Disclaimer: The Labyrinth does not belong to me, nor does any of it's characters. All ideas are entitled to their original owners.
Author's Note: This is my first Labyrinth fanfic. Most definitely not an S/J romance. I have read many other good fics, but it is time for something a little new.
Into the Oubliette
By Sheyala
Chapter 1
Sarah parted her thin lips into a smile as she placed the now three year old Toby in his bed. Slowly she pulled a blanket up to the small child's shoulders, and turned to leave the room.
She paused though, a she looked at the locked balcony doors, remembering the dark man that stood there but a year ago, "You have no power over me" she though happily as she turned and left the room. As if in premonition, Sarah swung around, looking directly at a point in front of her. "Jareth, you are defeated!" she said in a whisper as she turned back around and stomped down the stairs and into the kitchen to fix a late snack.
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A small crystal went crashing on the ground in a rain of glass. The glass splinters scattered about the cold stone floor, making a tinkling noise as it scattered about. "Defeated!?" a haughty voice yelled. "My dear. our little 'game' is far from over!" With a smirk, the one known as the Goblin King stepped out of the shadows created by the dimly lit candlesticks in his room.
His fae features sparkled, making him look magnificent, even in the wane light. An arrogant smirk that, only he could make, was spread across his face, and his mismatched eyes sparkled in anticipation. Suddenly they twinkled and softened as he conjured another crystal.
The smirk faded into a thin lipped smile as he looked into the center of the orb, where a beautiful teenage girl had appeared. He was very fond of her, and she would ultimately be the one to help him get Sarah, revenge would be his.
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Rhianna sighed as she held the script in her hands, though everyone that rehearsed with her knew she didn't need it. The extras sat in the front row along with the costars and watched the very end of the play. Rhia stared into the eyes of the boy and smirked as she pronounced the line with perfect reverberating emotion. "You have no power over me!"
The small phrase seemed to echo as the boy that played Jareth looked at her in mock terror and melted off stage, Rhia's pet snowy owl flew in on cue and finished the scene. It was a perfect rehearsal. Though, had any of them been able to see the real end of the Goblin King, they would have known that the final look was that of sadness and regret. His heart had been shattered.
The small audience clapped at the rehearsal and Rhia beamed proudly . It was one of the few things she was good at.Rhia stepped off stage and went back to the locker room for her things. She had to be home early tonight; her parents were going out and she had to watch her little sister. With a sigh, Rhia let her owl, Legend climb up onto her shoulder.
About ten minutes later she left school for home. Legend flew slightly above and behind her, kind of like a guardian angel. Rhia closed her eyes and smiled, remembering when she found legend as an owlet. Scared and abandoned, the small bird had been and Rhia took her in. She had been Legend's mom ever since. Rhia was jolted back to the present as a lightening bolt ripped through the sky. She looked to the winter-gray sky, knowing that soon it would begin to snow. Slowly, she zipped up her jacket and ran home, Legend flying closely behind her.
Finally she reached her porch, though, by that time it was snowing heavily. She wiped stray snowflakes off of her face and pushed the front door open. The second she walked in and shut the it, her parents had run from upstairs through the door. Rhia had barely opened her mouth to say goodbye, when they had rushed past, nearly bowling her over in the process.
She shook her head and made her way upstairs to change out of her wet clothes. The moment she reached the top of the stairs, Rhia tiptoed into her little sister's room. The small three-year-old girl was sleeping soundly, though Rhia noticed that the room was very cold. Turning her gaze to the window, she shivered as snow and wind blasted through the open crack. "I can't believe mom or dad would leave the baby's window open..."
Again Rhia shivered from the cold as she walked over and gently closed the window, cutting off the storms entrance of the house. When she finished her task, Rhia went into her bedroom and shut the door, With a heave of exhaustion she flopped down onto her bed and made herself comfortable.