Mirror walker (part 1)

"I hate you!" She screamed at me, "Why are you so stupid?" Tears crawled down her face as she talked to me, her hands grabbed at the smashed vase. An anxious mood floated above us; it laughed at my fear as it danced around me.

"How was I supposed to know! Look, I can pay for it if you want..." Wrong thing to say. With a loud scream of anger she leaped at me and tackled me to the ground.

"That vase was priceless! You of all people should know that." A mad fury lit in her eyes; for a second it was as if I had lost my sister. As if a crazy monster had replaced her, thirsty to attack. "Why did you do it Jas? Why?"

"For the third time in a row... I was just playing a game of catch with you and I accidently hit the vase because you couldn't catch it!" She shook her head at me, glaring. With one final scream she picked me up and threw me at the mirror. I could see that I had now truly lost her, that she had left the room so I could stay and suffer the consequences. As I flew through the air time seemed to slow; the world around me stood and laughed,waiting for the sound of smashing glass. This was going to hurt. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the worst.

However when I hit the floor I did not hear a smash, have I fallen short? I thought. Well, whatever had happened, I didn't have my sister attacting me so she must think I had been knocked out-or she had left the room. Ready for anything, I opened my eyes, expecting my sister to be there. But what laid around me was not anything like I could have imagined. I was no longer in the living room, I was no longer inside my house even. Standing in front of me was the living room mirror; but around me was a shed, full of perfectly carven wood objects that created shadows that danced across the walls. A small flickering light lit up the place, showing the mud caked boots in the corner, the garden tools stashed on the oak shelves and a door at the opposite end of the shed. 

"A door!" I thought out loud. Eager to find out what the hell was this place I got up and walked up to the door. Slowly, I opened the door a creak and peeped out through the gap. Outside was a beautifully lit town. Each building towered brightly with many different colours shining though the windows; each tree that stood at the side of the road danced gracefully in the breeze. Even the people that roamed the streets looked happy, waving at each other as they passed, smiles on their faces. Was there actually a world beyond our mirrors? Wow I thought, I've landed in a mirror world... I closed the door and walked back to the mirror. A slight shimmer rippled across it. Carefully, I touched the mirror; my hand went through it, sending a shiver up my spine. 

"Bloody hell where did you come from?" A shocked voice came from behind me. "Turn around and look at me!" Trembling, I turned around to see who had managed to sneak in silently. It was a girl who looked about 16. She had long brown hair, ocean blue eyes and a white smile started to grow across her face. A baggy jumper covered her entire top half and she wore torn skinny jeans. 

"I um hello..."

"Who are you? How old are you? Where do you come from." The blast of questions hit me like a tsunami of words. "I haven't got all day! just answer my questions and I'll answer yours!"

"I-Uh-I'm Jas and I-uh-am 16 years old and I don't have the shittiest idea why I am here or where I am. Who are you?"

She let out a snort of laughter. " The names Amber nice to meet you, now you didn't answer one of my questions did you? Where are you from?"

"Not from around here. Last thing I remember is that I was having a fight with my sister and she got so angry that she threw me at the mirror. But after that all I know is that somehow I ended up here!"

"Simple you went through the mirror. Your like me, i'm from the earth world too." The smirk dropped from her face and she looked into my eyes, studying me. "Except i wasn't thrown into the mirror, I just fell through it when I leant on it. Wow, you have a strong sister"

"Yeah... Well if your not from this world I guess I can trust you." A burning whirlpool of curiosity 

       inside me pulled away the sense of danger. "Can you take me away from this shed? I feel like someone will find us in here." 

Nodding she grabbed a coat from the coat rack, I had not seen at first, and threw it at me. "Your gonna need this, put it on and zip it up." It was only then that I realised I had some sort of tatoo on my arm.

Whilst I pulled the coat on I asked Amber why I had this tatoo on my arm. She did not answer. Quietly, she opened the door and creped out, gesturing for me to follow. Stepping out that door was like walking into a dream. A clear orange sky hung above me as the sun set in the east, the air was fresh and a faint sound of music whistled through the air.

"Beautiful isn't it?" She said, "Almost as if it wasn't real. Well, I can tell you one thing, this is as real as it gets. Unfortunately this is just for show. What this world really beholds is far worse than you can ever imagen; it can be a hell hole out there, I would know." It was hard to imagen how this world could be so horrible. This world looked perfect, a magical dream world that gave you a sense of safe harmony and peace. We came across a thin allyway that was lit up with an old fashion style street lamp. "It's right through here." She gestured.