(The Next morning)
I open my eyes slowly trying to adjust to the brightness of the sun shining outside the window. Rubbing my eyes as I sit up and look around the room. I try to remember what happened and where I am but couldn't. I then realize that I cant remember a thing. I rush out of the bed and run outside to see a group of people eating breakfast on a big round green picnic table. Still panicking I am trying to figure out how I possibly got here, but I can't. I couldn't remember anything at all, where I am, why i'm here, or even who I am.
"She's awake. Come here sweetheart eat something" A lady in a normal brown and gray working dress walks over to me and guides me to the table where they are all eating.
I sit there silently looking at the food, wondering if it's really okay to eat, especially when they don't know me, I don't even know myself.
"It's okay just eat" This time a big man in a brown shirt and black shorts pushes a plate full of bread towards me.
I smile and gladly take a piece of bread and bite into it. I look around at everyone sitting at the table as I continue to eat. There were 6 people, A lady, A giant man, Another man but smaller, A grandma, A little girl, and another boy who seems around the same age as myself.
After I finish eating I finally gain the courage to ask them questions.
"Hey" I say somewhat softly
"Yes?" The big man answers
"Where am I? and who are you people?" I ask looking down at my feet fidgeting.
"I figured you'd want to know that. I'll explain what I know" The man answers
"To start off my name is Max, the women next to you is Claire, this old lady next to me, just call her grandma, this other guy on this side of me is Ali, the quiet boy over there standing like he is a loner is Leo, and that little girl playing with the two baby lions is Rin. We are traveling performers, our name is The Star-Gazing Troupe. Long story short, this man came in the middle of the night and told us to take care of you for the night so we did." The man keeps explaining as I struggle to remember what happened.
"Wait I remember this girl" The lady exclaims
"She was at the show yesterday, she told me she enjoyed the show we performed" The lady smiles at me as she grabs both of my hands.
I smile back and grip onto her hands as well. Then her face becomes sorrowful as she looks up at me.
"Sweetheart can you tell me what happened?" She asks
The smile I had had completely shattered as I looked back down at my feet. I nod no.
"I don't remember anything, not even my own name" I say
Everyone looks at each other in shock, except the boy on the side, he was quietly listening to our conversation. The lady grips onto my hands even tighter and smiles at me once again.
"That's alright because I remember your name, it's Sarena. When you were at the performance I had the chance to talk to you and ask your name. Your name is Sarena" She tells me
"My name is Sarena..." I say softly still looking at my fidgeting feet.
I let go of her hands and stand up to take a walk alone by myself, but before I could I trip over something and land on my hands, luckily I was on grass so it didn't hurt to much. I look behind me to see a bright pink and purple case with small decorations of flowers and jewels. I sit up to grab it and pull it onto my lap.
"The man dropped that off along with you. I think it might be yours." The lady tells me
It did seem familiar to me, I knew that it was important to me. I open it and see a bright pink frilly dress and pull it out. I twirl holding it up against myself as if i'm wearing it in a ball. As soon as I look back down at my dress something covered my sight, it was a flash back. I couldn't tell if it was me or not I only saw this dress in a mirror for a split second. Back in reality I place the dress back inside as I notice something else. There was a sky blue bracelet with charms and letters around my right wrist. The letters spelt out "Baby girl" I smile and close the case then take it along with me on a walk around the park.
As I continued walking I tried my best to remember what was going on and who I was.
"My name is Sarena" I tell myself over and over again trying to remember.
I think and think until I finally get tired and try to find a bench to sit on. I look around from where I was standing and see an open seat next to a boy with blond hair and green eyes on a red painted bench reading the newspaper.
"Is this seat taken?" I ask
He nods no as I sit down nest to him. I sigh as I look up at the blue sky.
"Long day so far?" The boy asks
"Yea, really long" I answer
"A fire did happen last night at the orphanage" The boy shows me the news paper talking about a fire at the Roseberry Orphanage. There was a picture drawn of two men dressed in black suits being cuffed by the police.
"That name..." I say softly as I continue reading.
"There are two suspects, they are explained to be two men one five-feet two and the other six-feet. They were dressed in black and knocked out behind the burning orphanage."
As soon as I finished reading I realize that I know this orphanage and those two men drawn in the photo. My mind flashes a scene of me struggling against a man holding me against a tree as I see the other digging through that purple and pink suitcase. A second later I am back in reality.
"Sorry I have to go thank you for letting me sit here"
I stand up and run back to the group.
Without me noticing the boy smiled as he watched me run back to the car.
(As Sarena was running)
"Sarena Roseberry is your name here? My princess?" The boy says placing the news paper on the bench. He then walks of into the crowd of people and disappears.
(Back to Sarena)
As soon as I arrived at the car no one was there except for Leo, the quiet boy. He was now sitting at the round table by himself.
"Leo right?" I ask walking up next to him
He nods yes as he turns to look at me huffing and puffing.
"I know how I got here." I tell him as I walk to the other side of the table and sit across from him.
He looks up at me curiously as I begin to explain what happened last night.
"The only thing I can remember is that these two men were trying to find something that I had. It seemed like they really needed it, to the point where they had me pinned against a tree while the other was digging through my things. I can't remember what exactly they were looking for though. I do know that they did not find it because before they could this man that you are all talking about that dropped me off here, knocked them out cold and left them there. Or at least I think that it was the guy that dropped me off here, i'm just assuming." I explain to Leo as he continues to listen.
"That's all I know though, I cant remember anything else, not where we were, who they were, and not even who I am yet." I tell him
"It's alright" For the first time he smiles at me.He then leans over the table and ruffles my hair all over the place.
"Does Serenity sound like a better and more comfortable name?" He asks me and surprisingly it does seem more better.
"Serenity huh?" I look up at him smiling mischievously
"Where did you come up with that name?" I ask him
He blushes and sits back down not answering my question. I giggle softly as I see him trying to hide his embarrassment.
(Later in the evening)
"Serenity" Leo calls me back out to the picnic table for dinner.
"I'm coming" I yell back
Looking at my brand new soft bed covered in a red blanket I stand up happily and run outside.
"Serenity?" Everyone looks at me and Leo curiously.
"My name is Serena ok? I tell everyone.
"Only Leo can call me Serenity. I like that name a lot." I smile at Leo as he sits down next to me to begin eating.
Everything seemed normal, it was going great, we were all eating happily together. It seemed like a normal family dinner to me. I was having fun with them, talking about their past performances, and how they messed up on stage. At the same time I couldn't help but seem down because I was the only one unable to speak about my past. I stand up and walk into the car and lay down on my bed.
I sigh as loud as I could, still trying to remember the rest of my life.
"Tired?" Leo walks up to my bed and sits on the floor next to me.
"Really tired" I answer flipping over to my belly
"Hey I promised to go with you to the orphanage tomorrow so look forward to that. Maybe it'll awaken more of your memories."
The fact that Leo is trying his best to cheer me up is really cute to me. I accidentally let a soft giggle out.
"Hey what are you laughing at?" He asks me turning around to pinch both of my cheeks.
I continue laughing out loud as he pulls my cheeks apart. I must look really stupid right now.
"Just focus that we will have this all figured out and solve the Sarena mystery. The whole troupe promised to keep you here until you're able to walk on your own." Leo finally lets go of my cheeks and sits back down on the floor.
"Leo you're a real softy aren't you?" I ruffle his hair and stand back up.
"I'm going on a walk again on my own i'll be back" I begin to walk out of the car but stop on my tracks as I see three men dressed in black suits, just like the other two that I remember. They were talking to Max, but as soon as they saw me they began marching over to me.
I try to run back into the car but they grab me by the hair and yank me down to the ground.
"Are you kidding me again? That hurts you know, I swear you and your group just have some sort of hair fetish or something." I say out loud without realizing it.
In shock that I said that out loud I cover my mouth with my hands with wide eyes staring at the ground.
"Tell me where the bracelet is little girl or the rest of them are going to get hurt." He yanks my hair once again to make me look up, I open my eyes to see the other two men are pointing their guns at Rin and Claire.
"I don't know what you are talking about. What bracelet?" I say trying to take my hair out of the mans grip. As I struggled and struggled the man noticed something on my wrist. He picks me up of the ground with my hair and grabs my right wrist. It had the blue bracelet that I noticed earlier today.
"Don't touch it, it's mine" I tell the man as I continue to fight him
He just laughs at me and lets go of my wrist as he pulls out a knife and cuts my hair with one swoop. I drop to the ground as I stare at my now cut blond hair all over the ground.
"Stop hurting her!" Claire yells as she tries to reach over to me.
"You better not move or I will shoot" The two other men are ready to shoot them at any time, their guns were loaded and had no safety on them.
"Don't shoot them" I begin talking still frightened and shaking.
I stand up and look the man that cut my hair right in the eyes.
"I won't give it to you, you need to take me along with the bracelet if you want it." I tell the man as I hold back my tears of fear.
He laughs for a second then looks at his men to put the guns away. I look over to Max and point at the car, telling him to get inside. They all walk into the car and buckle up as he starts the car, ready to leave.
"Wait I want to grab something first." I tell the men
"Fine, make it fast" They tell me and I walk into the car casually. I pull out the purple and pink case and begin to walk back out. Before I could, I smile at the men and slam the door shut in their faces. I lock it.
"DRIVE MAX" I scream
He takes of driving as fast as he could as I struggle to stay in one place since I wasn't buckled up.
"Get up here" Leo holds out his hand to me as he is sitting on my bed holding onto the poles holding the bed together.
I climb up and hold onto the poles next to him. An hour later we finally stop and to take a breath of fresh air. Everyone but me and Leo go outside, I was to afraid to move anymore. It all came rushing to me, it happened so fast. I was shaking in fear as I still cling onto the pole. Leo strokes my back up and down trying to keep me calm.
No one asked me questions they all just patted me on my head or back and went straight to bed. Rin cuddled up next to me along with the two small lions and fell asleep in my arms. Leo was still stroking my back till I had fallen asleep.
(As Sarena was asleep)
It was late at night till Sarena fell asleep, Leo was tired but stayed up next to her. Once she was asleep he climbed into his own bed quietly and fell asleep as well.
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