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"We're running away!" I said angrily to Daphne, Sybill and Arion - my older siblings - as I marched into the room.  "I can't stand her anymore!" 

Sybill looked at me over her perched glasses. "Running away, El?" she repeated.

 "Thank God, you thought that!" Arion said standing up. "We were thinking the same right now." 

I stared at him.

 "You were?" I asked. 

"Definitely," Daphne said. She stared at Sybill. "Sybill, c'mon, you were thinking it!"

 "Well," said Sybill as she closed her book. "I was definitely considering it." 

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever," I said impatiently. "Are we going or not?" 

Daphne clapped her hands. "Yes from my side!" she said. 

"Same here," Arion said. 

We all stared at Sybill.

 "Fine," she said. "We're going. But where?" 

"Easy," I said. "Aslan's Camp." 

Daphne gasped and Arion nodded grimly. "I agree," he said. "I think Aslan might be the only one who can save us in this scenario." 

"But where is he?" Daphne asked. 

"I heard Auntie Jadis talk about it once," Sybill said as she tapped her chin. "Right. Somewhere from the North, I think. Or was it the South? East? Um, West?" She seemed confused.

 "We'll figure out where it is later," I interfered. "We're supposed to get going now if we're going to reach it by tomorrow." 

Sybill shook her head. "No, we're supposed to leave during the dead night," she said. 

"Dead night? As in midnight?" Daphne asked as she shuddered. 

"Great Scott," said Arion tapping his chin. "I never thought about that." 

Sybill nodded. "Midnight is the only time Auntie Jadis's maniacs won't be on the loose." 

Someone shook me during the dead of the night. 

"Eleanor," Sybill's voice whispered. "C'mon, we've got to go." 

I jolted up, hitting someone on the head. 

"Ow," Arion's voice came in a whisper. 

"Sorry, Arion," I whispered. "Is Daph awake?" 

I heard a small snort. "I am," she said. 

"Get in your nice clothes," Sybill said. "I'll help Daph get into hers."

 I nodded even though no one could see me. "

Arion," I whispered. "Keep on all the fires at the palace, make them flame even more." 

Arion groaned a little. "Sybill - OW - that was - OUCH - my foot!" He said. 

Sybill mumbled something. 

"Yeah fine," Arion whispered to me. "Now get over there and change. I need to go grab something from my chamber, see you in a minute." 

After all the changes, Arion had come back with a small torch of fire. "C'mon," he whispered as he took my hand.

 "We're going the back way," Sybill commanded. 

"The back way..." I said thoughtfully. "No." 

Sybill glared at me. "Excuse me?" she asked in a whisper.

 "No," I repeated calmly. 

"Why not?" asked Sybill. 

"Because Ginarrbrik is there, remember? He sleeps there," I said.

 "Oh yeah," Arion said. "How could you forget, Syb?" 

Sybill scowled at him. "Fine," came the reply. "But then how are we going to go?" Sybill asked.

 "You're forgetting something," I said, slapping my forehead. "Midnight is the only time her  dwarves aren't there, remember? So we can go the back way because Ginarrbrik will be fast asleep!" 

Sybill gave a triumphant smile to Arion. She grabbed Daphne's hand and dragged her out of the chamber, followed by me and Arion. 

We tiptoed into the back of the castle. Ginarrbrik was snoring very loudly. 

"Come on!" Arion mouth beckoning forward. Sybill kept a hand over Daphne's mouth so she wouldn't speak. We tiptoed past Ginarrbrik. 

"Did you hear?" a cross voice said. 

We froze in our tracks. Sybill pulled us into an alleyway. 

"Hear what?" another voice asked. 

"There have been two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve coming to Narnia," the first voice said. 

"They have?" the second voice asked.

 "Yes," said the first voice. Sybill's mouth fell open. We could hear the two dwarfs stalk away.

 "Come on," Arion whispered, taking my hand. Looking before he went, Arion lead us toward the gates of the back. 

"Get over it," Sybill whispered as Arion leaped over the fence. He held up his hand and Sybill actually smiled.

 "Come on," I said as I helped Daphne up. 

"Go on," Sybill said to me.

 I hopped over the fence. 

"Who's there?" a cross voice hollered.

 "Sybill!" Arion whispered. 

Sybill hopped over the fence. "For the first time," she whispered as we ran, "we're free."