Mirrors are portals…
"And since you know you cannot see yourself,
so well as by reflection, I, your glass,
will modestly discover to yourself,
that of yourself which you yet know not of."
-William Shakespeare
"Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you."
-Wally 'Famous' Amos
Look in the mirror, the face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret."
-Diane Ackerman
…into our very souls.
Phantom Dark: The Helix Problem
((G.Nome Four: Twin))
'So what do you want to do this weekend,' Sam asked with a smile.
'Let's see…fight ghosts or movies…such a tough decision,' Danny muttered sarcastically.
"What's this about ghosts Daisuke," a voice muttered in his ear.
Danny immediately sat up thinking he had just heard Sam's voice. He turned to the girl sitting next to him and almost thought it was Sam, but he blinked and the image of his "girlfriend" faded and was replaced by a girl with short reddish-brown hair and wide brown eyes. She raised her eyebrow at Danny's spaced out look and then shook her head, "You really need to stop spacing out all the time Daisuke…Ms. Hida is going to have your hide one of these days."
The boy sighed, he remembered where he was now and that he wasn't Danny at the moment but Daisuke Niwa. He slumped down in his seat, he had been spacing out all day wondering how his friends were doing and how he was supposedly going to steal something that night.
The red-haired girl looked at Daisuke with concern, "Are you alright Daisuke?"
He sat up a bit, "Yeah I'm fine just…thinking."
"RIKU! RIKU," a bubbly voice shouted as a girl burst into the room.
Riku looked up to see her twin sister running at her, her long reddish-brown locks flying behind her. She stopped in front of Daisuke's desk, "Hey Niwa-kun did you eat lunch already," she asked peering at her friend's empty desk.
Her twin sister put her hands on her hips, "Risa? Is there a reason you came barging in here like this?"
Risa blinked and stood up straight, "Oh yeah. I just heard from Saehara that Phantom Dark is going to be stealing something again tonight."
Daisuke twitched but no one seemed to notice.
"Really? That jerk? Honestly Risa I don't see why you like him so much," Riku said with a sigh.
The girl giggled, "But he's just so dreamy Riku." Risa pushed a strand of her hair behind her ear and turned back to Daisuke, "So, Niwa-kun? Want to come with me and see Phantom Dark in action?"
"Uhm…I…don't think that's such a good idea," Danny responded.
"Why? Do you have plans tonight," a deep voice asked from behind him.
The voice sent chills up Danny's spine and he leaned his head back to look into the cold eyes of Satoshi Hiwatari (although he didn't know it). "No…no plans," Danny lied, starting to sweat, this guy was way too close for Danny's liking.
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"Come on! Let me out," Daisuke shouted pounding against the door of Danny's locker. Daisuke sighed, resting his head against the locker's door, 'How do I get myself into these messes,' he thought bitterly, recalling how he had ended up in the locker:
Daisuke rushed out of class and rounded a corner only to collide with a brick wall. Well, he had thought it to be a brick wall, it turned out it was a rather large blonde haired guy wearing a red and white letterman jacket. The large guy stared down at Daisuke and scowled, "Watch where you're going Fentoad."
"Who," Daisuke asked, "Oh…me? No, my name's Fenton."
A vein pulsed in the large jock's forehead, "Are you back sassing me Fenton!"
Daisuke smiled obliviously, "That's my name!"
The boy groaned, "I am such an idiot. If Dark were here he'd be laughing his ass off right about now." Daisuke adjusted himself; he wondered how long he would be cooped up here.
"You know…you could phase out," Sam said from the other side of the locker.
Daisuke blinked, sitting up. Sam had come to his rescue! He laughed to hide his embarrassment, "I knew that."
The boy closed his eyes, focusing on becoming intangible. Unlike Danny, who could sometimes tap into his ghost powers while in human form in a pinch, Daisuke had to concentrate extra hard for the same result. Suddenly Daisuke felt lighter and he fell right through the locker. Unfortunately he became tangible too soon and crashed into Sam; pulling them both to the ground.
"Whoa, I don't think Danny would appreciate you making moves on his girl," Tucker said, looking down at them from where he was leaning against the adjacent lockers.
Daisuke turned a deep crimson, as did Sam, and the two jumped apart from each other, "I—I didn't mean it."
"Tucker! You know Danny and I aren't a couple," Sam shouted at about the same time, also turning a deep crimson.
Tucker shrugged his shoulders and stepped away from the lockers, "Just kidding. Anyways are we going to go eat lunch or not?"
Daisuke's stomach growled and he smiled, "Sounds good to me."
Sam sighed, "It just better not be Meat-Only Monday again," she said, casting a glare in Tucker's direction.
Tucker scoffed, "Better than Tofu Tuesday!"
"Well it IS Thursday," Daisuke said softly.
Tucker and Sam groaned…that meant only one thing: "Tuna and Turnips Thursday," they said together.
Daisuke stuck out his tongue, 'I wish I could eat some of Harada-san's cooking right about now.'
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Danny splashed water on his face and looked up into the mirror over his sink. His reflection was still the same: blue eyes overlaid by red ones…another boy's form imposed on his own. He sighed, he was glad no one was in the bathroom with him.
"Niwa?"
Danny jumped about a foot in the air and away from the mirror. He spun around to find the scary boy from his class peering at him from behind his glasses, "Oh…hey…uhm…"
'Hiwatari,' Dark whispered in the back of Danny's head.
"Hiwatari. What's up," Danny asked.
The pale haired, pale eyed boy cocked an eyebrow, "I'm just going to the bathroom."
Danny couldn't help but gulp, 'This kid is so creepy. I hope he didn't see anything,' he thought. Danny stepped cautiously towards the door with a weak laugh, "Alright…see you later Hiwatari."
"Alright…Niwa."
The door shut behind Danny and he walked slowly back to his class. That had been way too close for comfort. He was kind of shocked at how hard it was to avoid all of the mirrors. He glanced down at his watch, 'At least the day is almost over.'
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"Here," Tucker said handing Daisuke a sheet of paper.
Daisuke blinked and looked at the paper, "What's this?" Printed on the paper was an article about the painting Daisuke…well DARK was about to steal and had caused them to switch bodies…at least that's what Daisuke assumed.
"After what you told Sam and me about the painting I thought I'd do a little research to see if it could help us any in getting you and Danny back to normal," Tucker said.
Daisuke's eyes brightened, "Wow, really?" Daisuke skimmed the article; it was relatively recent and talked about how the painting was being displayed at the museum in his town and what it was worth. The information that really caught Daisuke's eye was the information towards the end, "That's odd."
Tucker blinked, he hadn't really read the article, "What?"
"Well, it's just that it says that the artist who painted this recently died according to this article. It's reported that ever since the artist died mysterious things have happened around the painting…weird things…that could be what happened to me and Danny and why my Grandpa and mom wanted me to seal it," Daisuke explained.
"Are you serious!" Tucker exclaimed.
"This whole incident just gets stranger by the second," Daisuke sighed.
"We should go find Sam and tell her what we just found out."
"Where is Sam?" Daisuke asked.
"Oh…well…I think she's home already working on a little surprise."
Daisuke blinked, totally lost as to what Tucker was talking about.
To Be Continued…
AN: Wow…after a LONG hiatus I've finally updated. Sorry for the wait…I was having trouble figuring out where to go from where I was...
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