The Mirror

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The light fell on some old furniture.

"Hello?"

I swung around to see a little girl in a corner.

I gasped. She was translucent.

I crouched down in front of her. "We're you the one who was screaming?" I asked.

"One of them," she whispered.

"Why?"

"You need to wake up."

I shot up in my bed.

Jaime was standing right in front of it.

"I-I don't remember going to bed... What happened?"

"Would you like to go on a picnic?" He asked.

"Uh... Sure?"

I blinked.

we were sitting on a picnic blanket at the border of a forest.

"How did we get here!?" I asked alarmed.

"Don't you remember? We walked from the house and down that hill." He pointed behind him.

It was as if his words normalized the situation. My confusion began slipping away like a dream. I tried to grip onto it, but it faded to fast.

"Oh yeah," I mumbled while playing with the soft grass.

"Do you like it here?" He gave me a curious smile.

"It's very beautiful..."

"You can stay here, if you'd like."

The offer seemed tempting, but I refused to trust him. Refused to give into the sickly sweetness of this place.

"I'll think about it," I smiled.

He smiled back, but a slight twitch under his eye gave it away.

"Does anyone else live here? It seems a bit odd for you to have such a big home with no one else in it," I frowned.

"Why yes, of course," he answered nervously then pointed behind me. "In fact there's a few people over there."

"Well we should go say hello," I began to get up.

Then he grabbed my hand. "No," he rushed out. Then smiled nervously "They like to keep to themselves, aren't very social people".

"Oh really now?" I frowned, sitting back down.

"Mmhmm."

A few minutes passed before I spoke up again.

"I think I'll go into the forest and pick a few flowers."

"I'll come with you-"

"No, no it's okay. I'll be right back."

He slumped back, uneasily.

I began walking towards the path that went through the Forrest.

"Just stay on the path, please." He added.

"Duly noted."

The farther i got away from him, the more the uneasiness fled my body.

He wants me to stay.

Me? stay in this sickly sweet place Forever? With him?

It brought shivers down my spine.