IT'S NOT APRIL 19th!!! I just couldn't help myself…I wanted to give you guys a tease…so the 2nd chapter will not be up until April 19th (next Monday), but you get Chapter 1 now. Review, review, review please!! I only got one response out of over 50 hits the first time, and I DO accept anonymous reviews, so I should get more than that guys!!
Thanks, and I hope you enjoy it!!

It had been 1300 years since the Pevensie children defeated the White Witch and freed Narnia. But for the Pevensie children, it had only been three. Three long, dreary years of wanting to go back, and jumping into every wardrobe they found.

Peter, now nineteen years old, was getting into more and more trouble. He was about to go into his second year at the University of Cambridge, but he was miserable. As a result, he got into fights at school, and even though he had excellent grades, he was running the risk of getting expelled for violence.

Susan, at eighteen years of age, had grown into a beauty. She had matured a lot since her first trip to Narnia, and was about to leave for her first year at school. Definitely the practical one of the four, she was trying to forget about Narnia, realizing that the chances of them going back were slim.

Edmund was now sixteen years old. All the girls chased him at school, but he wasn't interested. He had taken two years to get over the mistake he made in Narnia, and had used it as a life lesson. He was more loving than ever with his brothers and sisters, and they all adored him.

Lucy was still the same bright cheerful girl at fourteen. She believed with all her heart that Aslan was going to bring them back to Narnia soon. Even though she thought that their life in Finchley was good, she loved Narnia and wanted to return.

Susan's POV

Susan was standing the in streets of London, reading a paper until their train arrived. She turned when she heard Lucy's voice calling her name.

"Susan! Come quickly, Peter and Edmund are in trouble!" Susan grabbed Lucy's hand and raced toward the train station. Peter was forever getting into trouble, and Susan guessed that this time was no exception.

When they arrived in the station, they saw Peter fighting two big burly boys. Edmund jumped into the fight just as they arrived, and they could only watch helplessly as Peter and Edmund fought. Suddenly behind them, they heard a voice shouting.

"You, all of you stop now!" A constable shouted as he raced toward the fight. Susan and Lucy stayed out of his way as people began to run in all directions, trying not to get into trouble. The constable pulled Peter and Edmund off the two boys, and lectured all four of them before Peter and Edmund walked toward Susan and Lucy. Susan gave them both a stern look as they tucked in their shirts and tried to look presentable again.

"Peter, how many times must you fight before you learn to let it go?" Susan sighed as they settled onto a bench next to the tracks.

"It wasn't my fault!" Peter protested. "He bumped me."

"And so you punched him?" Lucy said with frustration.

"No, then he tried to make me apologize for it. That's when I punched him." Peter said rationally.

"Why can't you just walk away?" Susan asked, trying to understand.

"Because. If we were in Narnia now, this wouldn't have happened. I would have been older." Peter got a faraway look in his eyes, as if he was remembering the old days.

"Well we aren't in Narnia, and it's best if you just forget it." Susan said.

"Ouch!" Edmund stood up. "Peter, stop pinching me."

"I wasn't!" Peter cried. Then he stood too. "Susan!"

"I'm not doing anything!" Susan said. "I think you're both, ouch!" Susan stood quickly and walked several steps away from the bench. She had felt it too. Before long they were all standing there, as the pinches and pulls grew harder. "Hold hands!" Susan yelled as the wind seemed to pick up in the tunnel, and their surroundings started to swirl. Susan closed her eyes as the wind got harder and harder. Then, everything was quiet. Susan opened her eyes and let go of Lucy's hand, seeing that they were inside a cave. She could see the ocean from the cave, and laughing, they all ran to it. Throwing their sweaters aside, they ran into the water and splashed each other happily.

Edmund's POV

A few hours later, they climbed up to the cliff and wandered around the grassy ruins. They all knew where they were, it was unspoken.

"Funny," Edmund remarked. "I don't remember their being any ruins in Narnia."

At that comment, they all seemed to stop and consider it. Surprise set in as they realized he was right. Walking a little farther, he bent and picked something up, speaking again.

"Look! It's a piece from my chess set!" Edmund exclaimed holding up the piece.

"What chess set?" Peter asked with interest.

"Well I didn't exactly have a gold chess set in Finchley did I?" Edmund returned with a bit of sarcasm.

The search to find out where they were seemed to heighten then, and suddenly Lucy cried out.

"Everyone stand here!" She cried again, positioning them in a line, with about three feet between each of them.

"I don't really get it, Lu," Susan responded.

"There now," said Lucy after she finished positioning them. "Look straight ahead. Imagine pillars of stone, and a glass ceiling," she said passionately.

"It's Cair Paravel!" They all exclaimed. After the initial surprise wore off, the shock set in. What could have happened to Narnia that Cair Paravel was in ruins?

Peter's POV

Peter wandered off from the group, looking for the doorway to their secret chamber. Finding the sliding wall, he called for Edmund to help him, and together they pulled the wall back to reveal the wooden door. Opening it, darkness greeted them. By this time, Susan and Lucy had joined them around the door. Peter ripped off part of his shirt, hearing a gasp of disapproval from Susan as he did so. He wrapped it around a stick, and turned to the rest.

"Anyone have a match on them?" He questioned.

"No, but I have a flashlight!" Edmund grinned at him.

"You might have mentioned that a bit sooner!" Peter laughed with him.

Lighting the flashlight, Peter descended the stairs with the rest of the kids behind him. Going down to the lowest level, he saw their chests. Lucy immediately ran to hers, Susan on her heels. Lucy opened it and pulled the dress she had been wearing on the day they were pulled back into the real world. She held it up against her, and Peter noticed how much longer it was.

"This doesn't fit me anymore!" Lucy cried with a bit of remorse in her voice.

"Well, you were older then," Susan smiled fondly at her.

Looking around, Peter saw Edmund had opened his chest too, and was examining the contents with a smile on his face. Hesitantly, Peter looked to his own chest, and getting on his knees, opened it slowly. On top lay his sword and shield that Aslan had given him, all those years before. It seemed like a lifetime ago.

"I wonder why we're here again," Peter wondered aloud.