Dark Beauty

The Truth

"So I will give you a summary of all of this. I have known you for the past 10 years. You were ten when we met in school at the castle. We were friends til you turned 15. We started dating. But when Alex, the new king, took over you had to go into hiding. You were days away from your 18th birthday, your mom asked me to erase your memory. I refused. But you... you used your power and made me. From there on out I was your guardian. You are actually 20 not 17 and your engaged." Tellers eyes are still glassy.

"Wait, so I have a mom and dad, I'm engaged, I'm 20, and I can't have my memory back?!" Ebony is crying now. Teller gets up and sit next to her. He goes to wrap his arms around her but she pushes him away. "Get away! I don't know you!" Ebony jumps up and runs down the table out the door and down the hall. She hears teller behind her. She wants to get away from him, from everyone, everything. She can feel the cool, slippery tears flying back, off her face. She falls and just lays in the floor crying. Teller approaches her, he sits down, not going toward her, he just sits.

An hours or so later Ebony falls asleep, right there on the floor. Teller stays there just sitting. He doesn't want to leave her. He just wants her happy. Safe.

But Ebony is dreaming, dreaming hard. Dreaming...

A man enters a large ballroom wearing raggedy clothes and his body is dirty with blood. he is dragging something behind him. A body? No, a wolf. The dog is soaked in mud and blood. The man has a gray beard and bright blue eyes. The dream ends.

Ebony's face is wet with tears from earlier. the hallway is dim and she can feel the warmth of someone sitting beside her head. She sits up and Teller is laying down, sleeping on the red carpet floor.

Ebony stands and stretches. She feels bad, but she shakes him awake. He sits up fast as if he were awake. He stands up fast too.

"Are you alright? I was worried and I just...um..." Teller looks worried that Ebony would freak out.

"That's alright. Thank You. Sorry that I blew up at you, I just had a lot in my head and yah, so I'm sorry." Ebony smiles and Tellers eyes sparkle.

She kisses his cheek in thanks and starts down the hallway. "so you guys have any good food, like Chinese or Burgers?" Ebony is trying to make the fact that she just kissed him seem like nothing.

"We can order Chinese." teller says casually.

"How do you order Chinese food to an abandoned place?"says Ebony laughing.

Teller smiles, "I know a guy."

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Teller and Ebony sit down and start at their Chinese food. Ebony's eyes find a clock. "It's 3am?! I am so sorry that I woke you up Teller!" says ebony.

"Call me Tell. It's weird to hear you say Teller, not Tell." says Teller.

"Tell me about myself. Like me, what kinda person was I?" Ebony looks at Tell.

"Well, you were such a nice person, but you had a temper. You loved everyone who loved you. You were smart and and very decisive. You were and are beautiful. You controlled your power and did what was best for your people. The place that you and your family ruled was called "Elden." You grew up there. My father was a merchant and we moved there to sell more. We met because my father was hired to be a guard. We went to school together. As we got older it became awkward. Our friendship had been normal but I had to ask your father to be your boyfriend and he said yes. When you turned 19 I asked for your hand. We were engaged but Alex came in and his forces were to strong. You went into hiding with your mother. I was forced to erase your mind. That's the whole story." Tell has tears slipping down his cheeks. he pretends they aren't there but it only makes it worse.

"Tell, listen," Ebony hates the fact that every time he has seen her he cries. " I am sorry for what I did. I am sorry for what has happened. But dwelling in the past will only make this hurt worse. Lets start over..." Tell looks at Ebony, her eyes glittering blue. Her voice is soft, her smile is beautiful. All Tell can think about is the past, all he can do is think about the past.

"Teller," she holds her hands out for tell to grab, her eyes are twinkling, " don't dwell in the past, make the future what you want because the past will not change."

Suddenly, Ebony falls limp in her chair and screams. it is is such a ear wrenching noise that Teller falls limp and unconscious. That is all you can hear.