A/N: Hello everyone! I am republishing this story with a few changes, I started it a few years ago but left unfinished. Five-month isolation is making me do things :/

This story is told basically from Edmund's perspective, I may swap the POV later in some chapters for the sake of change!

Also, this is a way for me to practice English as it is not my main language, please feel free to correct any mistakes!

Hope you enjoy it!

Nope, not Lewis, all credits to him

Chapter 1: "Again?"

It was a cold and raining, typical autumnal day in Finchley. In a comfortable couch sat a young man with many books around him, a soft light illuminated his handsome face, and blond locks fell over his blue eyes.

His name was Peter Pevensie, also known as High King Peter the Magnificent, but that was a long time ago, when he and his siblings, Susan, Lucy and Edmund, had found themselves in a completely different world, called Narnia, where they ruled for fifteen years as monarchs. They had entered Narnia through a wardrobe in an old house of a certain Professor Kirke, when they spent some months there in the war time.

Now Peter was sitting in the studio at their parents house, the family had gathered for a family weekend after the news that his sister Susan was dating a guy called Robert, apparently it was a very serious relationship. He decided to take the opportunity to look in the library some books he was sure would come in hand for his research.

As he was picking up a book to look further into the cover of it suddenly the door of the room opened and a tall, dark haired young man came in talking loudly followed by a young woman, a little shorter with chestnut curls bouncing on her back. King Edmund The Just and Queen Lucy The Valiant.

They were talking animatedly and plopped down on the couch besides him dropping in the process some books to the floor. Peter sighed and put down the book on his hand, realising that he wouldn't get much done with those two in the same room.

"Fancy a chess game?" asked Edmund to Peter.

"I'll win this time" answer Peter with a determined look on his face.

"Yes sure, maybe someday, don't lose hope" retorted Edmund with a wink earning a pillow to his face.

Lucy laughed as a tall and gracious young woman enter the room rolling her eyes at the display in front of her. Susan The Gentle, sat on an armchair across from her siblings.

Mr. and Mrs. Pevensie were out picking some groceries so they spent the next hour in comfortable silence.. The two brothers decided to take the chess game to the floor in front of the fireplace, while Lucy sprawled on the couch looking out the window and occasionally throwing some witty remarks and snickering at the boys. Susan sat silently on the armchair reading a magazine shaking her head and trying to hide the smile that tugged at her lips when her elder brother threw a fit each and every time Edmund won the game.

These four people sitting in the room were no longer the children that had come into Narnia all those years ago, neither they were the grown ups that stood on the woods of Narnia after fifteen long years of reign. They were in the middle now. Strange thing time. They had grown up as monarchs in Narnia, they ruled for many years, they were adults, yet as they came out of the wardrobe they were children again, and not a minute had passed in this world. It was hard, being children again, and be treated like it, beginning again, it was really hard. They all had an old spirit.

To grow up again, in Finchley, was challenging, although pretty normal life there.

The hour went by and Peter let himself fall to the floor with a growl.

"You are a sore loser, you know? One would think that after all this time you'd be used to losing, apparently not." said Edmund with smirk plastered on his face.

"Shut up" said Peter lifting his head from the ground just an inch to throw his brother a nasty look.

Susan, who was long finished with her magazine, stood up with a yawn. "Well I could use a cup of tea" she said smoothing her skirt "Anyone?" she asked looking up to her siblings.

"Sounds nice" agreed Peter standing up too. "I'll help you. You two want some tea?"

Edmund and Lucy nod their heads. As the last two were left alone in the room Edmund looked at Lucy, studying her face quitely. She was looking out the window intently.

"What?" she asked with a knowing smile on her face, her eyes never leaving the window,

Edmund laughed. "You are oddly quiet today little sister. What's on your mind?"

She shrugged her shoulders, "I guess I am feeling nostalgic. All of us together, it's been quite some time, you know?"

"Aaaaaawwwwwwww" said Edmund with a mocking face getting up from his spot on the floor and giving her sister a big bear hug "you've missed me! I knew it!" and he started tickling her sides.

"Stop it! Get off me you fool!" she exclaimed laughing and trying to push his brother away.

Edmund sat beside her on the couch laughing soundly, and soon Peter came in carrying a tray with Susan on his heels.

They sipped their tea chatting, Susan was telling them about the numerous parties she had been invited, apparently her social life was very active,she was trying to convince Lucy to tag along to a party the next week with her and Robert, now considered to be old enough to assist, so they could introduce her to interesting personalities. Lucy was throwing excuses all over the place to not go and both brothers share a glance and smiled quickly covering it with the cup of tea.

Susan was not convinced with her excuses but let go the subject, and Lucy took the chance quickly to asked Peter about his studies before Susan could keep talking about parties.

Suddenly Susan dropped her cup spilling tea all over the floor startling everybody. She was looking behind Edmund and Lucy, straight out the window, her face pale.

Quickly Edmund turned around while Lucy looked at her sister with concern "Susan? Are you alright?" she asked.

"Pete, come see this" Edmund had an amused look on his face, the corner of his lips starting to form a smile.

As Peter moved closely to the window leaning over the couch and screwed his eyes to see through the pouring rain outside "Oh my…"

Soon enough Lucy was hanging from the back of the couch watching out the window too, mouth slightly open in amazement.

Outside where they should be looking at the front yard, the street and some of the houses on the other side of the street, was standing a full forest.

"Do you think…" started asking Edmund but was cut off by Susan, who was still sitting on her armchair across from the window.

"No" she said shaking her head and standing up "it is nothing, the glass must be dirty. It can not be."

"Dirty?! Are you saying that dirty window is making us see a full forest where the front yard should be?!" exclaimed Edmund looking annoyingly at her.

"Shhhhhh!" she shushed him nervously looking around her as if someone could hear them.

"What are you so afraid of Susan?" asked Edmund starting to get angry at her.

"Stop it you two" said Peter with severe voice "Susan it is there don't deny it" he add looking at Susan who threw her hands over her head as if giving up and turned around facing the wall."What do we do?" asked Peter looking nervously at the forest.

"Let's get in! Of course!" said Lucy as if it was the most stupid question she had ever heard and she started to walked towards the door of the room but before she could go any further Susan grabbed her from the arm stopping her.

"We are not supposed to go back, he said we wouldn't go back" she said putting aside her hair out of her face.

"But it is here! Aslan wouldn't do this to us if he didn't want us back in Narnia!" Lucy said yanking away from her sister.

"She is right" intervened Edmund "I think we should get in and find out what's going on" he said firmly.

Soon all four of them were standing on the front door of the house. Peter had his hand on the door knob, unsure he looked back to his sibling, Lucy was nodding intently, Edmund was looking alert and Susan looked as if she was battling with herself. Slowly he turned the knob and opened the door.

In the other side the sun illuminated the branches of the trees and the smell of fresh grass could be smelt from where they were standing. He took a tempting step towards the forest and then stopped, he took a deep breath and went completely into the forest, Lucy followed with Edmund stick on her heels and finally Susan.

As soon as the four siblings stood on the forest they looked back and there was nothing left of the rainy Finchley. They could feel the warm weather, the sun passing through the trees, fresh air hit them in the face as they stood still looking at each other and started to form huge smiles on their faces, Susan's was a more insecure one and soon the smiles were replaced with loud laughter that seemed to resound in every corner of the forest.

When the laughter subsided Edmund asked "Now what?".

"Now… we walk" answered Peter shrugging his shoulders.

They started walking in the forest between the trees until they found a path and followed it. Maybe, with some luck they would come across someone in the way.

"It is very silent" observed Susan looking to the sides.

"The trees" said Lucy caressing a big willow. "Again? Is it possible?" she asked looking to her siblings.

"No" answered Edmund looking carefully around him "we are not still in Narnia" he said starting to walk again.

They kept walking for more than an hour in complete silence until they reach the end of the path and they found themselves being dragged again into the depths of the forest. Sometimes they had to stop and help the one who had got caught in the strong brunches of the trees, or the one who had tripped with a rock or a root.

"Look!" exclaimed Susan all of sudden.

And they all looked were she was pointing. Between the trees, a little far away from them a gang of centaurs passed galloping very fast to the south.

"Hey!"

"Wait!"

"Over here!"

But the centaurs continue galloping and they didn't listen to their shouts and calls.

"Come on!" said Edmund starting to run fast behind the centaurs.

"Edmund!" shouted Lucy behind him with Susan and Peter.

They run and shouted to the centaurs until they couldn't see them anymore and they couldn't hear their heavy hoofs against the forest's ground.

"They didn't even look back!" said Susan very irritated and exhausted.

"We should keep walking; maybe we find them farther on" advised Lucy taking her hand.

And so they did; they walked for a quarter of an hour until Susan stopped them again.

"Did you hear that?" she asked quietly.

"Now what?" said Edmund tiredly.

She shot him a nasty look and then the answer came to his ears. Rustling.

"The trees!" exclaimed Lucy excitedly.

That's when they realized the trees were moving slowly, like dancing in step with the wind. They were like whispering, talking to each other, the voices quietly reach the siblings ears but they couldn't really understand what they were saying.

As they were intently trying to catch what the trees were saying, they missed some forms moving between the trees until it was too late…

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