It was 4:30 in the afternoon, and David and Janet were trekking through the forest towards their house, which was still too far away for them to see.
"You know, you would think that our parents would have gone and picked us up at school," David huffed at Janet. "You know, instead of having us walk all the way there."
"I don't know, David, this seems like as good opportunity to exercise," Janet replied enthusiastically. She started balancing on a recently knocked-over tree.
David groaned, exasperated. "Tell that to our parents when we get home over an hour after we were supposed to," He snapped.
Both he and Janet glanced around at the forest around them. The forest looked extremely foreign. There was a roadway a few meters outside the forest, and a massive lake next to it.
"So, uh, just where are we exactly?" Janet asked, somewhat nervous. David didn't respond. The unfamiliar area, coupled by the darkened skies, suddenly increased a sense of fear.
Grabbing Janet's by the arm, David said, "You know what, let's just get out of here before-"
The two heard a hissing sound. The siblings spun around shakily to see a green snake slithering through the grass around them. Janet squeaked and was about to sprint off when she stopped in her tracks. A grey wolf lumbered out from past a tree and stared unmoving at them.
David started hyperventilating at the sight. The wolf continued to glare with it's piercing yellow eyes. Janet's teeth started chattering.
The silence was broken by a howling that caused Janet to yelp and clutch David in fear. The wolf instantly sprinted past them. The two shut their eyes in terror.
AS David opened his eyes a bit, several sparrows flew out of the trees and right over them. David jumped and his mouth opened, but nothing came out.
"Dav-David, I want to go home," Janet whispered to David. David nodded slowly. Then he took one step forward and stepped on a tree branch, causing it to snap in two.
David jumped in shock and landed near a bush. Instantly, the bush started rustling uneasily and they could hear growling sounds inside. As the two kids stared at the bush in fear, a wolverine pounced out towards them.
That did it. David and Janet screamed and took off through the forest, running over tree trunks, rocks, and bushes. They just had to get home and out of this wretched forest.
Soon enough, they found themselves near the edge of the forest at standing at the driveway next to the lake. There were no signs of cars or animals nearby, so it seemed safe enough.
"Okay, that driveway leads to our neighbourhood," David explained. "Let's just get there quickly before it rains, and maybe explain why we were over an hour later."
Janet nodded and the two were about to step out onto the road when they saw something they had neglected to notice beforehand.
It was a little girl. Her back was turned to them, and she was sitting on the road, facing the pond. Her arms were wrapped around her legs and she was rocking back and forth, humming a happy song.
David and Janet inched a bit closer. The sky was darkening quickly, so it was hard to get a good look at her. She seemed totally oblivious to their presence.
"Um, little girl," David whispered. She didn't appear to hear him.
"Little girl, you should probably get off the road," David said, a little louder. "It's dangerous." Once again, the girl ignored him.
David rolled his eyes and walked onto the road. He had to get her off the road before a car came. "You know, you're doing a pretty good job ignoring me," David said, trying to get her attention. She was still humming.
At this point, David was only inches away from the girl, and he could now get a slightly better look at her. She wasn't little; she was at least the same height as him. Her hair was very long and concealed her face, and he could see that she was glowing.
Glowing.
David's eyes popped open as he suddenly noticed the bright blue aura surrounding her. She was glowing blue, and he could plainly see that her hair and skin were blue as well
"Oh my, oh my, g-gosh," David stammered as he saw the moon, which had appeared earlier than usual, illuminate the girl, revealing her glowing blue skin.
"David?" Janet shouted. She had gone on the road to see what David was doing. And in the worst case of bad luck in the situation, that one word finally caused the glowing blue girl to snap her around and see the two, revealing eyes glowing so bright they were almost blinding.
David and Janet stood on the road, frozen in shock, and the girl jumped up in surprise before flinging her hand at David, causing him to back away, nervous. Instantly, glowing blue ice pellets were fired out of her fingers at David. David gasped in shock and ducked as the pellets flew over his head.
The pellets struck a tree and shattered, sending ice everywhere. Several struck Janet in the head. She gasped in pain and collapsed in pain. David turned around in horror and the ice struck him as well. He went down hard and hit his head on the road.
The girl stared at the two unconscious children in front of her in shock. She glanced at the town and noticed that a large pick-up truck was approaching, the same one that Sam had used to prank the girls at the city.
Without a second glance, the girl turned around and retreated into the forest, leaving the two children to their fate.
…..
"Now, Samson, remember not to near that stupid school tomorrow," Kizzy said. She was dressed in a black nightgown with blue stripes.
"Yes, Kizzy," Sam said. He was dressed in his black and blue pyjamas, and he now looked different. His eyes were blue instead of green, his blonde hair was black with the blue streak in it, and his pale skin was now tanned.
"You be a good mirror boy, and behave like always," Kizzy said. "Now goodnight." With that, she snapped her fingers and the glowing blue room instantly became dark, and she vanished.
Sam sighed. "Why do I always have to go to bed at 5:00 in the afternoon?" He mumbled to himself. He was about to close his eyes, when he heard a scream. It was coming from outside the mirror.
Sam jumped up and got out of his bed. He heard a thud on the pavement immediately afterwards. From the sound of it, it was coming from on the road near the forest.
Slowly, Sam got out of bed. He glanced at the bed next to him. His sister was in it, wearing a similar black and blue pyjamas. Her head was tucked under the covers.
Sam sneaked out of the bed, put on his blue slippers, and slipped out of the room. He felt an uneasiness the moment he was out of the room.
I should be in bed, Sam thought to himself. But I need to find what caused the scream on the road.
He slowly jumped walked to the mirror that was hanging on the wall, and turned back. At the moment, he wanted to just go back in bed and ignore the scream, but he felt like something was telling him to go and find the source of it.
With a shrug, Sam slipped through the mirror, and found himself back in the forest. He covered the mirror with several leaves and then walked over to the road.
He suddenly felt the urge to return to the mirror and go back to bed, but he fought it. He had to go and find who had screamed and why they had. He slowly approached the road, and that was when he saw them.
It was David and Janet. Both of them lay unconscious on the road, and out of the corner of Sam's eye, he could see the pick-up truck driving closer.
"Oh crap!" Sam shouted as he saw the driver hadn't seen the two kids. It was too dark outside for him to notice them. Sam realized that he had to act quickly.
Sam ran near the road and two transparent hands shot out of his back and grabbed David, pulling him near the forest and out of harms way. Soon enough, David was in the forest.
Now Sam turned his attention to Janet. She was groaning in pain, and the truck was getting closer. Sam took a step closer, about to pull her off the road two, when he slipped on the ice on the ground. He collapsed on the ground and rubbed his head in pain. He then glanced up and saw that the truck was only inches away from hitting Janet.
"No!" Sam shouted, and he sprung onto the road and pushed Janet off the road and onto the grass near the lake. However, as Sam was about to run off the road, the truck slammed right into him.
By now, both David and Janet had recovered. The two watched in horror as they saw Sam's small body flung off the road and plummet into the lake. The truck skidded to a stop.
"What just happened?!" The truck driver shouted as he saw that the engine to his truck had been jammed as a result of hitting Sam.
Neither kid answered him. Janet saw Sam sink, unconscious, down into the lake. Quickly, she raced towards the lake.
"Janet, no!" David shouted, but she didn't hear. She just dove right down into the lake after Sam. David raced towards the lake as the truck driver stood out of the truck, confused.
"J-Janet?" David whispered worriedly as neither Janet nor Sam resurfaced. Bubbles were appearing at the top of the lake.
"Janet, where are you?" David asked. The bubbles started becoming more rapid and violent, and David gasped in horror as his sister appeared to be drowning from under the lake.
David covered his eyes in horror, unwilling to look, when he heard a splash. David removed his hands from his eyes and saw Janet, gasping for air, her face soaking with water and her hair wet and matted over her ears. And in her arms, David saw an unconscious Sam.
Janet reached towards David, and he grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the lake, along with Sam. Janet set Sam down on the grass. He was breathing heavily, but there were no signs of serious damage done to him from the truck.
"Is he dead?" Janet asked, ignoring the fact that he was breathing. David glanced down at him. "No, but he's lucky you were there," He said, a little proud. However, he then yanked on her pigtails and added, "Don't ever scare me like that again."
Janet quickly nodded and said, "How'd he survive a head-on collision like that?"
"You know, you probably should get him to a hospital," The driver said form afar. The kids took no notice.
"I don't know, but he must be very strong to have done that," David said. "Seriously, but what were you doing on the road?" The driver asked. Once more, the kids took no notice.
"Look at that stripe in his hair," Janet said, pointing at the blue streak. "It's called a streak, not a stripe," David corrected.
"Why are you worrying about his hair?" The driver asked. When neither kid responded, the driver just said, "You know what, I'm just going to go and get my truck fixed, okay."
David and Janet nodded, scarcely noticing. The truck driver got into his damaged truck and drove off, leaving the three kids.
The clouds started to darken in the skies, and thunder sounded from above. "We should go home," David said to Janet.
"But what about-"
"We'll take him home too!" David said. "Now get up!" He and Janet picked up Sam and started carrying him into the neighbourhood as rain started pouring down on them and lightning struck.