AUTHOR'S NOTE: Certain paragraphs will be dreams and recollections of the past, and switched POVs , so to make it easier we'll put something before each one.
Dreams = <<>>
The past = |•|
POV change = ~°~
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We spent the rest of day going on various games.
Okay that was a lie, after failing at darts and going through a very dull haunted house, we went to the dunk tank.
There my Geography teacher was cussing everyone who failed to dunk him. Now, I'm a lady but even I can't stand someone cussing a little girl for missing a bullseye, when the little girl was six years old to boot. So, I took Lucas's money and mine , bought alot of tickets for the dunk tank and proceeded to dunk the rude man without mercy.
Hey, I wasn't just a pretty face with legs, my dad taught me baseball when I was four and I still practiced with Lucas on some weekends. That meant I rarely missed the bullseye and after the tenth dunk, Mr Robinson was no longer trash talking but wore a face of trepidation and resentment.
Lucas also got some tosses, not hitting as much as me but still hitting the bullseye more often than not. We left the dunk tank with a wave of mischievous giggles. I had put the whole tarot card thing behind me, and the loud confession I did earlier too. I was in a good mood, (mainly because Bradley and Cindy had left the Fair) and when it was getting close to dusk, we went back and helped our mom's clear out their stall.
Tommorow was back to school but I would live in the illusion that it was still months away.
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<< My eyes opened to a bright light, like you awaken and the sun kissed your eyeballs!
"Ah," I shut my eyes and slowly opened them, to get accustomed to the light. When they were fully open, and I saw where I was my jaw dropped to floor.
I stood in a large stone chamber, the floor was made of polished white marble, and several pillars stood vertically in the room. Torches hung on the windowless walls, blazing with ancient orange amber. A satin and lace red carpet was under my feet, so long it was nearly two miles, leading to the back of the chamber. It was a room befitting royalty and I could not for the life of me figure out how I got there.
Maybe she knows, I thought fleetingly.
I was not alone in the chamber. A beautiful woman sat in the back of the chamber on a marble and gold throne. She had lustrous brown eyes like bronze and jasper, her gaze was hard and unyielding. She wore a black and velvet gown of silk, and atop her head was a golden crown with a singular ruby headpiece but it was enough to show she was no ordinary woman.
"Uh... hello?" I croaked, my throat suddenly decided to go dry all of a sudden.
The woman? Queen? Goddess? lowered her gaze upon me and her eyes narrowed down to slits.
Oh boy, did I say something wrong? I wondered.
The Queen (What else could she be?) said nothing and just gazed at me and I felt like I was supposed to do something.
Come on Sarah, I told myself, think, what should I do? Go for a handshake? Nah, definitely not. How do you greet royalty again? Oh yeah!
I put my hands together and gave a low bow, almost kneeling to the floor. I stayed like that for what felt like an eternity, but after a moment, the Queen finally spoke.
"Rise, Child."
Oh thank goodness, I though as I straightened and gave a stretch, my back had never bowed like that before.
"Speak, why are you in my chambers?" She asked softly.
Her voice was melodious, like a harp which had lungs and a mouth would sound like.
"I... don't know. I just, got here. Where are we, your Majesty?" I remembered to add the 'Majesty' part.
"Strange. None were supposed to enter. This was meant to be my tomb." She said softly, her eyes sad all of a sudden. I would have felt sorry for her, but her words hit me like a ton of bricks.
I look around the chamber, and my heart grew heavy and smashed to pieces. There were no windows I knew that, but now I realised there was no door!
We were sealed inside!
But don't worry, like a rational person I did what anybody in my shoes would do.
"Mommy!" I screamed.
...
Well, after ten minutes of shouting, scrambling against every wall and bashing my fists repeatedly, I came to one very sad conclusion:
I didn't know how to get out.
So I sat on the red carpet and started to pinch myself again and again and again.
This has to be a dream, I though desperately, I can't be here, I have school tomorrow.
The Queen had said nothing throughout my hysteria and instead watched me go crazy with a look of mild pity and cool amusement. I freaking regret bowing to her!
Demon! Witch! Kidnapper!
"I am no Demoness, nor Witch or stealer of people, Child." She said softly and I turned to her with a frown, did I say that out loud or something?
"It is clear you had no intent to be here, but something brought you to my chamber. Tell me your name and your position and maybe I will help." She said with an apathetic face.
"My name... is Sarah, Sarah Bucklehim. I don't know about positions though " I said with a small whimper.
"What status is your mother and father? Are they noblemen? Merchants? Or peasants?" She asked me.
"Ummm My dad is dead, and my mom is a baker." I said and she tilted her head slightly.
"So a commoner. How strange. Tell me, how did your father die?" She asked and I frowned slightly.
"You do not wish to answer? I understand. I too refuse to see the painful past. It is why I am in my chamber in the first place." She raised her hand and a golden sceptre appeared from thin air.
Literal thin air. I would have gasped in shock if I was not shocked by what she said next.
"I had this chamber built so that my friend would not find me, for he said he loved me." She said and I did a double take.
"What?" I couldn't believe my ears. That sounded out right insane!
"Insane? Thoughts by a child who does not understand the workings of the world." She looked at me and smiled sadly," Do you think often of your father or hide away from anything that reminds you of him?"
"I...I... that's none of your business!" I shouted," And don't even compare it with what you are doing. You built a literal tomb for yourself to get away from a guy who said he loved you? That is beyond crazy. It's unbelievable."
Not to mention a waste of good construction materials, I thought fleetingly.
"So you hide away from such thoughts. Very well." The Queen got up from her seat and started to walk towards me," Fear, Loss and Heartbreak are such terrible things, don't you think so?"
"That's changing the subject," i said tersely but she said nothing and walked right up to me.
Now that we were closer, I realised that she was more beautiful than I had thought. Her eyes were almond shaped like mine but her skin was flawless and had a light tan. Her hair flowed perfectly till her back and her lips were soft looking and her face oval shaped. Even a magazine couldn't capture such beauty on paper.
"Hide, for if you leave, you can't come back." She said softly and slapped me.
Slap! >>
Dum!
"Ow." I muttered softly as my eyes opened to see my familiar bedroom and my face on the floor.
"Did I fall off my bed?" I wondered outloud.
I rubbed my cheek and drank the glass of water I had brought with me before bed. A strange feeling was in the back of my mind, like I was forgetting something, but I didn't pay it any mind.
I put my head on my pillow and was back to sleep in seconds.
Unbeknownst to me, The Empress tarot card was right next to where I had hit my head on the floor. And when I woke up, it would be back in the deck in my cupboard draw with the rest of the deck, as if it had never been there.