a little girl smiling in front of a mirror

In a quiet village, a young girl named Emma discovered an old, dusty mirror in her grandmother’s attic. Intrigued, she brought it home and hung it in her room. That night, as she lay in bed, she noticed something strange: the reflection in the mirror didn’t quite match her movements.Curious, she leaned closer, and the reflection smiled back at her, though her own lips were still. Chilled, she stepped back, but the mirror continued to show her doppelgänger, grinning wider with each passing moment.Days turned into weeks, and the reflection grew bolder, sometimes even reaching out as if trying to break through. One night, Emma woke to find the mirror shattered, shards scattered across the floor. In the dim light, she saw her own reflection staring back at her, but it was twisted and monstrous.Panic surged as she realized the reflection wasn’t just an image; it was the entity that had been trapped within the mirror, and it was now free. Emma’s heart raced as she backed away, but the figure stepped forward, whispe