Title: “The Reflection”
Every night at 3:00 AM, Lily would wake up and see her reflection staring back at her from the old vanity mirror across the room. Except… she wasn’t sitting up. She was still lying in bed.
The first night, she blamed sleep paralysis.
The second night, she tried recording it, but her phone froze.
The third night, the reflection smiled.
Terrified, she threw a blanket over the mirror and slept downstairs. Still, at 3:00 AM sharp, she awoke to find the mirror uncovered and her reflection watching her.
On the seventh night, she screamed as the reflection stepped out of the glass and whispered, “Finally.”
Lily vanished.
Everyone thought she’d gone missing—except her reflection.
It still smiles from the mirror.
And now, it blinks.