01_-_The_Alchemyst

would lose its power. “Stay with me. I can Awaken you. Make you powerful.
You can help change the world, Josh. Change it for the better!”
“I don’t know….” The offer was tempting, so tempting. But he knew if
he sided with Dee, he would lose his sister altogether. Or would he? If Dee
Awakened him, then they would be alike again. Maybe this was a way he
could reconnect with his twin.
“Look,” Dee said triumphantly, pointing to the fading image in the glass,
“they’ve left you, deserted you again, because you are not one of them.
You’re no longer important.”
The mirror flared silver…and Sophie stepped back through the glass.
“Josh? Hurry,” she said urgently, not looking at Dee.
“I…,” he began. “You came back for me.”
“Of course I did! You’re my brother. I’ll never abandon you.” Then,
catching his hand, wrapping her fingers around his, she pulled him into the
glass.
And Dora pushed the mirror, sending it shattering to the floor.
“Whoops.” She turned to face Dee and pulled off her dark glasses to reveal
the mirrors of her eyes. “You should go now. You’ve got about three
seconds.”
Dee didn’t quite make it out of the shop before it exploded.