Helloo ! Finally a new part ! Sorry it took so long ! It won't happen again. Thank you all for your reviews can i get more this time ? Pleaaaaaaaaaaaase ? And I will write more because i have my fall break now yay ! And thanks again lock ness monster for beta reading :D!
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I couldn't believe it was all true. I couldn't believe that finally- finally- this nightmare was over. That I was back with my friends. Dimitri was still holding me in his arms, and i was indulging in the feeling. It felt so right, so damn right, but at the same time it felt awkward. He knew everything about me and I didn't know a single thing. I didn't know anything what happened before the accident. I knew that i loved him, even in this very instant my body yearned for him, but the rest... It would take time and patience to build everything up again. And hopefully my amnesia would be over quickly, so i would be able to be fully reunited with him.
I swallowed hard when the next thought came into my mind. What if my amnesia never leaves? What if things keep away from you? I didn't want to think about that, not yet. Those thoughts would be for later. Later when i knew I was safe.
I freed myself of Dimitri's arms and looked around to see familiar faces everywhere. The first one was from the boy with the expensive clothes. He smiled when he saw me looking and opened his arms.
"Hey Little Dhampir. Good to have you back." He said as I hugged him. He squeezed me back, and his dazzling green eyes searched my body for injuries.
"Hey Adrian. Thanks for the dream walking." I said softly. He looked astonished and so did the others.
"You can still remember that? But I thought the Strigoi used compulsion on you?" He asked me, breaking the stunned silence.
I nodded. "Yes, he did. But I'm kind of immune to compulsion. And with the phone call with you guys I started to remember things. Like the dream walking. But I don't remember anything that happened before the accident." I added when I saw the hope spring into his eyes.
He nodded, the light of hope dimming, and the girl with the blond hair came to me, shy and tentative.
"Hey Rose. You probably don't know me but I'm…" Before she could finish her sentence I pulled her into my arms.
"You must be Lissa right? I had some weird flashes and with your voice I could recognize you. And because you just look like the girl in the photo's... I just knew you were the girl who belonged to the voice." I whispered in her ear, my eyes closed, loving that i had so many people that knew me and cared for me.
I felt her smile against my hair as we hugged once more and pulled back. Then the older woman came to me, a very small and elated smile on her face..
"Hello Rose. This must be weird for you I know that. But I'm your…"
"Mother. I know that. We kind of look a like. Better than the woman who called herself my mother." I said. A larger smile was playing on her face as she nodded, happy that I knew that much.
"Right. We still need to talk with her." She said, a stern looked crossing her features.
"I know. But can we do that later? I don't feel like we should stay here any longer ." I told them and they all nodded. Except for the guy who looked like my mother, I had spoken and reunited with all of them. He looked familiar to me with his sandy-blond hair and hazel brown eyes. He was in one of the photo's too.
I started to walk to the van and glanced back to see that Eric was calling someone. I got into the car and Dimitri sat next to me. In the front seat a man was sitting who was wearing the same clothes as my mother, white shirt, black jacket, black slacks. In the passengers seat a boy was sitting with dark hair. That was everything I could see. Next to Dimitri Lissa sat and behind us in the back my mom, Adrian and the other boy with the sandy-blond hair settled in.
I started to frown, memories from the photos filling my mind. Someone was missing. But who? The boy with the messy red hair and blue eyes. Where was he? He was suppose to be here.
Dimitri wrapped an arm around me and kissed my temple. I smiled shyly at him. "Someone is missing." I told him, waiting for his answer The happy look on his face disappeared and a frown came to replace it. Everyone was listening to us now.
"What? How do you mean Rose? Who is?" Dimitri asked me, concern lacing his accent.
"A boy… He has messy red hair and blue eyes… Where is he? He's in the same picture as him." I pointed behind me to the boy next to my mom. He had a pained look on his face and so did Lissa and Dimitri. The boy with the dark hair turned around and I could see his face. Pale, ice-blue eyes and he also had a pained look on his face, but one with a tad bit more control and understanding.
I started to worry. What was wrong? Did I say something what I shouldn't have? "What's wrong?" I decided to ask, the silence starting to sting.
"I… He… Mason… He's dead Rose." The boy with the ice-blue eyes whispered.
I gasped. What? How? "He got killed by a Strigoi Roza. You killed the Strigoi because you… you were with him." Dimitri said and as I look at his face I could see the hidden tears in his eyes.
"How?" Was the only word I could pronounce at that moment. I wanted to know what happened. I needed to know. This wasn't a memory that should come back on it's own, it was one that needed to be put there. How did I even kill a thing like a Strigoi? Had this something to do with the marks on my neck ?
No one in the car spoke. They were all looking at Dimitri, like they were waiting on an answer from him.
"How?" I asked, this time making my voice louder. "Tell me. Now. Tell me what happened. I want to know." I said starting to get angry that everyone was refusing me the right to my own memories.
The boy next to my mom gasped and I looked at him. He was looking at me with a sad look, memories playing in his mind. Of course he could remember everything. But I couldn't.
"What's your name?" I asked him, my voice soft and quiet.
"I'm… I'm Eddie Rose." He answered me but he didn't look me in the eyes.
I nodded. "Eddie… Please tell me what happened?" I said almost starting to beg.
He shook his head, his eyes still pointed at the ground. "I can't do that Rose. Mason was my best friend. He was brave that day, he was everything what I wasn't. You shouldn't be asking me for an answer because I can't give you that." He whispered.
For a few moments I looked at him, trying to remember his part, but then turned around so I was watching outside.
"Leave it then. I don't even want to know. I'll get my memory back without any help." I said, anger clearly heard in my voice.
Through out our long and sad moment the man driving had said nothing but now cleared his throat.
"What's wrong Guardian Croft?" Lissa asked him.
"Nothing is wrong Queen Dragomir. We're only near Court. Fifteen minutes and we will be there. Just wanted to warn you all." He said and he drove a little bit faster, apparently yearning to be out of the car that was filled with so much grief and sadness.
I started to give attention to the outside again. Trees and cars were passing by. I couldn't concentrate. I started to think about Eric, my 'mother', my friends… What would they think? Would they go to the police? Something told me that my 'mother' would come after me. That she wouldn't keep it like this. She needed me... and that guy Arthur wasn't going to let me go either.
The car came to a stop, and my head snapped up to look out of the window. A large gate sat in front of us, a wall going out from it on both sides. The fifteen minutes had apparently slipped past without me noticing because we were here.
At court.
