Woke Up In A New Decade

Chapter Thirty Seven

Photograph of Princess Maria of Romania with her younger sister, Ileana, in Constantona during the visit of the Russian Imperial Family in 1914.

June 1914
I was in the Livadia palace courtyard but it seemed foggy as if it was a dream like state, empty. My anxiety began skyrocketing as I started to search for the Angel. There was a figure, alone and in the distance. She was very recognisable. It was Viscountess Natasha, from Tatiana's ball. I quickly walked over to her, she stood there as if she was waiting for me. "Nice to see you again, Astrid."

"I know you are in my head." I murmured. She just smiled even more at me. "Are you not going to warn them about the revolution?" She asked me. "I need time, I need the First World War so I have Tatiana and Olga on my side. It'll prove more to Cian and Caoimhe." I explained to her. "What about the picture from the future?" She asked me, her smile still on her face. "I don't think they'd believe me anyway." I confessed, then I thought about it. "Wait, let me ask you questions." Natasha stayed silent, allowing me to proceed with my questions. "First, why can I see you? Two, who is that bloody Angel? Three, what happened to the good Angel? And four, why do I have that picture?"

Natasha stayed silent. Then she slowly spoke, "I am that Angel. I am not in my actual form so that bloody Angel as you call it can't sense me. So I physically transfer to look like this. I am the daughter of Harmonia, and your guardian Angel. Only a select few can see me, some demigods of people I trust and you of course. The bloody Angel that follows you around is the embodiment or personification of pain and sorrow. It follows you because it is trying to prevent you from succeeding in your goals. It wants you to fail."

It started to make sense. Her sparkling green eyes, her light brown hair. She was my guardian Angel and i felt myself calm down as I realised I was safe from the evil Angel. "Why is the Evil Angel following me out of all people? Why was I transferred back to 1912? Who was that hooded guy?" I asked repetitively.

"The hooded boy is Terrence but from the future. I gave you the photograph for comfort because I know you miss your old family deep down, your brother and sister miss you too. But they are living their lives, and your aunt, full of grief. And your level headed uncle. You were never meant to be born in the 1970s. It was an error when evil invaded the timeline. It is following you specifically because the Romanovs were always meant to be saved but evil formed set backs, like the execution for an example. We tried to fix everything and bring you to your real family but I suppose sometimes the fates hate us."

She paused for a second and continued. "You are a demigod Astrid. And evil is particularly trying to get you to fail because evil always tries to hurt the good people and disturb their peace. Like your family for an example. Yes, they have made many mistakes but every human does this, they have followed the righteous path of their beautiful religion and has showed themself as humble and pure in their heart. So a second chance was given. All of this is thanks to the Primordial Kleio, she is the personification of many things but she usually is with alternative realities and timelines."

"I have way more questions." I confessed. Natasha chuckled at me. "Astrid, I am just a vision in your head. I can't answer all of your questions. I don't even know all the answers myself. I just know the information because I was provided it by whoever is upstairs. Just remember this, you are their second chance Astrid. Don't forget that."

"And.. you will meet some people. That'll stick with you for a while. Make friends out of them, they will understand you." She smiled. And suddenly when I blinked she was gone, and when I turned around so was the courtyard of Livadia.

***

I opened my eyes but my vision blurred from the light shining down. I smelt the familiar smell of weed. "She has woken up!" I heard Lili Dehn exclaim happily. My hands reached my eyes and I rubbed them, then I finally saw my surroundings. I was in an unfamiliar room with cream coloured walls. I felt pillows underneath my head and internally sighed. I was 'sick' again. I heard someone snoring. "Wake up!" Lili dehn yelled, The person who was snoring woke up and walked out of the room, i could tell from the departing footsteps and the door opening and shutting. I started to tense up to see if the evil Angel was around. "Where am I? Where is my family?" I weakly asked with a dry voice, I tried to sit up. "Don't do that, Astya, lay back down." Lili ordered. She took a cold cloth soaked with water and placed it on my head.