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?942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs43QFuSqWt
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRRAlODd15
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreEttBfAzB
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0qSVJvoyJ
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NO3VJwwwy
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.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYB6rpQhqdE
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazhDhZZ4wa
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0FUvXRbV6
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?"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyAkGFO94i
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73QfZWr4fn
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbTVFSUXmp
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0rMjLxbi0
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMC593NCTK
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlL5BS18H1V
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFfkYux9y6
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkcwXkV43d
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSAJ83pxQp
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbsGCJErqH
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZkZPCir1S
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!942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXl8MtEGlpY
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK70XytcVpk
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4JYILwW0S
"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.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2EiWdZw56
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,"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXL0Tbeedyl
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!942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtXMFstlFH
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvKByKFtS5
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSXXvQFqRw
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaewQCZNyhr
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71t7TPNfB8
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.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YWvGaKKG0
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLeI6a1OdN
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?942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDiZBwuz2U
“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!”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9wLiihrDY
“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.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6lCZGVvRL
“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.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZROt45YO9b
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWYtmlbgiK
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.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZcZsqIYAJ
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GOXoHy8tm
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?942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYlAsmoEoY
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.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyFiKRzNOR
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNLuepvpgL
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4XdaXAK2Y
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8nsDKoQ0N
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.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtq3Y6EC2yo
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMv2FdFc4dp
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOHBnD6M9J
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZk0lh1bnTv
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.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJgp0QkSOA
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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.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgQDSSHsT8
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFHst1TgQ7
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?”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqBikNLEqZ
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2rRusTdH1
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkc6sg66GrL
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wUVgfYj82
“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,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnl7SZn0zT7
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0GtfrO3PN
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCR0pqAllEz
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4mxHYa0YB
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3zaVROk8M
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBZi4zUALL
She stammered. “I-I-”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5J9LVWGMs
“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?”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGZDr9Heyz
“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!”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7ylgQEFsl
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiT3IhVJWuP
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,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7P7HZU0oqK
“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,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj98m6paYnD
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yt9j45mdP
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?”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhULlBVbvmo
“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,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDi86idl2p
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jKW2JTpPo
“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,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0PLjIEqZu
“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?”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLdCoO8TlR
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KHUswdwpd
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRADV22pojE
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0Ql7utlkL
“You’re weird.”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7DQkhAT5I
“Oh shut up!”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJ1LCszTJt
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?”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgorB60TCRp
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,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12GCO5Y1ca
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtFKh7jhn2
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCA8IFctJae
“What do you mean?” I pressed.942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaDoDYgKDS
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,”942Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBz5cAvkqg
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