"Mom! I'm only a half an hour late!" Amy yelled when her mother scolded her as she walked through the front door that evening. Amy had gone to a club with Sarah that evening, using their fake ID's to get in. Amy had lost track of the time and she ended up missing curfew by 30 minutes.

"Amy Miller, I do not ask much of you. All I ask is for you to keep your grades up, help out with your baby sister Abby, and be home by curfew. You think you have it so rough." Amy's mom, Jane said sternly. Amy rolled her eyes with a snort.

"You obviously have no idea about me mom, or else you'd see how much I'm going through. But oh no. Apparently John and Abby are now more important than I am." She snapped. Jane raised her eyebrows.

"Amy you leave you stepfather out of this. And Abby too. You broke the rules and now you're grounded." She said and began to walk away. Amy's mouth dropped open as she glared at her mother.

"Grounded? But mom, that's not fair!" Amy screamed.

"Amy, you broke curfew last week and I told you if you did it again, you would be grounded. Now, what kind of a mother would I be if I didn't stay true to my word?" Jane asked. Before Amy could answer, he stepdad John walked in, holding a crying Abby.

"You should listen to your mother Amy." John said. Amy couldn't take it anymore. She hated it when John got involved.

"Shutup! You're not my father!" She screamed and she ran up the stairs to her bedroom, slamming the door behind her. As she fell onto her bed, she realized she was more like Sarah than she thought.


Some time went by and finally Abby stopped crying. Amy sat in the dark, staring at the ceiling above her. She hated her stepfather so much and was now starting to relate to her best friend, who didn't like her stepmother either. Jane had only been married to John a year and they got pregnant pretty much right away. Now Abby was two months old and all she did was cry and take all of her mother's time and attention. Amy missed when it was just she and her mother. Those days are over. I wish I could just leave this place forever. Just as those thoughts came into her head, the window flew open, with snow blowing into her bedroom. Amy jumped up and felt afraid as the room fell icy cold. The room fell oddly silent and all she heard was the wind. She began to shiver and nervously walked over to the open window and closed it tightly. She breathed out a sigh of relief but immediately felt like she wasn't alone. She closed her eyes and turned around slowly. When Amy opened her eyes, she saw a tall man with narrow eyes and long messy blonde hair staring down at her with a grin.

"Hello Amy." Jareth said casually. Amy opened her mouth to scream but from behind Jareth's cloak, he pulled out his hand and gently blew a glittery dust in Amy's pale face. She immediately collapsed into Jareth's arms. He smiled, picked her up and stared at her young face.

"Sweet dreams my dear." And with a wave of his hand, Amy's bedroom disappeared and Goblin City came into view.