Crying Hard
Sarah Williams was an average teenaged girl. She went to school and did very well. "Holy shit!"
Sarah's clock read 10:01, "I'm going to be so late!" Sarah quickly jumped out of bed and got
dressed. "What should I wear today?" Sarah finally picked out a black shirt with the word
MAGIC printed on it, and a pair of ripped jeans. "Karen, Dad, Toby I'm up!" Sarah walked down
the stairs to the dinning room. "Where is everyone?" Sarah thought that her whole family left to
die in this world that she hated so much. "How could they do this? It's not fair!" Sarah spied a
note. "Oh look a little note!" Sarah oozed with sarcasm.
Dear Sarah,
Went to the beach be back in three days.
Love,
Karen, Dad, Toby.
"Went to the beach!" Sarah's rage and hate for Karen grew more. "How could they do this?"
Sarah looked at the clock, it read 10:45. "Holy shit! Oh well, I guess I can go to the park today.
Come on Merlin! I just need to get a book to read." Sarah ran up the stairs to her bedroom.
"What book should I pick?" Sarah glanced around and saw a small red book. "No. I'm never
reading that one again!" Sarah thought for a moment. What other books did she have to read that
she liked. What other choice did she have? Well she did have another choice, but didn't really
like that book. Karen got for her sixteenth birthday. Fairytales and Other Pointless Stories.
"Well, maybe one more time won't hurt." Sarah quickly grabbed the book and ran down the
stairs. "Lets go Merlin!"
"Give me the child." Sarah looked up at the clock, 11:15. "Through danger untold and hardship
unnumbered, I have found my way to the castle beyond the Goblin City, to take back the child
that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours and kingdom as great! You have no power
over me." Sarah closed the book and turned to her dog. "Wow Merlin. I never noticed how
bizarre and stupid this story is. Let's go home."
Meanwhile in the castle beyond the Goblin City, a man watched the young girl who played in the
park. "Oh Sarah, not stupid or bizarre. This is our story." Jareth gazed into the crystal watching
the woman he loved dearly. "I'll be there for you. As the world falls down." A thin smile eased
from his lips. "Sarah you little fool. Can't you see. No I see that you can't just yet."
Sarah walked inside her empty house. "Come on Merlin. I'll let you nap on Karen's side of the
bed!" The dog ran up the stairs into Karen's bed room. "Good dog!" Sarah shook her head and
walked into her bedroom. She looked at her little red book, and pondered the thought of chucking
it out. "No, I couldn't." Sarah pressed the book against her heart before placing it on her vanity.
Sarah Williams was an average teenaged girl. She went to school and did very well. "Holy shit!"
Sarah's clock read 10:01, "I'm going to be so late!" Sarah quickly jumped out of bed and got
dressed. "What should I wear today?" Sarah finally picked out a black shirt with the word
MAGIC printed on it, and a pair of ripped jeans. "Karen, Dad, Toby I'm up!" Sarah walked down
the stairs to the dinning room. "Where is everyone?" Sarah thought that her whole family left to
die in this world that she hated so much. "How could they do this? It's not fair!" Sarah spied a
note. "Oh look a little note!" Sarah oozed with sarcasm.
Dear Sarah,
Went to the beach be back in three days.
Love,
Karen, Dad, Toby.
"Went to the beach!" Sarah's rage and hate for Karen grew more. "How could they do this?"
Sarah looked at the clock, it read 10:45. "Holy shit! Oh well, I guess I can go to the park today.
Come on Merlin! I just need to get a book to read." Sarah ran up the stairs to her bedroom.
"What book should I pick?" Sarah glanced around and saw a small red book. "No. I'm never
reading that one again!" Sarah thought for a moment. What other books did she have to read that
she liked. What other choice did she have? Well she did have another choice, but didn't really
like that book. Karen got for her sixteenth birthday. Fairytales and Other Pointless Stories.
"Well, maybe one more time won't hurt." Sarah quickly grabbed the book and ran down the
stairs. "Lets go Merlin!"
"Give me the child." Sarah looked up at the clock, 11:15. "Through danger untold and hardship
unnumbered, I have found my way to the castle beyond the Goblin City, to take back the child
that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours and kingdom as great! You have no power
over me." Sarah closed the book and turned to her dog. "Wow Merlin. I never noticed how
bizarre and stupid this story is. Let's go home."
Meanwhile in the castle beyond the Goblin City, a man watched the young girl who played in the
park. "Oh Sarah, not stupid or bizarre. This is our story." Jareth gazed into the crystal watching
the woman he loved dearly. "I'll be there for you. As the world falls down." A thin smile eased
from his lips. "Sarah you little fool. Can't you see. No I see that you can't just yet."
Sarah walked inside her empty house. "Come on Merlin. I'll let you nap on Karen's side of the
bed!" The dog ran up the stairs into Karen's bed room. "Good dog!" Sarah shook her head and
walked into her bedroom. She looked at her little red book, and pondered the thought of chucking
it out. "No, I couldn't." Sarah pressed the book against her heart before placing it on her vanity.