And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Ivy.

A swirling light wrapped around me. A feeling that made me feel as if I was floating. All of the pain I had once felt completely slipped away from me, and I was left unsure of where I was, but I knew I had a purpose, and that purpose was to get back to wherever I was

supposed to be.

If only I knew exactly where that was.

Looking around through the white space around me, I searched for anything that could help me remember exactly what had happened. I knew I had to get back to somebody very important. The only problem was I didn't know how I was supposed to do that.

Glancing around, I freed myself from the weightlessness of my situation. My feet hit the floor of the white void with ease. There was no telling in which direction I was to go in order to get out of this place, but I knew I had to go somewhere.

A figure walked toward me from the distance. A woman with long brown hair seemed to fall down her back in waves. Her blue eyes stared at me with amusement before she stopped mere feet from where I stood.

There was no way she was from the same time as me considering that instead of normal clothing, she wore furs and linen, her appearance almost medieval, causing my confusion to fold in even more. "Who are you?" I asked slowly, hoping she could understand me.

"I'm not stupid, if that's what you think," she chuckled as she crossed her arms over her chest. "My name is Anna."

Now I felt completely stupid. Of course, she wasn't... nevermind.

"Do you know where I am?"

are?" she replied, cracking a smile.

don't. I have had a long day... or well. God, I don't

you do.

me, and instead, she was doing

I would get this honor, but circumstances aren't always what we

would attempt to help me other than how she was currently acting. "Look, I'm sorry. We started off wrong." "Fair enough, Ivy." She smirked as she walked past me, heading into the white void, as if she had a destination

called out as I ran

easy getting back, but it is definitely something that you need to

was talking as if she knew where I came from. As if she knew me. "How did you know my name?" I asked,

void and turned to me, raising a brow. "Because you gave birth to me.

must be on something. I wasn't

else," I laughed, shaking my head. "It's

when he said you talked a lot," she chuckled. "Regardless, you are my mother. Just not in this form of

you mean, not

possibility of what she was saying. Stranger things had happened to me every day, and one thing I knew for sure is that if it was weird, it was probably true. "Castor?" I whispered,

sweet darling Castor is the

be happening. There was no way my child was to have a nearly identical fate to me. There was no way... wait. How can I suddenly remember them, andJust a little while ago,

"My memories-"