Jillian's Miracle
Chapter 1 'Story Of My Life'
A/N: I hope you like it. Some things will be out of books and some things will be out of the TV series(In Heartland—since Phantom stallion is just books). Sorry if it gets confusing. Just tell me.
Disclaimer: Lauren Brooke owns Heartland and all characters, except for ones I make up.
Let me explain a bit
It's based on Heartland books/Heartland TV series( I know I already said that) but it's not "between any books" really...it's before Amy went to college(obviously) Ben hasn't left yet, Ashley's not nice. Uh. Lou and Scott are dating. So are Ty and Amy. Jesse(I think they made him Matt in the TV series) doesn't exist. Lol .So things probably won't happen like in the books. It's September 13th 2009(I know it's kind of the future...lol)
Summary: Jillian Rose Fleming is now 15 years old. She's been missing for 10 years now, all of her family has given up hope for her safe return. Marion's died in the car accident, it's just Amy, Lou, Jack, Ben and Ty. What happens when they get an unexpected phone call?
Jillian Pov
My name is Jillian Rose Fleming. I'm 15 years old and I've been missing for 10 years. I was taken when I was 5 years old and I was never found. My whole family probably thinks I'm dead but I'm not. By now, I'm wishing I'm dead. I miss my family so much, "Remy" as my kidnapper calls himself shows me present pictures of my whole family. Amy, Lou, Grandpa, and I wonder...Where's mom?
When I asked, Remy said that she got into a car accident and died. I cried for about five minutes before he slapped me.. Remy says that when you cry it shows your weakness and we can't show weakness. There's 2 new guys too. There's a guy named Ty, and a guy named Ben. I see pictures of Soraya and Matt too, they're Amy's best friends. Have been since Kindergarten.
Did I mention me and my sister Amy are twins? Fraternal twins, we're not identical. Just born around the same time. Amy was born 5 minutes before me, she always would tease me about it when I was still with them. Once I asked Remy if I'll ever see my family again and he said that I was already with my family. Him.
Surprisingly I'm still a virgin. Remy says I'm too much like a daughter to do that to me. I thank God everyday just to still be a virgin, just to be alive. I try to keep my hopes alive, and believe that I will get to see my family in person one day again. Once you lose that, you've got nothing.
Remy's asleep in the other room right now and I'm just laying in a bed. We're up in a cabin somewhere in Virginia,I think we're in Salem, Virginia so close, so obvious. Maybe they would find me.
I sighed. Remy always tells me that I've got it good. Which in a weird kind of way I do. He doesn't beat me, he feeds me great, I get new clothes a lot, hell I get to live. He always asks me Why Do I Want To Go Back? I always tell him I want to see Amy, my twin again. I want to see my grandpa, and Lou, who is now at Heartland and not in New York. Where she belongs.
She didn't want to come to Heartland after Daddy's accident. She wanted him to find her. I was always torn on the subject. I wanted to meet him, but then again he left my mom. How do I know all this when I was kidnapped? Remy has all this information. He tells me everything.
I hear Remy's footsteps and silently groan. Couldn't he ever sleep in? It was like 9am. My door opens. "Up and at 'em sunshine." He says cheerfully.
"Okay." I say quietly. Today we're going to the Farmer's market, we do this every Saturday and no one, no one ever notices me! I cry when Remy goes to sleep, I cry because no one realizes it's me. But how could they? When I was at heartland I had blonde hair and now I had brown hair-I got that from my father.(a/n: I don't know remember if he has brown hair or not..it's in the TV series though. Lol.)
I was about 5'5, had a skinny body, green eyes. Remy had always been glad to show me off to guys at the farmers market. I wondered how long it would be before guys started asking if they could have sex with me.
And how long before Remy accepted for the right price. I shuddered at the thought of that. I didn't want to lose my virginity that way. But I know Remy wouldn't hesitate, if he got the right price, I'd be handed over to whatever guy wanted it.
So much for being 'like a daughter' to him. I got up and grabbed Jeans and a navy tank top. I put on my boots, they were cowboy boots. I loved them. Remy got them for me a few months ago and I always wore them. I thanked him a lot for them. As I got dressed I wondered what my life would be like if I hadn't been kidnapped. I would have been in high school, probably a sophomore.
Maybe I would have a boyfriend and he would kiss me and tell me he loves me. I would have my own horse and I would ride in barrel racing. I could be a rodeo cowgirl. I jumped when Remy knocked on the door.
"You ready yet?" He asked impatiently. I sighed.
"Yeah. Coming now." I opened the door as I said this. He looked me up and down and nodded. He always had to approve of my outfit. A fatherly thing he had to do he said.
"Let's go." He said grabbing my arm and walking me to the car. I got in and he walked around to his door.
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(a/n; like it so far?)
We arrived at the Farmers market 30 minutes later. I got out and Remy walked fast around the car and put his arm on the small of my back, reminding me that he's here and I can't leave him.
But a few minutes later he lets me leave to go help the guy I usually help. I help him every time I come here. I don't know why I don't tell anyone that I'm kidnapped. I think I'm too scared.
James smiled when he saw me coming. "Glad to see you again Rose." He said. Yeah. That's right, Remy used my middle name, this is why I was so upset no one knew who I was.
"You too James." I smiled genuinely. I loved James. He was like a older brother, he was about 28 years old, wasn't married and didn't have a girlfriend. He liked to ride horses, he had 2 horses. One was a Thoroughbred mare off the track. Named Shooting Sun AKA Sun. The other was a Quarter Horse gelding named Illusion.
One time he brought Illusion here and let me ride him around. My love of horses never stopped even though I was kidnapped. It had been so fun to feel a horse's back again to feel the rocking horse canter, feel the wind on my face.
James saw the look on my face. "Missing Illusion huh?" He teased. I smiled.
"Yes! I miss riding." I told him. He smiled at me.
"Well Illusion misses you too. He neighs constantly when I'm about to leave. I'll just have to bring him along next weekend so you two can see each other." He chuckled.
For the next few minutes no one talked, we just started unpacking and I looked up and saw Remy walking towards us with a young man. My heart dropped and I looked at James.
"Who is that?" He asked looking at me. I couldn't speak.
"I don't....I don't know." I choked out. Remy was right in front of us right now.
"This is Andy. Can I talk to you for a minute Rose?" Remy asked quietly. I nodded and followed him a few steps. "He wants you tonight." I felt my heart drop even more at those words.
"He what?" I whispered.
"He wants to have sex with you. He offered me 600 bucks for 2 nights with you." Remy said impatiently."So you'll be leaving with him now."
"Now?!? What about James? I thought you said tonight." I whispered shutting my eyes. I felt him grab my arm and pull me close to his mouth.
"You're going to go with him. You're going to have sex with him and you're going to act like you like it." He said quietly. I nodded and he let go. We walked back to James and Andy.
He looked me over and smiled. I flinched. "James, Rose has to leave with my friend Andy. She can't help you today. I'm terribly sorry." He apologized politely to James. I felt my breath start to come out short.
"Can I have a minute with James?" I asked Remy. Say yes, say yes, say yes, say yes. I silently thought.
"Sure. Andy will be waiting over by my car." Remy said sweetly, but I knew his threatening words under it.
They walked away and I turned to James. "What's going on Rose?" He asked, alarmed.
"You have to help me James. There's something I have to tell you. I'm—I'm kidnapped. My real name is Jillian Rose Fleming. I'm from Roanoke,Virginia. My home is Heartland. My mother is Marion Fleming. She lives with my grandfather, Jack Bartlett. Please. This guy Remy 'knows' wants to have sex with me. I don't want to. Please help me." I started crying.
James looked shocked. He must have been speechless...But would he believe me is the real question....I thought.
"Oh Rose! I mean Jillian. You're Jack's granddaughter. The missing one." James eyes were moist now. "Oh how could I not know?"
I felt my body shake with relief. He believed me! He knew my grandfather! "Oh James!" I exclaimed throwing my arms around him. "Help me get back to them. Don't let him take me again."
I felt his arms around me. "Let's go. I'll pack up and I'll drive to the Salem police." He said. But before we could go anywhere I heard footsteps behind us.
I turned around and it was Andy. He had another man with him. My eyes went wide. "Jillian?" Andy said and I felt confusion.
"What did you say?" I asked.
"Are you Jillian Rose Fleming?" He asked. I nodded silently. His face lit up with happiness. "I'm Officer Smith. I'm with the Salem police department. We had a tip from someone that you were the missing Fleming girl." He showed me a police badge.
"Oh my...I.....oh." I just felt speechless. The guys with him smiled.
"My name is Officer Perez. We're going to take you home now Jillian." He said smiling.
I turned to James and I cried into his chest. "It's alright...shh. You're going home now Jillian." James said soothingly.
"Perez, Brooks Go find this 'Remy'. We have to charge him with a couple of things." Officer Andy smith said.
They nodded and he turned to me. "I'm going to take you to my undercover squad car. Then I'll take you to the Roanoke police department. From there we'll get you situated and call your family. And we'll have Remy in custody." He said. I nodded.
"Can..Can I come along?" James asked. I looked at Andy hopeful. He nodded.
"I think she could use someone she knows." Andy said. Then we heard shouts.
I saw Remy running from the 2 officers and I had a feeling he would get away. A minute later, my feeling was right. Remy disappeared and I heard Andy swear.
James put a reassuring hand on my shoulder. I smiled thankfully at him. "How about we get to my car and head to Roanoke?" Andy asked. We both nodded and walked to his car with him....
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Amy's Pov(this is about an hour after they get to the "Roanoke Police Station" so it's about 10:30am)
I had just come in for a late breakfast with everyone when the phone rang. I got it since I was already up.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hi is this the Fleming residence?" I heard a male business like voice.
"Yes it is. How may I help you?" I asked politely.
"May I speak to Jack Bartlett please? This is the Roanoke police department" He asked.
"Sure let me get him." I said, then I covered the mouth piece. "Grandpa they want to talk to you. It's the police department."
He looked surprised but got up and came over. "Jack Bartlett here." He said. "You what? Where is she?" He paused. Who is the she? I wondered. Wait a second...it couldn't be.
"Can we come see her?" Another pause. "Okay we'll be right there." He hung up.
I saw him holding on to the counter for support. "Grandpa what is it?" I asked in concern.
"There's something I have to tell you and Lou." Grandpa said.
Everyone looked at him. "Maybe we should leave." Ty Borden, one of our helpers,and my boyfriend said.
"No no, that's alright Ty. You should hear it too. And Ben." Grandpa said waving his hand at them. Then he looked at me and Lou. "Amy you might not remember, but you had a younger sister. And Lou I don't know if you remember either."
I took in a sharp breath as he said I had a twin. Was this the 'she'? "I had a twin?" I asked hesitantly.
"Yes. Her name was Jillian." Grandpa paused, turning his head.
"Was? I remember a blonde little girl with green eyes." Lou asked gently.
"Yes. Her beautiful green eyes. She was your twin Amy. She was...she was kidnapped about 10 years ago. After a few years we gave up hope. Well I gave up hope that she would come home alive. Your mother never stopped believing she would come home one day." Grandpa smiled at us. Ty and Ben looked shocked.
**Flash back
"Amy! Where are you?" A little girl shouted. She was my age.
I giggled quietly when I realized my sister, Jillian didn't have a clue where I was! I was really good at hide and seek. Pegasus snorted at me. "Oh Pegasus, Jillian can't find me right now. Don't blow it." I kissed the big horse's nose.
"I found you!" I heard Jillian's voice. Shoot.
"Aw man." I said. "How'd you find me?"
"I heard you talking to Pegasus." She smiled. "How about we go ask Mommy if we can take a ride in the ring?"
I smiled back. "Yeah! Let's go."
****End of flashback.
"Well what did the police say?" I asked urgently.
He looked at all of us now standing up by him. "They said they found her." He said and my eyes went wide. I felt my face drop. "Alive. They found her alive Amy. They have her down at the station."
I felt warm tears run down my face. I turned to Lou and we cried together. Grandpa put his arms around us. "Now now you two. She's alive. She's down at the station. How about we go see her and bring her home?" Grandpa said.
We both nodded and Lou grabbed the car keys and they both left for the car. I looked at Ty and Ben. "You go Amy. We'll finish up here. And we can go home if you want. We don't want to interrupt a family reunion." Ty said rubbing my shoulders. Ben nodded. I smiled. I loved Ty so much. And Ben was awesome too.
"You two are family. So stay here. We'll be back and you can meet her." I said kissing Ty's cheek. Then I walked out to the car.
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Back to Jillian's Pov
I sat with James and Officer Smith in one of the questioning rooms. Officer Smith had asked me a lot of questions.
"Did he ever sexually abuse you? Did he rape you?" He asked gently.
"No. He never did." I said grabbing Jame's hand.
"Did he ever beat you? Hit you?" Officer Smith asked.
"No...Well he slapped me one time when I cried. He had told me my mother died and I started to cry and he slapped me." I said looking down. "He gave me updates on my family."
I heard Officer Smith's radio, people talking on it. He listened for a minute then he looked at me. "We'll finish this later. Your family's here." He said.
I felt like my heart was soaring after that. My family. James looked at me and smiled. Squeezing my hand.
We heard a knock and then my family walked in. I instantly recognized everyone. First Grandpa walked in then Lou, then Amy.
I took in a deep breath. Officer Smith and James looked at me. "I'll be waiting outside." Officer smith said getting up and leaving.
"Hi Jack." James greeted him. He stood up and walked up to my grandpa. "If I had any idea that Rose, as Remy-her kidnapper- called her, was Jillian I would of told you. I would helped her. I'm so sorry."
My grandpa nodded. "It's okay James. At least we know she's alright. She's alive now. Thanks to you I'm guessing?" He said, never taking his eyes off me.
"Well she helped me at the farmers market for awhile and today she told me who she was. Officer Smith was undercover there, looking for her. Someone called in on the missing hot line."James told him.
He nodded. "Thanks James. For being here with her." He said. Then he took a few steps closer. He gently reached out and put his hand on my shoulder. I felt tears start to fall down my face.
"Grandpa." I whispered and he hugged me tightly. I heard him breakdown in tears. He was stroking my hair. I cried too.
Then he pulled back and looked at me. "You look good. Like he treated you right." He said with a lump in his throat.
"He did. He didn't beat me or anything." I said wiping my face. Then he stepped back so Lou could come up.
"It's so good that you're finally back." She sighed hugging me.
"I'm glad I found my way back to everyone." I said truthfully.
She stepped back and Amy stepped forward. "Hi Amy." I said.
"Hi Jillian." Amy had a troubled look on her face. "Or do you prefer to be called Rose?"
"Jillian's good." I said. She hugged me.
"I missed you." She said.
"I missed you too." I said pulling back. "I missed all of you."
Grandpa and Lou smiled. "Would you feel safe coming back to Heartland?" Lou asked softly.
"Yes. I want to see Heartland again. And if...if you could...could you guys take me to....to Mom's grave?" I asked quietly.
They all stood shocked. "Remy told me about you guys. He gave me updates. He told me about Mom." I told them.
Amy had a sympathetic face on. "Yes. She died saving Spartan. One of the horses we were trying to rescue. About a year ago." Amy said, I saw a sad look on everyone's face.
"Well how about we talk to the police and see if we can take you home?" Grandpa smiled. I nodded. "I'll go see now." And then grandpa left the room.
A few minutes later Grandpa walked back into the room with Officer Smith. "You can go home Jillian. We're sending a couple of officers to watch over Heartland and you." He said.
I nodded. I guess I would need them. I looked at James and then Grandpa. "Grandpa can James come visit me?" I asked hesitantly.
"Sure. If he wants to, he's welcome to come anytime." Grandpa said looking at him.
James nodded. "I'd like that." He said smiling at me. I walked over to him and hugged him. He squeezed me tightly. "I'll see you soon Jillian."
"See you soon James." I whispered. And then I followed Grandpa, Amy, and Lou out to a pickup truck. Excited and Nervous to see Heartland again.
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A/N; Hi Everyone! I hope you like this story! The next chapter will be up soon, that will be Jillian's Homecoming to Heartland.
I'll post Characters shortly. Please Review!!!!! Tell me if you want me to continue.