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?884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtylw1OBe7a
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoCXSAYU4K
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYcnMjjLXK
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEeSQ1K7or
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3yOSDD3um
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.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUDAs8rvDA
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JKdrtZkjd
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4Dl7CrzSy
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?"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdyMS60v3K
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvPjLxkoG3
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CZnUIP3jF
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkbLXKo1WU
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMBWh8NwnB
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIDIi3mfzF
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBERGZmZ67A
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡks5WwJqFz1
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeomQ6ZR3NW
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyHAivMJdQ
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5tJucHDnH
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!884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kZj1CsR9X
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UBBKh0yYU
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BbvxOWoAa
"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.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1GRnx2Rsc
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,"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIgeVEW81x
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!884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiTspKNm6C
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3VOR8qhHA
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRgsb9y0gz
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4138F27UmR
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGRZ6GuBtP
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.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExhk6pT1Lp
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyd5a9sva71
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?884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Vqv4509Ek
“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!”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjokBMKZcRC
“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.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVkbKWAFyT
“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.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvMoWTRdd0
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRPK1X6xdH
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.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHagTGNsTol
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWPXZ2oKL1
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?884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQGhAaZkzj
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.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZxDWV6JyN
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgcunzEgF6
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ965ddAFOzf
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1eMaaMwPN
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.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXXtXoDQzH
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcntyoDwnps
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCEx0Rt0QA
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pAU9psc7A
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.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxQkQIN8IH
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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.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsjoD6K4nZ
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pSaLYwdsy
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?”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mcZMF02JV
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFu3ZZ0KVUl
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyzuV3cnYe
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWA4lK1DqQh
“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,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgbLiLUlDC
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF4JlSmnMU
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uqjoQHl59
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGXaM4Guxk
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIyzfU9PdQ
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaSTetQmho
She stammered. “I-I-”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjI1va524By
“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?”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnW7pQKy6Ur
“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!”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCliCKDfHzH
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSXpOwcDRd
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,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVzwNHCDb2
“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,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQrGrFppZa
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSGIQ6C6RE
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?”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9xJTBkans
“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,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcMJLQxgkI
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAzCiGj1qt
“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,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3ctJJOBmW
“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?”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhj7Cc3jvQ
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ338Oe5jsCV
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLPE0gOolZ
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJfMy1Bloy
“You’re weird.”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQG91j8Arb4
“Oh shut up!”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTkhykUHiT
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?”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8SH0OMsT1
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,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtz4wglwYw
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LpOKy0fcP
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHw8RKccNz
“What do you mean?” I pressed.884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2bBvkdmGL
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,”884Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewek4s9rH5
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