Chapter 1: Departure
The wind catches your long black hair and you push it away from your eyes and look out your bedroom window. The leaves of the tall oak tree in your backyard are moving gently in the wind and in the distance, the faint yelling and laughter of children can be heard. A small yawn escapes your mouth as you rise from bed and walk into the bathroom.
Looking in the mirror you see yourself, a healthy, slim 22 year old girl about 5' 7" tall. Your piercing green eyes accentuate your cute face and your breasts have grown in nicely at a C cup. Walking over to your closet, you browse through your wardrobe and decide on a tight white shirt and skinny jeans, so you get dressed and then head outside. It's Friday and there is an important test on Monday so you've decided to help your best friend study.
"Hey! Mika! I'm over here!" Gwen is as energetic as usual today it seems and her sparkling blue eyes meet yours as she playfully skips towards you and gives you a big hug.
"Alright, alright, keep it down I'm right next to you." You say slightly annoyed.
"Sorry, but you know how I get a bit carried away sometimes hahahaha!" Gwen laughs it off and leads you towards her house.
Along the way, you catch yourself checking out Gwen. It's not as if you like her that way, she's been your friend for as long as you can remember. It's just hard not to notice with the way her long, golden blonde hair bounces off her shoulders with every step and you swear she is swaying her ass a little more than necessary in her short blue skirt.
"Ughh, why do these tests have to be so hard?" Gwen whines as the two of you round another corner.
"We're in college now. It's not supposed to be easy." You reply.
"I know, I know, lucky I have you to help me though." Gwen says as she winks at you.
After a few more minutes of walking, you are on a street you've never been on before. Nothing out of the ordinary, but nothing familiar either. As Gwen is turning the corner, a glint catches your eye through a window. You stop for a moment to try to make out what it is through the dusty curtains.
"What's up? Did you see something?" Gwen asks.
"I don't know, there was a light, but I don't see it any more." Your words barely leaving your lips before Gwen tries the handle on the old wooden door and surprisingly, it creaks open.
"Well, that's weird, let's check it out!" Gwen says confidently, although she waits for you to take the first step in.
The building is old and dusty and almost looks out of place among the more modern architecture in this part of the city.
Gwen coughs and says, "This place is so run down. I wonder why no one has fixed it up yet? What do you think Mika? With a little work, it could be a cute little salon!"
You are about to reply when a light catches your eye. The interior is dark, the daylight blocked by the tall, empty shelves and dusty old sheets hung up like curtains, but in the back corner you notice the same light from before, only much clearer now. A tall shape is covered by a dusty tan canvas tarp and at the top, shining even underneath the thick cloth, is an eerie reddish glow.
"Whoa... That's kinda creepy, huh? What do you think it is?" Gwen slowly lifts her arm to the top of the object and pulls the tarp away.
The two of you stand there speechless for a moment, bathing in a crimson glow before you speak.
"A-are you seeing this?" Is all you can manage to say.
A large ornate mirror stands in the corner of the otherwise empty building, its surface rippling and distorting your reflections while a beautiful red gemstone shines proudly from a fixture at the top.
"Is that a mirror? What's wrong with it?" Gwen asks as she hesitantly touches the golden trim around the mirror's rippling surface.
"I have no idea, and what's with that light?" Your gaze is drawn to the gemstone and it almost feels like someone is watching you.
"Oh yeah!" says Gwen eyeing the stone as well. "That baby looks like it's worth some real money, doesn't it Mika?"
A deep sense of foreboding hits you and you tell Gwen that you two should probably just leave.
"Awww, come on Mika, don't be scared. If it's really that valuable, it wouldn't have been left behind." Gwen says as her fingers barely reach the gem but it is firmly attached to the mirror.
As she struggles with it, you step forward to try to get her to stop, but Gwen pulls a little too hard and the mirror tips over. Before you can react, the surface of the mirror hits your head. A bright white light and a woman's muffled voice is the last thing you remember before losing consciousness.
Chapter 2: Awakening
The strong smell of flowers wakes you up and you open your eyes slowly and adjust to the sunlight. Your head hurts and then you remember the mirror. You quickly look around but everything has changed. No longer in a dark room, you lie in a large field mostly covered in small flowers.
Unfamiliar forests and mountains surround the rolling plains you're currently in. There is no sign of civilization either, however you notice Gwen lying a few feet behind you. Groggily, you crawl over to her and sigh in relief when you notice she is still breathing. As you try to piece together your situation, Gwen finally comes to.
"Uhhh... What happened?" she weakly asks and you try to explain but realize you don't know much about what happened either. "So, that big mirror fell on us and now we're here? Does that mean... Did we go inside the mirror!?" Gwen is starting to recover now and sits up on her own.
"This doesn't make any sense! Mirrors can't do this, it's... impossible, right?" You try rationalizing it but the more you look around, the more it seems true.
"Hey Mika, we can go back, right?" Gwen meekly asks.