You wake up late morning, feeling well rested

Chapter by Nenen

You woke up with a big yawn. Stretching your body as you taste your mouth. You rubbed your eyes a bit and then looked at your room. Only, this wasn’t your room. Awareness came to you fast, then you jumped out of bed but felt strange. You looked down and saw breasts covered in fur. You brought a hand to them, only to see a green paw. You were panicking for a bit until your memories of the previous day started coming back.

That’s right. You… died, and came here. This isn’t your body, it’s Shiro’s. Same as this room, as this house. Well, you’re not gonna get depressed or something. You’re in a whole new world! You can do anything here basically! And now, you’re helping this girl make her dream true. The video is ready, so all you have to do now is make her watch it somehow. How to get her attention… a sticky note! That should work. You’ll just write one that says to look at the laptop and… probably not stick it in her head but somewhere she will see it… on the TV! You write the notes, one extra just in case, and go to place them where they will be.

Then you remember that you need clothing. Or rather, Shiro needs clothing. And probably be left on the sofa. She’ll freak out if she wakes up on her bed naked. So you simply put on the same clothes as yesterday, put on a sticky note in her room and leave with the other. You head downstairs and place the note on the TV and turn it on. Then place yourself on the sofa, lying comfortably and leave her body.

As you exit you see Shiro sleeping peacefully, before she starts to wake up.

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*YAAAAAAWWWNNN* “DId I fall asleep again?” You stretch your body as you get up from the sofa. The TV is on so you most likely fell asleep watching it. You were feeling pretty sleepy some hours ago. What time is it any… huh? There, on the TV, is a sticky note.

[Video on laptop - Shirou]

Your blood turns cold. Did… did that… prankster? Enter your house again? You check yourself all over, but there’s nothing off or anything. You check the house and… 11:03 AM? D-did… Did you sleep that long? Your heart beats faster. You run all over the house, checking all the doors and windows, but all are locked. There’s nothing out of place, there’s nothing that looks wrong… just… What is going on? “H-hello?” You call out, both hoping and dreading a response. “I-I’m… not… going to hurt you. J-just… just…” You’ll just run out of her as fast as you can!

*BANG* “EEEEEEK!!!” What was that!? Where did it come from! *bang* that sounds like it came from… the TV?

Oh, it’s a movie. “Hoof! That scared me.” But… there is that note there still. Maybe… you’ll see how far this prank goes, and then call the police. You head to your room and see another sticky note there. You gulp, this one says the same as the other one. Your laptop is there, like you left it before. Nothing here seems changed, nothing out of place. “Okay! Okay… just… going to see a fake video of someone pretending to be me or something, then I’ll… I’ll call Uncle Max.” You sit on your chair and open your laptop, write your password and…

…

… There is a video there. It says [From Shirou]. You open it, and look. “Hello Shiro! I’m…” you’re shaking. That is you… that is you right there… but... that can't be possible. You don't remember any of this. This... this must be a Zoroark illusion, or a Ditto or something! It can't... can't be...

The video continues. The… the double removes your hair ties and lets her hair fall free. She… she looks like… like Mama… “... the other you, from the other side of the looking glass. Shirou.” Your double does a small bow. Then proceeds to do the same explanation as the previous day. Only, this time they do the trick.

“Presto!”

And it works. “I hope I was able to help you Shiro, I really do.” Your double then goes to turn off the camera when they stop for some reason. “Oh! Almost forgot!” Then the double gives you a smile. A kind, reassuring smile. Just like Mama. “I believe in you Shiro, so please, believe in yourself.” Ma… your double then turns off the recording and the video stops. You feel a tear fall from your eyes. That… that couldn’t have been… Mama?

…

Maybe… maybe you’ll give it a shot. You… you don’t want to give up. You want to be like Papa, like Grandpapa… like Mama.

You wipe off your tears. You’ll do it, for Mama! She always believed in you and you aren’t going to let her down! Now where are the colored papers?

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Shiro looks determined. You’re glad. When she cried a tear you were worried, but then she seemed like she got something back, not sure what. You follow her closely as she goes to the living room, to try her magic. You see her psych herself up, say motivational words to herself and then start the trick. She does it just like you did, closes her eyes like you did, and… the paper is still there. “One more time!” She screams as she tries again. And fails again. “One more!” And one more time. “One more!” And again. “One more!!” … and again…

An hour passes, with her trying to do the paper trick over and over, doing exactly what you did. But no matter what she does, the trick refuses to work. “O-one… one more…” Her voice creaks, and tears start falling from her face. “Waaaaaahhh!!!!” She’s crying. Crying as she holds her knees. She gave it all she had for a whole hour non stop. But no matter how many times she tried, something wasn’t working out. “I’m sorry…! Mama…! I’m sorry…!”

…

This honestly breaks your heart. Guess staying was the right choice. If something doesn’t change, she will forever give up. But… What can you do? You’ve done everything you can think of to help her. What is she getting wrong? Maybe… maybe she can’t really feel her magic, despite your words. In that case then it tis completely your fault. You knew about her magic because you felt it, you knew it was there the moment you perceived it by being in her body. But if your initial guess that she has always felt it, and never suspected it to be magic… actually, maybe she doesn’t realize she is feeling it. In that case, how can you make her realize it? How do you show her her own magic? You turn around and see the sticky note you left. A note from ‘Shirou’. Maybe… maybe ‘Shirou’ can be there to guide her, somehow. But you’re ‘Shirou’ so… how will you do that? If you control her body she won’t remember it. What else can you do? What haven’t you tried? What can… oh, right. There is that.

You have not tried giving orders to her.

This is probably risky, but if it works then… no, you’ll take this chance. You’ll make it work. You hover close to her, and speak.

“I’ll enter your body soon Shiro, you won’t notice it this time.” A deep breath. “I’ll be able to send your consciousness to the forefront, you’ll control your own body, unless I take control of it.” You don’t know if that is possible, but maybe the words will help. “When I speak to you in your mind, you’ll hear your own voice. ‘Shirou’ 's voice.” You’ll be Shirou. “When you want to speak to me, to Shirou, and you look into a mirror, you’ll see me, Shirou, in the reflection. And I’ll see you from it.” This is a big gamble. “You’ll be able to send thoughts to me, only if you want.” This can turn really bad real fast. “... I’ll help you, Shiro. I’ll be there with you. Because… I’m your other you, from the other side of this looking glass. Because I’m Shirou.” That should be enough to do it. If it works, no, it must work. You’ll bet it all on this. Now then, it is time to enter her while she’s awake. You move towards her back, and then, dive in slowly into her. She doesn’t react, and you don’t feel resistance, but you don’t aim to control her. You try to dive deeper, to not push her mind away, to keep it in place. It takes a lot of concentration, but at some point you feel something warm, something helping you in some way, enveloping you. Then… you feel it. You feel everything again. You feel how you’re crying, how you are holding your legs against youtube chest, how the tears fall off your face. You feel all that, and you’re not in control.

Good. Now then, here goes.

“... Shiro.” Your head moves, looking for the source of that sound. “Shiro.”

“What?” You hear Shiro speak from your mouth.

“Over here, in the looking glass.” You feel Shiro turn both your shared head to the direction of the TV, and then… you see her. You see Shiro looking at you from her sofa, her tears staining her face as her eyes widen. “Hello, Shiro.” You smile, an expression that Shiro’s real face doesn’t imitate. You can see her, but can't see around her. Can’t see around yourself either. There is only this glass to look through. But that’s fine. This means that it worked.

“What…”

“Hey Shiro. I’m… I’m Shirou, nice to meet you.” You introduce yourself to the girl whose reflection you currently are. You really, really hope that this works.

Suggestions:

•Shiro freaks out, you have to try and calm her down.

•Shiro faints, you fainting with her.

•Shiro somehow manages to not super panic.

•Something else.