Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall.....

The Humiliation

The next day, I was ready to go to school, as a new person. I combed through my gorgeous new clothes and decided on a black leather jacket, black miniskirt, blue midriff, and black leather boots that was no higher than my ankle. I let my wavy locks down and decided to go without my glasses. I put in gigantic hoop earrings and a gold necklace with my name on it. I applied make up and looked in my full length mirror. And this time.....I liked what I saw.

Then I remembered, Arista was still in the mirror. I hadn't let her out since dinner last night, and I decided to let her out and say goodbye. I look in the mirror and I say, "Arista." And my image in the mirror morphed into Arista's face, and she floated out of the mirror. "Hi", she says, smiling at me. "Hey, girl", I say. "How did you sleep?" She grins. "Like the dead!" And we both laugh. Then she notices my outfit. "Wow! You look so pretty! Not that you weren't pretty before, but you look really pretty now." I smile and twirl. "Yes, I feel like a completely different person." Then she sits in one of the chairs I kept in my room. "Why did you let me out?", she asks. "Did you need to make another wish?" I shake my head no. "No, I just wanted to tell you goodbye. Since I'm leaving for school soon." "Oh", she says. "When will you be back?", she says. "Around 1:30", I reply.

Then she notices a picture on my nightstand. She floats over to it. "Who is that?", she says. "Is that your boyfriend?" I look over at the picture and blush. "Um, no actually", I admit. "But, I really want him to be. His name is Angel." She looks at the picture some more. "He's cute", she says. "How did you get this picture?" I find myself blushing harder every minute I'm telling the story. "Well, it was picture day last year, and we had all gotten our pictures back. But I saw Angel drop one of his when he was walking away. I picked it up and I know I should've given it to him, but I decided to keep it instead. You know, in case me and Angel never become an item." Me and Arista sit in silence for a while. And I can tell she knows what I'm thinking.

"Arielle! Arielle, honey, it's time to come down! Or I'm sending Judy up there!"

It was my mom, and I looked at my cell phone, and I knew it was time to go. "Oh, Arista I have to go. But I'll see you later, okay? Back in the mirror with you." She nods and floats towards the mirror. Before she goes in she says, "Go kick Autumn's ass." And she smiles. "I intend to", I reply, winking. She goes inside her mirror, and I run downstairs. My mom is there, and Judy is watching cartoons. "Hey Arielle I-"

She stops when she sees my outfit. "Do you like it?", I ask, spinning around. "Why Arielle, I love it! And don't let anyone tell you that color isn't good on you!" I smile and sit down. "Just don't let your father see you in that", she adds, and winks. I get my knapsack and grin. "You got it", I say sarcastically and head out the door. "Have a good day!", she yells after me and tries to keep Judy from stuffing crayons in her pockets.

As I'm driving to school I drive past the antique shop where I got the mirror yesterday. I'll have to thank that crazy man one day. Once I get to school, the front yard is packed. But I only had one target today. Autumn Breitbart and her little maids in waiting. And hopefully, Angel would notice me and see me as more than just the "smart girl." I get out of my car and I can see all conversations have stopped and all eyes were on me. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. As I walked by, people actually cleared out of the way for me. I could hear guys whispering and they were staring, and girls were whispering too, and looking envious. It couldn't be more perfect. Actually, it could. I made my way over to Autumn, who was trying to get Angel's attention, but I could tell he was pretending to be absorbed in what he what he was doing.

Eventually Autumn gave up and looked in my direction. She noticed people were staring and whispering and fawning over me, and she came over, with her servants close behind. "Hey Arielle, is that you?", she said in an overly sweet voice. I smiled back, showing I wasn't afraid. "Hi Autumn, yes it is." She steps a little closer and folds her arms. Everyone around us oohs. "That's a really nice outfit", she says dryly. "I must say, I've never seen you wear anything like that before." I shrugged innocently. "I guess I thought it was time for a change", I said confidently. She walks around me in a full circle slowly and faces me. "Well excuse me for saying this, but I question your taste in clothes. I mean, it's falling apart at the seams." And she reaches over, grabs my skirt, and rips it. My beautiful miniskirt was torn up the side. Autumn steps back and laughs. Janice and Iliana laugh. Everyone starts laughing. All the guys wolf whistle when they see my thigh exposed through the ripped fabric. I'm fighting back my tears as I push past Autumn and make my way to the building, but Angel stops me. "Hey, are you okay?", he asks me. Autumn stops laughing. "Why do you care Angel?", she shouts. "She's just a nerdy weirdo posing in wannabe clothes." And everyone laughs harder. This time I don't bother hiding my tears, I just let them fall. "I have to go", I mumbled and broke away from Angel's grasp. I just didn't want him or anyone else to see me like this.

I'm crying silently in the girls locker room. It's the only place where I can cry alone without anyone seeing or judging. I have a needle and thread in my hands, trying to sew up my skirt without making it look obvious. My brand new skirt was ruined, in the hands of Autumn. I've tried, over and over again, to not let her get the best of me. But she somehow always keeps me in the dark, and she soaks up all the limelight and never lets anyone else have it. The more I thought about it, the more my sadness disappeared. Instead it turned to anger and revenge. I was sick, so sick of being in the dark, sick of being forgotten, sick of being humiliated, sick of being considered the nerd, sick of people walking over me. Autumn may have power, but I had nineteen wishes, and with them I could do anything I wanted. Soon, everyone in this school will know and remember my name, and Autumn will be the one left in the dark. She'll be forgotten, and it will be me who gets to bask in the light.

You better enjoy your little victory today Autumn. 'Cause tomorrow, I'll be the queen of this school. I'll destroy you, even if I have to die trying.....