Time Shatterers

Twilight Shadowend

Sleep is such a beautiful thing. The time to rest is such a needed thing, but is quite underestimated. It-

"MIA!!! WAKE UP!!!" I heard a voice yell. A slowly slipped out of the dream world and cam to reality.

"MIA!!!" It was Athena. "TIME TO-"

"Alright, alright. I'm awake." I mumbled, annoyed.

"Sorry Miss, but you must get changed for your lesson!"

"Oh!" My lesson. I had completely forgot, "What time is it?"

"Well, if we keep talking you'll be late."

I got changed quickly, pulling over the light blue dress. It wasn't as fancy as the others, with tears and pieces of fabric dangling off the sides of the dress.

"What is this for?" I asked.

"Honestly, I don't know." Athena remarked, "It is quite the mangled thing."

"Well, let's go."

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I walked through the giant doors once again, but instead of finding a great auditorium, I found only a small room with two chairs and a tall mirror.

"Welcome. As you know, I am Pearl. Today, we will discover the Lumus of your heart." Seeing the puzzled look on my face, "Lumus means magic in the old language, Ceruelle. Step in front of the mirror and focus on your heart beat."

Cautiously, I walked toward the mirror. The thumping inside my chest got louder and louder with each step.

"Now, look in your mirror selve's eyes."

Her eyes were soulless and black, darker than night. Everything else was right, her tanish skin, how my hair fell just to my shoulders.

"Reach through the mirror."

What? It's a mirror! You can't reach through it. Without my consent, my arms started to reach for the mirror. As my left fingertip touched, I was sucked inside.

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Suddenly, I landed. I was in a palace, decorated in the most gloomy way. A girl in a golden dress carrying a red box walked through the door on the left.

"Mia Penum?" She called. I nodded. "Welcome to the future. You will be swept back in time soon. We must make this quick. All children of the royal family's hearts are taken and stored before they are even 12 minutes old. This is so no one can harm them or kill them while growing up. When a child reaches 12 her heart is given to her. I am here to give you your heart."

She opened up the box and pulled out a thumping red heart.

"Then how could I hear my heart when I walked through the mirror?"

"Everything has a natural pulse. You were focusing on your body's pulse, not your heart beat." She kneeled down next to me, "Do you want to put it in, or shall I?"

"I don't have any experience putting in hearts, so why don't you do it."

Before I could say anything else the heart was jammed into my chest. It was an odd feeling, but it didn't really hurt.

Suddenly, memories flooded back.

"What is your name?" She asked.

"Twilight... Shadowend..."

"Good. That was the name your mother gave you when you were born. Children at 12 are also allowed to change their name. Would you like to?"

"Twilight Shadowend..." I whispered, "No. I like it."

"Very good then! You're free to go. Also, tell Pearl she needs to stop borrowing Minerva's time portals."

I started to feel faint, and crashed onto the floor.