Tristan landed in a big pile of snow, chuckling. This would be fun!

He quickly brushed all the snow off of himself. He had to be an adult, the students would be following him any time now and he really need to make sure he was at his best behavior. Though wouldn't it be so fun to hit them all with snowballs as they came in?

Oh, the thought made him grin evilly, but he behaved himself and kept the snow on the ground, and stood a few feet away from the entrance.

Olivia slowly emerged from the dark wooden confines of the wardrobe to find herself nearly blinded by bright light. She was also standing on something squishy. She squinted and she stopped to allow her eyes to adjust. It took a few moments for her blue eyes to adjust. Her mouth gaped at the beautiful surroundings. "Woah," she said, watching as her exclamation produced vapor into the air. She glanced around the area. The trees were draped in icy blankets, the ground was covered in snow, and snowflakes gently landed on her hair before melting into nothing.

Olivia took a couple of steps further and saw Professor Wayland already there. "This is incredible, Professor Wayland," she grinned before taking a few steps out of the way so that she wouldn't be a standing target or obstacle for the next person arriving.

Was that a lamppost in the distance?

The thought peaked her interest and she decided to wait before exploring. There was tea here to drink!

Etta had stepped through the barrier.. to find herself in Narnia? Were they in Narnia? She stared at her surroundings, the brightest smile lighting up her face. It was almost unbelievable. Who would have thought? She took a couple of steps forward, the snow crunching under her feet. It was so white.. everywhere. It was exactly how she'd imagined Narnia to look like when she'd read the books.

Still in awe, she walked over to the refreshments table and poured herself a cup of tea to keep herself warm. It was rather cold, after all. She took a small sip, the hot beverage making her feel better already. Maybe she could go exploring? Or was it better to wait for all her classmates to arrive first? She leaned against the table, slowly sipping at her drink and admiring her surroundings with wonder. This was probably how Lucy felt when she stepped into Narnia for the very first time. Etta could relate now, mhm.

It had been several minutes of continued walking in and out of the wardrobe, inspecting it from both ends and trying to figure how it all worked before finally settling on this side.

Rather than spin and gaze in awe, Jessa crouched to the floor and picked up the snow, crushing some in her palm. Was this real? How would she tell? The tree over there was suspicious too and saw her rising to go inspect it. So much to check, so little time before book club would end.

Her curiosity took her in something of a circle as one thing then another caught her eye, causing her to constantly move in a left direction until she was nearly back where she started.

What was ahead up there? "I've got a couple questions Mr. Kennedy." But surely, by now, that wasn't a surprise.

Oh, was this real too?

Stepping out through the barrier Camilla instantly felt the chill and tugged the fur coat tighter around herself. Moving out of the way she smiled softly to herself as her feet crunched over the snow. Very nice Kalen, very nice indeed. There was a real sense of beauty and wonder to the surroundings drawing her in like a small child and making her want to wander off. Which she did, not very far however. Just far enough to locate the table which held tea and snacks.

Tea was a great welcomed surprise and she wasted no time in getting herself a cup of the hot liquid. Holding the cup in her hands she allowed the warmth to pull the chill from her hands, taking a small sip. Perfect.

Now that she wasn't as cold she could go back to enjoying the scenery until the others arrived.

Haraldur Baldvinsson was a busy man. Too busy for his age maybe. And with the holiday season with Christmas just around the corner and everything that came with it; it was a lot.

But that didn't mean he didn't have time to help out his fellow staff members to whip up a nice looking snowy environment. As a favor to young, nice Mr. Kalen, the kiddos and the book club. If it was a winter wonderland, then it was a winter wonderland they were getting. Outside on the grounds, he was removing snow to create pathways and inside he was creating snow for them.

It would all just be a lot easier if they made up their minds. Did they want snow or not? But he had plenty of time to perfect the snowy land for the book club.

Or so he thought. Was that... Voices?

The groundskeeper shuffled over behind a tree, peeking through some branches to spot the intruders people. What time was it? He was supposed to have done this and left the library by the time the book club started. And now he was stuck inside Narnia. Forever...

First, he got lost in the book maze. (Terror, by the way.) And now, he would have to walk up to the librarian (and the other members of staff present) just to admit he was too late and didn't get out in time.

ORRRRR, he could just hide behind the tree until they all left and then sneak out undetected. As long as no one spotted him behind the tree he was currently pressed up against, he would be fiiiiiiiiiiine.

As Cassie stepped into the other side, she was greeted with a landscape not unlike the world of white that resided around Hogwarts Castle. She was certainly grateful for the provided coat that made up for the warm robe that was currently still in her dorms since she hadn’t exactly planned on being in the snow and winter weather for the book club. Not that she minded, the fifth year wandering away from the point she had first come to do a bit of exploring, leaving the entrance open for her fellow students and professors.

She didn’t know what to make of things, nothing sticking out as unusual or unknown. Cass found the table of refreshments and poured herself some tea before casually circling back as to not get too far from the way they started and where the next likely discussion would be coming from. The girl casually brushing a hand through her hair to clear some of the gathering snow upon her head.

SOMERSAULTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING....

Coming to an unceremonious stop on his bum and all kinds of tangled up in his coat of way too many sizes bigger, Derf looked around at Narnia as he was told he should believe. To him...it didn't really look all THAT different from the grounds around Hogwarts. Lots of snow and trees...the lamppost was new though...and as for the food and drink, er, he would pass. Sorry, Mr. Librarian. Just following the wise advice and life experience of one Dora Umbridge! Maybe he would find this all more enchanting and such if he had actually read the source material...but alas. The TRUE sense of wonder had been lost on him. Pity they hadn't been told to read it beforehand. Or had they and he had just forgotten?

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As Cassie stepped into the other side, she was greeted with a landscape not unlike the world of white that resided around Hogwarts Castle. She was certainly grateful for the provided coat that made up for the warm robe that was currently still in her dorms since she hadn’t exactly planned on being in the snow and winter weather for the book club. Not that she minded, the fifth year wandering away from the point she had first come to do a bit of exploring, leaving the entrance open for her fellow students and professors.

She didn’t know what to make of things, nothing sticking out as unusual or unknown. Cass found the table of refreshments and poured herself some tea before casually circling back as to not get too far from the way they started and where the next likely discussion would be coming from. The girl casually brushing a hand through her hair to clear some of the gathering snow upon her head.

His eyes DID how ever fall on a certain Ravenclaw he had never reeeeeeally spoken to. He wasn't so sure how she felt about things...but hers was a signature he did not yet have SOOOOOO...

"HI!" he chirped as he came to a stop beside her - never mind all the snow stuck in his hair and on his fur coat from all the rolling of his arrival. "I'm Derf. Will you s-s-sign my t-shirt?"

Rula stepped through and...

Merlin, it was cold. No wonder there were coats available. Though a warming charm would help immensely too, but she'd go along with the lesson and stick with the fur coat for now.

She slipped it on and folded her arms to keep the front closed, trying to keep in as much warmth as possible as she gathered with the others.

The lamppost was quite pretty with all this snow around it though. It gave off a nice warm glow and made the snow all sparkly. So she definitely approved of this scenery - aside from the temperature, but that couldn't be helped.

... and then she hit something really COLD, WET, and SOFT.

Vivian looked up and saw TREES and SNOW everywhere. And she was apparently lying face first on the snowy ground of what looked like Narnia. "I'm okay, I'm okay," the Slytherin assured the people around her as she slowly got to her feet and flicked the snow from her fur coat. Because of her contact with the snow, her nose was undeniably red again, as it always was when the temperature dropped lower than usual.

However, she couldn't deny it. Everything around her looked great. And then she sneezed. Mhmmm... yup, Vivian the red-nosed reindeer coming through.

Narnia!

"It looks just like the movie!" she exclaimed delightfully, whipping out her camera to take pictures.

The snow made a delightful crunching sound under her feet. Sort of like the snow right outside Hogwarts, except, well - this was Narnia snow.

In the distance she saw a lamppost. Snap! Picture taken.

"Anyone seen a white witch?" she asked jokingly.

.... BRRRR. It was cold in here! Could they go back to the library now?

Oh wait, fur coat. Remembering it was still in her arms, she quickly slipped it on, as she gazed around at the surroundings. On one hand, it seemed very familiar out here, and yet, it also didn't. Was this some re-decorated place in the castle? Was that a vanishing cabinet and took them to the snowy grounds of Norway? Or was this really a wardrobe that took them to the fictional town of Narnia?

Skylar felt both confused and excited, as she stumbled around, taking it all in. Just breathtaking. Also, why was the Ravenclaw prefect taking PICTURES?!? Yea, she was going to just step away and wait for further instructions.

The COLDNESS was the first thing he felt, even before he could make heads or tails of all the white vision that was soon to blind him momentarily. This got him even more excited as he pushed his way through past the fur then the fir to the bright cold of a snowy forest.

But yes the FIRST thing he spotted? That tiny little black stick in a sea of white that he knew was the LAMPOST!

ASDFASDFASDF!!!

He rushed forward, cold be damned, making a mad sprint for the lampost, clasping the iron structure as he reached it. ASDFASDFASDF its real. "MISTER TUMNUS!!" he hollered out. Hey might as well try to see if the lovable faun is here too eh?

Kalen stepped through the wardrobe, a fur coat around him and he released Gastons arm. He looked around and smiled warmly at everyone who had made it.

"Welcome to Narnia everyone! Now that we have all gotten throUgh I want you all to take a good look around, we have just walked through a magical wardrobe and are now in the Snowy woods of Narnia! just like Lucy was.. Now, I'm not going to be Mr.Tumnus and give you all some enchanted tea and fight with my conscious about turning you over to the White Witch. What I am going to do however is give you an assignment.. " Kalen said with a small chuckle. "Though I have dressed up like him for Halloween.. " He said as he chuckled again.

He started to walk towards the table of refreshments and urged everyone to gather around him.

" So, I want you all to wander around in here, pretend you are Lucy.. how would you feel if you were suddenly in a different world? What would you do? Where would you go? How would you handle this sudden shift in your paradigm?

And then.. I want you to write it down.. I had you all grab notebooks.. I want you to use them, write down what you are feeling.. what you are thinking about.. If you think this is dumb.. write that down.. wanna write a note to your friend? You can do that too.. but please try to do what I've asked, yeah? " Kalen said with a smile as he looked at them all!

"There are logs strewn about that make great seats, and there are pens over on the table for you...Your fur coats have warming charms that should be kicking in right now! So you'll be toasty!

Have at it! "

Welcome to the mini Activity all!! Now all you have to do like Kalen said is write down how you feel about being in a "new world" Yiu can do it in one post or fifteen little ones! Have at it! I'll be moving on in about 34 hours or so Have fun! Contact me if you have questions!

No Mister Tumnus? Well that placed a sliiiight damper on this boy's spirits. BUT this place felt so magical anyway. He go back to grab a coat though-- but man its cold-- before trudging back into the open snow.

Now this place.... not quite a shift in the Gryffindor Ace's paradigm. For the he'd probably have to find himself in a Max Headroom conversation in living color so to speak. It would be weird. But it would be very interesting though.

Notebook in hand, he started walking around and just looking, brushing off mounds of snow, poking mounds of snow with his foot. Was he searching for something? Perhaps but he wasnt sure.

He flicked open the notebook and jotted this down...

SPOILER!!: the Notebook

I'M IN NARNIA!!

THERE'S A LAMPOST!

I havent seent Mr Tumnus yet BUT he could be around. Professor can be wrong yknow. Or maybe he is MISTER TUMNUS just pretending that he isnt so that he can avoid the WHITE QUEEN!

THE WHITE QUEEN! Where is my Turkish Delights???

And thats what he was subconsciously looking for!

Olivia wondered if they would still be able to refer to Mr. Kennedy as Mr. Tumnus and a smile graced her lips at be very thought. Now that he mentioned it, she could see him dressed up as the famous character. Pretend that you're Lucy and write it down in the journal. How would Lucy feel? She took a few steps away from the group and then stopped. Pretend that she was Lucy. A young girl who had just left her home in London to live in a countryside manor with her siblings and a Professor. She would have missed home but would have needed somewhere that she could go and just let herself explore. Her siblings had to come and see it.

Speaking of siblings, Olivia couldn't help but wonder if Simon had made his way here during his time. He would have written it down in his journal so she suspected that he had not. This time it would be her turn to write down her thoughts about the place and perhaps she could write him a letter all about it.

Gaston had been ready to give up on seeing Narnia - or at least Kalen's version of it - when the librarian grabbed his arm and removed the barrier so they could both go through the wardrobe. He was a bit surprised but offered no resistance. "Thank you, Kalen," he said, giving the other man a look of gratitude as he let go of his arm. His bright blue eyes darted around his new surroundings. This was some impressive spellwork Kalen had used!

He listened as Kalen gave the students their instructions. The bit about dressing up as Mr. Tumnus got a slight chuckle from him, but he covered it up by pretending to cough. Now that's something he'd like to see! If he'd known about that sooner, he would've invited Kalen to crash his Halloween-themed lesson in full costume! But oh well, too late now...

Gaston shivered, wrapping his coat a little tighter around himself as he waited for the warming charm to take effect. Ah, that's better! His mind went back to the book as he wandered through the little world Kalen had created, making note of the approximate locations. If he recalled correctly, Mr. Tumnus's house should be that way... and this should be close to where Edmund encountered the White Witch. He soon found the refreshment table and poured himself a cup of tea before exploring on. Oh, if only someone had been able to create a world like this for him when he was a child, away from people like his father and the kids who bullied him in school! If he was Lucy, he never would've gone back!

Kalen smiled as he looked around the room and then at his wrist..

"Book club is over! Thank you all for coming! Feel free to keep the notebooks, and please read the rest of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for discussion at our next book club! There are copies on my desk for you to grab on your way out! Feel free to explore a bit if you want! Thanks! " Kalen said with a grin as he looked around dismissing them..

OOC: Thanks for coming all! I'll leave this thread open for another 24 hours before I lock it! Feel free to catch up and declone! Thanks again!

Vivian was sniffing and rubbing her nose when Mr. Kennedy had called them all to gather around. Thankfully, whatever heating charm was placed on their fur coats worked and now the blonde was starting to be comfortable in it. Though it helped warm up her body, it didn't do much with her face and her nose. But the Slytherin wasn't one to complain. It was better than not having a coat at all.

So now, they were tasked to pretend that they were Lucy, the young girl from the book they were discussing. Vivian didn't seem to know much about her, honestly, except for the few facts they had talked about back in the library. She was the youngest, most open to imagination, and Vivi felt a little bad that Lucy's older siblings didn't believe her at first. To add to that, Lucy seemed like a Muggle. That part would be a challenge, considering how the blonde had known her entire life that she was a witch.

Imagine what it'd be like to be the girl, to be a Muggle who had stepped inside a closet and entered what seemed like a different dimension. Sure, that was the easy part. Vivian inhaled Lucy (and really cold air) and tried to envision herself in the young girl's shoes. Then the Slytherin went over to jot on the notebook they had brought with them.



That looked good. Vivian smiled at her notebook, because she totally nailed it there. Then she stood up and looked around for a while. They were allowed to explore a bit, yeah? This Slytherin liked adventure.

Etta had finished drinking her tea and decided to explore Narnia a little. This was as close to Narnia that she could get so might as well take advantage of the opportunity, right? She quickly set her empty cup down and started to wander around a little, unable to stop admiring how beautiful her surroundings were. She walked around the snow-covered trees, imagining herself to be Lucy. The corners of her lips lifted up in a smile as she continued exploring excitedly. Yeah.. she kind of could understand how Lucy had felt when she had entered Narnia for the very first time. The excitement about entering a new world, to explore new places, interacting with new people, the thrill of just being someplace else.. a world so different from her own.

.... Did the librarian just say that the book club was over? Woah. Etta hurried back to where her classmates were, quickly pulled out her parchment and started scribbling.

SPOILER!!: parchment

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This is literally one of the most beautiful places that I've ever SEEN! How lucky am I to be here?

Being here made me think about how Lucy felt when she'd entered Narnia for the very first time. I think I experienced some of that myself.

The snow, the lamp post.. I was waiting for the real Mr. Tumnus to make appearance too but that didn't happen. But surely, I'll get to see him one day.

I wish I didn't have to leave but I hope I truly get to visit Narnia one day and have all the adventures that Lucy and her older siblings did.

Kitty was very impressed with the tea. She'd tried lots of different teas throughout her school years, so much so that she fancied herself an expert - and this tea was excellent!

Sipping her tea delicately, Kitty bent down and began writing her essay. Occasionally she looked away to observe Narnia.

Hello everyone! This is Kitty Valentine reporting from Narnia. It looks just as beautiful as I imagined it when reading as a child. It actually looks kind of like the movie Disney made many years ago with Walden Media. We were just served the most wonderful tea I've ever had.

I knew that there wouldn't be any White Witch, though I kind of hoped I would. The dungeon where we serve detention has several powerful illusions, so that's what a White Witch would be like here. She'd a terribly evil person, but she also has a really cool sense of style. If I were in Narnia, would I be the Black Witch, since I'm Gothic? Maybe!

The book club is finishing now. It's off to Hogwarts!

She finished her essay and handed it to Kennedy with a smile. "Thank you Professor Kennedy for the tea and the marvelous lesson."

Er... she would pass on the refreshments, thanks. Too busy already wandering about trying to figure out HOW this new world was possible.

A few ideas had already come to mind while she began pacing about. An undetectable expansion charm for one--because how else would the Professor be able to fit everything inside so neatly. An illusion charm was another concept she figured must have gone hand in hand with it because what if this was all actually just a bare open space like that section of the library had been and they weren't REALLY stepping around in snow and the like? Illusion charms were rather powerful, there was no telling if you'd be able to decipher being in one.

Curious. Very very curious.

As she walked, Jessa reached out to touch everything she could possibly manage to get her hands on. If this was a daydream would she still be feeling the textures in such a distinct way? How deep inside the mind did the illusion charm penetrate?

It could have also been, like the Professor said, another world--but how did they get here and where was it? Surely he didn't expect them to believe they were really in Narnia. That was only a story with no evidence to suggest it might have been real.

All the more curious.

When she felt she'd done enough walking around and gathered enough questions, Jessa took a seat by one of the logs and began writing. She supposed she'd just ask all her questions after.

SPOILER!!: Parchment

I guess if I'm being completely honest, I'm wondering how this place works. Not in the sense of "this shouldn't be possible" but more in the sense of "what makes this possible?". It's a unique concept and I'll admit I've got a few running theories for it but nothing concrete until I get some confirmation.

I suppose if I'd stumbled into this place outside of this club I'd still have all the same questions. I'm quite curious about the wildlife here--if you've managed to produce any, how life like they are, all that stuff but I'm all the more curious about if you've managed to fit people inside here. One of my first impulses was to have a further look around to see if I could find any for myself but as I'm still quite uncertain about how this all works I figured it might have been a better idea to stick with the group.

I think I'd like to come here again, for real exploration when there isn't such a time limit. I do hope it stays open for even a little while after we leave here. So far, it's got my attention.

Oh and she could keep the book! Okay!

Jessa hopped up from her seat, making a mental note to grab a copy on her way out. Being in here had her thinking it might really have been worth a read. "See you Mr. Kennedy!"

Writing? They came ALL the way here just to WRITE?! Derf couldn't help but hide his disappointment beneath a whoooooole bunch of blinking at the librarian. Honestly, this whole experience really WAS lost on him because he had not read the book and getting into this character's mindset was KINDA hard for a lot of reasons. Mainly that he believed in magic, obviously,
and it had nothing to do with his sense of wonder but everything to do with common sense. He was a WIZARD after all!

Still, the second year took his notebook and found a log to sit on while opening up to a blank page. But WHAT could he write, exactly? Actually...he was going to walk AND write. It helped keep his brain moving...even if it meant his writing would look more like troll scribbles than proper penmanship. Sorry, Mr. Librarian!

SPOILER!!: wriiiiiiiting

No offense, sir. But I can't really get into Lucy's mindset because I don't really know her and was not prepared for things since I haven't read the book AND I don't feel too comfy assuming things she might think based on what little I got to understand of her from the book club discussion. So I HOPE it's okay if I think about this as a Derf rather than as a Lucy. I feel more comfortable that way.

So anyway. Here I am walking around in snow wearing a coat that is waaaaaaaay too big for me that I am practically tripping over *obviously slip of the quill ink SWOOSH as the second year did just that and tripped* *attempt to salvage himself by turning it into a whimsical doodle of icey wind* Anyway not important. I am mostly curious what sort of creatures live here in "Narnia". We talked about someone named Tubnuts...or Temmis...uh...sorry I forgot what his name was already...but he is a FAUN and that is a creature I have no encountered before and am quite curious if he and I could get along as well as me and Thereos do.

Honestly...walking around here right now makes me wish I HAD read the book before. So I think that is what I am gonna do once we are dismissed you just dismissed us so I am gonna go find a copy in the library to read!

I hope you can tell me how you got this to work because this level of Illusion Charm is really NEAT and I would like to be able to do it myself. Like...Room of Requirement level neat!

Scrambling and face planting some more along the way, the Hufflepuff followed the rest of his classmates back. For SURE going to grab one of those.