"Natsu..."

Oh no, not this dream again... Wait, that voice. It's familiar.

"Natsu..."
"Natsu!"

My eyes opened wide in surprise. Hotaru and Asuka gasped. "Don't surprise us like that...," Hotaru said with a worried face.

"What happened to me?" I asked.
"You suddenly passed out," Asuka replied.
"What happened to you back there? You started screaming at the door and then passed out," the brown-eyed girl asked.
"Really? I did that?" I asked, confused.
Both of them nodded.

I sat up straight and held my head. "I don't remember any of it. Sorry." Hotaru patted my head with a smile, "Don't be. It's alright." Asuka shot me a grin from behind.

"So, anyways...," I got up from the bed. "Are you really okay, now? Should you be getting up?" Hotaru shot me a worried look.

"It's alright. So now, let's start what we have gathered here to do!"
"What?" Both of them asked in unison.
"Let's look around the new house!" I shot up my hands excitedly.
"Yeah!" Asuka gave a pumped up reply.
"Ahh...what am I to do with these two?" Hotaru gave a sigh and then smiled, following us.

After exploring almost all the parts of the house, we landed ourselves in the attic upstairs. It was Asuka's idea to go there because according to her 'it was a magical place where we can explore the things of the previous owners of the house'.

And she was right.

We found many things that belonged to the previous owner. "So, Natsu, do you have any idea who the previous owner was?" Hotaru asked while going through some stuff she found in a big box.

"Umm...I think it was some old lady who used to live alone," I said. "Her children lived far from her, so she was mostly alone. But she died a few years ago."

"I see," Hotaru replied.

"Hey, look what I found!" Asuka screamed out.

"Aargh! Don't scare us like that! What did you find?" Hotaru asked her excited friend.

She held up a white long dress which glimmered in the dim light coming from the small window overhead. "Wow, it's beautiful!" I said. "Then why don't you wear it?" Asuka grinned at me.
"Can I?"
"Sure!"

"Okay...," I said and held the dress in my hand. It was of silk fabric and felt good on my skin. I quickly wore it and stepped in front of a huge mirror that was kept at the centre of the room.

"Wow! You look majestic!" Asuka shreiked.
"Yeah, you are right," Hotaru agreed, smiling.

"Thank you!" I smiled pleasurably.

"Hey, let's check out other things we can find," Asuka said and dragged Hotaru towards the large boxes.

"Whoa! Slow down," the girl said after Asuka.

I turned back and looked into the mirror again. I really looked beautiful. I smiled.

Just then...

A glowing light came out of the mirror. "What?!" I shrieked out.

"Natsu?" My friends turned back. They saw what was happening.

"Natsu, stay away from the mirror!" Hotaru cried out. Asuka clasped both her hands on her face,"No!"

"Natsu..."
I heard the same voice again.
"Natsu...Unomiya-san...I need your help...Please..."

I stretched my hand towards the mirror...and it went right through it!

"Natsu!"
"Natsu!"

Both my friends screamed my name after witnessing what just happened.

But I was no longer aware myself.

"You...need my help...?"

I further went inside the mirror. It absorbed my entire self. I could feel the tickling sensation of the glass on my skin. Before I knew it...I was absorbed inside the mirror.

"Natsu!" Hotaru shrieked out.

"Hotaru, we must go after her," the green-haired girl said to her frightened friend. "Yeah you're right."

They held their hands and jumped into the mirror together.

"Where am I?" I asked.

"You are here...in Niraland..." the voice spoke out.

Then everything again went black.