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*~ I found myself in a big room feeling confused about how I got there. I looked around and see the door. 'Oh crap, not another dream.' I thought to myself.

“Hi.” I heard her voice coming from behind me.

I turned around to face her and asked. “What am I doing here? Where am I?”

“You fainted and ended up here.” She said.

“I fainted?”

“Don't you remember what were you doing?”

“I was at Ashley's house. We were... well...”

“Dressing you up as a girl?”

“How did you know that?”

“I know everything you know, remember?”

“Oh yeah, I forgot about that.”

“So you were at Ashley's and she was dressing you up as a girl.”

“Right.”

“So, what happened next?”

“Why do I need to tell you? Don't you know what happened?”

“I do, but I think you need to remember it too.”

“Okay, she was dressing me up, after she finished she took me to her full length mirror and asked me to close my eyes.”

“Go on.”

“Then she said I could open my eyes, I did so slowly afraid of what I would see. When I looked at the mirror I fainted.”

“What did you see in the mirror?”

“I... I... don't know. I... can't remember.”

“Can't or don't want to?”

“I don't know.”

“Do you want to know?”

“I do, but I am scared.”

“Scared of what?”

“Of what I will see.”

“You don't need to be scared to see yourself.”

“I guess not. But I am scared.”

“Do you want to keep running from yourself?”

“What do you mean by that?”

“I meant exactly what I asked. Do you want to keep running from yourself? Are you afraid of who you are or who you might be?”

“I guess I am afraid to find out who am I. I thought I knew but now I'm not so sure anymore.”

“Do you want to open that door?”

“You know I do.”

“You won't be able to do it unless you face yourself first.”

“Is there another way?”

“You can avoid facing yourself and keep dreaming about the door. Sooner or later you will be forced to do it or go insane.”

“Then I better get on with it. What do I do?”

“Close your eyes and try to remember looking at the mirror.”

I closed my eyes and started to remember the moment Ashley asked me to open my eyes. I remembered opening and looking at the mirror. The image is a bit fuzzy.

“What do you see?” She said gently.

With my eyes still closed I answered. “The image is fuzzy. I can't see it clearly.”

“Keep looking at the mirror, try to relax, breath slowly. There is nothing to be afraid of.”

I took a few good deep slow breaths and started to relax a little. She is right I can't be afraid of myself. Slowly the image started to get into focus. Slowly I started to recognize the face in the mirror.

“OH MY GOD!!!” I yelled and started to shake.

“What did you see?” I could clearly hear the anticipation in her voice.

“I... don't... understand.” I said shaking. “I... saw... you.... me...”

She hugged me for a long time and tried to calm me down a little.

“Everything will be fine. I know it is scary.” She said in a soft voice.

After a long time I finally calmed down a little. I looked at her and asked. “Am I you or are you me?” ~*

  

  

(Ashley)

I saw Dan look at the mirror looking transfixed at his (her?) own image and suddenly collapse on the floor.

“STEVE!!!!” I yelled.

Steve came running into my room and saw Dan on the floor unconsious.

“What happened?”

“Dan was looking at the mirror and when saw her reflection she fainted.” I said.

“Did you notice you just referred Dan as her?” He said while picking Dan up and placing her on my bed.

“Look at her. Can you call her him right how?” I asked.

“No I can't, and she looks even more beautiful than I remember.” He said.

“I know. How long has it been?”

“3 years since we last saw her.”

“I missed her so much.” I said. “But I think we went a bit too far. I hope she is okay.

“She will be okay. She has to.” Steve said and sat by the bed looking at Dan's unconscious body.

“You love her, don't you?” I asked him.
“Yes I do, sis. More than life itself. Am I crazy for feeling this way?”

“Not at all, Steve. I love her too, but like a sister so you don't need to feel jealous.”

“I'm afraid she will never be able to see me as nothing more than a friend.” He said sadly.

“Give her time, Steve. Everything will be too new for her and she will be confused. There is so much she can't remember right now. I hope those things will come back in time. Don't lose your hope just yet.”

“I won't. She is worth the wait.” He said and hold her hand lovingly. “I just hope she wakes up soon.”

  

  

(Megan)

“Aren't you going to invite me in?” The girl asked.

“Goddess? Is that you?”

“I'm glad you remember me Megan.” She said with a smile.

“Come in.” I said nervously.

She came inside and sat on the sofa. She motioned for me to do the same.

“Megan, I came here to talk about my daughter.”

“You mean Dan?”

“I think we should call her Danni.” The goddess said.

“It started, didn't it?”

“It did. I don't know why it happened now. It should happen only in a little over a year.”

“I don't want to lose my child.” I told her in tears.

“Who told you that it would happen? I never said you would lose your child when she reached 18.”

“But.. but I thought.”

“You thought that because she would finally become the girl she was supposed to be I would take her from you, right?”

“Yes.”

“Why would I do that?”

“Because she is your daughter. I am just her surrogate mother.”

“Oh Megan. I would never take your child away from you.” The Goddess said.

“You won't take her away?”

“No. She is much your daughter than she is mine.”

“I don't understand.” I said.

“Megan, genetically she is much your daughter than she is mine. I wanted a daughter and not a clone so I used the genetic code of one of your eggs to fertilize one of mine and place it in your womb.”

“So you mean she is really my child?”

“Yes Megan. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before. I shouldn’t have kept that from you.”

“But why did you use the code from one of my eggs and fertilized one of yours and not the opposite?”

“Because I wanted my daughter to grow up to become a goddess like myself.”

“So my daughter will be a goddess? And I am really her mother?”

“Yes, she is our daughter and she will be a goddess. It beats becoming a Doctor, doesn't it?”

“She could become a doctor too if she wants to too.” I said. “But why is this happening now?”

“I don't know. A lot of things has been happening lately and maybe it is time after all.”

“You think she will be able to control her abilities?”

“I think so, and she is older now.”

“I just don't want to go through what happened three years ago again.”

“I know. The first time her abilities surfaced was terrible enough.”

“Did you find out what happened to make them surface?”

“Her abilities are tied to her true feminine self. At the time she was exploring that without you knowing and something extremely stressful must have happened, forcing her abilities to surface to protect her.”

“And what happened?”

“I never found out. I had to suppress any knowledge she had of her true self in order to avoid a bigger tragedy. She wasn't ready for her abilities. If she is regaining her knowledge now we might find out.”

  

  

(Dan)

*~ “I am you.” She said to me.

“Why didn't you tell me before?”

“Would you believe me if I did?”

“No I wouldn't. So what do we do now?”

“Now you need to open the door and remember the things you forgot. The things you were forced to forget.”

“Forced to forget? Why?”

“That I don't know. I wish I did.”

“Will I still be myself after I remember?”

“You will still be yourself, but you will also change a little.”

“Change how?”

“You will be complete, have a better understanding about yourself and be happier because of that. Also I will be free too.”

“Free?”

“Yes, when you remember everything we will be one once again. You were forced to forget everything about me, that caused me to appear here. I am not real I am just an echo of those memories you lost.”

“So if I open that door and I remember everything I will never see you again?”

“Of course you will see me again. You will see me every time you look in the mirror. I am you.”

“You mean I will become a girl?”

“What do you mean become a girl?”

“Well, you are a girl and I am a boy.”

“Are you really a boy?”

“I am. At least I think I am.”

“Don't you think you should have all the information necessary before making that assumption?”

“I guess you are right. You think I will be able to open that door now?”

“Yes, I think you will.”

“Okay Danielle. Wish me luck.”

“Good luck Danielle.” She said giving me one last hug.

I walked towards the door and this time the steps weren't hard as they were the other times. I quickly reached the door. I turned around to see her smiling at me and giving me an encouraging nod.

I was still afraid of what was on the other side but that fear seemed meaningless. I knew I had to face whatever is on the other side. I gave her a last smile and I turned back to face the door. I reached for the doorknob, grabbed it, turned it and finally opened that door.~*

  

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