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?997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveXxS9rm8L
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA4EOshvG2
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsBFbUaQmW
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvm3Ne4MsiK
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCgvYQJaTg
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.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNArXxxjcP0
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDMv4vbIYM
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUC3DLbtgW
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?"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMh2808RMhx
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHIlSTK9nM
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYdRxMSV4e
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxR31RKSCE
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCFmtiJyUq
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvngNPOlGKB
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhGA0Hz7X5
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2ASUCp3Yy
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPtDZJYdXA
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8v5RgfUO4
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORsRzjr2aj
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!997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdaoebnZK1
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmman2u2iGE
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pmqh3f4v5
"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.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDB9ClHGhK0
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,"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfSeJzCcRZ
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!997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08XXGkQEF2
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3393SwUynU
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKCSLLLAQH
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65j2jDtrxt
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuUFyovCRC
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.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCdYWeCRFh
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9T2vqwjQOr
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?997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDe9ldHVAK
“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!”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdeiog7ojM
“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.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Urpw65GBT
“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.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7heCxTNnT
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJQ3DXovmc
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.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNwekwe4HH
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCPipdPPMa
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?997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLlSpcFdy8
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.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3zH6MSqA0
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGCHYTB3Lw
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwyVFspFFy
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHnSotDSes
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.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB27tXQlOL
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwbfYNAxSr
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTdy3up6h0
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7Af8iiphM
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.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerOa0txDyP
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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.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXWDTBwXbK
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMG6EjSgdUg
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?”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWee9GxcHH
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9R5qTuqOwX
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTos3UJxki1
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguHmKR657k
“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,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGJIpRnfMU
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqq0yauWeoE
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjP7sxkEBxi
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfNGUov6AG
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3OTFZJXqX
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWVOlvlHQq
She stammered. “I-I-”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E1RGspIAC
“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?”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS45gVXKO5N
“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!”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIZktrsMhP
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtmIisGeia
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,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLieVjYKnMT
“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,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BhVVyKmiC
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiOMNWclCp
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?”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvHPj0KMxr
“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,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRA4EA4iChr
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaBfbCKLRC
“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,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Iwn5XUjFZ
“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?”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnvWauWRnx
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvRskyb8oB
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUCd7FzTd2
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkiTbtRCs7
“You’re weird.”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFeZSx6ygS
“Oh shut up!”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJRhFZ2j0o
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?”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVC9dKnD0h
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,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LJ6kIC0RP
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGb7WCsykc
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0m3ABE1uL
“What do you mean?” I pressed.997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWO0srbPzv
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,”997Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1xZkrtsoj
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