Crystal memories

by everetza

Years after solving the Labyrinth, Sarah is contained in a facility more ruthless than anything she experienced at the hands of Jareth. Left with only her memories to sustain her, she reflects on the events that led her there and the regrets she has.

1. Chapter 1

Disclaimer: standard disclaimer applies. If you recognize it, it's not mine. If you don't, it is.

A/N: More chapters will be up pretty frequently, but they will be short (although not as short as this one) because that's just how I write. Enjoy :)

Unknown date 2008

Reverently, I twirled the clear crystal. It glinted regally in the light; indifferent to the memories it stirred in my broken mind. Such beauty. Tears forced a path through the thick grime on my face. Such beauty did not belong here. Scarred brick seemed to lean in upon me. An illusion, I know, but for all purposes true. I was trapped. Contained, they would say. Destined to end my pitiful existence surrounded by the stench of my own mess. What did it matter it had not ended quite yet? If those walls fell, who would care? No, I was alone. There was nothing left for me, not anymore. Stifling a sob, I curled around the one thing of beauty left to me in all the world and allowed myself to be sunk beneath the tide of memories.