6 Fall into darkness

I opened my eyes, I see the mirror, but it's different this time. This time my reflection is different, this time my skin is black and hair white. What the....

It doesn't look like any normal mirror anymore.

I look at my own body, at my skin, the light color, my brown locks. Is this just an effect of the mirror? It must be.

Reaching out to touch my reflection, I only gasp as my finger goes through.

"Jia, leave that damn mirror alone, don't dare do anything!" Mom shouts, kicking and banging at the door. Dad made sure no one who threatened him could easily get in. "You have no idea what you are messing with here, your father barely know what he tried. Please."

I retrieve my finger, looking back to dad's journal. I seize it, tucking it under my arm as I look back to my reflection.

"Jia! Don't you dare! I've already lost your father and I cannot lost you," she screams, sobs beginning as she tries to pick the lock.

"But you have mom!" I shout back feeling my eyes brim with tears. "You lost me when you forgot that you were supposed to care for me."

Just as the door fly open, I do what I once saw my father do: I step through.

Wind rushes around me, a feeling like I am being sucked into an endless pool of water, and darkness comes closer, consuming me like I am miniscule to its size. As the endless abyss before me has engulfed me whole and I cannot even see the tip of my fingers, I fall into the darkness, my eyes softly closing as I let out a final breath.

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