Aria
I race away from the Mirror Hall as fast as my legs will take me. Bubbles stays near me, hopping in rhythm with my footsteps, but it all feels wrong. The castle feels too bright, but worse, it feels too quiet, like it is holding its breath waiting for what happens next.
I tell myself the Mirror Game is over for now, and that I will be ready to face what it shows me tomorrow. I remind myself that I am exhausted from lack of sleep, and my mind is just playing tricks on me. But when I reach my door, the handle is cold, and it sends a shock through my hand.
I turn the knob and step inside.
The world morphs and changes. My room in the castle is gone, and has been replaced with something too close to hell.
The air rushes out of my lungs. I know this place. The walls. The sc
