The Echo in the Mirror

"Would you like some tea, miss Patterson? Why yes! Yum! This is delicious! Why thank you! Why don't I get you some cookies too?" The doll then hopped towards a cut-out cardboard box and bring back a pink jelly bean. "Here you go! It's freshly made!"

A large hand then proceeded to pick up the treat and devour it with a silent hum of pleasure. The one that ate said bean then picked up the second doll, holding her close to the first. "Yum! This is lovely! But what shall we do now? I don't know..."

Quickly becoming bored of the dolls, the girl placed them back in her shoebox before going in search of a new playmate.

The young girl with long grey locks and piercing green eyes then skipped down the stairs in the hopes of finding a family member, if not, then a way to entertain herself for the time being. A loud curse then interrupted the silence as a smash echoed through the house. The young girl, hearing this, turned her attention to the noise and quickly followed it to the kitchen. Cautiously, the girl opened the door to see her mother on her hands and knees, sweeping up what looked to be the remains of a plate. She approached her mother in an attempt to aid her.

"Raven! No darling, you'll cut yourself." But the girl didn't listen as she picked up a large piece which damaged her skin. With another curse, the mother stood up to grab Raven's arm and dragged her to the sink. "For goodness sake Raven, why didn't you do as you were told?"

The green-eyed girl didn't reply, only staring as her blood dripped down her hand and into the water. In truth, the reason she didn't listen was because she wanted some attention. You see, Raven's family lived in the middle of nowhere and the nearest town and school was atleast a mile away, so there was no neighbourhood kids or close friends she could visit, well, if she had friends. The young 7 year-old was kind of an outcast, pushed away from the other kids because of her unique looks. You see, most green-eyed people were more grass green or forest green, but Raven's were as bright and beautiful as Emeralds, this made many of the kids envious because their parents or anyone's attention would immediately go to the little girl instead of them. She had no friends in school, but she did not care (ok, maybe a bit), as she preferred to go exploring in the nearby woods and play in the river, but that was before her parents found out. So now, she wasn't aloud to go outside without a guardian or supervision. Which, of course, infuriated the young girl, because the only adult around was her mother, as her father was always at work, and always had things to do instead of entertaining the lonely kid. So, like today, she was stuck alone in her room playing with her dolls.

She desired to have a sibling. Many a night she had tried to convince her parents to give her a brother or sister, and many more she had searched the sky for storks or looked under the nearby farmer's cabbages, but never found anything.

After her mother had rapped up her hand with a plaster, she told Raven to go play and stay out of the way. Silently sulking, the girl marched back to her room and collapsed onto her carpet.

"I wish I had a sister." She whispered, almost in tears.

"You have me." The girl then shot up from her position on the floor and scanned the room in search of the voice. "Over here!" Turning around, she came face to face with her tall mirror. She looked into it, expecting to see her reflection, but was met with a new sight. There stood a different girl then herself in the glass, this girl had white hair that was as long as herself and wore a large Lolita type dress, with matching gloves, which descended to her knees. Her skin was as white as snow and her eyes her hidden behind her fringe-styled hair. She looked like an angel.

"Who are you?" Raven asked, clearly not as scared as any matured person would be.

The girl smiled kindly and tilted her head slightly. "My name is Echo, and I'm your new sister!" The girl calmly stated.