Forbidden Love (A Narnia Love Story)

The Six Friends' Destiny

Esther, the five children and and the beaver couple settled inside the dam. Esther helped Mrs. Beaver with the soup while Dawn and Susan brought their cups of tea to the table. And both Esther and Mrs. Beaver brought some bowls of soup to their guests and set them on the table. "Now, help yourself, my darlings." Mrs. Beaver smiled. "Thank you." Lucy smiled back. The children started to eat their dinner.

"The soup is delicious." Dawn said. "What kind of soup is it?"

"Dumpling soup, dear." Mrs. Beaver answered. Lucy smiled. "It's lovely."

"Why, thank you." Mrs. Beaver said. Susan nodded. "Reminds me of mum's..." Dawn nodded. She sighed as she felt a little homesick. Esther bit her lip. "At least your mother is good...." She said sadly. Susan nodded. "Thanks." She replied. Esther sighed. "No problem...." As the children and the beavers finished their meal, they began to chat.

"Isn't there anything we can do to help Tumnus?" Peter asked. Mr. Beaver and Esther nodded. "Where did he go?" Dawn asked Mr. Beaver.

"They have taken him to the Witch's." He explained. "You know what they say. There's few that go through them gates that come out again."

"What do you mean?" Dawn asked again.

"My mother, the White Witch is very evil." Esther explained. "Once she has you, she turns you into a stone if you don't serve her." Dawn and Lucy gasped.

"Hopefully it doesn't happen to him..." She added in a whisper. "He?" Dawn whispered. "Who?"

"Edmund..." Esther whispered with a little sigh. Dawn and Lucy looked at each other confused. Mrs. Beaver brought a plate of fish and chips to the table, and looked at Lucy who felt sad. "There is Hope, dear." She said sympathetically. "Lots of hope." Dawn placed her hand on Lucy's shoulder. She looked up to her and smiled slightly.

"Oh, yeah, there's a right bit more than hope!" Mr. Beaver spat out. "Aslan is on the move!" The children looked speechless and confused. Edmund, who was sitting further away from his siblings and Dawn, got up from the stairs. "Who's Aslan?" He asked.

"Who's Aslan?" Mr. Beaver laughed. "You cheeky little blighter!" His wife elbowed him. They looked at the five children's puzzled faces. "You don't know, do you?" He asked them.

"Well, we haven't exactly been here very long." Peter said.

"Well, he's only the king of the whole wood." Mr. Beaver explained. "The top geezer. The real King of Narnia!" Esther gave him a smile. "For one, he's my father...." Edmund raised an eyebrow. "Your father?" He asked. Esther nodded. Edmund walked away and didn't say a word.

"So as in...you're the Princess of this land?" Dawn guessed. Esther nodded.

"Oh, your majesty. Why didn't I figure out earlier?" Dawn gasped. The Princess giggled at what she said. "No need for formalities." Esther smiled. "Just call me Esther." The children nodded.

"Anyways...He's been away for a long while." Mrs. Beaver added. "He's just got back!" Mr. Beaver exclaimed. "And he's waitin' for you near the Stone Table!"

"He's waiting for us?" Lucy looked stunned. Esther nodded. "He is." She told her.

"How do you know?" Dawn asked. Esther smiled. "Remember I can see the future." She said to the children. Dawn and the others nodded, looking seemingly interested.

"Look. Aslan's return, Tumnus' arrest, the secret police, it's all happening because of you!" Mr. Beaver told the five children. Dawn tilted her head, feeling puzzled by what he said.

"You're blaming us?" Susan defensively asked the beaver couple.

Mrs. Beaver shook her head. "No, no, dear. Thanking you." She said. They all raised an eyebrow.

"There's a prophecy." Mr. Beaver said. He then recited a Narnia rhymes. "When Adam's flesh and Adam's bone sits at Cair Paravel in throne, the evil time will be over and done."

"You know that doesn't rhyme." Susan told him. 

"Yeah, I know it don't, but you're kinda missin' the point!" Mr. Beaver said to her.

"It has long been foretold that two Sons of Adam and three Daughters of Eve will help Princess Esther defeat the White Witch and restore peace to Narnia." Mrs. Beaver explained.

"And you think we're the ones?" Peter asked, looking confused. Mr. Beaver nodded. "Well you'd better be." He said real serious. "Cause Aslan's already fitted out an army."

Lucy looked shocked. "An army?" She asked. Susan turned to her brother. "Our mums sent us away so we wouldn't get caught up in the war." She whispered. Dawn nodded. Peter then turned to the beavers. "I think you made a mistake.." he told them. "We're not heroes!"

"We're from Finchley!" Dawn said. The beavers and Esther looked at each other confused with their mouths agape, not knowing what or where Finchley is.

"Thank you for your hospitality." Susan said as she stood up from her seat. "But we really have to go."

"Oh, but...." Esther sighed, looking away sadly. "Narnia won't be the same anymore..."

"Without us?" Dawn asked. Esther nodded.

"No, you can't just leave." Mr. Beaver said.

"He's right." Lucy agreed sadly. "We have to help Mr. Tumnus." Peter shot his sister an annoyed look. "It's out of our hands." Peter said, and turned to the Beaver couple. "I'm sorry, but it's time the four of us were getting home. Ed?" He and his girlfriend turned around but Edmund wasn't there. "Ed?" Peter looked around the room and realized hat the door was slightly opened. He turned to the beavers. "I'm gonna kill him." He said crossly.

"You may not have to." Mr. Beaver said firmly. "Has Edmund been in Narnia before?"

Soon, the children grabbed their coats and went out of the dam with Esther and Mr. Beaver. They hurried across the woods to find Edmund. "Hurry!" Peter shouted. The six friends headed up to the hill only to see an ice castle not very far from them. They could all see Edmund entering the castle gates.

"EDMUUNND!!" Lucy shouted out loud. But Mr. Beaver hushed her.

"Shhh! They'll hear you!" He warned her. Esther, worried for that boy, turned into a bird and flew off to the castle.

Lucy gasped. "Esther!" Esther continued to fly away from Mr. Beaver and her new found friends to the castle to save Edmund.