The rain pounds against my bedroom window as I sigh wearily. There was nothing good on TV to provide ambience and the usual routine of checking roleplaying forums , let alone DeviantART didn't seem to pique my interest either. I open my movie drawer and let my eyes trail the alphabetized titles passively. Even my anime collection didn't seem to fair interest this time. Sighing, I let my eyes wandered back to the top shelf and spot a movie I haven't seen in a long while. Jim Henson's Labyrinth. I pull out the case and look over the front, thinking to myself, 'Well, it /has/ been a while...' With that, I press the eject button on my laptop and pop the DVD in. After hitting play, I get swept up in nostalgia as the opening to "Underground" plays and I can't help but sing along with David Bowie, pausing where he says "'cus it hurts like hell." Then when Sarah makes her first appearance I find myself unknowingly quote her. "Through dangers untold...and hardships unnumbered...I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City..." Like most people, I never heard of this movie before-that is until one day my dad had me watch it with him. Knowing that I was a lover of fantasy, he said I would like it-and it's true. When I first watched the movie, I always hated Jareth because he was being too forceful in his love-not only that but it seemed sick because Sarah was obviously younger than he was, or at least depicted to be. But as I continued to watch the movie throughout the years, I can't help but feel sorry for Jareth. "Sarah was undeserving of his love anyway..." I murmur to myself as I watch the scene where she just wished Toby away. I still didn't like the age difference between the two-being one of the reasons I didn't like the thought of them together. With the sound of the faint rain pattering next to me-for my bed was next to the window-I find myself watching Jareth through sleepy eyes. Letting out a yawn, I let myself sink into my pillows. "I wish I could meet the Goblin King...I wouldn't mind being in his labyrinth." I whisper before feeling myself drift off.

Next thing I know, a whisper in my ear causes me to start. "Wake up, sleepy head." The voice was as smooth as silk and the breath that tickled inside my ear was like a summer breeze. I look around frantically for a possible intruder. "Over here." I then hear a voice behind me and whirl around, my breath hitching in surprise at what was beholden to me. The tall figure with silver eye shadow and his blonde hair in a mess, giving him a wild feel to him. His blue and brown eyes sparkled in laughter and his thin lips in a cocky smirk. I rub my eyes, tilting my glasses upwards in the process and sure enough he was still here. "N-no way...but...you're not real." I murmur. Jareth gave a hearty chuckle as he says, "So says the girl that believes in fairies." Pointing up at my walls, which had the winged figures painted on it's lilac cover. "Who are you?" I asked, beating myself up in my head for asking such a stupid question. "You know who I am. The question is, who are you?" Jareth asked, turning the question around. "I-I'm Heather." I stammer. "Heather, hm? Might I say that you smell just as beautiful as the flower?" Jareth 's smirk grew wider. I let my jaw drop at the creepy, yet seductive, compliment. "U-uhhhm..." He laughed again as he saw I was at a lack of words, I was probably blushing too. He then lets a crystal form in his hand and turns it around his hand as he says, "Do you want this crystal? It'll show you your dreams." He then holds the crystal to me. I look at it momentarily and whisper, "Well...I'm a sucker for dreams...but, I can't." He lets the crystal disappear in a mass of glitter and shrugs. "So, you summoned me. Why?" He leaned against one arm for he was sitting on the edge of my bed.

I was at a loss of words. I didn't know I would actually summon him from my statement. The only response I could give was a shrug. He then presses his lips together as he gives me a puzzled look. "You're so quiet." "It's how I was raised...I was always shy as a child..." I explained. "So, a dreamer , shy and quiet...you are a curiosity, Heather. " He then brushes a strand of my wavy brown hair behind my ear causing me to gasp in surprise. He chuckles, "Apparently easy to fluster as well." My eyes flutter as I let them avert its gaze to his. "J-Jareth..." He tilts my chin up to force me to look at him. He then tilts my head to the left and then to the right and then back again. His eyes seemed to linger against my form hungrily, causing me to squirm in discomfort. I was a pear shape, not really attractive from my view. I jumped when he broke the silence by saying, "Heather, how would you like to come to my labyrinth?" I blinked, "Why? I thought I would have to wish someone away and get them back by solving the labyrinth." Jareth laughed once more. "Heather, you don't remember? You wished yourself away my dear." "...Wait-what? I did...?" I then tried to remember back to when I was watching the movie. Then I realized that I had indeed wished myself away. "I suppose I did..." I trail off. Jareth looked at me in triumph. I sigh, "Alright, what are the stakes?" "If you manage to solve my Labyrinth, you have the choice to return home. But if I win...you have to stay in the castle with me and become one of us forever." He says. Next thing I know, I'm standing in the same place he and Sarah was in the movie. A clock then appeared as Jareth points to it. "You have thirteen hours to solve the Labyrinth, otherwise you will belong to me." He then fades out of view