The Royal Quest of Floravera

🔜 Chapter Twenty Seven 🔚

By Arabella:
[December ?]

"If you fall, get back up. If you die, walk it off." - Rocklynn Valente. (Secretly Captain America's Quote... but it was needed for this. 😏🫡)

Blackness, I hate it. It's as if I'm standing in a void of nothingness. I can't see anything, but this dot. This light... I follow it.

I step out of the light into my medic room? I watch as the medics wheel me in. Me? But I'm right here. I watch as they put me on the bed and start heart compressions, but I don't feel it. They pump air into my lungs. I still feel nothing, as if it's not my body.

"Can't feel it right?" A woman speaks behind me. I jump and turn to her, I would say my heart stopped but I don't seem to have one of those.

"Mom? How- what- oh my gosh. I'm dead aren't I?" I panic but I can't breathe. Like I'm literally nothing, I can't breathe, feel a heartbeat. How does one panic with nothing to panic with?

"Yes right now you are." She says. I don't look at her, I watch as Liam stands at the doorway, covered in my blood. He's crying so hard it makes me wanna cry, but nothing comes out.

I walk to him. "Liam!" I try to grab him but my hand goes through him.

"He cant hear you." She says. I scream trying to grab him.

"No no. It can't end like this he's so sad." I look back at my body. "I'm so lifeless."

"It doesn't have to. You can go back. You can fight." She says

"How?" I question.

"I didn't raise a quitter. How do you fight?" She asks

"With my fists?" I ask

"What do you do when you can't use those?" She asks

"My feet." I state

"Not an option."

"My- my mouth? Magic?" I panic I don't know what to do but I can't panic due to no lungs so I panic more.

"Yes, now how would you use that?" She asks

"There isn't a spell for that." I say

"The spell book was made to help you learn to use the wand. Not so you can use them forever. Use your mind." She says

"But it's not possible. If it was you would be back." I say

"I chose not to go back." She says

I stop panicking. I'm bewildered "why?"

"It was my time darling. I had lived my life, and it was time for you to live yours without me. I did some questionable things in my life, but I had hoped that I had taught to be better then me, and I haven't stopped watching you since I died.  I can proudly say I didn't fail you, you are an amazing Queen, person, fiancé, daughter, everything. Even sister."

"You knew about them. Did you know they would come for Floravera?" I ask

"I had my suspicions. But I knew you would find a way around it. Just like you'll find your way around this." She says "now think"

"Why did you leave them?" I ask

"I'm no better than your dad when it comes to kids. I put all my effort into you. I didn't have what it takes to raise those boys on my own with you still young, I thought giving them away would be best. I was wrong, but I can't change that." She says

"Come back with me." I plead.

"You know I can't. My time to go back has already passed, and if you don't hurry; yours will too." She grabs my arm. I can actually feel her touch me. "Fight Arabella, be the daughter I raised. Not for me, but for Liam, Floravera, everyone. For yourself most of all. Believe in yourself. Fight."

"Fight fight fight" I chant with her. Suddenly my arms, and body glow. The glow purpleish.

"There you go, I knew you could do it" she smiles at me. "Now go live, you'll see me again one day. Don't rush it."

"Time of death; 13:46-" I shoot up from the bed, gasping for air. "Holy cow" a doctor says behind me.

"What happened!?" I scream at everyone. Liam runs to me, and sits on the bed.

"Ari- ari, calm down. It's okay, you're alive." He cries again, and hugs me. I wince. He pulls back immediately. "Sorry sorry." He looks at the doctor. "Stitch her up!" He demands

I look around frantically "Where's my mom?" Liam gives me a look of confusion and concern. "She was just here." I panic and I too cry.

"Ari, your mom is dead, she's been dead." My heart drops. I cry more.

"She was just here I swear!" He cups my face, and wipes my tears.

"I believe you, okay? Just lay down, and don't panic. The doctor needs to stitch you up." He lays me down on the bed. He then gets off the bed.

"No don't leave me!" I yell at him. He grabs my hand.

"I'm not going anywhere ever." He kisses my hand. Then I see a doctor grab a needle with medicine in it.

"What is that?" I ask in horror.

"It's to put you to sleep so you don't feel the pain in your shoulder." He says. Liam nods

"It's okay. It will be over with quick, just look at me okay." He caresses my cheek and hand as I stare up at him. Then I feel the needle go into my skin, releasing this cool liquid in my arm.

Then it goes black... again.