The Lost Child

chapter 7

We walked through the hallway , he took me upstairs. I'd never seen that part of the castle. Dad made two guards stand there ,not letting anyone go upstairs. Which made me curious a lot. Even when dad died, Stephan allowed us to go there but I hadn't even thought to see what's up there. Rooms of course?

"When she died..I begged dad to let me take you to that room so we could erase your memories about her. Stephan agreed. The pain he felt for losing Beth and Ella was so severe , he didn't want you to feel the same." Simon explained as we walked. "Ella didn't actually intend to kill Beth you know..or turn her to a vampire or anything" he corrected " she loved her ,too, and Beth used to cover for them when she or Stephan we in trouble."

I listened " what happened that day?"

"A creature hypnotized her.. It made her go crazy and kill everyone around" he started. He frowned when he remembered the scene.

"Can you describe it?" I asked.

"What?" He seemed to change the subject.

"Can you describe that creature?" I repeated.

"Well.. It was a sticky creature,leaking a sticky membrane and it walked like apes" when he said that I had a flashback ten years ago when that creature attacked me, Stephan and Phillip when we were in my hiding place. It hypnotized them also and they were mumbling evil words that I couldn't understand.

"It's that servant.. It works for the king of the devils " I shot.

"So that king was behind all that?" He started " you think he meant to kill her-"

"To force me to revenge" I continued his sentence.

"But you weren't even cursed ,yet.. Why would he need you?" He pointed out. Well he was right, I wasn't cursed , I was useless at that time.

"I guess...he knew or maybe he had a way to curse me" I tried. "Come on he's dead already, it's over'' I tried to push that thought away. I didn't want to remember that time.

"It's not over, you're still cursed" he shot back.

"Enough!" I yelled, hitting his shoulder "I stopped using my powers ,I'm trying to live like a normal girl! Will you just help me!?"

"I am helping you, but till you break the spell ,you need to keep using that " he started "everyone will try to hurt us as long as they know you're cursed and you have to fight back"

"Ugh ,break the spell? How? If it was possible I would have done that years ago.." I cried.

"That's what the prophecy said!" He reminded me " a girl missing for years and years and not to be found until the sister breaks the spell"

"Forget that stupid prophecy!" I started " Christiana is still missing and I don't know how to break this spell!"

"Fine!" He tried to end this " forget all this , we'll find Beth I'm sure she can help .." He stood by the wall staring at it.

"Why did we stop? Are you ok-" he cut me of.

"Shush" he waved his hand to shush me.

"HEY!''

"Will you shut up for a moment?" He started. I rolled my eyes and watched him stare at the wall.

"Will you just tell me what on earth are you doing?" I yelled as I crossed my arms.

He turned to me "this is a door not a wall, that's first. Second, it opens by studying the memories in my brain so will you zip for a moment to enter this room?" I was silent. He turned back and stared at that wall-door. A second later, that wall cracked and green smoke flew at our faces. Ugh I hated this colour, everything that had happened since the day I got cursed was green.. The spells, the smoke and the light balls. He pushed the door hard. I could see it was heavy, his muscles tightened. We entered the room. I saw a crystal ball in the middle of the room surrounded by five oval-shaped ellipses, protecting it. I scanned the room. The walls were covered by a sticky dark green layer.

"What's that?" I asked ,pointing at the walls.

He glanced at them. "Oh these, these are memories... Erased memories" he explained.

"Umm ,why are they on the wall?" It was confusing , I thought they were kept in that crystal.

"After passing 50 years, these memories are thrown away. The crystal gets rid of them"

"Other people's memories were erased? Not just me?" I said with a louder tone. I was fuming, that was a crime!

"Dad used to do that a lot" he admitted. Dad? No! "Just touch the crystal ,all your memories will be back" I gazed at him, I was terrified. I walked towards the crystal ball staring at the sparks inside it. Each step I took towards it with a thought..

Do I really need to know this?
What would happen to me when I know?
what else would I remember?

I was scared.. I was hesitant. With one last glance at Simon, I knelt down to face the ball. Rising my fingers slowly towards it, penetrating the oval-shaped ellipses. I felt the soft cracked surface beneath my fingers as I touched the crystal. I felt my arm burn that I tried to remove my hand.

"DON'T" he yelled "don't move" my heart sank but I obeyed. I turned and stared at the sparks as they transfered from the ball to my arm. I saw my veins light up with those sparks swimming in them. The flowed through my arm, neck till they reached my brain. I felt them in my brain as if they're going back to where they belonged. The pain I felt in there as if they were being sewed with my brain coils. I screamed from above my lungs. The pain was severe and it was torturing me that I wanted to tear my brain apart. I collapsed to the ground ,holding my head so hard and pressing against it from both sides ,I wanted to squeeze whatever hurting me in there. I balled on the ground hoping it would end any moment. My tears flowed out wetting my arms beneath them. I felt Simon kneel beside me. He lifted me up and held me like his baby. "It will end ..it will end " he whispered in my ears.

"I can't ..." My voice faded. The pain I felt erased all my words. I sobbed so hard in his arms. I couldn't bear it any more. But.. It all stopped suddenly. I opened my eyes, I couldn't see Simon or the room or the crystal ball. I only saw a girl.. Beth. I remember now.