The Heir I Need

Part I: Chapter 1

I walked into a small clearing to see a large snow covered lamppost in the middle. It was lit and glowing, but seemed rather misplaced in this snowy forest. Curiously I walked over to it examining it. Nothing about it seemed out of the ordinary. But what was it doing in the middle of this forest. A soft rustling to my right caught my attention. I turned to see nothing. I turned back to the lamppost only to here the noise again.

"Who's there?" I asked trying to sound brave.

My voice came out as a little squeak though. I would've laughed at it but I was too scared.

The rustling began again and the soft crunch of footsteps came closer. Then a girl much older than me stepped out from behind a tree. She wore a strange blue dress. It kinda reminded me of a princess. She didn't have a crown though and there was a sword strapped to her waist.

"Hello, I'm Lucy," I said with a smile.

She smiled back at me.

"My name's Aewryn. I haven't seen you around before. There are no other daughters of Eve in Narnia," she replied looking a little confused.

"Daughter of Eve?" I questioned with a confused frown.

"Oh right," she exclaimed blushing, "If you just got here than you don't know Narnian terms. Human girl, that's what I meant. If you're a daughter of Eve, you must be one of the ones I am supposed to protect."

"Oh," I said still very confused by what she was saying.

"I'm sorry, this must be very confusing. You have siblings right?" she asked me.

I nodded, "Yes, three."

"Well I am supposed to protect the four of you," she explained.

A strange crunching noise stopped our conversation. Both of us looked around for the source of the noise. Aewryn drew her sword her eyes darting around. Suddenly a strange creature came around the bend. When it looked up and saw us, it screamed as did I. I hid behind Aewryn who quickly moved to protect me. The strange beast hid behind a tree opposite of us. I peeked around Aewryn only to see it peeking around the tree. Several packages lay in the snow.

I slowly stepped around Aewryn and went to pick up the packages. She followed at my side looking at the thing behind the tree with a frown. It noticed what I was doing and began to come out of its hiding spot. I handed it one of the packages only to notice that it had goat legs and hooves instead of feet.

"Were you afraid of me?" I asked giggling a little.

"N..no," it stuttered, "The one with the sword."

Aewryn gasped and quickly put away her sword.

"I am so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you," she apologized.

"It's alright," he accepted her apology with a small smile.

I stared at him.

"If you don't mind my asking, what are you?" I asked as he began collecting the rest of his packages.

He looked at me in surprise. He then looked at Aewryn who looked just as curious.

"Why I'm a faun, of course," he replied, "What are you? Some kind of beardless dwarf?"

Aewryn laughed. I frowned at her confused as to what was so funny.

"No sir, not at all. We're daughters of Eve," she answered him with a smile.

"And in fact, I'm the tallest in my class," I added picking up the last package and handing it to him.

He took it though he stared at us in pure amazement.

"So you are in fact human?" he asked with wide eyes.

"Yes, of course," I answered a little confused.

Why was he so surprised? Aren't there humans here?

"I'm sorry I seem to have forgotten my manners," the faun declared chuckling, "My name is Mr. Tumnus."

"My name is Lucy Pevensie," I replied holding out my hand for him to shake.

He looked at my hand with a confused expression. Beside me Aewryn laughed stepping forward.

"You're supposed to shake it," she explained.

"Why?" Mr. Tumnus asked with a frown.

I thought for a moment. That was a very good question.

"I don't know," I answered with a frown, "It's what people do when they meet new people."

He seemed to take that answer and reached out and shook my hand. I laughed as he began shaking my hand funnily. Aewryn laughed as well.

"Well this is very interesting," she laughed.

Mr. Tumnus nodded laughing as well.

"Very much so," he agreed.

He finally let go of my hand, "And what is your name?"

"Aewryn," Aewryn answered simply.

"How beautiful!" Mr. Tumnus exclaimed, "Would you girls like to come to tea? It is awfully cold out here."

"We would love to," Aewryn spoke for the both of us.

"Brilliant!" Mr. Tumnus cried with a smile, "This way."

We followed him through the snow to his home. Once inside, Mr. Tumnus lit the fireplace and quickly made the tea. I sat down in a small chair close to the fire and Aewryn sat on the floor beside me.

"There are other chairs if you'd like," Mr. Tumnus offered her but she merely shook her head.

"I'm good where I am, thank you," she answered before turning to me, "Now Lucy, I want to hear about your family. Do you have brothers or sisters? What are they like?"

I smiled thanking Mr. Tumnus as he handed me a pretty tea cup. I took a sip before answering Aewryn's questions. She and Mr. Tumnus excitedly watched me waiting for me to begin.

"Well my oldest brother is Peter," I began and they both leaned in to listen.