"Shut up mom!" The 17 year old yelled down the stairs, wiping the tears from her face. Her eyes locked with her mothers. "I hate you." She stood in the doorway to her room.
Sarah looked at her raging daughter. Katherine, or Kat for short, had her father's rich honey brown hair that tumbled around her face and hung in soft waves down to her waist. Sarah's own gray-green eyes glared back from Katherine's face. Jonathan, her husband, traveled most of the time as a journalist and Sarah had multiple dinner functions that required her attention on the weekends. Katherine could complain all she wanted but she was not allowed to have friends over when her parents were out.
Not that she had many friends anyway. The magic in her system caused humans to instinctively stay away from her. Katherine could never know of the magic in her blood.
Sarah had become a Gate Keeper when she had traveled into Jareth's immortal realm 30 years before. Jon was slightly disappointed that she didn't want more children but he accepted it. The truth was that she couldn't risk brining another with Katherine's power into the world. More importantly, she could never let Katherine awaken her powers.
She had hidden the book The Labyrinth in a trunk in the attic that was also filled with her High School things. She had checked on it soon before Kat was born, when her dreams had begun to show Jareth. He could never be allowed to find her daughter. She knew that if Katherine was to awaken her true power she would be able to call things from across the portal.
Sarah sighed in frustration and looked at her watch. "I don't have time for this. I have to go; I'll be home before two." Sarah left her daughter at the top of the stairs. "I love you!" she yelled as she grabbed her keys and went through the back door.
A/N: I know, I know, really short for a first chapter. I'm going through and re-editing this story, fixing stuff. I'm also back on it, for now anyway. For those of you that like this story, reviews help a lot!