单篇小说
It started with a dream.
Every night, Mia found herself standing in the hallway outside a door she had never seen before. It was old, its paint peeling, and there was no number on it. The air around it felt heavy, and a whisper—too faint to understand—seeped from the cracks.
She would always wake up just before she opened it.
At first, she dismissed it as nothing more than a strange nightmare. But then, she saw it.
Not in a dream. In real life.
Mia had lived in her apartment for nearly two years. She knew the layout. But one evening, while heading to her bedroom, she stopped.
The door from her dreams was there.
She froze, her breath catching in her throat.
It looked exactly the same—faded paint, no number, and a whisper just barely slipping through the cracks.
Her hand trembled as she reached for the doorknob. She shouldn’t open it. She knew she shouldn’t.
But something was calling to her.
Slowly, she turned the knob.
The door swung open silently, revealing a room that shouldn’t exist.
It was identical to her own bedroom—same furniture, same decorations, same unmade bed. But it wasn’t right.
The colors were slightly off, muted, like an old photograph. The air smelled stale, like dust and something… rotten.
Then she saw the mirror.
A full-length mirror stood in the corner, its glass perfectly clean despite the dust covering everything else.
And in its reflection—
Someone was standing behind her.
Mia spun around.
Nothing was there.
Her heartbeat thundered in her ears. Slowly, she turned back to the mirror.
The figure was closer now.
It was her.
But not quite.
Her reflection stared at her, eyes slightly too wide, lips stretching into a too-large smile. Then, in a voice exactly like Mia’s, it whispered:
“You shouldn’t be here.”
Mia’s breath hitched. Her body screamed at her to run, but her feet were frozen.
The reflection moved, even though Mia hadn’t.
It stepped forward.
Mia finally broke free. She lunged for the door, slamming it shut behind her.
She stumbled back into her hallway, her heart pounding. The door was still there, but the whispering had stopped.
For a long moment, she just stared at it, waiting for something—anything—to happen.
Then, slowly, the doorknob turned from the other side.
Mia ran.
The next morning, the door was gone.
But that night, when she looked into her bedroom mirror—
Her reflection didn’t move.
Key Words & Phrases
dream - 梦
peeling paint - 剥落的油漆
seeped - 渗透（表示低语从门缝溢出）
frozen in fear - 因恐惧而僵住
muted colors - 暗淡的颜色
stale air - 陈旧的空气
thundered in her ears - 在耳边轰鸣（形容恐惧）
too-large smile - 过大的微笑（表现不自然）
lunged - 猛冲（表示慌张逃跑）
the doorknob turned - 门把手转动（暗示有人或某物在里面）
中文全文翻译：
一切都始于一个梦。
每个夜晚，米娅都会梦见自己站在一扇从未见过的门前。门很旧，油漆剥落，上面没有门牌号。空气沉闷厚重，而从门缝中，传来一阵低低的呢喃声，太微弱，听不清内容。
她总是在即将打开门之前醒来。
起初，她以为这不过是个怪梦。但后来，她真的看到了那扇门。
不是在梦里。
是在现实中。
米娅在这间公寓住了快两年，她熟悉这里的每一寸空间。但某天晚上，当她走向自己的卧室时，她停住了。
那扇门出现在走廊尽头。
她的心脏漏了一拍。
它看起来一模一样——褪色的漆面，没有号码，还有从缝隙中溢出的微弱低语声。
她的手颤抖着，伸向门把手。她不该开门。她知道自己不该开门。
但有东西在呼唤她。
她缓缓地扭动门把。
门无声地打开了，露出一个不应该存在的房间。
它和她的卧室完全一样——相同的家具，相同的装饰，相同的床铺，凌乱的床单。但它不对劲。
颜色略微失真，像是一张褪色的老照片。空气陈旧，带着灰尘和一丝……腐烂的气味。
然后她看到了镜子。
一面全身镜安静地立在角落，镜面完美无瑕，尽管房间里其他东西都落满了尘埃。
她在镜子里看到楼后有人。
米娅猛地转身。
什么都没有。
她的呼吸急促，心跳在耳边轰鸣。她缓缓地重新看向镜子。
那个人影，更近了。
那是——她自己。
但又不完全像。
镜中的米娅睁大了眼睛，嘴角缓缓勾起，笑得过于夸张。
然后，她用和米娅一模一样的声音，低语道：
“你不该来这里。”
米娅屏住呼吸，浑身冰冷。
镜中的“她”动了，但现实中的米娅没有。
它迈出了第一步。
米娅终于挣脱了恐惧，猛地冲向门口，砰的一声把门狠狠关上。
她跌坐在地，喘着粗气。门仍然在那里，但低语声消失了。
她盯着它，等待着什么——某个可怕的事情发生。
然后，门把手缓缓转动，像是……有人在门的另一边。
米娅夺路而逃。
第二天早晨，门不见了。
但那天晚上，当她无意间瞥向卧室的镜子时——
镜子里的“她”，没有跟着她动。
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