The buzz on my alarm clock tells me to get up. It's seven thirty, time to try to remember. I scatter towards the door and close it behind me. I creep down the stairs, trying not to wake Maya and Tim, my parents.

I make my way to the office. Feeling the walls. Touch. I can feel things. I can feel, but not exactly feel the sense.

My eyes peer into the darkness. Shadows leep across the walls. My nose smells chocolate, dark chocolate. I hurry to the desk and pull the light on.

~*~

"Ariel, come here honey." Maya pats her lap. I shake my head and instead sit beside her. I lay my head on her lap.

"What, mom?" My voice is hoarse. Raspy and I choke out a cough.

Maya pushes my hair out of my face, her fingers as soft as feathers. I sigh and close my eyes.

"We're going to meet your tutor today."

"What time is he coming?"

"Dear, he's not coming here. We're going there."

My mouth drop open, I have not been outside. Not since my "incident". They said it was dangerous, that the world would destroy the samll part of my memory that was left. I had believed them.

"What?"

"It's only about ten minutes away..that's not long."

"But, but, you said not for me to go outside, ever."

"No Ariel, I said not to go outside, alone. And we're not going outside. We're going to his house. Which is safe for you. I'd never let you go if I thought it would harm you."

I get up and run up the stairs to my room. I slam the door behind me and flop onto my small bed. I know I will get in trouble for my tantrum, I will get put in the corner like a two year old. I do not care, anything for me not to get destroyed by the world beyond.

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After her "incident" Ariel can't remember anything. Her parents say it's a good thing that the horrible things in the past are stored in the back of her brain. But bit by bit she begins to remember. Murders, killings, blood, why they moved far into the mountains. To keep her safe.

updated Oct 23 '11 by HarryPotter.lover