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Lucy gasped and her eyes widened with growing horror. She quickly snapped out of her shock and raced towards Mr. Tumnus's house.
"Lucy, no!" I yelled, the images of sharp teeth and claws still fresh in my mind. I ran after her and Peter, Susan, and Edmund followed right behind me.
I stopped at the door and hesitantly stepped through. Lucy was standing in the middle of the small room and quietly taking in the horrible mess that had once been her good friend's home.
I came over and stood beside her.
"Who would do something like this?" She asked me, her voice trembling.
I looked around for any sort of clue that might answer her question. A table that was flipped on its side, broken cups and plates, chairs ripped to shreds, books clawed to pieces, a paper nailed to the wall...
I walked over to the paper, curious as to who put it there. I pulled it off the nail that kept it in place and held it up to read.
Except that the handwriting was particularly hard to decipher. Hmm...
Peter and Susan walked over as I tried unsuccessfully to read it. "The Fraud... Tombnis... his hair be charged with... dye treason... Umm... a gain her Imperical Madge is tea...Jade is... keen... on Narnia..."
"Oh, give it here." Peter demanded, running short on patience. I reluctantly handed it over to him, tempted to cross my arms and pout, but I figured that it wouldn't do much good. Other than making myself feel better that is.
He started reading. "The Faun Tumnus is hereby charged with High Treason against Her Imperial Majesty, Jadis, Queen of Narnia, for comforting her enemies and fraternizing with humans. Signed Maugrim, Captain of the Secret Police. Long Live the Queen."
I stood there not quite sure what to make of it. We were in a country where the inhabitants weren't even allowed to talk with humans, and if they did they would be charged with High Treason?
This was not good. Susan must have been thinking the same thing because the next moment she said:
"All right, now we really need to go back!" She looked urgent and almost a little bit scared.
"But what about me?" "But what about Mr. Tumnus?" Me and Lucy asked at the same time. Everyone looked towards us.
I spoke up, "I can't just march through the wardrobe like you four can! I HAVE to find Mr. Tumnus, or someone to show me how to get home! And I thought you were going to help me?" I almost felt bad about demanding their help when I hardly knew them, but at the same time, I already did feel like I knew them.
Peter and Susan shared a glance. "If he was arrested just for being with a human, I don't think there's much we can do." Susan said, but for some reason she sounded unsure.
Lucy's eyes filled with tears, "You don't understand, do you? I'm the human! She must have found out he helped me."
Understanding dawned on me. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed something moving. Alarmed, I turned to look and was very relieved to see that it was only Edmund.
But he was very pale and looked like he was going to be sick. I raised an eyebrow. What's his problem? It's not so strange to think that Tumnus was taken because of Lucy, and either way, I think I could believe anything after everything else that has happened today.
Peter interrupted my thoughts. "Maybe we could call the police." He suggested. My eyebrows skyrocketed.
"Call the police? You mean the police who destroyed this house and kidnapped Mr. Tumnus?" I asked, trying to show him how ridiculous the idea was.
He sighed and looked down at Lucy, then at me. "Don't worry. We'll think of something." he said to us both, trying to sound comforting.
"Why?"
Everyone turned to look at Edmund. My eyes widened in disbelief. What do you mean 'why'? I need to talk to him to see if he can help me get home, not to mention the fact that he's Lucy's friend and probably a decent faun!
Edmund noticed the glares pointed at him and quickly added, "I mean, he's a criminal!"
"What are you talking about? You do understand that he was only arrested because he was your sister's friend, right?" I gaped at him, raising one eyebrow, "Who's side are you-"
"Pssst!"
I whipped around. "Who said that?" I asked. Susan slowly pointed at something outside. I followed her finger, looking out the door, and saw a small robin perching on a snow covered branch.
"D-did that bird just...?" She asked incredulously, not finishing her question.
"What? Did it just what? WHAT?" I asked, incredibly curious. But Susan just walked out the door, motioning for us to follow her (which we did wholeheartedly). What in the world did it do? Did it scream and throw itself on the ground? Did it dance the hokey pokey? Did it cackle and grin evilly whilst having a unnatural gleam in its eyes?
I ran out the door, following the others, and was about to walk toward where the robin was, only to discover that it was gone.
"Where'd the bird go?" I asked in confusion, surveying the surrounding forest.
Suddenly, I noticed something rustling the bushes a few feet away. I saw them move slightly and heard the soft crunch of feet stepping on the snow-packed ground.
I backed up until I bumped into Peter, who was standing protectively in front of his siblings. I was tempted to hide behind him like the rest of them, but I realized that if it was something really big (like lions, or tigers, or bears! Oh my!), then it wouldn't really matter anyway.
The rustling grew closer and closer until...
Hmm... This chapter could stand some improvement (Well, let's face it: they all could!), but it was a lot of fun to write! Hope you'll excuse the Wizard of Oz reference... I actually don't really like that movie, but the quote just popped into my head when I was writing it.
Hope you enjoyed it! And remember: If you review I will reward you with another chapter! :D And maybe a chocolate bunny if your review is especially long!
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