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?"

"You don't know where you are?" she replied, cracking a smile. "That isn't good, is it?"

Rolling my eyes, I groaned. "Look, if you're here to piss me off, please don't. I have had a long day... or well. God, I don't even know. Regardless, I have to get out of here."

"I know you do. That's why I'm here."

Was she being serious? She was here to help me, and instead, she was doing nothing but confusing me. "Well, what are you waiting for, then?"

"For you to decide to be polite for one," she laughed. "Never did I think I would get this honor, but circumstances aren't always what we expect them to be now, are they?"

I didn't have the slightest clue what she was referring to, but with annoyance filling me, I pushed it aside, praying she 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 in mind.

"Wait! Where are you going?!" I called out as I ran along after her.

"It isn't easy getting back, but it is definitely something that you need to do."

She was talking as if she knew where I came from. As if she knew me. "How did you know my name?" I asked, hoping she would give me a real answer.

Instead of answering right away, she stopped in the middle of the void and turned to me, raising a brow. "Because you gave birth to me. Don't you think I would know my own mother?" Mother?!

This woman must be on something. I wasn't her mother.

"I think you have me mixed up with someone else," I laughed, shaking my head. "It's obvious that you can't help me. I do hope you're searching—"

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

"What do you mean, not this form of you-"

It suddenly dawned on me the 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, watching as Anna's eyes lit up.

"Yes, sweet darling Castor is the new version of me."

This couldn't possibly 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, I couldn't fucking remember anything?!

"My memories-"

"Yeah, they are coming back, aren't they? It happens sometimes. You really got hurt in that battle, and though Castor doesn't understand everything because she is a baby. I do." Her words caught me by surprise. How was it she knew?

With so many questions, my head hurt as I tried to grasp what she was saying.

What was I honestly going to do in my current situation?

She knew a way out, and I needed her help. There was no way I was going to do this on my own, and the last thing I wanted to do was stay here longer. "OK, show me what you need to show me..."

The woman who called herself Anna

де

stared at me her blue eyes twinkling with nothing but amusement because of my current situation. often reminded me of how James or even Hale would look at me, as if

they knew I was being silly, and I would end up finding out the results of my actions later on.

"Before you go, there are some things that we need to discuss." She caught me completely off guard as I was preparing for her to just magically wave her hands or something and shimmer me back to where I was supposed to be.