Susan POV

Susan clutched her luggage tightly in her hand as they stood on the train station platform. Peter, Edmund, and Lucy were standing beside her, looking around the clustered platform for the people holding their name on a sign above their heads. Susan couldn't concentrate on the sign search though. She was too busy staring at the multitude of cars parked by the platform, where people were shouting in an attempt to get other people's attention. The dirt path that their cars were parked on led away from the train station and into the lush green mountains beyond. Beyond those mountains lay their boarding schools. It caused Susan's heart to become sick with worry.

"If only Caspian were here," thought Susan.

"Susan, there's our cab," said Lucy pointing at a man with thining black hair a little ways away who held a sign that read, "Susan and Lucy Pevensie" above his head.

Susan turned to look at Peter who had also found their cab.

"I guess this is where we part," said Peter looking at Susan and Lucy.

Even though they had been through so much together, even though their boarding schools were only fifteen miles away from each other, it seemed as if the distance was greater. They hugged each other goodbye, trying to stay strong. When Peter hugged Susan, he whispered in her ear, "Everything will work out. Trust me, ok?"

Susan nodded her head "yes" as they broke from their hug. Each taking a deep breath, they proceeded to walk toward their cabs. As Susan and Lucy neared their cab driver, he looked at them with a huge smile on his face.

"I take it you're Susan and Lucy Pevensie?" asked the cab driver.

"Yes," said Lucy, smiling back.

"Well, let me be the first to welcome you to Barnard Castle!" exclaimed the cab driver, overenthused.

"Thank you," said Lucy with the smile still on her face.

Susan still did not possess the capability to speak.

"Is something wrong with your sister?" asked the cab driver.

"She's just a little...homesick," said Lucy trying to think of the right word. Lucy reached out and grabbed Susan's free hand as she said, "Right Susan?"

"Yes," said Susan managing to spit out one word.

"I'm sure you won't be homesick for long. It won't take you long to get used to the beauty around here," said the cab driver. "I can guarentee that. Here, let me help you load your luggage into the cab."

The cab driver took the luggage out of their grasp and proceeded to load it into the trunk of the cab. Once the cab driver had slammed the lid of the trunk, he raced over to open the door for Lucy and Susan.

"Ladies," he said with a small curtsy.

Lucy giggled as the two of them got into the back of the cab. The cab driver slammed their door shut and got into the driver's seat.

"So," said the cab driver as he adjusted his mirror. "Off to boarding school now, right?"

"Yes please," piped up Lucy.

"Aw, but who says we can't take the senic route?" asked the cab driver with a small smile.

The cab driver started up the car and was soon driving down the road. They passed tons of pretty town houses as they drove through the town. All of the town houses seemed to be constructed out of stones. It looked beautiful. It was smaller than where they had just departed from. The people that milled around on the street waved as the cab driver drove by. The town soon faded from view as they drove through the mountains beyond. As they wound up the mountain road, Lucy looked out the window and pointed at something in the distance.

"Look Susan! A castle!" shouted Lucy excitedly.

Susan looked out Lucy's window and saw the crumbly remains of the once grand castle. It reminded her of their castle, which they had found in ruins like that in Narnia on their recent adventure and thinking about Narnia reminded her of Caspian. Lucy saw the frown appear on Susan's face and stopped her excitement over the castle.

"Is she ok?" asked the cab driver, looking at them in his rearview mirror.

"Yes," said Lucy. "I think she's still homesick is all."

"Do you have castles where you come from?" asked the cab driver.

"Sort of," said Susan.

"Ah well," said the cab driver. "Where's the fun in ours then, huh? We're almost to the boarding school so just hang tight for a while longer."

The cab turned off to the right and toward these huge black gates. He had to pause at the gates for a second since they were shut. There was some kind of guard at the gates and he approached the car. The cab driver rolled down his window as the guard bent down to peer inside the car.

"Name?" asked the guard.

"Kip," he said. "Short for Kipper."

"What's your business here Kipper?" asked the guard.

"I've come to drop off Lucy and Susan Pevensie at their new boarding school," replied Kipper.

"You may go through," said the guard after another moment of scruntinizing the car and its occupants.

The guard walked over to the gates and pushed them open. With a friendly wave to the guard, Kipper drove through the gates and parked outside the boarding school.

"Well here you are ladies," said Kipper.

"Thank you for the ride," said Lucy and Susan.

"You're very welcome. It was my pleasure."

The three of them got out of the car and Kipper helped them to get their luggage out of the trunk.

"I hope that you two have a great day," said Kipper.

"Thank you Mr. Kipper," said Lucy. "I hope the same for you."

"Well," said Kipper with a smile. " I'll be off now ladies. See you around. Enjoy your stay!"

With that, Kipper got back into the cab and drove off. Susan and Lucy stared up at the brick boarding school in front of them.

"Well are you ready Susan?" asked Lucy.

"Yes," said Susan. "I am."

If Susan could endure being seperated from the one she loved, she could certainly endure the perks of boarding school. Grabbing their luggage firmly in their hands, the two of them walked up the steps to greet their future.