It was Wednesday, and David had been quite literally dragged off to school once more. Janet was staying home with Sam due to her arm injury, leaving David to fend for himself at school.
"I can't believe my sister was lucky enough to stay at home," David grumbled to himself as he walked onto school property.
"Why couldn't I be attacked by a dog and have my arm broken?" He complained. "I mean, I've been the butt of a lot of unfortunate incidents, why not this one?"
He sighed and sat down on a rock. At that point, he noticed Izzy and Brenda passing by, talking about something. David wasn't usually one to eavesdrop on what other children were saying, least of all the most obnoxious kids at school, but he felt intrigued when he word what they were saying.
"Did you hear about Malady?" Brenda asked. "She said that last night, she was in her room, trying to sleep, when she thought she saw a glowing blue apparition passing around the bed."
David raised an eyebrow and he got off the rock and started following the girls to listen closely to what they were saying.
"Oh, Malady's always one to see things," Izzy said, rolling her eyes. "She probably just thought she saw her own shadow and freaked out."
"Her shadow was blue?" Brenda said. "It's possible," Izzy said.
David squinted his eyes a bit in confusion. The way the supposed apparition was described was beginning to bare similarity to the girl he found on the road two days earlier.
"And Jonathan, that kindergartener, he says he saw the same thing," Brenda claimed. "He was sleeping with his face under the bed covers and he saw a bright blue light resembling a girl in his room."
"Are we really supposed to take that kid seriously?" Izzy asked. "I mean, he's in kindergarten, they always see things."
"That sounds just like what me and Janet saw," David said. Unfortunately for him, Izzy heard that and spun around, noticing him.
"What are you staring at?!" She shouted, and David immediately turned his face away from her, whistling, before walking off, embarrassed.
Izzy then turned back to Brenda. "What I'm saying is, those kids shouldn't be taken seriously, Brenda."
Before Brenda could respond, a blonde girl wearing blue clothing butted in between the two girls.
"Hi guys," She said with a smile.
"Sorry, I keep forgetting your name," Brenda admitted. "I'm Lizzy, Izzy's best friend," The girl introduced.
Brenda glared at her. "No, I'm Izzy's best friend," She hissed, grabbing Izzy's arm. "No, I am," Lizzy insisted.
"Look, both of you are my friends, okay," Izzy said to avoid a full-blown confrontation. "Lizzy, why don't you find some fourth graders to pick on?"
"Sure thing," Lizzy said and skipped away. The moment she was gone, Brenda said, "That girls annoys me. But anyways, the apparitions."
"I thought I made it clear that we shouldn't think too much of it," Izzy said. "No really, it can't be a coincidence," Brenda insisted. "If two kids from the same neighbourhood saw the same thing, that means it's real."
"What are you suggesting?" Izzy asked. "Maybe they saw a mirror person," Brenda said.
"That's ridiculous," Izzy replied. "Mirror people wouldn't go and spy on people like that unless it was important. And that doesn't sound important."
"Well, this girl with pony-tails said something about mirror people," Brenda said. "And I think she knows more about them."
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"Sam, why are you leading me to this part of the neighbourhood?" Janet asked nervously as Sam held her hand, pulling her down the sidewalk.
"You were nearly killed by a dog, right?" Sam said. "You were there," Janet reminded. "Are you scared of dogs?" Sam asked. Janet nodded.
"Well, I think it's time for you to face your fear," Sam said. They stopped near the fence of a relatively big house. Inside the fence was a small black-and-white French bulldog, sitting on the grass.
"Sam, that dog scares me," Janet said. "Exactly, which is why I want you to face your fear," Sam said, dragging Janet towards the fence.
The bulldog got up, smelling the two children. It turned around and stared at them for a moment. As the two children neared, the dog let out a small bark, warning them not to get any closer.
Janet recoiled, but Sam held her hand and led her towards the fence. The bulldog began barking again, a little more frantic this time. Janet shook with fear.
"Nice and easy," Sam said as he and Janet began to walk past the fence. The bulldog ran up towards them, barking excitedly. At that point, Janet nearly bolted in the opposite direction, but Sam held onto her.
"No worries, we can do this," Sam said, and he and Janet walked past the fence. With each step, the bulldog pursued them from inside the fence, barking as it attempted to frighten them away.
Janet began squeezing Sam's hand in fear, but kept a steady stride with him. Eventually, the two had made it past the fence. From inside the fence, the bulldog huffed before turning around and walking off.
"Why did you put me through that?" Janet asked. "It could've bitten me or something."
"Actually, it couldn't have," Sam said. Janet raised an eyebrow.
"It may look dangerous, but it's inside a fence," Sam explained. "That's what separates us from it. It can't attack us because it's concealed inside."
"Yeah, but it's still scary," Janet mumbled. "Sometimes we fear things even if they can't do us harm," Sam explained. "My brother taught me that philosophy."
"He sounds pretty smart," Janet said. "You have no idea," Sam said. Then, Sam happened to glance up at the roof of a house and saw a cat sitting on it. It had black fur and blue eyes, and was staring at Sam. The cat beckoned its head to him and then disappeared from off the roof.
"Um, Janet, could you wait here for a moment, I need to attend to something," Sam said. Janet nodded and Sam raced off in the direction the cat had left.
The moment he was gone, Janet felt someone tap her on the shoulder. She spun around to see who it was.
"Brenda, what are you doing here?" She asked when she saw the girl skating around her on rollerblades. "Isn't it the middle of school?"
Brenda paused in front of the younger girl. "We need to talk," She said.