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?989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUe39eCs1m
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemQFQsRWmD
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXvxiRmV0M
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXxjKBHARg
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZHmvTLrZC
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.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbiB0tSbx5
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuq5yroFhXF
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gfknYSqsn
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?"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFTbTypvCV
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaii2uaYzwT
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCCVFjvQUA
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSD8HkhGLQG
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNu7QCM8az8
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTKjpzFdBK
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjo7Yhw3e8
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0bOrUOPb9
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuFkY5d27Y
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8z3fKelXJ8
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSZlX88xwm
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!989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GJKMm3elD
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42CM2542CA
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0RCTWYnn6
"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.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpx9eYj7ff3
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,"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmk52TBZwk
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!989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCI7Vf32xQ
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatOgJ4mDem
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEHfJzM8dX
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFJ3I4UdcI
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8e3EKYVi6J
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.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIAbaa1FYT
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWGhxmhNne
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?989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡij3MorFgaB
“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!”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qWnfmH1gg
“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.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzujoI6P2jT
“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.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgi3Q9ABh0
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8bbTTSOUv
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.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKxrMwImtt
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDATYwZ4p1I
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?989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3CSwZKh47
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.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KwJzzdFuT
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaY3KFBk8uU
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gUawT4qDc
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrnEDaTiYf
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.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2L6bgGM98t
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1uci4EoL5
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJAQxhhbem
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj6IEMD8Bm
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.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3f6g11yLkP
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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.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKQAIBdmL4
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTjL5diRzT
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?”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIv0Sz3F5AY
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjxZcYvf3n
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KyWirkBfr
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu9rJDt5xg
“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,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhqCOd2hjw
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwx2UPSqac
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLz3yb4ZgC6
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrTBR9KhYv
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyAEz9XWuj
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ib7787mUF
She stammered. “I-I-”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Km3v4kBye
“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?”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdttPDBVF1
“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!”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Qalsm4B4S
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHGPuqk9kC
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,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwVC1gYeTN
“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,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGNFT0TC0j
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQCc8dksK4
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?”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJg2VDJN8Z
“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,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzhIDWYLsX
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo66Jry7mgh
“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,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu3uwfpA7p
“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?”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDj7zQZxZTC
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiJmchxbDs
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVA2EPpPe4Y
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YuBa4ogRq
“You’re weird.”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfGnOZCvBQ
“Oh shut up!”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikyt2OfbNb
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?”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPv3dThv3Yd
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,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKIuy0YvD4
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkcbeZ7aeS
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXTBItcriP
“What do you mean?” I pressed.989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1AjJo5zzn
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,”989Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUI5O2B3nK
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