Chapter 5:

After I fell asleep from my earlier loneliness, I sat up and looked out the window. It was dark outside; I thought it might be about midnight. I went to the closet and eyed the markings that were scratched onto the wall. After looking at each of them for a few moments there was almost no doubt in my mind that these were the exact same markings as the ones I had put on my closet door in the room I had at Hilde's house.

I then thought of checking the spot where I kept my hidden compartment. After almost ripping apart the wall, I found that that definitely wasn't here, though. I sighed and then glanced in the mirror on the closet door and jumped back in surprise. There was something wrong with my reflection that was obvious right away. Despite the fact that she jumped back from the mirror at the same time as me, I knew she wasn't my reflection; her hair was honey colored and she was dressed differently than me. I put my hand forward to touch her as she did the same and then snapped my hand back a second before it touched; she did the same again.

I swallowed a few times before getting sound to come out of my mouth—she was doing the same but sound wasn't coming out of her mouth—and said, "You…you aren't…me!"

She finally seemed to regain herself as well and said, "Well, you aren't me either! Wait, brown hair-"

"It's moss green."

"Moss green, what ever, are you…the one that is supposed to be here?" She peered at my hair while fiddling with her own as she said that. I remember thinking that that was very possible. I told her so and she nodded to herself, "Then I think your mom is right." She said and looked at the door to the side of her before looking back.

"My mom? You saw her? Right about what?"

"She said she thinks that these are two different dimensions that we have switched places between. Your dad seems to not believe this but this can prove it!" She seemed excited about all this. I then realized that I was smiling excitedly too. I had to admit that this was pretty interesting; how often does a person get to see a different dimension? I was also jealous of her, though. She got too see my parents! My parents! and they probably treated her as if she was me. Well, perhaps not my dad, he could be too suspicious, but I was still quite homesick.

"Well, then we just have to switch back to our right worlds. I can't possibly let you steal away my parents!" She nodded at what I had said and added that she didn't want them; my dad scared her a bit.

I looked at the mirror before deciding that I would try to walk through it. I said if I could see her in that my dimension, surely I could walk through to there. She shrugged and said it was worth a try while I was already getting ready to walk through. I closed my eyes and took a big step in front of me…

…and appeared standing beside an almost identical twin. "It worked!" I yelled out and jumped up and down as she started doing the same. "Now it's your turn to go through." I told her and she nodded and looked at the mirror. We could see a reflection of both of us staring into the mirror when we looked at it.

"Wait a minute," The other me said, "Shouldn't I be seeing no one in this reflection?"

I shook my head and said it was just because we were both here so we saw the reflection of both of us. She blinked, possibly considering it, before stepping right into the mirror. Her head smacked right against the glass causing a loud sound to rattle the mirror. "OW!" She yelped and instantly started rubbing her head.

A cry from Hilde asking if she—me—was all right. We both answered yes at almost the exact same time and both smacked a hand over our mouths. We heard footsteps heading towards the door followed by Hilde asking if Jesse was in there too. We looked at each other and shrugged before both answering no at the same time. This time we both smacked our foreheads in unison.

Hilde opened the door and then jumped at seeing the both of us standing there. I turned to the other me and asked in an annoyed voice, "You didn't lock the door?!"

"I didn't think I needed to! Besides, I didn't think to see you here!"

Hilde raised her hands to silence us as we both started to argue about why to lock the door or not. After some time we both quieted down to listen.

"O.K.," Hilde started, "I don't know why I'm seeing two Yuy kids in front of me but I am. I think I'm going to take the guess now that one of you is from the other dimension like Relena thought. I don't know how this just happened, but I am going to get some Tylenol. When I come back, I will sort this out. I'm glad Relena isn't losing it but I right now I really need some Tylenol."

As Hilde left the room the two of us looked at each other and blinked. I then shrugged and said, "The Hilde from your world seemed to take this sort of thing better; in fact, she was the one to come up with this theory." I shook my head and said, "I think things might really be starting to get to this Hilde. I remember when she was more carefree and took things in stride. This war really is worse than one might think…"

The other me put on a solemn look to match my own and said, "There is a war happening here? Is that why there was a battle with these big robot things?"

I nodded and told her they were called "Gundams" and "Mobile Suits". I added that my dad and some of his friends were the ones that piloted them. I then got an idea and opened my secret spot in my closet and pulled out my Gundam toys. "See?" I said showing them to her with a smile widening on my face. She nodded and took one looking at with perked interest.

"I like these, can I please have one? To take home with me when we figure this out?" She asked looking at me with hopeful eyes before turning back to the toys with a grin. I remember then starting to take a liking to her. She was, after all, almost just like me.

"Sure," I answered her, "Which one do you want?" She lifted one of the two and I grimaced, "Good choice." I mumbled, "That's NeoWing Zero, my dad's Gundam." I sighed and then nodded and let her have it. She smiled and thanked me for it right as Hilde came back to the room.

"All right, which one of you is Drea?" WE both looked at each other and raised our hands. "No!" She almost yelled at us and brought a hand to rub her head, "Drea, not Andrea."

We looked at each other and blinked before I raised my hand this time. Hilde let out a small breath and then continued, "O.K., I'm not going to ask why you are both here, but if you know how to go to each other's dimensions, please just get this settled."

I could see Hilde really needed a good night's rest to get rid of her visible migraine so I felt bad about having to hurt her head more, "I don't know how to get her back," I said and pointed to the other me, "But I know how I got here and it won't work with her. Can I see my parents? They can help straighten this out, I'm sure. Where are they? And I hope you give me a different answer than the usual mission and meetings."

Hilde rubbed her temples with both hands before answering, "I keep saying you grow older and older so much with each day that passes…Never mind, no, I was taking care of you—or should I say her? —because you're dad didn't want to. I'll call him up now so that I can get some rest. That is, if Duo gets here to take care of the other four." We both nodded our heads smiling and she left the room with a grimace to go call my dad up.

Less than half an hour later, my dad arrived with Duo and we were both off. It took a bit of time to convince my dad to bring the other me along as well but we finally convinced him. The car ride was a silent one; I was sitting pressed against my dad in the limo he came in and the other me was on my other side trying to edge away from my dad. The glare he gave her whenever she looked at him was clear.

When we finally arrived at the Preventer's base my mom was waiting with bags starting to appear under her eyes. She smiled at me and picked me up when I came close enough and gave the other me an almost equally as warm smile. "I see you have figured something out that I have not?" My mother asked me with a grin.

"Not really figured out," I answered, "More like just got lucky. And you were right, mom! I did go to another dimension! It was so much like this one…and so different. But everyone was there! Well, I didn't get to see everyone I knew, but Hilde's family was all still around; all four of them."

"Calm down, you can tell me about it inside. I have a secluded meeting with Lady Ann and the usual crowd so I think I can bring you into there. She can come too," She said motioning to the other me. "To make it easier, I say we should stick to calling you Drea and her Andrea. Is that all right with you both?" The two of us nodded and she smiled and put me down. We then all headed into the building, my mom leading and my dad in the rear. I remember being so glad to be back with my family. But how did Andrea feel?

            -End Chapter 5