Chapter Three
They reached the hall a few minutes later. A couple of light were on in the building, but everywhere was silent. Giant silhouettes of trees loomed around them and the moonlight cast a ghostly light down on the one building. The Doctor shrugged his tweed jacket back on and carried on striding down the bath. Jessica hung back for a while. The black trees and ghastly moonlight gave her a funny feeling. She hurried after the Doctor and they crept behind the hall. "Where's the back door?" he whispered. Jessie tiptoed to the backdoor, which was locked. She told the Doctor in despair that it was locked and he took out a strange device with a bulb at the end. He pressed it on the door, a green light flashing brightly, and the door clicked open. "How did you…?" Jessie started, but the Doctor silenced her by putting his finger to his lips. She followed him into the hall, looking back every few seconds as if she expected someone to be following her. The darkness seem to fill every crack and so when they came across a flickering light they stopped and looked around. "Where are we…which part of the hall?" asked the Doctor, forgetting to whisper.
"SHHHH! We're in the bit just below the rooms. The stairs are over there." explained Jessie in a furious whisper. Suddenly there was a noise. Jessie's Mum appeared through the door way and the Doctor and Jessie had only just got round the corner when she had reached the place where they had been standing. "I could have sworn I heard someone." said her mum, who then walked back through the door. The Doctor and Jessie let out a sigh of relief and hurried up the stairs.
They got to the rooms, which were fortunately empty now, and saw that the dead body had gone. "Someone must have found it." said Jessie, no longer whispering. The Doctor did not look so sure. He didn't dare go towards the mirror, considering his "Timelord senses" were sending out warning bells in his head. Jessie was about to step towards the mirror, not realising it was dangerous. The Doctor pulled her back hastily. "What?" she asked.
"Remember what I said, about the mirrors. They seem to be doing something to other people." he said. Jessie sighed and stepped back. "Well…there's nothing here. What did we come here for?" she asked.
The Doctor didn't have time to reply because at that exact moment the door opened and a woman stepped inside. But not just any woman. It was the woman that they had seen dead on the carpet just a few hours ago…
Author note: Hey if your reading this, sorry this chapter is so short but I wanted to leave it on a good cliffhanger :). Updates soon xx