Vampire Princess Nikki

Discovering Powers

While mom and dad slept Drake and I studied, I studied for a few hours then decided to pack up my room. I needed to decide on what I was taking with me to Romania and what I was going to donate, going through my pictures brought back a lot of memories then there was some I didn’t remember as much. It was weird though as soon as I touched the picture it was like I was placed inside a memory, the picture I was holding was me and Blake, I wasn’t any older than two months old Blake was four and we were in a room.

Eighteen years ago….

            Blake was eight and I was just a baby, we were in a room where it smelled like urine and feces, there was spoons and foil on the coffee table along with needles. Blake was holding me because I was crying and the people that called themselves our parents were off getting high again, they left us with strangers again. Blake was carrying me around different rooms looking for where our parents disappeared to, screaming for mom and dad, anybody to come save us. He found a corner in the house and sat down crying while holding me and promised he would protect me no matter what happened to us he would not let anything happen to me. I watched as the scene went by from night to day, our so called parents came back and found Blake holding me, they went passed him straight to the living room where the drugs were and started to shoot up yet again, when Blake saw that they were out cold he carried me to the kitchen where the phone was and called for help. Then we waited, I was in a dirty diaper and Blake was sitting in his own urine and feces he didn’t want to let me go. He held me and sat down in the corner again and cried, he cried for us being in a shitty situation, for having a bad life, for our parents who didn’t care about us.

            I was too little to remember this part of my life and why I get to relive it now after touching a picture is beyond me, I am going to have to ask Blake about everything when I get out of this memory.

            A couple hours later the cops showed up banging on the door, when nobody answered they barged in and found us in a corner, both of us crying and Blake holding on to me for dear life, child protective services was called to take us to out of this house and put us into the system. They took me out of Blake’s arms and he cried.

            “It’s okay buddy we are just going to change her and check her out make sure there are no sores or open wounds from having a dirty diaper, we are going to bathe her, and put her in nice clean clothes and a diaper.”

            “Don’t take my sissy, she is all I have.”

            “We won’t take her, why don’t you come into the room with us and we can check you out too. Let’s bathe you and get you into clean clothes, are you hungry?”

“Yes.”

“When was the last time you ate?”

“I don’t know.”

“What is your name? How old are you?”

“I’m Blake, and I am eight years old, please don’t separate us, I told her I would always protect her.”

We were in the system for maybe two months when Lily and Daryl came looking for children all the wanted was a baby but ended up with both of us because we couldn’t be separated, then the memory changed. Lily was holding me in her arms as she looked down on me, she had a smile on her face as she held me, her eyes shone like she was crying or just so happy to have me she didn’t care where I came from or who my parents were, they were worried I would be a drug baby, so they had to get me tested. Blake was always there even when Daryl tried to get him to do something with him he was scared to leave me alone. It took Blake two years to realize that Lily and Daryl weren’t going to hurt us or get rid of him and keep just me, it took him two years to just relax.

Present day…

            “Nikki are you okay, you were here one minute and the next it was like you were gone, what happened?”

            “I don’t know, I picked up this picture from when Blake and I were little and it took me to a flash back, like before we were adopted. It was a really bad house, Blake did everything in his power to keep us together. Why did I jump into the past? What is so significant about the past that I had to remember I just don’t get it.”

            “Is it all pictures or just the ones where you are a baby?”

            “So far it was just the picture I haven’t tried anymore.”

            “Let’s try another one, here what is this one?”

            “I was four in this picture, Blake and I were going to Big Bear for the first time, mom and dad just bought the cabin at the lake and told us we were going on vacation. This was one of the first actual family photos we took and we were living with them for four years.”

            “Okay how about this one?”

            “I don’t know I don’t remember this one.” I said as I reached for the picture the same time Drake grabbed my hand I had a hold of the picture and we were dragged into the memory I forgot about.

Fourteen years ago….

            This time when I jumped into the past Drake was with me, we were at the cabin, we just got done choosing our rooms. Blake and I decided to go for a walk to get a feel of the place before we did anything, they told us to get to know the neighbors, as we were walking I noticed this one weird guy that kept his eyes on me the whole time. The picture that we jumped into was of me picking flowers for my mom, I was by myself I didn’t know who took the picture until now the weird guy took my picture. I don’t remember anything that happened at the cabin I was four I don’t remember much as it is. I watched the scene unplay in my mind and I realized now that my memories were some how altered or erased because the thing that happened next was the weird guy grabbing me from behind, he put his hand over my mouth and dragged me into a quiet place.

            “If you scream little girl I will kill you and your family.”

            He kept his hand on my mouth the whole time he started to touch me in my privates, first it was with my clothes on then after I watched for five minutes he undressed me from the waist down I was crying but I kept quiet I didn’t want my new family hurt. He put his hands all over my little body he put his finger inside of me until I whimpered, when he pulled his finger out it was covered in blood. He was getting ready to take his pants off when I heard my brother calling me, he got me dressed and pushed me out of where we were. I ran to Blake and cried, I watched as the weird guy left. Drake left my side for a few minutes as I watched what happened to me as I told Blake what happened. He carried me into the cabin and told mom and dad what happened the cops came out but the guy was never caught, I was bathed and put to bed I never thought about what happened to me until now.

 Present Day…

            “I know where he lives when we get back to the cabin I’m going to take care of him.”

            “No I want to please.”

            “Yes my princess, but I will not be too far.”

            “Please don’t let me go to any more memories today I don’t think I can handle it. Can I please sleep for a while I am really tired.”

            “I promise no more, until we talk to Shelby and Blake cause we are going to have to show them, but for now you rest.”

            “Don’t leave me.”

            “I will not, I will be here separating pictures for when you wake.”