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Going to the Countryside

~Penelope's POV~

I walked along the sidewalk slowly in front of my house, or what used to be of it. Now it was all in rubble with my family in it. Looking down I crept through the rubble that had a horrible stench of something burning in it. In all those hours I looked through the whole house, and the only salvaged her mother's wedding ring which was safely locked in her fire-proof safe.

"You okay darling?"

Quickly I turned around seeing Mrs. Pevensie standing there looking sad for me. I quickly walked to her with water filling my eyes, as I openly wept onto her pinky suit. The kind woman rubbed my back and calmed me softly.

"It'll be alright. Your parents wouldn't want you like this. The children are being evacuated to the country. I want you to go with them. Your mother always told me if anything happened to them, for me and Frank to take care of you, and we will."

I looked up with sad eyes but forced a smile. She was a nice lady, even if Frank was in the army and could die any day now, she never showed one ounce of stress. Nodding quietly I headed back to their house down the street quietly alongside Mrs. Pevensie.

~Lucy's POV~

We were all in the train station when Blake came up behind me and tapped my shoulder. I looked up sadly but forced a little smile when I saw Blake there. "Hi."

He bent down to my level because he could tell I was straining my neck to fully see him, "Guess what? My parents are sending me to the same Professor's house you all are heading to. We get to have more fun now. We can play chess, tag, hide-and-seek, and all of your fun games now."

"Penelope is coming too! Mum has taken her under her care now, so she has to. But no one minds, we promised we'll make her laugh and smile."

Blake glanced up at the girl who was standing close to Susan, glancing around at other families say good-bye to their loved ones. He looked back down to me, "What happened to her family?"

I bit my lip. "The bombing blew their house up. The only thing left is her mother's wedding ring. Penelope won't even let me see it because she's so protective of it. I can understand why though. She needs something to hold on to." I sighed. "Why are you coming with us though?"

"Because the professor taught my father all he knows about medicine. Now stop asking questions. Your mother wants to speak to you. Turn around." He said curtly.

I turned around to see mum smiling and I hugged her tightly as if it was the last one we would ever give each other. I knew I would miss her too much to handle, and I knew I would miss England too; even if the war was going on.

~Blake's POV~

I glanced back up to see Ariel eyeing me. I really hadn't expected Lucy to tell me that her whole family had died. Finally, I stood and made my way to her and sighed. "I'm sorry about your parents."

She only looked at the ground and spoke monotonously. "Your concern is appreciated."

Silence overcame us until he tried to break a smile, "How about this, we can try to be cordial to each other because I am coming with all five of you? It would really be a serious pain if we were like we are now."

For a long time she didn't say a word, I almost turned to talk to Peter until she said 'mm-hmm' quietly. I nodded at her. She still stood there alone but I noticed her eyes drawn to the big sparkly ring in her palm, and seeing it made her want to cry. For some reason my heart ached a little bit because of her pain, but quickly I shook it off noting that we weren't particularly close to each other so there's no reason why her emotions should affect me so much.

My mind was speeding. What was happening to me? How could a bomb raid affect me so much? I meant, sure, it was certainly going to affect a lot of people psychologically as well but I had honestly never expected myself to be so affected. Especially not by the sight of a crying girl. Penelope hardly ever stopped crying. But that's what girls did, right? They cried. Boys never cried, did they? These were just our inherent differences. There's no reason why my heart should be lurching at the sight of a crying girl. I had to pull myself together.

~Susan's POV~

I sat on the train in the bunker car they all sat in, reading a book quietly but my mind was racing the speed of light. All of this should have come logically, such as the war coming to England because we were a part of the Allies and were in Europe, but I couldn't understand how Penelope's parents died. They were the sweetest and nicest people she knew, even apart from her mother.

I knew that everyone in the car was trying to not think of the reality that we were actually being sent off. The bombings shouldn't have been that bad. I didn't know the truth until we had come out of the shelter and Ellie's house was crumbled into pieces beside ours. She had only left home for a nice sleep over and chess game, and instead her parents were.

I looked over to Lucy bundling closer to Peter, as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. This was going to be hard on all six of us. I just knew it.

~Edmund's POV~

I couldn't believe we all were on a train going to some old man's house that mom claimed to know. I didn't understand any of it, but I did understand that dad was probably in danger and that none of us could do anything to stop it.

If only I could take his place in the army. If only I could fight. If only I were a warrior too. If only.

~Penelope's POV~

Tears were threatening to spill from my eyes again. My whole family was just wiped out my only one bomb. Even the fire department couldn't tell where my parents were, they just said it was by the grace of god I wasn't there. I just wanted to sink into oblivion, but a warm hand was placed atop mine. I looked up to see a face with a sad expression.

Blake reached into his pocket and gave his handkerchief to me, then looked out the window, watching the grassland go and speed by.

Smoothly I relaxed in the seat after a good 20 minutes of the train ride. Lucy had fallen asleep on Peter's lap, Edmund was just looking out the window, and Susan was reading her book. It didn't look like we were going to get there any sooner, so I just decided to fall asleep. Once I slipped into my dream I was remembering my dream when I was little.

A large lion sat in front of me smiling warmly at me rather than looking ferocious or hungry as I had expected. "Child, you shall know of the things that are to come in your life. The imminent sadness in your heart will soon be expelled due to a special soul. Embrace him, for he will be your key to happiness or despair. You will know him by his name, Blake. You shall receive answers to your questions shortly."

Startled, I shot awake and glanced over to Blake's sleeping face. He was my key to happiness or despair? Him? My mind was blown.

The next thing I knew was that they all were running to a black car that had honked in a hello.

Susan looked up. "The professor knew we were coming."

Edmund looked at his little ticket attached to his jacket. "Perhaps we were incorrectly labeled?"

I looked up. "I don't think so. Look."

A woman was yelling at a horse came up on a wagon, slowly. She looked down to us and we all blinked. Peter glanced at Susan and Blake. "Mrs. Macready?"

She peered down at us from her cart. "I'm afraid so. Is this it? Haven't you brought anything else?"

"No ma'am. It's just us," Peter reported.

Unconsciously I moved closer to Blake's jacket. This lady seemed like she would be strict. I could feel it. But at that moment I realized where I had moved and scooted away from him. What was happening?

With attention on the lady again she smiled with a slight nod, signaling for us to climb in.

Perhaps she liked us then?

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