Chapter 9: The mirror

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Clotted Cream set the stack of finished work aside as he leaned back on the chair. Financier was taking a break as she fiddled with an odd console, something the vanilla kingdom never had.
"Financier..? What is that?"
He pointed out as she freaked out a bit upon hearing him.
"A-Ah! My friend gave it to me! I use it to keep in contact with her!"
She explained as she slid the console into her pouch which hung on her belt. Clotted Cream nodded as he sat up. He was done with his paper work, so he couro go to the library now!
"Alright Financier! I'm heading to library! Please don't follow me..."
Clotted Cream stated as he stood up and left the room. Financier nodded as she stood outside his room waiting for him to come back whenever he wanted.

The moment Financier was out of his sight, he dashed to the library and instantly tackled the books focusing on novels. He adored novels as they were always so interesting as he burned through the book in mere minutes before setting it down. He wanted another one. He was about to reach for another when he saw something.
A brown book resting on the floor with gold decorations. He had never seen a book like that before here. Could it be a new shipment?
He went over and picked it up. He flipped through the pages before realising it was a notebook after browsing through the book a bit.
"Mhm... Whoever wrote these notes sure is well-informed..."
He muttered to himself as he closed the book and hid it in his jacket. No one ever kept notebooks in the library, and this one even had signature. Surely the elders wouldn't mind if he kept it would they? They never seemed to care much about notebooks, especially ones that didn't focus on their politics and stuff, and this book had nothing related to their items.

Part of him wondered where the book came from, as he turned his head, he saw a couple more books on the ground with the same gold decor.
"Mhm? What are all these books doing on the floor all of a sudden?"
He asked as he picked each of them up, being lured further and further into the library. Each book was vaguely similar, as he hid one or two more into his jacket as he particularly liked them. They had sweet stories written in them as he continue to pick them up. Finally, he stopped. He wanted to know why these books were all here. That was when he looked up and saw a mirror. But it didn't show his reflection, but the person he saw in his dreams the previous day.
Clotted Cream was intrigued, as he assumed it was a portrait but realised it was in deed a mirror as the light shone off it. He waved his hand a bit, greeting the silhouette. To his surprise, they waved back, a light smile on their face.
He didn't know if this was just advanced technology form the Crème Republic, or magic. But he liked it. He sighed a bit in confusion as the silhouette sat down. He ended up doing the same, only to meet eyes with them. They were beautiful. He smiled lightly at them as they smiled lightly back. He showed them the book and pointed to them, asking them, "Did you write this?" They slightly nodded as they pulled out another one of the books. Clotted Cream looked excitedly at the book, his eyes glimmering with excitement as the person rested the book against the glass on their side. They seemed to be trying to do something. For fun, Clotted Cream rested his hand on the glass as he pretended to grab the book, only for it to fall out the mirror. He yelped in shock as the book dropped to the ground but he quickly recovered as he picked it up. The person tilted their head, before saying,
"Do you enjoy the books I write..?"
Clotted Cream gave them a shocked expression before nodding. He desperately wanted to meet this person was as they took out a pocket watch from their pocket and rested it on the glass. Clotted Cream felt tempted to grab it but looked up at them, too which they nodded with a smile. He nodded back as he grabbed the pocket watch from the mirror, this time catching it successfully.

"How pretty..."
He muttered as he hung it around his neck before concealing it in his outfit. The figure in the mirror nodded. Clotted Cream felt tempted as he pulled out something from his pocket. It was a piece of vanilla toffee. He pressed it against the glass as it phased through before the person on the other side caught it. They giggled as they watched playfully. Clotted Cream pulled out a pen. It was the pen he was given at school when he was younger. He adored it as it was a prize for getting good grades. But he supposed it would be fine to give it away...
He pressed the fountain pen against the mirror's glass as it phased through again, the person in the mirror retrieving it with a smile. At this moment, he looked up to the person and looked into their eyes. They seemed to understand him as they pressed their hand against the glass while Clotted Cream did so too. He wanted to hear their voice not behind a mirror, but in real life as he felt himself grab their hand as he pulled them out. They slowly stepped out, their shoes clacking against the wooden boards as Clotted Cream stepped back to greet them.

"...I-I...It worked!"
Clotted Cream said as the cookie dusted off their dress.
"Clotted Cream... I'm Siri,"
They started. They seems to know his name.
"Siri... That's a nice name-! Have we met before..?"
Clotted Cream tried the name in his mouth.
Siri nodded.
"Oh! So that's why you appeared in my dream the other day!"
"Y-You saw me? So the dream travel was successful?"
"Dream travel? What ever that is, it was! You were so pretty!"
Clotted Cream complimented as he touched the person's face. The cracked a light smile as they were about to say another word when Oyster rushed in.

"CLOTTED CREAM! STEP BACK!"

"Wait-"

Clotted Cream was about to say something when Oyster casted a spell, Siri panicked and rushed back into the mirror as the spell came into contact with the mirror, shattering it into pieces.

"Why..."
Clotted Cream asked as Oyster heaved a sigh of relief.
"No questions. Now follow me,"
"But-"
"Clotted Cream, NOW,"
Ouster ordered as Clotted Cream backed away and obediently followed her, shaking in fear.
He didn't know what she was going to do to him. He was scared, very scared.

𝑆𝑖𝑟𝑖... 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑚𝑒..!
𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑...

Clotted Cream found himself begging in his mind as he was dragged into a room...

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