The Box

Dear Imena,

Since Lennon and I were no longer together, Adam helped me get Lennon and his new girlfriend to meet with us so I could wipe their memories of everything associated with the Vail and hybrids.

When we got to the agreed meeting place, Lennon walked up to me.

"I want to apologize for everything that's happened. I'm really sorry, I know I messed up. I should have told you I was losing interest in you, I should've talked to you. I'm so sorry. Could you ever forgive me?" he asked.

"Why should I?" I asked him.

He didn't respond, and Adam and I finished prepping any spells we would need. We asked Lennon and his girlfriend to stand together. His girlfriend looked scared, like something bad was going to happen to her. But Lennon wasn't doing anything to comfort her, he was crying. Through his tears, he kept apologizing and asking me to forgive him.

My mind said no, you don't forgive him and should show him no mercy. A powerful trihybrid Queen wouldn't let a human get away with breaking her heart and embarrassing her. But my heart hurt for him, seeing him cry and hearing his apologies made me want to run to him and hug him. But I knew I couldn't do that, and I knew I couldn't bring myself to be cruel to him.

"Hey Adam, I'll take care of the memory wiping and keeping, ok?" I said.

Adam nodded and let me handle it.

I had a plan, and to make sure Adam couldn't interfere with it, I said the spell in Latin. Latin is fairly easy for me to speak compared to other languages, so it's not unusual for me to speak it at random times, so Adam wouldn't suspect a thing.

What Adam and I had agreed to do was wipe their memories, replace them with something very close to the truth, put the real memories in a bottle and destroy them. I did wipe their memories, but thinking of how much Lennon wanted me to forgive him, the memories I put in were very far from the truth. As far as Lennon and his girlfriend could remember, Lennon and I talked for a few months but nothing came out of it so he started dating the other girl, and they've been happy ever since. Along with memories of the Vail and everything he knew about hybrids, I took away the guilt and pain Lennon felt about cheating on me by taking the memories of our relationship from him. With none of those memories, he would no longer feel so much guilt and he could be happy.

I put the memories in a bottle and teleported Lennon and his girlfriend to Lennon's house and made it look like they had just fallen asleep while watching a movie together. I told Adam I would take care of destroying the memories.

"I'm proud of you. You did the right thing." he said, as he left my castle.

But I didn't destroy them. I wanted to, but something told me that I shouldn't. So I bought a little wooden chest and enchanted it so that it would only open if I asked it to, and put the bottle inside it.

I considered taking my own memories, but I ran the risk of not knowing why I needed to destroy the bottle and opening it, causing me to remember everything again. So I learned to live with the truth, while I allowed him to live with false memories.

That bottle stayed in the little box for several years, and eventually I forgot about the box and it's contents. It still had a part to play in my life, but that won't be important for a little while longer.

-𝒮. 𝑅𝑜𝓈𝑒