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?924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3NjBZaVBp
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeTLX5GuB7
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0M5z04eXm8
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1GYSAATgv
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1obBoJaDkd
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.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8W6frEG47
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBttIuEDuy
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWjcUu83iE
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?"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJetAXRhPf
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYt3f1trGw
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4CSoE8Ec3
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡie3GX8Uxfd
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedtl8egpVA
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXXRxXmCOV
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3efR5knbBq
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLb6HhlADz
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCSL9K6eDr
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcgV3ahiIj
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1cDj3Id5G
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!924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVlYPZULNM
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CleWwEVn4
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGIavspIHt
"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.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZPFe2a5fq
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,"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3ybWAuGsf
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!924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCatwxSdcr
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJJ4EqPBIl
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75L2mzgRTc
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBv2RRQrEz
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBJzVfDx8P
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.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLytcO5ZPx
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oX4lBflAu
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?924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UNYnNEqzj
“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!”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6BqfnbOll
“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.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDlJe4ptZA
“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.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hFluutP51
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdafO8GPWgz
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.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxkam01kby
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPnZrVsPQ5
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?924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0TQPtjwd0
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.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MEm0mQ79Q
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtiebAB4pj
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKx9IuyIuWD
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutppRWRYVA
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.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYgCrKQaaU
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PTeqkgs5k
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5BpUo2UuU
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRBvK7rHcI
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.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1kw2FVB4h
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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.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauOvtL4o82
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTsV7yVmdZ
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?”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWi2zpG5sc
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjVeKittlQ
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡse9PHwYzIN
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXB7k8S5DA
“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,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2r2SR5igqz
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCUDgBQ0TX
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOZAfnMVfb
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1o2V6X0V0y
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZL3kBX9Pc
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaul0XKKCvK
She stammered. “I-I-”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63fOsLgiqn
“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?”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UMq5KISX3
“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!”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsweXZOv6O
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1l4iLWzwz
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,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMNKcxJaRC
“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,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLTku5wnGB
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21SUUxTIW7
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?”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVgmMwhQY0
“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,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1ZK3GFzla
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxWX0IcExt
“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,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSg92qLR2V
“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?”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9wRxMjYZy
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhwsYmq8bZ
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZfISNAiqh
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBfBdnznrB
“You’re weird.”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGKrKynYGq
“Oh shut up!”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEjo9tXp6D
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?”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix08gmxjun
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,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hpYF6eiVa
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj51YtaQ8HH
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrriM7ATlJc
“What do you mean?” I pressed.924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGQQzLQZV3
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,”924Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3C1GmIbzm7
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