Hello everybody! This is the much-awaited chapter two of Reflections, and it will be lovely, eh? This amazing chapter will be supplied by Random Sweets (Check out her profile!) and I will do the next one, etc. (We're alternating, if that isn't clear :) now, Random Sweets and I both recieved reviews saying that we had the exact same stories. YES. We do. That is because we are doing a great thing known as a collaboration, so to clear up any wrong ideas, I will say it in all caps. WE ARE DOING A COLLABORATION AND WE ARE NOT PLAGIARIZINGBECAUSE WE HAVE CONSULTED WITH EACHOTHER AND GIVEN EACHOTHER PERMISSION TO POST. Thank you for your time, and sorry about the rant! here's Random Sweet's chapter! Enjoy!
The group of friends, giddy only a minute ago, was now gaping, horrified at the note on the mirror.
"You know what this means, right guys?" Sophie whispered, breaking the silence. Biana sighed. "Please don't tell me you're thinking what I think you are. Please not another one of your crazy ideas."
"Much as I used to hate Vertina, she's like a sister to me now, and we have to go after her...into the mirror." Sophie cautiously looked up at her friends. There was a collective groan rising up among them, but they knew it was inevitable. Sophie would go no matter what, and as her friends, they would go with her.
"Okay, let's go." Sophie warily stood up, and Fitz being the only one brave enough to follow her, took her hand. She gave a small, thankful smile to Fitz.
"Hold up!" Keefe suddenly interjected. "Sorry to break up this moment between you two lovebirds, but how the heck are we going to get into the mirror?"
"Keefe's right," Dex's voice drifting towards them from behind. "As much I support your ideas, we probably have no way of getting in."
Biana gaped at Dex. "Did you just agree with Keefe?"
"Um, duh?" Keefe wiggled his eyebrows. "Everyone agrees with the Keefester."
Sophie rolled her eyes. "Suuuure, Keefe. But we have a much more dire situation on hand than Keefe's popularity."
Keefe's eyes widened as he stepped back as if he had been slapped. "No!"
Dex snickered. "Roasted!"
Sophie turned her glare to Dex. "Anyway, we should head to Dex's dad, and see if he some sort of potion to get into the mirror."
Biana was all business. "Since I know I can't argue with you, I might as well take charge." She put her fists on her hips and stood up. "Right after I redo my makeup."
She marched towards the bathroom while Keefe whistled. "She is one tough woman."
Fitz groaned. "You know that she is going to take at least twenty minutes, right?"
Fidgeting, Sophie sighed. "Might as well get her out of there before she gets too caught up in beautifying herself."
After dragging Biana out of the bathroom, all of them were finally ready to go. Sophie was relieved there wasn't anything else stopping them. And though she hated to admit it, she was actually slightly excited to have another mission.
All of a sudden, they heard Grady walking towards them in another hallway.
"Quick! Let's get out of here before Grady catches us. He'll think it's my fault. He hates me." Keefe urged them out of the room in a rush.
"You don't have to state the obvious," Dex muttered as they rushed out the door.
The group of friends jogged over to Slurps and Burps, all nervous yet determined. Right in front of the store was Tam and Linh. Linh squealed and ran over to Sophie.
"Happy birthday! Sorry we were going to be late, I wanted to grab an elixir for my hair. Here, I got you a present." Linh handed over a small sphere, and in it was swirling waters, different colors slowly blending together. It looked kind of like a cache.
"Thanks Linh! But... what is it?" Sophie grinned at Linh. Linh laughed.
"These are different potions that could come in handy. See this teal color? That's a healing potion to keep you from fading."
Teal... Fitz's eyes... Sophie quickly shook away her occurring thoughts and thanked Linh with a hug.
"Awwww, you girls are so cute." Keefe draped his arms over the two girls. Sophie rolled her eyes, but saw Fitz silently fuming in the corner. Glaring daggers at Keefe. Sophie didn't know why, but that made a spark of happiness blaze inside of her.
"Hold on... how did you know we were coming here?" Biana raised one eyebrow.
"Oh, well, no reason." Tam laughed nervously, while Linh was not so secretly elbowing Tam and wiggling her eyebrows. Sophie didn't usually see Tam nervous, but he did seem to act not like himself when Biana was around.
Biana quirked up one side of her mouth and gave Tam a playful shove.
"Hey guys!" Kesler suddenly appeared out of the shop. "You need anything?"
"Hey dad! Would you happen to have a potion to get into mirrors? Not that we're doing anything dangerous... it's an experiment." Dex gave a nervous smile, and quickly glanced at Sophie.
Sophie facepalmed inwardly. Way to be subtle, Dex.
"What he means to say," Fitz hurriedly covered up. "Is that our professors at Foxfire thought it would be useful to learn different types or portals and items we can go into, just to learn safety skills."
Fitz is a really smooth talker. Sophie didn't hide her smile to Fitz as Kesler let them into the shop to pick whatever they needed.
Once they were in the store, Sophie explained the dire situation they were in to Tam and Linh. Tam seemed a bit absent minded, like he didn't really believe her. But Linh was all ears. "Oh gosh, that's awful! What are we waiting for! Hurry!"
And five minutes later, they were quickly rushing out of there, hardcore looks chiseled into their faces. To any bystanders, they would have looked like a bunch of crazy teenagers who didn't know how to properly shop.
When they got back to Sophie's house, they briskly shoved the front door open, only to be greeted by a frowning Grady.
"Where were you guys? I know that you're teenagers, and you're more independent now, but that gives you no reason to just sneak out of the house like that."
Sophie made her widest eyes and stuck out her lower lip a bit. "But daddy, it's my birthday! I just went to pick up Tam and Linh and went to the store for a bit."
Grady sighed heavily. "Alright. I'll let you go this time. But if this happens again, I will not be this nice." Grady ears were turning red.
"Oh, and by the way, hi, Tam and Linh." he hurriedly greeted them. Linh raised her hand in an awkward hello, and they swiftly escaped to Sophie's room.
"Wow, that sure was awkward." Keefe mumbled.
"Guys, let's not waste any more time. We should figure out how to use this potion thingy." Biana held up a vial of red swirling with pink. It looked like it was ready to make something explode.
"Yeah, why don't you handle it Biana?" Dex took a cautious step back. Biana rolled her eyes and muttered something about boys being cowards.
"Fine. But if I get hurt, it's your fault." Biana looked pointedly at Dex. She slowly popped the cork out of the opening. "Um, what am I supposed to do now? Pour it on the mirror?"
Keefe stared at the back. "It says that we have to each take a sip of it."
Sophie gulped. Keefe clearly noticed her nervousness and raised his eyebrows. "I could totally do it first if you want to trust me, Foster. After all, it's my job to help damsels in distress."
She groaned. "Fine. But only because I want to see what damage it brings to you."
Keefe hit his chest with a fist. "It would be my honor." He cautiously brought the vial to his lips and took a small sip. Everyone stared at him as if he were about to mutate into an imp soon.
Keefe chuckled. "I know you all think I'm handsome, but you don't have to sta-"
Poof.
Before he could finish his sentence, he disappeared into thin air. The vial hung in the air for a second, and then started to fall. Tam, with his lightning fast reflexes, caught it before it fell. Linh was taking deep breaths, as if trying to keep control over herself.
"Nice catch Tam!" Biana smiled at him. Tam blushed.
Wow. Sophie thought to herself. Tam actually can blush?
"Hey guys!" A slightly muffled voice came from behind them. They all whipped around to see Keefe waving at them from inside the mirror.
Linh let out a small shriek. "Did it hurt?"
"Nah, it was totally fine. It felt kind of like when Foster teleports us."
Sophie let out a breath that she didn't realize she was holding. "Okay, I'll go next."
The group of friends went in one by one until they all experienced the disintegrating feel of their bodies reappearing inside the mirror.
They were inside a dark, musty room with dust gathering in the corners. There was no sign of Vertina.
"Whew, that was… interesting." Biana breathed as she brushed off her skirt.
"Indeed, this is very interesting." A deep, raspy voice with a hint of a smile came from behind them.
Sophie gasped and turned around. There was a man in a Neverseen cloak, the white eye symbol glinting in the dark room. He was holding something small and frail. And to Sophie's horrifying realization, it was Vertina he was holding with a melder against her temple.