The Other Side of the Mirror
Finding Myself
It had been a long time ago. Father didn't talk about it anymore. Well, he hadn't since I was five. He thinks I don't know, but a five year old can understand a lot more than they let on. I didn't have any contact with my homeland until I was fourteen. I said the words from my mother's book.
"Sarah, if you ever want to see your real home, just say the right words," she had whispered before she left. She had stepped through my mirror. The only thing I don't remember is the other figure with her.
Now, I stood in front of my father, I was twenty years old and asking him who he really was. He was so surprised by my question he dropped his coffee mug. Flicking my wrist the coffee stopped falling and reversed. It set itself down on the table and I looked to my father.
He sighed. I wasn't leaving until he told me the truth. "Sarah, do you know where your mother is?" he asked.
"Yes, she's in the Underground," I answered simply.
"How do you-"
"I wished Toby away, dad. I ran the Labyrinth and got him back. Mom was right, and I said the right words. Now, tell me who you really are," I said defiantly.
"A mortal that fell in love with your mother," he said, bowing his head. I was stunned to my spot. I sat on the couch, nearest to me. "Sarah, I have to tell you, I'm not your real father," he confessed.
"WHAT?!"
"Your real father died trying to protect your mother," he told me. I held my head in confusion, "Your mother fled the Underground, I found her and pity struck my heart. I took her in, by then she was already with child. Also, Sarah you are not an only child. You have an older sister. Her and your mother lived with me until you were five. Her land was safe again and she had to return to it. She left you with me as a gift to remember her by. She didn't want you to go through what she went through," my father of twenty years had unshed tears in his eyes.
"And the mirror?" I asked, knowing he'd know about that too.
"She enchanted it, she and her kin could travel through it, but after she left through it she closed it off. Only a being with powers like hers can re-enchant it," he explained.
"Of course, that's why all my friends could get through, I brought them through," I said to myself, he looked at me confused. I looked up. "I have to go back, I'm going to figure this out," I consented. He looked even more saddened. I stood up and wrapped my arms around him. "No matter what, you will always be my father," I whispered. He hugged me back.
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I stared at it's glossy face. Green eyes stared back at me. I had braided my raven hair and wearing a peasant shirt and jeans. "It's now or never," I whispered. I put my palm against cool surface of the mirror. "Take me to my real home!" I told the mirror. It glowed brightly and the light enveloped me. I just prayed it didn't take me to the Labyrinth.
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"Who in the name of the fates are you?!" a very surprised voice asked. I had landed very ungracefully on a stone floor. I groaned and sat up. In front of me was a woman about five inches taller than me. She had dirty blonde hair and bright blue eyes. Those were things I really wasn't focusing on though.
Two centimeters from my neck was the point of a very sharp sword. The woman held the hilt tightly. I backed away a bit and it followed me, "Excuse me but could you please remove that?" I asked pleadingly. She frowned.
"First tell me who you are," she said and kept the sword to my neck. I rubbed my head.
"My name is Sarah Williams," a said with a growl. Her eyes widened and she withdrew the sword.
"You're Sarah?! How could that be? Mother told me you disappeared," she stuttered.
"Well, obviously I didn't disappear, 'cuz I'm sitting right here in front of. Speaking of which would you mind helping me up?" I asked. She grasped my hand and hauled me up.
"What's your middle name?" she asked skeptically. I sighed in frustration.
"If you must know it's Carol," I answered her question. I was then swept into the tightest bear hug I have ever experienced.
"It is you!" the girl said happily. "Mother will be so happy! I must take you to see her! Now!" she then grabbed my hand and pulled me behind her. I then took that chance to notice the girls attire. She wore dark brown breeches and cream colored tunic. On her feet were brown boots.
She dragged me past bewildered servants and closed doors until we reached a large white door. She knocked three times. There was answer to enter and she pushed the door open. I was then pulled inside.
"Mother!" the girl yelled.
"Selena do not yell," an older woman, sitting at the table near the window, chided. She then looked over to where we were standing. Her eyes met mine and she gasped, as did I. She had raven brown hair and piercing green eyes. She wore a light blue gown that reached the ground around her ankle. On the table in front of her were various books and papers.
"Sarah? Is that you?" the woman asked as she stood up not caring if some of her papers fell to the floor. Selena pushed on my back and I walked forwards a little. The woman in front of me walked forward also until she was about two feet away from me. I could see tears swelling in her eyes. "You've grown into a beautiful young lady," she commented with a smile.
"Are you for real?" I asked. I knew it was a stupid sentence when it left my mouth. She nodded. I stepped forward again and found myself in her arms with tears streaming down my face. I felt warm tears hit my shoulder.
"I never wanted you to get caught up in all this," the older woman confessed. "Did your father tell you?" she asked.
"Actually I kinda forced him to tell me and um, mom, I wished my step brother away," I said as we pulled apart. An expression of surprise crossed her face.
"You did?" Selena asked from behind the two. "Did you win?" she asked. I nodded. "That's so cool! Did you know you are the only one who has ever beaten the Goblin King?"
"We heard that one girl had beaten his Labyrinth, but I never thought in a million years you would come back to me," my mother said. I then thought for a moment.
"I know this is kind of a stupid question but what is your real name?" I asked bluntly. She chuckled.
"Queen Ellanore Fristar Opal," she said, "You would probably know me better as Cinderella," she commented. My eyes widened like plates.
"You're Cinderella?! But that would make you over, like, really old," I said dumbly.
"We Fae are immortal and don't age Sarah. The brother's Grimm were and are Fae, in fact they're my cousins. And almost everything in that story is true except for the Fairy godmother part. That part was done by a fairy I had caught and it was allowed to grant me a wish," the queen explained.
"Dad told me that he wasn't my real father," I began then a sad expression began to form on my mothers features.
"Yes your father was quote 'prince charming' but he died fifteen years ago," she said with a said smile.
"Then that would make me," I began and didn't get to finish before comprehension hit me with full force.
"Yes Sarah," Selena said coming up beside me, "You are full Fae and after tonight your magic will come to you," she smiled. It was then that the information was to much and I decided to take a break from consciousness.
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Authoress: YES I'M STARTING ANOTHER ONE!! Because I'm bored and have no life
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