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Elise's POV

Elise found exploring the fortress with Peter to be interesting. They didn't say too much in the first few minutes, and she found herself watching him. He was handsome, to say the least. She judged that he was about nineteen or twenty, not too much older than she.

"So, you're from England?" Elise questioned, trying to start a conversation.

"Yeah, we live right in the country. What about you, live in the big city huh? It really must be a great adventure." Peter responded.

"Not really. If you thought about it, you might realize that the 'great adventure' as you call it was responsible for my parent's death." Elise said coldly, turning and marching out of the fortress.

David's POV

David and Susan hunted for food. So far they hadn't found much, with the exception of a rabbit that David had shot with one of Susan's arrows.

"I guess we'll have to stay a bit longer, there's still some daylight left," Susan said, breaking the silence.

"Yeah, I guess so." David hadn't really talked too much the entire time he had been with Susan. He felt bad about it, but he was still processing through the shock of his parent's death. There was nothing wrong with Susan at all in fact he thought she was beautiful, friendly and fun to be around. He just couldn't bring himself to talk too much. He decided he should try to make more of an effort.

"I'm sorry I've been quiet so far. It's not that I don't like you or anything, I'm just trying to process everything that's happened over the last few weeks."
"It's okay. I understand, truly. I just want to make sure I don't say the wrong thing or talk too much." Susan responded soberly.

"It's fine. In fact, you're really helping me, just by taking my mind off of things." He smiled at her.

"Well then, you better hurry up and try to catch me with these berries, because I'm way ahead of you pal!" She threw a handful of berries at him laughing.

Peter's POV

Peter hadn't meant to upset her at all. He was just trying to draw her out of her shell, and try to start a conversation. Why did she have to be so darn sensitive? Nevertheless, he followed her out. He found her about ten minutes later, crying on a rock near the woods.

"Elise?" He approached her cautiously, trying not to upset her. He placed his hand gently on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I just need some time alone. Please leave." She stated without turning to look at him.

"Elise, I said I was sorry. Please just talk to me!" Peters voice rose a few octaves.

"Yes, and I asked you to leave. Now go please!" Elise's rose to match his.

"Fine! All I was trying to do was help!" Peter almost shouted as he stalked back to the fortress. He didn't understand why she was so touchy.

Ricky's POV

Ricky was having a great time with Lucy. He really hadn't thought too much about losing his parents. Lucy was a great companion for him, and they roamed the woods searching for bedding materials. They had already gathered some palm branches and big leaves, and some moss.

"Hey Lu, you think that this leafy stuff will work?" Ricky held up a huge green leaf he had found.

"Yes, definitely." Lucy smiled at him and kept working.

"You know, I think my brother and sisters are taking this harder than I am. I don't mean to be selfish sounding or cruel, but we're here now, and there seems to be no point in mourning our parents death. We can focus on this and not worry right?"

"Well Ricky, it's a little more complicated than that. You miss your parents I'm sure, but at some point, we'll all have to go back to the real world. They might as well cope with their grief here." Lucy tried to sound logical about the whole thing, and only hoped she had succeeded.

"I guess that makes sense, I just never thought we'd have to go back. I figured we would be here forever now." Ricky had never contemplated the idea of having to go home before. He missed his parents dearly, but he had had his cry, and he was okay now. Sometimes it was worse than others, but he didn't understand why everyone was still so upset over the whole matter.

"As much as we wish that were true, it's not. We will have to go back at some point." The two kept working in silence, each contemplating the other's words.

Susan's POV

By the time everyone met back at the fortress, it was getting dark. Susan and David had brought a deer in, after a little bit of effort. Danielle and Edmund deposited all the firewood they had collected, and set to work on starting a fire. Peter and Elise had found a nice place to sleep and make a fire, but Susan noticed that they seemed to be at odds with one another. While everyone else was getting along fine, and even making friendships quickly, Elise and Peter would barely speak to each other. Susan walked over to Peter, while Ricky and Lucy made up eight beds for everyone and David cleaned the deer.

"Peter, what's going on with you and Elise? Why are you guys not speaking to each other?" She asked with some apprehension in her voice. Was something wrong?

"She's just so touchy! All I did was ask if living in Philadelphia was an adventure, and she stomped off. When I tried to apologize, she was crying and told me to leave her alone. I don't know what I did, but she's way too sensitive." Peter said with a hint of accusation and hurt in his voice.

"I understand that you weren't trying to upset her, Peter, but you have to remember that she just lost her parents. Remember when our parents died? We felt all alone too, and you felt even worse because you were the oldest and felt a sense of responsibility towards the rest of us."

"Yeah, I guess so. I hadn't thought of it like that before." Peter said, as if contemplating that for the first time.

"Why don't you try talking to her again, and just remember to be sensitive. She needs someone to talk to right now, and I don't think her brother can help her, because David seems to be grieving pretty seriously too." Susan went back over to David to try and draw him out of his shell a little more, and left Peter trying to talk to Elise again.

David's POV

That evening, after dinner was over and everyone had crawled into their makeshift beds, Peter spoke.

"Even though we just met a few hours ago, I think we should make a few pacts and decisions. We aren't in fairyland, and we're bound to run into danger at some point here."

"What do you suggest Peter?" David asked.

"I think we should pair off again for one thing. We should use the buddy system. It's common sense in a situation like this. Elise doesn't go anywhere without me, Susan doesn't go anywhere without David, and so on."

"That sounds like a wise idea to me Pete, you never know what could happen, and we have no idea what to expect." Edmund stated.

"Must we keep the same partners?" Elise asked with some hardness in her voice that David picked up on as her twin.

"Yes, we must. It only makes sense," Peter said with the same coldness in his voice.

"Sounds good. In the meantime, I think we should wait here for Aslan," Susan said. "We don't know what's going on outside of here, and he will show up at some point."

"I agree. For now though, I think we should all get some sleep," Danielle said with a yawn in her voice.

"Goodnight everyone!" Lucy said. A chorus of goodnights echoed around the cave, and then there was silence.