Girl in the Mirror | 1st Place + Grand Winner of ONC2025

✨First Place + Grand Winner of ONC 2025✨ (thank you!)

In the wake of her estranged mother's death, Maricel Ferrer returns to her childhood home to confront the dark secrets she left behind.

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Maricel has spent years trying to forget the house she grew up in - the house where her mother's mental health slowly unraveled. But after receiving unexpected news, she has no choice but to return. The old fears should be gone, just like her childhood "imaginary friend" who liked to appear in her reflection.

At first, it's easy to dismiss the strange occurrences: a flicker in the glass, a movement that doesn't quite match hers. But then the reflection smiles when she doesn't. Moves when she's still. Whispers things she doesn't want to hear.

By the time Maricel realizes the truth - that the thing in the mirror has been waiting for her return - it's too late.

Because now, it wants out. And it wants to take her place.

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Prompt 55: What if the person you see in the mirror isn't really you, but something that's been watching you this whole time?

Prompt 105: Your childhood imaginary friend, who disappeared years ago, suddenly returns - only this time, they're real.

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