To have hallucinations: to see or sense something or someone that is not really there.
Emily's POV:
I groaned and reached my hand out for the alarm clock. My hand hit the snooze button and I curled up against the soft duvet. I started to drift back off into sleep when the alarm went off again.
"Ok...alright I'm up." I said, my voice sounded like a sixty year old man.
I stared up at my half broken fan that made a creaking sound every time the blades would spin. I threw my duvet off my body and to the other side of my queen bed, instantly feeling the cold air hit my skin. I sat up and got off my bed, I walked over to my wardrobe and pulled out a grey tank top, skinny jeans and black boots.
I stripped out of my pyjamas and put on my new clothes. I opened my curtains to see the beautiful view of New York City. I looked in the mirror and touched up my face with a bit of mascara and foundation then grabbed my deodorant and sprayed my under arms.
Once I was satisfied with my look I walked across the room to my mini kitchen. I put my cup under the coffee machine and pressed the button waiting for the hot liquid to come pouring out, but instead I just heard a few jolting noises then silence.
"Don't die on me now. You're my only chance of not falling asleep!" I groaned and grabbed my wallet and jacket from the hook. Looks like I'm walking to the coffee shop...again. I locked the door to my apartment and walked down the hall until I got to the main stairs.
I sighed and looked down at the spiral staircase.
Emily you can do this...just one step at a time. A small voice in my head was telling me but my body was saying something else.
Are you serious, you weigh the same amount as sack of potatoes and you want to walk down steps?...plus we both know you're too lazy. Now put your ass on the rail and slide down like a normal person.
Yeah, my body normal wins. I sat on the railing and slid down all the way to the bottom. I jumped off the railing when I got to the last step. "Miss, how many times do I need to tell you not to use the railing." I smiled and turned around.
"Hey Ern. Looking good, you have done a beautiful job with the floor tiles, I can pretty much see my reflection." I said sweetly.
Ern gave me a toothy grin. "Don't make me call security on you." His groggy voice replied as he continued to mop the lobby floor. "I'll make it up to you." I said.
"Yeah yeah, I doubt it." He said. I started walking to the door. "Coffee?" I asked as I got to the front door.
"Latte, extra frothy and a marshmallow." I heard him call. I smirked and turned around.
"I'll ask for two." I said before walking out of the building and down the street.
I walked two blocks down the road before walking into 'Rosie's' the small coffee shop on the corner of the street.
The line had around five people waiting around for their coffee. I walked to the front counter.
"Ah Em, the usual?" Rosie asked.
"Yeah and a Latte, extra frothy with two marshmallows if you can."
"Sure thing hun." She said as she flicked one of her loose curls behind her ear. "Did Ern catch you again?" She said smiling. "The man might be old but is always at the right place at the right time." I sighed. She hummed in response as she sealed the lid on my coffee and started to make Erns.
"What's up anyway, I thought you got the machine fixed." She asked.
"I was going to get it fixed but you know... I was busy." I said as I started twirling the sugar sticks around in the cup holder. "Mmm busy doing what?" She asked already knowing my answer.
"Oh you know...sleeping, drinking coffee, more sleeping." I said in a bored tone.
Rosie laughed and handed me my drinks. "I'll come check it out for you if you want."
"That would be so great, thank you. And thanks for the coffee." I said. She smiled and handed me the drinks.
I walked towards the door when I heard someone call my name.
"Emily!" I heard the person yell. I looked at Rosie but she was serving another costumer. My eyes scanned the people in the room but they were all minding their own business. "Emily!" The voice yelled again from behind me. I turned around but only to see a full length mirror that showed my reflection.
I shook my head and went to take a step forwards but was stopped by that same voice. My eyes widened as I looked into the mirror to see a boy who was probably my age with light brown hair in shaggy clothes and a cloak. "Emily have you forgotten me already?" The boy asked.
Why did he look so familiar to me? I don't recall seeing him anywhere before. I looked behind me to see that no one else in the shop seemed to notice the boy in the mirror.
"Emily it's Will." He said. All of a sudden memories flooded my mind, memories of an island with boys and...Neverland.
"What are you doing there?" Will asked.
"I-I don't k-know." I said confused. My head span a little as I tried to remember how I got here but my mind kept playing back one reality, that I have lived in New York City for my whole life.
"Why did you leave me?" Will asked in a quiet tone.
"I didn't...I mean I don't know." I said confusing myself even more.
"You left me all by myself..with him." Will said taking a step back.
"Who is him?" I asked.
"Pan." He replied taking another step back. Pan? I felt a wave wash over my mind and I dropped both coffees out of my hand. My head was now clear and the memories came back to me. Will, Ethan, Ben, Felix, Pan...Neverland.
I looked up but only to see that Will was now walking away from me.
No!. I went to reach forwards to touch the mirror but instead of feeling my hand touch the hard surface it went straight threw. I fell forwards to land on a pile of leaves and dirt. I stood up and looked around. The mirror was gone and I was now in the jungle. I was back in Neverland.
I turned around to see Will walking towards the beach. "Will wait!" I yelled and ran towards him. Will stopped and turned around to me. "What happened how did I get in New York?" I asked.
"Don't be silly, you we're here the whole time." He said and smirked at me. I looked at him scared and confused.
"Don't you remember?" He asked pointing to my right jean pocket then putting that same finger to his lips.
"Shh" he said smirking. Will turned around and started walking. I looked at him in shock then down to my jean pocket.
I reached my hand down slowly and felt the circular object in my pocket.
I know for a fact that whatever is in my pocket was not there before. I slipped my fingers in the fabric and grabbed hold of the object and pulled it out. My heart beat increased as I stared down at the small circular broken mirror. Then it came to me...The Red Crystal, I watched those visions and in one of them Pan gave me a mirror.
I stared down at my cracked reflection.
I turned around to see Pan, he placed a mirror in my hands and started laughing. I ran through the flames and away from Pan. I kept running but tripped on a branch causing my body to fall and hit my head.
I stared into the mirror that was now cracked to see my reflection. My eyes were a shining green and my mirror reflection was smirking at my unconscious self. I looked at my mirror self...I was starting to look just like Pan.
I mouth dropped a little as I remembered what had happened in my visions. It was a vision so how could it be here in my hands now. I looked up to see Will in the distance walking out of the jungle and onto the beach. I put the mirror back into my pocket and ran after Will.
As I got closer my feet started to sink into the sand. I looked in all directions but Will had vanished. My knees dropped into the sand and I watched the waves wash up on the shore line then crash again. What is happening?
"I'm guessing you have a lot of questions." I jumped a little as I looked up at Ethan who was staring out to the horizon. I stood up and looked out in the distance like he is. "Ethan where am I?" I asked softly.
"Why Neverland of course." He replied without hesitation.
"Then why does it feel like I'm not here at all." I asked, turning to face him.
A door appeared behind him.
"Come with me and all will be explained." Ethan said as he pulled my arm to walk towards the door. Why was Ethan speaking so formally? Why were they acting so strange?
"Wait!" I said, before Ethan could pull me through the door I stopped but he kept walking.
I watched as he walked through the door and disappeared. I groaned, was this going to just be a causal thing now that we walk through magical doors and mirrors and then disappear. I walked through the door just like he did but ended up in the same spot.
Perfect...
I slammed the door shut out of frustration and sat down with my back against the door. As soon as my back leaned against the wood I fell backwards. The door swung out and I fell. I screamed and grabbed hold of the frame as I was now dangling off a cliff. The beach had disappeared and I was now hanging from this door off a cliff.
"Help!" I screamed.
"Why didn't you come with me?" Ethan said as he stood right where my hands are.
"Ethan p-please help me up!" I yelled. I started to feel the blood rushing to my legs and I knew that I couldn't hold on much longer.
"Don't you trust me?" He asked. His voice was so causal; it was as if someone was just borrowing his body.
"I do trust you!" I yelled. I felt my hands slipping off the bottom of the door frame.
"You're lying." He yelled back at me.
"I'm not I promi-" Ethan pushed my fingers off the edge. I felt my stomach drop as I started to free fall down the cliff.
I couldn't scream or even talk; I just looked at the bottom of the cliff and thought this was the end. I closed my eyes, afraid of hitting the bottom.
All of a sudden I hit the ground. The only thing was that I could not feel any pain at all. I opened my eyes and sat up right. I looked around to see that I was back in the jungle. What the hell!
My head was spinning.
I looked down at the ground and stood up only to see mirrors everywhere. My stomach sank as I turned around to hundreds of my own reflection. These mirrors were seriously starting to freak me out.
"Emily." I quickly turned around to the voice. But there was no one there.
"Emily!" I heard another voice. They all started to yell my name, different voices yelling my name at me getting louder and louder each time. I covered my ears but that didn't block out the yelling and screaming. I looked at all the mirrors, no one was there but their voices kept screaming my name.
After a minute went past the screaming stopped and all I could here was the pounding of my heart beat. I took deep breaths and removed my hands from my ears cautiously. I jumped when I heard a small quiet voice coming from behind me.
"Emily, what's wrong?" Will asked. Tears started to build up in my eyes. I ran up to the mirror I saw Will in.
"Will, please get me out of here. I can't take it anymore" I said as I stared at his reflection. Ethan appeared in the mirror next to Will. "I told you she doesn't want to stay here." Ethan said to Will.
I watched as Ben appeared on the other side of Will. "She is not one of us!" Ben said as he spoke to the boys in the other mirrors. "She is just a girl." Ethan said. I stepped back as I watched the three argue. I turned around to see Felix.
"You stupid lost girl." Felix said starting to laugh.
"Can't you tell that you're hallucinating?" He said in between laughs.
I looked at him with wide eyes. Felix stopped laughing and looked at me.
"Check the mirror." He said before disappearing. I turned around and looked in every mirror to see that everyone now gone.
I finally understood what Felix meant. I looked down and reached into my jean pocket to pull out the small cracked circler mirror that Pan had given me. I looked into it to see my cracked reflection.
"Emily do you understand now." I looked up to see that every mirror that was there was now gone expect for one.
I looked at the mirror to see Pan. I walked up to the mirror and looked at him.
"Pan, what happened? Why was I in New York?" I asked.
"Haven't you figured it out yet?" Pan asked. His face darkened and his green eyes flickered with hate and anger.
I jumped as I watched his hand come out of the mirror and grab my wrist.
"You stopped believing!" He yelled threw gritted teeth. Pan pulled me threw the mirror.
I chocked and closed my mouth to see that I was now in water. I held the amount of air that was left in my lungs and opened my eyes. I wasn't in the ocean because my eyes didn't sting. I tried to swim but my whole body felt like cement.
My eyes widened as I watched a figure swimming towards me. I felt a tingling sensation and I could move my body again. I let go of my remaining amount of air as I could see Pan swimming after me.
I kicked backwards then felt my head colloid with what was probably a rock. I stopped kicking feeling my lungs about to burst and my body falling unconscious. I watched as Pan got closer to me and grab my arms. Darkness took over my vision and I felt my body to drift into unconsciousness.