Ashley:
Ashley was a girl who no one ever payed any particularly good attention to. Her parents were murdered when she was born, and her old caretaker Mason was a sexually abusive man. At her school, no one liked her. They all would always tell her to 'Go die' or 'Kill herself already' because they wished she'd never existed. It's not that Ashley had done anything wrong, but it was as if since her birth, someone had been making things hard for her. Her only comrades in life were her books. She would often read old plays of Shakespeare, or occupy her time with other old plays that she adored. The only good thing about Mason, Ashley thought, was his library full of amazing literature. She was permitted to spend countless hours there, until Mason would call for her. As he used her, she would lock down her mind to his tortures, and focus only on the stories in her books. One of her favourites over time became the Labyrinth. The story of the girl and the goblin kingdom was close to her heart, and when Mason permitted her sleep, she would dream of the Goblin King taking her away to his castle. One night, when Mason had used her more roughly than normal, and hadn't given her any food, she was desperate. In her desperation, she grabbed a knife, and about to end her life, screamed, 'I wish the goblins would come and take me away from here, RIGHT NOW!' The room spun, and she soon found herself in the goblin kingdom! She was amazed at its beauty, and the complex labyrinth she saw spread out in front of her. I must have gone insane completely, now, she thought. Nonetheless, she went towards the labyrinth, hoping desperately that this WASN'T just an insane illusion; that it was real.
Jareth:
Jareth had been bored as of late, and found a girl, Ashley, that was having a horrible time in her life in the human realm. She wasn't human; Jareth knew this for a fact. Her parents were fae, and were killed by the Troll King at her birth. He had just recently found her in his crystal, and had occasionally gone to the human realm as an owl to watch her. She didn't seem to know she could make her life so much better with the power she held. It was a shame, really, that she would only wish to die if given a choice. He had tried to leave her alone, but couldn't help sending her dreams of the goblin kingdom, of him taking her to his home, and treating her as such a noble fae should be treated: with respect and dignity. One night, he watched her in his crystal with a knife in her hand, when she said the words. He didn't need to use his magic; hers was powerful enough to get her to the goblin kingdom in an instant. He laughed as she glanced around her in awe, dropping her knife, as she saw what she had done, and where she was. He would greet her soon enough, but he first wanted to see how she would fare in his Labyrinth…. Only one other human had bested it in centuries. And she had died three years after the fact, at the hand of the same King whom had killed Ashley's Fae parents.