BookMast3r: A valiant effort, but Mirror Isabella probably won't listen :P

AlecReyes19: I doubt anyone does.

A-Plus Cassiopeia: Mirror Isabella is a distrusting person, so she feels threatened by David and Janet and thinks they might influence him against her.

With that said, let's continue.

Sam and David awoke next morning to the blinding rays of sunlight peering through the blinds of David's window. Sam slipped out of bed with a yawn while David remained tucked in.

"What day is it?" Sam asked, stretching his limbs.

"I don't know, but probably not a school day," David replied, still remaining in bed. After a few moments, he finally got out of bed as well.

"Is Janet awake?" Sam asked. "She seemed pretty torn up last night after what happened."

David glared in anger as he remembered what Mirror Isabella had done. "I'll go check on her," He said, stomping out of the room to go see his sister.

David had expected Janet to be wide awake like she usually was, but he was surprised to find that she was still in her bed when he opened the door. At first he thought she was still asleep, but then he heard Janet whispering lightly, her head lowered on her pillow.

"What are you doing, Janet?" He asked, startling her as she hadn't noticed him arrive. A haze of brown hair fell over her face as Janet stumbled to get out of the bed.

"Whoops, sorry about that," Janet said as she got to her feet. "I was just praying."

By now, Sam had arrived in the room as well and heard Janet. "You were praying?" He asked. "About what?" He knew very well who Janet was praying to, he just hadn't a clue of what she was praying about.

"I just wanted to ask forgiveness," Janet meekly mumbled, wringing her arm and making an awkward smile. Sam and David's faces contorted into that of confusion.

"What on earth do you have to be forgiven about?" David asked, perturbed.

"I made Sam's sister angry," Janet said. "I fed her pets without her permission and I pushed her. I just wanted to ask forgiveness for what I did wrong."

Silence flew through the room for a minute. Sam and David stared at Janet, not making a sound, and then David moved forward and grabbed Janet by the shoulders.

"Janet, SHE hurt HER!" He shouted at her. "She punched you in the face and cut your hair! If anyone needs to apologize, it's her!"

"But she's older than me, and probably stressed about some things," Janet reasoned.

"Mirror Isabella is just a stupid, cowardly thug!" David spat out, his voice hoarse. "The last thing you need to do is submit to her, understand me!"

Feeling eyes on him, David turned around to see Sam glaring at him, his arms folded across his chest. "Oh, don't act so mad," He snapped. "You know what your sister did."

Sam beckoned for David to follow him outside. David took one glance towards Janet, who turned from his gaze, and then followed the younger boy outside into the hallway.

"I know you're going to try and excuse your sister's actions," David claimed, folding his arms. "Well, what she did was uncalled for, especially for such a young girl like Janet. Your sister is older than either of us, she should know better than to fly off her rocker like that."

"I wasn't going to talk about that," Sam replied calmly. "It's your sister. Why is she like that?"

David's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Like what?" He asked.

"Why would she blame herself for what my sister did?" Sam asked. "Mirror Isabella started it, why would Janet need to pray for forgiveness?"

David bit his lower lip. "Janet's just like that," He excused. "She doesn't want trouble from anyone."

The look Sam gave him made it obvious he wasn't buying it. "Has Janet done something like this before?" He asked. "Has someone taken advantage of her or something?"

"Sometimes," David said, and his face morphed into that of anger. "About two years back, when we were still getting used to new people in our lives, I wanted Janet to make a good impression with some people, including the Collins and...your sister."

Sam's face paled, though not much due to his dark complexion.

"I told Izzy...well, Isabella and Brenda that my sister was good at acrobatics," David said, and for a moment Sam saw a glint of guilt in David's eyes. "Naturally, Izzy dared Janet to do a back flip, and since she didn't want to embarrass me in front of your sister, Janet complied and tried to do so."

"It didn't end well, did it," Sam guessed, and David rubbed his eyes a bit.

"I don't want to talk about it, but let's just say that the dog attack a few days ago wasn't the first time Janet has broken her arm," David said, and he turned away from Sam.

Sam looked down, picturing the whole incident in his head.

"My sister just wants to be on everyone's good side," David said. "She doesn't want to cause trouble, so she'll do what others tell her to do because she thinks it's the right thing. Sometimes, I worry she'll end up hurt one day because of it."

The two boys remained silent for a moment, before David spoke again. "I'm going out for a bit," He said. "I need to go see someone." He didn't offer any details, and Sam didn't ask for any. David then vanished downstairs and Sam heard the door creak open and then slam shut, indicating that David had left the house.

The moment David was gone, Sam peered through the door of Janet's room. Janet was now sitting on the bed, reading a small picture book. Slowly, Sam walked in.

"Um, Janet?" He asked. Janet glanced over to him and lowered the book.

"Yes, Sam?" She asked, her blue eyes glittering.

"Look, I was talking with your brother, and he told me about something that happened two years ago," Sam said. "He said you broke your arm doing a back flip because my sister told you to."

Janet's face fell and she glanced down at her arm cast. "It wasn't her fault," She stammered out nervously. "She didn't know I would break my arm, and she really did care when it happened."

"That doesn't matter," Sam interrupted. "But, why would you do it? You didn't know how to do back flips, why would you try it to impress some kid?"
"My brother was there, I couldn't disappoint him, especially in front of those other kids," Janet explained, gesturing wildly with her arms. "I made the decision to do the flip, and besides, it was years ago."

Sam took a seat on the bed. "Janet, you shouldn't always have to do what others tell you to," He said.

Janet frowned. "But disobeying people is wrong," She replied, confused.

"Not what I meant," Sam cut in. "If you didn't know how to do a back flip, then you shouldn't have done it, regardless of whether you felt your brother would be disappointed in you. He told a lie, you shouldn't have to get hurt about it."

"But-"

"And you shouldn't have told Brenda all those stuff about mirror people. You think its because of the clothes she offered you, but I know it's because you wanted to please her."

"Well, I guess-"

"And my sister did start that confrontation with you, so you shouldn't have to be the one who needs to apologize," Sam added. "You were just defending yourself. There's nothing wrong with that."

For a second Sam saw tears in Janet's eyes before she wiped them away. "What are you saying?" She asked.

"I'm saying you shouldn't have to do what others tell you to if it's just going to end up hurting your or someone else," Sam explained. "It's not worth the risk."

Janet managed a soft smile. "I guess you're right," She said, then added, "Where's my brother?"

"He went out to go see someone," Sam said. At that moment, Janet's face contorted into horror. "Oh no!" She shouted. "Your sister's probably still angry with him, who knows what she might do now that he's alone!"

"Wait, what?" Sam asked, but Janet had already bolted off the bed and out the room. Shocked and concerned, Sam followed closely.

"Janet, wait for me!"

David walked through the passageway of the forest, his hands in his pockets. It was simple; just go back to the Mirror dimension for a bit, and clear some things up with Mirror Isabella. He'd make up with her, and his sister wouldn't be in danger anymore.

He'd already memorized where the mirror was, so it was no problem locating it. However, as he walked through the creek, two girls he didn't recognize leaped out from behind the trees and blocked his way.

"Who are you?" He asked, rather disinterested. However, it was then that he noticed that both girls had glowing blue eyes.

"My name is Ophelia, and that's my sister Pandora," One of the girls introduced and grinned mischievously. "A friend called us, said you disrespected her, and we're here to teach you a lesson."

David's eyes widened in fear as the two girl began to converge upon him.

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