The stranger in the mirror

by Mikufarmer

Summary:

Since he was baby ,mash has always looked at the mirror and could see a man in the mirror watching him and his father.

One day he suddenly kidnapped and taken through the mirror , the stranger claiming to be his father.

Chapter 1

Regro hold tightly in his arms the baby he found just a hour ago and supplies for him.

He was finally home . He glance down at the sleeping baby. 

Not to long ago he was about to kill himself for not being useful do to his weak magic. Then he heard a baby crying and discover that he had no mark.

He felt he could relate to the baby and felt like someone needed him.

He had taken the baby and found a store still open at this time carrying baby supplies,  he had to make sure no one saw the baby face.

Now he was home and didn't have to worry. 

Opening the door to his house, it was dark inside until he lit a lantern. Entering inside he sat the supplies on the table and then looked at the baby in his arms.

He was still asleep,  but he needed something for the baby to sleep in. He was unable to find any cribs , maybe he has a basket. 

He found one near a mirror, only to stop and looked at the mirror. 

It was a tall mirror and lookd a bit old.

" I don't remember getting this" he thinks unless he forget .

But he didn't need to focus on this he needed to this basket ready as a bed .

He tries to make it safe and comfortable for a baby and then went to place the baby in. As he did he noticed something on the blanket he didn't notice before. 

A name stitch on it , regro looked at the name.

Mash.

Was that the baby's name?.

Assuming it was that what he'll called the baby.

He gently place mash in the basket and then went to unpack the supplies. 

Unknown to regro something started to happen to the mirror .

A few days later

Regro was looking at mash in shocked the baby was crawling and it was kinda fast.

He's pretty sure that babies don't go this fast. But mash was doing that crawling around and exploring. 

Suddenly mash stopped in front of the mirror. 

The baby sat in front of it . Regro assumed that mash was looking at his reflection and went to go get mash his bottle it was almost time to feed him.

Unknown to regro mash wasn't looking at his reflection. 

The baby was looking at something else. 

Innocent zero looked at the reflection of the mirror smiling. 

He's found what he's lost.

He been observing through the mirror since he used it to find what he lost.

At first it just showed him the inside of what appear to be a cabin own by old man and watch as he brought home a baby.

At first he thought maybe the mirror didn't work but then he finally got to see the child's face.

His missing son is front the mirror, sitting there looking at it. Maybe even at him. 

The baby made a noise and went to touch the mirror with his hand. Before he could. 

The old man heads over towards his son and picks him off.

" time for your bottle mash" the old man says .

He watchs the old man feeding his son , smiling at the baby.

A few months later

Regro had sat mash down for a few seconds and looked away for a second. Suddenly his son was standing and had grabbed something to help him stand. 

Regro looked at mash and watch as he started to try and walked. 

Regro watched it case mash fell.

" you can do it mash" he says to his son.

The second mash takes a stop and let's go he doesn't fall at all ,he walks towards regro and regro watchs him.

" your walking " he says to mash.

Regro scoops mash up.

" good job mash " he says to his son.

Mash reachs out towards him with his hand.

Regro just smiles at mash happy. 

Mash walks around the house sometimes a bit faster then probably what a baby could do.

Regro notices that just like when mash crawled around he seem to head towards the mirror sometimes and stare at it.

Regro wonders why mash looks at the mirror.  When he looks in it he sees nothing. 

Maybe mash just liked to looked at his reflection?

Innocent zero watchs as his son can now walk around the room , he also watchs the man picked and praised the boy.

He doesn't believe that man is worthy of raising his son. The boy belongs with him.

Unfortunately he's unable to do anything about it the spell wasn't able to allow him to grab his son from the mirror. 

Unless mash touchs the mirror. But whenever he's about to the old man always takes him away or says something distracting the boy.

If only he knew where his son was then he could have him collect and return to him.

For now he could only observe. 

Chapter 2

Regro is busy smashing up some food for mash. Mash was occupied with a few toys that regro got him.

It was a bit difficult at first takeing care of mash but he managed to figure out what to do . Getting up in the middle of the night to care for the baby, figuring out what kind of food to smash up and feed mash . Despite the touble regro did not regret taking care of the baby.

He loved mash.

Mash was a little strange with him crawling or walking faster then what baby's are supposed to do properly but Despite that it didn't matter to regro. 

He finishs smashing up the food and goes to get mash.

" time for lunch mash" he says to his son.

The baby unpon seeing regro immediately held his hands out to regro,  smiling. As he went to pick up his son ,what mash did surprised him.

 " papa!" Mash said.

Regro looked in shocked for a second before he immediately scooped mash up. It was mash's first word.

" you said your first word mash!" Regro shouts .

" good job mash" he says ,mash smiles at him . His hands reaching out to his father's face. 

 

Innocent zero observes his son in the mirror.  His son seems to growing well , despite being raised by a man that was not worthy. He watches the old man ,hold his son ,praises him, hugs him and care for him. All while smiling. 

One day when watching mash looked at him through the mirror.  When the old man shows up and mash sees him. Mash calls the man something .

Papa , he called the old man papa. 

The boy thinks that old man is his father, when he is not. Innocent zero is the boy's father not the old man.

He wishes he could grabbed the boy through the mirror or get someone to get the boy for him.

He Need's the boy, not now but when the Time is right.

 

When it's mash 3rd birthday,  regro had gotten mash sometime other then make him a little cake. A cream puff. 

He figures he let mash tried one ,the only sweet that the boy has had was a cake So far.

" happy birthday mash" regro says to his son.

Mash looks at the food on the table, it's things he likes to eat and something new he's never seen before. 

Regro seeing mash interested I'm the cream puff hands it to his son.

" this a cream puff, try it" regro tells his son.

Mash takes the cream puff and bites into it , he chews it and he then stares at the cream puff after eating it.

Regro looks at mash , does he like the cream puff?

Mash immediately shoves the cream puff into his mouth and appers to be enjoying the sweet treat .

Regro smiles  seeing that mash likes the cream puffs. 

They quickly become the boy's favorite thing to eat. So Regro always make sure to buy them when he goes to town or ingredients to make them. Mash eats most of them.

One day mash is eating a cream puff stareing at the mirror and when he's done he leaves some cream puff on the mirror. 

Regro goes to clean it later and while cleaning it he stops for a second. 

Regro stares at the mirror. 

" did I see something " he thought, maybe he didn't he's probably just tried it's getting late .

He finshes cleaning off the mirror and reads mash a story before putting him to bed.

Chapter 3

A five year old mash stands in front of the mirror, eating a cream puff. 

He sees in the mirror, the man as always. Looking at him and his father. Mash wonders who this man is ,was he trap in the mirror or something?.

Mash hasn't try and say everything to the man unsure if he'll get a answer. Does his father see the man in the mirror?.

Mash finishs his cream puff looking at the stranger in the mirror. Until his father calls for him ,telling Mash their going shopping. Mash quickly hurries to his father. 

It's been five years now since he's found where his son is.

Innocent zero watchs his son and the old man leave. 

The boy is now five , five years and he's still here. The old man who the boy thinks is his father raises him.

Mash seems to look almost everyday in the mirror, maybe he can see him. Maybe he could try and convince the boy to touch the mirror?.

The spell said that he could hear what the people on the otherside near the mirror saying but not the other way around. 

Innocent zero thinks wondering how he could get his son back. 

 

" papa ,can you teach me how to make cream puffs?" 

Regro looks at his son , mash is currently five and the boy has been watching him Whenever he makes cream puffs for mash so that the boy always had some. 

He's getting older but regro doesn't think mash should do anything dangerous yet. He could help him ,by passing the ingredients and maybe some other things. He doesn't want mash to hurt himself. 

" how about , you start helping me first mash ,then when you get bigger I'll let you make them on your own .okay mash" regro says to his son.

" okay papa" mash says

" I'll make some cream puffs for dessert tonight, so we can started on you learning how to make cream puffs tonight " regro tells mash.

Mash looks at his father,  he's excited to help him make cream puffs.

Mash starts to help his father, in the kitchen even when not making cream puffs. He mostly just passes the ingredients with everything, but cream puffs.

Mash like watching his father make the cream puffs , his always let's mash have the first taste of cream puffs.

Mash likes them as much as the ones they buy in town. 

The loud sound of thunder and the sound of rain mash can hear it .

Mash watchs his father place a bucket down ,they apparently had a leak. 

" we got a leak ,I'll try and fix it tomorrow or when the rain is over" , mash hears his father say.

His father starts to walk around seaching for anymore leaks. While he did that mash decides to look at the mirror. 

As usual the man ,is still there watching them.

Mash wonders who this man is and why he watchs him and his father. 

Was he a good person or maybe someone bad?

Mash is not sure.

He then notices some cream puff on the mirror, mash assumes it's from the last time he ate a cream puff, while looking at the mirror. 

He goes to clean the cream puff off the mirror and then suddenly something happens to mash's hand.

As his hand made contact with the mirror, mash saw his hand start to go through it. The boy quickly yanks his hand away and looks at it and then the mirror. 

Did his hand almost go into the mirror?

Mash looks at the man in the mirror, did he have something to do with this.