A/N: Okay so this is my first fic so hopefully this goes well
Disclaimer: I Own absolutely nothing, everything belongs ot its respective owners
Prince of the Labyrinth
Prologue
Sarah turned over for what looked like the hundredth time to the clock which seemed to be stuck on 5:45 am. She got out of bed and scanned the street below her as her eyes adjusted to the early morning light. It was essential that she stayed four steps ahead; she wasn't going to get caught now after all her hard work. Now it would be just her and Toby, she had promised to keep him and planned to keep that promise. She felt cursed for getting herself into this mess and wished life was easy back when her only trouble was the constant dreams of a Crystal Ballroom, dancers crowding around and dancing in the arms of….
"Lady message from Queeny! Lady message from Queeny!" squeaked a voice from deep under her bed. Sarah slowly lowered herself to the floor and watched as a small shadow under her bed moved closer towards her.
"Click, what is the message?" she asked the lump as it slowly unravelled itself. The goblin handed Sarah a piece of parchment before curling up on her bed.
"Run, miscalculation, not safe" was on the paper in small elegant writing. Sarah moved closer to the window and saw a single raven sitting on a low branch and felt her anger rise.
"JARETH! You lying fae bastard! You promised to keep us safe!" She screamed into the paper. Sarah was so consumed by her anger and fear that she did not notice a figure materializing onto the chair opposite her.
"Now Precious, I understand your quite emotional, but is that really the way to address your betrothed?" Smirked the man casually strolled towards her and took her hands into his "Happy one year anniversary, darling." He said before kissing her deeply.
Chapter One: 18 months earlier
"Happy Birthday!" rang out as Sarah entered the kitchen and smiled at her family gathered around the breakfast table. Her eyes travelled to the pile of gifts in front of her usual seat. She smiled tiredly and wished that she had slept better, so that she could enjoy this day more.
"Something wrong, Sarah?" her stepmother asked, as she handed Sarah a spoon for her daily bowl cereal.
"Um just couldn't sleep last night had bad dreams." she said, her mind wandering to visions of a sugar spun dress, dancing and being held by a man in dark blue coat who was singing…Her thoughts were interrupted by an almost 3 year old Toby thrusting a picture in her face. She couldn't believe that 2 years had passed since she had run the Labyrinth; if she hadn't had such vivid memories of her journey then she might have considered it a dream.
"Oh that's nice Toby," Sarah smiled down at her brother. "Is that me?" She asked, pointing to a central figure.
"No, Gobin Qween!" laughed the infant before occupying himself with his own breakfast. Sarah's head started to spin at this, could he have remembered something? Questioned a voice. No he was too young, it's probably that fairy tale book he got, rationalised another part of her mind. She finished her breakfast and began to get ready for school. As she went to find something to wear she noticed a small box on her desk. The black box and silver ribbon looked very out of place amongst the piles of magazines and scraps of paper. She looked at the tag and is simply said "Sarah". Trying to ignore the box she continued to get ready, deciding on a pair of jeans and long sleeved shirt to keep her warm in the spring air.
She had a few minutes until, Andrea, would be meeting her and decided to investigate the strange package. She slowly unwrapped the box, looking for any type of trap "or drugged peach" she thought grimly, and wondered who it could be from. Opening the box, she noticed that it smelled of the Labyrinth- magic and unravelled a simple silver chain. Attached was a pendant that was moulded to look like an owl taking flight, to Sarah, it looked powerful, mysterious and-
"Cute" came a voice behind her. Sarah spun around and saw her friend standing in her doorway. "So who'd you get that from?" she asked before smoothing her flame red locks down. Sarah mumbled something about an "acquaintance" before grabbing her bag and pulling her friend back down stairs.
As they approached the school, Sarah started to explain "I'm sorry I was late, again, Andi I just got caught up with the whole birthday thing-"
"Bullshit, Sarah" Her friend said as she tried to find a space, "You've been having weird nightmares again". Sarah looked at her friend and smiled, she was the only person she could really talk to about her dreams. At this point Sarah would have usually protested this but was distracted by a small shadow scampering between the bushes outside of the high school.
"Stay here Toby." Karen called across the garden as she started to do more work on her prized garden. Toby toddled down the path to an old tree in the garden and smiled when he saw two yellow golf ball-sized eyes staring at him from behind the tree.
"Ohh Prince is back, prince is back" shouted the eyes to a pair of legs from between two pots. The first goblin crawled towards Toby, stretching its spindly arms and legs as it went along, It got closer to Toby when the second goblin jumped out to grab the first
"No Creak! Kingy say that Prince will come back soon and then we play, not now!" It hissed. Creak's ears drooped slightly at this but perked up when Toby giggled at the pair standing across from him.
" Some play now?" Asked Creak again, smiling.