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?918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25Kg5lAFNY
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzW6q2Gamzb
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcMY0X7Ut8
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oq7dRpZsS
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbICBo4NV7
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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBK4rnbTanW
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DvY62E5Ip
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbghEAcOuFn
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?"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNDhE3AtPC
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUoUF4Gy4i
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNDsQJtDi4
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYAtS9nyjd
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRFg2rkjQq
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQp93GdayYy
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2J10MueIG
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUFNuE3TgN
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENadYSMVA6
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv75tTu4cJb
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyKmy4kmJJ
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!918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnCxmmEwj9
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSblDF6qlh
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkX7ZtpZWkC
"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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJeV13CBoV
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,"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3WscFfD91
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!918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1Hi6aahlC
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lEQDNea9q
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyufr9fOWnH
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpa4CtLrRcM
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglPHJHsVFH
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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdG8nOQeZ9w
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusXYrtdcfQ
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?918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BRUTCrM7F
“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!”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedAB5kZTsb
“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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXt6QGUq1Dq
“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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIR19yWJk5b
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoC8tv1wNB
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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmyRY0Geox
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAY17HhkLx
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?918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTcynObsuE
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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjT84rAwNi
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbDgBwHXor
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fNu7ijcvJ
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDt8EwxI5K
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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BQXUBpoST
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vDRiExZfG
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0SKRsHKXs
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SoUnRNjAg
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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnRx0enM5j
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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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwgxjzFMoT
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCKtjENpzU
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?”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9b2kwXo9qL
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHD37WfjPA
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafu0Qfn1M8
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFafO9igbX
“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,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBwcKo8V86
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUSq1qw8jP
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZd3NH2rnnI
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBr7Q0nUNDk
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzDyhZLXzF
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tahrs1oO6
She stammered. “I-I-”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlO6buFNJYQ
“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?”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJ7jQcXAPq
“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!”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFgYWpDJsK
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7F8omgKSo
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,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1iIIiQB0l
“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,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa37Q4wfXpH
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpzDrrv3BZ
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?”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0yfGP03NG
“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,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uc8OIz4eP
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaCeGRt9Xs
“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,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ07gzoHxXE
“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?”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjY0DE4uYU
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojVeqBFcmz
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uN2DCOuUa
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlauAD5PVO
“You’re weird.”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvbH3Z7juP
“Oh shut up!”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB00yFZOHEZ
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?”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZwI10CEI3
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,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AZjvAJqFY
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOzf7dLVk3
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylhsy1NjnL
“What do you mean?” I pressed.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZuxkVdVxq
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,”918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJccJ10fAhN
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