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?919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zRlYlROzk
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4fAPyKIzQ
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6fxIfMj4d
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMnWv2rufh
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGWmDC9wFd
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.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMqnts5u16
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwVSDBNDfP
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOGnYXPoQ6
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?"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTpyfoibJ4
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGVk9RuK0y
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxljH8jaUf6
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86X9qCKhJd
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNJhX4iAZn
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H9dilri3d
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycGsdBENzO
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8W1Rk8Bt6H
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBBCbzRqjl
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3y8pYRI1k
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZ4xBW3n4s
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!919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RmCL3Hu1A
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7AZg71JP0
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuTR0DoQoJ
"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.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeSjbCDas3
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,"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqECIdquxA
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!919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWjghfWUnw
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Mc6LPoGPG
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaqikaGNxx
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLplmzbgRl
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1H54n0Ghk0
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.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSTKCP9cV7
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6AspEUdKn
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?919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUc6fE8MMum
“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!”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡko9Kx9et19
“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.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrKoQ2PPiq
“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.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfCV1EkIW6
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0gDGifJFN
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.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTqdQPKcog
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrQiBHWaze
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?919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicLCShiBGq
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.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn2q1fsrRW
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbcGmNgLUn
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgM06Qa79gg
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEl0NU52sW
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.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJhFy7uH4Q
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqZTvzyVdM
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWyQ8u1Pf1
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm41amyJhcy
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.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7bnHekfsV
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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.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGQ2JRXml3
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJzau77BUL
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?”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhsGz2kQO1
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLLTTVAi80
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pmBhv0gFQ
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1eXj6oQcO
“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,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4wHBqDR5g
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3RM22cBDw
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4hEghU6XB
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZ37RhHaLF
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLrg5J5oQJ
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaP0j0XHAnB
She stammered. “I-I-”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUa65CCeOx5
“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?”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGruCGjDe1s
“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!”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYicTCNaMD
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iuciHO8cu
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,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyP3gQQTNX0
“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,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkWQqNaQ11
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00r2Wfvw0c
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?”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgui8bLI7TM
“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,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAQcuzyHIw
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcerSg6vCzR
“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,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmuENcgGf4
“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?”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOlSNJ7L0B
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcDaotbKWI
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFkvagT2T1
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PfcIglti6
“You’re weird.”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ254t1IYsgy
“Oh shut up!”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprXRkFbF54
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?”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7CJX4tgTm
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,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7adZ0HyyVo
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzYdMUxTny
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2qKWvH3Tr
“What do you mean?” I pressed.919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9vrm3y4Ox
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,”919Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTja8olU9d8
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