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Alternate Alice

Journey Into Hell Part 1

By Corey TurnerPublished about a year ago 3 min read
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Alice had always been fascinated by the paranormal and so when she found an old antique mirror in a vintage shop she couldn't help but buy it. She had never seen a mirror like it before, it was totally clear yet seemed to have a strange aura about it.

Alice decided to hang it up in her hallway for the time being, and although she felt a strange chill whenever she passed it, she thought nothing of it.

But one night, as Alice was getting ready for bed, she noticed something peculiar about the mirror. When she looked into it, she saw an alternate reality, one that seemed to blend into her own. Every night the image became more and more clear, until eventually Alice could see the people living in this alternate world as if she was standing right next to them.

Alice was intrigued and wanted to find out more about what was going on. She decided to take a closer look at the other world and stepped through the mirror, and found herself in a dark and sinister place. The people there were all dressed in strange clothing and seemed to be living in a constant state of fear.

Alice soon realized that the people in this world were being terrorized by a mysterious creature that seemed to live in the mirror. It was a powerful being that could manipulate the alternate reality and bring it into Alice's world.

Alice had been warned about the old mirror. They said it was cursed, and that anyone who stared into it too long was bound to be swallowed up by a dark abyss. But Alice had never been one to take superstitions too seriously. She had to see it for herself.

So one night, when no one was around, Alice cautiously approached the mirror. She slowly looked into it, expecting to see her own reflection. Instead, she was met with a strange and unfamiliar world. Everything was the same, but different. Her bedroom was almost identical, but the walls were painted a different color. Her furniture was still in the same place, but it was made of different materials. It was like looking through a window into an alternate reality.

Alice was utterly mesmerized. She couldn't look away, and before she knew it, she was beginning to step through the mirror. She felt herself being pulled forward and she couldn't resist.

Suddenly, she found herself standing in her room, but the walls were the color of the alternate reality. Her furniture was made of different materials and the room had a different feel to it.

As she looked around, she noticed that the alternate reality was slowly but surely beginning to merge with her own. More and more of the alternate world was beginning to bleed into her own, and she couldn't stop it. Alice soon found herself becoming increasingly obsessed with what was happening. She started spending more and more time in the hallway looking at her mirror, trying to make sense of the strange events that were taking place. She even started to think that she was going crazy.

Alice soon realized that the mirror was trying to tell her something, but she couldn't figure out what it was. She was so desperate to make sense of it that she decided to seek professional help and went to see a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist listened to Alice's story and suggested that she try and make contact with the other world through the mirror. He said that she could use the mirror to communicate with the other dimension. Alice was intrigued by the image in the mirror, so she decided to reach out and touch it. As soon as her finger touched the glass, Alice felt a strange sensation course through her body. Suddenly, the alternate reality that she could see in the mirror started to slowly bleed into her own. Alice watched in amazement as new objects, people, and creatures appeared in her reality. She quickly realized that the mirror had opened a portal to a different world, one that she was now regrets ever opening to begin with.

SeriesYoung AdultShort StorySci FiMysteryHorrorFantasyFan FictionAdventure
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Corey Turner

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