Chapter 24:
My mom came back into the room, so I took the note and hid it in under my pillow.
She sat down next to me on my bed again, which reminded me of how my mom back in the real world had done and told me about our family and magic. I sighed inwardly and my mom began flipping through the pages. The pages consisted a lot of me and my brother and sister, and a lot with our sports.
"Mom…do we have any other family?" I asked
My mom sighed. "Well…yes. Yes, we do. I have three younger sisters. Piper, Phoebe, and Paige. But we hardly get to see them because Phoebe's in New York City as an advice columnist, Piper's in Chicago as a chef, and Paige is actually in Europe traveling. You guys are the only kids because they've been too busy to settle down."
"Oh." I said.
"But that's okay…we get to see them every once in while, and it's always fun when we do." My mom smiled.
Then we heard the front door open and a voice call "Mom? I'm home."
"Oh…there's Alyssa. You stay put and rest." My mom said, and went down to greet my "sister".
I listened (thanks to my super hearing powers) to the conversation between my mom and sister.
"So, is Jessie off at diving?" I heard Alyssa ask
"Well…actually, sweetie, there's been a bit of a problem." My mom started to explain. Alyssa flipped out.
"What? What happened? Is she okay?" She asked, and I could here her starting up the stairs.
"Wait… well, yes. There's been an accident of some sort. You remember when Jessie hit her head on the diving board this week?" My mom asked
"Yeah…" Alyssa replied
"Well, now she seems to have had a memory relapse or some sort of…temporary amnesia. She woke up this morning and didn't remember who she was or who your father and I were. She didn't remember you or Scott either. She also started talking about demons or something and that I killed your father." My mom explained in a worried tone.
"Oh my god! Can I go see her?" Alyssa asked, starting up the stairs again
"I guess. But don't be surprised if she doesn't remember you. Just…be careful with her. She's sort of delicate at the moment." My mom permitted.
Alyssa walked up the rest of the stair case and came down the hall and entered my room.
"Hey sweetie." She said, coming in the room. "What's going on here?"
I stared at her for the first time. She had blond hair and blue eyes, was medium height and a gymnast body. Her hair was tied up in a bun. That's when I remembered that we use words to speak. So I said "I don't know… I woke up this morning and I couldn't remember anything.
Alyssa came and sat on my bed. Stroking my hair, she asked "you don't remember…anything?"
I shook my head. "No. I remember waking up from a really weird dream and didn't know what was going on. I recognized mom and dad, but…it was different or something."
"Well… what was the dream about?" She asked
I told her all that had happened, leaving out some parts to make it seem more like a dream.
"Wow…that's awful!" She exclaimed. Then she noticed the scrapbook on my bed. "Trying to remember?" she asked
"Yeah…I thought maybe looking at pictures would jog my memory or something. I don't know." I replied "Alyssa?" I asked
"Yeah?" she said
"I'm…scared." I admitted "What if I never get my memory back? It's so confusing, and I don't know what to do."
"Well, whatever happens….you can always trust me. You, my baby sister, will be okay. Nobody will hurt you, and if they try…there'll be hell to pay." Alyssa said sternly, protectively.
When she said "hell to pay" she reminded me of my mom fighting my dad in the Underworld. Then, other memories came, mixing in reality from this alternative universe I was in. I saw my family and I at baseball games and gymnastics and diving meets. I saw my aunts fighting demons and trips to Disney World. I saw Elizabeth and Tom's faces leering in the corners of my mind. My body jerked in reaction to the memories. It was almost like a premonition but in the past.
"What? Do you remember something?" Alyssa asked suddenly
"Kind of….I don't really know." I replied "I remember baseball games and gymnastics and diving meets and trips to Disney World. It's all sort of mixed together. I guess my memory will come back slowly or something." I said
"Oh…well, I'm going to go shower and change out of this leotard. But I'll come back after and we can talk more." Alyssa replied, kissing my head before leaving the room and closing the door.
Alone in my room, I took out my mom's note from the real world. Reality. I missed it so much it seemed to make my heart ache. I put the note in the waistband of my pajama paints. I fought sleep because I didn't want to go to another alternative reality and confuse myself all over again. Reluctantly, my eyes drooped and sleep conquered me.
A/N: Well, hope you liked that chapter! Will Jess ever figure out how to get out of this alternative universe she's in? Will she ever really know what's real? And what demons are involved, if any? Dun… dun… dun… answers will be revealed soon. More reviews=faster updates. So, please REVIEW!!!