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A/N: this has been completely rewritten! I read through what I posted and is sucked so badly I couldn't bare to see it on ff.net any longer! So now I give you my revised version of Mirror, Chapter 1…
Chapter One: the Setting
It is said in legends of old; that the Goblin King once swore that he would never love! That he would never become a slave to a woman. It is also said that early in his reign many women tried to thaw the icy wall he had erected around his heart, but none ever succeeded; until finally, they all stopped trying and the King was left to his own devices deep in the center of the Labyrinth. Centuries passed and the King grew colder and more distance with each passing year. But then one day a foolish young mortal girl, not quite yet a woman, wished her baby away to the Goblin King. Because it was his duty as King of the Goblins and ruler of the Labyrinth, the bitter King obliged the girl's wish; but when he found himself faced with her unrelenting courage to correct the mistake she had made by wishing away her brother, the King's heart began to melt. He let the girl traverse the Labyrinth, not really expecting her to win. But it would seem that Fate had other ideas. Not only did she solve the puzzles of Labyrinth, but also the intricate and icy web, a Labyrinth unto itself, surrounding the Goblin King's heart. Therefore when the Goblin King found himself looking into the eyes of defeat, large, innocent liquid brown pools of chocolate, he did the only thing he could think of; he offered the girl her dreams, and his love. But the girl was determined to 'Take back the child you have stolen', so she turned her back upon the King and said the words that would break the spell 'You have no power over me!' Defeated, the Goblin King once again withdrew into the solace of his castle and was undisturbed for many years, until one day the young mortal girl who had thawed his heart, now a woman, once again called upon the power of the Goblins. Only this time she did so, not to wish away her brother, but herself…
- excerpt from A Child's History of the Labyrinth
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