Memories of a Lost Soul

Truth

'You are Elizabeth...the Fourth Lost Girl!'

Hearing her name, the girl turns to me. I finally get the chance to see her face closely. She is in tears. Her forehead is so deeply crunched that her eyebrows almost touch each other. Her eyes are red. I don't know whether they are red due to tears or anger. She is gritting her teeth and her fist is clenched. It is as if she is restraining herself from punching me in the face.

'YOU!' She suddenly grabs my collar. 'She's dead because of YOU!' Seeing her red face, all I can do is stare at her. 'You give away her location! THEY KILLED HER!' Her screams is followed by a pleading voice. 'They killed her....'

Her grip weakens and I fell to the ground. She too, fell on her knees. 'She trusted you. She thought that maybe....maybe you'll be able to free us' She lost to her tears.

I'm confused. In the span of a few minutes, I have been angry, scared, and confused. I don't think my brain can keep up with it. A person I just met, had just saved me and scolded me. Right now, she is crying on me. She accused me of indirectly killing someone. All I can do is stare at her, thinking.

'Killed....her?' I finally manage to form some words. 'Do you mean.....Pearl? I...killed...Pearl?'

Elizabeth is still trying to control her sobs when she starts explaining. 'The fairy....found her...' She wipes her face with her arms. 'The fairy found her.... after she meet you yesterday...'

They killed her?

If she had said those words a few hours ago, I wouldn't believe it. However, The Queen had just tried to get rid of me. Now that I think about it, all I care about was proving that I am right yesterday. I also left her inside the cave. It was possible for her to be killed after that.

Then, something hits me. I immediately look around the room. 'Tink? Are you here?' If she is here, then Elizabeth might be in danger. I  don't want to make the same mistake.

'She isn't here' Still wiping her tears, Elizabeth speaks up. 'It's a secret base, so no one can find it unless they're guided here by me.'

'What do you mean? Tink was there when we escaped, no? She might know where we are and rattle on to the other fairies'

She makes her way to a wooden armchair near the fireplace. 'She wasn't even there when Titania attacked you,' she sighs. 'And no one will find this place.'

'Why not?'

'How much do you know about the Fairy Dust?'

'Fairy Dust? You mean the stuffs that make you fly?'

'Yes,' She responds flatly. 'Do you know? The Fairy Dust can do a lot more than that.'

'What do you mean?'

'Fairy dust is magic itself. It has the power to make your imagination come true.' She pulls out a small bag. 'With just pinch of them, you can make the wind blows for you. You can move a mountain, shift the flow of river.' She pour the inside of the bag, revealing golden sands that shines almost brighter than the light. 'With just a handful of this, you can make the clouds rain for you. It's not strange that I can hide my secret base from view.'

'That can't be right,' I sit on the chair opposite her. 'If you can do that, then why do the Lost boy only use it to fly?'

'Because the fairy told you so!' She pours the Fairy Dust back into its bag. 'They only told you a little bit of what the Fairy Dust can do. If you know its full power, you might be a threat for the fairies.'

'But, such powerful thing....where does it come from?'

'Memories,' she mumbles.

'Memories?'