WARNING: Do not read if you are under 18 years of age (or whatever the legal age is where you live), DO NOT READ due to mature content!!! This fic is rated 'M' for a reason!
A Crystal Christmas
Chapter 1: A Stranger's Kiss
Sarah was by now beyond bored. She had been at her father's Christmas party for the past two hours. Robert's company always threw a Christmas party, every single year. And they always had to go. He dragged Sarah, Toby, and Karen with him. And everyone knows that boring corporate Christmas parties were no place to bring your overbearing wife, five year old son, and eighteen year old daughter. But some of the other employees had brought their families along for the ride too, and it was boredom for all involved. Sarah would not have been surprised if the other two captives had teamed up with her to overthrow their boring hosts.
But Karen and Robert were busy entertaining another couple who they had just met at the party. Meanwhile, that left Sarah to take care of Toby, as usual. She didn't complain about it as much, and besides, she knew what happened when she complained! Things just got worse... Whether her adventure through the Labyrinth had been real or a dream, she didn't know for sure. But Sarah knew all that she needed to. For some reason, Toby needed her to accept him, and to be nice to him. And she was. Finally.
"Sarah, can I have a drink?" He asked his big sister politely. Karen had taught him to be so mannerable it was almost maddening! "I'm thirsty."
She had barely heard him, she was so bored. "What's the magic word?" She asked him almost dully, with her cheek still resting in her palm, as she leaned on the small table they had been resigned to.
"Please?"
"Okay, squirt. You wait right here, and I'll get you one."
Sarah didn't know why she had just had such a random thought about the Labyrinth. She hadn't thought about it in years! But by now it was forgotten again, already. She was more than eager to get her little brother a drink. At least someone had finally given her something to do. It was about Seven Thirty at night, and she wanted to go home already!
She idly wondered what they were doing here. There were older people, all of them around her father and Karen's age. They were all dress up in their fancy suits, and stunning outfits. And here she was in her blue jeans and turquoise and white Christmas sweater... Why did he always have to drag them along on these boring things? She was so sick of her parents, and her mundane existence that she almost did not notice that she happened to walk right under the mistletoe. A silly thing, that. Sarah was curious about the reason people were expected to kiss when they stood under it. Well, she was alone, like always...
Suddenly, everything went dark! She heard the room fill with voices; everyone was talking all at once. Everyone but Sarah, that is. She was too busy trying to figure out what the hell was going on! She felt a strong arm wrap around her waist, pulling her into someone's body.
"What are you-" She started. And then it happened...
She felt lips crushing into hers with a fiery ferocity she had never felt before. Sarah didn't know whether to return the stranger's kiss, or to slap him. It didn't help that she couldn't see who it was. She was surprised no one bumped into them, or anything. She could hear people scurrying around to find a way to get the power back on, but nothing seemed to be working.
Sarah found herself getting lost in the kiss, as the stranger deepened it. His tongue scraped against hers, and when she made the most of it by returning the favor, she could swear she heard a soft moan come from deep within his throat. She could feel fine hair, just below shoulder length, she could have guessed, tickling the sides of her face and neck. She wanted to let out a cry as well, when she felt something very firm digging into her thigh as he pressed against her. She felt her heart race like a scared little rabbit. She was worried that any minute now, the lights would flicker back on, and everyone would see her in the arms of some strange man. But they never did. The deep, long, passionate kiss continued, and Sarah thought she vaguely recognized the smell of this man. He smelled like some sort of strange cologne, and... pineneedles? That was odd. But still, it was familiar to the girl.
As mysteriously as it began, their kiss ended. Only moments later, the lights flickered back on, and Sarah was standing there looking bewildered and very disheveled. But luckily, because of the mysterious power failure, everyone else did too so no one really noticed. Oh no, Toby! She had an instinctual feeling that something might have happened to him, but when she looked back to their table to see him smiling back at her, she felt at ease.
She got him his drink, and went to sit back down. Karen and Robert lookd their way, but turned back to tehir conversation when they relaized the kids were fine. Sarah found herself staring at the mistletoe, which hung menacingly over the middle of the floor like a bad omen. She glanced around the room, and wondered who was there that would possibly be interested in her...
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A/N: Please R&R! I hope you enjoyed the first Chapter of my Labyrinth Christmas fic... And no, before you ask, this is NOT a oneshot! There are most likely going to be about 4 or 5 Chapters of this, and then it will be over. I should finish it before Christmas, hopefully. I am taking a quick break from my other fics in order to work on this very special one just for Christmas this year! it's my first year here on and I want to make it one to remember! How did I do? Oh, and if you like this little mini-fic, be sure to check out my other stories like Dare To Dream, Slow Burn, Goblin Planet, True To Heart, and Jareth Meets Jack!
-Kaline Reine