༄ 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑃𝐻𝑂𝐸𝑁𝐼𝑋 𝐴𝑅𝐶𝐻𝐸𝑅（𝐿𝑊𝑊）༄

Chapter 6- The Pevensies and Mr. Beaver

"Uh..." I stammered in shock, "h-hello."

Lucy laughed at my confused reaction, and in return I playfully glared at her. There were two boys and one girl. One boy I guessed was younger than me by a couple years and the other I guessed was older than me by just as many. The dark brown, almost black-haired boy with brown eyes I decided was probably thirteen. The older boy's hair was more blonde than brown and he had blue eyes. He looked much different from the younger boy.

Then I looked at the girl. She was older than Lucy and the dark brown-haired boy but younger than the blonde-haired boy. She had brown hair just like the others, though closer in color to the youngest boy. And she had blue eyes like both Lucy and the eldest one. I guessed that she was about sixteen maybe fifteen. I could tell that they were all related because of their similar features. Like Lucy had the same nose as the younger of the boys, the two in between had the same mouth.

"Ana, these are my siblings," Lucy said. "Peter, Susan, and Edmund," she introduced me to them, gesturing to each as she said their names. Her voice was still sad but I knew the reason why.
"Hello... I'm Ana," I said again, rather quietly. I was a bit shy, after all.

They each nodded a hello to me but didn't say anything. Well Edmund glared at me but he still didn't say anything either. I wondered what was wrong with him to make him act like that. He barely knew me and he was already glaring at me. It couldn't have been anything I said either.

"Peter's the one who moved the cabinet for me. Well you," Lucy pointed out.
"Thank you," I told him.
"You're welcome," he answered.

Silence descended and my eyes fell upon a piece of paper that was in Peter's hand. I was curious to what it said as Lucy kept glancing at it. The paper must've been something important.

"May I see that?" I asked, pointing to the paper. Peter handed it over to me and I took I few steps toward him to take it.
"The Faun Tumnus,
is hereby charged with High Treason
against her Imperial Majesty, Jadis, Queen of Narnia
for comforting her enemies and fraternizing with humans.
Signed Maugrim, Captain of the Secret Police.
Long Live the Queen."

"Oh! What- Ugh!" I said aloud trying to figure out what to say, and how to react the terrible news.
"We really should go back," Susan stated.
"But what about Mr. Tumnus?!" Lucy cried.
"If he was arrested just for being with a human, I don't think there's much we can do."
"You don't understand do you? I'm the human. She must've found out he and Ana helped me," Lucy pleaded once more.
"Maybe we could call the police!" Peter offered, trying to help without really siding with either sister.
"These are the police," Susan said as she pointed to the note in my hand.
Peter turned to Lucy, looked her in the eyes, and assured her. "Don't worry Lu, we'll think of something."
"Why?" Edmund said, causing us all to look at him. "I mean, he's a criminal," he finished.

I frowned as I thought about. Technically he was right. Mr. Tumnus had broke the Witch's rules and that made him a criminal in their eyes. However, to some—and Aslan—he was far from it. He was a hero, and the Witch had taken that away from him. That was when I realized something.
"I'm a criminal too," I said. They all looked at me, confused and shocked. "It's true. I did all of the things they said in the letter. Mr. Tumnus and I did all of that together. They must not have known another was involved..." I trailed off, not wanting to say what fate awaited me if they found me. It would be worse the Tumnus' sincd I was human.

It was silent for a moment as we all looked from one person to the next. None of us knew what to say in response; there was nothing anyone could say to make the situation go away either. It also appeared, to me anyways, that no one wanted to be the first one to speak. Thankfully none of us had to.
"Psst," a bird said.
Susan looked confused and turned to Peter, Lucy, and me.
"Did that bird just 'psst' us?" she asked.