13 Crowns: Part 2

Chapter#19:Waking Up

The sun shined into my eyes. This woke me up. I looked at my surroundings. I was in the forest, and I looked down to see I was naked. I immediately screamed. This alerted familiar voices that were coming toward me. I did not remember them.
"Are you okay?"A boy's voice ran out.
"I'm okay," I answered.
The group finally came in view of me.
"Jerrica?"
A girl ran up to me.
"Are you naked?"
I shook my head. She began to look into her bag.
"How do you know who I am?"I questioned.
"Shit."
She threw clothes at me before the rest of the group joined her.
"Go! I'll distract them."
I grabbed the pile of clothes and went to a nearby bush.
"Where did this girl go?"The boy asked.
"She is going to the bathroom."The girl responded.
Meanwhile, I was putting on the clothes given to me. This consisted of a blue tank and black leggings.
"Guys, we have a problem." The girl spoke up once again.
I cautiously walked out to the group.
"What, Nora?"The boy asked.
Then the group looked at me like I was a ghost.
"Hi," I said.
"J-Jerrica?"The guy came closer to me. "But how?"
"Whose Jerrica?"
"That's problem number two." Nora pipped in. "How do we fix this, Alex?"
"Ezra, he would know to do it!"Alex responded.
"I'm not going with you."I blurted out.
Nora walked in front of me.
"Sweetie, those are my clothes; you owe us."
"Ugh, fine."
We all headed straight for a couple of minutes. Alex was taking the lead. We reached a large gray wall. We walked to a small office building protruding from the wall. Nora pushed my hair away from my neck. Whatever the guard saw made him pass out. The other guard in the office let us in. We headed through the door.
A whole city was revealed. I gasped at how big it was. I was soon led down the streets to this giant castle. Alex and Nora blocked me as Nora knocked on the door. A servant opened the door.
"We need to see Ezra Reynolds!"Alex demanded.
"Um," The servant continued."Okay, follow me."
She led the group to the living room.
"I'm scared," I exclaimed once we sat on the nearby chair.
"Jerrica, he loves you more than I've ever seen someone love another," Nora explained,
Suddenly we heard someone come down the stairs turning to me.
"What do you want, Alex?"A guy asked.
He came into view. He had brown hair that was pushed up. Glasses framed his face. He was tired from something. He had black sweatpants on, and he didn't have a shirt. He was holding a glass of water in his hands. We locked eyes with each other. Like slow motion, he dropped his glass on the ground.
His face dropped faster than the cup.
"Are you fucking with me?"Ezra questioned.
"No!Of course not."Nora answered defensively.
Ezra slowly walked up to me.
"Do you know who I am?"
"No, I don't; I'm sorry!"I answered.
A boy ran into the room.
"Jerrica?"
The guy looked like the male version of me. Ezra blocked him before he could reach me.
"It's not her," Ezra explained.
"You don't know that!"Alex pipped in.
"Alex, Jerrica is dead, and nothing's going to change that," Ezra responded with tears in his eyes.
I got up.
"Can I say something?" I continued after everyone shook their heads yes.
"I'm sorry, I am not this Jerrica girl. I should go; I'm causing emotional pain."
I started to walk out when an older woman blocked the door.
"Jerrica?"She asked.
"Who is Jerrica?"I responded.
"Elliot!"
"What the hell is happening?"
Another person came into the living room. He looked the same age as the women. Before he could talk, she began to answer his questions.
"I know, she lost her memory; I need your help."She explained.
She went up to him and whispered something into his ear.
"Do you think that will work?"He asked.
"It doesn't hurt to try!"She answered.
The guy left and came back with an amber tiara. He reached behind me and put the crown on my head. Suddenly all my memories came back to me. When I got back, I fell on my butt. I immediately got back up and hugged my parents.
"Oh my god!MOM!DAD!"I said.
"Welcome back, sweetie!"My mom responded.
After we hugged for a while, they released me from the group hug.
"Go to him!"My dad said in my ear before letting me go.
I turned around to see Ezra with his head in his hands. Before I could get to him, I was bombarded by a pile of hugs. Ezra got up and left. I managed to get up after hugging everyone.
"I'm sorry, I have to go!"I said to the group.
"Your back, that's all that matters."Danny consoled.
I hugged the group once again. I then headed outside to Ezra. He was standing in the palace garden.
"Hi," I said.
"Jerrica died in my arms; we buried her in the ground."He sighed. "That was a year ago today."
"I know that it's crazy, but I'm here."
"What sick pleasure do you have in doing this?"
"Nothing, it's truly me. What will convince you?"
There were moments of silence before I realized what to do.
"I've got it!" I continued. "Let me see your hands."
"What, no!"Ezra responded.
"Ezra, just do it!"
"Ugh, fine!"
He hesitantly gave me his hand, and I grabbed his forearms. I don't know what he saw; I saw memories of us. He came back and put his temple to mine. Before I could say anything, he kissed me. He then picked me up and spun me around. He had tears of joy. He caressed my face.
"How?"He asked.
"It doesn't matter; we are together, aren't we," I answered.
Tears of happiness covered both our faces. He held me.
"I'm never going to let you go! Not again." He said.
"I'm not going to stop you because I don't want you to," I said.
He kissed me. We watched the sunset; he held me in his arms. This felt like a dream. This was Ezra's dream. The lady from before showed, which led him to disappear.
"He loves you."She mentioned.
"I know," I answered.
"You love him too. Why didn't you stay?"
"If there was going to be a happy ending, Sacrifice needed to be made."
"I know."
"I want to go back...for real this time."
"Are you sure?"
"I-I want him in my life again! I want to go back to a world with him! The world with family and friends."
"Why did you put so much faith in that world?"
"I love my friends and family, and they are there."
"Okay."