Disclaimer: I don't own Smallville or anything in it, Jesse and Mark however are mine as I made them up!

            Yes I know the mirror world is very overused but I just figured out information about Clark my friend knew and I didn't that would mess up my whole story. Some parts are very familiar but others will be VERY different. So here it is, in the mirror world.

A mirror world is always considered a place not of your own, as we all know the show Smallville isn't real (sorry to all those who thought it was), but what if it was real. And there was someone like Clark living among us. Do you think we would really know about him? And what would happen if Clark's life was not what it used to be on the show. What would Clark be like? Well to all those who would like to know. I give you, the mirror world.

Nobody knew what it was like, Raina thought, her strawberry blonde hair blowing in the breeze, except maybe exactly who she was here to find, Clark Kent. Normal humans would not understand, not even all of her people understood although they wouldn't be as scared of her there, she was just different. Raina figured it was in a way her fault she was here. It had all started with the invasion of her people.

            Raina lived on a world like no other; a world where people were not just ordinary. Not that people from the other planets were all that ordinary, but none of them had the powers that the Merdans had. The Merdans were usually born with one of many great abilities such as incredible strength, invincibility, the power to look straight through things, and even light something on fire with only the power of your eyes. About 99% of the Merdans were born with one trait but about 1% of the population was born without any powers. The rarest of the rare however, was what Raina was. She had all of the special powers just like Clark. These people only made up a very, very small part of the Merdans population. On the planet earth it could be compared to the rarity of an albino. There were rumors about the planets that these powers of the Merdans had been caused by a mineral ground into the dirt of their planet. Of course the rumor was false, it was all in the Merdans genes, but rumors will be rumors and this one sure started making a lot of planetary races jealous. The Katchins from the planet Frondac happened to be one of those jealous races.

            They had one of the largest populations in the universe and the smallest place to put them, so they justified the invasion of the Merdan's home world of Quatar by telling their people that they needed to gain another planet so they would not all starve from the lack of land to plant things. The government of the planet however had another reason. They wanted to acquire the special powers of Quatar, or what they thought the planet possessed. They couldn't have cared less about how many people on their planet were starving or getting sick and dying.

            Normally an invasion would not have been a problem as the people could defend themselves easily. Each Merdan could have taken out about 50 of the opposing force without breaking a sweat but this time it was definitely going to be a fight for their lives as the Katchins outnumbered them 500 to one. The Katchins had invaded without warning and it had not been too difficult a battle until the Merdans dead started to accumulate. It was not without its victories as dead Katchins seem to litter the planet being as frequent as a cigarette butt in the earth city of New York City. The only problem was that there were waves and waves of new Katchins coming in to fight and they were getting closer to the center where Raina was watching a little Clark of about five earth years. Clark was Raina's responsibility and being as young as he was, he was not yet accustomed to using his powers in the right way and he had also not reached full invincibility as he had not yet reached the age of ten which according to research was when a Merdan with that power reached its full potential, any younger and there was the possibility they could be killed. Right now Clark was that possibility. She knew she had to do something to make sure he wasn't killed as he was one of the future great warriors of the planet, of which they only had about fifty, and they needed every one of them. I have to do something, Raina thought, but what? She started pacing the small room; its confines seemed too much for her. Before it had been her security blanket. An area that seemed impenetrable by the enemy forces, but now the enemy was closing in. An'te had told her to keep the boy here, in the middle of their home base. It had seemed like the safest place at the time, but the enemy army had anticipated them keeping the weaker ones in the least vulnerable place, so that is where they went. There were many of her people guarding it, this she knew but they just kept plowing through them and what used to be a safe distance away from the Katchins was closing quicker than they had anticipated. Raina hadn't heard from An'te in over four hours and she was getting quite nervous. Clark seemed to observe her, his dark eyes watching her every move. He knew only slightly of what was going on, but he was only young and his opinion would not count in the decision for his safety. Raina stopped pacing as an idea popped into her head. It was a crazy idea and there was a large change that something could go wrong, but it was her only hope, the Katchins were only about 100 meters from where they were hiding anymore.

"Come here Clark." Raina said, speaking in her native tongue. He responded by looking up at her, his eyes held trust in her, that she would somehow make the killing stop. Raina only hoped she could fulfill that longing, not only for him, but for all of their people. Clark slowly stood up and walked over to her.

            "What are you going to do Raina?" He asked; his patience seemed to be nonexistent such as was common for most young boys his age. Raina grabbed his hand without answering and led him to the back exit. A few guards let them pass and they headed a few blocks down where Raina had lived. She walked into what had been their living room only a few days ago and lifted a small rug made of an animal's fur that would be similar to that of a bear on Earth. Underneath was a secret opening that led to a project Raina had just completed. It was a small ship capable of space travel. It was only big enough for one person however and Raina knew exactly who that one person would be. It was the only way Clark would survive if their race was taken over. Raina seemed to quicken her pace as she heard a few enemy soldiers approaching. She pulled open a drawer and removed a cold hard piece of metal. It was that activation key for the robot/ship. She placed it into its proper place and watched as the ship lit up.

            "Dujo!" Clark exclaimed, his eyes sparkling in the light with excitement. He had never ridden in a space vehicle before. "Are we going to ride away in it, until it stops? He asked also talking in the only language he had ever known, which would be very different from what he would experience later.

            "Open." Raina commanded, and the ship obediently responded with a hiss of air. "No, WE aren't going somewhere else Clark. Only you are." The little boys' eyes seemed to well up with tears as he came to this conclusion as well.

            "But I can't go by myself!" Clark chokes out. "I don't want to go without you."

            "I'm sorry Clark." Raina said, her eyes beginning to turn red. This was the only way. "Clark." He looked up with her with tear stained eyes, knowing that he didn't really have a choice. When Raina told him to do something, he had to listen to her. "You have to trust me bud." He knew she was getting soft when she used his nickname.

            "You don't want me to leave, so why do I have to?" He asked hoping, praying that he wouldn't have to leave her. Raina had been like a mother to him, after his real mother had died giving birth to him. His father had left him with Raina when Clark was just a baby. Clark's father had known that Raina would take good care of him, as he himself was not responsible. Being a dad at the age of only 18 didn't seem to suit him. He had his whole life in front of him and he decided he didn't want to be weighted down by that of a child.

            "I don't want you to leave Clark, but it's the only way." And with that Raina took Clark's hand. She kissed him on the forehead and guided him into the ship. The ship would take Clark far, far, away from here where Raina could only hope he was safer than here. Most races had already gotten past hatred and would accept Clark with open arms. Raina could only hope he would find his way to one of their planets. Raina reached into her pocket to produce a device that would give Clark a shot of sorts so that he would be asleep throughout his journey and not be so scared he would hyperventilate. After all, he was only a little boy. Raina pressed the device to the side of Clark's neck and he looked at her with one last glance as he calmed down and fell into a deep sleep. Raina shut the heavy door and glanced sorrowfully at the ship containing her burden, and her love. Not in a way a man loves a women, but in a motherly way. In a way that she would have done anything in her power to protect him. But this, this was killing her inside. For all she knew, she would never see Clark again. One lone tear rolled down Raina's cheek as she told the ship to take off at its highest warp speed. He had to get away from this god-forsaken place as fast as he possibly could. The ship lifted from the room and broke through the floorboard of her house. The sky was black with smoke from the attacks, and the ship seemed to blend into it as tears now fell freely from Raina's eyes.

            Raina shook the memories from her head as they threatened to overwhelm her. Eventually the Merdans had regained the land they had lost to the Katchins but they didn't leave without a good fight. Eventually however the Katchins realized what their government had tried to do to them, and they retreated and left the Merdans in peace after some radical Katchins had killed the leader behind the entire assault. The one thing Raina had not planed on was for Clark to land on a paranoid planet that had not yet mastered the secret to space and ships that could explore the universe at will. The people of Earth were only still exploring the planets closest to them. They hadn't even met an off worlder before. To them someone from a planet different from them were considered aliens and often pictured as small and green. In reality most people from other planets looked somewhat similar to that of a human. It was lucky that the Merdans looked exactly like humans; the only difference was the special abilities that the Merdans had. This made it easier for Clark to fit in with the humans and lead a normal life, or what was considered normal by humans. When he arrived at the planet the only thing that would be difficult for Clark was the language.

 Landing on the continent of North America, he had to learn English. I wonder if he remembers his native language, Raina thought. It might be difficult to communicate with him if he had forgotten. Thankfully however, she had brought a translator along. When the Merdan government had learned of Clark's occupation of North America, they had sent someone to translate the language into the Merdan language by using a small device that was small enough to be implanted into Raina's arm. The implant was somewhat painful for her as they had to use a rock called Caridian. It was a rock that seemed to glow a greenish color and made Merdan's weak, its only use was for those immortal to have a procedure done such as what Raina had. That was the only way anything would pierce the skin of one immortal.

Authors Note: I will put up the next chapter when I get 5 reviews…from different people. I have it ready. MWAHAHA. I am so mean don't you think. :-D