The Attic

Chapter Sixteen

There are times in my life where I experience things that I hope will be a dream where I would just wake up and forget all about it. Like when my dad disappeared from our lives, and I hoped and prayed that it will all be a dream. But I was disappointed.
    There are times also when I dream, and I'll be so happy saying it's just a dream. But that doesn't seem like the case right now. I'm yet to wake up from this dream which is so strange. Did I just enter a mirror portal to another world? Are we dead yet? What if I'm probably dreaming?

  "Where are we?" Sophie's voice brought me back from my reverie. I blinked countless times to make sure i'm really awake and not seeing or imagining things.

  "What the..." I stuttered in awe. I looked around me, "we're in the middle of nowhere"

  "See. We're lost. Oh my God we are never getting out of here for the rest of our lives..." Sophie ranted on.

You might be wondering where we are right now. I cannot imagine myself ever being in a concert hall so large like this one. Banners were hung everywhere of a certain beautiful lady. The place is so large it could hold a million people or maybe more.
   Don't let me get started on the stage we're standing on right now. Lots of instruments are placed on both sides, some i can't even recognize. There's the hole thingy in the middle of the stage on the ground, that brings the performer up on stage. And there's also the huge screen at the back; the stage background led display done with a huge projector. I could go on and on listing the things in this place that are so good to be true.

  "What are we doing on a stage?" Sophie asked while walking around and touching the instruments.

  "Don't ask me"

  "At least we know where we are", she walked over to me. "Cool locket by the way. I haven't noticed it all day"

  "Locket?"

  "Yeah, the one on your neck now"

  "What? lo...locket", what's going on here seriously? I don't even own a locket. "I don't have a locket. This isn't mine. I didn't wear any locket today"

  "Then how is it in your neck?"

  "In everything that has happened, this is what surprises you the most? I wouldn't even be shocked if a cow just falls from the sky right now".

  "There's something written in it"

  "There is?" I struggle to take it off but my hair got tangled in it.

  "Here... let me" Sophie said and took it off swiftly.

We opened it and read what was in it, "the way in will always be the way out"

  "I know it", I said almost immediately, "a mirror brought us here, so a mirror will take us back"

  "That's right. And since you're wearing a popstar dress, we're here on a stage in a hall..."

  "Yeah, where popstars perform.

  "No wonder there were so many costumes and outfits back there. So anyone you wear and step into the mirror, you will find yourself somewhere related to that dress."

  "Cool! remind me next time to wear a principal's dress so i can deal with some students like Britnety" Sophie said in amazement.

  "We've got a problem though...where are we going to find a magical mirror to poof us back"

  "Does it matter? any mirror will do the trick. What was Miss Paige thinking by making us do this"

  "Yea, seriously what are we to do here?"