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?801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SQX87LMk0
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWFpjPHnFS
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkigYhS1Zie
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFy8X25PS4
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmgp7Wcj8w
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdIhJ7dCtp
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRvs9bMQLF
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJEqB56OHI
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?"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsLc41h0eM
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVelnyY8XE
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILTEvz3jAS
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeIjej3O7w
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0mNMHmCY9
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHADH5BH67Y
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqb9BaPB91
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28QflogQDH
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8YL6n3hpD
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqJDAqPpzl
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRjTUEU0jf
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!801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TCx0cdp8H
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSNnMxhUGm
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc2coKM21D
"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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgEYwrzUNH
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,"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gNTe0A5Ly
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!801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDPXMEmZpq
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaCmhVB6So
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsF3aSRvqF
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBlHFnC3Ep
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrTfadid8R
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLbiUxUjGy
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYWxIH9oaI
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?801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9hVxgD2Gi
“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!”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KGzwfWBAO
“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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1Kdqe22a5
“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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9jwDUjjvz
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAblrdTDR1
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaX5pVjTzF
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp0x4XQEZU
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?801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUYb803co4
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcilxsqIhnS
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAweEdkJit
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAEJhQtF34
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtmog2hilu
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDbOn235rG
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefdKvrRdP4
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyvzEWthxZ
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1tqRC7Bzr
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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpaERM3NB2
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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.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5owkt4wUG
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoR17gyUIy
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?”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UZlzGlg98
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrHhOmJu9E
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hPaCquSZW
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROq4mRBUOe
“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,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAheGa43pk
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFES6cAfYJM
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCJFxQi7m1
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KOnSFQ1Yg
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZIGGEwvPp
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcnqJiTwVE
She stammered. “I-I-”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4HOEialIQ
“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?”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHvgsrKO1r
“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!”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTcTGnb8Ji
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZA88WBS0e
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,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVrTzAw1pM
“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,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2jyNeBmdF
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQXqZAvII7
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?”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvr96iVehM
“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,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7e5IoeYCg
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuah7bEsX82
“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,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9ByezPM0H
“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?”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeYMIjkz6B
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRI0KQ03eu
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0riANqptzP
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqGh9MfkLv
“You’re weird.”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxowIlIZ5u
“Oh shut up!”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92xFZC64w8
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?”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8sBcezL8Z
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,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgMHU5mRy3
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeKV9yuH21
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpWovZ2leM
“What do you mean?” I pressed.801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMNKQqP6Qh
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,”801Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHzopiHzzu
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