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?889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4abGp0Avpo
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGVsafCZDd
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6VT26b10c
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWK9erxuXe
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCW7jRu7OIP
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.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fBMcqUiqS
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzH3R139uP
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGpdJE9XxH
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?"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLJqLYdUEI
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oJOvvKa89
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83QlEFcySm
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcsj3k9NAa
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEJizPzBF1
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkSdWka2ZC
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQgJKbPBIB
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IbbU1iAhw
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8lWOXMC2u
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbC6KqUJTU
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAUiMmFSTX
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!889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6v3znfmUl
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauMWhTOamS
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDH5guPaEHF
"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.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFL4xohP6um
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,"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEvgLXaBiI
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!889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMSalktunA
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmMinNkWxP
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37DbUNiJkz
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bHaOfErOv
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2UShDgxXl
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.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsiFEwgU2T
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtU2HiYOtkR
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?889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxdBN1482Z
“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!”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5wh2pT2HF
“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.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnmZztCPgc
“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.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfKeZTvE95
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMX38YqjQng
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.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevL0KvTT1u
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJQpOYSJEX
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?889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIJp6FpX92
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.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CyL6XmSfK
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8bazFVasB
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7isDgB00n
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRZ4No1l9k
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.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4HGRLuRS9
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFvTtbbdxG
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GM064XBIA
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXG4Y5VzoM
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.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dg4ZGLwY3
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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.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGI5Mbzuuin
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Myo8lUG39
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?”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FSrVQv4JH
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaW08htv63
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJ5XfonB9W
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qhpH3Zx2s
“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,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPqVotZODo
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYv3EKIZgA
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVbCSeBRFq
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6xjV6VDBk
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2nNrxmlup
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQShn5l0lRQ
She stammered. “I-I-”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Gw7ZmG7K0
“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?”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjevU4JoOac
“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!”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJzX2epmZR
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBi3VFP9rj
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,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPOtOqkDnl
“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,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoww4ypJj70
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yNlkrSdju
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?”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdjdLe476b
“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,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxp9TKReKKq
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcOhVK5HaG
“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,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgTmvmRq9f
“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?”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KUNpHdVNO
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUV2aMzsTnm
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GAO0duaaV
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWp4u6LR3Ul
“You’re weird.”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YkUUzoCen
“Oh shut up!”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHThkjyvO4r
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?”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRfiEqn4vy
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,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjECRE1zBCy
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED1uq7nsJP
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVl6ivY6vk
“What do you mean?” I pressed.889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IwIZuhtaC
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,”889Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIG4Zy3nI6P
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