The mirror

Victoria mars was born to an elite family on mars this made her special her parents where in one of the first groups to integrate from earth to Mars almost a decade ago, her father being a powerful Senate congressman ,and her mother a highly skilled brain surgeon. Most people on mars where apart of her father's mars needs you bill Wich allowed a cap of 6000 or so non elite people to integrate onto mars via work visas. Victoria learnt very early the difference between the social classes,the significance of her elite status,and the power that granted her she became as cruel and vile on the inside as she was beautiful on the out side.

Victoria was 12 years old when she accused her nanny who had practically raised her up untill that point. Of stealing a diamond heart shaped locket from her, the girl knew the woman hadn't stolen from her so did every one involved, but that didn't matter, and Victoria knew it she was elite and, the woman was not that's all it took, and just to add insult to injury she wore the necklace she accused the woman of stealing around her neck the whole time. she laughed as the woman was fired,hand cuffed, and escorted off the property in tears, latter when she found out that the women had been extradited from mars and sent back to earth she still didn't feel a shred of remorse in fact Victoria was elated.The woman had a son around Victoria's age, and Victoria in her wickedness found soulace in the fact that he wouldn't have his mother around, after all Victoria's parents were never really around, and if that was fair for Victoria and she was elite then it was definitely more then fair for him.

Victoria only got worst through the years she relished in the demise of non elites, people she deemed un worthy in comparison to herself, she bullied, lied, cheated intemidated and extorted her why through her adolescent years and all the while she did it with the beautiful smile incredible charm, and impeccable grace, expected from the elite. She became a sociopath and a narcissist by every definition, and now at 21 years old she stood in front of her apartment door puzzled in front of the door was a box with her name on it what's this? She thought another gift from a would be suitor, Victoria was used to being showered with with gifts being from both a prominent, and an elite family, but in most cases new suitors made them self's known, and those she rebuffed wouldn't try again she made sure of that. So what was this? Upon inspecting the mysterious box she found a crimson envelope with a gold seal she opened it and read the letter inside.

"my dearest Victoria I would like to think you remember me, the time we shared together those first few years of your life . I knew from the moment I held you that there was something different about you. I was unjustly ripped away from you as a child, and it saddens me to this day that I never got to watch you blossom into the beautiful woman I know you have become. Victoria I want you to know I never stopped thinking about you even after all these years. Inside this box you will find a special gift from me to you. You deserve so much more Victoria but this should do. yours always maria Gonzales" "p.s may your inner beauty out shine your outer."

Victoria scuffed as she unlocked her door and walked inside she cut on a light and sat the letter on the counter and looked around her spacious apt. After a quick walk through her mind turned back to the mysterious package what could the old bat have put inside that was so great surely it couldn't be worth the trouble of hauling it in she thought.

Victoria considered just ignoring it altogether but the irony of the situation and her own curiosity got the better of her and she found herself dragging the box inside.

When she finally got the thing in side the box out she was again puzzled, the old bitch is mad she thought this is just a mirror a very old mirror at that.still she had to admit it had a certain charm and it was quiet beautiful before Victoria knew what was happening she was staring in it she was not sure how much time she spent marveling at her self, but a glance out the window told her it had been long enough. Time to shower she thought she glanced at the mirror one more time before walking a way and could have sworn her face looked a little sunken, I'm just tired work was grueling today she thought a quick shower then time for a good night's sleep, but as she showered she couldn't shake the strange sense of longing she was experiencing to be back in the mirror. Victoria didn't find this to alarming though she loved mirrors always had no love like self love she thought, as soon as she finished her shower and got dressed she went back to the mirror she couldn't help it but this time when she looked in the mirror there was no mistaken it her face was definitely visibility sunken.

Not only that her hair looked thinner and dull shock locked Victoria in place she watched in horror as her body begin to change dramatically right in front of her eyes, her teeth yellowed,and her body turned frail riddled with skin blotches and boils.

Victoria couldn't believe her eyes this can't be real she thought,Reality eventually snapped her out of her translucent state when she was finally able to rip her eyes away from the mirror to her own hands, but these couldn't be her hands they looked as they did in the mirror Victoria felt panic surging up deep inside of her She felt it bubble up All the way to her throat and release it's self in the form of a horrific screm how could this be happening there has to be a explanation. Her mind went to who this thing came from in the first place and the letter attached with it may your inner beauty out shine your outer,that bitch Victoria thought she cursed me Victoria could see no other explanation as far fetched as it seem that had to be it a curse.

Victoria couldn't believe what she was seeing she felt like she was in a movie, that's it! she thought what would they do in a movie, break the mirror! She grabbed her suit case and threw it at the mirror with all she had not enough it only cracked it. Desperate, panicking, and not sure what else to do she lunged at the mirror knocking it to the ground now on top of the mirror she wrapped a shirt from her flung suit case around her hand, and through tears her adrenaline pumping she hit the mirror repeatedly until finally it shattered.After she caught her breath she unwrapped her hand then inspected them both, normal she breathed a sigh of relief she cleaned up the glass and sat the remainder of the mirror back outside, with that done and felling completely exhausted she crawled into bed and feel asleep.

Victoria did not know what time it was when she awoke from her sleep, all she knew was she needed to pee she walked into the bathroom half a sleep and cut on the light as she walked from the door to the toilet she unconsciously glanced at the mirror. She instantly froze in place now fully alert with urine running down her leg she stood in perpetual horror with her mouth suspended open in complete disbelief unable or unwilling to comprehend what she was seeing.The reflection stareing back at her wasn't the beauty she was acoustomed to, but a witherd gray decrepit hag in every sense of the word No Victoria thought I destroyed the mirror how can this... She let her thought trail of as a horrible notion crept into her mind the mirror is gone but I'm the same I'm stuck like this stuck like this forever she thought. The panic she felt from earlier that evening came back a hundred times fold she couldn't breathe and no matter how she tried she couldn't catch her breath couldn't calm down. She left the bathroom trying desperately to snap he slef out of it as she stumbled into the living room that's when she saw it, there in the center of the room perfectly intact was the mirror. Victoria couldn't rationalize this she felt the room spin and her chest felt like an elephant was on top of her she calapsed right in front of the mirror the last thing she saw before her world went black was the hag she truly was.