Nightmares & Dreamscapes... a little place to post those little snippets I come up with every once in awhile. Each chapter will be a new story, and none will likely be continued though I do reserve the right to change my mind at any time without prior warning. ;)
Disclaimer: As usual, I own nothing. The name Nightmares & Dreamscapes is from a Stephen King book.
Tears In Solitude
For four years I had been banned from her. Prevented by words from going to her or even watching her in one of my crystals. The only being to ever capture the heart of the ruthless Goblin King. I had lived an eternity being cruel and heartless, taking children who had been wished away and turning them into my subjects. Though amusing to kick around, goblins were senseless. The rest of my subjects - like the ones who had helped her - were even more fun to torture because they knew their fear. But she - Sarah Williams - had turned my world. Once so content, prefering even, the solitude of being the only intelligent being in my kingdom, I started craving more. I wanted conversation. I wanted hugs and kisses. I wanted... to be loved. To be the center of a world - her world. I suppose back in the far recesses of my mind, I knew that someday it would happen. The day when my cruelty was thrown back in my face and shoved down my throat. The torture I delivered for hundreds of years, I now felt ten-fold. For four years I have been miserable.
Repeatedly over the years, I'd tried to see her through crystals. Her words had blocked me, but if she ever truly desired to see me again, then the spell would be broken. She didn't even have to wish, just feel wholeheartedly. Once her heart was open, I could return to her. But alas, it never opened. Either she hated me or had forgotten all about me. I sorely hoped it was the former, for it provided the best window into her life again. If she had forgotten... there was no chance. That thought more than once brought a tormented man to tears in solitude.
If I could die, then I could be reborn without sin. As it were, I was doomed to live forever... alone. This fact used to not bother me before Sarah. It was her who opened my eyes to love. She had tamed the beast, slayed the monster.
The view from my bedroom window was breathtaking now that I had learned to appreciate it. Oh how Sarah would love it. The ledge was plenty wide enough to for two to sit in, and possibly more if in the right position. I sat here now just staring into the labyrinth. It had always been dark and grey, the sky a red-orange hue. But it seemed duller now. It needed her too.
"My Queen," I whispered. "Come back to us."