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"Hey, hey! Are you alright?" yelled the voice from before. I rolled over and felt bushes around me. The people were right next to me now and I felt hands checking my back.
"She seems to be…"
"What, Reo?"
I took a deep breath before I felt my consciousness slip away.
"Celia, are you alright?" came a familiar voice. I'd recognize that voice from anywhere. Alice. It was pitch black, but I saw a bright light coming towards me. I'm guessing the light was Alice. "Maybe the power was too much for you. Oh well, hey, Celia," I clenched my teeth. "Celia…" I looked away from the light. "Celia!"
"What?" I finally muttered.
"Why didn't you tell me you were 'Celia'?" Alice asked. I cocked my head to the side. I did tell her my name. "Hmm?" Alice touched my head before giggling. "Oh~ I see how it is. You have no memory of who you are!"
"Who I am?" I questioned, wondering what she was talking about. "I'm Celia Adrian."
"Say, does the name 'Lacie' mean anything to you?" She asked in her high pitched voice. Lacie? It has the same letters in it as my name and Alice's, but other than that…
["Sister, I'm going over now!"]
["Hurry up, Celia!"]
["As your big sister, I will always protect you. So don't worry, kay?"]
All those voices where voices I've never heard before. They all sounded familiar though. Could the voice be talking to me? [Celia! Something awful has happened to Lacie!"]
My head shot up at the last voice. It was a man's voice, but I don't recognize it at all. Something about the last voice made my heart drop.
"Well?" Alice repeated, breaking the weird voices in my head. I snapped out of it and slowly turned towards the light.
"I-I…" I uttered, not knowing how to reply. I don't know 'Lacie,' but, the voices must mean I do.
"You're making progress, Celia." Alice cheered. "You'll be a good pawn once your memories are recovered."
"Huh?" I asked, confused. She moved her hand to my eyes and ran it over them. I winced from the touch.
"Maybe, if you're good, I'll give you back your vision." She said in a more serious tone now. I flinched. She couldn't do that, could she? But…
"What is it you want me to do for you?" I asked, bowing down to her. She must have been shocked because she removed her hand and was silent for awhile.
"I'll return to you when you're older to explain everything to you. For now, though, just focus on staying alive, Celia."
"Urrgh…" escaped my mouth as the atmosphere changed again. I quickly sat up, feeling that I was now on a bed.
"You'd better be careful. Try not to move too much." came a voice that I remember answered to 'Reo.' I turned towards the voice. "Oh, we found you laying out in the woods. You seemed to have fallen out of a tree or something. You surely gave Master such a fright." The boy laughed. I blushed, feeling embarrassed.
"Reo, is she awake?" the boy who's voice I first heard after 'falling out of the tree' asked. I heard a door open and then close.
"Yes, she just awoke." Reo replied. "My name is Reo, by the way." I kinda already guessed.
"My name is Eliot Nightray." The other boy said. I could sense him walking towards me. Reo had such a kind and sweet voice, whereas Eliot's voice was a bit rough, but it seemed like it had an underlying message hidden.
"I-I'm Celia Adrian." I introduced, feeling like I had to. "If you don't mind me asking, where am I?" I couldn't see anything, but I had a feeling this place was pretty fancy.
"This is the Nightray Mansion." Reo explained. "Eliot's house. I'm his personal servant or guard, however you want to put it." Nightray household? I've never heard of them.
"You should know, you were sneaking around our grounds." Eliot added in. I jumped. Was he accusing me of something?
"I don't remember how I got there. I didn't even know where I was…" I explained.
"How convenient." Eliot sneered. I made another fist and shifted off the bed. I wobbled a bit, not used to standing in awhile. I felt arms around me, helping me to stand straight. "Be careful." Eliot whispered. I felt his breath on my cheek and I blushed.
What is with this guy? He was just being rude to me and now he's helping me and telling me to 'be careful'? This is a strange form of kindness.
"I really don't remember anything." I tried to convince him. I was with Alice and the next moment I was falling on the ground.
"Eliot, I think she's telling truth." Reo budded in. I stood up straight without depending on him and put my hand up to my face. This hand was once covered in blood of people that Serpent killed.
"You really don't remember?" Eliot asked again. Persistent much?
"I'm sorry…" I mumbled. "Everything in my memory is gone." I lied. Well, it wasn't fully a lie, all that I remember is Serpent and Alice.
"Well, since I found you, don't you own me your life?" He asked.
"H-Huh?" Was all that came out of my mouth.
"You can become my personal servant,"
"Or guard." Reo added.
", like Reo." Eliot finished. I leaned back on the bed for support. I don't even know him, but he's right, I do own him my life, but I never pictured he's make me repay him like this. Though he's actually doing me a favor by offering me this position after he found out I have nowhere else to go after this. Eliot Nightray. He acts so cruel on the surface, but maybe there's more to him than this mask. He's showing me kindness, I can see it. Not with my eyes, but with my heart. There's something more to him than just his Nightray name. He did save me, after all.
"Yes, sir!" I giggled, bowing down before my new, and only, master.
