Chapter Seventeen
Everyday
The same is never actually the same. It's just similar. But not the same. Well, at least in my case that thinking applies. You see, I could say every day in this dimension is the same… but it's not. In a way it is, I do the same "basic" things I do every single day, but everything else is different. The moon phase has changed, my hair looks crazier when I wake up, my dog Bingo sits in a different position, Ug's cakes taste better, and I miss my brother more. The last one was sad, I know, but it's true.
"EEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!" I shrieked. Once again I looked like a monster and once again I had screamed. I quickly put my hand over my mouth but it was too late, I could already hear Ug's footsteps hastily coming up the stairs. As I did every morning I looked myself in the eye, using mirror, and said, "Eye eth ni flesruoy kool emit, hguorht levart ot!" and I thought of this morning when I had gotten out of bed.
I yawned. Good, the spell worked, just like every day. If you're wondering, that is a time travel spell but it's used to go back in time hence why you say it backwards. Then, you just think of a past memory or time that you want to go to and "Poof!" you're there. Now to go forwards in time the spell is different. You say it normally so the spell would be, "To travel through time, look yourself in the eye!" and that why I use the mirror. But for the future time spell you have to think how far in the future you want to go. It could be seconds, minutes, hours, even centuries. I remember when Spike would use that spell. He would always carry a small mirror in his pocket...always.
After I didn't scream, I managed to get my hair under control and I put it in a nice braid. I downstairs and knew Ug would have breakfast ready for me.
"Morning Ug!" I said cheerfully. Ug had the power to change a person's mood and I'm not speaking metaphorically. He has an actual power.
"Good morning! Well, I'm off to another dimension to sell cakes but do tell the shadow king that he looks lovely today." He said that last part sarcastically. I chuckled gleefully. Ug always finds a way to make me laugh in the morning.
"Good luck!" I said but my voice sounded somber. Ug's magic was wearing off.
"Mallory," He spoke quietly, "you only have to live here for one year. It seems like a lot but over there… it's not." Ug was talking about me going back to the Ever After dimension. You see, one year in Ug's dimension is one week in the Ever After dimension. And at the end of the year the shadows are at their weakest.
That's when I kick butt!