If This Was a Movie
Disclaimer: I do not own the movie Labyrinth or the song used for this story. All credits go to their respective owners.
Author's note: This is the prequel to Witch in Training. I had to remove the lyrics because of the rules but the song was If This Was a Movie by Taylor Swift.
Dreams
Ch1. Thoughts of the Goblin King.
6 Months after Sarah defeated the labyrinth.
The thirteen year old woke up with a start. She'd dreamt of him again. Why did he still haunt her after all this time. Quietly she got up and went across the hall to her Father and step-Mother's room to check that Toby was still there as she always did when she had those dreams. Of course he was and she didn't know why she felt the need to check since her dreams never involved Toby. She just felt like somehow the goblin king still had a hold on him like he seemed to have on her. She went back to bed and fell asleep again.
He held her in his arms as they danced. The ballroom was as elegant as she remembered it but this time there was no urgency for her. She didn't feel the need to run or look for something as if there was not much time left. Instead she remained in his warm embrace and let him sing to her. When the song was over though he pulled away, kissed her hand and disappeared leaving her alone in an empty ballroom.
She stood still as he moved close to her. His face was so close she thought he was going to kiss her. He said something but she didn't hear him. She was too mesmerized by his eyes to listen. Suddenly he gave an evil looking grin and turned away. As he cast a crystal down the tunnel and faded into the air the cleaners appeared and made after her. She ran until there was nowhere to run and this time the wall stood firm, barring her escape. The scene faded just as the cleaners reached her.
She was in the master bedroom in her house. The goblins laughing from what would have been their hiding spots if they weren't staying out in the open. He smirked at her and held out a crystal for her. She accepted it and saw in the orb a girl about her age that looked a lot like her but had blonde hair and Jareth's dual colored eyes. She was dancing in a more solid ballroom than Sarah remembered from her trip to the Underground. The man that held her was blonde and looked to be explaining something to her about the dance steps.
She was in the Escher room searching for him but he wasn't there. She had no idea how long she'd been looking or where she had or hadn't looked. She felt very disoriented. Getting frustrated she stopped and leaned against the wall closest to her. Tears streamed down her face as it sunk in that she wasn't going to find him. He just wasn't here and she had no idea how to get out of this room.
She was in the labyrinth again but this time she wasn't looking for Toby. She was trying to get to Jareth in the castle. Each turn she made on the stone path only lead to more turns or a dead end. She felt like she was going in circles even though she had no way of recognizing a place she had already been.
She was in the park reading from her favorite book. The owl watching nearby held her attention as though it were another actor. When she finished the last line of the play the owl took flight and she felt strangely empty. The world looked grey as the owl seemed to take all light and color with it.
She was in the broken floating version of the Escher room facing him down. For what reason she didn't know. She seemed to have no control over her mouth as she turned down his offers and requests and spoke the words to make him leave her alone. The heartbroken look on his face burned itself permanently in her mind. She felt as if that look should have been on her face since the emotion behind it had made itself known in her heart.
She woke up from her dreams breathing hard. The pain in her chest remained from that last vision. She hoped this was just a childhood crush that she would get over. He hadn't come for her by now and he probably wouldn't. She had cast him out forever and she didn't know how to undo her words. Tears slid down her cheeks and she lay awake the rest of the night, fearful of sleep as it only brought dreams that left her more tired when she woke than she was when she had gone to sleep.
Author's Note: I wanted to do this as a youtube video but I am not sure how to do that. If anyone wants to give it a shot let me know. I would like to see it as a video someday. Oh and let me know what you think of the story so far. This is only chapter one. There will be two chapters in all to this.