A/N: I know I have a bad habit of starting stories and having turning out that I have no time to finish them or I get stuck. If there's a particular story you want to take over, please message me and we can talk about you taking over if it's a story I'm willing to give up. Anyways this is a new Chronicles of Narnia story that has nothing to do with the other story Wilde Wars or Into the Wilde so...bear with me. This one was inspired actually by the two new Snow White movies and the fact that I watch Once Upon a Time. So happy reading and enjoy Mirror Mirror -KPetrova

Chronicles of Narnia

Story Titled: Mirror Mirror

By: KPetrova13

Setting: VotDT

Chapter One: Mirror to A Land Afar

Nina Gilbert was a slight girl of eighteen with a very even head on her shoulders, which was surprising because of the past few years of her life which where nothing but tragedy. Nina lost both her parents to a car crash of which she survived, had been broken up by her first love, quit cheerleading, and did not get into the college she wanted. But she went on, still doing what she could do with what she had. She would settle for community college, all of her extracurricular activities where enough to thicken her applications, and her heart had mended to the best extent it could.

But she felt lost. She didn't exactly know what she wanted to do with her life or where she wanted to go. Half the time she didn't think she belonged. Everyone looked upon her with pity or concern like she was fragile and going to snap, but Nina was strong and she was positive nothing could break her spirit after all that has happened.

Sitting in class she moved her long light brown hair over her shoulder and tried her hardest to pay attention to the lesson in front of her. Her light brown eyes flickered up to the board to copy down the lecture notes and she bit at her plump bottom lip in concentration. Taking a deep breath her eyes fell back to her notebook and thankfully the bell rang just then signaling the end of the day. She picked up her books and things and shoved them into her brown cloth messenger bag. Arising she grabbed her jacket and put it on over her red tank top and carefully and gracefully fixed the hem of her shorts. Her long legs carried her out of class where she saw her friend Karina waiting for her on the opposite wall by the lockers.

Karina was blonde, and exactly opposite of what Nina was. Karina had light hair, sky blue eyes and pale skin. She was beautiful and of course a nominee for Prom Queen. That was another thing that Nina kept up with; she was on prom committee because it gave her and Karina more time together.

"Hey, you okay?" Karina asked as she pushed herself off the wall and the two of them started off down the hall towards the gym to finish off prom decorations. After all prom was that night and they still had a lot of work to get done.

"Yeah, there's just a lot going through my head right now. I am excited for tonight though." Nina said as her and Karina linked arms and the blonde grinned.

"Good, you can be there to dance with me when I'm Prom Queen."

"Isn't that was Kevin is for?" Nina nudged her and Karina waved her hand as if it was no big deal.

"Kevin's great, but I want to dance with my best friend. After all your dress is going to be perfect."

"So is yours, you're going to look like Cinderella."

"And you're going to look like Snow White."

"I still think I should have gone with Belle."

"This Fairy Tale theme isn't about looking exactly like the character. You just have a very Snow White thing going on. Tragedy, hurt, trials, and you are the fairest in the land."

"Doubtful when you are gonna be Prom Queen." Nina said right back and Karina sighed.

"Just enjoy yourself with Matt tonight. My brother really is happy that you asked him, even if you are just going as friends."

"I shall try!" Nina threw her free arm up and both girls giggled as they turned into the gym to see others from the committee arriving and already starting to work on the rest of the stage and other decoration. Nina and Karina settled their bags down and walked towards the stage as they took the plywood cut outs and things and settled them right as they put the finishing touches on the paint jobs. Nina smiled over at Karina as she was intensely trying to do the finishing touches on the gold mirror that would hang behind the curtain and then revealed with the winners names inside for Prom Queen and King.

Nina stood up and walked over as she picked up a different small brush and helped with the mirror as well.

"I'm glad we stayed friends all throughout school." Nina said and Karina paused as she looked at her friend and nodded with a small smile.

"Me too. Life would have been rough if I didn't have you around. I can't believe it…eighteen years of being best friends. It's all gonna come down to tonight really. We'll get to wear those fairy tale dresses and the both of us are gonna walk in here-,"

"Where you will be crowned high school royalty and I will bow before your greatness." Nina giggled as she swept into a curtsy and Karina curtsied back.

"You could have beaten me you know if you stayed in the running." Karina said honestly. "I am fairly certain everyone would have voted for you and…"

"Don't say his name, please." Nina sighed as she went back to painting the mirror. The little lion engravings had been done so nicely by the art department she was proud that it actually looked like an antique mirror.

"I'm sorry. But for what it was worth you learned a life's lesson from it. After Brett broke my heart I never thought I'd date or love again, but as much as Kevin seriously irks me sometimes he's complimented me in ways I never thought possible. It's completely different from Brett. And you'll find it too, you just can't give up Nina because you're a catch. You're better than me, stronger than most, and you're beautiful and smart."

Nina reached over and pulled Karina into a hug and the two stood like that for a while before parting and Nina took the sleeve of her jacket and wiped the corner of her eyes a bit.

"Thanks Kare." She said using her best friends nick name since pre-school.

"Hey Karina!" someone said from down behind the stage and both girls walked off of it and saw that Brandon Hendricks was standing there pulling a lighting fixture on a trolley. "Hey, Jasmine said she and the rest of us got this. There's only a few things need to be done and we're all heading home to get ready. If you want to leave you can too. Hey Nina."

"Hey Brandon." Nina said kindly.

"Okay, well we're just finishing the mirror and putting up the curtains and we'll be done with the stage." Karina said and Brandon nodded as he pulled the trolley off. "T minus- four hours till this fairy tale extravaganza begins!"

"We better finish everything and get going to my place to get ready." Nina said and the both of them rushed to finish the mirror and curtains before grabbing their things and heading to their separate cars in the parking lot.

Driving home Nina was greeted with an empty house. Because she had turned eighteen before her parents died she was left with the house, their money, and a trust fund for schooling. But pretty much she lived on her own in this large house and wasn't sure if she ever wanted to leave now. Parking the car she got out of it just as Karina parked next to her. Her best friend slid out of the driver's seat pulling along with her a large dress in a bag. The two of them walked up to the front door and Nina took her keys out of her bag opening it and stepping through the threshold.

It was a simple workman's home with straight edges and beautiful mahogany stairs. This was the Gilbert family home for hundreds of years and had housed many generations before her. It was just so sad she was the only one left right now. Settling her keys and bag in the foyer her and Karina then rushed upstairs. Karina settled her dress on the bed and Nina went over to her closet as she opened the door to reveal hanging on a hook was her own beautiful gown. It was blue bodice with a crème colored skirt that fell down to the floor and trained out. It had a white collar and little rose accents on the bodice making it pop. There was also a red strings to tie it off in the back and she had little black flats to go with it. All in all it was a dress only she could probably pull off.

Karina unzipped the bag of her dress and pulled it out and indeed it looked very classically Cinderella with all the silver, white and pale blue. There where gems encrusting it though around the bust and it would make her look absolutely beautiful.

Going through the process each girl helped strap the other into their dresses before helping with hair, make up and jewelry. Nina's hair had been put in an up-do with a black ribbon and Karina's the same but with a white. The both of them stood side by side and gazed at each other in the bathroom mirror. It had was only the nominee's that went all out for dressing up like fairytale princess. And since Nina had been a nominee she was naturally having to dress this way instead of in traditional prom attire.

Karina checked her cell phone to see they had a half hour till the dance started and she looked at Nina slightly flustered.

"This is it. The end of high school as we know it."

"We still have graduation don't forget that."

"Yes but this is our last dance Nina!" Karina gushed as she pulled on her white gloves that went to her elbows.

"I know Kare…let's take as many pictures as we can so we can remember this forever. Let me just go find my camera."

Nina left the room and went to her desk as she rummaged through her drawer to find it. She was ruffling through old papers when she saw a photo. Picking it up she saw it was her and Adam…her former boyfriend and first love. They had been dating for half a year when he decided he didn't want to be with her anymore and that during that whole time he had never loved her quite like she had loved him. Devastatingly he dumped her just a month after her parents had died and she was left in the hospital.

His face brought up many bad memories of yelling and fighting but also good ones of kissing and sleeping next to that person. And what sucked the most was that he was going to stay with her for the rest of her life because he was her first everything. Karina walked into the room and saw Nina her back turned and shoulders set and she slowly made her way to her friend to finally see what lay in her hands. Being the good friend she was she snatched the photo from her and this brought Nina out of her revere.

"Hey!"

"You don't need to look at that crap faced idiot anymore! Ugh every time I see his face I want to punch it I can't believe you don't. I can't believe he wasted your time like that when you could have been happy and in love with someone who would have loved you back!" Karina bolted out the room door and her heels could be heard descending the stairs rapidly.

Nina took a deep breath and had to smile a bit. That was Karina, always jumping to her defense because she loved her that much. Nina followed and saw that Karina was bent over the kitchen sink with a lighter and lit the stupid picture on fire before dropping it into the sink.

"Good riddance!" Karina yelled at the picture. "Jerk."

"Very nice, burn my picture."

"You have many others to enjoy." Karina said as she then took a fork and shoved the rest of the picture down the garbage disposal before turning it on and shredding it. Dusting off her hands she then turned off the switch and walked up to Nina as she placed her hands on her friends shoulders. "And once we're in college we'll find you an uber hot guy who's perfect."

"No such creature exists in this world Kare."

"Sure he does, you just have to look harder. Now go get your camera and purse, and mine please and we will head to Prom. Matt texting me like five minutes ago and he's there already waiting for you."

"And Kevin?"

"Yeah him too."

The two of them took the same car to Prom together and parked in the student parking lot. Together they made their way to the gym, passing their tickets to the principal who was manning the door and into the wonderfully lit wonderland. It didn't really look like the gym anymore. Once everything was in its place and all the bleachers had been put up you could hardly recognize you were in a high school gymnasium. Karina spotted her brother and boyfriend standing by the refreshment table and pulled Nina along with her.

"You look amazing." Kevin said as Karina detached herself from her friend and hugged her boyfriend and kissing him.

"Thanks. Nina did my hair and make-up."

"Wow…I like your dress." Matt said.

Matt looked a lot like Karina as they both had the same shade of blonde hair and blue eyes, but Matt was a Junior. Though he was younger he did have a certain maturity to him and it wasn't like he was ugly or anything. No in fact he was very handsome.

"Thanks, Kare helped me pick it out and then modify it."

"Those extra sewing classes paid off." Karina boasted.

"Oh I got you something." Matt said as he reached into his pocket and produced a small container.

"Aw how sweet." Kevin teased and Matt shot him a glare.

"No it is sweet." Nina said kindly and Matt took the corsage out of the container. Extending her arm Nina accepted it and the two linked arms. "Care to dance Mr. Foster?"

"I would love to." He said and Nina set off to have as good a night as possible.

Kevin, Karina, Nina and Matt all danced around one another and had an excellent time doing so thus far. That is until the principal took the stage and he gathered everyone and commanded their attention.

"Good evening, as you know this is about the time we will be doing the announcement of Prom Queen and King, so if the nominee's would please step up to the stage we will begin the crowning ceremony."

"Come on." Karina hissed as she pulled Nina away from her brother and then Kevin with her other hand and up to the stage along with Jasmine and Brandon, and then Ella and Henry. Nina was left there without a King nominee since Adam had decided to get his GED and go off with his band to start their touring. So here she was, putting on a happy smile anyways…but at least she knew she wasn't going to win.

"And now we will crown the Princess and the Prince." The principal took an envelope from his pocket and opened it as he smiled. "Ella Brenner and Henry Poulter."

Ella and Henry took center stage as they were crowned Prince and Princess and where met with the traditional round of applause.

"Our first runner up's are…Nina Gilbert and Adam LéGough."

Nina froze as she looked at everyone who was looking at her. But she smiled none the less and accepted her crown and sash and stepped back in line all alone without Adam. She held her flowers and Karina gave her a sympathetic look as she took her best friends hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.

Jasmine too who was on her other side took her hand and gave her a true smile. If anything all of these people who were flawless, captains of cheerleading squads and dance teams, captains of football and soccer where actually very nice people.

"Congrats." Jasmine whispered to her. "You do really deserve it."

"Thanks Jazz."

"And now for the crowning of our King and Queen."

There was silence for a moment and just then the curtain was supposed to open to reveal the winner in the enchanted mirror but the curtains did not open.

"It seems we are experiencing some technical difficulties." The principal said and Nina who had set up the pulley system with Karina was the only one who knew how it worked and how to fix it along with two other tech guys but they were in the audience. And she wasn't just going to stand there while her best friend was humiliated so she gently backed off stage and went around the curtain. Settling her flowers down on an amp she then walked up to the pulley and began to pull the rope but nothing happened. Tugging on it more she supposed then she could get it to open manually by pulling it in the middle.

Walking to the mirror she saw that Karina and Kevin's names where printed on an old fashion scroll tapped to it and she grinned. She knew Karina would win.

But as she went to tug the curtain she heard soft whisper behind her and wondered if it was one of the tech guys from the tech department coming to help. She turned but found no one there. Then she saw something swirling behind the paper and so she gently un-stuck it from the glass and pressed it to the curtain behind it. Looking in the mirror she saw her reflection. She looked very pretty tonight and the sash around her was navy blue and a tiara of glittering Swarovski crystals adorned her head.

Reaching out she saw something else in that mirror, and that was words.

"Mirror, mirror on the wall…take me to a world afar?" the words said and Nina read them out loud quietly. She reached out with her hand thinking that someone had been playing a prank and written on the mirror but as soon as her hand touched the glass it rippled like water and soon she was being sucked through.