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?958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdFhyrF139
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3fev4R7k3
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonVTAKXii1
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UehJmZ5pX
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYTcgXAf0z
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.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgwgajc24E
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTufjVq6p7
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbo0eEqZT7
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?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltyeneDinE
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMEdmhkpbp
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5rAsQgSdS
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnMNxPBvJ1
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMLM7YpGlQ
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XPKg944Ny
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqSe0Ef7k0
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SH1zPzcKy
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIeK62WdRP
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF84ChiUooR
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWg6TOIIsw
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!958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RrILT9dl4
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVPgDUlLIY
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuj6P1PtT8s
"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.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyn1lkpUsn
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,"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IpjyxuWTC
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!958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDRCSIA89q
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenRJsDDm4B
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfIlVUdnlw
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugeLMy5jJ3
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH5P4hrSh4
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.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pJVR0fWEm
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡac6OAk9wEP
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?958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGHlsm4ONt
“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!”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYf9f9ZiWh
“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.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUVL4uyLQs
“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.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHeO90GvkC
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3GsSFky1z
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.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2nYXJIWqx
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtHSIiLDuJ
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?958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZwrnlE7mM
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.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPYCK69BxX
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Y9D80tkqn
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAYG8qe7xs
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGicJXbBhz
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.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVPsUnLwqr
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88FWHk4qIa
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQkFsOMjvs
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXxeDPP6iR
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.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcCuFMQJbD
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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.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ORwxkB5F3
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTjqU86DvU
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?”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzL6jroo1m
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qGYsxlzI9
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyy2f36UIj
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHHQqDx6IP
“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,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOXOlnQa89
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oU9MitAUJ
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHgCp7FLv5
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MiprSf7x3
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtnYq6KYHJ
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjLzfIEe7G
She stammered. “I-I-”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzYdYydlFk
“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?”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZA1vQvoDE
“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!”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwzOfIkA0k
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKqShDdC2I
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,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyyQ794TgD
“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,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhnrU7bPNq
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iKkjUAEuC
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?”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKFOrBbRR7
“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,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgK5BrHODgo
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPaijBqhRe
“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,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnZ4RAiR5z
“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?”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruiMIKHg1S
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8UOVnjCQK
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYNk6vVPEq
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZPoQHivR5
“You’re weird.”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6v8qCggcV
“Oh shut up!”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA63z8HEXIs
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?”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSS3eifCjNr
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,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLizTycv1r
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOHCz9vyR1
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJKWpgmofn
“What do you mean?” I pressed.958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWU7XaW82s
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,”958Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocy1ytaZi6
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