Author : Jade

Title: Darkness

Summary: In Response to the POV challenge from "Easy" Essy.

Blame Gemma for coaxing me into posting this. Minor characters huh? If
you can get more minor than this, let me know. I have had stranger ideas
than this, so this is a cakewalk on the side of odd. lol

Disclaimer? Not unless you want me to disown my weird muse. lol
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Darkness. The darkness surrounding me is what bothers me the most. I
haven't seen the light of day for the longest time, and just knowing it is
up there somewhere is the ultimate torture. How long has passed since I
first set foot here? My mind seems to wander endlessly as I wait
patiently for forgiveness from the King.

Perhaps he thought it would serve his purpose to lock me away in this dark
hole. Only thing it did was make me despise him even more. I loathe that
man more now than when I first landed in this dark place. Does he even
wander about me anymore? Most likely forgot me as the fading winds of
chance ate away at time.

Silly dwarf, sitting here in the darkness as though he's expecting
someone. Doesn't he realize that nobody comes here. Not if they had any
sense at all. I had no sense, and here I remain. My bones for all to see
as a trophy for the despicable Goblin King.

What was that? A noise from above? A vague sound that only the silence
can make loud and deafening? Could it be that I am finally going to be
set free? Would fairness finally be set before me and I could finally
leave this place? This place that holds me captive because of my own
stubbornness?

What is that dwarf waiting for? This much puzzles me. Why would he come
here in the first place? Did Jareth send him down here just to torture me
more?

The door sliding catches my attention and draws interest until a young
girl drops into my space. Poor girl has no idea what will happen now. I
can see the uneasiness that she feels, the same as I before her. I have
gotten accustomed to the dank surrounding, and yet would wish it on
nobody. Certainly not her.

Oh light. The beautiful luminance that I have waited for finally comes to
me. The glittering walls filled with colors I had long since forgotten.
The cracking of the flame, the drip of water. Oh glorious light, bathe me
in your beauty if only for a short moment.

They don't seem to notice me. A forgotten dream perhaps. Oh what is
this? Does the dwarf know what he's talking about? I had never heard the
explanation of the Oubliette. Is that what this is? I had often
wondered. My own private tomb.

‘Take his offer girl. Don't stay here...take the offer and get out while
you still have the fighting chance. Don't end up like me.' I can hear
my voice but to them I don't seem to exist. Why would he do this to me?
Was losing not enough that he has to torture me this way? Did he push me
into nonexistence? I hate him. I truly hate the man that has caused such
pain and agony to me. So many years, and yet I waited to see if by chance
he had forgiven me. Bastard.

Lifting my hand for attention, I see right through it. What happened to
me? Why can I see through myself so easily? Is this what's left of my
meaningless existence? This hollow, shallow self that lingers in the
darkest of places? Knowing what I feared to have been the reason, I
glance around looking for the evidence that he broke me. That I lost to
his evil game. There I lay, my body worn out as time had progressed. A
leg here, an arm there. Jareth may have killed the body, but the spirit
remains. I will see vengeance one day.

Messy dwarf, cluttering up the only space I have. Where was that door
when I was in dire need of escaping? How could I have overlooked such a
thing? Distraction is a cruel hand the King played well. Shame I wasn't
more aware of what the end result would be.

Ah, there they go. I'd try to follow, but I know that I am bound here by
the same spell that held me here all those years ago. Hopefully this new
girl will do what I couldn't. Hopefully she'll best the Goblin King, and
then I can be free of this torment. I can be free from the darkness.

Gone. All my hope following the journey of the new girl. Damn, the light
fades with them leaving me in darkness once again. It was nice while it
lasted though. Good luck to you girl. May you finally put an end to his
tyranny. May I finally be free.

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Comments? Do I hear the chirping of crickets out there? lol