Part 1: ???

The headlights illuminate the road in a way that makes it look like I'm driving through a tunnel of darkness and fog. I knew it was stupid to try to drive home tonight, but after three drinks it hadn't seemed so bad. I squint as the fog becomes denser. I know the road, and I know there is forest on either side of me, but I can't see any of it.

I sigh in resignation as I slow the Ford Focus down another ten miles per hour. This is taking forever… I spy a green sign that says it's still another twenty miles to my destination. Suddenly there is a flash of red light that flies across the road in front of me. I slam on the brakes and the tires screech as I come to a halt. I sit staring forward. Where had it come from? The gentle hum of the idling Focus is all I can hear. There goes another flash! This time green, it came from the woods on the right side of the road.

I grab my wand from the passenger seat, deciding whether I should get out of the car. I am just about to speed off when a man stumbles onto the road. In my headlights, I can see he has jet black hair, and is wearing a black robe. He picks himself up off the tar and runs at my car. "ALOHAMORA!" he yells at the passenger door and it pops open.

"DRIVE!" he yells as he jumps in slamming the door.

Scared out of my wits, I punch the gas and peel out. In the rearview mirror I can see red and green lights flashing toward us. One of the red lights makes contact with one of my back tires and I feel the car skidding out of my control. "Oh shit! Hang on!" I yell at the man sitting next to me as I hit the brakes and veer off the road.

I manage to avoid the trees and the car stops on the edge of the forest. We both get out. I clutch at my wand, he looks over at me and asks, "You're a witch?"

I nod, "Graduated from Midwestern School of Witchcraft and Wizardry a few years ago."

"Huh…"

"Who are you anyway? And who's back there trying to kill you?"

"SHH! I heard something!"

I shut up and I can hear it too, the shuffle of feet through the underbrush of the forest. "Oh my god…" I whisper as it gets louder.

I can see a dark figure emerging through the fog. He's coming closer and I'm almost able to make him out when I panic and shout, "I WISH WE WEREN'T HERE!"

In a poof of white smoke and glitter I feel warm air. The forest and fog are gone. The man is still at my side, but we are no longer on the side of the road. I look around and see many sets of staircases, none of them very logical. There are stairs upside down and sideways and on the ceiling. "What did you do?" the man standing next to me asks looking around bewildered.

"I don't know…" I mutter.

"Welcome," a masculine voice behind us says, "to my castle."

We whirl around to see a tall man with a blonde mullet and dressed in a white ruffled shirt with a black vest and grey leggings with knee high black boots. Normally I don't go in for mullets or blondes but this guy makes both work to his advantage. "Who are you? Where are we?" I ask.

"I am Jareth, King of the Goblins and you are in my kingdom," he answers spreading his arms to emphasize the word 'kingdom'.

"How did we get here?" the man next to me asks.

"You wished to not be where you were. My goblins were going to take you to the Bog of Eternal Stench, but your powers captured my attention. Now if you please, what are your names?"

"I'm Harry Potter, and you can't possibly expect me to believe any of that!" the man next to me exclaimed.

Jareth ignored him and turned to me. "I… My name's Michelle."

Jareth smiles at us and turns on the spot, "Follow me…"

I look at Harry who is also looking at me. He shrugs at me and moves to follow Jareth. I follow too because… what else am I going to do?