Chapter 16 - Memory
My eyes shot open as I gasped for breath. My heart rate was out of control as I blinked rapidly to clear my vision, but it remained black and dark. My eyes were open, but I still couldn't see a thing; had I become blind?945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5ShcxCsx4
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdRxjWfLqY
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqfKCftIJz
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27r3yuYj45
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7XjrbBEig
Suddenly, a door was creaked open and light entered my eyes. Tiny footsteps pattered on the ground till they stopped right in front of me. A small child, who looked no more than four grinned as her identical shiny blue eyes stared gleefully into mine. "Mama! Mama!" She nestled her face into knees as she wrapped her small arms around them.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfAnuIN7dZ
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgS3Loerlqt
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpK9uCqqDX
I stooped down to her level and gently grabbed her tiny hands. "I'm sorry sweetie, but I'm not your mama. What are you even doing here all alone? Did you lose your mama?"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXb1PzGPowz
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzzQ2BeVsE
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNLr506Bky
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpbJgtMbZ8
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7NMbhxPlv
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPd7Q73xl7Z
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5TX8lcxWx
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmMbcW6IwC
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7jIvC6zOq
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy8KCV39Ze
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPR08ZOcf8
Now that I look at her more carefully, I noticed some characteristics about her. Our eyes were the same, our hair was the same. The freckles, the fingernail shape, the smile, even the arrow shaped birthmark on my neck!945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQRHLYoRxi
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOx6BkY5G8
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9d44mG0Si
"Why aren't you at your lessons," I asked. Never can I remember me being alone at four years old. I had princess lessons with Grace everyday, all day.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUI1x3ytRF
Her face saddened as she pouted. "Papa says that a little bitch like me isn't capable of being a proper princess so he doesn't allow me to go,"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkK7K1tu7O
What? I don't know what's going on here. It's true that my father is the king of assholes, but he'd never said anything like that to me, at least not at such a young age!945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ww2MH94cU
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVg0JOrD6G5
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rbQihQ4Ws
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWYoTh0QHa
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2WCh7AgXO
As I looked around it, I realized that it was indeed a palace hallway, but the decor and structure was a bit outdated; it looked at least ten years old.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27T4bWocGg
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79BM9jQ4tH
Taking a deep breath, I pushed open the doors, letting light illuminate the pitch black room. But I was beyond shocked at what I discovered. Lying on the ruby red mattress was my father, his long, curly dark brown hair falling in waves over his eyes as his hands wrapped tightly around the throat of a woman lying beneath him. Her long, golden tresses spilling around her like a halo and she screamed and wiggled to get away from his grasp. As she turned her face towards me, I recognized her to be my mother! My father growled harshly as he noticed the door opening, however, it seems that he only recognized younger me. He got up and stalked over to us with the sheet wrapped tightly around his waist and I noticed that their was blood on the sheets. My mother curled up into a ball and sobbed. Was he raping her?945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BO2OJmeIH
“WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE YOU LITTLE BITCH!” He boomed as he grabbed my younger self by the hair. “I TOLD YOU TO GET LOST!”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyJgVIYKsU
“LET GO OF HER YOU ASSHOLE!” I shouted at him as I tried to pry his arm off, but, it was like I was invisible.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz86H1a2imw
“I-I’m sorry Papa,” My younger self whimpered. “I just wanted to-AHH!” She cried out as he suddenly smacked her across the face, sending her spiraling to the ground.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhr5TNyFog
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCvHnQX9Pk
But he continued to brutally punch my younger self across her tiny body. No matter how much I tried to intervene, it was just like no one could hear or see me besides my younger self.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7EuhCkY0H
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pBefvTQOE
I begun to tear up as well as I watched my younger self’s face turn black and blue from the assaults. What the hell do I do? Nothing I try is working?945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLvKUwv9p1
But thankfully, help arrived at that very moment. Another figure entered the doorway and we all looked up to see a blonde woman, who bared a striking resemblance to my mother. She was livid as her eyes darted from my mother on the bed, my father and my younger self. Once again it seems as if I’m invisible.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TqSQc8tzW
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85L02ODBbJ
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eAT4koSxq
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyybl1wTF3d
My father seemed just as confused as he looked back and forth between the two. But before he could’ve said anything, the mystery blonde woman grabbed a vase and smashed it on the back of his head, knocking him out cold. I gasped in shock as she tugged my younger self off of the ground and roughly into her arms before making her way over to me.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqhOGfxJjx
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtieTBt6gCH
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGN6IN0KsI
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjkFRD4qt7
I immediately fell onto my back on the ground as black spots clouded my vision. The crazy blonde bitch stood directly over me, the last thing I saw was her smashing the vase into my face.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iiSLhbBsT
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“AHHHHH,” I screamed as my eyes shot open and I sat up from my lying position. Almost immediately, a hand was on my chest gently pushing me down.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANxPd0wInr
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD49rDCQiT3
I rapidly blinked as I got a clear view of her. Long, wavy black hair, pretty dark brown eyes; she looked very familiar but I couldn’t remember who she was. “Who’re you?”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaox3knKuo
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8FksrEpRR
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqugJRERtm6
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxWuIf8p4l
“I-I don’t know where I was,” I softly said as I leaned back. “I saw my younger self and my parents and this strange blonde woman who looked an awful lot like my mother,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BWPtl1wiU
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pkv39AoYu
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVyzGTVeiD
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgGix83RlT
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7fWZnRpDc
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBOhjiVFGd
She stammered. “I-I-”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhkuzMX3Ub
“ALEX!” Pinky and Lux shouted in unison as they rushed over to me. Pinky wrapped her arms around my neck in a tight hug. “Thank God you’re awake! Do you remember what happened?”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOu0W2RbUk
“An accident,” I mumbled. “I yanked the wheel from Crimson and we smashed into a tree. He used his body to protect me and...OH GOD CRIMSON!”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NUUlJcL2X
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlP0GhI5zVp
Lux pulled across a curtain and revealed and unconscious Crimson, lying in a bed as bandaged covered his bare chest and arms and one was wrapped around his head. As best as I could, I leaned over to him and gently caressed his bruised but still lovely face. “I’m so sorry,” I whispered. “It’s because of me that you’re like this,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGw4GAYx05
“He saved your life,” Lux said. “My mom said that if he hadn’t protected you with his body, you could’ve died or suffer more serious injuries than what he has,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIqXlfMOBa
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnG5wrmZ2y
Blair rested her hand reassuringly on my back and I turned to looked at her with narrowed eyes. “Why am I even at your house? Why am I not at the Royal Heartland Hospital?”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHIyycDLWb
“It was my idea,” Lux chimed. “You said that terrorists were after you, so I figured that the palace would not be a good place to go. Lacey and I weren’t injured as bad as you two from the crash, so I called my mom and she retrieved us,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJ8QyHcRdq
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkd9aayPvd
“We had a bit of help from my godmother,” He said sheepishly. “She drove you guys back here and treated your wounds. She’s a certified doctor so she knows what she was doing,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkTeS2Mcf6
“Lux, Lacey,” Blair said. “The Princess must surely be tired from everything that happened. Can you two prepare her some food and bring her medication?”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJOXM3ZSLl
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZ1qWUm1YT
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWd8ROflXC
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64EWtTElzZ
“You’re weird.”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6DI1p8fRH
“Oh shut up!”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjAe41rVEv
They continued to bicker until their voices could no longer be heard down the hallway. I turned to look at Blair with expectancy. She took those two out of the room for a reason, and I bet it has something to do with her strange behavior after me mentioning my dream. “You know something about my dream, don’t you?”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eUuVAaKH0
She sighed deeply before facing me with a somber look. “I guess their is no hiding things from you. You were always so sharp, even as a child,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJL7kqt299
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJipznrQmH
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJT1nwcyShR
“What do you mean?” I pressed.945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytgZPp1Yvo
She sighed deeply again before slowly moving to sit on the edge of my bed. “That wasn’t a dream that you had, it was a memory,”945Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufJ9s6iCwA
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