Staring into the mirror once more,
I know it's foolish, but I just needed to see you again,
Because I'm about to let go.
This time, though, the mirror allows me a bit of knowledge,
Not knowledge of the future, but of myself.
Looking back at me now, it's still you,
But I'm not there this time.
You're smiling at me,
And it warms my cold heart ever so slightly.
I realize that all I want is for you to be happy,
With or without me,
No matter how much pain it causes me.
I smile back, and decide once and for all,
I am going to wait.
If we meet again, we can be together,
But if you find someone else,
Someone that makes you happier than I could,
I'll
As I stand before the mirror of Erised,
Although I know it is unreliable,
I can only wish that one day what I see there now will become reality.
As I stare, I see you staring back at me,
And I'm stricken with a feeling between joy and sorrow.
In the mirror, you're standing next to me,
Your hand in mine.
But I can't feel you, you aren't there.
I know that you're out of my reach.
That this is probably the closest I will ever be to you.
I know I should leave the mirror,
But my feet are frozen to the spot
Because I know this might be the last time I see you.
And that breaks my heart.
I tell myself I'll only stay another minute,
But my feet are fi
One morning, I woke up with some sort of mark on my arm. It almost looked like a bite, but I couldn't think of when I might've been bitten. So I just pushed the thought to the back of my mind and went on as I normally would. Oddly, on that same day, everyone turned into some English guy I'd never seen before. Everyone except me, that is.
Naturally, I hid. Fight or flight. Six billion of him and one of me. If he wanted to kill me, I wouldn't stand a chance. So I hid, hoping he wouldn't have to decide whether or not to kill me. And it worked. He never found me. Then something happened that caused everyone to change back. But I'd never forget
Mr. James Logan stepped into the room, and I glanced up at him before looking back down at my papers. It was a little unfortunate that he and I had the same planning period, as I'd been told he got bored frequently and would come visit whoever didn't have a class at the moment. Usually, company didn't bother me, but I had to finish grading my students' homework, so I didn't really have time to waste unless I wanted to take it home with me. Still, I was new and American and I didn't want to seem rude, so as I worked on it, I mumbled, “Hello.”
“Hello, Mrs. Wolfe,” he replied. That was the first time I'd heard him speak
My alarm beeping in my ear woke me up, and I smacked the snooze button. I rolled over and went back to sleep, only to be woken by my alarm again a few minutes later. I turned it off and sat up, using the headboard as a backrest and pulling the cover up. My mom walked in and turned on the light. I pulled my cover over my head, “HEY!”
“Get up,” she said, then left, leaving the door open behind her. I shut my eyes and stumbled over to the door to close it. I shut the door and got ready for school. I brushed my teeth, brushed my hair, got dressed, and grabbed my backpack and mp3 player and earbuds. My mom was already bac
I sat by the edge of the pond, looking out at the water. I heard a male voice beside me say, “Beautiful, isn't it?”
“Yeah,” I turned to look, but there was no one there. A quick look around told me I must've just imagined the voice. With a sigh, I leaned back in the grass, looking up at the moon.
After a few minutes, the voice came back, making me jump. “What's your name?” There was a pause, “Sorry for startling you.”
“Samantha,” I answered, “But call me Sam.”
“Okay, Sam. I'm John. Call me John.”
“Alright then, I will.” I looked around to see
“Keep your phone on you, call me if anything happens. I'll be back to check up on you sometime,” the Doctor said before disappearing into the TARDIS, shutting the door behind him.
The TARDIS dematerialized, and I was left back on Earth. Things were going to have to go back to normal, though I couldn't quite remember what normal was. I'd need to go back to my job and back to my house and pretend to be normal. Like I'd never met the Doctor or traveled with him through space and time. I was sure I could manage, but I wasn't sure I'd want to. With a sigh, I walked back to my old house.
It was only about an hour after I left with th
You Are Not Alone: Prologue by ThexDreamer, literature
Literature
You Are Not Alone: Prologue
I finished the last few words of the book I was reading, then set it down on the table and went to my room to get dressed to take it back. I slipped on a plain black t-shirt then glanced at myself in the mirror. I had short, dark brown hair and brown eyes, and I had a little bit of stubble. Unless I decided to grow a beard, I'd need to shave soon, but I would do that later.
Pushing the thought to the back of my mind, I went back into the living room, grabbed my book, and walked to the library. At the moment, I didn't really feel like talking. So instead of going inside, I just slipped my book into the book return and turned to head home.
A
I fought with my tie as I walked back towards my seat in a compartment on the Hogwarts Express. This was going to be my first year at Hogwarts, and I hadn't known I would be going until recently, being muggle-born and all. I hadn't ever learned how to tie a tie because I never thought I'd need to. I opened the door of my compartment, and found a boy sitting there. He had messy, brown hair and brown eyes, and I could tell he was also a first-year because he didn't have a house tie like the older wizards and witches I'd seen.
“Sorry, everywhere else is full,” he apologized, speaking in a Scottish accent.
“It's fine. Nice to
It started one day when I was flipping through the channels. Nothing I watched was on, but I came across a show I'd heard my friends talking about. Doctor Who. I turned it on to see what it was, but I found it extremely confusing. All I got out of it was a tall man with spiky hair walking around Pompeii with a woman with red hair.
A few weeks later, none of my shows were on, but Doctor Who was. I decided to give it a second chance, and watched it. This one was weird, but I was at least able to follow it as he walked around on Mars with the absence of the red-haired woman.
I didn't watch the show for a couple months, then I caught a two-par