The Guardians: The Beginning (Book 1 of 7 - Series 1)

The Rest Enter The Wardrobe

Sadie's POV:

After last nights little spat between Edmund, Megan, and Lucy everyone seems to be taking some sort of side. Of course, Crys and I think it's utter nonsense along with Susan, Peter, and Edmund. Em, Jez, Meg, Bell, and Lucy all seem to believe the younger girl. 

I mean, how could a who forest fit inside the back of a wardrobe? It's impossible. Right now everyone is outside, either playing cricket or talking when suddenly Peter pitches the ball and Edmund hits it through a window, breaking it. "Now you've done it." I say. 

We all race upstairs "Good going Ed." Peter says. "You balled it." Edmund argues. We them hear Miss McReady coming after us. "The McReady!" Susan says panicked. We all take off running, Edmund in the lead. 

We run all over the house until we come to the spare room with the wardrobe in it. "You've got to be joking." Crys says, we then hear the footsteps again and run forward. "We're not all gonna fit." Crys says. We don't listen and continue to clamber inside the wardrobe. 

We are surprised when we don't reach back. We continue on until Susan, Peter, Crystal, and I fall on our bums into........ Snow? Lucy was right! She was right! "Impossible." Susan says as we all stand up. "Don't worry, I'm sure it's just our imagination." Lucy says. 

"I don't suppose saying we're sorry would cover it." Peter says. "No, it wouldn't." She says. She then chunks a snowball at Peter. "But that might!" She laughs. Then the snow ball war proceeds. It goes on until Edmund is hit by a snow ball. "Ow! Stop it!" He says. "You little lier." Peter says. 

"You didn't believe her either." Edmund says. "I apologized to Lucy. Say you're sorry!" Peter says. "Alright! I'm sorry." Edmund says. "That's alright, some little children just don't know when to stop pretending." Lucy sasses him. "Very funny." Edmund says sarcastically. 

"So what now?" I ask. "How about Lucy decides where we go." Bell says. "I want you all to meet Mr. Tumnus." Lucy says. "Well then Mr. Tumnus it is." Peter says, walking back towards the wardrobe entrance. "But we can't go hiking in the snow, dressed like this." Susan says. 

"No, but I'm sure the Professor wouldn't mind us borrowing these. And if you think about it, logically, we aren't even taking them out of the wardrobe." Peter says. He goes to hand Edmund a fur coat. "But that's a girl's coat." He says. "I know." Peter replies. 

Edmund grumbles, but takes the coat non the less. Lucy and Megan take the lead in the journey to Mr. Tumnus' house. Lucy was telling us everything we're going to do there when we get to the side of a cliff, with a door barely hanging on by it's hinges. 

Lucy and Megan take off in a dead sprint. "Lucy!" Peter yells. "Megan!" Crystal calls as we chase after them. We enter through the broken down door into a destroyed house. Lucy and Megan look devastated. Peter finds a note on the door and reads it. 

Apparently Mr Tumnus was arrested for being with a human. "Who would do something like this?" Lucy asks. "Ok, so now really have to go back." Susan says. "But what about Mr. Tumnus?" Megan asks. 

"If he was arrested just for being with a human, there's not much we can do." Susan says. "You don't understand, Megan and I are the humans, she must have found out he helped us." Lucy says. "Maybe we could call the police?" Peter suggests. "These are the police." I say. 

"Don't worry Lu, we'll think of something." Jesabell says. "Why? I mean, he's a criminal." Edmund says. I see Megan and Isabell glare at him. There is suddenly a bird outside the home. It is followed by a, "Pssst!" "Did that bird just 'psst' us?" Crystal asks, confused. 

We walk out of the home and into the snow once again. The bird flies off the tree, but a beaver steps out in front of us. "It's a beaver." Crystal says. Peter steps forward, clicking his tongue. "Here boy." He says, sticking his hand out. 

]"I ain't gonna smell it if that's what you want." The beaver SAYS! My eyes widen. Lucy, Megan, Bell, Em, and Jez laugh. "Lucy Pevensie?" Mr. Beaver asks, turning to the young girl. "Y-yes?" She asks. He pulls out a hanker chief. 

"That's the hankie I gave to Mr.-" "Mr. Tumnus, yes. He got it to me right before they took him." He says. Lucy takes the hankie from him. "He got it to me just before they took him." The Beaver says. "Is he alright?" Megan asks. I forgot she met him as well. "Further in." The Beaver tells us. 

Peter, Lucy, Megan, Isabell, Jesabell, and Ember begin to follow him. "What are you doing?" Crystal and I ask at the same time. "He said he knows the faun." Isabell says like it's the most logical thing in the world. "He's a beaver, he shouldn't be saying anything." Susan says. 

"Is everything alright?" The Beaver asks. "Yes, we were just talking." Peter explains. "That's better left for safer quarters." He says, before going off again. "He means the trees." Lucy explains to us. We nod and follow after him.