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Nightmare
Part XIV

The next couple of years were just concerning her duties
as queen
For the most part
A few entries about her private activities, and certain
people
Quite a few concerning her ongoing battle of wills with
Wilfred
He was relentless in his pursuit of her
As was she in her refusal of him
I was perhaps two thirds through the book when something
caught my eye as I was flipping through the pages
I turned back to it, sure that I had been mistaken
But I was not, there, in her journal, was my name

Nightmare
Part XV

OK, by this time I'm fully expecting to hear the Twilight
Zone theme song
Or see Mulder and Scully come busting through the door
It would have been a relief really
But, as unreal as it is, this is my reality
More afraid than I care to admit, I read on
This passage was concerning her nemesis, Wilfred
Apparently, he'd stepped up his campaign
And with each refusal, was making threats that became
less and less veiled
It was at this point that I came into it
She had written, "I begin to fear for Tara. Although I
cannot imagine how, I suspect Wilfred has discovered
her existence. It terrifies me to even think what he
and that despicable priest of his have discovered, or
what they are capable of."
Have you ever had an out of body experience?
That's as close as I can come to explaining what I'm
feeling at the moment
That must be someone else she is speaking of
Some other Tara, surely it can't be me
If it is me, how could she know about me, but I not know
about her?
And we live on different Earths
At least in different dimensions
How could she be talking about me?
And yet, I knew she was
As I resume my reading, I feel the book fall from my
nerveless fingers after I finish her next entry
"Perhaps, in the end, I will fall to Wilfred, but he
will not harm Tara. I will protect my sister at all
costs!"

Nightmare
Part XVI

I don't know how long I've sat here
Frozen in shock, and something else
Betrayal, I think
Why was I deemed unworthy to be a part of this family?
All my life I'd dreamed of having a family
I'd grown up in a boarding school, an orphan
My expenses supposedly payed for by a kindly
philanthropist
I'd never questioned it because I wasn't the only girl
there under such circumstances
But I had no family, and no memory of one
And I'd always felt as if a vital part of me was missing
I wonder now if that was the psychic connection I've
heard of between twins
Just since reading Taryn's words, I feel more complete
than I ever have in my life
And more empty...and more angry
I hear a pounding in my head, and as I focus on the
possible cause of it
The door bursts open, and Kalen rushes in
He falls to his knees in front of me, and begins to
gently shake me
"Tara, Tara what's wrong? Talk to me, Tara."
I stare blankly at him for a moment, then say the first
thing that comes to my mind
"That's Princess Tara to you."