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?981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiEl8bbBwB
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenV7vCXMhw
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjddWs4ENk
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw5Uw5WqAY
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GGKcIvl8p
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.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxS4mLFxzKU
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqM5bb43RVx
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6hczkNKs6
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?"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy16tSeRW1A
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzEpNGBQjF
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfslKl7lmSY
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdZUgsBMnl
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxP6S1hYKW
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglo2FC8ZSJ
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWoh2m5buG
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWsA7L4DCI
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdQI25z0k2
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsV7RsqaXAa
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgx08xpQWa
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!981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6MzaOLtaX
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1t2hfkDPc
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxSaCK6THR
"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.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnvwQJJoEM
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,"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2U0BwMBStL
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!981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7BhlZwz9t
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNsHRpgjrl
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMQaenoc9m
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpnAmUWoUD
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTq6ffNQ0Ne
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.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVzSEQRIUp
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1GgSqxguI
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?981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDNkSwbIJ7
“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!”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSbwHVqb3c
“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.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3BpKP3tio
“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.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWGK2pFvvf
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezL6JdIPRC
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.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAn6k2JHYzi
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDyNza2otG
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?981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxrBKSbxhn
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.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJpIP2IuK7
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWnNmW0OH6
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVOcC3IArx
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNUUeCvd2q
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.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QG4Y9wbOq
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56ts2v51pb
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKvqXNXVtu
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYD7cg86V9d
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.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Aixjs4ou5
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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.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIFb2jbzxm
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LShgRUc9U
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?”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡop1yIhnioi
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjaQ1VjfTw
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7OTocEAEx
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtV5uXTy8BF
“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,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJss6ZorNo
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0mnqQSC2s
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwg4ZYdg5L
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVCza6hrsD
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlISqBJppNo
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvNtuQe0kc
She stammered. “I-I-”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5SZA1tEGj
“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?”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaWdGBuXSw
“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!”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jZHpx1aiq
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOj1QF82bK
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,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtozg9fAcRO
“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,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRZOQkAtJt
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPE9h6UDHR
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?”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaL6q8SWAH
“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,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj0vQIWHOx
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWsYYN8V4X
“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,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3oUYDE2pc
“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?”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqULegU5J1
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYURgdaL8ST
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNprjG3jrh
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJYWM0GZxL
“You’re weird.”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEs1bAzW1t
“Oh shut up!”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgExKaxjKVE
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?”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WJSarg4wF
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,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUAbIEgtGh
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LMThHYci7
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL0UDGD4KV
“What do you mean?” I pressed.981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCp9EhSHDhK
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,”981Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNVyYS8uDW
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