Help My Memory (ON HOLD!)

The Memory

CHAPTER 2: THE MEMORY

I can feel myself peacefully sitting in some sort of chair and as I open my eyes, I find myself in a carriage. As I look around, I notice that the carriage is covered in all different types of animal fur. I slowly reach my hand up and caress the soft fox hide, making me smile as I remember when I was a little girl, my father would hunt all the time and when he got home, he would have the softest hide I've ever felt.

But I'm not with my father, nor am I a little girl anymore. I'm here for a reason... but why?

That was soon answered as I heard someone move. And it wasn't outside of the carriage, it was inside. I slowly look over to my left and almost screamed. I'm staring straight at a man with chin length blonde hair and skinny frame. Half of his face is shadowed from the moonlight but I could still clearly see his green eyes. For a few intense seconds, we just stare at each other, waiting for the other to say anything. Soon the man clears his throat and I tense up even more as he leans slightly closer to me.

"Well, glad you're awake... Now, we've been getting word from the King of England, King Richard, that some of his...unholy men have been plotting against Italy for quite some time. He's succeeded a little in controlling them, but he needs some back up. That's where you come in, my dear. Now, O-"

"Who are you?!" I whisper loudly.

"Madam, quit playing games, this is serious. " The man clearly does not know that I have no idea what he's talking about.

"Okay, hold on, woah, what's all this about? You are making no sense!"

"Oh dear... you've already forgotten... Well, you my dear, are going under cover to try and figure out what the Sheriff of Nottingham is planning. But to make this convincing, you need to change your name... hmm.. how about Rosalia?" The man places some sort of bag in my lap but I don't pay attention to it.

"But that's my name... it's always been my name..." I say, becoming even more confused than before.

"Uh, no, you're name is Serenity... You must have really hit your head hard when you were thrown from your horse. "

'Serenity... My name is Serenity... but...No! that's impossible! '

"Wait... who are you?" I ask, but was interrupted by the strange man.

"Now what I need you to do, Rosalia is to wake up. " The man starts shaking my shoulders lightly.

Soon the whole scene in front of me starts to slowly melt away. 'Wait! I have more questions!' I fuzzily think as I slowly forget everything and I feel nothing.

I wake up with a jolt and I sit up in my bed. I groggily try to remember where I was when it suddenly dawned on me. My bag. I scramble out of bed, careful not to knock my damaged arm on anything, and start my search for my bag. When I look in every nook and cranny of the cave, I give up and exhaustively fall back to sleep.