran over to Peter, who immediately grabbed her and told the others to follow.
"Come on!"
They ran inside only to find a hole in a window and pieces of armor laying spread across the room.
Peter looked disgusted and spat at Edmund.
-" Well done Ed."
-"What! You bowled it!" he said defensively. Veronica heard something and told them to shut-up.
-"Quiet! You hear that?" from down on the second floor they heard Mrs. Macready.
What on earth is goin' on up there?
Susan eyes panicked " The Macready!" Peter didn't have to think twice to tell them all to run. They ran out the room and down the halls into one of the study's. Edmund shoved them all back.
"No, no, back, back, back!" They ran down the same hall and up some stairs to find a door locked. They heard footsteps growing louder. Susan looked up at them confused.
"What she has ears like a bat to know where we are?" veronica asked sarcastically. Peter grabbed her again and led them down some stairs and into the wardrobe hallway. They ran to the first door, which was locked. They ran to the second door, which was opened, and Peter shoved them all in there. Edmund ran to the wardrobe and opened it gesturing them to go in. Susan had a disgusted look on her face.
-"Oh, you've got to be joking." Just then the footsteps grew louder. They all looked at the door and ran to the wardrobe getting inside. Peter was the last one to get inside and closed the door not all the way, but to where it looked like it was shut. "Get Back!" It was completely dark in the wardrobe they were all bumping into each other
-"My toe!" cried Lucy
-"I'm not on your toe!" yelled Edmund
-"Stop shoving!" yelled Peter
-"Peter your hands on my –" Veronica yelped
-"Oh, sorry!" he answered back quickly
-"Move back!" cried Edmund
-"Will you stop shoving!" yelled Peter louder
-"Watch out, stop it!" yelled Susan
Just then Peter and Susan tripped backwards and landed in the snow.
-"What the?"
-"Impossible." Gasped Susan.
Lucy, Veronica, and Edmund got out from the wardrobe, and looked around. Veronica whispered something in Lucy's ear that made her smile.
-"Don't Worry. I'm sure it's just your imagination." Lucy said sarcastically moving closer to Veronica, who had a mischievous smile on her face. Peter looked at them both and blushed.
-"I-I-I don't suppose saying were sorry would quite cover it." Lucy shook her head.
-"No. It wouldn't." Veronica took that as her queue and threw a snowball that hit Peter right in the face.
-"But that might!" Lucy screamed and grabbed another snowball and threw it at Susan, who screamed by how cold it was, but began to take part in their snowball fight. As soon as Veronica turned around, Peter threw a snowball back at her, hitting her on the side of her cheek.
-"Peter! That was cold!" she laughed
-"That's what you get!" he then laughed at the face she made. " Oh if only I had a camera!"
Veronica grabbed some snow in her hand and threw it at Peter, who ducked only to hit Edmund.
-"OW! Stop it!" they all turned to him to see him clutching his arm. Peter walked towards him in disbelief.
-"Why you little Liar!" Peter told him with disgust.
-"You didn't believe them either!" Edmund said defensively.
-"Apologize to Lucy and Veronica" Peter said in a warning tone.
Edmund refused to budge. This got Peter really furious.
-"Say Your Sorry!" he yelled as he walked towards him only a few inches apart from each other.
-"All right, all right! I'm sorry." He said looking at the two girls. Lucy didn't want her brothers to be mad during the trip in narina.
"That's all right…" they all looked at her "Some children just don't know when to stop pretending."
-"Oh, very funny." Edmund said under his breath.
-"Maybe we should go back." Susan responded.
"I think…. Lucy should decide!" Peter told Susan with a grin on his face knowing this would make Lucy happy. She only smiled and said in a hurry "I want you all to meet Mr. Tumnus!"
-"Well then Mr. Tumnus it is!"
-"But we cant go hiking in the snow dressed like this." Replied Susan coldly.
-"No, but I bet the professor wouldn't mind us borrowing some of his coats." He Came out from the Wardrobe and gave a coat to Susan "Anyways, when you think about it logically we're not even taking them out of the wardrobe." He passed a 'girls' coat to Edmund who stepped back.
-"That's a Girls Coat!" he said looking disgusted.
-"I know." Peter responded and shoved it to him."
Once that everything had been sorted, Lucy led the way to Mr. Tumnus house. They came to a hill, where Peter grabbed Veronica and took her rolling down the hill. She screamed in shock before she reached the bottom. Her hair was all covered in snow and she her clothing was all wet. She glared at Peter.
"What? I slipped," he said laughing. She only smiled.
" Ha, ha, just wait, I'll get you back" she got up and walked past him only to push him back into the snow.
"Hey! That's cheating!" he laughed at her tease. She just walked back to the others. Once peter caught up, they began their journey to Tumnus house. When they finally arrived, Lucy was informing them.
"Lots and lots of lovely food, and we'll have lots and lots of…" But stopped to see Mr. Tumnus door was broken down. She gasped and ran towards the house. The others quickly followed. They entered the house to see it all messed up. "Who would do something like this?" Peter saw a piece of parchment on the wall and read it:
The Faun Tumnus is hereby charged with High Treason
Against Her Imperial Majesty,
Jadis, Queen of Narnia,
For comforting her enemies and fraternizing with humans.
Signed Maugrim, captain of the secret police.
Long Live the Queen!
Peter passed the parchment to Susan who read over it quickly. She looked up, she was tired of this trip.
-"All right, now we really should go back." She ordered. Lucy didn't want to go until Tumnus was rescued.
"If he was arrested for being with a human, I don't think there's much we can do. Lu-" But Lucy cut her off
-"You don't understand, do you?" Peter and Susan looked at her with confusion "I'm the human! She must have found out he helped me." Edmund stayed quiet and walked a few feet away from them.
-"Maybe we can call the police." Peter suggested. Susan waived the Parchment in front of him.
-"These are the police!"
-"Don't worry, Lu, we'll think of something." He said trying to re-ensure his sister.
-"Why?" cut in Edmund. They all looked at him forgetting that he came along. "I mean, he's a criminal."
-"Veronica, What do you think?" peter asked her, but no response came. He turned around looking for her now worried "Veronica?" and yet no response came. He laughed to himself " All right Veronica, you got me now come on out!" he yelled thinking she was joking. He waited to see her come out from a hiding spot but she never did. " Veronica!" Peter yelled now panicking, and so was Susan.
-"Where did she go?" Susan told Lucy. Fear came to Lucy now.
-"I don't know!" she cried. Just then a bird flew on a tree branch, right outside the doorway.
-"Psst." They all looked at it quickly. Susan titled her head.
-"Did that bird just 'Psst' us?" Peter went outside first followed by the others to look at the bird. Once they were all outside the bird flew off. Just then a twig snapped near by followed by rustling leaves. They started huddling together not knowing what type of thing made that noise. Again a twig snapped which cause them all to look in the direction the sound came. Just then a beaver popped out.
-"It…It's a beaver." Lucy said in disbeliefe. The beaver came closer sniffing the scent of the humans.
Peter walled towards it slowly.
-"Here, boy." He stated clicking his tongue " Here, boy." Once he was close enough he stuck out his hand.
The beaver looked at it with confusion.
-"I ain't gonna smell it, if that's what you want." Peter immediately withdrew his hand from the beaver, Susan's eyes widened, Edmund stepped back, and Lucy laughed softly.
-"Oh, sorry" Peter said apologizing.
-"Lucy Pevensie?" the beaver said pointing to Lucy, who's smile vanished and was replaced with shock.
-"Ye-yes?" she said coming foreword. The beaver held up her hankie. She took it and studied it. "Hey, that's the hankie I gave Mr. Tum…"
-"Tumus…" the beaver finished for her. "He got it to me just before they took him." The beaver turned to Peter and asked
-"Peter Pevensie?"
Peter looked at him and nodded. The beaver took from behind his back a golden locket and held it in front of him. Peter's eyes widened.
-"That's Veronica's!" he said kneeling down to pick the locket up. "How did you get it?"
The beaver only looked surprised.
-" She gave it to me just a few minutes ago…Ri-"
-"A few minutes ago?" he cut in "Was she all right?" he asked quickly.
"And what about Mr. Tumnus?" Lucy piped in. The beaver looked at them and told them 'Further in '
Peter and Lucy began to walk where the beaver was going, when Susan pulled him back.
-"What are you doing?"
-"She's right. How do we know we can trust him?" Edmund asked.
-"He said he knows Veronica and the faun." Peter responded.
Susan rolled her eyes "He's a beaver! He shouldn't be saying anything!" At that moment the beaver poked his head above a pile of snow.
-"Everything all right?" They turned to look at him
-"Yes, we were just talking." Peter said re-ensuring
-"That's better left for safer quarters." The beaver whispered. Lucy looked around " He means the trees"
They all stared at each other for a few minutes. Peter had enough, he sighed and he and Lucy followed the beaver followed by Edmund, and Susan….