"Did you…bring them here?" Mirror Isabella asked Sam, who stood at the other side of the bed, conflicted as to how to respond.
"Well, I did bring them to see you, but…" Sam paused a bit and stared awkwardly at the ground. Mirror Isabella glared at him and turned down to stare at the two unfamiliar children below her.
David and Janet stood crouched at the bed, staring up at Mirror Isabella, who was hovering several feet above the ground near them. David gulped, somewhat intimidated. Mirror Isabella seemed more serious than Isabella, and if she was a reflection of Isabella, did that mean she had her mean-spirited personality? He simply sat, quietly, in front of the glowing girl, waiting for her to respond.
Janet, however, had a different response. She happily stood up and waved to the older girl.
"Hello, Izzy's reflection," She greeted. "I'm Janet Barret, and your brother's new friend, and this is my brother David Barret. We were brought here to meet you."
Izzy's reflection? Sam thought to himself from the other side of the bed. That's a dehumanizing way to refer to my sister.
Mirror Isabella stared down at Janet, somewhat perplexed, and blinked about twice, before zipping past Janet in a burst of blue mist. She grabbed Janet's shoulder, causing the eight year old to shiver. Mirror Isabella's hand was surprisingly chilly.
"This is a unheralded ingress," She whispered. "My younger brother has invited a infinitesimal little colleen and her kinsperson to my exquisite enclosure."
David, who had pretty much decided that Mirror Isabella had the same personality as her counterpart, stood up and rolled his eyes.
"Well, gee, it's a good thing she has Izzy's remarkable taste of wording," He mumbled sarcastically. "Seriously, that was like, six or seven words I didn't understand."
"Educate yourself," Mirror Isabella sneered, frowning a bit at him. She let go of Janet's shoulder and floated over towards him. "And, what significance do you have with my sister, lad?"
"We're, uh…significant to each other," David said with a shrug. He didn't want to tell Mirror Isabella that he was arch-enemies with her sister.
Mirror Isabella's right eye sparkled a bit and she said, "Isabella mentions you and your little sibling nearly every day. She says you and her are 'tight', which is a pretty undignified way of speaking." She rolled her eyes and scoffed.
"Yeah, I guess so," David agreed. "So, I guess you're wondering why Sam was gone for those last few days."
"Oh, oh, I can explain this one," Janet said, waving her arms. "Sam was hit by a truck, and he nearly drowned, but I rescued him, and we took him back to our house, and he tried to leave, and I followed him, and I got mauled by a dog, and he saved me and revealed his powers to me, and we befriended each other."
Mirror Isabella stared at Janet in bewilderment.
"Janet, can't you see you're your filling my sister with unimportant information?" Sam said with a nervous smile. "Besides, she doesn't care about that stuff, right?"
Mirror Isabella turned to him, and Sam paled.
"Can we talk, Samson?" Mirror Isabella asked. Sam nodded slowly and Mirror Isabella began to float towards him. David and Janet followed, but Mirror Isabella halted him.
"Alone," She added to them before continuing towards Sam. Taking Sam by the hand, Mirror Isabella led him out of the room, leaving the two siblings alone.
"…Sam's sister seems nice," Janet said after a while.
The moment the two were out of the room, Mirror Isabella scowled and pushed Sam onto the ground.
"You must be screwing with me, Samson Crystal!" She hissed. "You not only almost got yourself killed, but you revealed your powers to two anonymous little kids! You've been brought up way better than this!" She floated towards him, causing him to recoil slightly.
"Look, David and Janet are nice kids," Sam defended himself. "They're parents may be intrigued by my powers, but David and Janet are different."
"Oh, that's SO much better," Mirror Isabella, narrowing her eyes. "These two snot-nosed kids don't care about your powers, but their parents, who have a higher authority of power, do!"
"Their parents aren't that bad, okay," Sam said.
"And how do you know?" Mirror Isabella asked. "You've only spent a couple of days with them. How do you know what their true ambition is? Maybe they want to lock you in a lab so scientists can poke and prod you like some kind of freak of nature!"
"They wouldn't do that!" Sam argued, but his expression spoke differently.
"How do you know?" Mirror Isabella inquired. "Don't you know what non-Mirror people are capable of? They may not have powers, but that doesn't mean they aren't dangerous."
"David and Janet are not dangerous," Sam said, agitated. "They're kids. Janet's the same age as I am, maybe younger. You can't just go around accusing her of that."
"Samson, you leave that girl right now," Mirror Isabella ordered, aiming a finger at him. "She should not have anything to do with us, or you!"
At that point, Sam was now the one to glare. He stood up and stared at Mirror Isabella. "She's my friend, Mirror Isabella!" He shouted at her angrily.
At that point, Mirror Isabella raised her hand above Sam's face. Sam's face softened and a look of fear replaced it. He raised his hands to shield himself and recoiled.
"I'm sorry, sister," He mumbled bitterly. "I'll come back tomorrow. But please let me spend at least one more day with them. Please."
Mirror Isabella lowered her hand a bit. She stared at Sam for about a minute, then whispered, "You may. But don't compromise me."
Sam nodded vigorously, and sighed heavily.
David and Janet were sitting on the bed, waiting for the two to return, when Sam and Mirror Isabella arrived back into the room.
"Mirror Isabella is letting me stay with you guys for one more day!" He said happily, hugging the two kids. "But she wants me to come back tomorrow."
Janet frowned a bit. "But you're my best friend," She whispered to Sam. Mirror Isabella, who was watching a few feet away, grimaced at Janet's comment.
"Out, out, both of you," She said. "It's reaching the afternoon, anyways."
Sam nodded and took Janet by the arm, walking out the room with her. Janet waved to Mirror Isabella as they left.
David got up from the bed and began to follow, but Mirror Isabella unexpectedly grabbed him by the arm. Yanking him towards her, Mirror Isabella whispered into David's ear.
"David, keep your sister away from my brother."