Disclaimer: I do not own the Labyrinth or any rights to it whatsoever, as much as I would like….
………………………………………………………………………………..
Mirrors.
Everywhere you go, there will always be mirrors present. For they are a part of everyday life, existing in lifts, cars, bathrooms, and of course, bedrooms.
Most of us, look into a mirror and see ourselves, our perfections/imperfections, but what some of us don't see, is what is really behind that piece of glass reflecting your image.
The question is though, have you ever really looked deep into a mirror, touched its surface and wonder….just maybe, there was something behind it? Have you ever though that someone…could be staring back at you.
Maybe it was just your imagination, maybe it was your so called evil twin, or maybe it was your imaginary friends…or that one being your heart truly ached for.
This was what 22 year old Sarah Williams thought to herself as she reached up to the mirror in front of her for the last time, barely touching the surface.
"Goodbye" She whispered sadly at her own reflection, or so she thought, as she got up, moving toward her bed to take the large, packed suitcase from the top of it.
What she didn't truly see, what her heart had led her to forget, was four beings reflected back, quiet, as if one would speak the world would fall crash before them. Four pairs of eyes looked on sadly as Sarah took one last look around her room, and shut the door behind her, never to return again…or so she thought.
The cleared vanity started to shake wildly as if there were an earthquake, but nothing else in the now empty room, except for the bed and the vanity itself, moved.
If you were present in the room as it shook, you would hear a single man scream that one scream in which anyone who has ever experienced heartbreak, would recognize,
"SARRAAHH"
The pain that went within, was in its highest peak. A pain universally acknowledged, as acute heartbreak at its best.
Then, as the front door slammed shut, and all could be heard was a click of the lock, all was quiet in the Williams house.
Sarah was gone.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
3 years later
A car consisting of two women, a girl and her Mother, pulled up the front of the now a banded Williams house.
The 'SOLD' sign was still stuck by the letter box the young girl noticed, not that she cared much as she sniggered how someone had already took the liberty of stripping the S so it really read 'OLD'. Deep down inside she could think of a thousand different places she could be right now, anywhere from here.
"Look Milly, the porch is just like the one we had back in Spring Valley" The girls mother smiled at her, obviously seeing through her daughters distaste.
The young girl was pondering on giving her mother her real answer, but seeing the look on that already saddened face, she just couldn't. Instead she just turned back around to face her mother, and smiled.
"Its great mom" she lied. The auburn haired girl decided the little family of two had gone through enough troubles right now, and leaved it be.
Looking back up at the house, it sort of gave the young girl the creeps. It was an old Victorian style house with white weathered paint on the outside, but there something more to it, something Milly couldn't put her finger on.
"Well, if this is home for now, then Ill just have to deal with It" Milly thought be-grudgingly, opening the car door.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
Trudging up the stairs behind her mom, the pretty auburn haired girl followed as she was led into a room on her right.
"This will be your room Milly" The lady gestured around her, Milly's eyes following the gestures and settled on the vanity that was left behind. It was cleared with obvious remnants of sticky tape and other substances that had held pictures or something around the edges of the mirrored glass. But there was something else to this particular piece of furniture, it was empty. Not just because the vanity had no possessions on it, but it felt empty as she walked over to it and touched the white worn, wooden tabled surface.
"Its…sad" She barely whispered to herself, but how can a non-living thing be sad?
Gulping, she nodded her head turning around to face her mother, and smiled appreciatively. "Its great mom"
"Well, at least we wont have to change the wallpaper, seeming by the looks of it a girl used to live in this room too" Her mom suggested now looking at the vanity and around, then took her leave to start unloading the car.
"Well" Milly said to the vanity, getting more realistic to herself and these stupid feelings she was getting, "There's nothing a little touch up paint wont do", then followed her mom's directions, to unload the car.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
A week later and the old abandoned Williams house, was not looking old and abandoned anymore. The Bennette's had moved all their belongings in and it was finally starting to look like a home again.
But for Milly, what looked like a home compared to what felt like a home was a big difference. She missed her father dearly, but he died a long time ago, it was time for her to move on.
From being a city girl, living in an apartment complex in New York, to now being a citizen of Upper Nyack, felt like a big change to her, although it wasn't too far away from her old home. But she still felt far away none the less.
"So Mom" Milly asked as she set the table for dinner, "What happened to the family that used to live here…the Wilson's…"
"Williams" Lyn corrected from the kitchen,
"Apparently it was just the girl though living here up until we bought it….. her Father, Step mother, and young brother died." The tone of the woman's voice was saddened, as the knowledge of losing a loved one had already hit much too close to home.
Walking out to the dining area where Milly had just set the table, and now was more quiet than ever, she continued.
"I found out from the local grocery man that they died in a car crash, the poor girl was left all alone, no one there for her. So she left one day" Milly's face dropped as she knew all too well what loss felt like, but to hear what this poor girl went through was about the worst that could happen to anyone. Losing all your family compared to just one, would be so hard to bear.
"She probably couldn't cope being here anymore, not that I blame her" Her mother finished now seating herself at the table.
Milly shook her head. "No wonder she didn't want to speak to us directly when she sold it"
Lyn lifted up a lift off a pot of steaming vegetables and put some on Milly's plate.
"No, but I'm sure she is at a better place now"
"I really hope she is" Milly frowned, knowing deep down inside, she certainly wouldn't be, and looked out the window at the full moon.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
Sarah glared at the ceiling above her. Whoever said it gets better with time was a damned fool.
As she turned to her side, another being next to her turned as well.
Turning fully so she could see her last family member left, Merlin 2, she lovingly stroked his head.
Sighing, she slowly got up and out of bed, moving to look out the window of her small apartment at that same full moon.
Well, the moon was probably the only thing visible in the sky tonight. The stars in New York city were barely non-existent, not like where she used to live in Upper Nyack.
Home.
Home was where her family used to be. God, she missed them more than anything times like these. And something else, something that lingered in her soul she could never place a name too.
Was it somebody, or something she thought as she walked back toward a cheap iron do-it-yourself- vanity, pondering at her reflection. This vanity was so cold, all it showed was her dim reflection, not the happy Sarah that used to be reflected in the beautiful white washed vanity. Funny how she felt the need to leave her old, well loved vanity behind, but she just had to leave fairytales behind and grow up.
But life was so hard now. She never imagined just how hard things would be when her family left her. She was working in a cheap bookstore, got paid just enough that it would cover the bills, as most of her inheritance paid for the apartment complex she was living in now. But she was determined she would not give Merlin up for anything, so that meant paying for a apartment that was well beyond her means, but what could she do? If she gave Merlin up, she may as well have given up her life. She had no one else in this world, and the loneliness she felt inside was already heart wrenching.
She never was one to have a lot of friends, and the friends she had, well lets just say she learnt exactly what kind of friends they were when her walls came closing in around her, but something she missed the most, would be her imagination.
She used to have such a vivid imagination, friends from afar who were such a huge part of her life, and one particular person who could easily be classified as the man of her dreams-as that is what she believed him to be-a dream- until she had to grow up almost immediately...
She jumped slightly as Merlin let out a little snore. Then swallowed and swung her swivel chair around to face the window once more.
"I used to think dreams come true, how wrong was I"
She felt the tears already starting to blur her vision, so silently got up to walk back to her bed, prepared to cry yet another night away.
Whilst somewhere else in the deepest parts of the unknown universe, someone else felt the same loss deep inside.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
Well, here is a new story. I know my bad for starting a new one when I got 3 I really need to finish. But, I just couldn't help myself, this idea I have had with me for so long, that I just had to try it out. Now Milly isn't some character who I know personally, in fact she is completely new so it isn't going to be one of those Mary-Who-Sue fics, and she is the only new character including her mom that are new, the rest are completely Labyrinth. Its J/S so of course, the whole story will evolve around them. So here you go, it's up to you to r&r for me, to continue soon.
So………………R&R please!
Jazzy