[ WP ] After hundreds of years of idleness the Magic Mirror from Snow White comes to life after being hung in the washroom of a club .

# Mirror, Mirror 
 After hundreds of years of idleness, the enchanted mirror from Snow White comes to life after being hung in a club bathroom. 
 
 Eileen ran through the bathroom door, slamming it behind her, and into a stall. She didn ’ t know if she was alone, but she didn ’ t care. She cried and cried, losing track of time. She could barely hear her sobs over the dull, pulsating song that was playing in the club beyond her toilet fortress. 
 
 *Stop crying! * she told herself. *Don ’ t give him this. Don ’ t let him ruin your night. * 
 
 Slowly, she emerged from her stall and stood before the mirror. Her mascara was running just as she had expected. She grabbed a crumpled tissue from her pocketbook and wiped at her face until she didn ’ t look like a tribal warrior. She blew her nose on the tissue and angrily threw it into the trash. 
 
 As she looked into her own puffy eyes, she was reminded of the mirror in her bathroom when she was a kid. Once, when she finished brushing her teeth as a kid, she asked her mom if her mirror was magic like in Cinderella. She wasn ’ t very good at remembering which fairy tale was which when she was young. 
 
 Her mom told her that it was, but when Eileen asked the mirror who the fairest of them all was, it didn ’ t change. Her mom said it was because Eileen was the fairest of them all. She had believed her mom until she grew up and realized the mirror hadn ’ t changed because she was the fairest of them all, but because it was just a mirror. 
 She needed some of that childhood inspiration now. Just enough to make it through the rest of the night. Eileen looked at the stalls to make sure no one else was with her. When she was certain, she began to whisper. 
 
 “ Mirror, mirror on the wall, ” she began self-consciously, “ who ’ s the fairest of them all? ” 
 Of course, the image didn ’ t change. Sighing, Eileen leaned forward so her chin rested on her elbow on the counter. When she looked up, she saw that the mirror still reflected her from a moment before, standing tall. 
 
 The imprint only remained for a split second. The mirror reflected her as she was against almost instantly, but Eileen knew what she saw. Maybe it really is magic, she thought. 
 She sucked in her breath and stood back up. She *was* the fairest of them all. 
 
 Eileen emerged from the bathroom confidently. She worked her way across the dance floor in search of her friends. Finally, she found them at the bar. 
 
 “ Hey girl! ” one of them shouted, obviously tipsy. “ Where were you? And what happened to that guy? ” 
 
 “ Oh, just… I was talking to myself is all. Don ’ t worry. ” 
 
 And her night went on, just like that.
