𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓, 𝖾𝖽𝗆𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖾

Chapter 5: Hunted

~3rd Person P.O.V.~

The four kids and Mr. Beavers ran through the snowy woods, searching for Edmund. Y/n was worried about him. She ran in front of the group with Peter at her side.

"Hurry!" The blonde called back to the others.

They soon made it up a hill, where they stopped in their tracks, seeing a giant ice castle meters away from them. They could just barely make out a small figure walking to it.

Edmund! Y/n thought.

"Edmund!" Lucy suddenly screams.

"Shh!" Mr. Beaver shushes her. "They'll hear you!"

Clenching her jaw, keeping her eyes on the castle and Edmund's tiny figure ahead of her, Y/n started to run forward, going after Edmund. Only to be grabbed by the arm by the beaver.

"No!"

"Get off me!"

"You're playing into her hands." Mr. Beaver said to her as Peter pulls her away from the animal, keeping her protectively close to him.

"We can't just let him go!" Susan speaks up.

"He's our brother!" Lucy adds.

"He's the bait!" Beaver exclaims. "The Witch wants all five of you!"

"Why?" Peter asks.

"To stop the prophecy from coming true. To kill you!" At that, all five kids look at each other before Peter and Y/n move their gazes to the castle, just as Edmund walks in.

"This is all your fault." Susan walks forward, narrowing her eyes on her brother.

"My fault?" Peter questions in disbelief.

"None of this would have happened if you had listened to me in the first place!"

"Oh, so you knew this would happen."

"I didn't know what would happen. Which is why we should have left while we still could!"

As they were arguing, Lucy curled herself up into Y/n's side, making the older girl wrap her arms around the youngest.

"Stop it!" Y/n shouted to them, making them stop and look at her.

"This isn't going to help Edmund." Lucy added, still holding onto Y/n.

"They're right." Mr. Beaver spoke. He then turns to Peter. "Only Aslan can help your brother now."

"Then take us to him." Peter says before they all look back at the castle ahead.

~

The five all run into the dam, Beaver speaking out.

"Hurry, mother! They're after us!"

"Oh, right then." Mrs. Beaver starts grabbing stuff around her home.

"What's she doing?" Peter asks.

Beaver shakes his head as Mrs. Beaver answers. "Oh, you'll be thanking me later. It's a long journey and Beaver gets pretty cranky when he's hungry."

"I'm cranky now!"

Susan now helps out Mrs. Beaver. "Do you think we'll need jam?" She asks.

"Only if the Witch serves toast." Y/n responds.

Just then, wolves growling and snarling from outside is heard, making them all gasp. The roof starts to break, making them all look up in fear.

With the wolves, they break through and jump inside, looking for the three Pevensie's, Y/n, and the beavers. One of them scratched on a little door before it opened. Looking down, a small tunnel down low.