Gracie looks at the sky as she feels the rain on her skin. She thinks, "I wonder why the angels are crying today?" She makes way home with a fake smile on her face. Her mother sees her come through the door and says, "Hey baby girl. How was your day at school?" Gracie sighs and says, "It was okay I guess. I don't have any homework to do this weekend." Her mother looks at her and asks, "What's wrong love?" She looks down at her feet and says, "Why did you adopt me, the American baby?" Her mother stops what she's doing and looks at her sadly. Her mother says, "People are bullying you again because you were adopted by a Japanese family. Your father and I fell in love with you as soon as we saw you in the orphanage pictures. We love you for you not your race."
Her father comes through the door with a smile and says, "Hey I'm home." He looks the two girls a moment. He says calmly, "Oh did I miss something?" Her mother says, "Kenshi the kids at school picking on her again." He looks at Gracie with kind eyes. He says to her, "There is nothing wrong with you being in our family..."
Gracie goes to her room after hugging her parents to reassure them that she is okay. She tosses her school bag on her bed and looks at herself in an ancient mirror that has been past down from mother to daughter for generations. She says to herself reciting the words embedded in its golden border, "Those who bare the mark of an outcast can use this mirror to go to a time where they are needed."
She runs her finger over the words until her finger gets cut deeply and bleeds down to the center of the mirror. She winces and puts her finger to her mouth to stop the bleeding. A bright light gets her attention and she sees the mirror reacting to her blood.
The mirror's glass swirls and opens up wide. Before she can stop herself, her body is surrounded by the light. Her blond hair grows long rapidly and her school uniform turns into a blue dress. She says to herself, "What the hell is going on?" She closes her eyes as she continues to float through the light.