Fame

"Oh no... oh no..." Robin whispered, placing both hands over his head as if trying to physically contain the panic surging inside his skull. His breathing quickened. His heart thundered like war drums. A silent reel of his life began to unravel in his mind, memory after memory flashing by like pages ripped from a burning book.

Hummm...

the fairy reappeared at the left edge of the mirror, her voice calm and pleasant, as if nothing in the universe had shifted.

She stopped.

Her eyes narrowed slightly in confusion. Robin wasn't responding. He wasn't even seeing her.