Hey guys thanks for the reviews. I made this chapter a little longer as requested. :)

The next day arrived and it was a warm sunny one. Everyone was outside enjoying the warmth of the sun and the fresh air. Peter, Susan, Michael, and Edmund were playing cricket while Kara and Lucy were sitting underneath a tree reading.

"Peter winds up, goes for the bowl," Peter said as he threw the ball at Edmund which hit him hard in the leg.

"OW," Edmund said angrily as he turned away from the mansion and glared at his brother.

"Whoops, wake up dolly daydream," Peter said with a smirk on his face causing Michael to laugh.

"Shut up," Edmund said as he glared at Michael.

"You should have been paying attention and not staring off into space," Michael told him.

Edmund rolled his eyes and turned to Peter and Susan. "Can't we play hide-and-seek again?"

"I thought you said it was a kid's game," Peter said.

"Besides, we could all use the fresh air," Susan added.

"It's not like there isn't air inside," Edmund reminded them.

"Look, let's just play alright," Peter said. "Are you ready?"

"Are you," Edmund asked as he hit his bat on the ground a few times.

Peter then pitched the ball and Edmund hit it hard. The ball flew through the air and smashed into an upstairs window of the mansion. Kara and Lucy heard the crash and they rushed over to the others. Everyone then rushed into the mansion and entered the room where the ball had landed. Their eyes widened in horror when they saw that the ball had broken a statue of armor.

"Oh well done Ed," Peter said as he turned to his brother.

"You bowled it," Edmund reminded him.

"Stop it already," Kara said. "You're both at fault."

"What are we gonna do," Michael asked.

"Shh," Susan told them. "Listen, Mrs. Macready is coming!"

"Run," Peter said.

The children ran out of the room and down the many hallways of the mansion as fast as they could looking for a place to hide. They tried opening numerous doors but they all seemed to be locked. Finally, they came to the door that led to the spare room and Edmund rushed into it. The others followed and when they got in they saw that Edmund was already at the wardrobe.

"Come on," Edmund said as he turned to his siblings and friends.

"You've got to be joking," Susan said as she stared at the wardrobe in disbelief.

They heard the sounds of footsteps approaching and Peter panicked. "Go," Peter said as he led the way over to the wardrobe. Peter made sure everyone was in before getting in himself. He then shut the door but left it open a crack so he could see if she was coming or not. The footsteps seemed to be getting louder and Susan pulled him away.

"Get back," Susan ordered.

The six children started moving backwards and it started to get cramped with all of them in there. But within a few seconds Peter, Susan, and Michael fell out of the wardrobe and landed in snow. Their eyes grew wide when they got to their feet and saw that they were in the middle of a snow covered forest.

"No way," Michael said.

"Impossible," Susan added.

"Don't worry, it's probably just your imagination," Lucy said with a smile on her face as she, Edmund, and Kara made their way out of the wardrobe.

Peter suddenly had a guilty expression on his face as he turned to his sister. "I don't suppose saying we're sorry would quite cover it?"

"No," Lucy said causing Peter to lower his head. "But this might," she said with a giggle as she threw a snowball at him. Peter looked shocked for a moment but then retaliated by throwing a snowball at her. The kids started laughing as they threw snowballs at each other. Susan threw a snowball at Edmund and hit him in the arm which caused the snowball fight to come to a stop when he glared at her.

"OW," Edmund said as he rubbed his arm. "Stop it!"

"You little liar," Peter said angrily as he approached his brother.

"You didn't believe her either," Edmund reminded him.

"I would have if you would have been honest about coming," Peter shouted. "Apologize to Lucy," Peter demanded. Edmund made no move to do so and so Peter took a few steps closer to him. "Say your sorry!"

"Alright," Edmund said quickly. "I'm sorry."

"That's alright," Lucy said with a smirk on her face as she turned to him. "Some little children just don't know when to stop pretending."

Kara chuckled and Michael had a large smile on his face.

"Oh very funny," Edmund said angrily.

"We thought it was," Michael said.

"And Kara," Peter said as he turned to her. "I'm sorry that I wouldn't listen when you wanted to talk about Narnia. Do you forgive me?"

"Of course I do," Kara assured him.

"Maybe we should go back," Susan suggested as she rubbed her arms to keep warm.

"Can't we at least take a look around," Edmund asked.

"I think Lucy should decide," Peter said as he turned to her.

Lucy's face lit up at once. "I want you all to meet Mr. Tumnus!"

"Well Mr. Tumnus is it," Peter said as he walked back into the wardrobe and began taking down fur coats.

"But we can't walk around in these clothes," Susan said. "We'll freeze."

"Susan's right," Michael said. "We'll all catch phenomena if we go hiking without proper clothing."

"I'm sure the Professor won't mind if we use these," Peter said as he came back out of the wardrobe carrying six fur coats.

"But Peter, they don't belong to us," Susan reminded him.

"No, but I'm sure the Professor wouldn't want us to freeze," Peter said as he started handing out the coats. "And if you think about it logically, we aren't even taking them out of the wardrobe."

Peter then handed a girl's coat to Edmund.

"That's a girl's coat," Edmund told him.

"I know," Peter said with a smirk on his face causing the others to laugh.

After they put their coats on, Lucy led the way to Mr. Tumnus's house. They couldn't believe how beautiful Narnia was. It looked like something out of a fairy tale with its snow covered trees and mountains as far as the eye could see.

The hike to Mr. Tumnus's house only took about ten minutes. "There it is," Lucy said as she pointed out the cave to them. "Oh you'll love it there," she said as they continued walking. "We'll have tea and toast and cake and," but she didn't finish because she saw that the front door of the house had been ripped off its hinges. A look of horror appeared on her face as she took off towards it.

"Lucy," Peter shouted as they ran after her.

When they entered the house, they saw that it was a wreck. The table and chairs were turned over, pictures lay broken on the floor, books were thrown off the shelves, and teacups laid scattered and broken.

"Who would do something like this," Lucy asked with tears in her eyes.

"What's that on the wall," Susan asked as she pointed to a piece of parchment that was pinned to it.

Peter walked over to the wall and took the piece of parchment down. He then began to read it out loud. "The former occupant of these premises, the Faun Tumnus, is under arrest and awaiting his trial on a charge of high treason against her imperial majesty Jadis, Queen of Narnia, Chatelaine of Cair Paravel, Empress of the Lone Islands, also to comforting her said majesty's enemies, harboring spies and fraternizing with humans. Signed Maugrim, captain of the Secret Police, long live the Queen."

"Okay, now we really need to go," Michael said.

"But we have to help him," Lucy said.

"It's out of our hands Lucy," Susan told her.

"You don't get it do you," Lucy asked. "I'm the human! He helped me!"

"Maybe we should call the police," Peter suggested.

"Peter these are the police," Susan practically shouted.

"Besides, he's a criminal," Edmund added causing Kara to hit him. "What was that for," he asked angrily.

"You are not helping," Kara said matching his angry tone.

"Enough you two," Peter said as he turned to Edmund and Kara. He then turned to Lucy and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry Lu, we'll think of something."

"Psst," a voice said from outside the cave.

The children spun around and saw a robin standing on a tree branch looking at them.

"Did that bird just psst us," Susan asked.

"I...I think it did," Kara said.

"It looks like it wants us to follow it," Peter said.

They walked outside and the moment they got close to the robin, it flew off to another tree branch. They approached it again and it flew off to another tree branch. As they followed the robin, Edmund turned towards his brother and Michael and whispered so the girls wouldn't hear him.

"If you're not still too high and mighty to talk to me, I've something to say which you'd better listen to."

"What is it," Peter asked with a small hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Hush," Edmund warned as he looked at the girls who were walking in front of them. "Not so loud. There's no use frightening the girls. But have you two realized what we're doing?"

"What are you talking about," Michael asked with a raised eyebrow.

"We're following a guide we know nothing about," Edmund said. "How do we know which side that bird is on? Why shouldn't it be leading us into a trap?"

"I hate to say it, but he's got a point Peter," Michael said as he turned to his friend. "We don't know anything about this place other than what Lucy has told us. How do we know who we can trust?"

"I guess I haven't thought of that," Peter said. "But still, it's a robin after all. They're good birds in all the stories I've ever read. I'm sure a robin wouldn't be on the wrong side."

"But that's just it," Edmund said. "How do we know which side is the wrong side? How do we know that the fauns are in the right and the Queen is in the wrong? We don't really know anything about either."

"He is making a lot of sense," Michael said as he thought about what Edmund had said.

"But the faun saved Lucy," Peter reminded him.

"He said he did," Edmund said. "But how do we know? And there's another thing too. Does anyone know how to get back home from here?"

"Oh no," Peter said as he stopped in his tracks. "I haven't thought of that."

"Great," Michael said as he ran a hand through his hair in frustration. "Just great. What are we going to do now?"

"Well, look on the bright side," Peter said.

Michael's eyes widened as he turned to his friend. "Bright side," he said with disbelief in his voice. "What bright side?"

"It can't possibly get any worse," Peter said.

"Oh," Susan suddenly cried out as she stopped walking.

"What is it," Michael asked with concern in his voice as he rushed over to her.

"The robin," Susan said as she turned to him. "It's flown away."

Michael turned to Peter and glared at him. "You just had to say it didn't you?"

Just then they heard rustling in nearby bushes. Susan quickly grabbed a hold of Michael's arm and Kara and Lucy grabbed a hold of Peter. Edmund stayed behind them. A hint of jealousy was in his eyes as he glared at Peter and Kara.

Their eyes widened a few seconds later as a beaver came out of the bushes and looked up at the children.

"Aw, how cute," Kara said as she looked down at the beaver.

"It is cute isn't it," Lucy agreed.

Peter slowly approached the beaver with his hand out showing it that he meant it no harm. He then made a clicking noise with his tongue.

"Here boy," Peter said. "Come here."

Then the beaver did something that no one was expecting. It stood up to its full height and talked. "Well I ain't gonna smell it if that's what you want."

Peter jumped backwards out of pure shock and Lucy giggled.

"It talked," Edmund said with disbelief in his voice.

"Lucy Pevensie," Mr. Beaver asked the youngest.

"Yes," Lucy said as she approached him.

Mr. Beaver then showed her a handkerchief. Her eyes grew wide as she took it from him.

"This is the handkerchief I gave to," Lucy started to say but Mr. Beaver cut her off.

"Tumnus," Mr. Beaver said with a nod of his head. "He gave it to me just before they took him."

"Is he alright," Lucy asked.

"Further in," Mr. Beaver told them. "This is not a topic to discuss here."

With that said, he scurried off back into the bushes. Peter went to take a step forward but Susan grabbed his arm.

"Are you mad," Susan asked her brother.

"He says he knows the faun," Peter said.

"Peter he's a beaver," Michael told him. "He shouldn't be saying anything!"

"Is everything alright," Mr. Beaver asked as he reappeared.

"Yes, we were just talking," Peter said.

"That's better left for safer corners," Mr. Beaver said as he led the way again this time with the children following him.

"He means the trees," Lucy explained when she saw their confused expressions.

The walk to Mr. Beaver's dam took a little over an hour. By then the children were cold, tired, and hungry. After five more minutes of walking, they came to a stop at the edge of a steep, narrow valley. At the bottom of this valley was a fairly large frozen river. A large cozy dam had been built across this river.

"What a lovely dam," Susan said.

"Merely a trifle," Mr. Beaver told them. "Merely a trifle. And it isn't really finished. Come follow me."

Everyone but Edmund followed Mr. Beaver into the dam. Edmund was too busy looking in the direction where the White Witch's castle was located. He found the two hills that she had pointed out to him and he knew that her castle was in between them.

"Enjoying the scenery are we," Mr. Beaver asked snapping Edmund out of his thoughts of becoming a King and the wonderful taste of Turkish Delight that was waiting for him.

Edmund saw that Mr. Beaver was eying him suspiciously so he tore his gaze off of the two hills and followed Mr. Beaver into the dam.

Once inside they heard a woman's voice. "Is that you Beaver," the woman asked. They saw that the voice belonged to a female Beaver when she came into the living room. "If I find out you've been out with Badger again I'll...Oh," she said as she stopped in her tracks and stared at the children with wide eyes. "I never thought I'd live to see this day," she then turned to Mr. Beaver. "You couldn't have given me ten minutes warning...look at this fur," she said as she tried her best to flatten it down.

"I would have given you a week if I thought it would help," Mr. Beaver said with a chuckle.

"Well children, you must be cold and hungry," Mrs. Beaver said. "Let's get you some food. Please have a seat. I'm cooking some fish as we speak."

The children's faces lit up at the sound of food and they sat down at the kitchen table immediately.

And that's the end of another chapter. I'll have the next one up soon. :)