The wicked queen gazed into her magic mirror and intoned the spell. “Who is the fairest of them all?”
The mirror was uncharacteristically silent, but it showed her own face, so she was pleased. The queen was called away on court business, and she was occupied for some time.
She didn’t notice anything amiss until the next time the mirror failed to respond to her. Magical testing confirmed that her mirror had been replaced by a mundane copy.
After weeks of searching, but she eventually found it in a guest bathroom.
It was the greatest prank her stepdaughter ever pulled.

“Magic Mirror Realm” by HarshLight is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Everyday Drabbles © 2025 by Hugh J. O’Donnell is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0