Chapter 12: You're Falling, You're Screaming
"No…no, no, no…!" Susan gasped. She jumped into the wardrobe and shoved the jackets aside. Staring back at her was the wooden wall of the back of the wardrobe. But it couldn't be. Lucy had just gone to Narnia, wouldn't they be able to get there as well…?
"This isn't possible," Peter muttered to himself. He reached up and started yanking on the clothes, pulling them down one by one. The more clothes he pulled down the faster he reached up to garb more. Susan watched him, numb. Even if she wanted to move she couldn't, she just couldn't wrap her head around the notion that they couldn't get back.
They couldn't save their family…
"This isn't…" Peter's words died on his lips. The wardrobe was completely empty and now Peter could see the back of the wardrobe from the dying candle that sat on the windowsill. "It's not…" He threw down the coats that were in his hands. "We have to get back, Susan!" He told her.
"I…I know," Susan replied.
"So why aren't you doing anything? Why are you just sitting there?" Peter demanded. He jumped to his feet and started pacing. Edmund's in Narnia. Lucy is with him. As long as they're together they can stay sage what if they aren't together? What if they can't find each other or they get attacked before they can? I have to get back. I HAVE to. "Think of something, Susan!"
Susan's eyes hardened and she stood in front of Peter with her hands on her hips. "I am thinking—"
"Logically, of course," Peter said with an eye roll.
Susan ignored him. "I'm thinking that this is the only way into Narnia and it's blocked for a reason."
"Because you're not believing in Narnia," Peter accused. Susan's eyebrows shot up. "You're not. The week after we got back you kept telling Lucy to forget about Narnia and to focus on her work. You've lost your belief, Su. Ed, Lu, and I always believed we'd go back but you. You kept tuning us out or leaving the room whenever we talked about it."
"Because Aslan said he'd call us back when we're needed and I wasn't going to waste my time thinking about it when I could get some work done while I was waiting," Susan hissed. "And even if I didn't believe in Narnia it wouldn't be because of me that the wardrobe is blocked!"
"Aslan told you that Narnia would call you back when needed." Peter and Susan both jumped at the sound of Professor Diggory's voice. He chuckled and stepped into the room. His glasses were perched on the end of his nose and a book was in his hands. "What started this argument?"
Peter and Susan looked at each other, silence stretching out between them. Finally it was Peter who broke the silence. "You see, Edmund just…disappeared before our eyes. He's been acting very strange lately and then he just disappeared at school. We're sure it was Narnia that took him back which is why we're here. And now…Lucy's gone too and we're sure she found her way back to Narnia. We tried going after them, sir, but now it's blocked. Is there any other way in?"
Professor Diggory chuckled. "You'll find your way back when Narnia wants you back."
Susan's eyebrows crinkled "But, sir, Aslan said he'd call us back."
"Aslan wouldn't call you back individually, don't you think? If Narnia needed you—all of you—you'd all be there together. Hmm?" He pushed his glasses up his nose. "Come now, it's time for bed. For everyone."
"But sir—" Peter protested.
Professor Diggory held up his hand to silence Peter and said with a twinkle in his eye, "You'll return when you're needed by all."
A/N: Now, before you all yell at me for this being short I have my reasons. This is going to the last chapter with Peter and Susan for a bit so it's short on purpose. Ok? That means the next one will be longer.