Reflection

Simon slowly went up the stairs and trudged down the hallway, heading for the second floor bathroom of the Seville household.  He rested his hand on his forehead and sighed quietly.  He felt warm and a bit dizzy, and he wasn’t sure as of why.  When the young chipmunk had woken up that morning, his vision was perfectly clear, even without his glasses.  Perhaps this was the cause of his unusual case of vertigo?

Simon leaned against the wall next to the bathroom door and tried to think.  His mind began to wander back to the night before.  The memory was fuzzy, but he was positive that it was because of one of Alvin’s crazy schemes.  There was something about a strange medieval castle, and many, many bats...

He brought his hand up to the crook of his neck and ran his fingers over a small bite mark.  He had been alone at the time, when he was bitten by...something.  It had happened so quickly, he almost had no time to react before it occurred.  Once he had found his brothers and they saw the bite, Alvin immediately began to tease him about being a vampire, and scaring the wits out of poor Theodore in the process.  Simon had simply rolled his eyes and told them both that it was impossible, and that vampires weren’t real.  Alvin had ignored his brother’s statement, and continued to nag him as they walked home.

Simon had started to become annoyed with his brother, but judging on what happened the last few times Alvin had gotten monster obsessed, he couldn’t help but think that maybe the red-clad boy was right.

Simon clenched his eyes shut and shook his head, trying to rid himself of the thought.  He stood up straight and pushed the wooden door to the bathroom open, then went inside and made his way to the sink.

“I must look terrible, right now..” he mumbled softly, moving the small step stool over to the sink.  He climbed up on it and placed his hands on the sides of the basin, then looked into the mirror that hung on the wall.

His grip on the marble tightened, almost to the point where his knuckles turned white.  His eyes widened in fear, and he opened his mouth to cry out in sheer shock, but no sound escaped his lips.  His expression was one of absolute horror, which wouldn’t be the typical reaction that a person would have when looking at their own reflection.  But there was one small problem...

There was no reflection.