Chapter Four - Or Just Not Enough?

I hope you guys like this update! I'm hoping to, after this update, work more on Forogotten and possibly finish it (I'm not sure if I'm going to make it two parts so that's why I'd possibly finish, since Forgotten won't exactly fit as a title after a bit). I have lots of ideas for other fanfictions, and there's one I especially wanted to get posted. :)

He begins to gesture furiously, trying to convey something. Seeing the fact that I'm not paying attention, he starts moving his hands on the glass. My eyes catch on what he's doing, and the thought crosses through my head that in my dream, I traced a crack to the center. That, of course, didn't end well. It didn't end well at all. But, that was a nightmare. Maybe it's different in reality?

I put a finger to edge of the mirror, on a crack that stretches all the way from the center to the middle. Jared nods his head, and I take a deep breathe. And then, as if in slow motion, I trace the crack to the center.

A bright, white light streams out of the center, blasting me back. I let out a yelp of pain as I hit the wall, but at least I'm not being drawn into the mirror this time. However, I cut my finger when I traced that line, and it bleeds. The pain wells up inside me, probably because I just busted a mirror made of Fae magic. The magic presses in at all times, much like pressure under water, and my head is killing me.

"Mina?" I can't tell who's talking. Jared? Teague? Someone else?

I'm beginning to black out. Not again! Not again!

Someone pulls me into their arms. "Mina?"

All I catch is a glimpse of familiar black hair. But I miss the eye color. The hair is the last thing I see before everything goes black and I fall back out of reality.

Teague's POV

"Stupid! Idiot! Imbecile! Why on earth did you have her do that? She could be dead! She's already almost been killed!" I shout the words, pulling my 'brother' away from Mina.

I reflect on what happened. I'd heard Mina's cry of pain, and so I'd come to find her. There's not telling what trouble she got herself into, considering how clumsy she was. But she was in my wing of the castle. The guards? They were gone. And I'd run down the hallway, only to find glass shards all over the floor and Jared holding a knocked out Mina.

"What are you talking about?" He snarls, pulling away and glaring at me.

"Some girl you apparently dated! Of course,t here are too many to keep track of, but this one said she was the Grimorie!" Jared's face falls. "You put her in danger! Get out, before you mess anything else up!"

I try to shoo him away, but he takes it further. He punches me in the face, and I stumble back a little. "That's for telling her I was dead! That's the only way you ever could've won her over! Playing the 'Jared is dead and I am the next best thing' card!"

I punch him right back. "I never said you were dead! That was her thought process! I just didn't argue with it!"

"That's the same thing!" This time, I catch his punch, and throw him backwards with Fae magic.

His hands ball up into fists, but right before either of us can do anything else, someone else interrupt. "Please, stop!"

It's desperate, and I unfurl my fists immidietly as my gaze turns to Mina, who has pushed herself to a sitting position. "Mina? Are you okay?"

Jared glares daggers at me as I kneel down in front of her. I might not seem exactly the same as I did before, probably softer, but if that's what it takes to keep Mina, then I'll do it.

"I'm...Fine." Her gaze keeps darting from me to Jared, as if she can't believe her eyes. Oh, that's right. She probably can't. She saw us combine. She didn't know that we split, and I put him in a mirror. "What was he doing in the mirror?"

"I...Put him there." I try to muster a guilty smile.

She doesn't respond right away. "So he's alive? He's not a hallucination? This all happened?"

I nod, and sigh. "Look, Mina, you could've died. Again. What you need right now is rest." Jared is being smart for once and keeping his mouth shut. We can continue our personal quarrel later.

She looks like she wants to argue, but then Jared speaks up. "Mina, he's right."

Mina sighs heavily. "Fine."

It stings, having her agree with what I asked only after Jared agrees. Is that all I was? Second best? Was I wrong to think I was special to her? Maybe I was just her new Jared since she couldn't have the real him...

I glare at Jared quickly before scooping Mina up, and carrying her back to her room. Once she's resting, I'll handle this stuck up brother once and for all. He needs to be out of the picture. Permanently.

Uh oh, the brothers aren't off to a great start there...

~ Dagger