Dance Magic Dance
Summary: Two friends wish themselves away in hopes for a better life, you know, the usual. However, did you know that the Underground isn't the only place where mythical creatures reside? OC
Disclaimer/Warnings: I don't own the labyrinth, and if you arn't allowed to read words like Fuck, I suggest you leave... It won't be around alot but still.
Ch 1: As the World falls Down
Adrianna sighed as she turned off the movie much do the disappointment of her friend, Caitlyn.
"Ugh! Why won't you just give it a chance?" Caitlyn whined. "We need to do something fun before your parent's get back… It gets really dispirited around here when they come home." She proceeded to roll onto her back and cross her arms. Her short lengthed black and white highlighted hair fell slightly off the bed and hung towards the floor; her crystal blue eyes glared at her friend. Adrianna didn't reply, but instead looked into Caitlyn's eyes with her own piercing ice-like ones. A few moments later, Adrianna blinked hard and complained back, the parent comment all but forgotten.
"Oh come on, it uses puppets! And it's like a hundred years old-"
"That just gives it character." Caitlyn cut off Adri's rant. She rolled back to her stomach. "Besides, old movies didn't use to be on your bad side. You used to love them." Caitlyn's devious smirk earned a glare from her companion, but it didn't fade.
"That was before all this new technology came out. Why don't they just rema- AHH!" Adri cut off. For a lack of a better word, she had been pounced, pushed off the bed and was now securely being held prisoner by Cat.
"Don't say it, don't even think it. I forbid it," Caitlyn hissed, and then cracked up laughing, though still firm with her position. "You should see your face!" Adrianna just continued to glare.
"Get offa me," she said, half growling in full protest. Caitlyn looked down.
"I didn't even realize I was on you." Adri shook her head as Caitlyn released her wrists and got out of the straddle she had been holding on Adrianna's waist. Sad to say, it seemed Cat's dad was wearing off the slightest bit on his daughter, though Adrianna would never tell Cat that.
"You know I hate it when you do that. It feels all awkward and stuff," Adrianna whined once free. Caitlyn rolled her eyes.
"You prude perv, always thinking that way," she mocked before her face turned pleading. "Please though, can't we watch it? You'll love it once you know what the movie is actually about." Adri let out a disputing whimper.
"Is that a yes?" Adri looked back into Caitlyn's eyes. She whimpered again and nodded her head.
"Yay!" Caitlyn jounced the particularly springy bed causing Adri to bounce off, and through the giggles Caitlyn pressed play on the remote.
Caitlyn let out a dramatic sniff as the ending credits of the movie started before shutting off the T.V.
"See? That wasn't so bad now was it?"Caitlyn questioned. She looked at Adri for when an answer didn't come… or at least, she looked where Adri was supposed to be. "Adrianna Carmen if you don't come here right now I swear I will personally smother you in your sleep-" Caitlyn was cut off as her face had an abrupt greeting with a pillow. Falling backwards and off the bed, it was Adrianna's turn to put her into a 'secure hold', her version having the pillow over Caitlyn's head.
"What was that about smothering me?" Adri chuckled at her companion's astonishment and removed the pillow when Caitlyn started to struggle, but still kept it in within usable distance.
"I thought you thought this position was awkward?" Cat inquired with a skeptical look. Adri raised an eyebrow.
"Well when you say it like that it is! Jeez!" As Caitlyn laughed at Adri's over-innocence (or not so innocent innocence) as Adri herself scrambled off and climbed back onto the floral mattress. Caitlyn in turn took the pillow left behind and smacked Adri back off the bed.
"This isn't working…" Adri murmured as she blew a strand of brown hair from her face. Caitlyn laughed again.
"How many times have you fallen off?" Caitlyn managed to get out through the snickers. The hilarity continued as Adri pondered and counted on her fingers.
"Er… three," she finally answered. Cat frowned. "Counting before the movie as well?"
"Oh… uh, no…" When it got really silent Caitlyn made a questioning gesture to Adri- whom was still lying on the floor- to continue. Adrianna let out a sigh.
"Eight…" Before the whole word was out Cat had fallen off the bed and was literally rolling on the floor laughing her ass off.
"It's not that funny!" Adri shouted over the cackles now coming from Cat. Said teen crawled over to Adri before sprawling onto her stomach and putting her weight on her elbows whilst still on the floor.
"It is seeing as I've only fallen twice, counting that one," she stated. Adri hmphed and crossed her arms and Cat giggled at her actions.
"You sure are laughing a lot. You high?" Adri asked, smiling at the absurdity of the idea. Cat burst into yet another fit of laughter before replying,
"Not really, just Pixie Stix and Kool Aide Mix!" She smiled, though this time it didn't quite reach her eyes. Adri frowned but brushed it off. A thoughtful expression took over Cat's features.
"You never answered my question, though," she uttered seriously. She sent Adri one of her looks, where her eyebrows furrowed together and her eyes seemed to glow- some might even argue they did. Adri looked at Cat for a while, finally giving in. "I...s o…ay…" Cat smiled inwardly in triumph.
"I'm sorry, what was that? I didn't hear you." Cat smirked, put a strand of ebony locks behind her ear, and leaned in closer to treasure the moment.
"I… aid i…as o…ay…"
"What?"
"I SAID IT WAS OKAY, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!" Adri huffed at her friends humiliating tactics and sat up, her slightly wavy brown hair cascading down her own back, meeting the bottom of her shoulder blades.
Caitlyn's smirk widened. "I knew you would like it. Ever since you found out about it you've been infatuated with all things magic. You're hopeless, you know that?" She too sat up and put a teasing arm around Adri's shoulders. As a response, Adrianna jokingly shrugged Cat's arm off, turned away, crossed her arms, and pretended to pout. "As are you."
Cat gave a good natured slap and stood up. "And that's why I love you," she chuckled. Adri shook her head at her friend's frequently used phrase as she stood up as well.
"You know, if you use that saying any more people are going to start thinking you are actually lesbian or bisexual," Adri said casually as she started to walk out of the room. Caitlyn followed.
"And since when do I care about other's thought? I've lived this long and quite frankly I plan on living a HELL of a lot longer." Adri smiled at their little inside joke; the one that only went around through their friend group. The two strolled into the kitchen and Cat went straight for the fridge while Adri stopped at the pantry. Moments later, Adri came out with a box of cereal where as Cat had indulged herself to the left over Chinese food. Adri shook her head.
"Sure, help yourself, my mom wasn't planning on having that for dinner…" a quick gagging sound followed by a sickening plop came when Cat spit out the food she had. Adri laughed and Cat realized she had just fallen for it. A dodge and a smack later, the two were vegging out on the couch in front of the living room T.V. A decent period of time passed. It was quiet, and seeing as neither wanted to be around when Adri's parent's got back to the house, the question was bound to arise sooner or later…
"What time is it exactly?" Adrianna glanced over to Cat. The girl in question shook her head not taking her eyes of the screen.
"Time for you to get a watch," she replied, slurping up some noodles.
"How original," Adri rolled her eyes and went back to her Coco Pebbles.
"It used to be…"Cat trailed off as the show came back on. Adri gave her an annoyed look before picking up the remote and pressing the info button. Sighing, she turned off the television which freaked out Cat. Needless to say, Adri earned a hand shaped red mark across her face.
"… Why do I hang out with you again?" Adri asked as soon as Cat calmed down. Apparently, Caitlyn got really involved in shows and felt her world was shut off the same time the T.V. was.
"Because you love me." Cat gave an innocent grin before carrying her empty container to the sink. Adri followed suit, and soon they were both downstairs getting ready to lounge on the couch-recliners and prepare for a night's sleep.
"Hey Adri?" Cat called. Adri wondered over to her own couch after turning off the lights and sat down. "Yeah?" There was a distinct sink in the cushions and Adri knew she wouldn't have a recliner to herself this night. "Um… did you really like the movie?"
Adri turned to Cat with her newly focused eyes. "Of course. Why?" Instead of answering, Caitlyn asked another question.
"Would you… live there if you could?" The suddenness of the inquiry baffled Adri, so she contemplated the issue before giving a response.
"Well… seeing as we've watched this world rot for some time now, yeah. I guess I would." Adri measured Cat's actions. She had never seen Cat this fidgety before… well, not for no reason at least. Her hands were all clenched into nervous fists and everything.
"Out with it, then," Adri prodded.
"Make the wish with me." Adrianna blinked.
"What?"
"Make the wish with me. Just for fun, you know? The world described in that movie is so beautiful, so full of life. Even if it is full of monsters, but we can't be any worse right?" Adri twitched at the last part.
"Please, I've been wanting out of this world for a while now, I would have made the wish on my own except I don't want to go alone. I want my best friend to go with me, you know… if it works."
"You say it as if you think it might."
"It's a possibility isn't it? We of all people should know."
"Okay, okay… let's say it does work. Think of the people we'd be leaving behind. We've looked for years for people like us, do we really want to leave that behind?" It was silent.
"You can't go through life thinking you'll gain your dreams without making sacrifices…" Adri sat unresponsive. Cat was too desperate; there had to be a reason. And then, a thought occurred to Adri.
"…They're fighting again aren't they? Your parents?" Through the darkness Adrianna could see the look of saddened desperation in Caitlyn's eyes. Cat nodded.
"It's getting worse. Dad totally flipped out on mom; she's lucky she's still alive. I barely escaped another beating, and my sister had to deal with my dad's wrath in her stead. I asked why he did it all…" Cat looked up at Adri with tears in her eyes.
"He told me it was my fault! He said life was never this stressful before I came along, and it's just been eating at him… Adri, they took him away, and now mom's on the warpath for the contract being broken! Lisa ran away; she couldn't stand taking the beating for me anymore-"
"Shh, Cat, shh… it's okay," Adrianna took Cat into a hug and tried to soothe her now bawling friend by rubbing circles on her back. "You've been keeping your mask on for a while now, haven't you? The happiness was just a cover up." Adri said it more like a statement that a question, but the meaning was the same. Cat let out a humorless laugh.
"It's been happening more and more often now, hasn't it?" Cat sobbed. Adrianna stared blankly into the window and out at the dark night.
"Why do you keep this in all the time?" Adri asked. Cat just shook her head.
"Please, make the wish with me. In all honestly, we've spent more than our fair share of time in this world…" Adri's own eyes started to tear up at the sadness in her 'soul sister's' voice.
There was no easy way to put it, so Adrianna just came out with it.
"There's no way of telling if it will work, Cat, I mean sure there are a few things that would say otherwise, but who are we kidding? I would love to go-"
"But that's just it! I-" Cat was cut off mid shout. Adri's parents were home. The loud, staggering footsteps coming from upstairs confirmed it,
"Hey! Shut the fuck up, I have a hangover that can kill and I'm sure as hell not going to take it out on myself!" A male's voice rumbled down the stairs and was followed by shrieking laughter.
"How the hell did our parent's get to be such ass holes?" Adrianna said more to herself than to Cat, but Caitlyn answered anyways.
"Well, mine were just born that way… yours I think when they found out what you were." The teen sniffed.
"That I was gothic?" Adri joked, trying to lighten the mood. Cat remained motionless in her arms so she let out a defeated sigh.
"What were you saying before? Something about 'that's just it'?" Adri encouraged Cat to finish her sentence. Cat started in a whisper.
"Yeah, you said there's no way of telling if it will work. That's just it though. I don't want to be alone if it doesn't work. The disappointment may be too much."
There was an extended silence, and then Adrianna got up. Cat stayed sitting, her head low as if she had just been rejected. Then, Cat heard some scratching, like pen on paper. Sure enough, when Caitlyn looked up, Adri was jotting something down in the darkness. Her confusion went unanswered, but as Adri walked to the door leading outside, Adri looked back quizzically.
"Aren't you coming?" Cat's eyes became a bit brighter, but she refused to get her hopes up too much.
"To where?" Adri paused as she started to open the door, and looked over her shoulder.
"If we are going to do this, I want to be in a place that isn't as depressing-" Before the whole sentence was out, Cat had glomped Adri and wouldn't loosen her death-grip hug. "And this is why I love you." Adri smiled and led the way out the basement door, not bothering to lock the house.
The night was a perfect one. Though the two really didn't care whether it was rainy or clear out, they definitely enjoyed witnessing the stars twinkling in all of their glory. When Caitlyn and Adrianna were kids, they'd used to make up stories of how the sparkle was the stars' way of saying 'Come, play with us!'
The beauty of a clear night never seemed to diminish; not when they were kids and especially not when they were quite possibly about to take an unexpected turn in their roads of life. It calmed the two as they covered a small distance that separated Adri's backyard from the small woods. As the teens entered, the patch of trees seemed to come alive. Mossy bark seemed to glitter and you could almost hear the whisper of the swaying branches. The crackling of leaves under their feet as they walked brought more soul into the small forest, and in places the bright moon shined through alighting the forest floor; shimmering off of due and s small creek. Adri slowed as they approached a small clearing, and in the middle lay a stump.
The girl turned to her friend. "Have you got your pocket knife on you?" Cat pierced her lips and dugs out the needed item and handed it over. With a swift, quick motion, the note Adri had written was securely stabbed into the bark of the stump.
"One more thing, and then you can give it a go." Cat nodded as Adri got her phone out and pressed rapidly at the keys and pressed the send button. "Okay, Cat. No matter what happens, we stick together okay? Even if this doesn't work." Caitlyn nodded in anticipation.
"If nothing happens I think we should do what my sister Lisa did. We should escape with a fresh start." Adri nodded in agreement, and then sighed, loathing if their plan didn't work.
Adri hadn't noticed till then, but not only did the swaying branches tend to have their own voice, but the echo of the wind through the trees seemed to sing. She could almost put words together to form a melodious harmony; if only she'd the time.
"I don't think we should say that the goblins should take us though." Cat cut off Adrianna from starting the wish. Adri looked on questioning.
"I think we should say their king should take us." Cat grinned, though being serious. Adrianna just blankly stared before shrugging in a 'whatever' sort of way.
They both took deep breaths.
"I wish… the Goblin King… would take you away…" they both recited, then paused. Dare they go past the point of no return? Whether they are transported to a strange world, or go back home encompassed in disappointment? They really didn't have much to go home to; both had parent's that weren't bearable to live with… you can only dwell in a rotting world so long. So…
Not yes, but hell yes.
"right now."
To their shock, the winds picked up. Adrianna looked on in amazement while Cat gave a look of relief, and a white owl could barely be seen to fly into the forming mini-tornado of leaves and debris. And just like that, as soon as it had started it was over; empty foot prints occupied the girls' places. The note, ripped from the log in the sudden gust fluttered over to a nearby tree before coming to rest at its base-
Indrumare~ we are fine. We've decided to try something… out of the ordinary. We figure you are well capable of taking care of yourselves, but we ask you this. If you are to find this and we are not in sight, pass on our departure to those who will listen.
If you should need us, for whatever reason, enter…
The Labyrinth.
A/N Duh-Duh-DUNN!
First Labyrinth fic, doing this for kicks! Review if you want me to go on! You know you want more… 'cause you're all so confuzzled…
This chap was sorta slow, but I plan on the next one being MUCH quicker. Obviously…
For those who want to know… this may or may not turn into a JxOC, reasoning is because I never seem to be able to do canonXoc very well… give me your opinions! Peace! X3
P.S: You have no idea how hard it was to come up with names. Two vaguely similar fanfics kept screwing up Caitlyn's name (It went from Casey to Katie blah blah)… I kid, the other people had the name first but still . Oh, if you find a name mess up tell me please, Word might not have gotten them all. Thanks ^^
P.s.s: cookie to who knows what other fanfics I was talking about :3