The next morning Link awoke with thoughts of what Ashligh said. There were still many questions he wanted to ask, like how to stop the portal from opening. However, when he knocked on the spare bedroom door he got no reply.

"Maybe she's still asleep," he thought, but when he opened the door she was not there. He turned and saw a note on his table, which read:

Dear Link,

Sorry I had to leave without a proper good-bye. I'm sure you still have questions about the mirror, unfortunately I do not know much about it. That is why I left, to find these answers. If you run into trouble climb Death Mountain and where the red flag flies jump off the cliff saying loud and clear "Callis Comparere {mountain path appear}. Hope to see you again,

Ashligh

Sighing he read the note again with a look of disappointment and understanding. At least he knew where to find her if he need her help, but for now he had some training to do.

In behind the dormant volcano, Death Mountain is a cave. A few yards into the cave is a door built into the rock. Behind the door is a virtual world where Ashligh and her unique friends live. There is a corridor about 45 feet long and 26 feet wide. Each wall has 5 doors that lead to rooms that contain a bed, bathroom, closet, desk, chair, and a dressing room. On the back wall there are 3 double doors. The left hand door leads into a huge library that contains every book on magic imaginable. The right hand door leads to the kitchen and dinning room. In between the library and kitchen/dining room there is a room where strange and new spells could be observed and performed. We find two figures in the library, one is Ashligh and the other is one of her friends Kieren. Kieren is a tall sorceress with brown eyes and brown hair. She wears a black shirt with khaki cargos.

"Hey, Kieren, do you have any new books about magic mirrors?" Ashligh called to Kieren who was levitating to reach one of the higher shelves on the bookcase.

"Yeah, why?"

"I'm trying to figure out how to close the portals on magic mirrors."

"Hum, well go talk to Kameko about that. I'm sure she has a few friends that came through mirrors."

"Ok, could you warp those books to my room if you come across them?" she asked at the door.

"Sure, bye," Kieren called back obviously too busy with her own work to notice Ashligh walking from the room. As Ashligh walked down the corridor she saw Addilynn. Addilynn is viewed as a Hylian although she is a fairy in reality. In her Hylian form she has hazel eyes and brown hair. When she changes into her fairy form while performing a spell Addilynn's eyes are gold and hair is sliver. She always wears v-neck shirts that change color. When she is happy it's a dark green, but if you piss her off the shirt will change into a deep, dark red. The shirt also has a one-inch angel outlined in black on the front and a one-inch devil on the back outlined in gold. Addilynn also has a dark red jacket. Her flare navy jeans also have the devil on the front and angel on the back. Right now, she is mad.

"Hey Addilynn what's wrong?"

"That arrogant, egotistical male, Skraku!"

"What did he do this time?"

"He won't stop calling me short and mouse!"

"Well, you could always put a really nasty spell on him as long as it doesn't kill him."

"I know, but I haven't thought of a good spell to use."

"If I come across one I'll tell ya. So long."

"Bye," and Addilynn entered the next door on the right. As Ashligh came to Kameko's room she heard two people arguing inside. With a deep sigh she knocked on the door.

"Hey Kameko, is it ok for me to come in or are there rockets still a blazing?" She though she heard somebody say, "Finally somebody of reason!" she then thought, "How the hell could I be a person of reason?" That's when the door opened. Before her stood a girl wearing a black shirt with a black and white cat on the left shoulder. Her blue jeans also had a cat on it, but on the right pocket. Kameko had blue eyes and blonde hair. In her demon form, however, her eyes were golden intertwined with green and her hair was blue. Cat ears and a tail would appear as well. Behind her was another girl sitting in a chair at the foot of the bed. Her name was Anne. Anne had brown eyes and hair. She wears a blood red shirt and black as night jeans. Anne is a vampire and when she feeds or casts spells her eyes become an ugly fire engine red.

"So what are you to arguing about now?"

"Anne's stupid mortal boyfriends!" Kameko yelled so loud Ashligh recoiled back.

"It's true they were mortal, but they weren't stupid. One was the world's greatest mage of his time," Anne pouted.

"Yes, and I'm sure it's a very interesting story," Kameko gave Ashligh a cold stare, "but I need to talk to Kameko, Anne." Kameko was so willing to talk about something besides Anne's old boyfriends she asked almost too eagerly, "About what?"

"A spell."

"A spell?" Anne had jumped to her feet and ran over to Ashligh, "Is it a love spell because I'll be of a lot more help if it is!"

Ashligh was so taken back by this action she didn't know what to say, "Uhh…no…it's a spell about magic mirrors."

"Oh, well if you ever need love advice you can come talk to me," and Anne walked to the next door on the right.

"So what do you need to know about magic mirrors?" Kameko asked as she moved her chair back over to the desk and sat down to finish up her story.

"I need to know how to send something back and how to close the portal entirely."

"Why?"

"It's for a friend; he bought one with out even knowing it was one."

Kameko turned around in her chair so she could see Ashligh who was now sitting on the bed cross-legged, "I'm not sure how to put something back into a mirror, but I know how to close them. You must repeat the phrase "Ianua Artus {door close}" until the mirror glows. It will then pulse three times and after the third time say "Nunc {now}" and the mirror can never be used as a portal unless someone says the spell that can open it up again."

"Thank you Kameko, you've been a big help. See you later."

"So long Ashligh," Ashligh then warped out of the room to hers, which was the third door from Kameko's on the left. When she reappeared her desk and bed had piles of books, ten in each stack covering every inch. One stack had a note on it saying there were more in the spare room across from Ashligh's.

"Damn, that's a lot of new books. Help may be needed," she thought as she closed her eyes.

"One becomes two;" she began to chant; "two becomes four. Open the doors to myself. Quinque {five}!"

She didn't use this chant much unless she was not in a hurry. Once she opened her eyes before her stood five exact replicas of herself, each with their own thoughts, feelings, and actions, "You all know why I called you here."

"Yes!" said all the new Ashligh's standing before her.

"All right then, you two stay with me and the rest can go to the spare. If there are more books over there than in here and you don't think you can finish them today you can create more doubles," when the original was done speaking the three on the right left the room. Most of the books talked about the different types of mirrors there are and they learned about a few new ones. After many hours of research the real Ashligh found a very interesting protection spell. She found it in a book called Apograph on Tibi {copy to you} chapter "Pupa Pro Funus" {doll in front of death}. It said that you must first create a doll that looks similar to the one you want to protect. Next chant a spell with the power of seven. After the doll has been blessed, put it in a leather pouch and give it to the person you want to protect. If they are about to receive a mortal wound the doll will stop the attack by warping to the target area. After the doll has been hit it must rest for a week after perform the spell that will rejuvenate it. Ashligh was thinking how useful that would be when she got a mental message from a clone in the spare room.

"Ashligh, I think I found something."

"All right, I'll be there in a minute."

"Hey," Ashligh called out and the two copies turned to hear what she had to say, "There's one more stack left and you two both have one so create four others each and have them take a book. I will be back soon."

"OK," they said as they began to split.

Once she was out the door she saw Alex. Alex is Kieren's sister although Kieren is more skilled in magic. She has blue eyes, brown hair, and wears a white shirt that doesn't get dirty and blue jeans.

"Hello Alex," she said.

"Hi Ashligh, it's been awhile since we've seen you."

"How long has it been?"

"About a week."

"A week! Damn time flies! So what's happened since I've been gone?"

"Addilynn found a spell. Well actually Katarina found it for her."

"Don't know, all I know is that it's for Skraku. Good-bye."

"Bye. What was I doing again? Oh, that's right," Ashligh walked over to the door and entered. When she was inside she saw one Ashligh double and no books beside the one she was holding.

"Let me guess, too many books?"

"Yeah, but I think we found what we've been looking for," the clone then handed Ashligh a book called Theories to Magic Mirrors. The bookmark was in a chapter called "Sending creatures of magic mirrors back". She looked over to the Ashligh that was so similar to her that most of her friends couldn't tell that she was the real one and the other Ashligh was nothing more than compressed energy.

"Theories?!"

"I know, I know but a theory's better than nothing."

"True," it said that the creature from the mirror must be at most ten yards from it. A great plus is that only the monster could be pulled back into the mirror. However, if someone were in the path of the mirror and he or she were hit by the monster they too would be sucked into the mirror, "a theory is better then nothing and I doubt they found anything across the hall. So we'll keep this book and the one with the doll spell."

The copy nodded her head and became transparent. At that point she floated into Ashligh's body like the spirits of cartoons reenter their bodies. She then walked back to her room and asked the other replicas if they found anything useful. Unfortunately, they didn't so the all reentered Ashligh and she warped all the books besides two back to the library. After that she began to make a list of all the materials she would need to make the Link doll. The next day, after a long restful sleep, she went back to the market to get thread, needles, buttons, and cloth for the doll's body.