Plans
of a Revolution
Determined to hear their conversation I pulled the covers
off of me. As I strained myself to get down from my bed, I had to take a quick
breather as the pain was getting to me.
"Man, this is just plain irritating. She said it will
only take a few months but that is just too long." I said to myself as I
crawled over to the door so I could hear what they were talking about.
Ever since I was young in my past life and this one
included, I have always been a curious person when it comes to people and
secrets. It seems that no matter what life or world I'm in I'll always be a
nosey person.
"It's just one of my many charms. Hehehehehe." I giggled
at myself before cracking the door slightly as not to draw attention but just
enough so I could still hear them.
As I strained my ears in order to hear them, I was at
once thrown for a loop by the very first statement.
"The duke of LaRaiya has gotten back to us about the
invasion." Aunt Jeane said as she took her seat at the table with the other
adults.
Everyone else just nodded their heads in acknowledgement
as they were waiting for the news. I on the other hand was completely unaware
such events were going on behind the scenes. As I was scrambling to catch up
with everything, Aunt Jeane continued on by reading the letter she had in her
hand.
"The duke says he'll spare our families under the
condition that we do not leave a designated residence. I vote we all gather
here since we don't know if we'll be able to get Jael anywhere else without
gaining unnecessary attention." Aunt Jeane commented.
Dad nodded his head in agreement with me as his main
concern. Mom instead looked at Aunt Jeane with a deadly serious expression. She
had her elbow resting on the table as she held her hands together pondering how
to broach a subject. Aunt Jeane, seeming to pick up on what she was going to ask,
went ahead and answered.
"I'll bring Sean with me here. Even though he is an adult
he is still family." she said.
Mom seemed pleased with the news since she nodded her
head and let her hands rest on her lap. Her shoulders untensed as dad reached
over with his hand to ease her worries. The look in his eyes was both loving
and sympathetic. Miss Margarette seemed unfazed by all of this and brought up a
question of her own.
"When are we to expect their arrival?" she asked.
Aunt Jeane read the letter again to make sure she was
correct. She looked up with a ghastly face causing everyone to be on alert.
Even me, who wasn't in the room, was getting tense.
"We have seven weeks to having everything ready since
they will be slowly invading in that time. Apparently, they already have people
and connections inside the kingdom." she said as she read off the letter.
Her news shocked everyone, including me, at the fact that
the empire was already setting up to invade and all the adults did was chose
the winning side.
"How were they even able to get inside the kingdom so
easily without help?" Mom asked the same question I was thinking.
"With how volatile and irresponsible the royals and
nobles are it doesn't really surprise me all too much. The thing that bothers
me the most is the fact that we have so little time to get all we need to leave
this kingdom without problems." Dad said as both Aunt Jeane and Miss Margarette
nodded in agreement.
"What do you mean?" mom asked.
"Jael won't be fully recovered by then. Not just that we
are moving three families to the dukedom under the nose of the royals who
already have eyes starting to look our way." Dad answered her as he was trying
to plan ahead.
I began to try to think of a way we could gather
everything and what it was that I could do. I closed the slightly cracked door
gently so that I could focus on my thoughts.
"What can I do to help with me being unable to even walk
more than a few steps without needing help?" I muttered as I contemplated.
If I take everything, they said we have less than seven
weeks to have everything set and ready to move. Let alone there being three
families moving and it being unnoticed from the royals' eyes, we still have a
handicap keeping one arm behind our back. That of course being my inability to
walk long distance. Hell, I can't even move from one room to another in my
current state.
"Looking objectively, I'm the weakest link in this plan,"
I thought aloud, "so if I want to help, I need to recover fully by the time
allotted to us."
How do I go about that though? So, far we have been doing
basic physical therapy just with a somewhat fantasy twist. If I take the
principles behind what physical therapy is for then what I need to do is work
on rebuilding my muscles without over stressing them. In my last life this
would take professionals 4-6 weeks for a pulled
back. Here the medical practices might be more advance, but my body is
thoroughly ripped apart due to the queen.
Images of the queen standing on my head and wiping
started to pop in my mind and sent a cold wave through my body causing the
hairs on my body to stand up. I scurried to my bed and curled up into a ball
trying to hide myself as much as possible. The fear started to weigh on me as
it was hard to catch my breath. My vision started to dim as I could hardly keep
myself from shaking. I can feel my heart beat out of my chest as if it was
trying to run away from me.
I can't move! I'm- I'm dying!
The terror took over my body as if it wasn't even mine to
begin with. My eyes began to fill with tears making it impossible to even see.
My stomach started to twist like one would wringing out a rag. I wept. I sobbed
uncontrollably.
*hic* "I just wanted to help my parents." *hic* "So why does it seem like every time I do,
someone harms me? Did I do something wrong?" I questioned why everything kept
attacking me no matter what I did.
No one came. Even though my parents were in the other
room. Even though the people who care for me more than anyone else in this
world are in the other room, they can't hear me as I relive one of my worst
moments in my life. I may have my memories as an adult and know better, I'm
still just a kid who went through almost dying.
"S-someone please h-help me, I'm scared." I pleaded as I
shriveled. I wanted to scream for help, but the weight of fear kept me from
anything more than a hushed pleas leave my lips. The darkness around me started
to suffocate me as the tears continued to stream down my face. I could taste
the salt from my tears on my quivering lips.
I'm alone in the darkness all over again.
The sun started to set as I lay in my own tears on the
ground curled up grasping at the sheets draping from my bed. As the sun went
down the room began to be enveloped in darkness. It felt like it would swallow
me whole any second now. As I prepared to lose myself in the abyss once again a
small light flickered from behind me. The once dark and cold room now warm as
if it wanted to comfort me. I turned my head still sobbing to see my mom
rushing over to me with a lamp in her hand. She set it on the ground beside us
as she picked me up in her arms and brought me into her chest for a warm
embrace.
"It'll be okay Jael," she said shakingly while trying to
comfort me. "I will keep my promise to you and protect you from whatever
troubles may come your way. You can give your burdens to me, and I will carry
them for you."
I continued to cry into her shirt as she held me. As she
held me, she started to hum a song to sooth me. She stroked my hair and waited
for me to let out all my worries. A presence of peace washed over me as she
comforted me. All the darkness washed away from her brilliant light of love for
me.
I'm not alone anymore. Now I have a family
who will take on my worries for me.
As I wiped my now swollen and puffy eyes my mom took her
sleeve and wiped away the snot. I started to giggle at the thought of how much
crying I've done causing my mom to tilt her head confused.
"What's funny dear?" she asked.
"It's just that you keep having to wipe my nose like your
shirt is a handkerchief." I answered continue giggling.
"I'm happy to be of help for my little girl, even if that
means being a handkerchief." she said before giggling herself.
We sat there and laughed with each other before dad came
in to tell us dinner was ready. Everyone who was here earlier already left to
their own families' dinners. Once we began to eat dad noticed my eyes were red
and still a little puffy. Worried, he looked over at mom to get a better
understanding. She answered with a gentle smile to let him know everything was
fine and he sighed. Still not satisfied he was very attentive with me for the
rest of the night to make sure I was okay.
As I started to get ready for bed with moms help, she
stopped for a moment while taking my top off. Concerned, I looked over my
shoulder to ask her if she was fine. Her face was stiff with grief as she
looked at my back. I went to ask her, but she just shook her head.
"I'm fine Jael. I just remembered something is all I'll
be okay." she said as she tried to reassure me.
She finished helping me get my nightgown on before
lifting me up on the bed. She blew out the candle and went to leave, but before
she could I grabbed her sleeve. She turned her head to me as I looked at her
with a shaking hand still holding her sleeve.
"Can you sleep with me in my room tonight please? I don't
want to be alone." I asked her.
She smiled softly and gently moved the hair from my face
before she answered, "I would love too."
"Don't even worry about it, Jael, I'll protect you too."
came from dad who was anxiously listening from outside the room. He at once
made his way into the room and plopped himself to my right as mom gently laid
to my left. Dad stretched his arm over us as he laid down. "I won't let you
have to in fear of anything for as long I draw breath, I will fight any of your
demons."
I was at once comforted from his declaration he gave as
he held both me and mom tight. I snuggled my face into his large chest while
mom rubbed my back. I felt so warm that I was in complete bliss.
As I slept, I had a dream of my past life's parents
waving at me from a distance. I ran towards them but as I got closer, they
shook their heads no and pointed to behind me. As I
turned to look, I saw my new parents. They didn't say anything but stretched
their hands out to hug me. I looked back in the direction of my past life parents
to see that they were starting to fade.
"No don't leave me." I called out to them wanting to keep
them with me.
"It's okay Lindsey or should we say Jael," they said as
they both held up a hand to stop me. "We will always love you no matter who or
where you are, but now it's time for them to protect you now."
A large dark figure started making its way towards me,
shaking the ground with its every step. As it drew closer, I noticed it was the
queen. My body began to tremble out of fear. Suddenly I was wrapped in the
loving arms of my new parents. I looked over to the parents of my past life as
they were disappearing.
"You are in good hands now kiddo," my dad from my past
life said, "and don't worry about this." He signaled with his thumb over to the
stampeding queen. "I'll be taking this thing with me." While he was
disappearing, he jumped up in the air like a hero grabbing the queen from the
back of the neck. She struggled as she tried to free from his grasp but was
unable to break from his hold. And they both disappeared with dad smiling the
entire time.
My mom from my past life walked over to me and my new
parents. She bent down and looked over the both of them. "She may have her past
memories, but she is still your little girl as much she is mine." She then
looked at me with a smile. "She is a smart girl who always tries to help
others, but she has a tendency to take on too many
burdens on herself never asking for help all the while. So, I ask that you
watch over her as she grows up in this new life."
Both of my new parents didn't say anything but nodded in
agreement as if to say 'Of course'. Mom smiled reassured from their answers and
then placed her hand on my cheek. I was in the form of Lindsey, my past form,
and the sensation of her hand felt so real that I rested my face against her
hand. I closed my eyes and reopened them now in the form of Jael. She smiled as
she looked at my new form.
"You look so adorable my darling little girl. I know you
have gone through so much more than one should ever go through. I know you are
strong enough to get through this, but always remember you have those who wish
to help you. So, don't forget to lean on them for support, okay?" She started
to become transparent as her time started to run out. She stood up, took a step
back, and pointed a finger at me. "And darling don't ever forget that you are
my brilliant little star. So, I will be leaving you with this little hint. When
one needs to find answers, they just need to look at the whole problem not just
the small question."
As my mom finished having her little theatrical
performance, she gave me a wink before she fully disappeared. I suddenly awoke
as everything calmed down. It was still dark out and both my new parents were
asleep. I felt something warm on my cheek as I noticed a tear drop fall on my
hand. I looked out the window to notice the light shine from the moon and the
stars over the garden. A smile made its way on my face as I felt at peace
thanks to my parents from both lives.
I went back to sleep now feeling weightless with nothing
holding me down anymore. All that is left is getting back in shape and I'll
finally be able to move forward from all the darkness in my life. I have
nothing to worry about though since I have loving parents to lean on through
all my struggles. I closed my eyes and fell to sleep one more time for the
night.