"Come on, Alyssa, the movie's starting!" Marisa shouted with her head towards the kitchen. She turned back to face the Roku screen. I draped my TARDIS-themed fleece blanket over her, me, and her daughter Luna. Alyssa jogged in with a bowl of popcorn and sat between Marisa and Derek. I handed Derek and Alyssa another fleece blanket. Derek turned over to me. "So, Courtney, are you excited about tomorrow?" he asked. "Of course!" I answered.

Tomorrow, we would be going to New York City Comic Con. We all had our costumes picked out: Alyssa would dress up as the 2017 film version of Belle, Marisa and Luna as the Tenth Doctor and a Dalek, Derek as Steve Trevor, and I would be going as Tina Goldstein from one of my new favorite movies and the movie we were watching at the moment, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

As a Potterhead, I felt obliged to see the movie when it came out. I didn't expect to even like it, let alone love it, so much. We bought the DVD + Blu-Ray + Digital Download pack when it was available to buy and I watch at least four times a week.

I'm guessing you want to know more about me. My name is Courtney Schaffer. I'm 19 years old and I have brown hair and green eyes. Marisa is my older sister and Alyssa and Derek are our foster siblings. Marisa and Alyssa are about ten years older than me and Derek is a year younger than them.

I also have a fear of water, or aquaphobia. I don't know exactly when it started, but the closest I've ever gotten to water is, of course, my bi-daily baths, the shallow end of the pool, and playing Ariel in Little Mermaid.

Marisa and Alyssa are stage actors. Marisa is currently the alternate Christine in Phantom of the Opera and Alyssa is currently commuting to Princeton to perform as Cathy in a regional production of Last Five Years. I'm juggling a job at the Strand Bookstore and my studies at NYU, but I want to be a theater actress too and have recently auditioned to play Elphaba in Wicked. I've actually auditioned for the show five times. I've also been in a few community theater productions. I've played Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Cinderella in Into the Woods, and Ariel in Little Mermaid, as I previously mentioned. Derek is an intern at the New York Times.

At the convention tomorrow, we're going to meet the cast of Fantastic Beasts. I'm so excited! I'm actually going to meet big celebrities instead of theater actors at the stage door that only a small percentage of the world knows about.

After the movie finished, I got up and sauntered over to my room, which was covered in musical theater, Doctor Who, and Harry Potter posters. I changed into my pajamas and looked my costume, which was hanging next to my full-size stand-up mirror. I smiled and let out a little squeal. Just as I was about to go brush my teeth, I heard an echoing cry. I thought Luna was having one of her night terrors. No, it's coming from... the mirror?

I turned to the mirror and tiptoed carefully towards it. The cries grew louder as I drew near. Soon, I was inches from the glass. I saw flashes of familiar faces in the mirror: faces from the movie. First Credence, then Queenie, Jacob, Tina, and Newt. I gently placed the palm of my hand on the mirror out of curiosity, but I leaned forward too far. I expected to feel the cold glass hit my face, but I fell through. I continued to fall through the darkness before I completely blacked out.