A Second Chance

Chapter 10

Susan went home, not carrying the answers she had hoped for, but carrying a peace and joy she hadn't had before. The reading of Professor Kirk's journals and the visit to the wardrobe gave her a feeling of closer. What was done was done, and there was no need reminisce about her past, unless it was happy reminiscing.
But that is not the end of Susan's story. She went on to live a very joyful life. She continued to teach her fifth grade class, now allowing them to write fairy tales. And she did, indeed, marry Warren. No, there was no romance in the beginning, that all came much later on, though Warren did in fact fancy Susan all along. They had many more dinners at Warren's brother's house without Susan getting the terribly upset feeling she had before. Susan also became very close with her nieces and nephews. She now found it a wonderful opportunity to be so close with children much like her siblings. She told them, and eventually her own two children whose names were Lucy and Digory, of a land called Narnia. She didn't mention that she had been there but simply told it as a made up story for much the same reasons as the Professor hadn't told anyone. The children found great fascination in the stories and they were eventually passed down from generation to generation until years later a young boy named Clive decided to write them down and sell them, but that's way down the line even after Susan died. Anyways, Susan became very faithful to her church as well. And every time she went she felt her faith in Aslan only increasing.
When Mrs. Macready finally passed away, years later, she left the house and everything in it to Susan. So she and Warren packed up the kids and all their belongings and moved into the mansion. Their children had the same thought the Pevensie children had when they arrived at the house, hide and seek. Susan and Warren often played the game with their children, and every time Susan had the urge to hide in the wardrobe, but she never did. One day, however, her daughter Lucy was found hiding in the wardrobe.
"Mummy why is it so cold in there?" She had asked. Susan's heart had skipped a beat.
"It was cold?"
"Yes. Kind of like your Narnia stories huh?"
"Yes that is very much like my stories." Susan responded, still puzzled.
"I bet it was just my imagination." Lucy concluded.
"Maybe."
"C'mon, let's go find daddy." She said pulling at her mother's sleeve. Susan followed her daughter out of the room. Later that night Susan went back into the spare room to see if it was indeed cold inside the wardrobe. It felt normal and Susan figured it was just her daughter's imagination, but just as she was about to shut the wardrobe door she saw a single snowflake fall to the floor. She smiled. The door to Narnia may be closed but the magic was still there.