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[friend_of_lucy]

The world changes and the snow stops falling on the Witch's house.

Spring is in Narnia as Aslan walks and the Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve gather together at the Stone Table to end Winter forever.

A table breaks and Old Magic from the Dawn of Time moves in Narnia as two girls grow up in the course of a strange and complicated night.

In time a statue is found, a faun in pain that a Lion's breath restores.

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[treading_dawn]

The faun is not the only creature of Narnia so restored. There are other lions in the castle of the White Witch, and other fauns, too.

Though one Lion stands out among the rest. And it is this Lion who paces up to Tumnus, gold eyes solemn and deep.

The scent of violets rises up around the both of them, and for a few moments the rest of the world falls away.

There is not much time, for the battle against the Witch must be joined. But for a space--a small space--they might speak.

It will serve.

[friend_of_lucy]

His eyes open and he almost cries out before bowing low,

"Y.you've returned."

[treading_dawn]

"I have."

Those words ring in the sudden silence, though the noise of so many restored beings quickly reasserts itself.

"Rise, Tumnus. You have done your work well. There is no need to fear, now."

[friend_of_lucy]

He makes it true though Tumnus finds it hard to believe and he looks up slowly,

"I did well?"

[treading_dawn]

"For all your faltering in times of trouble, you stood firm at the last."

Aslan bends down, tongue swiping roughly across the faun's brow.

"Now you must stand true again, for we go to war against the Witch who brought you and your fellow Narnians here, prisoned in stone."

[friend_of_lucy]

"I can, she must be a Queen."

Aslan's tongue finally brings a smile to his face.

[treading_dawn]

"And so she shall, little faun, do we drive the Witch back today."

There is a rumbling growl underlaying his voice, setting the very stones of the castle to trembling.

"Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve shall again rule over Narnia, as it first was, so long ago."

[friend_of_lucy]

"Narnia can drive her back."

[treading_dawn]

"Well said, Tumnus. Well said."

That last turns into a roar, loud enough to shake the sky down. And in the silence that follows, Aslan gives out his marching orders. The White Witch's dominion over Narnia will soon be ended. It is time, and past time.

They can all feel it.

And then, with Aslan at its head, the army of Narnians is on the move.