Woke Up In A New Decade

Chapter six

SEPTEMBER 1912

I watched as the Tsar and mama greeted King George and Mary, there was a little boy with them too. "Astrid, come and meet and greet your uncle." The Tsarina ordered. "Hello I'm Astrid Romanova." The both of them looked at us both like we were weirdos and then gave a fake smile. A boy tried to walk past but The King stopped him.

"Say hello, Terrence." (Yes a Son of Kronos reference, it's that guy. The guy we all love) the king said. Terrence stopped. "Hello, I'm Alexandra of Hesse-." Terrence stared at her. "I am fully aware of who you are. Hello." He was cold and continued on.

"Oh it is so very wonderful to see you cousin." The King who I'll call for this George the DumbHead or something said as he playfully patted the Tsar on the back. They both looked very similar but they had their differences. "Congratulations for being the king! May the people treat you great." The Tsar added. They both left with guards following them. We were left behind.

"Would you like to go for tea on the beach?" Mary suggested, that's the Queen, not the princess. Mama smiled and approved. A tent was set up and Queen Mary, Mama, and me sat underneath drinking tea with Alexei and John who was the youngest. The tea was nice, they make tea good in Britain. My brother, my real brother is in a boarding school in Scotland. The Grand Duchesses were talking and touching the water when it came close.

"May I ask what exactly happened to her?" Queen Mary asked, the Tsarina called over Maria. Maria came over. "Look after Astrid for me, will you?" The Tsarina asked. Maria nodded and took my hand, I slipped off the chair and ran with her to the rest of them. "Hello Astrid." Olga said. I waved. I watched the calm ocean waves. "Astra will you go on a walk with me?" Olga asked, I looked a bit shocked at this because I've only been talking with Maria.

We went the opposite direction of the Grand Duchesses. "What happened to your accent?" Olga asked. I could only assume she meant my really thick German accent in English. "I don't know what you mean, I've always spoken like this." I said. "Do you speak another language?" She asked me, i could speak German and um Hungarian? "I can speak Hungarian." I answered her rather puzzled. "Where did you learn that?" She asked. I ignored that.

"Why do you dislike us, Astrid?" Olga asked me. I on my heel to her quickly. "What do you mean?" I asked her, one eyebrow raised. "When we talk to you, you don't seem to want to talk to us and don't seem to like us." She answered me, I signed. "I don't dislike you Olga or you- our sisters. I have a different prospective of the world then you." I answered.

"What do you mean different prospective?" Olga asked louder than she should've. It caused us to get attention rather quickly. "Olga be quiet." I said through clenched teeth. Mama and Queen Mary noticed us and I probably looked as red as a tomato. Olga's face was red and tears swelled up in her beautiful bright blue eyes. That Terrence kid we saw earlier was looking at us, his eyebrow raised. "Astrid! Don't you understand! It's all in your head! You speak French not Hungarian! We are your family! Your from Russia not Germany! You are a schizo!" She screamed. Terrence calmly walked over but it seemed that time made him quick.

He took my hand. "What?" I sounded weak, my throat began aching and I couldn't hold back tears. "Astrid wait I didn't mean-" Olga began but Terrence began rapidly pulling me away and we disappeared quite quick.

"You are from the future, correct?" He asked. I nodded. "How did you know?" I asked, he turned to me with his piercing golden eyes. "My father is the Titan of time, that's how I'm still 12, and alive." He said, this guy knew loads of things. "I see a futuristic person when I see one."

My hat blew off in the end and I got rid of my sweater, my hair became messy but still we were going faster then them all. "Time bends around me, I say we walk as fast as lightning." He simply said and we went even quicker. "Doesn't this tire you?" I asked. He nodded. He stopped. "They can't see me currently. To them I am inside, I must leave you now, may Hypnos and Morpheus protect your dreams." He said, I felt hands hold my waist and everything to black, the last thing was Terrence disappearing in golden dust.

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When I woke up everything was white and foggy. I didn't know what happened but I saw two people, the person on the right was Terrence but the man next to him I didn't know. Another person appeared, it was.. mother? "Hello Astrid." Mother said. My eyes swelled with tears. "Mama!" I hugged her, she hugged me too.

"You were supposed to be born in 1900, not 1975." The man on the right said, I started to puzzle it together. "You.. Kronos!" I stuttered. He only smiled at me and nodded his head. Terrence wore a Finnish winter uniform, for whatever reason.

"You have a lot of questions, but you are not sick." Mother told me. "This is real, everything is real here in your dreams. I met up with Terrence and he told me it all. I had to leave you Margo and Heinrich, I'm sorry. Heinrich should be an Archduke and Margo should be a princess. Everything in our family is messed up." Mother told me. My voice went dry. "ARE THEY OKAY?" I screamed. Mother only smiled at me.

"You have the knowledge of the future and fate of this family. You can save them from their fate. It's really your choice. And don't worry. You won't suffer much of the loneliness." Mother told me. Terrence walked up to me.

"Good luck, lil cousin thingy thing idk." He said and he covered my view with his hands. Everything went black.