In the time that David and Brenda had gone to the police station, followed by Brenda's confession to David, Sam and Janet had taken way longer than it should have to reach the mirror.
"Oh boy, this is bad," Sam whispered quietly to himself as he cut through the forest, Janet trailing behind. "When Mirror Isabella finds out that Brenda knows my secret, she'll…she'll…"
"She'll what?" Janet asked, taking up speed to catch up to Sam. "Your sister doesn't seem like a bad person. I'm sure she won't overreact."
"Speak for yourself," Sam responded. "My sister isn't usually like that." By now, the two kids had reached the tree where the mirror rested against. Brushing the branches out of the way, Sam prepared to enter.
"Um, Sam?" Janet said as Sam turned to face her. "About Lizzy."
"What about her?" Sam asked impatiently. "Remember, we don't have a lot of time."
"Does she get violent occasionally, or a lot?" Janet asked. At the question, Sam's muscles tensed and he gained a nervous expression.
"What would make you ask that?" He mumbled, shifting his eyes.
"Well, she hit David, and you didn't seem all that concerned, and you said that she gets like that, sometimes," Janet recalled.
Sam bit his lower lip, anxiety beginning to take over. "It's uh, complicated," Sam replied before trying to change the subject. "I should just be going to find Mirror Isabella now."
"Sam, if something is happening you should tell me," Janet insisted. "I want to help you."
"It's no big deal, okay!" Sam shouted unexpectedly, taking Janet aback. "If I don't want to talk about something, I don't want to talk about it! Don't stick your nose into it!" Sam was breathing heavily, sweat visible on his forehead and his shoulders were bunched up.
Janet's eyes were wide open in shock, and her mouth was hanging open a bit. Her nails dug into her face as she tried to comprehend Sam's sudden change in tone. After a while, both children calmed down a bit.
"I…I'm sorry Janet," Sam apologized, still breathing heavily. "I didn't mean to." Janet still had a look of shock on her face, but after a moment breathed in relief and walked over towards the mirror. Sam noticed a hint of anger in Janet's eyes as she passed by him.
"Come on, let's go find your sister," Janet said, her voice colder than usually. Sam glanced away, somewhat ashamed, as Janet slipped into the mirror. Sam soon followed afterwards.
The moment they were in the Mirror dimension, Sam whispered to Janet, "Stay here while I go find my sister." With that, he set off to look for Mirror Isabella. The moment he was gone, Janet scoffed.
"Stay here?" She said, taken aback. "In this dull room. No way, I want to go and explore." With that, she pushed the door open and ran off down the hallway.
Mirror Isabella was in her regular domicile, separated far from the residence where Sam lived. The house in which she resided in resembled a miniature apartment, despite the fact that she was technically the only one who lived there. The domicile lay near a massive shiny blue lake and a massive forest, which was filled with blue and black trees.
Mirror Isabella paced around one of the rooms in her house, her nails digging into her forehead roughly. She was wearing a new attire, heavily resembling Isabella's signature clothing. However, her shirt was blue and she was also wearing striped blue and black tights under a black skirt.
Her nails were clawing down her forehead as she thought to herself, trying to remember recent events.
"I saw those two kids before," She whispered to herself. "A few days ago. I was on a road, and I saw two figures come near me and then…" Mirror Isabella's eyes burst open in shock as she remembered.
"I know where I saw them!" She shouted. "Those were the kids I knocked unconscious on the road. That must've been where Samson met them." Her fingernails lowered themselves towards her teeth.
"This is bad," She mumbled nervously. "Samson seems attached to that girl, Janet, and somehow…it's like they're…"
Mirror Isabella slapped herself in the face to regain her composure. "Okay, I have to be calm, I have a presentation for my friends soon…"
"Oh, Mirror Isabella…" A hushed, whispery voice called out.
Mirror Isabella gasped a bit as she recognized the voice. She clutched her head in an attempt to block it out. "Don't talk to me," She hissed. "Get out."
"Oh, Mirror Isabella, aren't you glad to hear me again?" The voice asked, sounding hurt.
"This isn't the right time, okay," Mirror Isabella replied angrily. "Go, get out now!"
"I hear little Sam has a new friend. What was her name, Janet, you say."
"It's none of your business," Mirror Isabella hissed as she turned to look at herself in one of her mirrors hanging on the wall.
"Oh Mirror Isabella, don't be scared."
"I am NOT scared!" Mirror Isabella shouted angrily. "You just popped up at the worst time."
"Oh, but I know you are. You're scared that Sam has gotten a new friend."
"Why should I concern myself with that girl?" Mirror Isabella asked. "Who would ever be scared of her?" She turned up her nose and closed her eyes, smirking in an attempt to seem confident.
"You're scared that Sam has a new acquaintance. A 'buddy'. Just one more reason for why he won't want to see you again."
"It's us he'll choose," Mirror Isabella insisted. "It'll always be us. Sam would never choose a friend over his own family." But even as she said those words, she felt herself tense up at the thought.
"Are you sure? He asked to leave to spent time with them instead of staying with us. What does that have to tell you?"
Mirror Isabella opened her eyes a bit. "What are you getting at?" She asked.
"Don't you remember that little girl, Mirror Isabella? The one who lived in the orphanage."
"Shut up," Mirror Isabella snapped, glaring at her reflection in the mirror.
"We both remember how mystified you were when Sam became friends with that girl. He spent less time here with you and more time outside in that wretched building!"
"I said shut up!" Mirror Isabella repeated.
"It got you mad, didn't it. And so afraid. Look at you, scared of a harmless orphan girl."
"Quit it," Mirror Isabella said, folding her arms.
"You got so mad and scared, didn't you. And when you got mad and scared…zap."
At that point, Mirror Isabella lost it. Screaming angrily, she grabbed the mirror with both hands and hurtled it across the room. It clattered against the wall and shattered into millions of pieces, showering Mirror Isabella in glass. The girl was breathing angrily, her hands balled into fists and her eyes glimmering.
Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door. Widening her eyes in shock, Mirror Isabella soared towards the door and threw it open to reveal to reflection girls. The first resembled a Goth, with black hair, nails, and lips, and the second was dressed as a ballerina.
"Mirror Ophelia, Mirror Pandora, what are you girls doing here?" Mirror Isabella asked the two, trying to look calm.
"You told us to come here, remember," Mirror Ophelia, the Goth reflection, reminded. Mirror Pamela glanced behind Mirror Isabella and noticed the glass shards on the ground.
"Oh Mirror Isabella, you didn't break ANOTHER mirror, did you?" Mirror Pandora asked, exasperated.
Mirror Isabella made an awkward expression and then changed the subject. "I'm just going through a phase, alright, and besides, I brought you here for a reason." Doing a somersault towards a desk, Mirror Isabella pulled out a small blue mirror.
Mirror Ophelia squinted her eyes at it. "You had us fly a whole mile to your house because you got a new mirror?" She said angrily. Motioning with her hand towards Mirror Pandora, she said, "Come on, let's go."
"Wait, wait, that's not it!" Mirror Isabella said, running over and grasping both of them by the arm.
"What do you want?" Mirror Ophelia asked. "After all, I have a curfew in about two hours."
"Okay girls, you know me better than to bring you here to show off some mirror," Mirror Isabella explained, leading the girls outside while clutching the mirror.
"Well, what do you want us for?" Mirror Ophelia asked. Mirror Isabella smirked and raised the mirror towards a rather large rock near the house.
"Watch this," Mirror Isabella said and a blue beam shot out of the mirror and engulfed the rock. The rock was totally obscured and was sucked into the mirror instantly. The two other reflections gasped.
"I made this mirror a few days ago," Mirror Isabella explained proudly. "It can suck anything I see inside of it."
"Oh, cool!" Mirror Pandora whispered excitedly and instinctively poked a finger at the shiny mirror. "Hey, don't touch it!" Mirror Isabella exclaimed, but it was too late. A bright light illuminated the mirror and the rock was shot out of the mirror and landed several feet away.
Mirror Isabella's hand shot out and smacked Mirror Pandora across the face, knocking her backwards. "I told you not to touch it!" Mirror Isabella shouted angrily. "The mirror has some weird side-effect. If a mirror person touches the surface of the reflection, whatever I've placed inside the mirror gets released."
"Oh," Both mirror girls said flatly. Before Mirror Isabella could talk further, the three saw Sam running at a fast pace towards them.
"Oh, it's your brother," Mirror Ophelia said. Mirror Isabella motioned for the two girls to leave. "I'll talk with you later," Mirror Isabella stated and turned to face Sam as he arrived.
"Mirror Isabella, I need to tell you something!" Sam exclaimed urgently. "It has to do with Bella's friend, Brenda!"
"What about that loser?" Mirror Isabella asked, placing her hands on her hips.
"Something happened at David and Janet's house, and she knows about my powers!" Sam cried out. At that moment, Mirror Isabella dropped the mirror in shock.
"She what?!" The girl shouted in a mixture of anger and anxiety.