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[friend_of_lucy]

He had a day of grace before they came, wolves circling as the door was burst open.

Tumnus stood and tried not to tremble as Maugrim growled through the warrant,

"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, etc., also of comforting her said Majesty's enemies, harbouring spies and fraternizing with Humans.

signed MAUGRIM, Captain of the Secret Police, LONG LIVE THE QUEEN."

As it was read, his home, his father's home was taken apart before his eyes, if they could break something they did and Tumnus wished to cry out and tremble. Yet he couldn't, he would not betray Lucy that way, he would be strong and be a true Narnian.

Always growling, Maugrim and his men paced Tumnus trying to make him respond and finally had to simply lead him through the snow towards Her House as his home stood like a wound.

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[whitest_witch]

The witch shrugs and turns away, and with a negligent wave of her hand he is no longer a faun, but a stone statue of a faun, the frost already beginning to gather on his carven beard and hair.