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?892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbxjYH5UfZ
"H-Hello?" I hesitantly said. "Pinky? Lux? Crimson?"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1vDeHAAHq
But I received no response. I started to feel nervous as I wrapped my arms around myself for comfort.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvewSU08OF
"Mama," A small ,cherubic voice said.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCthapk7LE
My head snapped up as I tried to trace where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCifXuJ73D
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.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsw3F0w3bh9
"Mama?" I repeated, absolutely befuddled as I stared down at her thick, neck length sandy curls. "I'm not your mother,"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ771bz4rTxH
She stared up at me sadly as her bottom lip trembled. "Yo-You're not?" She cried.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpN2dLGwUFt
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?"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlW306Xy4j
She shook her head slowly as she rubbed her eyes. "No," She sniffled. "Papa said that Mama was in here!"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW11TEC9HZ8
"Well where is Papa now?" I questioned.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LHndVquxU
"He said not to disturb him because he's with his friend,"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgevt65xxel
"He left you alone to be with his friend?" I narrowed my eyes. "Your father sounds like a big stupid-head!"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbknsXpNK1G
A faint smile etched onto her face. "Yeah, my big brother Arty says that too!"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP34bXBSrBs
Did she just say Arty? "Ar-Arty?" I repeated confused. "Your brother's name is Arty?"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsIWCBMAwi
"Yeah!" She grinned. "He's the oldest and my favorite! But I have a big sister and two little brothers as well!"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9z9XXdc7py
She can't be..."What's your name sweetie?" I asked.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvr0yrwhyn
She beamed up at me. "Alex! And I'm a princess!"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9rYHNnomd
I felt the blood leave my face and my throat became dry. Just where the hell am I?892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkQ1ljzIjs
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!892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CRDQwNGe5
"How old are you Alex?" I whispered.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJJi54m8or
"Four!" She held up four fingers proudly.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6T2fOvFgH9
"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.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzscvadVRif
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,"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtucOnmi3zr
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!892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1IKGOjtvc
"Take me to your Papa sweetie," My voice hardened.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUsQMXDNGT
"But he's gonna get mad at me again," She pouted.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2gBI8AJCX
I leaned down to her level. "Don't worry, I'm not going to let him do anything to you, I promise!"892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoNhcLY5Fd
She bit her lip and slowly nodded at me before gently grabbing my wrist and tugging down the corridor.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgjdRnYLQx
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.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAVo1VbgLz
"This is where Papa is," She stopped in front of a beige double door.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S49zir9aF
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?892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJ35Babqwr
“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!”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBW7X3oezDC
“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.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfU5BBt9u1
“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.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtvUsQBK8x
“ALEX!” My mother screamed as she tried to stand up but fell to the ground in pain. “STOP IT! SHE’S JUST A CHILD!”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaIfkYXiCc
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.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5apQsabNL
“Please stop it,” My mother sobbed as she struggled to stand. “Please Truth, you’ll kill her!”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWUMttBLb2
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?892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzaNa12H1U
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.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlxbwwLkx4
“WHAT DID YOU DO!” She screamed to my mother on the bed. “I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS!”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdFQVuB0Vv
“I’m sorry,” My mother sobbed. “I’m so sorry,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lnU7KVZW1
What the hell is going on? Who is she? She looks so much like my mother that they can possibly pass for siblings!892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpkBiGhp7t
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.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4rMLXIcf3
“GET OUT OF HERE!” She screamed at me as she swatted at my face.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbGzOCtj6j
“H-Huh?” I said confused that someone was actually acknowledging my presence.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGJtK28awR
“GET OUT!” She screamed again before knocking me over my head with the same vase. 892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbLH9fyz7K
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.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjYYiTDnOH
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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.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWckpkGjVOF
“Please calm down Your Highness,” A soft voice said. “We don’t want you to further injure yourself,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3UiYCgdx7
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?”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtt631tHCcJ
She smiled slightly before answering. “I’m Blair, Lux’s Mother,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0udxCxWRR
“Lux,” I repeated. “Then does that mean, I’m back,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkC04ldvWx
“What do you mean you’re back?” She furrowed her brows. “You’ve been here at my house the entire time you were unconscious,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhj4tXeEL0
“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,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEQzmhSkyc
“Strange blonde woman?” She pressed as she brought a cool glass of water to my lips.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlomiT1gmAZ
“Yeah,” I took a sip of water. “She knocked my father over the head with a vase before knocking me in the face,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaWgrpnrpC
Blair suddenly froze as she stared at me in shock and horror. “Oi? Are you ok?”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfW7H4AOvj
“Y-You dreamt this?” She said astonished.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnDkmX9u7t
“Yes,” I scrutinized her. “Just now I did. Why?”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDGcsW7hpN
She stammered. “I-I-”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDREEFglMO
“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?”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonxHI3VuVn
“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!”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYhNdSFbCA
“WHERE IS HE?” I panicked.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2MTQBynVd
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,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOdYZN5F4C
“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,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaeRipEsa0
“Crimson,” I said to his unconscious form. “I’m so sorry,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpyzSKzo0o
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?”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw71cS16xfX
“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,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4PeelHgWi
“I thought she couldn’t drive,” I glared at him.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxxDGh6j8W
“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,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UxGTkuzYR
“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?”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFysfN0cjS
“Yeah sure,” Pinky said springing up from her spot. “I’ll make you some soup, my mom’s amazing recipe!”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzC8wEqofi
“Ew,” Lux’s face twisted into disgust. “Who eats soup?”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVxULDocv0
“I do!” Pinky chimed as they both walked out the door. “And it’s delicious,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnFAb1XgcJ
“You’re weird.”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFzdHOBoYI
“Oh shut up!”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwwXNALM5w
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?”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8W1uC1j35N
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,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F8c8v4hCY
“You knew me as a child?” I raised an eyebrow. “I don’t remember you at all,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHtpVDzF3O
“You wouldn’t,” She said. “Well at least I thought you wouldn’t,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIskN4TEERx
“What do you mean?” I pressed.892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFRAdemuwR
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,”892Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYx7TUfl1ZZ
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