The chronicles of Narnia: the Lion,

the Witch and the Wardrobe

During the 1940 bombing of Finchley, London, the Pevensie
children, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are endangered by falling
bombs. They are evacuated to the country home of Professor Digory
Kirke.
While they are playing hide-and-seek, Lucy discovers a wardrobe and
enters a wintry fantasy world called Narnia. She spends a few hours
in the home of the faun, Mr. Tumnus, who explains that Jadis, the
White Witch, cursed Narnia, and it has been winter for one hundred
years. If a human is ever encountered, they are to be brought to her.
Tumnus likes Lucy and cannot bring himself to kidnap her, so he
sends her home. When she returns hardly any time has passed in the
normal world, and when the other children check the Wardrobe, all
they see is a normal wooden back.
A few days later, Edmund follows Lucy into the wardrobe, meeting
the White Witch and her dwarf Ginarrbrik. She offers him Turkish
Delight as well as the prospect of becoming king if Edmund brings his
brother and sisters to her castle. After she departs Edmund and Lucy
meet again and return; Lucy tells Peter and Susan about the
experience, but Edmund denies it. The Professor talks with Peter and
Susan; he does not understand why they do not believe Lucy's story
and gives them three possible explanations of Lucy's behavior
— madness, dishonesty and sincerity — the others know she is
neither mad nor dishonest, so she must be telling the truth.
While running away from the housekeeper after breaking a window,
the four siblings retreat to the wardrobe and enter Narnia. They
discover Mr. Tumnus has been taken by the Witch's secret police and
meet talking beavers who tell them about Aslan. According to the
beavers Aslan is on the move to take control of Narnia from the
Witch. The four must help Aslan and his followers; it has
been prophesied that when two sons of Adam and two daughters of
Eve sit in the four thrones, the Witch's reign will end.
Edmund sneaks off to visit the Witch. When he arrives at her castle,
she is angry that he did not deliver his siblings. The Witch sends
wolves to hunt down the children and the beavers, who barely
escape. Edmund is chained in the Witch's dungeon where he meets
Mr. Tumnus. The Witch demands that Edmund reveal where his
siblings are because her police could not find them; Edmund
hesitates when Tumnus claims that Edmund does not know anything.
The witch tells Mr. Tumnus that Edmund betrayed him, then turns Mr.
Tumnus to stone.
While Peter, Lucy, Susan and the beavers travel to the Stone Table,
they see what they believe to be the White Witch chasing after them,
so they hide. It is really Father Christmas, a sign that the Witch's
reign is ending. Father Christmas gives Lucy a bottle of cordial that
will cure any injury or sickness and a dagger to defend herself with,
Susan a bow and arrows and a magical horn that will summon help
when blown, and Peter a sword and shield.
Pursued by wolves led by Maugrim, the group crosses a thawing
river, leaving the Witch unable to reach them. Arriving at Aslan's
camp, the group encounters Aslan, who is revealed as a huge and
noble lion. Aslan promises to help Edmund in any way he can. Later,
two wolves ambush Lucy and Susan while they are frolicking by the
river. When Peter intervenes Maugrim attacks him and Peter kills him
with his sword. Some of Aslan's troops follow the other wolf to the
witch's camp and rescue Edmund.
The White Witch journeys to Aslan's camp and asserts her claim to
the traitor Edmund, but Aslan secretly offers to sacrifice himself
instead. That night, as Lucy and Susan covertly watch, Aslan is killed
by the White Witch at the Stone Table. In the morning he
is resurrected because "there is a magic deeper still the Witch does
not know". Aslan takes Susan and Lucy to the Witch's castle, where
he frees the prisoners that the White Witch turned into stone, forming
an army.
Edmund persuades Peter to join battle with the Witch's forces. Initially
successful, Peter's army begins losing. As the Witch fights Peter,
Aslan arrives and kills her. The Pevensies become Kings and
Queens, staying in Narnia until they are adults.
Fifteen years later they find the wardrobe and return to England,
becoming children again. The professor enters the room and asks
what they were doing. Peter replies, "You wouldn't believe us if we
told you, sir." The professor tosses him the ball that broke the window
and replies, "Try me." Lucy later attempts to return to Narnia via the
wardrobe, but the Professor tells her he has been trying for years,
and they will probably return to Narnia when they least expect to.