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?921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY19FpEm0b
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRohut2RqX7
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgm2b9TANBE
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7Av3JfCc3
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYL4N4622f
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.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAhTz8GOqI
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0afmcCqJpy
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GRUGRJTel
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?"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGUdlYXxng
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzCKLcMk1J
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AiqzMv17J
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmJvCfSzB6
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nYCIjUID9
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ5Qc8BY5s
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTqKEW3u3F
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2mbSW0XA2
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGmQKyvK6Z
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJ8Xc0dSPZ
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIj8kBEmAU
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!921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbY5MH4BCM9
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzCV40gWg7
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9WvjilsKu
"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.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsVCDxudl5
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,"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK39XA2BIVQ
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!921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKn0Ru3Twms
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPiuY25G0N
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMfuLNhHfJ
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOsCgujeU0
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvPayCeG1h
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.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjwg8gIgZ4
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3XnVNkrSm
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?921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxlR29lTzT
“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!”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kCg5flXCT
“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.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcdAvtXRUT
“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.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyQ9fwS7Nm
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCz1uS6oa5
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.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBocYaq8zct
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwLLyeK5Fe
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?921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sffdVDVa9
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.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNfCzcKdK7
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU92cZRwh3
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOro8nflRj
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowmdqe6Dvn
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.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPem9iXQ9VB
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ThD0mpxak
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs2IxrIhh9
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiitweLa5k
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.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnBxwbfbSo
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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.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWAgnjMumL
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pqybQUELf
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?”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqEBQUeMmZ
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjA6tquvdI
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNLI1xhdIc
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGz5SkeGU2
“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,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhxYPvVbTf
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKZ5xROxnd
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVOFKCDOEM
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgVB8ezXTX
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZJe7ROiDA
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDH6DpMPqO
She stammered. “I-I-”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbDg0MhbXk
“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?”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ262Skc7mu8
“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!”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivMjHge8vo
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqnc7ZByjZ
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,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8iTGbeNns
“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,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqHyzPJjmE
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbDRzruGMo
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?”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbKNVPiPGS
“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,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVGTAnP4Qc
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqYctABF1e
“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,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ny7mk7sFk
“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?”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5mU3fCwso
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5L9hypukG2
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGG7DOvyP7
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRTBOpxDAk
“You’re weird.”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyBS0CqDgC
“Oh shut up!”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6q7d6ygXMq
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?”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VF08dWQTY
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,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyskNt16RF
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtUEybwZZd
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdagFJ2ZWaI
“What do you mean?” I pressed.921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUVIqqI6DU
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,”921Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4B0ha4WTP
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