Well here chapter 2, gets a little bit scarier, but there's no way I'm going to be able to finish the story tonight. Expect one more chapter early-ish it's far enough along to count for my bingo card. Once again its been edited, but not as thoroughly as I would like, Let me know if you see any bad errors.

Disclaimer: I still don't own anything.

Kel set down the mirror to unlock her door. She was in good shape, but the mirror was heavy and she had carried it all the way from town. On the way back she had bumped into a man and nearly dropped it. Neal helped her steady it, but some of the packaging got ripped. The man laughed and made a joke about her avoiding seven years bad luck. Even if the old superstition wasn't true, Kel would hate to have bought, than lugged the mirror all the way back to the palace only to break it in front of her room. So she took a break right outside her door to shake out her muscles and catch her breath.

But she was having she was having a difficult time doing that. She felt oddly fatigued, and her breath continued to come out in short little burst, leave puffs of smoke in the suddenly chilly air. She also had the oddest sensation that someone was watching her. She glanced down at the mirror a little incredulous that carrying it would take so much out of her. In the small section on the reflective surface showing through the ripped packaging; she thought she saw a flash of someone or something behind her. She wheeled around, but nothing was there. Suddenly she regained her breath and the weariness left her body. The air, that had turned frigid just moments before, return to its previous pleasant temperature. The feeling of abnormality lingered, but Kel could dismiss the signs, so she dismissed the feeling. The temperature change could be explained by the erratic autumn weather. The fatigue could be caused by the previous late night or maybe she had just been too lax in her training.

Being out of shape was not a possibility for Kel. She decided she better go train, with a sigh she unlocked the door, and brought the mirror inside. Jump sprung up from the bed to greet her and the sparrows flew around her cheeping. All the animals seemed to hesitate, when they noticed the package. She unwrapped the mirror, thinking they were just curious about what she had gotten. Once the mirror was uncovered, she turned it around so they could see their reflections. Jump started to growl and his hackles rose. The sparrows cheeped an alarm. Some flew in the signal for enemy, while others dived at the mirror.

"What has gotten in to you?" Kel asked them, flipping the mirror over so the back was facing them. The animals calmed down a little, but Jump's hackles remained raised and the sparrows' feathers were ruffled.

"What's wrong?" she asked them again. "It's just mirror." She flipped it over to show them again. They tense, but didn't react nearly as explosively. Jump cautiously approached the mirror and sniffed. The sparrows hovered over it, preforming their own inspection. After they finished their inspections they seemed a little sheepish, but still cautious. Kel wasn't sure what to make of their behavior, she thought maybe being locked up all morning, had wounded them up. Inviting them to come out to practice court with her, she left the mirror face up on the bed and headed off to the practice courts.

Dom and Neal were already there dueling. Kel paused to admire the grace with which Dom fought. The fight turned so Neal was facing the entrance and upon the sight of her he squeaked out his her name, "Kel!"

The distraction gave Dom the opening he needed to disarm his cousin. "It was a nice try" he told the knight as he went to fetch his sword for him.

"You shouldn't have let yourself be distracted" Kel scolded.

Dom, sounded very much like Neal, swung around, "Kel! You're really here"

"Why are you guys so surprised to see me? I come here all the time."

Neal was the first to recover and teased, "Well, I thought you'd be too busy admiring your beauty in that new mirror of yours"

"Ha, Ha. Shouldn't you be with your fiancé, unless she's still upset?" Kel retorted. While Dom asked,

"What mirror?"

Neal grumbled a bit, but admitted Kel was right and then described about their morning out. In typical Neal fashion the story was told with a flourish and many embellishments. Kel tried to cut him off when he started describing the transactions for the mirror. Kel's looks or lack of wasn't something she wanted to discus in front of Dom. Neal had gotten far enough into the story that Dom got the gist of what was happening. He agreed that Kel should show more emotions and coyly mentioned with his usual flirtatious smile that, "he wouldn't mind seeing her gussied-up once in a while."

Kel fought to keep the blush from her cheeks. Brushing off both the men's comments she returned their focus back to practicing. After a good few hours of training and a long soak in the bathhouse Kel returned to her room. All her animals had already made their way back there. Jump was asleep curled up on the bed, right where she had left the mirror. A quick glance around the room located the mirror hanging by the wardrobe. When Kel looked into it, for a split second it looked like there was a different woman looking back; slender; pale, even complexion; rich, dark hair. The women could only be described as breathtakingly beautiful, but when Kel blinked she was gone. In her place was Kel's reflection, only the improved version she saw briefly at the store. The uneasy feeling, that feeling that something wasn't quite right, crept back. Kel glanced at her animals, but they were all sound asleep. A quick look back at the mirror only revealed her normal plain reflection looking uneasily back at her. Kel decide to go to bed thinking it had been a long day, and she was imagining things.