"It's a beaver." Lucy said. Dawn nodded. Peter walked towards the beaver and reached out his hand.
"Here, boy..." He said and clicked his tongue. "Here, boy..."
The beaver looked at its paw hand and then up to Peter. "Well I ain't going to smell it if that's what you want." It suddenly said to him. Dawn and her friends were surprised that the animal can speak like human. Behind him was a lioness. She smiled lightly.
"Don't mind Mr. Beaver." The lioness told Peter. "He can be like that sometimes." They were even more surprised that even a lioness could talk like them.
"Who are you?" Dawn asked her.
The lioness smiled and turned into a human girl. She had green eyes, pale skin with freckles framed with long black wavy hair fell to her waist. The girl was beautiful. "Esther." She introduced herself. "And this is my friend, Mr. Beaver."
"I know." Dawn smiled. "Lucy told me about you." Esther smiled again.
"I'm Dawn." She said to Esther. "Dawn Jameson."
Esther smiled. "How lovely, you three must be Susan, Peter, and Edmund." She turned to Edmund, who raised an eyebrow at the girl, cheeks turning bright red.
Susan raised her eyebrow. "How do you know our names, Esther?" She asked. Esther frowned at her.
"Magic, duh." Esther said in a rude manner. Susan frowned at her back. Peter turned to his sister.
"I don't think she likes you much." Peter whispered to her. Susan looked confused at her brother. "Why?" She asked. "She hasn't got to know me yet.."
Peter shrugged. "No idea." He said simply. Susan made a little 'hmph' and looked away from him.
The beaver looked at Lucy. "Lucy Pevensie?" He said to her.
"Y-yes..?" She said out of curiosity. Mr. Beaver handed Lucy as handkerchief that said 'L.P.' Lucy took the handkerchief.
"That's the hanky I gave to Mr..." Lucy began.
"Tumnus." Mr. Beaver cut her off. "He got it to me just before they took him." He added.
"Is he alright?" Lucy asked.
"Further in." Mr. Beaver simply answered. As he and Esther scurried off, Susan grabbed Peter by the arm and tried to reason with him.
"What are you doing?" She asked him.
"He said he knows the Faun." Peter answered.
"He's a beaver." Susan said. "He shouldn't be saying anything!"
"Is everything alright?" Esther and the beaver asked in unison.
"Yes." Peter answered. "We're just talking."
"That's better left for safer quarters." Mr. Beaver replied. The four children tilted their heads in confusion.
"He means the trees." Esther let them knew. And Lucy nodded. Peter shrugged and took Lucy and Dawn's hand and followed the beaver and Esther. The others joined in not knowing whether or not they trust them.
"Come on." He called out to the five children. "We don't want to be caught out here after nightfall."
They walked under a bridge and then they see the Dam in middle of a frozen pool. Smoke rose from the chimney of the dam.
"Ah, blimey!" Mr. Beaver said at last. "Looks like the old girl has got the kettle on. Nice cup o' Rosy Lee."
"It's lovely." Lucy said. The dam was quite big, but not as big as Mr. Tumnus' cave. Unlike the snow outside, it was warm and cozy.
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Forbidden Love (A Narnia Love Story)
FantasyThe friendship and love between Dawn, Peter and his siblings have been like forever kind, but their parents disapprove of their friendship due to their rivalry. After Dawn lost her paternal grandparents during the Blitz while her father was fighting...