BookMast3r: Janet may be the most pure-hearted, but even she has a few things to learn. And good to know about Pandora, I just named her after a scrapped character from my original story version.
Alecreys19: Janet's just too nice.
A-Plus Cassiopeia: Yeah, well Janet may just be able to pick herself back up like she always does. And I wonder what Alec did to his aunt…
With that said, let's continue.
David found himself faced with the two girls, both advancing on him. Their blue eyes gleamed with excitement.
Ophelia and Pandora didn't quite look like their reflection counterparts. Ophelia had stringy blonde hair and wore no makeup, in stark contrast to the Gothic Mirror Ophelia. She was wearing an old, worn out black jacket. Pandora had short, dirty blonde hair and was slightly shorter than Ophelia. They both had freckles and Ophelia was missing a tooth.
They both seemed to be Isabella's age and were a little bigger than David. That, coupled by the fact that they were mirror people, meant they had a clear advantage over David.
David was one to pick the most logical solution, and right now the logical solution was to RUN. Without a second thought, he spun around and bolted through the forest in the opposite direction he had come from.
"It's going to be one of those days," Ophelia sneered to her sister, casually pushing back her long hair before taking off after David, Pandora following closely behind.
Janet ran through the forest, Sam following closely behind. He was struggling to keep up with Janet, who was surprisingly quick and agile.
"Janet, do you even know where we're going?" Sam asked, stopping to catch his breath. "My brother is in this forest, and we have to find him," Janet called out without even stopping.
Sam was just about to resume following her when a figure jumped out, grabbed Sam, and pulled him behind a tree. Janet didn't notice and continued running.
"Who are you?!" Sam shouted out and raised his hands in defense, but stopped when he saw it was Isabella. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to give you a choice," Isabella said, sitting down on a fallen log. "Mirror Isabella and I really want you to come back with us, Sam."
"But what about David?" Sam asked, tensing up a bit. "Is he in danger. What did you do to him!"
"I didn't do anything," Isabella reassured, then gestured for Sam to sit down on the log with her. Sam hesitated, but eventually complied.
"Look, I know that you're friends with those two kids," Isabella said, staring off into into the sky. "But you can't live with them. You should live with us."
"But, well..." Sam didn't know what to say. He knew Isabella had a point, though.
"If you care about your friends, then you'll come back with us," Isabella said, standing up from the log. "If you want them to be safe, you'll leave them, and they won't be in danger anymore."
Sam's face went blank as he began to think of what to do.
"Think about it, Samson, think about it," Isabella said, then walked off and vanished.
Janet, in the time that she had left Sam, was experiencing similar problems as she struggled to search for David. It soon began to dawn on her that she was alone, but she set that aside when she felt as if someone was watching her.
"Well, isn't this odd, an Earth dimension girl all alone in the forest," A voice taunted. Janet spun around to see Kizzy, standing in front of her.
Janet recognized Kizzy's reflection, and she took no chances. She ran up and attempted to kick Kizzy in the face, but the Mirror girl dodged the attack. Janet sprang out and made several attempts to strike Kizzy, but she was much slower than the Mirror girl.
Eventually, Kizzy grabbed Janet's arm cast and squeezed it a bit, causing her to scream in pain. Tumbling on the ground, Janet held her injured arm, biting back a scream.
"Look at you, as sad as ever," Kizzy mocked, folding her arms. Then, Lizzy appeared from out of the shadows and grabbed Janet, hoisting her to her feet.
Despite being intimidated by the two girls, Janet firmly asked, "What did you do to my brother?" She was trying to sound strong, but Lizzy and Kizzy weren't afraid. They knew Janet was no match fir either of them.
"Don't even try to act like you're so strong, Little Jane," Lizzy sneered, releasing Janet from her hold. "We all know who's the weakest here."
"You think so," Janet said. "The only reason you're so tough is because you have super powers. Well, if you didn;t have powers, I could kick your butt!"
Kizzy, already irritated at Janet's attitude, reached out and shoved her hard enough to knock her over. Janet screamed as she fell on her bottom.
Lizzy started laughing at Janet's plight. "Poor little thing, so helpless, so weak," She said. "Maybe that's why Sammy decided to remain with you. Because he felt sorry for you."
Janet hid behind her secret embarrassment by narrowing her eyes and baring her teeth. She got to her feet and faced the two girls.
"Well at least I'm a better friend to him than either of you!" She shot back. "In case you haven't noticed, I've been teaching him how to control his fire powers. Turns out, his ice powers have an interesting affect on his fire powers."
Lizzy and Kizzy just continued laughing. "Who cares about his fire powers?" Lizzy asked. "How's that going to help him."
"It could," Janet whispered, though not loud enough for either of the two girls to hear.
"But what about you?" Kizzy asked, placing an arm on Janet's shoulder. "You're so...meek, but I guess I shouldn't hold it against you. After all, you're just an Earth-dimension human."
Janet shook off Kizzy's arm. "What's that supposed to mean?" She asked, offended.
"It means you're fragile," Lizzy cut in, pointing a finger at Lizzy. "You Earth people are weak, soft, and nothing in your world holds a candle to the Mirror dimension!"
Despite Janet's attempts to act confident, the insults hurled against her because to take its toll. She immediately looked away from Lizzy and Kizzy so they wouldn't notice the tears in her eyes.
"Oh look, she's crying," Kizzy sneered, a small smile on her face. "I guess you should've expected that from her."
"Leave me alone!" Janet shouted and shoved forward at the two, but they dodged past her, causing Janet to stumble into a tree.
"We'd love to talk more, but it seems you're brother is in enough trouble already," Lizzy called out, and she and Kizzy vanished, leaving Janet alone in the forest.
Janet wiped the tears from her eyes and then her eyes widened in shock as she remembered that David was still missing.
"Janet!" Sam called out. Janet spun around as Sam ran towards her, sweat on his forehead despite it being very chilly outside.
"Did you find David?" Sam asked. Janet shook her head, and tears began to brew in her eyes once more.
"We'll find him, Janet, I promise," Sam comforted, wiping the tear from Janet's eye. The brunette girl managed a weak smile in response.
David's attempts at fleeing hadn't worked out for him. Ophelia and Pandora were very fast runners, and they caught up with him easily. But David wouldn't relent, and he made a sharp turn to the left to evade the two. However, the just as easily diverted their running towards him.
David was running out of breath very quickly. He wasn't used to running this fast, nor was he used to getting chased like this. Occasionally, Izzy or Brenda had pursued him when he made a smart remark or made an insulting gesture, but they weren't like now. David had no idea what these two Mirror girls were going to do to him if they caught him.
David had been so distracted by fleeing he hadn't noticed that he'd ran up to a cliff side. Stopping only a few inches away, David paused and saw Janet and Sam, about fifty feet below him.
"Hey, Sam!" David called out. "Janet!" However, they were too far away for them to hear.
"Oh, brunet boy," Ophelia taunted as she and Pandora caught up with him. David spun around and groaned inwardly. There was no way he could get away now.
"Look, you two seem like reasonable kids, maybe we could-" David tried to reason but was cut short when Ophelia ran at him and punched him in the gut, knocking the wind out of him.
David doubled over in pain, gasping out as the wind was knocked out of him. He felt like he had collided with a brick wall while running at top speed; the pain was agonizing.
Stumbling over, David slipped and tumbled from the side of the cliff. Screaming out, David managed to grab onto the side of the cliff with one arm.
David looked down and saw the fifty feet drop below him. Quickly, he began scrambling to get up. However, he stopped when he saw Ophelia and Pamela standing over him.
Ophelia crouched down on her knees. "Well, this is an unfortunate event," She sneered with a fake British accent. "Wouldn't it be unfortunate if you were to slip."
She grabbed David's hand and began to dislodge his hold on the cliff side. Behind her, Pandora watched uncomfortably, hugging herself.
"Ophelia, you think we should let him go?" She asked, obviously uncomfortable with what was happening.
Ophelia turned around and glared at her sister. "Mirror Isabella told us to freak him out, and that's what we're going to do," She stated firmly. With one hand, she suspended David in midair and hung him off the cliff.
"Now, let this be a lesson to you, brunet boy," Ophelia sneered. "Don't mess with my friends, or this isn't even going to be half of what we do to you!"
Suddenly, a cat screech caught both girls off-guard. Despite his dizziness, David could see Ballard running past a startled Pandora and towards Ophelia.
The cat screeched at Ophelia, who began to stumble a bit from shock. "What are you doing here, Ballard?!" She asked, shaking David by his arm. "Get out of here!"
Ballard hissed before firing a blue beam from his eyes that struck Ophelia in the arm. Screaming in pain, Ophelia released David, and the boy went plummeting off the cliff.
"NO!" Pandora shouted out, running towards him. "We killed him!"
Ophelia stared down at cliff as David fell, then turned to Ballard and muttered, "Dumb cat."
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