Scarlet
Fourteen Years Ago
I hide at the corner of my bed on the upper bunk underneath a pile of blankets as I watch Arthur walking into the room with a girl the sa age as us. And I feel a small flicker of curiosity from watching them.
Who is she?
The girl has long black hair going down to her lower back, with two curious and happy looking brown eyes and hands that are wandering everywhere. I almost yelp when her hands get close to the small deck of cards that Id managed to find a few months back in an alley, but I hold myself back just barely when her hands pass by them without stopping.
Why Im hiding here? Im not really sure.
The girl is new. Ive never seen her before.
And new people ans more people that I could end up touching. And the boys visiting from the city said that I would get them sick.
So I ran.
I watch the two as the girl continues talking and talking and talking nonstop, just walking around in circles looking at everything in the room. But I stiffen up the mont her eyes lock on .
Please dont notice . Please dont notice . Please dont-
Awwww! Youre sooo cuuute!!!! she squeals while rushing towards the bed, making back up to hide fully in the blankets. But that doesnt work as the taller girl just climbs the bed within seconds to yank the blankets away before grabbing and pulling into a hug. Sooo cute!!!
I struggle to get out of her grasp in a panic, not wanting to get her sick. Because thats what they said would happen. But no matter how hard I struggle, the girl who despite looking the sa age as Arthur, who is the sa age as , is at least four inches taller than keeps her hold firm.
Arabellia, youre scaring her, Arthur warns her, surprising her enough to let go before I end up throwing myself off the bed by accident. She then rushes over to the side of the bed and exclaims, Oh, no! Are you alr-
I dont let her finish, simply running out of the room as fast as I can and turning to leave the building entirely. It isnt until I make it to the alley two buildings down from the orphanage that I stop to catch my breath between two dumpsters, sitting down in between them while hugging my legs and looking at the muddy ground from the rain that had just co through last night.
Please dont let her co after . Please dont I dont want to get her sick
I let out a yelp when I feel a hand touching my head, making try to back up only to bump into the wall as I look up to find a woman with long white hair wearing a black jacket standing there with a loving look on her face. And for so reason, the sight of this woman alone makes calm down a little bit.
Then I feel my eyes growing wet, so I rub them to wipe them off. But they just get wet again. So I repeat the process a few tis till I realize Im crying.
Crying? That what?
The woman kneels down next to and gives a hug. One that I would normally avoid and run away, but I cant with being cornered like this. So instead I stiffen up.
After a few seconds though, the hug makes my chest feel warm. I dont know why. It just feels nice.
I finally begin to relax a little bit, the hug sohow being nice. And I think the woman is relaxing as well as she strokes my hair.
Several minutes pass by like this, and I almost fall asleep in comfort. But then I hear Arthur shouting my na, and the woman stiffens slightly.
She backs up a little, letting go of . And to my confusion, I feel a strange longing to go back into her arms.
The woman just shakes her head with a sad smile and whispers, Im sorry, Scarlet. But neither of us can rember this after today.
I blink in confusion at that before tilting my head a little bit.
She pats my head, tears of her own flowing down her face. Then she stands up and begins glowing with a white light.
My eyes widen in awe at the beauty of it, but then everything begins to grow fuzzy
Everything grows dark for a single mont as I blink in confusion before looking around, wondering why I suddenly dont feel as anxious anymore.
I look down to see footprints right in front of , but no one is there. Which just makes my confusion grow stronger.
After a second, I hear Arthur shouting again, so I climb to my feet, wiping off the mud that had gotten on . Or at least, as much of it as I can get off with my dirty hands. Then I begin leaving the alleyway, confused as to what just happened.
And why I feel like I just t. Soone important. Even though I didnt.
Scarlet
The Present
I wake up to the sight of a very fancy canopy above . And when I look down, I find myself lying on an enormous bed fit for at least four people sleeping on it at once, with a large curtain around the bed thats closed. The bed itself is completely black and red in color, which plays to my taste in aesthetics. But I cant help but wonder
Where am I?
The last thing I rember was losing my consciousness in the middle of that park after beating the arachne. And I think Tar was panicking as well.
Then theres that dream. I rember it so clearly now. That was White. She had visited when I was just five years old but for so reason wiped both our mories of the event.
Why would she do that?
I dont I really dont understand.
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