Dec. 6, 2024

Mirror Images - A Terrifying Tale of Doppelgängers and Haunted Reflections!

Mirror Images - A Terrifying Tale of Doppelgängers and Haunted Reflections!
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Enter the mysterious Carnovasch Estate in Mirror Images, a gripping tale of friendship, supernatural doubles, and a hauntingly magical mirror that blurs the line between reality and reflection. Who will survive the terror?

Mirror Images by Rob Fields

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A little bit of holiday hijinks causes a group of

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children to enter the mysterious Carnivosha state of Strickfield, where

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they discover a haunting magical mirror that blurs the line

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between reality and reflection. Now the only question is who

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will survive and who is who they say they are?

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What's that you want to be scared? Come with me.

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You will experience tales our opera, ghosts, and death. Death.

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at Heart Heart listeners in the dark. It's more fun

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at that way way.

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This is Weekly.

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Speaking, Hello, my spookies. It's Friday, but it's the holiday season,

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and it's our three hundredth episode of Weekly Spooky. So

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very special novella just for you, die hard fans and

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newcomers alike, a story featuring your favorite Gang of Strickfield preteens,

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with Madeline Donnerley and her special spiritual friend Mary Worth

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at the forefront. But before we get to that, I

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do appreciate it. Now, as for our story, have you

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ever looked in the mirror and felt like something was

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looking back at you, something that isn't you. Mirrors show

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us who we are, but what if they could show

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us something else, something darker. Well, we're about to find

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out what happens when the mirror world collides with our world.

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Get comfortable for this novella length episode will be presenting

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right after this Mirror Images by Rob Fields, Monday, December eighteenth. Perspective,

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Richie Horton, Why does this always happen to me? Why

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does buzz Hitzigger feel he's always got to come after me?

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For?

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I did ask him one day why he keeps giving

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me a hard time? Cause you exist, he belted out.

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Today must have been one of those days when he

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came to Strickfield Junior High hating the world. It didn't

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take him long to come right after me. I've been

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managing to avoid him throughout school. When you know your

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way around the building, well, you know where you can

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lose Hitzigger when he's looking for you. As soon as

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we were done with the school day, he was on

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his bike and chasing me down. The problem is I'm

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on foot. I can only cut through so many yards

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before hit Zigger is going to finally get me. Bill

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Chapman keeps telling me I ought to go out for

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track in the spring. He's probably right, since I'm in

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great shape with all the running I have to do.

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You stop right there, wimp, hit Zigger yells from across

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the street. I'm gonna pulpe you good when I get you.

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He's almost got me when I grab a trash can

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and pull it behind me. He's yelling some choice words

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when he tries stopping and slides onto his side. I'm

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putting more distance in between us. Hit Zigger's twice my

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size around the mid section. He's still able to get

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up fast and get back on his bike. You're dead, Horton.

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You hear me? D e D, he yells, cutting through

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another yard and end up on Pleasant Valley Road. Unfortunately,

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it isn't long before Hitzigger finds me again. I'm pouring

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it on when I hear his heavy grunting. It's only

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going to be a few more seconds before he grabs me.

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I suddenly turn and run along the side of a

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brick wall to escape. He's yelling more choice words before

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he's got to stop. You can't run for me forever, Horton.

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Hitzigger yells, you gotta take your fist beaten sooner or later.

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And then I do stop running, but not because of Hitzigger.

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I stop because I'm looking right at the old Carnivosh estate.

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I can't believe I really ran from Strickfield Junior High

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all the way out here. You stop right there, hit

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Zigger yells. I don't have a choice. I quickly grab

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the top of the wall and scale it. Then I

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jump and land on the other side. The next thing

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I know, hit Zigger's coming up over the wall himself,

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or trying to. When his feet slip down the wall,

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I take off again. Now I've got another problem. There's

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no way I can climb over the high vine covered fence.

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I run to the wall on the other side. As

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I'm ready to scale it, this big dog is right

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there and barking at me. When I get away from

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the wall, I see Hitzigger coming and start running again.

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I realize the only way I can possibly lose him

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is to do the unthinkable. I have to go inside

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the Carnivosh Estate. I remember being in there back when

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we all ended up in nineteen fifty five in a

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freak occurrence last Halloween, just after Chapman, Chunker and I

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came back to the Mortal Realm. But looking at this

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old mansion now, you just know it's empty, not to

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mention scary. I make it to the back double doors

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and stay out of sight as Hitzigger runs right past me.

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When I reconsider running back to the wall I used

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to come in, one of the doors opens. I slip

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inside and close the door quietly. I'm safe in here,

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assuming hit Zigger didn't see me come in, I quietly

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lock the doors and move away slowly. I know you're

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around here somewhere, Horton. You'll whimp. I hear hit Zigger yell.

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You either come and face me now, or I'll give

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you a double beating at school tomorrow. At least it's

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a little warmer inside this creepy house. I don't know

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how long I'll have to stick it out in here.

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Knowing hit Zigger, he'll try lulling me into a false

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sense of security. When I come out, he'll spring out

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and get me. I start walking through the carnivosh estate.

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Now the floor is squeaking underneath me. Suddenly I hear

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Hitzigger crashing against one of the back doors. I move

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through the house faster. As I turn down a hallway,

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I hear one of the doors give yeah. I'll bet

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you in here, ain't you I hear him sneering. I

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ain't afraid of no house. If you're in here, I'll

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find you. I continue moving quietly down the hallway until

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I come to two doors across from each other. I

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open one of them to reveal a room full of

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magic stuff. Then I got an idea. I open the

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other door and slam it hard. Next, I go into

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the room I just found and quietly close the door.

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Seeing this big mirror, I go and hide behind it.

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I hear Hitzigger coming to the doors. Now he's opening

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the one I slammed and moving downstairs. Time to get

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out of here. I stand up and suddenly see myself

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in that big mirror. Whew, at least I didn't scream.

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Then I noticed the glass has this weird red hue.

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From a distance, you can't really see it when you're

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right up to the glass though. Okay, enough hanging around.

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I'd better get out of here. I open the door

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and quietly see the basement doors open across from me.

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I slip out and start making my way to the

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open back door. So far, so good. As I'm coming outside,

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a hand grabs my shoulders and pulls me. Oh no,

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hit Zigger was waiting to trap me. About time I

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found you, Horton perspective Carter Cross. Horton calms down when

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he sees it's me hit Zigger chasing you again, I

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ask him. He points behind him with his thumb. He's

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in there. I point over my shoulder. Madeline's out front.

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Go to her. I got this. I stay and wait.

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Soon bull Hitzigger comes barreling out. That's when I slap

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him on the back. Uh you dead, meet Horton, he

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yells before turning around. Surprise. I tell him I saw

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you chasing Horton again. What did I tell you about

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leaving him alone any other time? Hit Zigger backs off.

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This time he points right at me. You alone, Cross,

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ain't got your other friends with you. He pounds a

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fist into his palm. I can take you. I'm ready

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for him. Show me what you got, fat boy. When

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Hitzigger comes at me, I easily sidestep him, so he

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trips back inside the house and falls. When he's on

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his feet again, he comes back out and takes a

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wild swing at me. I duck it to grab him

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and put him in a hammer lock. Then I shove

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him up against the other door and make him cry out.

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What's that about you taking me? Irving? I ask, don't

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you call me that? He yells, I'm gonna kill you.

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I'm sorry. What did you say? Then I crank up

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the hammer lock again.

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Okay, okay, uncle, uncle.

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He yells, you gonna leave Horton alone. I persist, cranking

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on his arm one more time. Yes, I'll leave the

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wind alone. Let me go, he wails. Before I let

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him go, I pull him away from the wall to

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turn and shove him towards the few steps leading up

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to the back doors. He stumbles down them but doesn't fall.

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Then hit Zigger turns and sneers at me. I point

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right at him. You better remember, Horton's got friends, something

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you're in very short supply of. Now get lost. Hit

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Zigger points at me. Now, you ain't always gonna be

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there to protect him. I shrug. That's why Chapman and

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Chunker are around too. Or did you forget what happened

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when you crossed Chapman last time? For the record, hit

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Zigger tried fighting Chapman to get to Horton. I was

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a sweetheart today compared to when Chapman decked him. Chapman

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looks like a hood and back up what he says honestly,

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He's real easy going until you cross him. Hitzigger crossed him.

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When he sees he ain't getting Horton, he yells a

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choice word before going back over the fence. It took

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a few tries. He gets back on his bike and

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rides away. I move across the yard and find Madeline

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Donnerly sitting on her mongoose and Horton sitting on mine.

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I take it you handled things, buddy, Madeleine asks, in

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her mousey voice. Yeah, he got the point, I tell

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her today anyway, You okay, Horton. Horton smirks. Yeah, he

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didn't get me at least today. What did you do

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this time, Madeleine asks him. Horton shrugs nothing. I swear

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he saw me and Bailey downs together at bobble Topia yesterday.

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Then today he comes to school and comes right after

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me in the hallway. You don't suppose he's got a

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thing for Bailey, do you? Madeline shakes her head a little. Nah.

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I can't see it. Also, Bailey would have said something

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to the rest of us, well, at least us girls.

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Then I point to the house. I can't believe you

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actually went in there, dude. You do know what this

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place is right? Or did hit Zigger clock you and

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you don't remember?

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Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your doors, weekly, spooky,

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We'll be right back.

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Had to make a quick decision, Carter, he says, simply

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Cross Horton, Maddie. A familiar voice calls out, we turned

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to see Bill Chapman coming. He points right at us.

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You guys see hit Zigger. I saw him chasing after Horton.

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Carter got him before you did. Madeline tells him, Sorry, buddy,

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didn't know you were chasing hit Zigger too. I tell Chapman.

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He gently smacks my shoulder. Hey, you're okay, Cross. I

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told Hitzigger I'd kill him if he'd leave Horton alone.

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He just doesn't listen. Glad you were there. I guess

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we both saw him. I said, we're good. Chapman turns

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to Horton. You good, I'm good, Horton confirms. Then Chapman

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looks at the house. It don't take him long to

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put two and two together. You ran in there, Horton shrugs,

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like I just told these guys. It was a quick decision.

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Either I face hit Zigger or hiding there. Besides, I

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tricked him before I left. Then Horton's telling us about

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this magic room he found. Magic room, Chapman asks, we

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all know what kind of magic the Carnivoches were into. Huh,

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don't remind us, Madeline mutters. Then Horton tells us about

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this weird antique mirror he looked at in that magic room. Oh,

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I gotta see this room, Chapman says, I put my

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hand on his shoulder. Dude, this is suppose to be

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a real haunted house here in Strickfield for many reasons.

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The last story Madeline and me read about it on

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the Strickfield University website was how these two Strickfield High

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girls through this big Halloween party. There didn't take long

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for things to go south fast when this monster showed

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up and crashed the party. One of the girls was

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a Mirran. No one's ever seen her again? What about

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the Mirns? Carter a voice side kind of rather not

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here right now, calls out. We all turn to see

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Ariel Mirran coming. Then she points right at me. You're

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gonna be on the Strickfield University website if you don't

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quit posting videos of me in that rotten goober Stewart

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on Facebook. I kind of look at Madeline now. She

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just shrugs. You're the one who likes tempting fate with Ariel, buddy.

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Then Ariel forgets she's mad at me when she sees

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where we're all gathered at. Seriously, are you people crazy?

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There are plenty of places to hang out in Strickfield,

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and you're all hanging out here. Hello, this is the

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Carnivosha State. Chapman looks her way. We didn't plan on

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meeting here. Cross and me were chasing down hit Zigger

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when he was chasing down Horton. Ariel looks at Horton, now,

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and you had to come here. Horton gives her a

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weak smile. Which would you choose hit Zigger's fists or

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the haunted House. It's a rock and a hard place.

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But then Chapman speaks up again. I want to see

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this magic room Horton was talking about. Ariel slaps his arm.

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I guess you are stupid. Chapman points at me and Horton.

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These two were just in there and came back out. Okay. Besides,

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it's still daylight yet. It ain't gonna be dark for

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another hour. We just go in, look at Horton's room,

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and come back out. One of us can stay by

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the door just in case. Uh. I agree with Ariel,

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Madeline says, I don't think we ought to be tempting

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fate here, Maddie, It's just for a few minutes. Chapman persists. Besides,

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I'm curious on what else these carnivoches are into since

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we kind of came here on Halloween night, nothing doing.

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There's no talking Chapman out of this. I point at him. Okay,

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but I'm coming in with you. Somebody's got to have

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your back in case something happens. That's fine, Chapman agrees.

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Then Ariel snatches my arm. No, Carter, No, I'm ready

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to shake Ariel off. But then our eyes meet. Why

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does this always happen whenever Ariel and me are together.

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Don't get me wrong, Ariel and me have been on

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each other's nerves since the third grade. But there's times

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when we really do get along. Only lately Ariel and

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me have been Madeline knows there's something happening between me

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and Ariel. I'll admit it. I really like her. She's

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really a nice person when she's not putting up her

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mirror and shield. Then Chapman slaps my arm. Just kiss

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her already. When Ariel and me look at him, She's

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growling and ready to slap him. I hate you, Chapman.

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I point at him seriously, Buddy, I'm gonna kill you.

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Chapman laughs, Hey, dude, I'm just calling it like I

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see it. Then Ariel points at Madeline. I see you

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biting on your lower lip. Mouse, go on, laugh it up.

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She growls again. When Madeline does just that, I hate

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you Mouse. Then Chapman starts walking toward the house. I'll

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be right back. I sigh and look at the others.

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I said I'd go in with him, Carter, Ariel calls out.

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When I'm trotting after chapman perspective, Madeline donnerly, when I'm

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seeing two of my buddies going in, I hop off

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my mongoose. Then Ariel grabs my arm. You are not

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thinking of going in there, I shrug. There are friends, Ariel.

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I ain't gonna just leave them to go on like that. Besides,

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Carter would do the same for me. Ariel points to Horton,

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this is your fault, bean Pole. Then she groans, fine, Mouse,

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I'm coming with you. Wait for me, Horton squeaks, I'm

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not staying out here by myself. Who knows if Hitzigger

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might come back good thinking, I say, let's be honest here,

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this little mouse. He still ain't forgotten about going back

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to nineteen fifty five and spending a whole week in

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this house. Back then, the place was still nice, but

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it still had that creepy vibe to it. But she

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didn't have to worry about what whether you were gonna

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come back out the same way you went in. We're

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all at the back doors now. Carter and Chapman already

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went in. Horton goes back inside. The room's over here, guys.

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Then Ariel and me are looking at each other, kind

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of saying, we can't let the guys go in by themselves.

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So Ariel and me go in. I think I was

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expecting the door to suddenly slam shut right behind us,

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but it didn't. It ain't long before we find the

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guys in the room. Horton found he was right. There's

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all kinds of magic stuff in here, Not like the

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kind of magic the Carnivoches are known for. This is

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all illusion, like the rabbit out of the hat kind

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of stuff. Chapman's looking at one of them boxes where

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somebody gets inside and the magician saws it in half. Man,

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I wonder how this trick really works. Carter points to

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it as he's raising a saw. Get in and let's

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find out. Chapman laughs, No way. Carter laughs too, and

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puts the saw back down. Now we're all seeing that

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mirror Horton was talking about. Soon we're gathering round it.

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Horton points to it. See like I was telling you, guys,

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there's some kind of red tint or hue. When you're

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close enough to the glass. Everybody else is looking in

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the mirror, we do see the redness Horton was talking about.

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When they finished checking the mirror out, I come and

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stand in front of it. What the Chapman gasps, You

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guys seeing this mouse aerial chokes? Is there something you

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want to tell us, Madeline Carter asks, just as shocked. Yeah,

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I ain't believing this myself. Seriously, I'm looking straight at

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the glass, but there ain't another me looking back. I

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can see the reflection of the rest of the room

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and the others around me. Just know me, You're not

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a vampire, right, Horton asks, sounding kind of scared. I

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raise my finger. I ain't getting this, you guys, But

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I do know I ain't no vampire. But you ain't

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casting no reflection. Chapman's stressing, vampires don't cast no reflection.

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I turn around and raise my hand in front of me.

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Honest to goodness, you guys, I ain't no vampire. I

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point to the open back door. I've been out in

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daylight all day. Right, I've been in classes at school

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with all of you. Then I get an idea and

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pull out my compact I used to talk to or

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summon Mary Worth. Then I turn back around and show

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everybody I got a reflection in it. This is so weird,

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Ariel mutters. Then she pulls her own compact out and

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stands next to me. Mouse reflects in mind too. But

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why ain't you reflecting in this big mirror, Maddie, Chapman asks, puzzled,

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I shrug. Your guess is as good as mine. I

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don't know what to tell you. Then Horton hands me

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a candy bar. Eat this. Vampires aren't supposed to be

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able to eat anything, right, Not true? Bell a tabon

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or Bell's is the only vampire I know that can

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eat food and walk in the daylight. Other than that,

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Horton's right about vampires not being able to eat normal

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food far as I know, they can only drink blood.

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And that's it anyway. I accept the candy bar and

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eat it in front of everybody. Okay, you all saw that,

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Carter says, coming to my side, Madeline passed our tests,

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so she ain't a vampire. Hold it, let's check her teeth.

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Ariel says, open.

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Up, mouse, don't go away, weekly spooky, We'll be right back.

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Suddenly, I'm raising my hands into claws.

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Blah blay.

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Ariel shrieks, getting everybody else laughing. Then Ariel's glaring right

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at me. Oh, I hate you mouse. Sorry, I couldn't resist,

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I chirp. Then I open my mouth and let Ariel

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feel my canine teeth. They're pretty much the same size

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as everybody else's. Better be careful, Princess, Carter warns her

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Madeleine just might be a vampire and chomped down on

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your fingers. When Ariel's ready to get on Carter, I

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lean in toward her. Bla ble. Ariel gasps and gets

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everybody laughing again. She tightens her fists and growls I

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hate you, mouse Then she calms down. Still, why don't

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you cast a reflection in this particular mirror? That's something

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I want to know the answer to myself. I know

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who I gotta talk to for that later on. Okay,

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now can we get out of here? I ask I

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would have expected Ariel to give me a hard time

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about being scared. Yeah, this little mousey's a little scared,

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but not because we're inside the Carnivosha State. I really

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want to know why I ain't casting no reflection in

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that mirror. Also, when the others weren't looking, I looked

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again to see if Mary Worth would appear, and she didn't.

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Not concrete proof, though Mary might have just been keeping

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out of sight so she wouldn't be seen. The five

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of us finally leave the Carnivosha State and head back

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to our bikes. We look for any signs of Irvin

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hit Zigger, but we ain't seeing him around. But you

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just know he's gonna try for Horton again when he

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knows none of us are around. Thinking about it, hit

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Zigger did kind of give up on Horton for a

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little bit and started coming after me. Believe it or not,

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I ain't afraid of hit Zigger. Try as he might,

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he never could get a hold of me. Nah, this

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little mouse's way too wily for someone like hit Zigger.

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He even tried catching me on bikes. All hit Zigger

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can do is ride, and he ain't even good at

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doing that. I've been riding with Carter Cross for years.

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We actually won bike competitions together, so I could easily

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ride circles around hit Zigger. I don't know for sure

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if Hitzigger finally gave up on me and went back

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to Horton, but he'll never catch this little mouseie on

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her best day. After making sure Horton and Ariel get

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back home okay, Chapman heads off to his house. Carter

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and me are riding to our part of downtown village.

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We pull in the driveway between our houses and get

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off our bikes. You sure you're okay, Madeline? Carter asks, Ah,

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come on, buddy, you still thinking I'm a vampire? I sigh, Okay,

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what other vampire test you want me to do? He

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holds up his hand. Nah, We're good. I believe you.

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I just keep wondering why you didn't reflect in that

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carnivosh mirror. I take Carter's hand. I promise you I'm okay, buddy.

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Just then the back door opens. Mom's right there. You

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kids want to come in for something warm. I turn

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her way. Coffee. Mom smiles, fresh maid. I brighten up. Yes,

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Carter and me go inside. Mom had peppermint hot chocolate

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going too, which is what she gave Carter. Carter watches

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me drink my ginger dead death Wish coffee. He also

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sees me eat a few Christmas cookies Mom made. Nah,

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he don't think I'm a vampire. He just worries about

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me like a best buddy would. After a while, Carter

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leaves and heads back home to finish up on homework.

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I head upstairs and into the bathroom. Sure enough, Mary

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Worth's waiting for me. You know what happened earlier, I

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asked her. I was able to hear your conversation once

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you went Ariel opened up your compacts. Mary replies, I

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did not have the chance to look over that mirror,

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but I have a bad feeling about it. I'm thinking

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maybe I better keep an eye on everybody and see

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I say I shall do the same, since I have

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access to their mirrors. Mary promises, I just got a

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bad feeling myself, same as you. It's the Carnivosh estate,

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after all. I tell her, I'm afraid we may only

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wait and see Madeleine. We end our conversation from there,

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I head back down to help mom with dinner. Dad'll

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be home in a little while. I got a feeling,

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my mousey sense my tummy ain't gonna stop panging for

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a while. Tuesday, December nineteenth, perspective, Ariel Mirron, Mouse and

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I walk home from school together. I don't know what

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happened to Mona Abels and Bailey downs. Oh wait, I

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think Bailey's working with Horton on some project at Strickfield

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Public Library. I just hope Irving hit Zigger isn't waiting

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somewhere to jump Horton again. Oh he tried giving me

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a hard time, but he's just a coward deep down.

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Irving is bigger and fatter than me. But I don't

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back down from anybody, not even my own mom. When

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we reach the side door next to the main gate,

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I ask Mouse if she wants to come in with me. Yeah,

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I can study with you for a little while, she replies.

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I punch in the gatecode for us to go in.

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00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:32.519
After I close the door, we walk to my house

452
00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:35.680
a few blocks down and off Capitol Court. As soon

453
00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:38.079
as we're inside, I'm ready to call out to Mom

454
00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:41.200
and let her know I'm home, like she really cares

455
00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:45.200
whether I'm here or not. But on this particular day,

456
00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:49.440
Mom does care. She suddenly comes right out of the

457
00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:54.279
downstairs hallway and grabs hold of my shoulders. Why would

458
00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:58.319
you do such a thing? Aerial renaissance mirror. Then I'm

459
00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:00.920
seeing my little four year old goo of a cousin

460
00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:04.920
just behind her. Now I'm looking Mom in the face.

461
00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:10.440
What do you mean do what? I just got home

462
00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:14.960
from school? Ask Madeline here she walked with me. I've

463
00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:18.799
seen Mom at her worst before, but this time, if

464
00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:22.160
I didn't know any better, I'd swear she's ready to

465
00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:26.640
literally skin me alive. She takes her hands off one shoulder,

466
00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:29.440
clamps down on the other one, and makes me come

467
00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:33.640
into the grand dining room. Look at it, she roars.

468
00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:37.640
I put my hands to my mouth and gasp. This

469
00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:40.359
is where we usually eat dinner at night, but you

470
00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:44.359
wouldn't know it. Now. Then I hear mouse gasp behind me.

471
00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:47.480
I'm half expecting Mom to point at mouse and order

472
00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:50.279
her to leave, but she never makes so much as

473
00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:53.720
a single glance at her. Getting back to the grand

474
00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:58.960
dining room, it's completely wrecked. Two of the china cabinets

475
00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:01.720
are tipped over, and many of the antique dishes and

476
00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:05.599
cups are shattered. Mom mentioned how expensive they were in

477
00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:09.880
the past. The cabinets themselves are antique, and the glass

478
00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:13.279
is shattered out on those doors. If that's not enough,

479
00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:16.799
all of the old oak chairs are busted up. Even

480
00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:20.519
the grand table is all scratched. I mean, this very

481
00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:25.440
room was all full of priceless antiques. Then Mom turns

482
00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:28.519
me to face her and starts shaking me. Why would

483
00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.000
you do this?

484
00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:29.839
Why?

485
00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:33.400
She shoves me away. I've always known you were a

486
00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:37.880
spoiled brat, Aeriel, but this is just too much. I

487
00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:42.920
tighten my fists. What are you talking about, I yelled back.

488
00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:47.119
I didn't do anything to this room. Then I see

489
00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:50.839
Stuart pointing at me and snickering where Mom can't see him.

490
00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:54.400
I rush right around her and grab his shoulders. Did

491
00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:58.880
you do this, you rotten little goober? Did you? Stuart

492
00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:02.480
responds by kicking me hard in the shin. That's when

493
00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:06.400
Mom turns me back around. Oh no, you don't, child,

494
00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:09.960
You come with me this instant. Mom brings me to

495
00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:13.599
her office where she codes her computer games. I rarely

496
00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:16.640
ever come in here. In fact, Mom never likes me

497
00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:19.480
to disturb her while she's working, unless it's a real

498
00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:23.920
emergency period. She shoves me to her computer and points

499
00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:29.000
to some security footage. Now I'm gasping when I see

500
00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:32.240
something impossible.

501
00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:38.400
More scares to come weekly, Spooky will be right back.

502
00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:47.119
That's right, aerial renaissance mirror. Mom snaps that is you

503
00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:50.240
in that security footage. There's no way that you can

504
00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:53.160
deny it. Don't you dare put the blame on Stewart.

505
00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:57.720
He was with me the entire afternoon. Then Mouse steps

506
00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:00.000
up and points to the time listed on the up

507
00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:03.640
or left square. Is this the correct time the video

508
00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:07.480
was recorded? Missus mirn. Mom looks at Mouse like she's

509
00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:10.200
out of line. She seems ready to yell at her,

510
00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:15.200
but she doesn't. Yes, it is Madeline. Why do you ask? Well?

511
00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:19.920
If this happened at two four pm today, Mouse looks

512
00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:23.240
right at Mom. Ariel and I were in eighth period

513
00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:26.319
at school at that time. Ariel's in all of my

514
00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:31.119
classes with me. Missus mirn I nod fast. Yeah, yeah,

515
00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:34.960
that's right. Mom. I've been in school all day. You

516
00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:37.640
can go to school and ask all my teachers. You

517
00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:41.279
can ask all my friends. Madeline's right, we're in every

518
00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:44.240
class together. How could I have come home and wrecked

519
00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:47.759
the Grand dining Room while I'm still at school? But

520
00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:52.880
Mom isn't buying it. The camera footage clearly shows you, Ariel,

521
00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:55.640
and you wrecked the Grand Dining Room. I have a

522
00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:57.799
good mind to send you to live with other relatives.

523
00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:02.279
You're just getting to be two much anymore. But I

524
00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:07.000
didn't do this, Mom, I protest, didn't you hear Madeline?

525
00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:13.039
We were in school together all day, all day. Mom again,

526
00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:18.440
I've got lots of witnesses. Mouse taps my forearm. Take

527
00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:21.840
out your test. I quickly open my backpack and take

528
00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:25.159
out my test paper. Madeline and I were taking this

529
00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:28.679
test during eighth period, right at the time she pointed

530
00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:32.039
to on that screen. I'm sorry, Mom, but I'm not

531
00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:35.920
taking the blame for doing this. Mom snatches up the

532
00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:39.760
test paper and looks at it. Then she rips it

533
00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:42.360
right up in front of me, throwing the remains on

534
00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:45.280
the floor. She puts her finger right in my face. Now,

535
00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:49.119
you can't talk your way out of this, you little monster.

536
00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:53.840
Then she points to the computer screen again. That is

537
00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:58.000
obviously you on all of these angles, and that's not

538
00:34:58.199 --> 00:35:02.280
all you did. Suddenly Mom grabs my arm and pulls

539
00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:05.039
me out of the living room. When we're there, she

540
00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:08.280
shoves me in. I gasp when I see the living

541
00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:13.320
room itself is also wrecked. What do you have to

542
00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:17.960
say for yourself? Mom scolds me. You weren't content with

543
00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:20.960
destroying the grand dining room. You also had to destroy

544
00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:23.480
the living room. Look what you did to the Christmas

545
00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:26.960
tree and all the presents. Now, she turns me around.

546
00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:29.559
Do you realize how much money it's going to cost

547
00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:34.079
to restore everything that you destroyed? Today? I'm seeing Mouse

548
00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:38.199
behind her giving me that look. No, she's not scared

549
00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:40.679
of me. She's scared of what I'm about to do.

550
00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:45.039
I'm tightening my fists and heaving now. Then I point

551
00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:49.159
at my mom and scream, I didn't do this. I'm

552
00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:52.000
so beyond mad right now that I run to grab

553
00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:54.760
something and throw it at Mom. But then Mouse is

554
00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:58.519
right there to stop me. No, don't do it, Ariel.

555
00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:03.440
I'm looking in the face as she's shaking her head quickly. No,

556
00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:08.119
Madeline step aside. Mom tells her, let Ariel throw that

557
00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:10.480
debris in her hand at me, show me how much

558
00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:14.159
you truly hate me, Ariel, do it. When I see

559
00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:17.880
Mouse's pleading face, I shake my head myself and drop

560
00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:20.840
the thing in my hand. If you know me by now,

561
00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:23.639
you know I give Mouse a hard time. At the

562
00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:26.880
same time, you also know that I truly cherish my

563
00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:30.159
friendship with her. I couldn't tell you how many times

564
00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:33.840
Madeline Donnerly has proven to be my conscience in extremely

565
00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:37.800
bad situations. I take a deep breath and look at Mom.

566
00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:42.320
I don't care what your camera footage says. I'm sticking

567
00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:44.719
by what I said. I didn't do any of this,

568
00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:48.880
and I've got witnesses to confirm where I was. Mom

569
00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:55.079
still won't back down either. She sighs now. I see well, then, Ariel,

570
00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:59.280
since it seems you've grown too wild beyond my control,

571
00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:02.639
I want you out of my house. I gave you

572
00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:05.199
a good home. I've let you have your slumber parties

573
00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:07.719
on Friday nights with your friends. I've usually let you

574
00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:10.519
have your way in most instances, but you went too

575
00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:13.199
far this time. I've tried to teach you how to

576
00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:16.000
be a dominant miran, but this is not what I

577
00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:19.599
had in mind. I mean it, child, get out of

578
00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:24.920
my house. Normally, I have tried to be a dominant miran.

579
00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:28.360
I've tried to be more like Mom. But I can't

580
00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:32.159
handle this anymore. My feelings become too much and I

581
00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:36.440
start crying. Mom and I have always had a strained relationship,

582
00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:41.079
but now this horrible thing has happened. I really don't

583
00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:44.199
know how to fix this. Mouse even vouched for me,

584
00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:50.159
but I can't prove it wasn't me. No, Ariel, you

585
00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:53.960
don't get to do this. Mom snaps, Go pack what

586
00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:57.159
you need and get out of my house. You think

587
00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:59.679
you don't have to listen to me anymore, then leave

588
00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:01.800
here and go make your own way in the world.

589
00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:06.440
Then Mouse says to her, I'm telling you it wasn't Ariel.

590
00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:11.440
Missus mirn Now Mom gives Mouse this weird look, then

591
00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:16.440
she approaches her and puts her hand on Mouse's shoulder. Madeline,

592
00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:20.840
you've always been the most level headed person among Ariel's

593
00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:24.199
friends that I know. I know your mother, so I

594
00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:27.199
feel that I also know you. So I'm going to

595
00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:31.679
ask you nicely, would you please stop trying to cover

596
00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:36.199
up for Ariel. Mouse remains calm and doesn't back down.

597
00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:40.400
Ariel didn't do this, ma'am. And I'm gonna stand by

598
00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:44.760
that Ariel really was with me at school all day again,

599
00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:49.360
She's in all of my classes. Please just ask our teachers.

600
00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:52.159
They'll all tell you she was in their classes today.

601
00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:57.239
Then how do you explain the video footage? Mom persists,

602
00:38:58.519 --> 00:39:03.400
I can't, Mouse applies. I'm just as puzzled myself. But

603
00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:06.320
I do know Ariel was with me all day at school.

604
00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:09.559
I even walked home with her. I promise I ain't

605
00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:12.840
lying to you. Also, Carter Cross is in our eighth

606
00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:18.000
period class with us. He'll also tell you Ariel was there. Now.

607
00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:23.280
Mom seems conflicted, then she takes a deep breath. What

608
00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:26.119
did Ariel threaten you with, Madeline?

609
00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.239
What?

610
00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:31.159
Mouse and I both cry out together. Mom points at Mouse.

611
00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:36.360
I would have expected better from you, Madeline Donnerly, Seriously,

612
00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:39.960
what did Ariel threaten you with? Now? She looks right

613
00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:43.440
at me. I myself taught you the mere in ways.

614
00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:47.480
So what did you threaten little Madeline Donnerly here with Ariel?

615
00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:49.320
I point right at her.

616
00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:56.519
Now, Oh you you you ah man, Mouse groans and

617
00:39:56.599 --> 00:40:00.000
quickly covers her ears before I belt out the absolute

618
00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:03.599
most blood curdling scream I've ever belted out to date.

619
00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:12.679
Perspective, Bill Chapman, it ain't long before I make it home.

620
00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:16.760
I'm only halfway in the driveway when I hear someone, Chapman,

621
00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:20.840
I turn around and see Horton running my way. I

622
00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:24.840
quickly drop my backpack and get my fists ready. Seriously,

623
00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:29.800
if hit Zigger's chasing Horton again, Nope, Horton's by himself.

624
00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:33.880
He stops running when he reaches me. You okay, Horton,

625
00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:37.360
I ask, what are you running from this time? Is

626
00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:41.880
it hit Zigger again? Horton takes a few deep breaths. No,

627
00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:46.519
mom's after me. Now, huh, what do you mean your

628
00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:50.079
mom's after you? I ask? He raises his arms up

629
00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:54.960
and outward. Mom's being a complete psycho today, Chapman. I

630
00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:59.519
give him a weird look. She's always a complete psycho, Bud,

631
00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:03.440
I'm not lying ever. See Stephen King's it. Remember that

632
00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:07.800
psycho mom who tried keeping Eddie from his Loser's club friends. Well,

633
00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:11.880
in the real world, that's Horton's mom. She don't hide

634
00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:14.719
the fact she can't stand any of us. I couldn't

635
00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:17.440
tell you how many times Meredith Horton's tried keeping her

636
00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:21.320
son in the house forever and ever. Now, Richie's usually

637
00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:24.800
a pretty easy going kind of guy, a little too

638
00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:28.760
easy going if you ask me. Anyway, he stood up

639
00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:30.920
to Meredith when she'd get out of line with him.

640
00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:34.639
After Halloween night, Meredith told Richie he'd never hang with

641
00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:37.599
us ever again. He told us about it when we

642
00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:41.280
started going to Strickfield Junior High again. Oh, and get this,

643
00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:46.320
Meredith just hates Maddie Donnerly. I ain't got no clue

644
00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:49.360
why none of us do. I couldn't tell you how

645
00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:53.360
many times Meredith's yelled at her, just her. He got

646
00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:56.079
to hand it to Maddie, though, she just shrugs her

647
00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:59.519
off and never lets Meredith get to her. Also, Horton's

648
00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:02.559
mom won't even let Maddie come into the house. She

649
00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:07.440
barely tolerates us. But why hate on Maddie. Ritchie finally

650
00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:10.639
talks to me. I got in the door after school

651
00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:13.840
and mom was there. Suddenly he puts his hands on

652
00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:17.159
my shoulder. Now I know something's wrong when he's doing that.

653
00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:20.480
I mean, I don't care because Horton's my bud. But

654
00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:23.760
you remember the Christmas tree and all the presents in

655
00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:29.280
the living room? Yeah, I utter the living room was

656
00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:34.480
a complete wreck. Chapman. Horton continues, The tree was destroyed,

657
00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:38.239
all the presents were opened, and the content's thrown everywhere.

658
00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:41.320
Mom got me a new video game console and it

659
00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:44.840
was all busted up. When I ask Mom what happened,

660
00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:49.519
she blamed me. She said I did it. She said

661
00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:53.880
she saw me wreck the living room. Then she said

662
00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:56.880
I knocked her down and ran out the back door.

663
00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:03.039
More scarce weekly, spooky. We'll be right back.

664
00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:10.519
I'm just looking at Horton. Now, let's get real here.

665
00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:13.800
I've known my two best friends, Richie Horton and Brian

666
00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:17.920
Chunk since we were pups. We've been through thick and

667
00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:22.239
thin together, especially when it comes to Abigail Tomlin's ghost

668
00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:25.800
and us disappearing for a whole year. I guess what

669
00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:28.760
I'm saying here is that Horton ain't the kind of

670
00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:33.400
person who just make crazy stuff up. Yeah, what he

671
00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:36.920
just told me sounds nuts. I know. Before I can

672
00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:41.519
answer Horton, we hear tires squealing. We look to see

673
00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:45.800
Horton's mom's car out in front of my driveway. You

674
00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:49.920
get back here right now, Richie. Meredith Yell's pointing at

675
00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:54.559
him right now. Then she points at me. I'll bet

676
00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:57.239
you and that Madeline donnerly put my son up to this,

677
00:43:57.519 --> 00:44:01.400
didn't you. I take a few her way and throw

678
00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:04.480
my arms up. Ah, would you just get serious for

679
00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:07.719
once in your life? She quickly backs up enough to

680
00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:11.000
where she can haul right into the driveway. I quickly

681
00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:14.440
turn back to horton back door. Bud. Horton and me

682
00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:17.159
run to the back porch. I quickly get the door

683
00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:20.800
open and push Horton inside. Before Meredith can rush into

684
00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:23.119
the house. I quickly slam the door and lock it.

685
00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:26.320
Hopefully she ain't psycho enough to break the glass to

686
00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:29.840
unlock the door. Horton and I go into the living room,

687
00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:33.880
and what the I yell Horton and I see my

688
00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:37.079
living room. I don't know what happened here, but it

689
00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:39.800
looks just like what Horton said his living room was like.

690
00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:43.239
The branches on the artificial Christmas tree are all over

691
00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:47.039
the place, the presents are all destroyed. Even the huge

692
00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:50.400
new TV Dad had just installed has a huge hole

693
00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:53.679
in the center of it. What's going on here, Chapman,

694
00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:57.960
Horton squeaks, Yeah, he's right to be scared. I look

695
00:44:58.000 --> 00:45:02.079
at him. Just tell me this, saint you here. Horton

696
00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:05.360
throws his arms up. Ah, come on, Chapman, where would

697
00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:08.199
I find the time to trash my house and yours?

698
00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:11.719
He points to the back door, where that nag still

699
00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:15.199
banging away. Mom there said I did all that back

700
00:45:15.239 --> 00:45:17.840
at my house around the time we were at school

701
00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:22.480
during lunch period. Lunch period? Are you serious? I quickly

702
00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:26.599
raise my hand, Yeah you are. You don't lie. Also,

703
00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:30.599
we were having lunch with Chunker Cross and Maddie in

704
00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:34.400
our school's cafeteria, so we can definitely vouch for you.

705
00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:38.880
Horton looks worried. But who can vouch for you? We

706
00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:42.199
don't know when this happened. Now, I ain't one to

707
00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:45.800
be scared of nothing. But then Bill, that better not

708
00:45:45.880 --> 00:45:49.639
be you boy any other time. I don't mind hearing

709
00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:53.280
my army drill sergeant Dad talking like that, but I

710
00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:55.719
ain't liking how he's calling out my name right now.

711
00:45:56.760 --> 00:45:59.519
If what I'm thinking happened the way Horton said happened

712
00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:02.239
to him, I know I ain't gonna wanna face my

713
00:46:02.360 --> 00:46:05.679
old man. Soon as we hear him moving fast to

714
00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:08.400
the stairs to come down. Horton and I don't think

715
00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:11.800
twice and hit the front door. Horton and Me leap

716
00:46:11.840 --> 00:46:15.000
off the front steps and run for it. Horton and

717
00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:17.440
me can run pretty fast, but there's two people I

718
00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:21.440
know for sure we can't outrun Arie. O'meren's one of them.

719
00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:25.480
The other one is my old man. And believe me

720
00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:28.440
when I say, you never want my old man chasing

721
00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:33.800
after you. Company, Halt Dad yells at us. Dad's really

722
00:46:33.840 --> 00:46:36.519
a great guy, even though he's an army man. But

723
00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:39.400
when he's got it in his mind about something kind

724
00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:42.159
of like what just went down, good luck trying to

725
00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:43.199
explain your side.

726
00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:44.000
Man.

727
00:46:44.039 --> 00:46:46.079
I don't know about Horton, but I can hear my

728
00:46:46.159 --> 00:46:49.400
old man catching up. He's gonna get both Horton and me.

729
00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:54.079
Horton's mom's a little ways behind, but she's chasing us down, too,

730
00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:59.760
I said, Company. Halt Dad yells even louder. We're dead meat, Horton.

731
00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:03.079
I tell him I'd rather face hit Zigger then your

732
00:47:03.159 --> 00:47:06.840
dad and my mom right now, Horton says, Just then,

733
00:47:06.960 --> 00:47:09.760
Cross and Maddie appear on their bikes and stop as

734
00:47:09.800 --> 00:47:13.440
we're about to cross the street. Get on, Cross tells us.

735
00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:16.119
They both lift their butts off their seats so Horton

736
00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:19.360
and me can get on. We gotta move, Matteline, Cross

737
00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:21.840
tells her when he sees my old man in Horton's mom.

738
00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:25.840
Maddie gulps when she sees how fast Dad's running. Still,

739
00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:28.280
she and Cross are pedaling as fast as they can.

740
00:47:28.800 --> 00:47:31.559
They'd probably get away from my old man easier if

741
00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:34.519
Horton and me weren't on their seats. Maddie and Cross

742
00:47:34.639 --> 00:47:38.239
keep pedaling for all their worth. Dad's nearly fifty, but

743
00:47:38.280 --> 00:47:41.199
you wouldn't think so with how fast he runs. He

744
00:47:41.320 --> 00:47:45.320
comes so close to catching us, he almost grabs me

745
00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:48.679
off Maddie's bike, but the smallest and thinnest girl in

746
00:47:48.719 --> 00:47:52.440
our group finally out pedals my old man. You gotta

747
00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:55.960
come back to base and face your court martial sometime, boy,

748
00:47:56.679 --> 00:48:00.440
Dad yells. Maddie and Cross keep riding, and we make

749
00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:03.320
it to the driveway in between where they live. We

750
00:48:03.400 --> 00:48:06.360
all pull in and head out back. Soon we stop

751
00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:09.480
and are off the bikes. Then we see Ariel Miran

752
00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:12.199
coming out of Carter's house, which is the red brick

753
00:48:12.239 --> 00:48:15.960
one on the right. Cross points to his house. Let's

754
00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:19.360
go inside. The four of us join Ariel, who holds

755
00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:22.440
the door open and lets us in. When she closes it,

756
00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:26.360
Cross faces all of us. Somebody want to tell me

757
00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:29.679
what's going on here? He points to Ariel and Maddie.

758
00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:33.840
The girls both said Princess's castle in the gated community

759
00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:37.639
got trashed big. Then I jump a little when I

760
00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:41.079
feel someone moving around my leg. I look down and

761
00:48:41.119 --> 00:48:45.280
see a little kid. That's my four year old cousin, Stuart.

762
00:48:45.639 --> 00:48:49.719
Ariel tells us Mom was really freaking out when Mouse

763
00:48:49.719 --> 00:48:52.679
and I made our jail break from my house. Guess

764
00:48:52.760 --> 00:48:56.119
mom also scared Stuart and he ran after us. We

765
00:48:56.199 --> 00:48:59.199
had to bring him along. Then she looks at him,

766
00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:02.320
have left you back there for kicking me earlier, you

767
00:49:02.360 --> 00:49:06.199
little goober. Stewart gives her a mean look and looks

768
00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:09.440
ready to grab something, but Maddie quickly gets in between them.

769
00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:13.360
Come on, you two, we got bigger problems here right now.

770
00:49:14.239 --> 00:49:17.079
Then Maddie takes off her beret and puts it on

771
00:49:17.119 --> 00:49:22.039
Stuart's head. He don't look so mad now, Then Cross continues,

772
00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:27.079
My parents ain't home yet, but they're already freaking about

773
00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:31.639
their classic van in the garage. It was cherry. Now

774
00:49:31.679 --> 00:49:34.440
it's all dented on the outside and busted up inside.

775
00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:40.079
He points upstairs. Their bedroom is also destroyed, including their waterbd,

776
00:49:40.360 --> 00:49:43.440
and that living room's a wreck. The Christmas tree and

777
00:49:43.559 --> 00:49:47.400
presence are destroyed. Cross's parents are a couple of laid

778
00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:50.079
back hippies, but it don't sound like they're gonna be

779
00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:52.920
so laid back when they come home and find him.

780
00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:55.800
Can't you explain to your parents when they get home, Carter,

781
00:49:56.400 --> 00:50:01.199
Maddie asks, Cross whips out his smartphone. Yeah, kind of

782
00:50:01.199 --> 00:50:05.480
a problem there, Madeline. When she sees the phone, she gasps.

783
00:50:06.039 --> 00:50:09.519
Then Cross shows the rest of us it's his Instagram.

784
00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:13.599
Only now there's pictures showing him wrecking the van, his

785
00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:18.000
parents' room, and the living room. How about you two,

786
00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:29.159
Cross asks us perspective Madeline donnerly, Oh Man, seriously, what

787
00:50:29.360 --> 00:50:32.639
is going on here? We're listening as Horton and Chapman

788
00:50:32.760 --> 00:50:35.360
explain their stories and why they were running when we

789
00:50:35.440 --> 00:50:39.920
found him. I don't get it either, Carter tells us, Okay,

790
00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:42.880
I think we agree. We all were at school when

791
00:50:42.920 --> 00:50:47.519
we supposedly did all this stuff, but somehow our parents

792
00:50:47.599 --> 00:50:52.679
have witnessed us doing everything. Ariel replies, Carter's right, how

793
00:50:52.719 --> 00:50:56.360
could we all have trashed everything we supposedly trashed when

794
00:50:56.360 --> 00:50:59.719
we were all at school. Then she looks right at me.

795
00:51:00.519 --> 00:51:04.159
You better go check your house. Mouse. I ain't really

796
00:51:04.239 --> 00:51:09.199
wantin to, but at the same time, I gotta know. Fine,

797
00:51:09.480 --> 00:51:13.000
let's go. We leave Carter's house and head next door

798
00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:15.480
to my place. I open the back door and let

799
00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:18.880
the others come in. After closing the door, Carter tells

800
00:51:18.920 --> 00:51:22.920
me he'll check the basement. We stay and wait. All

801
00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:26.639
good down here, Madeline. He calls up. We wait for

802
00:51:26.760 --> 00:51:29.039
him to come back up. Then we check the rest

803
00:51:29.039 --> 00:51:32.079
of the first floor. I'm almost afraid to look in

804
00:51:32.199 --> 00:51:36.760
Mom's studio. I gulp and open the sliding doors. Whew,

805
00:51:37.960 --> 00:51:41.199
everything's looking good so far. The rest of the rooms

806
00:51:41.239 --> 00:51:44.440
down here ain't trashed or destroyed in any way. Also,

807
00:51:44.519 --> 00:51:48.320
the Christmas tree presents and decorations are still intact in

808
00:51:48.360 --> 00:51:51.480
the living room. I really don't want to go upstairs,

809
00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:55.159
but I gotta see. We all head up. So far,

810
00:51:55.280 --> 00:51:58.360
we ain't seen Mom nowhere, and Dad usually don't get

811
00:51:58.360 --> 00:52:01.679
home till around six. If anybody's gonna be here, It'll

812
00:52:01.679 --> 00:52:05.079
be Mom. When we reach the top. Carter goes and

813
00:52:05.159 --> 00:52:08.840
checks the bathroom. When Ariel's pointing at a spare bedroom

814
00:52:08.880 --> 00:52:10.880
that's kind of got some junk in it, I nod.

815
00:52:11.639 --> 00:52:15.719
She turns on the light and looks inside. Looks okay, mouse,

816
00:52:16.159 --> 00:52:21.000
She tells me, we finally reach my bedroom. Really, mouse,

817
00:52:21.599 --> 00:52:24.519
Ariel asks, pointing to the sign on my door that

818
00:52:24.599 --> 00:52:28.880
says welcome to the Mousehole. I remember seeing that sign

819
00:52:28.920 --> 00:52:31.320
earlier in December when I came looking for you and

820
00:52:31.360 --> 00:52:34.719
Carter before you both slipped out and got away. You

821
00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:39.880
both remember that, right, don't remind us, Princess, Carter tells her.

822
00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:42.920
I take a deep breath and open the Mousehole's door.

823
00:52:43.719 --> 00:52:47.079
Then I flip on the light. I'm both shocked and

824
00:52:47.239 --> 00:52:52.519
relieved at the same time. Everything's still intact in there.

825
00:52:52.559 --> 00:52:55.679
Just for good measure, I open my sliding closet doors.

826
00:52:56.239 --> 00:52:58.800
I turn around to face the others. Then I remember

827
00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:03.280
we still got one more room. Ah, man, if mom

828
00:53:03.320 --> 00:53:06.119
and Dad's rooms wrecked, I ain't never gonna hear the

829
00:53:06.199 --> 00:53:09.119
end of it, I mutter. I'll go and take a

830
00:53:09.199 --> 00:53:12.000
quick look. Wait here, I'm ready to walk out of

831
00:53:12.039 --> 00:53:15.800
the mousehole when Mom suddenly appears in the doorway, making

832
00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:16.679
us all shriek.

833
00:53:18.480 --> 00:53:22.360
You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky will be right back.

834
00:53:26.920 --> 00:53:29.519
Ariel never saw me, but I did gasp a little.

835
00:53:29.920 --> 00:53:32.639
I ain't forgot how Ariel promised she'd see me get

836
00:53:32.679 --> 00:53:36.480
scared one day. Well, this is one more she just missed.

837
00:53:37.280 --> 00:53:41.239
Mom ain't looking at all of us, just me. Mom,

838
00:53:41.519 --> 00:53:43.920
it wasn't me. I tell her. I just got home.

839
00:53:43.960 --> 00:53:47.360
I swear I ain't never trashed your bedroom. I heard

840
00:53:47.360 --> 00:53:50.239
the guys say. Mom was a dead ringer for Violet

841
00:53:50.320 --> 00:53:53.000
from Friday the Thirteenth, Part five, with her looks and

842
00:53:53.079 --> 00:53:57.440
her punk rock clothes. Mom's giving me a weird look

843
00:53:57.519 --> 00:54:01.360
and folding her arms in front of her. Excuse me, Mattie,

844
00:54:01.360 --> 00:54:07.800
what your bedroom ain't trashed or busted up? I ask weakly.

845
00:54:08.519 --> 00:54:12.800
Mom laughs a little, and why exactly would my bedroom

846
00:54:12.840 --> 00:54:17.239
be trashed or busted up? Then she's looking at all

847
00:54:17.280 --> 00:54:21.920
of us again. Okay, kids, She points at Ariel. Honey,

848
00:54:21.960 --> 00:54:24.159
your mom just called here looking for you and little

849
00:54:24.199 --> 00:54:27.679
Stewart there, and believe me when I say she sounded

850
00:54:27.679 --> 00:54:30.320
like she was about to have an aneurysm. She kept

851
00:54:30.320 --> 00:54:34.280
repeating something to the extent of how you wrecked her

852
00:54:34.320 --> 00:54:38.840
dining room and living room. Ariel groans, Missus Donnerley, I

853
00:54:38.920 --> 00:54:42.559
swear I never did any of those things. Mom unfolds

854
00:54:42.559 --> 00:54:46.199
her arms and extends her little finger. You willing to

855
00:54:46.239 --> 00:54:51.599
pinky promise on that, Ariel think very carefully before Ariel

856
00:54:51.679 --> 00:54:56.400
quickly locks her little finger with moms pinky promise. Mom

857
00:54:56.480 --> 00:54:59.679
nods at Ariel and points at Carter. I also got

858
00:54:59.719 --> 00:55:03.000
a call from your parents too. Sounds like you're in big,

859
00:55:03.519 --> 00:55:07.360
big trouble when you get home. Carter holds out his pinky.

860
00:55:08.280 --> 00:55:11.599
I'm willing to make the same promise, Missus Donnerley. Mom

861
00:55:11.679 --> 00:55:15.199
waves him off. No need. She looks over all of

862
00:55:15.280 --> 00:55:18.960
us again. I believe you. Now, let's go downstairs to

863
00:55:19.000 --> 00:55:22.199
the living room. Then you're all going to tell me everything,

864
00:55:22.639 --> 00:55:26.880
and I do mean everything. As Mom's turning around, Chapman

865
00:55:26.960 --> 00:55:31.320
calls out, Hugh ain't gonna believe us, ma'am. Mom raises

866
00:55:31.360 --> 00:55:34.679
her eyebrow to him. Try me, Bill, and that goes

867
00:55:34.719 --> 00:55:38.559
for the rest of you. Now downstairs, Carter flips off

868
00:55:38.599 --> 00:55:42.280
the mousehole's light. Then we all follow Mom downstairs to

869
00:55:42.320 --> 00:55:45.199
the living room and sit. Mom goes into the kitchen

870
00:55:45.239 --> 00:55:48.320
and comes back with some Christmas cookies. She puts them

871
00:55:48.320 --> 00:55:50.440
on the table and then brings sodas to go with them.

872
00:55:51.079 --> 00:55:54.519
Little Steward ain't sure if it's okay. Mom smiles and

873
00:55:54.559 --> 00:55:57.519
hands him a couple cookies before she goes and sits

874
00:55:57.559 --> 00:55:59.960
in her recliner, kind of like she's the head of

875
00:56:00.119 --> 00:56:03.719
a meeting. After she crosses her legs, she folds her

876
00:56:03.800 --> 00:56:08.199
arms in front of her again. Okay, Mom says, with finality,

877
00:56:09.079 --> 00:56:17.960
try me perspective, Carter Cross Madeline's mom, Tiffany listens as

878
00:56:17.960 --> 00:56:21.360
we're telling her everything we're in trouble for. She still

879
00:56:21.360 --> 00:56:25.280
don't seem too convinced. She unfolds her arms and raises

880
00:56:25.360 --> 00:56:29.679
her finger. Okay, you kids need to go further back.

881
00:56:30.480 --> 00:56:32.920
Something had to have happened in between all of you

882
00:56:33.039 --> 00:56:37.719
leaving school and the incidents that took place today. We

883
00:56:37.760 --> 00:56:41.639
all tell Tiffany everything we did, but she still doesn't

884
00:56:41.679 --> 00:56:47.280
look convinced. Okay, did you guys do anything out of

885
00:56:47.320 --> 00:56:51.639
the ordinary or interesting on another day prior? She asks?

886
00:56:52.519 --> 00:56:56.599
Then Horton finally says it. We were at the Carnivosh

887
00:56:56.760 --> 00:57:02.639
estate yesterday. Tiffany raises her eyebrow to him. Ah, now

888
00:57:02.679 --> 00:57:07.079
we're getting somewhere. Do tell Horton tells her how we

889
00:57:07.159 --> 00:57:10.239
originally ended up at the Carnivosh estate and how we

890
00:57:10.239 --> 00:57:13.239
weren't there with him originally. The rest of us pick

891
00:57:13.320 --> 00:57:16.000
up and tell Tiffany how we all ended up there.

892
00:57:16.800 --> 00:57:19.239
And aside from you, Richie, did any of you go

893
00:57:19.320 --> 00:57:23.280
into the house, she asks. We all admit we did.

894
00:57:23.679 --> 00:57:27.159
Then Madeleine tells her mom about the big mirror. We

895
00:57:27.280 --> 00:57:30.519
all chime in about that magic room and how we

896
00:57:30.559 --> 00:57:35.679
all looked into the mirror. That's it, missus Donnerly Ariel finishes,

897
00:57:36.280 --> 00:57:39.639
We all pretty much stayed together. We didn't mess around

898
00:57:39.679 --> 00:57:42.480
with anything in that room, and we didn't go into

899
00:57:42.480 --> 00:57:46.159
any other rooms. We just looked at that mirror. After

900
00:57:46.199 --> 00:57:49.480
that we left. Tiffany looks at all of us now

901
00:57:49.519 --> 00:57:54.039
before giving her two cents. Personally, I believe things don't

902
00:57:54.159 --> 00:57:59.280
just happen. Something makes things happen. All of you should

903
00:57:59.320 --> 00:58:02.920
remember that when it comes to that old house, things

904
00:58:03.000 --> 00:58:06.519
are never as seldom as they seem. I myself have

905
00:58:06.599 --> 00:58:09.679
never been in the Carnivosh estate, but there's a reason

906
00:58:09.719 --> 00:58:13.960
why things in Strickfield end up on the university's website.

907
00:58:14.199 --> 00:58:20.960
Do you believe us? Missus Donnerley, Ariel asks, let's be honest, Ariel,

908
00:58:21.519 --> 00:58:24.519
there are many reasons why I shouldn't believe any of

909
00:58:24.559 --> 00:58:30.639
you here, Even my own daughter Tiffany admits. However, I've

910
00:58:30.679 --> 00:58:33.760
known most of you for years, including you, Carter Cross.

911
00:58:34.360 --> 00:58:37.880
I also know my own daughter. As for Richie and Bill,

912
00:58:37.920 --> 00:58:40.719
I'm getting to know you two as well. None of

913
00:58:40.760 --> 00:58:42.960
you look like you're the sort to do the things

914
00:58:43.000 --> 00:58:47.400
you were seen doing at the same time people saw you,

915
00:58:47.920 --> 00:58:51.840
All of you, with the exception of you Maddie. Then

916
00:58:51.960 --> 00:58:56.159
Madeline comes out with it. Funny thing, Mom, I was

917
00:58:56.199 --> 00:58:59.159
the only one who didn't cast a reflection in that

918
00:58:59.239 --> 00:59:04.280
carnivosh me. She raises her finger. For the record, I

919
00:59:04.280 --> 00:59:08.400
ain't no vampire. Maddie's right, ma'am. We all saw it.

920
00:59:08.800 --> 00:59:13.400
Chapman agrees, Oh, I have absolutely no reason whatsoever to

921
00:59:13.440 --> 00:59:17.000
doubt my own daughter. Tiffany tells him. Baxter and I

922
00:59:17.079 --> 00:59:21.559
both raised Maddie, and she doesn't lie to us now.

923
00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:25.199
The way I'm seeing things here, that mirror probably has

924
00:59:25.239 --> 00:59:27.079
a lot to do with what's going on with all

925
00:59:27.119 --> 00:59:30.239
of you. All of you were seen doing damage of

926
00:59:30.280 --> 00:59:33.840
some kind to your parents' houses except for you, Maddie.

927
00:59:34.639 --> 00:59:38.480
Then Madeline remembers something. I ain't been out in the

928
00:59:38.519 --> 00:59:41.880
garage yet. Mom, Carter and me parked our bikes out there.

929
00:59:41.920 --> 00:59:46.360
But what if the garage is wrecked like Carter's. Tiffany

930
00:59:46.400 --> 00:59:49.840
gives Madeline a gentle smile. I can assure you the

931
00:59:49.880 --> 00:59:53.639
garage is definitely not wrecked, since I just pulled my

932
00:59:53.719 --> 00:59:57.159
car in there. Also, absolutely nothing in this house is

933
00:59:57.199 --> 01:00:00.800
wrecked either, Honey. I got home just before all of

934
01:00:00.800 --> 01:00:03.559
you came here, and I checked all the rooms myself.

935
01:00:04.880 --> 01:00:09.519
So what do we do now? Horton asks, we can't

936
01:00:09.559 --> 01:00:14.159
just sit here, right, No, I don't think so. Tiffany

937
01:00:14.199 --> 01:00:18.320
agrees we can't do nothing either. Truth be told, I

938
01:00:18.400 --> 01:00:22.519
honestly don't think anything will happen here. I'm thinking it

939
01:00:22.599 --> 01:00:26.920
would have happened already, not that something couldn't happen mom.

940
01:00:27.400 --> 01:00:31.960
Madeline says, you could be right, but I don't think so.

941
01:00:32.400 --> 01:00:36.719
Tiffany replies, you thinking that mirror at the Carnivosh estate

942
01:00:36.760 --> 01:00:39.119
has something to do with what's going on with the

943
01:00:39.119 --> 01:00:43.639
rest of us, Chapman asks Tiffany. Tiffany leans forward in

944
01:00:43.679 --> 01:00:47.360
her recliner a little, Well, we know what's going on

945
01:00:47.440 --> 01:00:50.360
with the rest of you is most illogical. How can

946
01:00:50.400 --> 01:00:53.000
all of you be creating chaos at your homes when

947
01:00:53.119 --> 01:00:56.679
you're at school. Doesn't make sense by itself, does it?

948
01:00:57.519 --> 01:01:00.000
With all you've mentioned about that mirror you looked into,

949
01:01:00.800 --> 01:01:04.760
that's what makes all this have perfect sense. Maddie looked

950
01:01:04.760 --> 01:01:07.239
into it with the rest of you. Yet nothing happened

951
01:01:07.239 --> 01:01:10.639
here at the house. The rest of you saw yourselves

952
01:01:10.679 --> 01:01:15.480
in that mirror. Ariel suddenly remembers Stuart here wasn't at

953
01:01:15.480 --> 01:01:18.519
the Carnivosh estate with us yesterday, so he didn't look

954
01:01:18.519 --> 01:01:23.599
in the mirror. Tiffany looks at him. Now quite right, Ariel, Stuart,

955
01:01:23.960 --> 01:01:27.440
would you come here please? Much to our surprise, he

956
01:01:27.519 --> 01:01:30.679
listens to Tiffany and goes to her. Now he's waiting

957
01:01:30.719 --> 01:01:33.880
for her to talk to him. Stuart, you're not in

958
01:01:34.000 --> 01:01:37.360
any trouble here, okay. I just want to ask you

959
01:01:37.400 --> 01:01:42.480
a few questions. Are you okay with that? Stuart nods slowly.

960
01:01:43.360 --> 01:01:46.440
Tiffany points at Ariel as she talks to Stuart again,

961
01:01:47.440 --> 01:01:50.559
did you actually see your cousin here in her home,

962
01:01:51.000 --> 01:01:55.360
wrecking the dining room and living rooms this afternoon Stuart

963
01:01:55.400 --> 01:01:56.239
nods quickly.

964
01:01:58.199 --> 01:02:03.400
If you thought that was scary, just you wait, weekly spooky.

965
01:02:03.559 --> 01:02:04.960
We'll be right back.

966
01:02:07.400 --> 01:02:12.119
Perspective. Ariel miron. I shoot to my feet and point

967
01:02:12.159 --> 01:02:18.400
at him. Oh, you lying little goober. Tiffany glances my way. Ariel. Please,

968
01:02:18.960 --> 01:02:21.480
I know you're angry, and you have every right to be.

969
01:02:22.159 --> 01:02:25.440
I want to know what happened from Stuart's point of view. Please,

970
01:02:26.480 --> 01:02:30.880
I groan and sit back down. Okay, missus Donnerley, I'm sorry,

971
01:02:31.960 --> 01:02:36.719
it's okay. Missus Donnerley murmurs. Then she looks at Stuart again,

972
01:02:37.199 --> 01:02:40.639
points my way, and repeats her original question to him.

973
01:02:41.480 --> 01:02:47.320
Stuart nods quickly again. Missus Donnerley lowers her hand. Stuart,

974
01:02:48.039 --> 01:02:51.280
has Ariel ever shown any kind of behavior like this

975
01:02:51.400 --> 01:02:55.159
afternoon that you remember? I know you and Ariel don't

976
01:02:55.159 --> 01:02:57.639
get along the greatest, but I need you to be

977
01:02:57.639 --> 01:03:01.679
as honest with me as possible here. Stuart looks at me.

978
01:03:02.400 --> 01:03:04.960
I really don't know what the little goober is thinking.

979
01:03:05.719 --> 01:03:09.079
Then he looks back at Missus Donnerley and shakes his

980
01:03:09.199 --> 01:03:14.559
little head. Okay, thank you, Stuart. Missus Donnerley asks him

981
01:03:14.599 --> 01:03:17.920
one more question. Ariel is sitting here in the living

982
01:03:17.960 --> 01:03:21.440
room right now? Do you feel she wants to hurt

983
01:03:21.480 --> 01:03:25.280
you in any way? Please think about this very carefully

984
01:03:25.360 --> 01:03:29.480
before you answer again. Stuart looks from me to Missus

985
01:03:29.480 --> 01:03:34.239
Donnerley and back again. He's hesitant in answering her. He

986
01:03:34.280 --> 01:03:37.320
looks at me one more time, then back at Missus Donnerley.

987
01:03:38.119 --> 01:03:42.199
Finally he shakes his head. Then he points at Mouse,

988
01:03:42.239 --> 01:03:47.119
who's sitting next to me. What about Madeline, Stuart, Missus

989
01:03:47.159 --> 01:03:50.760
Donnerley asks. He points to Mouse again and looks like

990
01:03:50.800 --> 01:03:54.280
he's scared. Soon he shakes his head and points at me.

991
01:03:55.400 --> 01:03:59.880
Missus Donnerley asks Mouse. You aren't scared of Ariel, are

992
01:03:59.920 --> 01:04:04.079
you you dear? Nope? Mouse replies I ain't scared of

993
01:04:04.119 --> 01:04:07.599
nobody in this house right now. Then Stuart gets all

994
01:04:07.639 --> 01:04:12.800
happy and claps his hands. Missus Donnerley gets it. I

995
01:04:12.840 --> 01:04:16.199
don't believe Stuart is afraid of you, Ariel, because Maddie

996
01:04:16.280 --> 01:04:19.039
isn't scared of you. I think that's why he feels

997
01:04:19.079 --> 01:04:25.760
safe too. Stuart nods quickly. Missus Donnerley smiles, Okay, thank

998
01:04:25.800 --> 01:04:29.159
you very much, you can go sit down now. Then

999
01:04:29.239 --> 01:04:32.119
she watches Stuart come and sit in between Mouse and me.

1000
01:04:32.920 --> 01:04:36.039
Now he looks up at Mouse. He's always liked her.

1001
01:04:37.119 --> 01:04:40.679
Missus Donnerley is looking at the rest of us. I'm thinking,

1002
01:04:40.760 --> 01:04:44.920
if anything further happens, it's going to happen at your houses.

1003
01:04:45.679 --> 01:04:48.480
She points to Carter. It's a good thing you live

1004
01:04:48.559 --> 01:04:52.800
next door, because here's what I'm thinking. And then Missus

1005
01:04:52.800 --> 01:05:01.039
Donnerley tells us exactly what's on her mind. When mister

1006
01:05:01.159 --> 01:05:04.559
Donnerley comes home, his wife explains to him what's going on,

1007
01:05:05.159 --> 01:05:07.199
and that we're all staying at the house for a

1008
01:05:07.239 --> 01:05:11.400
little bit, and why I can't believe Missus Donnerley believes

1009
01:05:11.440 --> 01:05:14.840
everything we told her. Baxter doesn't seem to show any

1010
01:05:14.880 --> 01:05:18.320
signs of doubting Tiffany. When she's finished talking to him,

1011
01:05:18.320 --> 01:05:22.320
he just nods and says, okay. Baxter comes and talks

1012
01:05:22.320 --> 01:05:26.400
to me. Now, Tiffany tried calling your house, Ariel. I'm

1013
01:05:26.440 --> 01:05:28.639
in agreement with my wife. I don't think you should

1014
01:05:28.679 --> 01:05:30.920
go back to your house right now, at least not

1015
01:05:31.079 --> 01:05:34.039
until all of this is settled. Tiffany's going to call

1016
01:05:34.079 --> 01:05:36.480
Stuart's mom and see if she can come and get him.

1017
01:05:37.360 --> 01:05:41.199
Good luck, mister Donnerley. I gave your wife, Aunt Margaret's number,

1018
01:05:41.239 --> 01:05:45.119
but she's very hard to get a hold of. I say, understood,

1019
01:05:45.440 --> 01:05:49.440
he replies. Then he goes to Carter, who's discreetly keeping

1020
01:05:49.440 --> 01:05:52.400
an eye on his house from a mid upstairs window.

1021
01:05:53.199 --> 01:05:58.800
Anything son, Carter looks his way. Not yet, sir, Did

1022
01:05:58.840 --> 01:06:02.079
I hear Tiffany right up? About why you're watching your house? Carter?

1023
01:06:02.679 --> 01:06:07.440
Baxter asks, you're looking to see if another you may

1024
01:06:07.480 --> 01:06:12.360
turn up. It was her idea, Carter replies, it's the

1025
01:06:12.400 --> 01:06:15.559
only one that makes any sense right now. After a

1026
01:06:15.559 --> 01:06:19.039
little bit, Tiffany comes and finds me. I'm afraid I

1027
01:06:19.079 --> 01:06:22.360
still can't reach your aunt. I don't have any other

1028
01:06:22.480 --> 01:06:26.360
numbers for her. I tell her that's fine. She puts

1029
01:06:26.400 --> 01:06:29.039
her hand on my shoulder. How about you come help

1030
01:06:29.079 --> 01:06:33.199
me make dinner. Maybe it'll ease your nerves. Then I

1031
01:06:33.239 --> 01:06:37.880
can't help myself and hug Tiffany. To my surprise, she

1032
01:06:37.960 --> 01:06:42.320
hugs me back. It's all right, honey, she tells me softly.

1033
01:06:43.320 --> 01:06:46.159
We suddenly come apart, and not because it's getting close

1034
01:06:46.199 --> 01:06:49.320
to dinner time. A window shattered near Mouse to get

1035
01:06:49.320 --> 01:06:56.559
our attention. Then I see him a second. Horton, you

1036
01:06:56.679 --> 01:06:59.840
belong to me now, he tells Mouse as he grabs

1037
01:06:59.840 --> 01:07:04.000
her help, Mouse calls out as Carter's ready to move

1038
01:07:04.039 --> 01:07:05.920
away from the window he's at and go help her.

1039
01:07:06.280 --> 01:07:09.559
That window shatters too. I gasp when I see another

1040
01:07:09.679 --> 01:07:13.599
me wrapping her arms around him. I hate you, Carter,

1041
01:07:14.239 --> 01:07:17.320
the other me tells him in an evil tone. Then

1042
01:07:17.440 --> 01:07:22.320
one more window breaks to reveal another Carter. Suddenly, a

1043
01:07:22.360 --> 01:07:25.880
second Chapman kicks in the back door and enters. Things

1044
01:07:26.000 --> 01:07:30.239
just irrupt into complete pandemonium here. You know things just

1045
01:07:30.320 --> 01:07:33.480
got bad when little Stuart comes and hugs my leg

1046
01:07:35.320 --> 01:07:41.159
perspective Madeline Donnerly, Oh man, this ain't supposed to be happening.

1047
01:07:41.880 --> 01:07:44.519
Now we're under attack by the other's mirror doubles.

1048
01:07:45.199 --> 01:07:45.480
No one.

1049
01:07:45.519 --> 01:07:48.199
My real friends from the mirror versions ain't very hard.

1050
01:07:48.920 --> 01:07:52.280
One they all got red glowing eyes. Two, they just

1051
01:07:52.320 --> 01:07:55.800
got those evil vibes when you see him. Three And

1052
01:07:55.960 --> 01:08:00.440
the most obvious of all is what they're wearing. Example,

1053
01:08:00.519 --> 01:08:04.280
our Chapman's wearing a camouflage T shirt with army on it.

1054
01:08:04.880 --> 01:08:08.800
Chapman's double's wearing one too, except the patterns reversed with

1055
01:08:09.639 --> 01:08:13.840
y mra on his. Also, there ain't no mirror double

1056
01:08:13.880 --> 01:08:16.840
of this little Mouseie. Yeah, but I'm going to be

1057
01:08:16.840 --> 01:08:19.479
bringing in my own double shortly if you catch my

1058
01:08:19.560 --> 01:08:21.680
drift here, But I got to get away from the

1059
01:08:21.680 --> 01:08:24.880
other Horton first. I quickly drop to my knees and

1060
01:08:24.920 --> 01:08:28.159
scurry in between mirror Horton's legs. I'm back of my

1061
01:08:28.159 --> 01:08:31.039
feet and quickly run into the stairway leading into the basement.

1062
01:08:31.600 --> 01:08:34.720
After pulling the door shut, I haul my keyster downstairs

1063
01:08:34.720 --> 01:08:37.800
and pull my compact out of my pocket. We're in

1064
01:08:37.840 --> 01:08:42.000
real trouble, Mary, I tell her, you know what to do, Madeline.

1065
01:08:42.560 --> 01:08:48.079
She tells me, merry Worth. Merry Worth, Marry Worth. I

1066
01:08:48.159 --> 01:08:52.079
quickly say to the mirror. Now the ghostly energies come

1067
01:08:52.119 --> 01:08:54.920
out of the mirror and go into me. Before long,

1068
01:08:55.000 --> 01:08:58.000
I'm once again a passenger in my own body. As

1069
01:08:58.119 --> 01:09:01.760
merry Worth takes over, Mary floats up and out of

1070
01:09:01.800 --> 01:09:04.760
the house. Then she enters in on the ground floor.

1071
01:09:04.800 --> 01:09:09.439
When she sees what's going on. Ah, yes, now I

1072
01:09:09.560 --> 01:09:12.800
understand why you could not cast a reflection in the

1073
01:09:12.840 --> 01:09:16.640
mirror at the Carnivosha state, Madeleine. Mary thinks to me,

1074
01:09:17.439 --> 01:09:20.640
the mirror is a doorway between the mortal realm and

1075
01:09:20.720 --> 01:09:23.000
into my part of the after life, known as the

1076
01:09:23.079 --> 01:09:27.159
mirror realm. You did not cast a reflection, because I

1077
01:09:27.279 --> 01:09:31.000
myself reside in the mirror realm and am currently possessing

1078
01:09:31.039 --> 01:09:36.760
you and them mirror doubles. I ask, these are beings

1079
01:09:36.760 --> 01:09:39.520
who have escaped and are looking to bring your friends

1080
01:09:39.560 --> 01:09:42.800
back to the mirror. If they should succeed, your friends

1081
01:09:42.840 --> 01:09:47.479
shall remain in the mirror realm for all time. Good thing,

1082
01:09:47.520 --> 01:09:51.840
we ain't near that mirror, I say, with relief. No, Madeleine,

1083
01:09:52.399 --> 01:09:56.079
not that mirror. It can be any mirror in this case.

1084
01:09:56.600 --> 01:09:59.199
They just need that one back at the Carnivosha state

1085
01:09:59.239 --> 01:10:03.159
as their doorway to the mortal realm. I must stop

1086
01:10:03.199 --> 01:10:07.359
those doppelgangers before they place your friends in mirrors. Mary,

1087
01:10:07.479 --> 01:10:10.880
look that Chapman's got a mirror and he's gonna use

1088
01:10:10.920 --> 01:10:14.479
it on Mom. Mary casts a spell and causes the

1089
01:10:14.479 --> 01:10:18.479
mirror to shatter. When the mirror doubles see Mary, they

1090
01:10:18.520 --> 01:10:21.479
scream and quickly run out of the house in different directions.

1091
01:10:22.239 --> 01:10:24.840
Two of them drop whatever mirrors they already had as

1092
01:10:24.880 --> 01:10:29.319
they run. Okay, I was wrong. Our carter cornered mirror

1093
01:10:29.359 --> 01:10:32.680
Ariel before she escaped. Chapman and Dad get over to

1094
01:10:32.720 --> 01:10:36.159
her and keep her there. Mary quickly casts a spell

1095
01:10:36.279 --> 01:10:39.600
to make a rope appear around mirror Aeriel. Then she

1096
01:10:39.760 --> 01:10:42.640
casts one more spell to fix all the windows and

1097
01:10:42.720 --> 01:10:46.279
the back door to keep the cold out. Now Mom

1098
01:10:46.319 --> 01:10:50.239
and Mary are face to face. Mom ain't even scared,

1099
01:10:50.960 --> 01:10:55.680
and then Mom actually talks to Mary where the others

1100
01:10:55.760 --> 01:11:00.279
can't hear. Thank you for coming. You are safe for

1101
01:11:00.319 --> 01:11:05.239
the moment, Tiffany Donnelly, Mary tells her. Then she floats

1102
01:11:05.279 --> 01:11:08.880
back out of the house and into the basement. Mary

1103
01:11:08.920 --> 01:11:11.720
brings out my compact and returns to the mirror realm

1104
01:11:11.960 --> 01:11:14.880
to give me control of my body again. Then I

1105
01:11:14.920 --> 01:11:19.640
look in the mirror and see Mary's face. Those doppelgangers

1106
01:11:19.680 --> 01:11:23.920
will return, Madeline. Mary warns me they cannot remain in

1107
01:11:23.920 --> 01:11:27.119
the mortal realm as long as their real counterparts still

1108
01:11:27.159 --> 01:11:31.000
exist here. Return to the others, call upon me if

1109
01:11:31.039 --> 01:11:34.920
you need me again. Thanks Mary. I close up the

1110
01:11:34.960 --> 01:11:38.279
compact and head back upstairs. When I open the door,

1111
01:11:38.399 --> 01:11:42.680
Ariel grabs me, where were you mouse? Then she looks

1112
01:11:42.720 --> 01:11:47.159
at me, Funny, it is you right, I'm me, Ariel,

1113
01:11:47.439 --> 01:11:50.880
I assure her. Then Stuart comes and hugs me. I

1114
01:11:50.920 --> 01:11:56.279
hug him back. You're definitely you, Ariel. Says, Stuart wouldn't

1115
01:11:56.279 --> 01:11:58.640
have done that if you were one of those things.

1116
01:11:59.119 --> 01:12:02.039
We go into the kick where mirror Ariel is tied

1117
01:12:02.079 --> 01:12:05.119
to one of the chairs at the table. You think

1118
01:12:05.159 --> 01:12:10.039
you're safe, mirror, Aeriel sneers. You just wait. The others

1119
01:12:10.039 --> 01:12:12.880
will be back one way or another. You will all

1120
01:12:12.920 --> 01:12:16.359
be going into the mirror realm. Now she's looking right

1121
01:12:16.399 --> 01:12:19.800
at our Aeriel. I had so much fun wrecking those

1122
01:12:19.880 --> 01:12:24.600
rooms in your house, ruining Christmas. I'm still laughing inside,

1123
01:12:24.680 --> 01:12:28.800
knowing you got the blame for everything. Now your own

1124
01:12:28.880 --> 01:12:33.079
mom doesn't even want you anymore. Ooh, I bet that's

1125
01:12:33.119 --> 01:12:35.880
got a hurt. Are Ariels shaking?

1126
01:12:35.960 --> 01:12:38.680
Now? Oh? You you?

1127
01:12:39.760 --> 01:12:44.119
She tightens her fists and screams. Then she raises her

1128
01:12:44.159 --> 01:12:46.000
fists to hit the other.

1129
01:12:46.159 --> 01:12:52.039
Aeriel A, sh it was only the wind. You're safe,

1130
01:12:52.439 --> 01:12:54.479
weekly spooky, We'll be right back.

1131
01:12:57.119 --> 01:13:02.520
Perspective Bill Chapman. I reach out and stop Ariel. Then

1132
01:13:02.600 --> 01:13:06.279
she turns and looks right at me. What are you doing, Chapman?

1133
01:13:07.680 --> 01:13:10.239
Come on, what good will hitting her do? I ask,

1134
01:13:11.039 --> 01:13:13.520
It's not gonna fix anything back at your house or

1135
01:13:13.560 --> 01:13:17.680
get you back home. Ariel's still shaking, but she finally

1136
01:13:17.760 --> 01:13:22.319
backs off Chapman's right, you guys. Even after we fix everything,

1137
01:13:22.359 --> 01:13:25.439
I still can't go home. Mom will keep thinking I

1138
01:13:25.600 --> 01:13:29.039
was the one who trashed those rooms. Then Mattie's got

1139
01:13:29.079 --> 01:13:33.039
her smartphone out. Hey, Ariel, why don't you go stand

1140
01:13:33.079 --> 01:13:36.880
behind your twin sister and smile real pretty? Ariel gives

1141
01:13:36.920 --> 01:13:40.640
Mattie a weird look. Have you flipped your Mickey Mouse

1142
01:13:40.640 --> 01:13:45.520
ears or something? But Mattie's dad gets it. No, do it, Ariel.

1143
01:13:45.880 --> 01:13:47.840
Mattie's going to take pictures of the two of you,

1144
01:13:48.399 --> 01:13:51.800
then we can send them to your mom. But what

1145
01:13:51.840 --> 01:13:56.239
if mom doesn't buy it? Ariel asks, she's the absolute

1146
01:13:56.279 --> 01:14:00.000
most stubborn woman I know, probably next to Aunt Margaret.

1147
01:14:01.000 --> 01:14:05.680
Then she sighs, Okay, I'll do it, but only because

1148
01:14:05.720 --> 01:14:09.720
you asked me to. Mister Donnery. Actually, I'm starting a

1149
01:14:09.760 --> 01:14:13.520
video chat to your mom's phone. Maddie tells her got

1150
01:14:13.520 --> 01:14:18.359
her Ariel quickly moves up behind her mirror double. Then

1151
01:14:18.479 --> 01:14:22.960
Maddie gives the signal say hello to our mom, Ariel

1152
01:14:23.000 --> 01:14:27.439
tells her double. Then she looks at the phone. Hi, Mom,

1153
01:14:28.000 --> 01:14:31.479
look what we've got to show you. No, your eyes

1154
01:14:31.520 --> 01:14:34.920
aren't deceiving you. This isn't a trick. There really was

1155
01:14:35.000 --> 01:14:37.880
another me who wrecked the house while I was at school,

1156
01:14:38.359 --> 01:14:41.960
and she's sitting right here looking all pretty for you.

1157
01:14:42.560 --> 01:14:46.079
She slaps her double shoulder. Well, come on, say hi

1158
01:14:46.159 --> 01:14:50.279
to mom. Then the other Ariel growls at our Aeriel

1159
01:14:50.720 --> 01:14:55.560
and glares at Maddie. Oh you you cover your ears,

1160
01:14:55.560 --> 01:14:59.920
everybody quick, Horton quickly tells us. The other Ariel belt

1161
01:15:00.159 --> 01:15:04.119
out a high pitched scream. When she calms down, Cross

1162
01:15:04.119 --> 01:15:07.159
has a towel in his hand from the downstairs bathroom.

1163
01:15:08.000 --> 01:15:10.359
You get far away from me with that, you muscle

1164
01:15:10.399 --> 01:15:14.359
bound oath. The other Ariel snaps at Cross, Then our

1165
01:15:14.399 --> 01:15:17.720
Ariel grabs the towel from him. I'll gag you myself

1166
01:15:17.760 --> 01:15:20.039
if you don't shut up. You still got mom on

1167
01:15:20.079 --> 01:15:25.039
the line. Mouse yep, keep going, Maddie answers. Now, little

1168
01:15:25.039 --> 01:15:28.279
Stuart Miron's right there. He gives the other Ariel a

1169
01:15:28.359 --> 01:15:30.720
mean look before he kicks her hard in the shin.

1170
01:15:31.399 --> 01:15:35.119
She cries out before she thrashes forward. Stuart backs up

1171
01:15:35.159 --> 01:15:39.159
when she roars at him. Our Ariel backs him up. Careful, you,

1172
01:15:39.199 --> 01:15:42.880
little goober, Ariel tells him this other me might eat

1173
01:15:42.920 --> 01:15:46.600
you up. Stuart looks up at his real cousin. He

1174
01:15:46.720 --> 01:15:49.199
almost looks like he's ready to kick our Ariel too,

1175
01:15:50.000 --> 01:15:54.720
but he doesn't. Then Ariel asks everybody, Okay, now, what

1176
01:15:54.840 --> 01:15:58.000
do we do with this other me here? She turns

1177
01:15:58.000 --> 01:16:01.279
to Maddie's phone. Still don't want to talk to me, Mom,

1178
01:16:01.760 --> 01:16:04.199
We're all trying to tell you you're not seeing things. This

1179
01:16:04.319 --> 01:16:06.840
isn't a trick for you to let me come back home.

1180
01:16:07.720 --> 01:16:10.880
Then Ariel explains everything about us going to the Carnivosh

1181
01:16:10.960 --> 01:16:14.119
estate and finding that mirror, which was how we let

1182
01:16:14.159 --> 01:16:16.760
our doubles come into the real world, and how they

1183
01:16:16.800 --> 01:16:21.319
were the ones who wrecked all those rooms at our houses. Look, Mom,

1184
01:16:22.199 --> 01:16:24.680
I know you and I don't really get along that well,

1185
01:16:25.239 --> 01:16:28.399
Ariel says, But I really thought you knew me better

1186
01:16:28.439 --> 01:16:31.239
than that. If you don't want to talk to me anymore,

1187
01:16:31.239 --> 01:16:34.039
that's fine. Show everybody here at the Donnerly House what

1188
01:16:34.159 --> 01:16:38.079
kind of mom you really are. Suddenly, Maddie's mom gets

1189
01:16:38.079 --> 01:16:41.800
a call on her smartphone. She answers it, Oh, hello,

1190
01:16:41.800 --> 01:16:47.079
missus Miron. Yes, here's Ariel. She hands her the phone.

1191
01:16:47.199 --> 01:16:50.840
Ariel and her mom get into it. Then Ariel's double

1192
01:16:50.880 --> 01:16:53.920
gloats to Missus Miron about how she wrecked everything and

1193
01:16:54.039 --> 01:16:57.399
loved every minute of it. Oh, does Ariel's mom give

1194
01:16:57.439 --> 01:17:00.600
her double a earful When she asks to talk to

1195
01:17:00.640 --> 01:17:03.600
her real daughter. Ariel's mom tells her she can come

1196
01:17:03.640 --> 01:17:06.600
back home, but that she's still in big trouble for

1197
01:17:06.680 --> 01:17:10.399
going into the Carnivosha State. Then I can see Ariel's

1198
01:17:10.439 --> 01:17:13.520
mom give her a wicked look. And do you know

1199
01:17:13.640 --> 01:17:16.319
how you'll be paying me back for all the damages

1200
01:17:16.560 --> 01:17:20.520
Ariel renaissance mirror. Let's just say that you and Stuart

1201
01:17:20.560 --> 01:17:22.720
are going to be getting real close over the next

1202
01:17:22.720 --> 01:17:27.359
several months. Her mom hangs up. Now Stuart's giving our

1203
01:17:27.439 --> 01:17:31.039
Ariel an evil kid look. I think Ariel's probably wishing

1204
01:17:31.039 --> 01:17:34.079
her mom had kept her out after all. Now that

1205
01:17:34.119 --> 01:17:35.960
I think about it, the rest of us can get

1206
01:17:35.960 --> 01:17:40.079
off the hook once Mattie's parents explain everything. I don't

1207
01:17:40.119 --> 01:17:42.000
think they'll kick us out of our houses the way

1208
01:17:42.000 --> 01:17:45.239
Ariel's mom did her. I think even my old man

1209
01:17:45.359 --> 01:17:48.880
might be willing to listen to reason. Then Horton has

1210
01:17:48.880 --> 01:17:51.960
an idea. I wonder what would happen if we went

1211
01:17:52.000 --> 01:17:56.119
back to the Carnivosha State and shattered that mirror. No,

1212
01:17:57.199 --> 01:18:00.600
the other Ariel yells. Then she goes crazy and starts

1213
01:18:00.600 --> 01:18:04.800
trying to get free. Our Ariel approaches her. What happens

1214
01:18:04.800 --> 01:18:08.039
if we break it? Huh? When the other Ariel won't talk,

1215
01:18:08.319 --> 01:18:12.279
our Aerial shows an evil smile. If you don't talk,

1216
01:18:12.760 --> 01:18:16.119
I'll have Stewart kick your shins again. When the other

1217
01:18:16.199 --> 01:18:20.359
Ariel starts screaming and thrashing again, crossing me go to

1218
01:18:20.439 --> 01:18:24.239
her and keep her chair planted. Then she screams loud

1219
01:18:24.279 --> 01:18:30.279
one more time you finished. Our Ariel asks, okay, if

1220
01:18:30.359 --> 01:18:33.079
you don't talk, I think I'm going to scream again

1221
01:18:33.159 --> 01:18:37.199
myself right in one of your ears. Better be talking.

1222
01:18:37.600 --> 01:18:40.479
Mattie tells her, I don't know about you, but I

1223
01:18:40.640 --> 01:18:44.560
seen our Ariel actually crack windows with her screams. Then

1224
01:18:44.640 --> 01:18:47.640
I say in the other Aereal's ear, I wouldn't want

1225
01:18:47.680 --> 01:18:52.079
our Ariel doing that to me. Our Ariel gives Cross

1226
01:18:52.119 --> 01:18:55.439
a wicked look. I could scream to get your sodas

1227
01:18:55.479 --> 01:19:00.680
at school now, Cross shakes his head. Never gonna happen, Princess.

1228
01:19:01.319 --> 01:19:03.640
Maybe once you get back home you can start using

1229
01:19:03.720 --> 01:19:07.479
King Daddy's Royal credit card again to get your own sodas.

1230
01:19:08.079 --> 01:19:13.520
Ariel growls at Cross oh you you and again. Cross

1231
01:19:13.560 --> 01:19:16.680
and Ariel are in their trance when their eyes meet.

1232
01:19:16.880 --> 01:19:20.119
When Cross reaches out and holds Ariel's hand, the other

1233
01:19:20.239 --> 01:19:24.279
Ariel rolls her eyes. Q. Two are making me sick here.

1234
01:19:25.000 --> 01:19:28.880
Our Ariel quickly takes her hand back. Maddie's biting on

1235
01:19:28.880 --> 01:19:32.279
her lower lip to keep from laughing. When Horton sees

1236
01:19:32.359 --> 01:19:35.359
she's ready to burst, he quickly covers up for her

1237
01:19:35.399 --> 01:19:39.439
by laughing himself. Our Ariel points at him, you just

1238
01:19:39.600 --> 01:19:42.960
keep laughing at up, Horton. Then she points at Maddie.

1239
01:19:43.399 --> 01:19:47.079
I heard you, mouse. Then she grumbles, I hate you

1240
01:19:47.199 --> 01:19:52.680
Carter anything you say. Princess Cross sneers. Then I get

1241
01:19:52.680 --> 01:19:56.079
things back to where they gotta be. Maybe Horton's right,

1242
01:19:56.760 --> 01:19:58.560
Maybe we ought to go back to that house and

1243
01:19:58.600 --> 01:20:02.000
break that mirror. The other Aerol starts thrashing in her

1244
01:20:02.079 --> 01:20:06.279
chair again. Don't you dare? If you shatter that mirror,

1245
01:20:06.479 --> 01:20:09.479
none of the others can come through. We'll also have

1246
01:20:09.560 --> 01:20:11.920
to go back, since we haven't gotten any of you

1247
01:20:12.000 --> 01:20:15.520
to take our places. What happens if we end up

1248
01:20:15.560 --> 01:20:19.359
in the mirror world? Cross asks? When the other Aerial

1249
01:20:19.479 --> 01:20:23.479
won't answer, Our Ariel opens the refrigerator door and takes

1250
01:20:23.520 --> 01:20:27.000
out a coke. Then she comes and stands next across

1251
01:20:27.760 --> 01:20:32.319
now the other Aerols, eyeing the coke. Our Ariel quickly notices.

1252
01:20:33.000 --> 01:20:39.960
Then she smirks, I think, now we're getting somewhere perspective,

1253
01:20:40.680 --> 01:20:44.359
Aeriel mirror. I crack the coke and take a drink.

1254
01:20:44.840 --> 01:20:47.560
If it weren't for my girls sneaking this bubbly slice

1255
01:20:47.560 --> 01:20:49.920
of heaven over to our sleepovers at my house on

1256
01:20:49.960 --> 01:20:53.920
Friday nights, I'd both be stuck drinking diet sodas and

1257
01:20:54.119 --> 01:20:58.399
losing my mind. Oh you want some of this, I

1258
01:20:58.560 --> 01:21:01.640
ask my double. Don't you dare taunt me like that?

1259
01:21:02.279 --> 01:21:07.359
My double snaps, Then she looks desperate. I want that soda.

1260
01:21:08.159 --> 01:21:11.399
Mouse points to the refrigerator. Tell us what we want

1261
01:21:11.399 --> 01:21:13.279
to know, and I'll give you one of your very own.

1262
01:21:13.760 --> 01:21:17.720
We got plenty. She doesn't believe Mouse until she opens

1263
01:21:17.760 --> 01:21:22.279
the refrigerator door, improves it. Now my double starts spilling everything.

1264
01:21:22.680 --> 01:21:25.960
She answers Chapman's question by telling us if we end

1265
01:21:26.039 --> 01:21:28.880
up in the mirror realm, then we stay there forever,

1266
01:21:29.560 --> 01:21:32.399
as in, we just take your places in the mirror

1267
01:21:32.479 --> 01:21:37.720
realm itself. Horton asks that's right. The other Aerial answers,

1268
01:21:38.439 --> 01:21:43.640
then we can finally experience everything you experience, including Christmas.

1269
01:21:44.520 --> 01:21:47.920
Baxter points at her. Now, and you just gave me

1270
01:21:48.000 --> 01:21:51.439
an idea. Mouse's dad gathers all of us into his

1271
01:21:51.439 --> 01:21:57.000
wife's studio and quietly explains his plan. What about my coke?

1272
01:21:57.600 --> 01:22:00.640
We hear the other Ariel calling out, come on, I

1273
01:22:00.760 --> 01:22:02.079
told you what you wanted to know.

1274
01:22:03.239 --> 01:22:03.840
Please.

1275
01:22:05.239 --> 01:22:08.920
When Baxter finishes explaining his plan, we go back into

1276
01:22:08.960 --> 01:22:13.960
the kitchen. You realize you're going back, right, Chapman asks her.

1277
01:22:14.680 --> 01:22:17.520
She gets mad. I'll fight you every step of the way.

1278
01:22:17.560 --> 01:22:22.000
I'll go kicking and screaming. Yeah, we'll see about that,

1279
01:22:22.600 --> 01:22:25.560
Mouse says and keeps her word. By getting my double

1280
01:22:25.600 --> 01:22:28.199
her coke, she hasks to crack it and hold it

1281
01:22:28.239 --> 01:22:30.920
for her to drink, since we won't be untying her.

1282
01:22:31.640 --> 01:22:34.920
People say, I'm obsessed with SODA's. But the other me,

1283
01:22:35.640 --> 01:22:40.239
whoa mouse, ends up giving her two cokes. Better enjoy it,

1284
01:22:40.520 --> 01:22:42.680
because I'm sure there ain't no coke where you're going

1285
01:22:42.760 --> 01:22:48.079
back to mirror. Aeriel growls, I hate you, you little squeaker,

1286
01:22:48.640 --> 01:22:52.039
I point at her. Nope, nobody says they hate mouse

1287
01:22:52.079 --> 01:22:55.199
except me and me only don't care if you are

1288
01:22:55.239 --> 01:22:58.840
supposed to be me. Carter gives me a strange look.

1289
01:22:58.880 --> 01:23:03.199
Now you sure know how to be a princess, princess,

1290
01:23:04.239 --> 01:23:08.279
and don't you forget it? I return, Then I raise

1291
01:23:08.319 --> 01:23:11.119
my own coke can to Carter cheers.

1292
01:23:13.039 --> 01:23:17.239
I like it, Spooky weekly, Spooky will be right back.

1293
01:23:21.199 --> 01:23:24.199
That night, the five of us returned to the Carnivosha

1294
01:23:24.279 --> 01:23:28.520
State with our prisoner. Mouse's parents are parked just outside

1295
01:23:28.600 --> 01:23:31.720
until we need them. Let's be honest. You know how

1296
01:23:31.720 --> 01:23:35.399
many times I've found myself envying Mouse. She's not as

1297
01:23:35.479 --> 01:23:38.479
rich as my family, but she's got way more than

1298
01:23:38.520 --> 01:23:41.680
I've got. Right now, looking at my parents and then

1299
01:23:41.760 --> 01:23:46.720
Mouse's I definitely want her parents getting back to Now

1300
01:23:47.239 --> 01:23:49.520
we're moving the other me to the back door of

1301
01:23:49.560 --> 01:23:53.560
the Carnivosha State. You really think those other mirrored versions

1302
01:23:53.560 --> 01:23:56.199
of us are going to come back here? I ask Mouse.

1303
01:23:56.880 --> 01:24:00.840
She shrugs. I just got thinking how we're all hanging out.

1304
01:24:01.279 --> 01:24:03.640
If these versions of us are the same as us

1305
01:24:03.640 --> 01:24:06.880
in most every way, maybe they're like us and being

1306
01:24:06.920 --> 01:24:10.560
there for each other too. I mean this other you's

1307
01:24:10.640 --> 01:24:14.319
gotcha soda craving, right, I look at the half drunk

1308
01:24:14.399 --> 01:24:17.640
coke that Mouse gave me before we left. Oh, I

1309
01:24:17.880 --> 01:24:22.159
hate you Mouse. Then she snickers. The next thing we know,

1310
01:24:22.399 --> 01:24:25.520
Mouse digs into her jacket and pulls out another coke.

1311
01:24:26.039 --> 01:24:28.760
I'm ready to snatch it up, but she scurries away

1312
01:24:28.760 --> 01:24:32.399
from me. Nope, this one ain't for you, Ariel. She

1313
01:24:32.520 --> 01:24:35.720
looks to the other me, who's still tied up. This

1314
01:24:35.760 --> 01:24:39.399
one's for your twin. The other me looks desperate for

1315
01:24:39.439 --> 01:24:42.680
that unopened can. The others are going to turn on

1316
01:24:42.760 --> 01:24:45.520
me when they learn I helped you. She bites her

1317
01:24:45.560 --> 01:24:50.039
lower lip and groans, I want that coke. It's yours.

1318
01:24:50.399 --> 01:24:54.479
Mouse promises her. All you gotta do is call for help. See,

1319
01:24:54.520 --> 01:24:57.920
I'm betting your friends are around here someplace. Either they're

1320
01:24:57.960 --> 01:25:00.600
coming to rescue you or they're wanting to yet us.

1321
01:25:01.319 --> 01:25:03.760
So now that we're back here where all this started,

1322
01:25:04.199 --> 01:25:07.119
it'll be two birds one stone, right, So go ahead

1323
01:25:07.159 --> 01:25:09.439
and call them soon as they show up, I'll let

1324
01:25:09.520 --> 01:25:14.199
you have this delicious, icy cold sweet refreshing. The other

1325
01:25:14.319 --> 01:25:17.840
Meat suddenly yells for help. Chapman leans in and says

1326
01:25:17.880 --> 01:25:22.239
to Mouse, this really is a crazy plan, Maddie. You

1327
01:25:22.319 --> 01:25:26.680
sure it'll work? Mouse, is optimistic. Yeah, I'm thinking so,

1328
01:25:27.520 --> 01:25:31.800
Chapman sighs and shakes his head a little. Okay. Ever

1329
01:25:31.840 --> 01:25:34.920
since Horton, Chapman, and Chunker became a part of our circle,

1330
01:25:35.319 --> 01:25:39.279
Chapman always seems to have trouble understanding Mouse, But I

1331
01:25:39.319 --> 01:25:42.880
think he finds her interesting. The other met keeps calling

1332
01:25:42.960 --> 01:25:45.960
for her friends. As soon as we're outside the door,

1333
01:25:46.000 --> 01:25:48.600
where those magic tricks in that mirror that caused all

1334
01:25:48.640 --> 01:25:52.800
this trouble is? Mouse looks inside the room. Yep, the

1335
01:25:52.840 --> 01:25:56.359
mirror is still here. Do we dare go near it again?

1336
01:25:56.960 --> 01:26:01.800
Horton asks, I know what you think, and buddy Mouse replies,

1337
01:26:02.439 --> 01:26:05.359
but I got a hunch. Mouse walks up to the

1338
01:26:05.399 --> 01:26:10.479
mirror again. She doesn't cast a reflection, but then again,

1339
01:26:10.600 --> 01:26:13.640
neither does Horton when he stands next to her. I

1340
01:26:13.760 --> 01:26:16.640
go and stand on the other side of Mouse. I

1341
01:26:16.680 --> 01:26:19.960
don't have a reflection either. I look over my shoulder

1342
01:26:20.000 --> 01:26:22.760
and see the other me. I can see the reflection

1343
01:26:22.920 --> 01:26:26.840
of the room itself, but nothing of us. Was that

1344
01:26:26.880 --> 01:26:31.640
your hunch, Mouse? I ask? Yep, she replies. Now we

1345
01:26:31.800 --> 01:26:34.359
just got to wait till that other April's friends show up.

1346
01:26:35.119 --> 01:26:40.199
We're already here. Someone calls out. Suddenly mirror. Chapman slams

1347
01:26:40.239 --> 01:26:42.840
the door to the room. We never thought to look

1348
01:26:42.880 --> 01:26:46.079
behind the open door. The other Horton and Carter come

1349
01:26:46.119 --> 01:26:49.239
out from their hiding places too. It's then when the

1350
01:26:49.279 --> 01:26:52.960
mirror starts glowing red. Horton said, how it only had

1351
01:26:52.960 --> 01:26:55.560
a slight tinge of red when we all looked into

1352
01:26:55.600 --> 01:27:00.720
it yesterday, But now it's really glowing. Crimson, about time

1353
01:27:00.800 --> 01:27:04.600
you guys found me, the other me says after their Carteruntiser.

1354
01:27:05.319 --> 01:27:06.760
The four of them are coming at us.

1355
01:27:06.840 --> 01:27:07.119
Now.

1356
01:27:07.960 --> 01:27:10.479
Time for you guys to take our places in the mirror.

1357
01:27:10.560 --> 01:27:14.560
Realm there, Chapman jeers, don't worry, you'll get used to

1358
01:27:14.600 --> 01:27:19.159
it after a while. We had our whole lives. When

1359
01:27:19.159 --> 01:27:22.119
their eyes start glowing as bright as the mirror, we

1360
01:27:22.159 --> 01:27:24.680
know we're in trouble. But we're not going into that

1361
01:27:24.720 --> 01:27:28.479
mirror so fast. You want to take our places, you're

1362
01:27:28.520 --> 01:27:30.880
going to have to fight us for it. I tell

1363
01:27:30.920 --> 01:27:35.359
our doubles. Then I look at my double. Don't forget honey.

1364
01:27:35.800 --> 01:27:39.560
Mouse here still has your coke. She looks desperate. Now

1365
01:27:39.600 --> 01:27:45.119
as she moves toward Mouse, give it to me. Through

1366
01:27:45.159 --> 01:27:47.760
my peripheral vision, I can see something coming out of

1367
01:27:47.760 --> 01:27:52.880
the mirror. I gasp when this big glowing hand wraps

1368
01:27:52.920 --> 01:28:02.199
around my waist. Guys, I yell fast, help mepe Madeline Donnerly.

1369
01:28:03.319 --> 01:28:06.800
Oh man, seriously, how come plans never go the way

1370
01:28:06.840 --> 01:28:10.880
you want them to. I wasn't expecting this. Guess it

1371
01:28:11.039 --> 01:28:14.479
just goes to show you. I think that's how you

1372
01:28:14.520 --> 01:28:17.560
say it. I don't know anyway. I know I gotta

1373
01:28:17.600 --> 01:28:21.239
bring Mary Worth back. Only thing is everybody you'll see me.

1374
01:28:21.319 --> 01:28:25.880
But suddenly the door bursts open. My parents are here now.

1375
01:28:26.399 --> 01:28:28.439
Guess they must have saw the glow coming from the

1376
01:28:28.479 --> 01:28:32.039
window and knew we were in trouble. Mirror Chapman sees

1377
01:28:32.079 --> 01:28:35.960
my parents and sneers at us. Really, you gotta call

1378
01:28:36.079 --> 01:28:40.359
mommy and daddy when you're in trouble. What whimps? Mom

1379
01:28:40.439 --> 01:28:42.880
points at him. It's got nothing to do with that,

1380
01:28:43.000 --> 01:28:46.279
and you know it. We're parents. We're supposed to be

1381
01:28:46.399 --> 01:28:49.560
here for our children when they need us. Then the

1382
01:28:49.600 --> 01:28:52.800
mirror Horton's looking at my parents in a weird way.

1383
01:28:53.920 --> 01:28:58.680
What's with the Christmas costumes? Yep? Dad's wearing a Santa

1384
01:28:58.680 --> 01:29:01.840
Claus suit and has a big red bag over his shoulder.

1385
01:29:02.359 --> 01:29:06.439
Mom's dressed up like one of Santa's elves who wants presents.

1386
01:29:06.960 --> 01:29:12.520
Mom asks the mirror doubles cheerfully presence. The other Chapman groans,

1387
01:29:13.119 --> 01:29:17.600
what's the joke here? No joke, son, Dad says in

1388
01:29:17.640 --> 01:29:21.039
a deep Santa voice. Don't you have Christmas where you

1389
01:29:21.119 --> 01:29:24.760
come from? Then Dad puts the sack down and opens

1390
01:29:24.800 --> 01:29:29.000
it to reveal lots of presents. Now our doubles look stunned,

1391
01:29:29.479 --> 01:29:32.159
except the aerial one, who wants the pop I'm still

1392
01:29:32.159 --> 01:29:36.199
holding now she's pointing right at me. I want that cooke,

1393
01:29:36.279 --> 01:29:40.159
you little mouse, I point to Dad. But Santa's got

1394
01:29:40.159 --> 01:29:44.920
presents for you. Ariel. Don't you guys want presents for Christmas? Now?

1395
01:29:44.960 --> 01:29:50.159
She looks confused. Guys are Ariel shrieks A little help here,

1396
01:29:51.039 --> 01:29:54.840
think mouse, think ah, I got it. I draw back

1397
01:29:54.920 --> 01:29:57.960
to throw the can. Let our Ariel go and you

1398
01:29:58.000 --> 01:30:02.800
get the can. No, no, oh, no, absolutely not mirror.

1399
01:30:02.840 --> 01:30:06.399
Ariel refuses. You're all going into the mirror so we

1400
01:30:06.600 --> 01:30:09.359
can live in the mortal realm. We'll finally get to

1401
01:30:09.399 --> 01:30:14.399
have a real Christmas. This isn't negotiable. Then I hold

1402
01:30:14.439 --> 01:30:18.159
the can up and put my fingernail under the pop tab. Okay,

1403
01:30:18.640 --> 01:30:22.439
I guess I'm gonna drink your pop. Mirror Ariel really

1404
01:30:22.479 --> 01:30:27.159
looks desperate. Now stop the big glowing red hand. Let's

1405
01:30:27.199 --> 01:30:31.159
go of our Aeriel and goes back into the mirror. Okay,

1406
01:30:31.560 --> 01:30:35.520
you got what you wanted, you little squeaker. Mirror Aeriel snaps.

1407
01:30:36.039 --> 01:30:39.119
Now give me the pop. I toss it to her.

1408
01:30:39.600 --> 01:30:43.640
It's yours. She catches it, almost dropping it. Then she

1409
01:30:43.800 --> 01:30:47.079
opens it and groans as she drinks it down. The

1410
01:30:47.159 --> 01:30:49.840
other mirror versions of us are still wondering what to

1411
01:30:49.920 --> 01:30:53.359
make of Dad. Then he starts handing out presents to them.

1412
01:30:54.279 --> 01:30:56.520
It don't take them long to know what to do

1413
01:30:56.600 --> 01:30:59.479
with them. They open the presence, just like they did

1414
01:30:59.560 --> 01:31:02.119
at the house as they wrecked, only this time they

1415
01:31:02.119 --> 01:31:05.720
don't destroy the presence. Dad even gives Mirror Ariel some

1416
01:31:06.760 --> 01:31:10.880
She looks surprised before she opens them. Since they're distracted,

1417
01:31:10.920 --> 01:31:13.760
I creep to the door and slip out. I move

1418
01:31:13.800 --> 01:31:16.279
into the next room down and pull out my compact

1419
01:31:16.920 --> 01:31:21.520
mary Worth marry Worth, Mary Worth. For the second time today,

1420
01:31:21.640 --> 01:31:24.039
my ghostly friend comes out of the mirror realm and

1421
01:31:24.079 --> 01:31:27.800
possesses me. I shall put an end to this, Madeleine,

1422
01:31:28.239 --> 01:31:31.239
She tells me Mary floats right through the wall and

1423
01:31:31.319 --> 01:31:34.479
appears in the room. The mirror versions are screaming like

1424
01:31:34.520 --> 01:31:36.960
they did at my house. They're ready to drop their

1425
01:31:37.000 --> 01:31:40.199
presence and run, but Mary makes the door slam shut

1426
01:31:40.199 --> 01:31:44.279
and lock behind them. Mirror Ariel turns to her, don't

1427
01:31:44.359 --> 01:31:47.359
kill us. We just wanted to live in the mortal realm.

1428
01:31:48.439 --> 01:31:53.920
We just wanted to experience Christmas. It's not fair you misunderstand.

1429
01:31:54.520 --> 01:31:57.399
I am not here to kill any of you. You

1430
01:31:57.520 --> 01:32:00.760
know that you cannot remain here. You must return to

1431
01:32:00.800 --> 01:32:04.920
the mirror realm or you will indeed cease to exist.

1432
01:32:05.399 --> 01:32:10.039
The others look sad. Now, are Aeriel's right? We just

1433
01:32:10.119 --> 01:32:13.359
wanted to live in the mortal realm and experience Christmas.

1434
01:32:13.960 --> 01:32:17.600
Mirror Chapman groans, how come you get to be here?

1435
01:32:18.920 --> 01:32:22.159
I am an astral projection, while you children are the

1436
01:32:22.199 --> 01:32:27.319
reflections of your mortal counterparts. Mary explains, I'm afraid we

1437
01:32:27.359 --> 01:32:30.399
are not the same. So the laws that govern you

1438
01:32:31.159 --> 01:32:35.239
do not govern me. You know, I kind of feel

1439
01:32:35.279 --> 01:32:39.000
sorry for him now. Yeah, they caused a lot of trouble,

1440
01:32:39.079 --> 01:32:43.439
but they never really hurt nobody. As if Mary heard

1441
01:32:43.479 --> 01:32:47.880
my thoughts, She tells the mirrored kids the rules dictate

1442
01:32:47.960 --> 01:32:51.239
that you may remain in the mortal realm for forty

1443
01:32:51.279 --> 01:32:53.800
eight hours from the time you leave the Mirror Realm.

1444
01:32:54.600 --> 01:32:58.399
You have one more day, then you must return until

1445
01:32:58.479 --> 01:33:03.680
next month. The Mirror doubles talk among themselves they come

1446
01:33:03.720 --> 01:33:06.960
out of their huddle. I guess we really never knew

1447
01:33:07.000 --> 01:33:11.720
how this worked. Mirror Chapman tells Mary. If we can

1448
01:33:11.760 --> 01:33:15.000
come back during certain times, that's good enough for us.

1449
01:33:15.920 --> 01:33:19.680
Then Mirror Horton tells us, we live in the mirror Realm,

1450
01:33:19.720 --> 01:33:22.960
but we don't get to enjoy the same things mortals do,

1451
01:33:24.039 --> 01:33:28.399
especially Christmas. We just wanted to live as mortals instead

1452
01:33:28.399 --> 01:33:33.000
of just being your reflections all the time. You do

1453
01:33:33.199 --> 01:33:36.960
understand that you have caused much trouble for your mortal counterparts.

1454
01:33:37.479 --> 01:33:42.600
Mary reminds them, we can fix all that. Mirror Carter says,

1455
01:33:43.159 --> 01:33:45.199
we still got a day to be here yet, so

1456
01:33:45.960 --> 01:33:49.920
we can make everything right again. Then our carter points

1457
01:33:49.920 --> 01:33:53.640
at him, that would be just great. If you can

1458
01:33:53.680 --> 01:33:58.119
fix everything, then we'll call it even and you even

1459
01:33:58.199 --> 01:34:02.560
get to keep your Christmas gifts. Dad says, still playing

1460
01:34:02.640 --> 01:34:07.000
as Sannah, can we get some more coke before we leave?

1461
01:34:07.800 --> 01:34:12.640
Mirror Ariel asks, I think that can be arranged. Mom

1462
01:34:12.760 --> 01:34:18.199
replies mirror. Ariel turns to the others. Let's make everything

1463
01:34:18.319 --> 01:34:22.359
right again. Mary took care of everything at my house earlier.

1464
01:34:22.960 --> 01:34:26.680
But I'm wondering. But I'm wondering how exactly our doubles

1465
01:34:26.680 --> 01:34:29.520
will fix up everything they wrecked at the other's houses.

1466
01:34:33.119 --> 01:34:38.239
The only thing scarier than that is not being subscribed weekly.

1467
01:34:38.359 --> 01:34:39.760
Spooky will be right back.

1468
01:34:42.800 --> 01:34:52.319
Epilogue, Wednesday, December nineteenth, perspective Richie Horton, our doppelgangers went

1469
01:34:52.479 --> 01:34:55.960
back into the mirror at the Carnivosh estate and headed

1470
01:34:56.039 --> 01:34:59.880
back home. They even took their Christmas presents back with them.

1471
01:35:00.680 --> 01:35:03.880
Now we're all hanging out here at Roth's Rings. Well,

1472
01:35:04.560 --> 01:35:07.640
us kids are here. Mattie's parents went home after they

1473
01:35:07.720 --> 01:35:11.439
dropped us off. Maddie and Carter just finished playing the

1474
01:35:11.520 --> 01:35:15.520
new Grand Turismo game. Ariel's got little Stewart up at

1475
01:35:15.520 --> 01:35:18.399
the counter. Looks like she ordered him a slice of

1476
01:35:18.479 --> 01:35:21.760
pie and a coke. My eyes go wide when Stuart

1477
01:35:21.840 --> 01:35:25.720
picks up the items and throws the matter. The pop

1478
01:35:25.840 --> 01:35:29.840
hits Ariel and just explodes all over. This is not

1479
01:35:30.119 --> 01:35:34.119
going to end good. Ariel takes a deep breath and

1480
01:35:34.319 --> 01:35:37.640
is dripping pop down her face and jacket. Then she

1481
01:35:37.800 --> 01:35:42.720
grabs Stuart's shoulders. What is your problem, you little goober?

1482
01:35:43.800 --> 01:35:46.319
Then I see Carter just recorded the whole thing on

1483
01:35:46.399 --> 01:35:50.000
his smartphone. Mattie's trying to tell him not to do something.

1484
01:35:50.560 --> 01:35:53.199
But then I get a Facebook notification on my phone.

1485
01:35:53.840 --> 01:35:56.399
I tap it to see the new video Carter posted

1486
01:35:56.520 --> 01:36:01.319
called Little Stuart treats Princess Ariel to a coke. Then

1487
01:36:01.479 --> 01:36:05.359
Stuart kicks Ariel on her shin. That's when Maddie comes

1488
01:36:05.399 --> 01:36:08.680
over and helps Ariel out. Stuart turns to her and

1489
01:36:08.840 --> 01:36:12.199
is happy she's around. I don't know what Maddie does

1490
01:36:12.319 --> 01:36:15.880
that makes Stuart like her so much. Maddie lowers herself

1491
01:36:15.960 --> 01:36:18.600
to talk to him. He seems to be listening to

1492
01:36:18.720 --> 01:36:22.439
Maddie because when Ariel buys him another coke, he doesn't

1493
01:36:22.520 --> 01:36:26.000
throw it at her. Then I'm seeing all the emojis

1494
01:36:26.079 --> 01:36:29.760
people are posting on Carter's latest video, many of which

1495
01:36:29.840 --> 01:36:33.920
are laughing ones. I'm thinking Carter did this because Ariel

1496
01:36:34.000 --> 01:36:36.760
stole his soda when we were in the cafeteria for lunch.

1497
01:36:37.920 --> 01:36:42.399
Sometimes they got along super well, and other times they're

1498
01:36:42.439 --> 01:36:45.880
at each other's throats. I'm guessing she'll be hot after

1499
01:36:46.000 --> 01:36:50.199
Carter once she sees this video. I suppose you're wondering

1500
01:36:50.279 --> 01:36:53.840
what happened to our doubles. Well, they were true to

1501
01:36:53.960 --> 01:36:57.399
their word and fixed everything. Don't ask me how, but

1502
01:36:57.560 --> 01:37:00.800
they did it. I mean they didn't and just super

1503
01:37:00.880 --> 01:37:04.560
glue everything back together. It was like everything those guys

1504
01:37:04.640 --> 01:37:09.439
did never even happened. Even the presents were fully restored.

1505
01:37:10.399 --> 01:37:13.119
When Mom talked to me about it, she chalked it

1506
01:37:13.239 --> 01:37:17.079
up to being majorly stressed out. She even apologized to

1507
01:37:17.239 --> 01:37:20.199
me repeatedly for coming after me the way she did.

1508
01:37:21.239 --> 01:37:24.279
You should have seen Chapman's dad, remember how he was

1509
01:37:24.399 --> 01:37:27.600
chasing after Chapman and me before Carter and Maddie came

1510
01:37:27.680 --> 01:37:32.640
to save us. Chapman's dad apologized too, but Chapman said

1511
01:37:32.680 --> 01:37:36.880
he overheard him wondering if aliens might have invaded his house.

1512
01:37:38.079 --> 01:37:41.079
Carter's parents never said anything to him about what was

1513
01:37:41.119 --> 01:37:46.760
wrecked there, even so Mattie's parents vouched for him. When

1514
01:37:46.800 --> 01:37:49.479
we get to Ariel, she was allowed back home again.

1515
01:37:50.119 --> 01:37:53.000
Like we heard on Maddie's phone during that video chat,

1516
01:37:53.880 --> 01:37:56.920
Ariel wasn't off the hook, though. Her mom told her

1517
01:37:56.960 --> 01:37:59.680
that while she was glad the rooms were as they were. Again,

1518
01:38:00.600 --> 01:38:04.720
she wasn't going to trust Ariel anytime soon. I think

1519
01:38:04.840 --> 01:38:08.039
Ariel looked a little hurt over it, but she sounded

1520
01:38:08.119 --> 01:38:12.119
like she expected that from her own mom. Also true

1521
01:38:12.199 --> 01:38:15.960
to her mom's word, Ariel's got Stuart with her. I

1522
01:38:16.079 --> 01:38:18.439
know Ariel's trying to do the right thing with Stuart.

1523
01:38:19.039 --> 01:38:22.600
Maybe he's just mischievous at heart, or he really doesn't

1524
01:38:22.640 --> 01:38:26.560
want to be around Ariel, who knows good thing. Maddie's

1525
01:38:26.560 --> 01:38:30.560
there to diffuse him. Oh, we ended up telling Chunker,

1526
01:38:30.720 --> 01:38:34.399
Mona and Bailey about what happened. We knew they'd believe us.

1527
01:38:35.319 --> 01:38:38.239
Why wouldn't they after all we went through in the

1528
01:38:38.319 --> 01:38:39.119
last few months.

1529
01:38:39.239 --> 01:38:39.359
Right.

1530
01:38:40.279 --> 01:38:43.279
In fact, it's a few days later when it's us

1531
01:38:43.399 --> 01:38:46.880
guys in the cafeteria. Mona and Bailey come in to

1532
01:38:47.000 --> 01:38:50.479
talk to us. It's not long after that when Ariel

1533
01:38:50.600 --> 01:38:54.720
finally sees the video Carter posted from Wednesday and tried

1534
01:38:54.760 --> 01:38:59.600
to get to him. Unfortunately for her, Principal Benjamin Van

1535
01:38:59.680 --> 01:39:02.479
dist came in and sent Ariel and Carter both back

1536
01:39:02.520 --> 01:39:05.840
to class. When it's just Mona and Bailey and the

1537
01:39:05.920 --> 01:39:09.359
three of us, Bailey tells us that She and Mona

1538
01:39:09.439 --> 01:39:12.000
are going to Pendleton this weekend to work at the

1539
01:39:12.039 --> 01:39:16.479
Home Sweet Home Orphanage for a Christmas celebration, and Mattalie

1540
01:39:16.560 --> 01:39:21.319
Donnerly's going to drive them there. After some talk, Chapman

1541
01:39:21.479 --> 01:39:24.039
convinces Bailey to let the three of us tag along.

1542
01:39:24.920 --> 01:39:27.720
When that's all settled, we just have to get through

1543
01:39:27.760 --> 01:39:30.199
the rest of the day. I think this will be

1544
01:39:30.279 --> 01:39:32.359
a good spot for us to say goodbye for now.

1545
01:39:33.119 --> 01:39:36.520
Don't worry, we'll be back for some more scary happenings.

1546
01:39:37.279 --> 01:39:42.159
This is Strickfield, Ohio after all. Oh and especially since

1547
01:39:42.279 --> 01:39:54.319
December isn't over yet. Merry Christmas, well, my Spookyes, I

1548
01:39:54.399 --> 01:39:58.119
hope that gave you some good holiday cheer and a

1549
01:39:58.239 --> 01:40:01.079
bit of holiday fear. I always love when we get

1550
01:40:01.119 --> 01:40:03.239
to go back to Strickfield and see what's up with

1551
01:40:03.319 --> 01:40:06.600
those crazy and kooky kids. It's such a nice break

1552
01:40:06.680 --> 01:40:11.039
from all the murder, blood and raunchy fun that often

1553
01:40:11.119 --> 01:40:15.319
also occurs in the little town of Strickfield. And a

1554
01:40:15.359 --> 01:40:17.920
big thank you to Rob Fields for writing Tonight's story

1555
01:40:18.079 --> 01:40:23.680
and one hundred other episodes of Weekly Spooky. It's an

1556
01:40:23.720 --> 01:40:27.520
incredible feat. Rob is sincerely one of the most tenaciously

1557
01:40:27.640 --> 01:40:30.920
creative writers I've ever met, and I'm so proud that

1558
01:40:31.039 --> 01:40:35.880
Weekly Spooky is his creative home and and I'm also

1559
01:40:36.039 --> 01:40:39.239
proud to call him my friend. If you're new to

1560
01:40:39.319 --> 01:40:42.399
the show and you haven't listened to other holiday seasons,

1561
01:40:43.079 --> 01:40:47.359
I get pretty touchy feely and a bit nostalgic at times,

1562
01:40:47.479 --> 01:40:50.800
so bear with me, my friends. But there is so

1563
01:40:50.960 --> 01:40:53.079
much more coming. We'll have a brand new story for

1564
01:40:53.159 --> 01:40:55.880
you this Monday and Wednesday. We have a brand new

1565
01:40:55.960 --> 01:40:59.560
compilation next week as well, and on Friday, yet another

1566
01:40:59.680 --> 01:41:02.760
scared story. And hey, there just might be another novella

1567
01:41:03.239 --> 01:41:05.920
coming real soon and real quick. I want to say

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01:41:05.920 --> 01:41:08.800
an extra special thank you to our Patreon podcast boosters,

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1579
01:41:38.279 --> 01:41:41.399
really sincerely appreciate it. But now I have to get

1580
01:41:41.439 --> 01:41:43.760
back to work. There's so much more to do before

1581
01:41:43.800 --> 01:41:47.439
the holidays are through. So for myself, for my executive

1582
01:41:47.479 --> 01:41:51.079
producers Rob Fields, Markshields and babbletopia dot Com, my producer

1583
01:41:51.199 --> 01:41:54.079
Dan Wilder, and my composer Ray Mattis, I'll catch you

1584
01:41:54.760 --> 01:41:57.800
in the mirror. Thank you for this face.

1585
01:41:58.800 --> 01:42:02.479
Make sure to find you way back next week. But

1586
01:42:02.680 --> 01:42:07.199
for now you are safe, trust me,