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I read the note again.
"I'm guessing the 'she' he suggested was you."
I took a deep breath and opened the envelope. Inside was a crystal. One that matched my necklace jewel.
"It's an according." The older looking Fitz said.
I pressed the jewel and it began to lit up. I almost dropped it but caught it just in time.
"Good one." Keefe teased. I frowned at him. Before I could anything my eyes widened as I heard the words.
"Hello, my daughter."
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I tugged on my locket. I couldn't breathe. Was this really my father talking to me? My thoughts were overcrowding my mind. No matter what I thought it became replaced with another one.
"If you are getting this then you must be already in the lost cities."
Everyone was silent. I bit my lip hard enough to taste blood. This couldn't be him, right?
"If you're also getting this then there's a chance I'm not with you. I'm sorry I couldn't stay longer. I wish I could have seen you now."
I wanted it to stop. I wanted someone to jump out and say "Gotta you!" and say it was a prank. It hurts. All this time I tried to push him back and try to pretend nothing happened between my family. I tried so hard to pretend were thing was fine. I put up so many walls around me. To protect me. TO shield me from the pain I felt when I first got the news. I had to put up a strong face for my mom. I forgot how much it hurt.
"It's not your fault. I know you have a mindset that whenever something bad happens it was your fault."
I clenched my locket harder and larder. I stared at the crystal thing hoping it would just shut up.
"There are so many things I want to tell you *chuckles sadly*. But I want you to know the real reason I-"
It stopped talking. I stared at it.
"I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I" It kept stuttering then it cracked.
At that moment everything seemed to be in slow motion. I had wanted it to end but why don't I feel better. Why doesn't the pain go away? Why won't it stop?
"Lyra?" Sophie asked. I looked down at the cracked crystal. My eyes burned. I took a deep breath. "Don't cry. Just breathe. Count to 5."
"Lyra?" Sophie asked one more time.
"1."
"Hey, it's okay. We'll fix the crystal."
"2."
"We can fix it right Mr. Forkle?" She asked looking up at him.
"3."
"Well there is a chance but it looks to be blown out. The chances of it working again are quite slim. "
"4."
"But it's worth a shot. All we need to do is-"
"5."
I took a deep breath and gave Sophie the crystal. She looked at me confused.
"Why are you giving me the crystal?" She asked.
I looked down at the floor trying to make sure my tears didn't fall. I sighed and didn't say anything.
"I promise everything wi-"
"Stop making promises you can't keep," I said cutting her off.
"Hey back off would you? It wasn't her fault-"
"I never said it was," I said cutting Keefe off.
Fitz stared at me and sighed "I think she should go." He said.
"That has to be the first time I actually agree with you," I said with a weak laugh.
"You can't close yourself in." An adult said. It was the one with auburn hair. She looked at me with her sad eyes.
"I don't know what you're talking about," I said looking away.
"After your father's death, you closed down. You're trying to say your fine, in reality, all you do is want to cry. Don't you?" She said.
Tears fell from my face. I looked down having my bangs cover my eyes. That is when the lady hugged me. I began to cry more and more. Everyone looked down as they were feeling guilty. They all left the room so I wasn't being stalked by all of them. Though I still heard whispering. The lady rubbed my back trying to comfort me.
"It's okay to cry every once and while." She said. I sniffled.
"Why does it hurt so much?" I asked. She looked at me with her sad eyes and wiped the tears off my face.
"That pain is going to help you later on." She said smiling weakly. I sniffled once more.
I was stuck here whether I liked it or not. I promised him I would stay if you followed my order now it's my job to follow his. All I have to do is stay here longer let them explain and then I would be on my way home. Seemed simple enough. The woman pulled away from the hug.
"My name is Edaline." She said with a weak smile. I wiped a tear off my face.
"Lyra, but I guess you already knew that," I said with a sad chuckle.
I felt better I could talk to an adult or have an adult to sit down and listen to my problems. It made me feel wanted. It made me feel like I belonged.
"You could be exhausted." She said.
"I feel exhausted," I said smiling. She smiled and then looked at my clothes.
"Let's get you ready for bed shall we?" She said.
She stood up and helped me to my feet. My body had felt heavy. I wasn't sure whether or not it was from exhaustion or the pain from hearing my father. Sophie did say that there was a chance they could fix it but Mr. Forkle said it was a small chance it would work. So I didn't want to get my hopes up. I had to wait and hope for the best. Edaline walked me to a room. Everyone was downstairs so the fact that I was in a new room, with nobody I knew (except Sophie) didn't make me feel "at home". But I had to deal with it. I opened to see an enormous room. Even though it was a bit plain I felt as if I were royalty.
"This is all mine?" I asked.
She smiled at me and nodded. I walked in and sat on the bed.
Dam, this is like a king sized bed, I thought as I rubbed my hand against the blankets. Edaline looked at my clothes.
"I'm going to ask Sophie if she could let you borrow some clothes." She said.
"Wait, no...I don't want to be any trouble. I'm fine with these." I said.
She looked at me then my clothes. I could see she wanted to disagree but she didn't say anything. I laid down on the bed and covered myself with the blankets.
"Are you sure you don't want to take a shower first?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
She gave me the same look my mom does.
"You really want me to change don't you?" I asked. She didn't say anything.
"Fine. I'll take a shower and change my clothes." I said.
She smiled and told me she would be right back. She's really nice. Too nice to a stranger. I wondered how Sophie even met them. That's a question I'll ask her later. I looked at the room again. It was weird. Since my mom and I lived alone we always had small apartments.
"Here you go. Sophie said these should be comfy enough for you." Edaline said coming in with clothes.
I looked at the clothes and took them from her.
"There is a towel already in there." She said. I nodded as I went into the bathroom.
Now everyone's biggest fear. Trying to figure out how to work somebody's shower. After a while of pushing things, I finally turned it on. I start undressing and stepped into the shower. The warm water pressed against my skin and my hair. It was still weird. I missed my mum. I looked up at the ceiling as the water ran down my neck to my back. I shivered and hugged myself. I know I can't go home but I still feel like I should. I feel like something is wrong. I gripped my locket realizing I forgot to take it off. My mum had said the locket was made out of real metals so it wouldn't matter whether or not I got it wet. I looked at the crest to the locket. They still didn't answer my question about why they wanted my necklace to begin with. After I was finished taking a shower I put on the clothes Sophie let me borrowed. They were a bit different from what I wear to go to bed but I couldn't complain. I rebraided my hair letting my bangs fall out again.
I walked to the bed and sat down. The sheets were super soft. I laid down covering myself. I rolled around over and over and over again. I couldn't sleep. I groaned aloud.
"This is so annoying..." I whispered as I rolled over once more.
I turned around to be greeted by a monster in my face. I screamed aloud. Footsteps ran to my room and busted in.
"Sandor, what are you doing?" Sophie asked out of breath as well as Edaline and the other guy. All were all in there PJ's.
"I was just making sure she wasn't a threat." He said.
"By giving me a heart attack," I said getting up and walking behind Sophie. She gripped my hand letting me know everything was fine.
"This is Sandor. My Bodyguard. Sandor this is Lyra. My hmm...friend." She said.
I stared at her. She called me her friend...That was interesting. Sandor or whatever he was looked at me and grunted.
"Nice to meet you too," I muttered.
"I'm sorry. We should have told you about Sandor." Sophie said.
You should have told me about everything else while you're at it, I thought but bit back the comment and instead, I said.
"It's fine."
After that, they all left my room. Well, they're room...The extra room? Whatever you wanted to call it and laid back down on the bed. My body felt exhausted until what it felt like before the monster showed up into the room. I laid down on my side and hid my body except for a bit of my face under the covers. It was dark in the room. Very dark. Did I mention I'm not one for dark places? It's not that I'm scared of the dark but I'm more scared of what's in it. I closed my eyes hoping I wouldn't be scared by more of Sophie "Bodyguards". My thoughts were slamming against which other into a pounding headache. I opened my eyes and rubbed my temples trying to get rid of the pain. Why is this happening now? Why don't I sleep? I gripped my locket and started humming a song my father used to sing to me. It was about how to love and be strong and even when things go wrong it's okay because you'll find your place again. The sound comforted me. It let me know I was safe. Even though I didn't feel as if I were. I took a deep breath and let my thoughts start to sink down into a soft little melody. My eyelids felt heavier. I closed my eyes letting the sounds of the night become the music to the rest of the song the other sounds were playing. Right there and then everything felt normal. I felt safe. I felt at home. I started to doze off as a dream started.
It was a weird dream with heights and raining crystals. I heard laughing and thoughts slammed against my brain. The worst part about it was that I knew I was dreaming but I couldn't wake up. The nightmare started to get worse. I fell into a black hole and my body slammed against the floor. I sat up rubbing my head and looked in front of me. A strange figure stood there as I saw a smile pierce into her skin. She looked beautiful but she looked a little bit like the Keefe guy. Sadly I couldn't see much she was wearing a black hood.
"Who are you?" I called out.
She laughed. "Why should I tell you?"
"You're in my dream."
"How do you know this is your dream and not mines?"
"What are you- Stop avoiding the question. Who are you?" I asked
"The real question is who are you." She said back. I frowned.
"Don't you be pulling that Alice In Wonderland crap on me. Tell me now." I demanded.
"If I do tell you, you can't tell anybody else."
I nodded as she took off the black hood. But suddenly her face blurred. Her voice sounded like broken pieces of music in the car. I was only able to hear certain words. But one word I did recognize.
"Neverseen."
