Labyrinth: Diary Secrets

It was a cool winters night and the moon glistened over a quiet street in a small American town. The houses on that particular street were tidy middle-class homes where probably untidy middle-class families lived. One of the houses belonged to the Williams family, the most famous family on the street. Often neighbours would be yelling at their dog Merlin to be quiet or attending summer barbecues where they would experience practical jokes arranged by their young son. But at the moment the house was peaceful. Inside, was a stylishly decorated lounge where the family of four sat down together and watched a family movie. Looking closer it could be seen that the movie was in fact Star Wars - meaning it must have been the males turn to choose. They looked perfectly normal. There was Robert, the dad who was loyal to his family and didn't like confrontations, if anything he was a little bit oblivious to the feelings of the other family members, one in particular. But let's leave that that alone for now. There was Karen, the firm but reasonable stepmother/mother who had settled down over the years from being a stubborn workaholic and become more interested in her family and their well-being. There was Sarah the twenty-one-year-old beauty who was a quiet but self-confident young woman and loved to read books, but secretly really wanted to go out a party with all of the other girls her age. And there was Toby, the typical tyke who liked to pick his nose, roll around in the mud and play make-believe like other little boys his age.

Now all of these family members, like everyone else in the world, had their secrets. Robert was doing poorly at work and was scared that he could be fired any day soon but he would not tell Karen. Karen also would not tell Robert that their marriage was in crisis as she was finding herself less attracted to him. Toby had a secret hide-out tree where he and his friends would make plans to throw water balloons on his big sister. Unfortunately she was unaware of this and got a big surprise when she went out in the garden yesterday. However it was Sarah that had the biggest secret of all. For she had been to a place where others could only dream of going to. She had battled with goblins, escaped the darkest places, befriended strange creatures and knocked down any obstacles that stood in her way, and finally she faced the most scariest creature of all - a man with charm, wit, intelligence and oh-so-enchanting looks. A man who had the most fascinating magical powers and used them for beauty and as well as danger. This was a man who went by the name of Jareth. And when Sarah bravely told him that he had no power over her, she finally took back her baby brother and realised that she always loved Toby and no matter how captivating that man was, she could have never let her brother be turned into a goblin.

Besides all of these secrets the family had a stable happy life. They were rich, had friends and rarely ever argued. Sarah had a job in advertisement. Not something she had originally wanted to do but it was good pay and she had made friends there so all in all she was satisfied. If there was on area she needed to work in it was definitely romance. None of her past relationships had lasted for more than two weeks and she was getting sick of her stepmother asking questions. She didn't want people to think that she wasn't interested in boys, or worse, she wasn't interested in any kind of relationship because really, she was!

Meanwhile, Sarah was too absorbed in the film that she had no time to duck while a piece of popcorn was thrown at her from across the room.

"Ouch!" she said looking at Toby who was laughing away.

"Right that's it!" she said as she grabbed several pieces and lobbed them at him not realising that one of them had gotten in his eye.

"Owww!" he balled as his parents ran over to him.

"Sarah!" said her father, "you should know not to throw things at your brother, what kind of example are you setting."

"Come on it was only for a laugh, besides he did it first!" she said.

"Two wrongs don't make a right Sarah" said Karen.

"Okay okay I'm sorry Toby" said Sarah as she walked over to him and gave him a hug. But still he roared with tears. "Hey, hey stop crying. If you stop crying I'll let you have my Dairy Milk chocolate bar."

Toby immediately stopped crying. Sometimes Sarah thought that he did it on purpose just to get her chocolate.

"That's very generous of you Sarah" said her father as he watched Toby grab the chocolate out of Sarah's hands. Robert laughed at Toby when he did this, unaware that Karen was giving him an evil look from the side as if to say 'why are you laughing you stupid pillock, you're teaching our son that's its funny to be bad-mannered.'

They sat in silence for the rest of the night and as soon as the credits rolled Sarah went upstairs to bed realising that it was getting late and she had to be at work tomorrow. Luckily for Toby he still had a few days off from the Christmas holidays but luckily for Sarah she did not have to stay at home with him.

Sarah lay on her purple bed covers and wrote in a big pink fluffy book with a matching pink fluffy pen, something she did almost every night. She looked rather lovely, with her shiny long brunette hair and slim but curvy figure. It's quite a surprise that she was having trouble with relationships.


Sarah's Diary - Keep Out!

Sun 06/01/1991

Dear Diary,

I just watched Star Wars with my family and I have to say it was the most boring movie I have ever seen. Dad described it as 'magical.' He doesn't even know magical. If he ever went to the Labyrinth then he'd think again about what was magical. Actually, he would probably be in denial about the whole thing. He would probably think he was in some kind of dream or nightmare.

It has been almost six years since my journey to the Labyrinth and I still remember it like it was yesterday. I haven't thought about it in a while but the nostalgia is creeping back. I know it's seems a little childish but I still miss my old friends; Ludo, Sir Didimus Didymus and especially Hoggle. They were my first real friends; they were kind, caring and fun to be with, even for funny-looking creatures that stemmed from my old toys.

But the weirdest thing is that I actually miss him! The Goblin King! I don't know why. I guess I've never met anyone like him before. He had such a charming charisma. He never knew it but his sarcasm and witty comments secretly made me smile inside. I know he took my brother and at times I hate him for that but in the end it made me a stronger person and made me feel kinda special that I got to go to another world and battle with goblins and dance at a masquerade ball and stuff. And his clothes; oh how I miss those frilly shirts and tight pants her wore - especially the pants (lol). I wonder what he's doing right now. Do you think he still thinks about me?

The worst thing is that I have no one who I can share my feelings with. I have never told anyone about the Labyrinth. No one would believe me, they'd probably think I was crazy and send me to seek psychyatri psychiatric help. I haven't even spoken to Toby about it. Sometimes I think that he may remember things because whenever he sees goblins and other unearthly creatures in books and on TV he looks fascinated by them. But I have never asked him about it. I guess I'm just to afraid of what he'll think or say.

Anyway, in other news, ha ha - yes I'm a news reporter now (joke), I'm back at work tomorrow. I can't say I'm disappointed. It'll be a break from staying at home with my pain-of-a-family. (you know I love them really!) So I'll fill you in tomorrow on what happened at work. I wonder if Kate hooked up with that guy she was talking about. And forget about all the Labyrinth stuff, by tomorrow I won't even remember any of it!