Summary: What if there was someone else in the country with the Pevensies? A close friend of the family, Peter's age that got sent there with them. How would this change the story?
DISCLAIMER: The story is not mine it belongs to the ever wonderful C.S. Lewis. Takes place in both the movie and the book. It kinda swaps around.
A/N: My first chronicles fic so bare with me. I normally only write one shots but this has been bouncing around in my head for a while. Hopefully there will be an update a week. Enjoy and please Review.
"Peter, do we really have to leave tomorrow? I don't want to leave home. What abut my dad or my mom's grave, what if something happens?" the girl cried silently in Peter's shoulder.
"Meg you know that we have to. There's no place for us here, it's too dangerous. Your dad is a tough guy I'm sure he and my dad will be fine and the Germans aren't targeting cemeteries your mom will be fine as well. At least we're going together and to the same place. Imagine if we were being split up. This way we get to be together and my siblings will be there." Peter said gently while comforting Meg.
"Your right, as always. Why do you always have to be right huh?" Meg sniffled. Her tears slowly coming to an end.
"I'm not always, I just get where you're coming from that's all." Peter replied with his arm wrapped around her. "Come on no more tears. Let's go see how everyone else is doing, I bet Ed hasn't even started to pack yet."
"I don't take suckers bets." Meg said straitening up and wiping the tears from her eyes. Peter smiled and stood up and then extended his hand to help her up. She took his hand and climbed to her feet. Together they walked out of the small sitting room in search of Peter's younger siblings.
The next day the five young children were huddled together in the crowded train station saying goodbye to Mrs. Pevensie. Meg looked slightly uncomfortable in the situation but did her best to mask it. Mrs. Pevensie gave her a swift bone crushing hug.
"Take care of them please. Epically Peter, he'll worry himself too much otherwise, and take care of yourself." She whispered in Meg's ear. Meg nodded and hugged her tight before quickly letting go. Meg stepped back and let the family say its quite goodbye. The train whistle blew and Mrs. Pevensie quickly rushed them all to the train.
The children piled on and quickly stuck there heads back out the window to wave goodbye until the station was out of sight. Sighing Peter began ushering them all towards a compartment. With the luggage put up they all settled silently into their seats.
The train ride was long and silently with Edmund and Susan in one seat, Edmund staring out the window; Peter, Lucy and Meg were sitting in the other, Lucy sitting somewhat contentedly in between the two older children.
When they got to their designated station Peter quickly ushered them all out and on to the deserted platform. The children watched the train leave before their faces took on a confused expression.
"The Professor knew we were coming." Susan said looking around.
"Maybe we've been incorrectly labeled." Edmund said looking at his identification card.
At the sound of in approaching car the children all rushed to the edge of the platform only to gain crestfallen faces as the car drove straight by them. With confused looks the children looked around at each other until they heard the sound of a horse coming their way. After assuring Mrs. McCready that they didn't have anything more then the essentials they all climbed into the back of the wagon. It was a silent ride through the country as they made their way to the Professor's home.
After getting the five cent tour and a long list of rules the children were shown their bedrooms and left alone. The three girls were sharing one room while the twp boys had another room right across the hall. After getting ready for bed they all gathered in the girls' room. Lucy was somewhat tucked in to bed while Edmund was lounging on Susan's bed and Susan was on the end of Lucy's bed. Meg and Peter were standing by the window listening to the radio. As the report got worse about the condition in London Lucy seemed to get more and more scared. Susan seeing this got up and turned off the radio when Peter turned to glare at her she just glared back and quickly glanced at Lucy. Peter seeing the look on is younger sister's face immediately rushed to her side and took seat on the side of her bed.
"Don't worry Lu we'll be home soon and in the meantime we have this whole place to ourselves. It's huge and we have all day tomorrow to go outside and explore the grounds." Peter said with an encouraging smile. Lucy smiled back before snuggling down into her bed. Peter tucked her in with a smile. After that he ushered Edmund out of the room with a quite goodnight to the girls. They all said goodnight and settled into bed.
They all woke up the next morning to rain. A fierce storm had started during the night and it looked like it wouldn't be over anytime soon. The children were stuck inside with nothing to do.
"So much for exploring the grounds today huh Pete?" Meg asked.
"I guess not, though I don't know what we're going to do to keep everyone occupied today though." Peter responded.
"We'll think of something. We always do." Meg said. Peter nodded and the two of them went to join the others in the library. They all started brainstorming for something to do. Finally Susan came up with an idea and grabbed the near by dictionary.
"Let's try and guess the origin and the definitions of strange words. It will be funny and educational." Susan said with an excited look on her face. The other children looked skeptical but none could think of something else to do so they agreed.
A grueling half hour later the only person even somewhat enjoying the game was Susan. Lucy had long ago gotten bored and was sitting at the window watching the rain. Edmund was half under a chair with a tool and fiddling around. Peter was sitting sideways in a chair trying to mask his boredom and Meg was sitting on the floor with her back propped up against Peter's chair fighting sleep. After a smart comment from Edmund about the game being boring Susan shut the book in a huff and sulked.
"We can play hide and seek." Lucy said getting excited.
"But we're already having so much fun." Peter responded. Susan set a glare his way but remained quite.
"Please Peter Please." Lucy whined rushing to his side. Peter smiled before he began counting. Everyone else rushed out of the room as Peter got up to block his eyes. Meg and Susan rushed through one door as Edmund and Lucy went through another. Meg and Susan quickly found hiding places Susan in an empty chest and Meg behind a curtain. Meanwhile Lucy and Edmund quietly fought over a place before Edmund, being bigger, won and pushed Lucy on. Lucy rushed around before she found a barren room with only a wardrobe, covered in a sheet, against the back wall. She hesitated for a second but hearing Peter slowly reach a hundred she rushed in and quickly pulled the sheet off. Lucy gasped at the first sight of the wardrobe for she had never seen anything like it. She quickly got in the wardrobe making sue to leave it open a crack and slowly creped to the back of the wardrobe. Instead of feeling Wood like she thought though she tripped and fell into snow. Lucy looked around her an amazement slowly walking deeper into the wooded area around her.
Lucy's first trip into the magical world of Narnia was one she would never forget. The faun Tumnus had showed her a wonderful time and had treated her like a queen even though he was suppose to turn her in. His act of kindness showed her that people could always be good you just had to believe.
Lucy, figuring she had been gone for hours quickly rushed out of the room in search of her family. The resulting argument attracted the attention of Meg and Susan who were still hiding.
"Does this mean we one?" Susan asked.
"I don't think Lucy wants to play anymore." Peter responded with a concerned face.
"But I've been gone for hours. Mr. Tumnus almost didn't let me come back but I convinced him to let me go. It was dark out." Lucy said even more confused then Peter.
"What do you mean Lu? We just started playing a couple minutes ago and who is Mr. Tumnus?" Meg asked trying to get to the bottom of the confusion. Lucy proceeded to tell the others all about her trip to Narnia, how she got there, the lamp post, the faun, the tea, and the very rushed escape. Intrigued the other children went to go check out the magical wardrobe.
"The only wood in the back of this wardrobe is the wardrobe." Susan said after a thorough investigation.
"But it was all there I wouldn't lie about this." Lucy cried.
"One game at a time Lu, we can't all have your imagination." Peter said.
Lucy had a stricken look on her face as she rushed out the door in tears. Meg after shooting Peter a glare rushed out after her.
"Well that was nicely handled." Susan said before following the other two girls out.
The rest of the day was spent in sullen silence. After rushing after Lucy into there room Meg tried to calm her down as she cried into her pillow.
"I believe you Lucy. The others are just trying to be grown up before there time." Meg said calmly while rubbing soothing circles on her back. Lucy's head popped up a little.
"You do? You don't think I'm making it up, like the others?" Lucy asked timidly.
"If you say it happened then I believe. You're not one to lie and when you do make believe you don't deny it and say it's true. Why would you change now?" Meg said with a smile. "Now come on stop those tears. The others aren't worth it."
"Why wasn't it still there when we went back in there though? Why couldn't they go into the woods too?" Lucy asked while her tears slowly stopped.
"I don't know, maybe because they couldn't believe like you do. Maybe because you still see the innocence of the world and they don't. It could be a number of things. I don't truly now though." Meg answered after careful thought. Lucy nodded accepting that answer. The two spent the rest of the afternoon in their room talking and quietly playing hand games.
That night Meg was woken up by the rushing of feet and excited chatter in the boys' room. She and Susan looked at each other before getting out of their beds and walking across the hall.
"…And this time Edmund went too!" They heard Lucy exclaim as they walked into the room.
"You saw the faun too?" Peter asked with a skeptical look.
"Actually he wasn't with me he was... what were you doing Edmund?" Lucy asked after realizing she didn't know where he had been at all.
"I was just playing along Peter. I'm sorry I shouldn't have encouraged her." Edmund said with an odd look on his face. Lucy's face immediately took on a shocked and then hurt expression before she rushed out of the room. Peter quickly glared at Edmund before the three older kids rushed after her, Peter pushing Edmund on the way out. They sharply turned the corner only to see Lucy clutching to an old man they cold only assume was the professor.
Mrs. McCready rushed up tying her robe with a reprimand on her lips only to stop short at seeing the professor. The professor quietly told Mrs. McCready to take Lucy to the kitchen for some hot chocolate before returning to bed. The older children turned to go back to bed as well but the professor stopped them and told them to follow him. After ushering them into his office he sat them down and lit his pipe.
"Now you seem to have upset the delicate balance of my housekeeper." The professor stated.
"It's our sister sir." Susan said.
"The weeping one." The Professor said.
"Yes she's upset." Susan continued.
"Hence the weeping." The Professor shot back.
"Yes sir she keeps going about this magical land in the back of the upstairs wardrobe." Susan finished. The professor suddenly looked extremely interested.
"What was it like?" The Professor asked eagerly coming around from behind his desk.
"Like talking to a crazy person." Susan said.
"No not that, the magical land." The Professor insisted.
"You mean you believe her?" Peter asked.
"And you don't? She's your sister, you're her family. You're supposed to believe her." The professor explained.
"But it's simply not logical." Susan reasoned.
"Logical?! What, what are they teaching in these schools these days?" The Professor asked astounded. "What about you, do you believe her?" The professor continued looking at Meg, the only one who had stayed silent the whole time.
"I've believed her since she first mentioned it sir." Meg responded. Peter and Susan quickly turned and looked at her.
"And why do you believe her and these two don't?" The Professor questioned.
"Because I know Lucy and I'm not trying to act older or smarter then I actually I am. Lucy doesn't lie about things like that." Meg reasoned back not looking at either Susan or Peter. The eldest Pevensies looked shocked and annoyed at what she had said. The Professor nodded his head at her reasons and sent the kids off to bed, his last words telling them to try and lessen the weeping in his house.
The next day Susan ushered everyone outside for a game of cricket, Lucy grabbed a book instead still slightly disappointed in them for not believing her. Meg opted not to play and instead went and sat by Lucy. She and Lucy both looked up upon hearing a crashing noise.
"Oh well done Ed." Peter said giving him a look.
"You balled it!" Ed cried back in defense.
The five children went rushing inside to survey the damage.
"Now look at what you've done." Peter said
"I didn't mean to it was an accident." Edmund responded. The children suddenly looked up when they heard footsteps approaching.
"It's the McCready!" Susan cried. The children gained a panicked look before rushing out the door.
They raced all around the house to try and avoid being captured when suddenly they found themselves in the room with the wardrobe. Lucy, Edmund and Meg kept going towards it but Peter and Susan stopped in their tracks.
"You've got to be kidding me." Susan said in disbelief.
"There's no where else Sue and the footsteps are getting closer. Come on!" Meg said. Peter and Susan looked at each other before proceeding into the wardrobe. Peter was the last one in and he carefully shut the door until there was just a crack left for him to see through. He saw the door begin to open before he moved towards the back of the wardrobe.
The children all grumbled and complained as they moved back until suddenly Peter, Susan and Meg tripped and landed in snow.
A/N: So that's the first chapter I hope you liked it next one should be out soon and hopefully they will be getting longer. Also Meg will have a bigger part in he up coming chapters.