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?807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa53fTfGnZ7
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGPat3H2R6
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNR5i25uAl
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYCF95Mp9e
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaAi7BUXCc
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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkp15UucKIs
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvxLZ0M2xa
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xbJQcdfW2
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?"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvjxWt49a6
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMjkiIyukG
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCJaYxn504
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0DEewI2Qn
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fCM9gSMq9
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljne67VW22
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFY91vWKAnw
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ygY9r8qe3
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSqyzXRO6t
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEA5tIrqyqV
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zIHHxqp1U
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!807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEQVD9tUGW
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPO2GslnG2
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjrLa2Ej58
"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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ba1EGvFjE
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,"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2XWheP6bO
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!807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBCVpx92jO
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDzpvHMk2W
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUDcdqgq79
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RwNpQgD7q
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLR81EOu6oc
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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOKy0lZMnQ
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXy7FvPTYMZ
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?807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJm2Kgg8pFw
“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!”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fjXxAf0gH
“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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGd7B70oQkD
“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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO3ZW8JpV1
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GkzrVwBB7
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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoggNfTCmg
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlgeUqatYq
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?807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGSTBHoJv3
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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOelmS124z9
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsaKTnrO0K
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlNIRU2fed
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQc8NWmACfe
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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nQJsxTqZL
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS876Agv0Qy
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7cCPLPqVl
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsk9iEmGzgv
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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgko7AZXSkC
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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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuU2uIVkV2H
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdL7xAH2EF
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?”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo49GVnWzGT
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8w9rCfFXL
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUioBDA0Wp
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ69hEluyeL
“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,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1gLz6hXmK
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyQ4aR1Rx6
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpV0dsIRIH
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5QOxBqD1U
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyidM6nTUu
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDGC2FqsXN
She stammered. “I-I-”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsfRSeWLwN
“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?”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3nioFdgx8
“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!”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe93x6v9rhT
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVWFxFLhVw
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,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiNR3CUmWz
“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,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TwBztQdjB
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogvPYP71ui
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?”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hI6zqVfWt
“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,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLNXnBLXfD
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Zke9H6NE5
“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,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwnH8Yg3Y7
“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?”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebyYQR9Tdy
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMc8Xnl6PaC
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6DuHV71dP
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMo8gAI9d3d
“You’re weird.”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxi4UFyQ6PV
“Oh shut up!”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9DZwZvtNL
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?”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktZb1cIfUG
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,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHHSxkvCQ2
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkV3ecvNBAe
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBuoTUaluP
“What do you mean?” I pressed.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwPZ0FrW4I
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,”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnPXBgub43
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