Chapter 14: Amnesia?

I finally woke up and noticed this place didn't look familiar at all. Then I realized the only thing I know is my first name. I slowly sat up and felt a little pain in my side. Then my head hurt. "Argh my head and side!" Then a young man came it and said, "Woah there calm down now. My name is Zyler. I will go get my father for you." I was shocked. That boy looked young. I knew he was only a few years older than I was.

I see a man old enough to be my father. "Hello young lady. How are you feeling?" "I guess I'm feeling fine can't complain. Who are you sir?" "Oh sorry my name is Sage. I am Zyler's father. Who might you be young lady?" My head started to hurt. "Argh. My head. MY name is Raven. I can't remember anything after that. Argh." Then finally my headache subsided. "Zyler I'm afraid this woman has Amnesia." "Hey Raven. Let's go near the beach for a while." Said Zyler. So, I followed him to the beach.

"How are you feeling other than your head hurting?" "I feel a little sore on my side. What happened to me?" "Well we heard a horn sound. We ran out and saw you. Looked like someone stopped your bleeding, but then ran off. It looked like you had been shot." I tried to remember what happened but my head hurt again. "Argh. My head." "Its ok. No need to rush it. I have to go back in. You can stay longer if you want to." I nodded and stayed while he went back in.

After an hour or so, I decided it was best to go back inside. Then it was time to eat dinner. I sat at the table In a daze wondering what could have happened to me. Then Zyler called Raven's name a few times. "Raven Raven? Raven?! Raven!" "Huh? What did you say? Sorry I was thinking. Its fine. We wanted to know how you are right now?" "Oh I guess as fine as I will ever be with someone who has no memory." "Sorry. It must be rough no knowing who you are." "Yeah it is." I didn't eat much because I was too depressed. "We understand that you don't want to eat much, but you will need to soon ok?" "I will do my best." Then I went to the room I was in before and laid down. I went to sleep not long after.

In the middle of the night, I had a dream or a memory I couldn't tell. I was squirming and sweating. My dream was about a castle, and I had friends and family. Then there was a red dragon that attacked and I woke up. I went out to get a drink of water and I saw Sage. "Oh hey Sage. What are you doing up this late?" "Oh work stuff. What about you? Are you ok?" "Yeah I either had a nightmare, or maybe a memory. I came down to get a drink of water." "Ok hang on." Sage went to get the water, and he handed it to me. "Thanks Sage. I know this is none of my business, so you don't have to answer if you don't want to." "Sure fire away." "Ok so I see its just you and your son. Where is your wife?" "Oh that. Its fine I'll answer it. There was an accident on the sea. Zyler blamed himself for it since she died saving him. We got her back on the ship, but she couldn't get the medicine down." "Oh I'm so sorry." "Its fine. Its been 10 years now." "Oh that long?" "Yeah." "When I get up in the morning, I will tell you what my dream is about ok? Maybe you will be able to make heads or tails of it." "We will try but ok."

The next morning, I apparently slept in. It was already 10:00am. "Sorry for sleeping in." I said. "Oh no worries. We knew you would so we made you some fresh warm breakfast. We had ours earlier." Said Zyler. "Thank you. Again, I apologize." So, I had my breakfast in gratitude.

After I had my breakfast, I said. "If you aren't busy at the moment, can I spare a moment of your time?" "Yes of course you can." Said Sage. So they sat at the table with me.

"I had a dream. I don't know if it was a nightmare or just a bad memory. Here is goes. I was at a castle. The people looked like they could have been my family and friends. Then here comes the scary part. A red dragon attacked a couple people and that is where I woke up." "Ok then. That would explain the tattoo on your back." Said Zyler. "The only place I would know has a tattoo like this or any is of King Justin and Queen Talia's castle." Somehow that made my head hurt. Just hearing those names. "Ah. My head." "Woah there Raven breathe." Said Zyler. "My head hurts bad. Ahh!" After awhile it subsided and I was calming down. "Raven are you ok now?" Said Zyler. "Yeah sorry. I remember enough. I may not remember everything right now, but I remember a little bit. Can I go back home?" "Raven you don't know where we are do you?" "What do you mean where we are? Aren't I on a random island right now?" "Yes but you can't get back to the castle on just a boat. We are on dragon island." Said Sage. "What am I doing here? Am I supposed to be some sort of dragon or something?" "Well we assume so. You are here after all. Hang on let me see if I can call the elder back there." "Ok thank you." Zyler stayed with me and rubbed my back for comfort. While sage was calling the elder.

"Hello sir? My name is Sage. We met way back when?" "Ah yes what can I do for you?" "I have someone named Raven here who has amnesia. She remembered enough she says but not all." "Wait! You've seen Raven?! How is she?! Is she ok?!" "Woah there sir. She is fine. Just a little shaken up. Do you have a way to get her here? I live on the deserted island. Its just me and my son." "Yes we will send someone to get her. Thank you very much." "Your welcome sir." Then they hung up.

He called for his assistant. "Melody! I need you its urgent!" "Coming sir." "Raven has been found. I need you to get Zoro and his brother here. They are the strongest ones that can carry her." "Yes sir." So Melody ran in haste to get Zorro.

"Hey Zoro! Sorry to interrupt. Elder needs you. Its urgent. OH and he needs your brother too. Yeah I figured as much. I'll go run and get him. Yo Prince! Urgent news from the elder!" "Yeah I figured if you're here to get me. OK coming!" Then they ran to the elder.

"What is it Elder?" said Zoro. "Its good news and bad news. The good news is Raven has been found. The bad news is she may have a little bit a Amnesia." "Damn! Really?" "Yes. The reason I suggested you both is you two are the strongest dragons here and can carry her if you needed too. Also mostly because you were a teacher she was close too. She may remember you after seeing you but who knows. She is at the deserted island with a man named Saige. I assume his son Zyler is with him as well. They found her and helped her." "Yes sir. When do we leave?" "I would say as soon as possible. Once you get packed, come back here." "Yes sir." Said Prince. So they were off to pack.

"OK sir. We are here. Ready for us to leave?" "Yes and when you do, take her immediately to the infirmary to make sure she has no serious injuries ok?" "Yes sir." "OK go!" So they went off and flew away."

Sage came out of his room and saw Raven and Zyler. "Ok Raven. There will be a couple of dragons coming to get you and take you back. They will help you with what you can't remember. Then I am sure as you go on you will start to remember things again." "What about you guys? Are you going to be ok?" "Oh we will be fine. I'm sure you will see us in the future. We will never forget about you Raven." I got up and hugged Sage in tears. "I'm going to miss you both. I don't know what I will do without you guys. You are the only ones I know right now." "Its ok Raven." Said Zyler rubbing her back. "I'm sure we will be over there for some business shortly. We will stop by and say hi." "Oh Zyler. You are like a big brother to me. Thank you so much." I hugged him in tears too. "Woah now. Its going to be ok Raven." After awhile I finally calmed down and wiped my tears.

"So Sage. Did they say when they were going to get here?" "Oh it takes at least 1 day or 2 to get here." "Oh so I got a day or 2 more with you then. I wish it were longer." "So do we." Said Sage.

Two days later no one was there quite yet. It was still early morning. "Well by the looks of it they may be here around noonish." Said Sage. I nodded. "Oh I have something for you Raven. Hang on." Said Zyler. He ran to his room and found what he was looking for. He went out of his room and faced her again.

"I made this for you out of bamboo. Nothing really else to do except help dad with work and workout." "Wow thanks a lot. Ahh." "Raven. Hang in there. Dad what do we do? It looks longer than before?" "Hang on son. The only thing we can do right now is make her comfortable. There is nothing else we can do now." "Yes father." Then finally her headache subsided. "Wow that was the most intense headache I have head yet." I still got aways to go to remember, but when you gave me that carving you made me it reminded me of another carving someone gave me." Then I searched around and couldn't find it I felt disappointed. "Wait a second." Said Sage. "I have something you may be looking for." He went in his room and went into his safe. "Ah here it is." He walked out and showed it to her. "Is this it?" "Yes! Oh thank you so much! I don't know why its important to me, but it is." "Your welcome." "I promise I will treasure both of these. I never knew you could carve something out of bamboo?" "Yeah you can. You have to be really careful carving bamboo. Its not like any wood. Its hollow inside. Its light weight and easy to cut. While we are waiting, want to see my other stuff I carved? Dad is it ok?" "Yeah sure son." "Ok follow me." He guided me to a shed and I saw different kinds of carved sculptures. "Wow did you do all this?" "Yeah its all me. My job for my dad is making these walking sticks. After I'm done making them, I like to carve random designs on them." "That is pretty cool. Whoever made this Raven for me should meet you." "Haha I'm sure I would love to meet him or her as well."

Later that afternoon, there was a knock at the door. (Knock Knock) "Hello? Who is it?" "We were sent by the elder for Raven." Then sage opened the door and invited them in. "Hello there. You must be Zoro." "Yes sir. I'm Zoro. This is my brother Prince." "Nice to meet you. Let me go get her." He went to her room and knocked on her door. (Knock Knock) "Raven its sage. They are here." She opened the door, and ran straight to Zylers room to get him.

"Zyler! Zyler!" She ran into his room and gave him a hug. "Woah Raven what is it?" "They are here. I don't want to go but I know I have to." "Ok lets go together to meet them." He said. So we both went out and I saw a couple people sitting on the couch. "H-hello. If I am supposed to know you, I'm sorry I can't remember names or faces right now." "Its fine Raven. I'm sure when you get back you will remember a lot more."

All of us walked to the shore to say our goodbyes. "I know we said our goodbyes earlier, but I want to say them again." I hugged them both, then one at a time. Once I hugged Zyler I said, "Your dad told me what happened to your mom. Its not your fault. When I see you again with my memory in tact hopefully then I want you to be washed away from that guilt ok?" He nodded. I took one last look at them, and hoped onto the man named Zoro's dragon back which was a dark green dragon with a yellow belly which matched his dark green hair. The other guy prince was a brown dragon with shades of black and a darker tummy. I watched the two people until they were out of site. I was silent until we go to where I called home for now.