Disclaimer: The characters of the Labyrinth are not mine
(although if Jareth decided to. . . not going there) they all belong to Jim Henson :(
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The Adventure
If You Make a Wish and Do Not Want It To Come True,
Don't Wish For It . . . Be Careful What You Wish For!!!
PROLOGUE
The night I was scheduled to baby-sit my little brother turned out to be a HUGE disaster. My name is Audrey. My brothers name is Jon. He just turned one. I am sixteen. I really cannot say it was a disaster because I ended up with a new love in my life and I got to fight the evil Forces Of Darkness, and I will come out and say it . . . the Force Of Darkness is quite good looking! I'm sure you want to know what happened. I will tell you how I came to be a ruler, how I almost got my brother transformed and how the thirteen hours went.
Chapter 1: The Beginning
I was in the park, reciting lines from my favorite book: The Forbidden Game.
" ' I am just two and two. I am hot. I am cold.
I am the parent of numbers that cannot be told.
A gift beyond measure, a matter of course.
And I'm yielded with pleasure--when taken by force'"
I pretty much recited the whole book when I came to a total brain wipeout. I couldn't remember the next lines.
" 'This ring a symbol of my oath will hold me to the words I speak:
All I refuse and--' " and . . . oh, crap! I just cannot remember that line! Shoot!" I flipped though the book,
" 'thee I Choose' " I sighed. I hated when I messed up my lines. I looked over at my dog, Julian. Named after the Shadow Man in my favorite book. I noticed that right next to Julian was a large white owl. I went over to it and put my hand out. It jumped onto my hand. I gasped as his talons pierced into my hand. I had never known owls to be out in the day, let alone come to a person.
"Hi, there, Cutie. What is your name?" I muttered. It flew to my shoulder and started to nip lightly at my cheek. I laughed. I started to stroke him and he leaned into my hand, as a cat would do. I laughed again. Then the big clock that you could see over the whole town, chimed 7:00.
"Oh, no! I'm late!" I shouted and called for Julian and ran toward home. The owl followed me. I was running past the grocery store and Mrs. Davis waved, but I was running too fast to notice. My mother was waiting for me at the front door. Her hands were on her hips and her lips were in a scowl.
"Ashley, how many times have I told you NOT TO BE LATE!" she shouted.
"Sorry, mom. I lost track of time." I muttered.
"That is no EXCUSE! Now get inside!" she pointed to the door. I went inside.
"Ashley, are you all right, we were worried about you." my father said.
"I can't do anything right, can I??" I cried and ran upstairs to my room. I went to my desk and started reciting again. Then there was a knock at my door.
"Ashley, can I talk to you?" my dad asked from the hall.
"No, go to the party." I shouted back.
"We put Jon to bed, and he had supper. There is chicken and cereal and other things for your supper. We will see you when we get home, about midnight."
"Fine, now go!"
"OK, bye."
"Bye."
They left. I went downstairs to find something to eat. I opened the refrigerator. Then closed it, unable to find something to eat. I sighed. I went to the living room and I heard a tapping on a window upstairs. I went to my room. It was where the tapping was coming from. I looked out. The owl had followed me home! I opened the window. The owl flew in and landed on my arm.
"Hi, again. Why did you follow me? Don't you have your own house?" I asked it quietly. It nodded it's head. I did a double take. Owls cannot nod. It is simply impossible. Or so I thought. Just then I heard Jon start to cry. I sighed and I went to see what was the matter. The owl flew off my arm and went onto my bed post. Jon was standing up and crying.
"Jon, what is it?" I asked angrily. He just cried some more. The owl flew out the open window.
"Waaa!!" Jon cried.
"Do you want a story? OK, fine, I will tell you a story. Once upon a time there was spoiled child and he got everything he wanted, even though most of it was very expensive. The child's parents had a daughter, too. Her name was Ashley. She was the child's slave, and she had to do everything the child asked. One day, Ashley met a man. He was tall and the most handsome man she had ever seen. He offered to take all her troubles away and make her his queen. He told her he was the king of the goblins. She said no, because even though she hated the child, she didn't want him to be a goblin forever and ever.
So, the king of the goblins said that if she ever changed her mind to call upon him. He told her to say these magic words, 'I wish that the goblins would come and take you away, right now.' But she never said the word. She suffered in silence. Until one night the child made her go off the deep end. But that night, she had done all of the child's chores and she was tired and she loathed him more than ever. So, when her parents went out that night she said the words. The goblins came and took the child and then one asked her if she wanted to become the queen goblin. She thought about it. She told the goblins that she would become the queen. Just then, as if he had heard her, the Goblin King appeared.
He put a ring on her finger and asked if she really wanted to become his queen, and she said yes. So he took her to rule his world with him. The child turned into a goblin and he became her slave forever. Ashley was happy for the rest of her life. The end." I finished the story and turned to Jon. He was still crying.
"Waaa!" he screamed.
"Oh, Jon! I wish I really did know what to say to make the goblins come and take you away."
A voice in my head was saying, I wish the goblins would come and take you away, forever! I said it, and I left the room. Suddenly he stopped crying. I went back in.
"Jon? Jon?" I asked frantically. There was no answer. There was a maddening giggle from a corners.
"JON! DON'T PLAY GAMES!" I shouted. I flicked the light switch on. Nothing happened. I flicked it on and off a few times. No light. I was getting scared. I heard more giggles from everywhere around me. Then something flew in the window and took shape.