Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Turtles ❪✘❫

08 || Escape the Dam

It was too much to endure. Raphael got himself associated with the 'Ice Queen'... the White Witch. From what Beaver said, she's the nastiest in all of Narnia and will do whatever she can to have it all to herself. She doesn't want this prophecy to come true, and if it does, she is no longer in power. But these four brothers can prevent this from going on any longer. They need help from the Great Lion of this beautiful world.

Standing in the frozen land, Leonardo looks at Beaver and says, "Then take us to him." He referred to Aslan.

And inside the great White Witch's stone-cold castle made of nothing but giant blocks and spears of ice, Raphael wandered helplessly, not knowing what was inside this false palace. As he strolled through, trying to keep himself warm as best he could, he passed by so many different statues. These statues were other creatures, ones that probably shouldn't exist...  but they do in this world. There were giants, griffins, centaurs, fauns, and so much that he could not comprehend. Every once in a while one of them would startle him because of the position they were stuck in.

He noticed that the atmosphere of this castle was nothing but blue, light shades of gray, and... eerie darkness. Everywhere he looked there were more creatures such as distressed horses and centaurs with swords and shields, armored bears, frightened badgers, and finally, a lion that stood out to him.

Raphael looks below the lion's front paws and sees that there are charcoal sticks and he took advantage of this moment. Since the atmosphere was a little bit off and not very pleasant, Raphael began to draw a mustache and glasses on this lion statue. After he finished creating his forbidden artwork, he smiled and proceeded to walk through the Witch's castle.

After taking a few more steps through the collection of statue members of Narnia, Raph stepped over what he thought was another statue. It turns out that this was someone who lived in the castle with the Witch. Catching him by surprise, a large grey wolf had taken down Raph and placed him on his shell, pinning him down with great strength. "Be still, stranger!" He growled. "Or you'll never move again! Who are you?"

"I'm Raphael! I met the Queen in the woods. She told me to come back here!" Raph panicked. "I'm a mutant!"

The wolf releases himself from Raphael's plastron and says, "My apologies, fortunate favor of the Queen... or else, not so fortunate." The talking wolf begins to lead Raph throughout the castle, taking him up a flight of stairs so he could bring the mutant turtle to the Queen of Narnia. "Right this way." He said, his voice echoing off the ice walls. Shortly after meeting the wolf, the dog looked at the mutant turtle and added, "Wait here." He leaves Raph next to the 'Queen's' throne made of ice and her glorious white fur coat spread out the chair.

As soon as the Queen's wolf left for a moment, Rafael took a long look at the queen's throne and decided to have a seat for himself. He has always wanted to know what it felt like to sit as a majesty, as a king. Once he sat down in the chair, he could feel the warmth of the coat surrounding him and it made him smile the more he looked around this castle. Before he could enjoy it any longer, he was disturbed by a female voice which caused him to stand up quickly.

"Like it?" Says the Queen, her crown still cold as ever and her pale skin mesmerizing Raphael.

"Uh, yes! Your– Your Majesty..." Raph stammers.

"I thought you might." Said the Queen, coming in front of the chair to sit in it. She keeps talking to Raph. "Tell me, Raph... Are your brothers deaf?"

"No." Says Raph, shaking his head.

"And your older brother, is he..." She trailed off. "Unintelligent?"

Raph chuckled lightly at that question. "Well, I think so, but Dad says–"