We had almost spent every day together. It was the most beautiful week in my whole life. I had always thought that I would always be alone but there I was, walking in the beautiful sunset hand in hand with someone I loved, and he loved me back.240Please respect copyright.PENANAASLOank3Bk
“It was such a beautiful day today” I said with a sigh.
“I only thought it was beautiful because I got to spend it with you” he said squeezing my hand with a smile.
I blushed. I went out to lunch with him, much to Racheal’s objection who wanted me to help her create a new canteen menu, one that apparently matched American customs.240Please respect copyright.PENANATR4n84DphJ
“Racheal will probably lecture me about it tomorrow” I said rolling my eyes with a laugh.240Please respect copyright.PENANAyoMPVFl51S
“I don’t understand why you tolerate her, she is so... arrogant.” He asked.240Please respect copyright.PENANAt6BpLRt3Y8
I sighed. Things had become so much easier over the past few weeks. Between Alice and Jayden, so much light had been brought back in my life. I remember that when the cast list came out for the musical my heart sank. The same girl for the past three years had been chosen for the lead. I was so disappointed that I lied to myself and pretended as if I never even auditioned. I acted happy for Anna, but somewhere deep inside I knew she didn’t deserve it. I never would of imagined that the role would fall to me after all I had been through.240Please respect copyright.PENANA4Wbr590cJj
“She’s helped me through some pretty tough times” I said placing my head on his shoulder, “she may be a pain, but she’s a loyal friend”.240Please respect copyright.PENANARC9NE6yTPE
He laughed at me and I smiled. That moment was perfect… but it wasn’t to last. A sudden noise made my head pop up. Shivers went up my spine as if someone or something was watching me. The air became cold as I looked up at the darkening sky. Something was coming, and was going to destroy the peaceful world that I longed for.240Please respect copyright.PENANAyLPruwf2th
*240Please respect copyright.PENANAbj0PqQgM8s
“You have to tell me every detail!” Racheal exclaimed. We were in Mrs Marson’s class, ironically who was Racheal’s mum and was one of the strictest teachers in the whole school…well to everyone but Racheal.240Please respect copyright.PENANAPH3FPHXHa2
“Please be quiet” I asked in a whisper, “you’ll get me into trouble”240Please respect copyright.PENANAM4nJ7kvjsV
“Come on, I’m your best friend! you have to tell me everything!” Racheal whined.240Please respect copyright.PENANAzFxpDowMo0
“Racheal, were in the middle of class…” I began before Mrs Marson kicked my desk.240Please respect copyright.PENANA3z3PTDS57A
“Hazel! Detention!” she shouted, “I will not have talking in my class”240Please respect copyright.PENANA1vjSqqepyW
“But…I-I” I interjected.240Please respect copyright.PENANAqc1CWSphsk
“Are you talking back to me?” she asked turning away from me.240Please respect copyright.PENANAytnJSUguhS
“N-no… it’s just”240Please respect copyright.PENANAvlNDCtVchD
“I will not be made a mockery of in my own class!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAR4NYnD95sY
“I-I-I, Racheal was talking to me, I didn’t want to disturb…” I stuttered.240Please respect copyright.PENANAW8oFb0AWbN
“And now you blame my daughter!” Mrs Marson screamed breaking her ruler on my desk, “I want you OUT of my class!”240Please respect copyright.PENANANLAKE4r2HF
“I-I’m s-s-sorry”240Please respect copyright.PENANAgIPJYLICWF
“After school you will be forced to attend to attend to my private garden! Now OUT”240Please respect copyright.PENANAlQj8PDrPrg
The whole room gasped. Anyone who went into the Marson garden always came out with some kind of injury.240Please respect copyright.PENANAsm7wh0Pl29
“I SAID OUT!”240Please respect copyright.PENANA7mhwlyAhni
I got out of my seat and ran out of the room.240Please respect copyright.PENANADW0m8swH5K
*240Please respect copyright.PENANA7g2cWEYTqc
Alice and Racheal also had detention, given to them by Mr Barnes, our Psychology teacher. However they did not have to clear out a hazardous green house. I wished I could have had a normal, writing lines kind of detention.240Please respect copyright.PENANATzxXGqe0m8
I held a lily in my hand. Mrs Marson had left a sticky note on the door saying…240Please respect copyright.PENANAzoxq2IVpUJ
You are to attend to my lily garden. Remove any weeds and cut off the ones with multiple thorns. I expect it to be immaculate!240Please respect copyright.PENANAKPtHVkMgOA
I scrunched the petals of the delicate flower as tears began to wash over. Why was it that my heart ached when the beautiful lily blossoms, why was it that I couldn’t even bare to hear their name. I ripped the petals angrily as gentle footsteps came up behind me.240Please respect copyright.PENANApCUTPHMjyT
“You haven’t changed at all, my dear Hazel” a voice called.240Please respect copyright.PENANAoWVHuMqDkb
I turned to see a young girl with flowing black hair. Her lips curled into a displeasing smile with blue eyes full of hate. I looked into her eyes and my heart jutted in pain. Something in me wanted to get up and rip her to threads like the petals that fell onto my lap. I dropped my glance; I just couldn’t bear to look in her eyes240Please respect copyright.PENANATxiSm8xuKg
“Do I still sicken you?” she asked inclining her head, “shall we settle this once and for all?”240Please respect copyright.PENANAfpgG3ONcsl
I sighed and got to my feet, brushing the dirt off my skirt. “Who are you?” I asked as my hair drifted in the wind.240Please respect copyright.PENANAKY4XknqPUN
She laughed evilly. “Come now, how could you forget your own twin sister?” she said glaring me down with a frown, “You really are despicable!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAcO19ZuGKO3
Black feathered wings sprouted from her back and filled the glistening sky. Vines of sharp thorns grasped me around my limbs. I whimpered as the thorns dug into my skin. I tried to resist but the vines pulled me into the air.240Please respect copyright.PENANAiQGJ9Vb68E
The girl continued to laugh, “Dear me, you’ve become weak. It’s almost boring for me to do anything to you.”240Please respect copyright.PENANA9n0UlUDcrN
I couldn’t move, my breath became tight in my chest.240Please respect copyright.PENANA2N6pJ0PNvj
“However, I will still enjoy watching you die painfully”240Please respect copyright.PENANA4KIZNAuVbn
“Lilly, let go of Hazel now!” a voice called.240Please respect copyright.PENANAmf5brFBgTL
I slightly turned my head to see Alice and Racheal running toward me.240Please respect copyright.PENANAPl09BLxVho
The girl laughed as the vines tightened around my neck.240Please respect copyright.PENANAhtEC99PNjC
“Well if it isn’t Alice, the servant of the Myrian”240Please respect copyright.PENANAfB72tQHmlW
“Whoa, another freaky person,” Racheal exclaimed, looking at the vines coming out of the ground, “Hazel, do you know this person from somewhere?”240Please respect copyright.PENANAPUruzvW8h1
“Even your friends are pathetic” the girl frowned looking towards me out of the corner of her eyes, “I am Lilly Emilya, Hazel’s twin sister”240Please respect copyright.PENANAYuHooEeUoJ
It was silent for a while; no one made a single move.240Please respect copyright.PENANA00NwqfB5vt
“She must be dead too!” Racheal exclaimed.240Please respect copyright.PENANAvhLwIYyxKH
“Wow!” Lilly said sarcastically.240Please respect copyright.PENANAcKaZZGWe5T
“Enough!” Alice called, “I will not let you hurt Hazel”240Please respect copyright.PENANAKah818DNLD
After she spoke, four small crystals shot towards me in the form of daggers. They cut through the vines, releasing my limbs from Lilly’s grasp.240Please respect copyright.PENANAq5OQh2FgAb
How did she do that? I thought as I struggled to get on my feet. My body ached in pain as I watched Alice pick up a shovel and Lilly draw out a long pointed sword.240Please respect copyright.PENANAf81I6bOHS5
“Hazel! Run!” Alice shouted.240Please respect copyright.PENANApW14NTwxKc
I reluctantly obeyed, as the pain began to fade, I ran as fast as I could away from the scene. How could I possibly have a sister? I thought. It occurred to me that my mother never mentioned this girl, properly because of how she felt when I returned from the dead. Many questions about Lilly circled my mind but were diminished by the dark voice in my head,240Please respect copyright.PENANALbBm4dOPSf
What are you doing you idiot! I’d never run from a fight!240Please respect copyright.PENANAECrtBiAygG
“But I do!” I said out loud without thinking.240Please respect copyright.PENANACmkeCW5taA
And that’s why you will never amount up to anything.240Please respect copyright.PENANAkpJ1j2EvLZ
I stood in place. The voice in my head was right. It was gutless of me to leave Alice and Racheal in danger. Moments late I heard Alice scream. Without looking I grabbed the nearest object near me and ran back as fast as I could. I made it back just in time to watch Lilly prepare for the final blow.240Please respect copyright.PENANAhzz7XT2W5K
“Did you really think…?” Lilly laughed maliciously, “That you, a mere servant could defeat me?”240Please respect copyright.PENANA6NLiUfg2Hz
As Lilly began her attack, I ran up to her and wacked her over the head with the object. Lilly’s weapon fell to the ground with a clang. As she turned around to face me she fell over Alice’s feet, who had rolled out of the way to eventually stand up.240Please respect copyright.PENANA7V9viyuCnT
“That's the Hazel I know” Lilly laughed, unable to get up, “always attacking me from behind”.240Please respect copyright.PENANA8QSAQ9Fhha
“Yeah…? Well I’ll do it again if you move!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAfmCPVuX2CF
“I know when I’ve been defeated, alright I give up”240Please respect copyright.PENANA5INcTsUGCy
“Huh…” Alice said now standing next to me. She was thinking the same thing I was. Victory seemed a little too easy. We stood over Lilly with a stern look.240Please respect copyright.PENANAzNRdiwwVcA
“Hazel, you’re a freak!” Racheal called. I had completely forgotten that she was there and somehow managed to be left completely unscratched.240Please respect copyright.PENANArhLiKzrnHb
“What?” I asked.240Please respect copyright.PENANA9L8FarAPUc
“A normal person, especially a girl, couldn’t hold a on object like that!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAFmGkuh1pmu
I looked down at my hands I didn’t take the time to notice what I had grabbed. A held a rather large metal pole that probably once was used to hold up the glass house when it was being built.240Please respect copyright.PENANAlRaakoDqEM
“Well now that that’s over why don’t you two head home together” Alice said.240Please respect copyright.PENANAqiT7q9mp9Q
“WHAT?!” Lilly and I shouted.240Please respect copyright.PENANAvDdwZX83h6
“There is no way I’m taking home a psycho maniac who tried to kill me”240Please respect copyright.PENANA2MrRLeqSJd
“Nope, not going to happen” Lilly was now standing next to me with her arms crossed.240Please respect copyright.PENANAb1hjiw4plu
“Wow! That escalated quickly!” Racheal laughed240Please respect copyright.PENANAJBo9JynKpL
“But don’t you want to see your mother Lilly?” Alice asked, “And Hazel, wouldn’t you like someone to talk to when you’re at home?”240Please respect copyright.PENANAaHsqwdpQ5h
Lilly and I turned to look each other and growled.240Please respect copyright.PENANAfy1cntHtfw
“Fine…!”240Please respect copyright.PENANArgwH5DNakS
"what is with this plotline! its moving so quickly" Racheal laughed with a goofy smile.240Please respect copyright.PENANAL5ytLIQKq7
*240Please respect copyright.PENANAeP7w47yl20
“Can I just say how much I despise you” Lilly growled as we walked home together.240Please respect copyright.PENANAIRVcxIWRrM
“Yeah, well you’ve said that eight times already” I said rolling my eyes, “besides I’m against this too, I don’t appreciate people who try to kill me!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAR00fez3Hxc
“You should be used to it!”240Please respect copyright.PENANA8pC8strdTW
“How could I be used to something when I only knew you existed today!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAsv452XlQr2
“Oh, ouch”240Please respect copyright.PENANACCOOTmI9fD
I groaned. Why did I have to have a sister who was such a bitch? I couldn’t help the feeling that I just wanted to kick her in the head.240Please respect copyright.PENANA9UTQBKpgNF
“If you don’t appreciate me at least mother will!” she said sticking her nose up in the air.240Please respect copyright.PENANAcih1AApNIP
“Ha good luck with that!” I scoffed, “she hasn’t spoken directly to me in six years! Expect the same treatment!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAf8P9AWrNeO
“I don’t think I will,” she smirked finally lowering her voice, “you may not remember, but mother always preferred me over you”240Please respect copyright.PENANAhgIRQPwjB3
“But aren’t we twins?” I asked.240Please respect copyright.PENANAC1cuXEta3D
“Yes, but I look more like mother, you look like Dad”240Please respect copyright.PENANAxgqMqyUK98
I sighed, “I really don’t care Lilly, besides the past doesn’t make a difference”240Please respect copyright.PENANAunxuo7bdVY
“You wouldn’t say that if you were the one who had been forgotten”240Please respect copyright.PENANABa6gILCHf3
“Can you blame me? Our parents hardly talk to me, so they’ve never mentioned you”240Please respect copyright.PENANAxvX10cjbdD
Lilly rolled her eyes and looked in the opposite direction. “Well, maybe it’s for the best, now you won’t remember the horrible things I’ve done to you”240Please respect copyright.PENANAOgb9mMATZA
“Like What!” I shouted.240Please respect copyright.PENANAnP9sVXwHC9
“I won’t tell you!”240Please respect copyright.PENANA6wfy9Q0z4Z
I sighed as I looked up at the cloudy sky.240Please respect copyright.PENANAKMuvt0242W
“It really doesn’t matter; I have too much going on in my life to care about the past”240Please respect copyright.PENANAw4eSuwSx64
“Humph, you wouldn’t say that if you knew the past” Lilly muttered.240Please respect copyright.PENANA3vxdLU5zUO
“What’s that supposed to mean” I asked.240Please respect copyright.PENANA1RlZTi1Ysi
Lilly just simply raised her eyebrows giving me a sideways glance.240Please respect copyright.PENANAjRKAZJzMLy
“Right… you won’t tell me”240Please respect copyright.PENANAQxN84cs4Ui
Lilly sighed, “You seem different. The Hazel I knew wouldn’t have given up so easily, she would have pinned me down and threatened to gouge my eyes out unless I told her”240Please respect copyright.PENANAl7oJKH7wwI
I gasped in shock, “that is absolutely barbaric! That doesn’t sound like me at all!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAU1yTJX4KdP
It couldn’t be… I thought. Not knowing the past frightened me, I had no idea who I actually was and it scared me. I look around at the people around me, who claim they know me, but how could I trust them when I couldn’t even trust myself. I walked silently looking down for a while. I saw Lilly looking at me with a worrying glance out of the corner of my eye. For a moment I thought that she seemed to care but when she saw me looking at her, she shook her head and a crooked grin appeared across her face.240Please respect copyright.PENANAZHVLonpB4f
“Ha, it’s fun to watch you struggle like that, but deep down you know that you are nothing without the past.” She said as we walked through the front gate, “wow it really hasn’t changed”240Please respect copyright.PENANACL30sbZrqH
“Perhaps not exterior” I muttered as I opened the front door.240Please respect copyright.PENANAnSl0UlliRx
“And what hour do you call this!” my mother shouted, “Just where have you been!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAHsEa0q5y7x
“I apologize, madam,” I said with a bow, “I was attacked by an annoying and viciously large crow”240Please respect copyright.PENANABc6nqL3Z6w
“I do not appreciate such…” she said but trailed off once Lilly walked through the door.240Please respect copyright.PENANAS7xXvkk7gs
“A crow…? Well that’s new” she said and looked up at our mother and smiled, “Hello mother!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAEeGTtHpDD5
“Lilly!” my mother screamed running towards her and knocking me backwards.240Please respect copyright.PENANAi6JyUCv7a6
I felt my heart break into a million pieces, I never received that reaction when she saw me. Lilly was right, and I couldn’t help but feel neglected.240Please respect copyright.PENANArNhGjLkhUM
“What do you think you are staring at?!” Mother growled, “You are to go to bed immediately, I don’t want to have to look upon you”240Please respect copyright.PENANAyBgbasDvn6
I calmly stood up and bowed, trying my best to hold beck my tears. I walk quickly to my room, shut the door and sighed. I stood with my back against the door until I could hold it in any longer.240Please respect copyright.PENANAMSFwALn9L3
Crying, I threw myself upon the bed. I couldn’t bring myself to move from there. Eventually I managed to cry myself to sleep.240Please respect copyright.PENANAviPvfvrUrW
*240Please respect copyright.PENANASHuwm8axD5
Lilly stood proudly on the balcony looking out at the small town she grew up in. For once in her life she felt on top of the world. She finally had an advantage over her high achieving sister. With her memories gone, Lilly realised that she no longer had to scream out to be seen behind Hazel’s shadow.240Please respect copyright.PENANA9qD0EhxAhT
“Lilly” a voice called. She turned to see Alice standing behind her.240Please respect copyright.PENANA9BJtlCWYe9
“How did you get up here?” Lilly asked, “it’s not like you can fly or anything”240Please respect copyright.PENANAMh8oUxXuXv
“I have my ways”240Please respect copyright.PENANA5rBjsFRyO5
They stood there silently, gazing each other down to intimidate one another.240Please respect copyright.PENANAvypwZop0hJ
“What are you doing here Lilly?”240Please respect copyright.PENANA5jHeX9Ztm2
“Oh” she said with a smile. She knew what Alice meant. She only wanted to protect her friend, or even had her own interior motives.240Please respect copyright.PENANAmEHpXUb2aZ
“You don’t need to worry Alice” Lilly laughed as she flew into the dark sky, “I have no intention of following the will of the king”240Please respect copyright.PENANATZjdrJhmso
*240Please respect copyright.PENANAZLsPV7B7OJ
“I didn’t think you would be the kind of person who would have a sister!” Racheal said with her usual arrogant tone.240Please respect copyright.PENANAv9iAtsv8Cj
“Anyone could have a sister Racheal” I sighed. We were walking down the halls as she spoke of Lilly. It had been weeks since I met my twin sister. I had distanced myself from everyone, even from Jayden. The only person who I couldn’t get away from was the only person in the entire universe that would claim that anyone who didn’t participate in valentines in the next week is 'Uncultured.'240Please respect copyright.PENANAdQcnjtGpCT
“I mean, why she would show up so close to valentines does she not have a heart”240Please respect copyright.PENANAfo5DVDz7Px
“Racheal can we change the subject.” I said. It wasn’t that I didn’t want anyone’s company, it was just I was in no mood keep up with casual conversation when my life was crumbling around me. To be hated by your parents while your twin was adored was something no one had to go through.240Please respect copyright.PENANAlMhWvk32GU
“Oh I see how it is!” she growled, “you get a boyfriend and a sister and suddenly you’re better than me!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAdakiufbUgL
“No that’s not…” I began.240Please respect copyright.PENANA9MEJhm7TsC
“I can’t believe you! You’re such a bitch dumping your best friend! If you had one oncer of respect you’d stop acting so shit and pay attention to me”240Please respect copyright.PENANAbANXxLPwmK
Sudden rage burst from within me, I could control my anger and I snapped.240Please respect copyright.PENANAR4DhFUjSae
“I DON’T GIVE A SHIT RACHEAL!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAfVyGsUqNIx
I stood looking at her silently. I have never gotten so mad in all my life.240Please respect copyright.PENANAe9oUPeQM6K
Something’s wrong with you the voice in my head growled, nice to see you finally have a backbone240Please respect copyright.PENANA54GfaZQZZD
“Yeah well” Racheal said, “Why should I listen to some moron who can hardly remember her own name.”240Please respect copyright.PENANAX4Iuxc4wVq
I felt as if someone punched me in the heart.240Please respect copyright.PENANAeUwyWbQNmP
“I never thought I’d hear you say that.” I said as I ran away. Tears began to flow as I ran down the halls. I ran pasted Jayden, who looked at me with wary eyes. He hesitated but grabbed me.240Please respect copyright.PENANAChhwDekN7I
“Hey what’s wrong” he asked. as much as I wanted to cry into his arms I just couldn’t bear to face him.240Please respect copyright.PENANAu4Xi8Qrx58
“Sorry Jayden” I said releasing myself from his grip, “I can’t right now.” I continued running until I was no longer in sight not realising how off colour and off balance Jayden looked.240Please respect copyright.PENANAR7oVJUlX4I
I ran out of the gate as fast as I could. I was sick of being clueless about who I was. It was a curse I could escape. Not knowing anything was scary, as if I couldn’t control my future unless I discovered the unknown. After running a great distance, I managed to climb a small building away from the prying eyes. I felt the breeze flow gently through my hair slowly calming me down. I had stopped crying almost as soon as I stood from the great height. Hours passed as I looked towards the drifting clouds.240Please respect copyright.PENANAB3hoVJOtvz
“Hazel…Are you okay?” someone called from behind. I turned to see Alice standing behind me; I said nothing and turned away.240Please respect copyright.PENANAKccLZZmxHY
“Look, the past might be unclear to you know but you never know it might return to you.” Alice said, smiling like she always does walking to kneel next to me.240Please respect copyright.PENANA960r3RufGU
“I know…” I said after a while, “I just have a hard time accepting reality”240Please respect copyright.PENANAKdMlTjkliR
“Hazel…”240Please respect copyright.PENANA86WRWG3cHM
I shook my head and smiled, “come on… let’s go home.” It was unfair of me to show my emotions, it was usually up to me to keep my life as level headed as possible.240Please respect copyright.PENANA8FUS3ccZ92
As Alice began to walk away my vision began to blur with tears. I whipped them away and sighed. The few hours I spent up there alone made me reconsider my situation. Even though I felt upset about how things turned out, I knew I had to move on. There were so many good things in my life that were happening, I realised that I would miss out on them if I got lost into the thought that my past is blind to me.240Please respect copyright.PENANAgtcGNgtN3g
“It'll be ok Hazel” a voice called. I turned behind me but no one was there. Suddenly a sharp pain shot through my head. I stepped back clutching my forehead.240Please respect copyright.PENANA3KSauwnrhm
“Hazel” Alice called, but it was too late. I slipped. Alice tried to catch me as I fell off the building but our hands missed by an inch.240Please respect copyright.PENANAWI7uNS31xm
“Hazel!” Alice screamed.240Please respect copyright.PENANAktUOuwrIbe
I sighed. A fall like this wouldn’t cause any harm to me but I still feared the impact.240Please respect copyright.PENANAOANqMZNOUq
Hazel! The voice echoed. I looked up to where I had fallen from. An image of a man appeared before me, a man with blue eyes and dark brown hair.240Please respect copyright.PENANAHT8MbkkSKM
“Gene…” I whispered as I closed my eyes moments before I hit the ground.240Please respect copyright.PENANANEBtFz02nZ
*240Please respect copyright.PENANAVsFzf3aZ9i
I sat alone under the tall oak tree. I was ten years old; I was lost and confused as tears rolled down my cheeks. One minute I was with my father and then the next thing I knew, after a loud booming noise I was in some strange place. Many people walked past and whispered as their pitch black eyes stared me down. The wind blew gently and gave me a chill. No one came to see if I was okay; it was as if there was an invisible wall between us. I sat there alone for what seemed like days until a tall hooded man walked up to me.240Please respect copyright.PENANApoRkCr63wd
“Are you okay sweet heart” he asked.240Please respect copyright.PENANAPbLe1bFRjy
I shivered, I was so afraid I could hardly move.
He sighed and removed the hood covering his face. He had dazzling blue eyes like mine, with extremely dark brown bangs that nearly covered his eyes.240Please respect copyright.PENANADnrtIPznbw
“You must be new here,” he said with a smile, “when did you arrive?”240Please respect copyright.PENANAPkWWnDYDvy
“A-a few days” I stuttered through my sobs, “w-where am I? W-where’s my Dad?”240Please respect copyright.PENANAj460HurQSB
“My Dear this is the land of the dead, Eternitia,” he said, “your father would be in the land of the living. I’m the ruler of this land, my name is Gene Reaper, but you probably know me as the Grim Reaper”240Please respect copyright.PENANAF8PQsd82Ob
“Oh no… I d-died?” I looked down at my hands. They were shaking as I looked up at the kind man.240Please respect copyright.PENANAI2UD8Pf03f
He simply sighed with a gentle smile.240Please respect copyright.PENANAiFEBs79WkD
“Don’t worry” he said holding out his hand, “I will look after you”240Please respect copyright.PENANAczS9Ll2Gb3
I whipped my tears and grabbed his hand. He squeezed it tight. We walked together for a while. The kingdom was so beautiful with sparkling cities and amazing green meadows. Everyone looked at me strangely as we walked by.240Please respect copyright.PENANAsv0j4PY0Q8
“Do they hate me?” I asked, “did I do something wrong?”240Please respect copyright.PENANAuEhO0sMJsB
“No, they just haven’t met anyone like you before.” He replied, “If it ever troubles you just remember this. You are the light of our world, no matter what they say.”240Please respect copyright.PENANA5qNmyqBcyM
I gave a weak smile, “but will anyone ever love me like my parents did?”240Please respect copyright.PENANAcQFPkG34Oq
“Yes,” he said as he gave me a comforting pat on the head, “because I will love you as if you were my own daughter”240Please respect copyright.PENANAnlXGQlabI2
“Thankyou your majesty” I said, regaining my strength.240Please respect copyright.PENANADic5TNdoGN
“Just call me Gene” he said smiling.240Please respect copyright.PENANAwPSW9BldRd
“Thank you! Gene!” I replied smiling back up at him.240Please respect copyright.PENANA2CinrCVMY8
*240Please respect copyright.PENANAvUzN4dAFnM
I slowly opened my eyes. Alice stood over me and smiled.240Please respect copyright.PENANAulRLiMmS0B
“Hi!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAnRfkkGpsiS
I sat up and rubbed my head.240Please respect copyright.PENANAblFoClyzrR
“How long was I out?” I asked.240Please respect copyright.PENANAKroNSZj4wf
“Only a few hours” Alice replied.240Please respect copyright.PENANAOIZ5sukKKF
I looked around the room to see Lilly impatiently sitting in the corner.240Please respect copyright.PENANALN9PXwiNrh
Perhaps she does cares? I thought. When she caught my gaze she snarled and rolled her eyes.240Please respect copyright.PENANAzxG5avtZay
“You seemed so peaceful” Alice smiled sitting down on the bed, “what were you dreaming about?”240Please respect copyright.PENANA0YTYd7SsJM
Dreaming? No, even then, I knew those moments before I opened my eyes were too real just too only be dreams.240Please respect copyright.PENANAoCI3WQA4ED
I sighed, “I was reliving the time I met the Grim Reaper”240Please respect copyright.PENANAtL5ZjbqhRp
Alice’s eyes went wide as Lilly gasped.240Please respect copyright.PENANAIPUdigKgiE
“Did... have you regained your memories?” Lilly asked with a slight crooked smile.240Please respect copyright.PENANAngMTtcT0mm
“No,” I answered shacking my head “only that”240Please respect copyright.PENANAYyb5U3Kdos
“Don’t worry” Alice said with a nervous smile, “I’m sure they’ll return eventually”240Please respect copyright.PENANAdXoJbjkHVp
“Perhaps I don’t need them to.” I said with a smile. I looked up from my hands, a new sort of confidence swept over me.240Please respect copyright.PENANA44IZxDbdpQ
“I realised that if I spent so much time searching for the past I’ll miss all the good things that are happening right now. You, my family and Jayden… I’d miss everything that is really important to me”240Please respect copyright.PENANAt3EfhvgPkz
Alice smiled, “That’s the Hazel we know and love”240Please respect copyright.PENANAilZhe8DB9b
I laughed, everything was perfect, and for that moment in time the past wouldn’t make my life happier, only the wonderful people who I knew would always be there for me.240Please respect copyright.PENANA0HwxYJpFUs
“Well I better get going!” Alice smiled from ear to ear, “I’ll see you guys tomorrow!”240Please respect copyright.PENANAMz2r63PXY1
As she left I smiled at Lilly, but she closed her eyes and ignored me.240Please respect copyright.PENANA6gwidUjo0a
“Perhaps even we could ignore the feelings of the past and become friends, Lilly” I asked with hope, “you still piss me off for some reason, but I’ll probably get over it eventually”240Please respect copyright.PENANAypyeUJ1lDs
Lilly laughed softly as she walked away from me.240Please respect copyright.PENANAdC7YKZzYjm
“I really wouldn’t get your hopes up about this ‘love’ business,” she said as she stepped into the frame of door, “you are destined to be alone for eternity”240Please respect copyright.PENANAuqKR4Qaifv
She left the room leaving me alone and confused.240Please respect copyright.PENANAqIVuvr2JHv
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The king stood on his balcony, proud and strong. Everything was falling into place. He looked over his kingdom, no longer the peaceful place it used to be. The blues sky was filled with dark cloud and the soft green grass had become brown and withered as all of the citizens lived in devastation. Not that he cared, he enjoyed seeing their pain. No one could destroy his proud dictatorship, except for that princess who escaped. The king gritted his teeth, how could he have been so blind to let her slip through his fingers. Not only would he ruin his new kingdom but she was a great asset to help take over the other realms. Her power could bring down any creature that dared stand against him.240Please respect copyright.PENANA9Bk2gw6IpD
“Your majesty, I require your conference” a voice called from behind him.240Please respect copyright.PENANAkwrmknwbow
He turned to see his cloaked servant in a bow.240Please respect copyright.PENANA82W51ANLLP
“Ah, I see you have returned” he said looking down upon her, “I hope you bring good news”240Please respect copyright.PENANA0UzeYAjNdV
“Indeed,” she said with a crooked smile, “I have found the princess at Maylene Secondary College”240Please respect copyright.PENANAPV9LgWNWbf
The king walked over to his throne. His black eyes glared at his servant as his dark hair blew in the rough wind. “So where is she?” he said with a growl.240Please respect copyright.PENANArGrJSj83Nb
“I have acquired a dilemma,” she said rising to gaze at the king, “she is surrounded by multiple humans and this is the sort of thing we want to keep on a low profile”240Please respect copyright.PENANARxkDXf7Y5E
He kind exhaled deeply, the task he had given this servant was not one she could do on her own.240Please respect copyright.PENANABcDJ2iwKOf
“Should I leap into action?”240Please respect copyright.PENANAty9UX7Njet
“No,” he said closing his eyes, “acquire more information than report back to me.”240Please respect copyright.PENANAajOPRCvBOI
As his servant turned away a quick memory flashed upon his mind as new devious plan that should get him what he desired.240Please respect copyright.PENANAuy3JulcUwJ
“Actually, release high security prisoner number 801 and send him to Maylene Secondary College”240Please respect copyright.PENANAhWTgPyZjgZ
“But sir” the servant said dropping her guard.240Please respect copyright.PENANAPWu78mKVum
“That is an order!” he said.240Please respect copyright.PENANAqnnMTRwJO4
As she bowed and went to do his bidding as he laughed maliciously.240Please respect copyright.PENANAktxlDhtUfz
“Let’s see how our little princess goes with an enemy that has been plotting their revenge for eight years!”240Please respect copyright.PENANA16woE41pjR
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I walked alone down the school halls, thinking about the small fragment of the past that I had regained.240Please respect copyright.PENANAghJwnA2yle
You are the light of our world, no matter what they say.240Please respect copyright.PENANA4Y8bb4MMdM
I thought about Gene, his kind smile and charming personality. Many questions circled my mind.240Please respect copyright.PENANAqyNmcuo3BL
Why did he leave me in this world?240Please respect copyright.PENANAy5MlDCSVrP
Why doesn’t he come and save me from the dangers that pose upon me?240Please respect copyright.PENANASV8WxSvTMp
But most of all, why did he leave me with no memories?240Please respect copyright.PENANABFuSfpX1tx
I sighed as I saw Jayden walking in front of me.240Please respect copyright.PENANA4HnQxaG1eR
“Hey Jayden” I called as I ran up to him.240Please respect copyright.PENANAmCEGkrElW6
When he turned around I noticed he had huge dark lines under his eyes.240Please respect copyright.PENANApPKkv3dLtW
“Are you ok?”240Please respect copyright.PENANAKgOKF2rfZb
“Fine” he said averting his gaze.240Please respect copyright.PENANAExxNBlfSIl
“I’m sorry that I’ve been a bit distant lately, I was so busy trying to find out about my past” I said grabbing onto his hand, “but now I know that I only need you to know who I am”240Please respect copyright.PENANAhwBpwy4W8J
He looked at me, his eyes watering slightly.240Please respect copyright.PENANATmZ6zwI0za
“Um…do you want to go see a movie tonight? You can pick” I said nervously.240Please respect copyright.PENANAyOeqyzid4B
He pulled away from me, “no”240Please respect copyright.PENANAft3aziwncj
“Why? I thought…” I asked with a shake in my voice.240Please respect copyright.PENANAYZGlyiJwlq
“I don’t think it’s wise for us to hang out that much” Jayden said refusing my proposal.240Please respect copyright.PENANAf9JjtjUg0g
“Jayden …but…please”240Please respect copyright.PENANALrc7YxMe9W
“I never…felt that way anyway” he said looking down.240Please respect copyright.PENANAaTUu0GFMtm
“So it was all in my head?” I said.240Please respect copyright.PENANAZDch006rpV
Jayden turned around and walked away. My world turned upside down. Lilly was right, maybe I was destined to be alone.240Please respect copyright.PENANAuR4U9xAkmt
I walked away with the words of our song echoing in my head.240Please respect copyright.PENANAtID9YnjvbH
And I want to tell you so much240Please respect copyright.PENANAw3lGk7jRww
I love you.240Please respect copyright.PENANAnfsgPHlmj9
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