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?842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Mu4n8dEML
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqBL6yej4f
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTlc7J8R3q
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3W20E1jDO
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjnSO4PzlF
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.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3JnUH2RtD
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIHhGmiPEh
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ax4lEcqrW
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?"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmMkIYsT1a
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9KKJgmfSM
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8v6PZOZzj
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGzfxenip3
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMnwbxnL8l
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kllJlXpQh
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc91aXrBhhZ
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7kn6yGWZb
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5Qr8vwXWP
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzK1fZj1qRs
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUStheTNnKF
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!842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjHTzxb8iW
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNEFLURuUB
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbPW3l3ViP
"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.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LHRkhVOrK
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,"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSAuFUhO18
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!842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhupXuSr5o
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8Jf81mfcy
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDW1yrLVcc
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJYjutfQU3
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaG9MItTmc
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.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkJ4vMhbmG
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYa67J5qQ0
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?842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaUfwOrWkH
“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!”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk56iFBLbHk
“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.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xyYKWrSDH
“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.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnZJSGKijL
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TThJ1XJvG
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.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4io1aM5Nad
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmEalu2bzBM
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?842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHJZoK4w0B
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.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyGyrt3q0U
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFv1VHhvJDZ
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIi672Ne1j
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeDR2oP0Po
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.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtlxcj7jFw
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5Y6sok7iZ
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLN3t1acax
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡff2CDgJy4D
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.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf73nGV5ekB
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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.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQ3M6kC4Ff
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScMDWG7mC9
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?”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeDb1vBJFg
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OVU0LmuaR
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHxVExmGO2
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznfw4Aq1Ax
“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,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZt7QdQ720l
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6FFNS9zCt
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGypT2AOprQ
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgruiIKBZ6
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDp70Msv4YO
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JCYBMlNYV
She stammered. “I-I-”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOUjlhJQgd
“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?”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6KigJUcSY
“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!”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLkwLQNQTd
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmAqtFpHaN
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,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7LMgSS5by
“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,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHR4dh7dZ68
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvzOeaGoWQ
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?”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsU4AstVvvv
“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,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOIgMPld95
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcTbFfcdvq
“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,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUGP1Hrr6F
“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?”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuRJAYuttt
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OjRFaYvwa
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxvxE4XeIT
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUyRpfY0Wa
“You’re weird.”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWp3dhvB8cU
“Oh shut up!”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6p7pHPsT06
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?”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pkudIFwaZ
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,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDEyMbt1En
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpNqALz7dG
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaqa0rF7yM
“What do you mean?” I pressed.842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhXbYEvNnR
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,”842Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ117LMQKDM
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