The Memory of A Girl

Chapter 20

A/N: Yay, my twentieth chapter! I'm so happy! And like I said, I'm still having my ultimate sleepover so there still might be a lot of chapters today. But before we start, I'd like to thank winxgirl1997 for being so awesome! You send me reviews every time I post a new chapter, and it makes me happy! And if you think the Derek and Chris romance scenes are a little too much, sorry. I just haven't thought of anything else and I really want to get it out the way. LET'S READ!

Derek POV

Jayden, Tyler, Michael and I were sitting on the steps of Gardenia High, waiting for some certain girls. The guys wanted to know where I've been last night so I told them. Told them where I went with Chris. "What? No, there's no way you two are together." Tyler protested.

"How is there no way?" I asked him.

"Because you didn't use my awesome advice." Tyler smirked and folded his arms.

"If Derek used your advice, Chris would be wanting to beat him up." Michael laughed and so did the rest of us.

"Well I think it's awesome that you two are together." Jayden said. "Because now Tyler and I are the only ones without girls."

"Wait, who's my girl?" Michael asked.

"Don't act like you and Melissa weren't about to kiss at the Summer's Day Festival." Jayden reminded him.

Michael blushed to himself. "Oh yeah.."

"But won't your dad be like..super mad if he finds out your not with Sophia?" Tyler asked.

"Probably, but once I tell him that Chris is the princess of the Mongols Empire he might change a bit.." I explained.

"Hi guys!" A voice said from behind us. We all looked to see Mallory and Melissa. We stood as we went to greet them.

"I see you're back, Melissa." Michael hugged her.

"Yeah, and I'm glad to be. I went through some terrifying stuff back on Galicia…" She flinched through her memories.

"Did you talk to Karen and see how she's doing?" Jayden asked her.

"Not really, sorry. I've been with my family at the time but I'm sure she's fine." Melissa smiled.

I noticed it was only two of them "Where's Chris?" I asked.

Mallory and Melissa looked at each other. "She isn't feeling well so she didn't come." Mallory replied.

I stared at them. I guess I shouldn't have taken her to the beach last night, now she has a cold. I thought. The bell rang loudly from outside. My friends began walking up the steps and through the doors, but I stayed outside. Michael came back outside. "Dude, aren't you coming in?" He asked me.

I shook my head. "No, I think I'm gonna visit Chris. Just cover for me during class." I told him before running off down the street.

I past many corners until I made it to Chris's doorstep. I rang the doorbell and a woman with red hair opened it. The same lady that opened it last time I knocked. "What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in school young man?" She asked with a slight smile on her face.

I chuckled. "I just wanted to see Chris. Her friends said she wasn't feeling well and I just wanted to make sure she's okay." I said.

The lady smiled and slammed the door behind her as she stepped down the steps. "Sorry, but her cold could be contagious and I don't want you in risk of getting sick." She pat my left cheek. "Now go back to school, I'll let her know that you came by." She told me.

I stared at her suspiciously, her smile looked harmless but I felt like she was lying. I walked back down the street, when I turned back around she was getting in a small blue car. When I heard the engine start, I quickly hid at the corner and watched her drive right past me without noticing.

I ran back to her doorstep and tried the door knob, it was locked. Then someone unlocked it. The door opened to a man, with brown hair like me. "Who are you?" He asked.

"I'm Derek. I said, is Chris home?" I asked him, he pulled me inside the house and quickly closed the door behind him. He handed me a key.

"Go upstairs and her room is the last door down the hall.. Hurry." He told me. I was confused. Why did I need a key?

I slowly walked up the steps and stopped at the top. I heard someone sniffling and sobbing. I walked to the end of the hall and tried the knob on the door, but it was locked. I used the key I had in my hand and the door opened. I slowly walked in the room. It was trashed. The dresser mirror was cracked, there were clothes everywhere and bed sheets were out of place and sprawled over the floor, leading up to a girl crying in the corner. I quickly walked over to her and touched her shoulder. Her head popped right up and she looked at me with teary, navy eyes.

I saw that she had red marks on her neck. My heart sunk just looking at her this way. "Chris... what happened?" I asked her.

She wrapped her arms tightly around my neck and continued to cry. "Derek..y-you can't be here.." She said through her tears.

"Who did this to you?" I asked, she sat up and looked at me.

"It was Merdelia." She said.

"Who?"

"She a witch. She's the one that kidnapped me and destroyed my kingdom.." She said softly. "Last night when I came back, she choked me half to death and locked me here in my room.." She said and slightly touched her neck.

"Can't you just escape through the window?" I asked her as I stood and walked towards her closed window.

"No don't touch it!" She shouted at me.

I froze. "She put an electric shield around it, so I can't escape."

"Well… I'm getting you out of here" I decided, she stood slowly and walked over to me.

"Just leave.." She said as another tear rolled down her face. "As long as I stay here, she won't do anything to you.."

"I don't care what she does to me. I'm worried about you!" I told her, she froze completely. "If you stay here she could hurt you again and I'm already terrified just looking at you this way."

There was a screech coming from outside. Chris and I looked back out the window and saw the same small blue car I saw earlier, and the lady jumping out and charging towards the house door. "Oh no! She's back!" Chris panted.

My eyes widened, that was her? "Hurry!" I heard someone call from downstairs. Chris and I ran into the hallway and looked down the steps. We saw the man blocking the door.

"I can't hold her off much longer! Go to the portal!" He shouted at us.

"The portal's down here!" Chris said as she led me to it. It was a plain door, she tried the door knob quickly. But it wasn't opening.

"Ugh, it's locked!" She cried.

There was a bang on the front door. "LET ME IN!" The woman's voice screamed.

I rammed through the door with my shoulder and it finally opened. I saw a big blue colored portal. Then Chris's head turned when the door downstairs burst open to a woman with dark red hair, almost firey red. "Come on!" I pulled Chris by the hand and we quickly made our way through, Chris shut the door as we passed.

But by the time the woman made it to the door, Chris and I were safely gone.

The portal led to the outside of Red Fountain, surprisingly. There I saw Mr. Damon outside. "Mr. Damon!" I called out to him. I ran over to him, leaving Chris panting.

"Derek, what are you doing back at Red Fountain?" He asked me.

"We need help. Chris is hurt and I-" I looked back at Chris. She was lying on the grass floor. "Chris!" I shouted as I ran back to her. Her eyes were shut and she wasn't moving.

"Oh my, we must get this girl to the infirmary!" Mr. Damon demanded, I picked her up bridal style and Mr. Damon and I began running into Red Fountain.

Christene POV

My head felt heavy, and my neck felt stiff. All I remember is Derek and I running away from Merdelia, then the rest was blank. But I saw a lady. She had dark purple hair that was put into a tight bun, and she was wearing a nurse's uniform. I sat up a bit and saw white sheets covering my body and I was wearing a white gown. I looked around and saw beeping machines and the doorway. The lady turned around and I gasped. She put on a nice smile. "I see you're awake." She said as she walked over to me with a spoonful full of orange liquid.

I laid back down as she sat at the edge of the bed I was on. "Sweetie, can you open wide please?" She asked me.

I looked at the spoonful. "Why?" I asked her.

"It's okay, it's just medicine. I'm giving it to you because of the red marks on your neck, this'll clear it up in no time. Just try it.." She said, her voice sounded sweet.

I opened my mouth wide enough for her to put the spoonful through. It tasted like oranges, but it hurt when I tried to swallow. The woman handed me a glass of water, which I slowly took after the medicine. "I'm Ms. Barbataya." She said. "I work at the infirmaries at all three schools of Magix."

"I'm Chris." I gave her a small smile.

"Well Chris, when I saw Derek and Mr. Damon running you in here, I was quite shocked." She said.

Derek… Derek! "Where's Derek?" I shot up, Ms. Barbataya giggled and slowly pushed me back down.

"Don't worry dear, he's right outside. I can tell him to come in if you want?" She asked me, I nodded.

"Please.." I said softly.

Ms. Barbataya smiled and walked over to the door. I watched as Derek and a man walked in after her. "I'll just give all of you some time. Chris, just call me if you need anything." Ms. Barbataya said as she walked into another room.

I nodded as she left. Derek took a seat right next to me and I smiled. "Thank you for saving me.." I said to him.

Derek chuckled and looked at me. "We made a promise, didn't we? No matter what happens, I'll be by your side."

I giggled. The man Derek walked in with cleared his throat. "Dear princess, it's been a long time since we've met." He said, I blushed. The guy was handsome.

"Do I know you?" I asked him.

"Well you should. I was always around you and Blaire..but that was when you were little." He said with a slight smirk on his face.

I studied his face, I know I've seen him before.. I just can't remember where..

"Blaire! Blaire!" A small girl's voice called, but she stopped when she saw her sister and a guy. They looked like they were kissing but the girl was too young to know for sure. When they stopped they stared at the little girl.

Blaire walked over to her and held her hand. "Christene, this is Damon." She said, Damon waved.

"Hi Christene." He said, the girl hid behind Blaire as she was shy.

"It's okay Christene, he's my friend." Blaire told her.

Christene slowly walked from behind her sister. "Hi Damon.." She said shyly.

"Your name is..Damon?" I asked him.

"So you do remember me." He hugged me, I haven't seen him in so long.

"It's nice to see you again.. If only I could see your sister again.." He sighed.

I grabbed the small necklace that was tucked under the gown. "Do you still remember this?" I asked him, the light blue heart swayed as I held it carefully.

Damon smiled and touched it softly. "Yes.. Blaire used to wear this all the time…" He said.

"This has all of Blaire's powers in it." I told him, his eyes widened at the small pendant.

"D-Do you mind if I t-take this for a second?.." He stammered, I nodded with a smile.

Damon took the necklace from my hand and walked out of the infirmary. My eyes shifted back to Derek who took his hand and played with a strand of my hair with his fingers. "So what made you come for me?" I asked him.

"Well.." He began as he sat in front of me on the bed. "Melissa and Mallory told me that you were sick. And since I took you out last night, I felt bad because I thought it was my fault.." He explained.

"Melissa's back?" I asked him, he nodded.

"She and Michael sure are a happy couple." He said as he leaned back in his chair, I chuckled.

I stared at the ceiling. "So when we were back in your room, why'd you say that I couldn't be here?" He asked me.

I sat up as I tried to recall the memory. "Because after you left my window last night… Merdelia said that a person like you could ruin everything.."

"A person like me?" He wondered.

"She knows that you're the prince of Eraklyon. I don't know how she found out, but she doesn't want me to see you again..ever" I told him.

"She does know that won't stop us right?" Derek smirked, I laughed.

I giggled. "And we are betroved." I smirked and twirled the end of my hair playfully.

"You know that?" He asked me.

"Yeah, the girl's did research on us. I've been waiting for you to find out that I'm the princess, but we were going to be together one way or another.." I told him, I sat up.

Derek stared at me, his green eyes looked happy. I sat my hand on top of his brown hair and brushed it back softly. My hand went down to his cheek and I felt him smile. I felt his hand go up my back as he pulled me in for a hug. "I'm glad you're okay." He said to me, I felt butterflies in my stomach when he said that.

Ms. Barbataya walked back in and saw us. "Oh..sorry to interrupt.." She said, Derek stood.

"It's okay Ms. Barbataya." I smiled.

"Prof. Saladin would like to speak with both of you in his office right now, so Chris you are free to go." She told me.

"Thank you." I nodded as she walked back into another room.

Derek looked at me again. "I'll go wait in the hall.. He said as he headed for the door.

I quickly got out from the covers and ran after him, nothing on my feet on the cold floor. I stood in front of the door. Derek laughed. "What are you doing?" he asked me.

I bit my bottom lip and looked at him knowingly. Derek kissed my lips softly. My heart skipped when I felt him pick me up, I opened my eye a bit and saw that we were walking away from the door. He sat me back on the bed. He touched his thumb gently on my bottom lip. "I'll wait out in the hallway.." he said with a smirk.

I nodded as he walked out the door. When the door closed I leaned back with a huge smile.

Hey! Been working on this chapter all morning! First it was this, than that, and once again I thank winxgirl1997 for always reviewing! Please review everyone!

~Rose