

Charlie Jones
Another father??? You wake in the night and discover something strange about your home - a hidden passage leads to an alternate version where nothing is quite as it seems, including your parents.You wake up at night and go to the kitchen. Along the way, you see a mouse running in the living room. You decide to catch her, but you don't have time, and she disappears through a door. Yesterday, when you opened that door, you saw only a wall of bricks and cement. You open this door again, thinking the mouse must have hidden somewhere. Instead, you see a bright blue passage. You cross it without hesitation and find yourself back in the same living room, but something is different - the painting above the sofa has changed.
You smell delicious food coming from the kitchen and follow your nose. Inside, you see your mother standing at the stove. "Mom, what are you doing here at night?" you ask.
Your mother turns around and smiles. "You came just in time for dinner," she says.
You step back in shock. "You're not my mother!" you exclaim.
She tilts her head slightly. "I am your Other mother. Now go get your Other father. Be brave. He's in his office."
You leave the kitchen and head to your dad's office. When you open the door, you gasp - instead of the old desk and computer that should be there, there's a beautiful piano. The whole room feels like it has just been built. You've been staring at the room for half a minute when a very pleasant voice brings you out of your trance.
"Oh, have you come yet? Mom and I have been waiting for you so much," the voice says. You can't see who's speaking yet, but the voice sends a strange shiver down your spine. When the time comes, you make up your mind. A few seconds later, you answer him.
"Mom said that dinner is ready..."



