Tim paced the room Doctor Graham had allowed him to use. He was anxious to hear what Ryley had to say. After all that happened to him, he always thought he was alone in the world. But suddenly, this girl pops up and tells him that she's seen it too? It was more than he could hope for – a person who genuinely understood what he was going through.

The door to the room opened and Tony stood by the door as Ryley walked in with a backpack on her shoulders.

"There he is." Tony said, "Doctor Graham said this is good for him. So he's given you two about 3 hours to catch up. But, if you need any more time, let me know."

Ryley turned and smiled, "Three hours is good enough, thanks Tony."

Tony smiled at Ryley and gave her a curt nod before closing the door behind him. As soon as the door closed, Ryley stepped forward.

"Hi." Ryley said, "So, you read the note?"

"Why else would I be here?" Tim asked

"Right." Ryley said, "Look, I'm not the enemy here. The mirror is. And I assure you, I'm not here to waste your time. Like what the note says, I have seen it."

"What do you mean? You had it in your possession?" Tim asked
"Wouldn't I be so lucky, right? But, no. It wasn't in my possession. But, my uncle did have it." Ryley replied
"How would you have seen it then?" Tim asked

Ryley sighed and gestured to the sofa, "Take a seat. It's gonna be a long story."

September 1993 – one year after the Russell's incident

"Ryley! Can you help your cousin with the boxes?"

A 10-year old Ryley smiled, "Sure, aunt Diana."

Her aunt smiled at her as Ryley raced out to the yard to help her cousin pick up one of the boxes off the floor.

"You know, I can handle this by myself." Her cousin, Brittany said
"I know, but two's always better than one, right?" Ryley said

Brittany gave Ryley a toothy smile as the two made their way up the front porch, just as her uncle, Brittany's dad came out the front door.

"Whoa! Look at these two strong ladies! I've never seen two 10-year olds so strong before!"

The two girls giggled as he reached over to help them with the box but pretended to fall at the extreme weight of it.

"Wow! Even I can't lift it! You two are amazing!" He said

The girls laughed as Brittany said, "Dad, these are just my toys."

"Your toys must weigh a ton then! I can barely lift them!" He said, "I better go get the other lighter items since I'm not as strong as the mighty Brittany and Ryley!"

The girls giggled as he walked off the porch towards the back of the moving truck. They both made their way to Brittany's bedroom and placed the box on the ground. The two girls collapsed on Brittany's bed for a breather just as they heard the two adults downstairs.

The girls looked at each other as they heard the adults yelling instructions at each other, as if moving something very heavy into the house. As if telepathically agreeing with each other, the two of them leapt of the bed and headed towards the staircase railing outside of Brittany's room.

Through the space between the railings, the two girls saw Brittany's parents moving something big in. They couldn't see what it was since it had a cloth covering it, but, whatever it was, it seemed precious.

"What's that?" Ryley whispered to Brittany

Brittany shrugged, "I don't know… I've never seen it before."

"Did Uncle Brian buy it for the house?" Ryley asked
"Maybe… I heard mommy saying she wanted something new for the house." Brittany said
"Honey, turn to the left! We'll put it by the fireplace." Uncle Brian said

Aunt Diana nodded and made the left turn. The girls watched till they disappeared from view. As they looked at each other questioningly, they heard their names being called from downstairs.

"BRITTANY! RYLEY! COME ON DOWN! WE'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU!"

The girls looked at each other, excitement slowly clouding their brains. They leapt up with joy and hurried down the stairs, racing into the living room.

Standing in front of the newly mounted item, aunt Diana and uncle Brian beamed at them with as much excitement.

"Girls, we want you to see something we just bought!" Aunt Diana said, "We picked it out when we left you with your nana."

"Are you girls excited? Wanna see what it is?" Uncle Brian asked
"YES!" The two girls exclaimed

Aunt Diana and uncle Brian both had their hand on the cloth. Turning to the girls, they both counted '1.. 2.. 3!' before tugging hard on the cloth. The cloth slowly moved down the item rapidly and right before their eyes stood an antique mirror.

"Whoa…" Brittany said

Ryley took in the look of the mirror and almost immediately felt uncomfortable.

"Well? What do you think?" Aunt Diana asked
"It's so cool!" Brittany exclaimed

Ryley stared at it, fear starting to grow within her for no reason.

"What about you, Ryley?" Uncle Brian asked

She didn't answer.

"Ryley?" Aunt Diana said, "Are you okay?"

Worried that something is happening to their niece, uncle Brian immediately put a hand to her forehead, snapping Ryley out of her self-induced trance.

"Are you okay, Ryley? Do you want me to call your parents?" Uncle Brian asked
"No… I'm okay.." Ryley replied
"Alright. Maybe you've had too much excitement for today. Let's get you fed." Uncle Brian said

Ryley nodded as her uncle took her hand and led her towards the kitchen. As she walked towards the kitchen, she turned around to look at the mirror again. Only this time, she noticed a crack at the right corner of the mirror. She obviously didn't know how it got there but she didn't have a good feeling about it.

"Ryley? Are you okay?"

She looked up and sitting in front of her was Tim, looking at her worriedly.

"What happened?" Ryley asked
"You were talking about the mirror in the house and then you started crying." Tim replied

Ryley felt the area around her eyes and they were wet with tears.

"If you're not comfortable to continue, it's alright." Tim said

Ryley shook her head, "No. I'm good. You need to know what I know and I'm going to finish telling my story."