A Curse of a Beast
Hey everyone! This is my first Labyrinth story. If anything is wrong or out of place please tell me in a nice way. I hope you enjoy this story. Please read, review, favorite and follow. Thanks!
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Chapter 1: A Curse to be Broken
Once upon a time, there was a magnificent castle that sat upon a high mountain top, which over looked a small village. Within those four walls, a young king barked orders at his subjects. Everyone lived in fear of the king and drew back in fright wondering what he would do them, if they disobeyed his every order. The young king was cold, greedy and unkind. No one ever defied his wishes.
One blistery cold evening, an unlikely visitor stopped by the castle and asked for shelter from the cold. Everyone in the village had turned the poor visitor away, due to her ugliness. Knowing there was no other area for shelter, the woman knocked at the castle doors. In exchange for shelter, the visitor offered a crystal to the king.
Repulsed by her hideous appearance, the king scoffed at the offer, and turned the old woman away. As the king turned to shut the door, the woman warned the young man to not be deceived by appearances, beauty was found from within. When he dismissed her once more, the woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful sorceress. Seeing what he had done, the prince apologized repeatedly, but the woman had already seen the ugliness that was hidden within his heart.
"My king, because you harbor no true feelings for anyone other than yourself, I must punish you for your horrendous acts and for having no love within your heart." As punishment she turned the king into a nightmare legend; robber of young children; he was now known as the Goblin King. Casting the spell on the castle and all who lived there, changing every one into goblins and other hideous beings. He was sentenced to serve everyone and be there when they called upon him, and be the ruler of the land known as the Labyrinth.
Before leaving, the sorceress gave the Goblin King the crystal. The crystal would stay just as it was for 300 above ground years. If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return before the crystal shattered, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to be the ruler of the Labyrinth's for all eternity.
Ashamed of his kingdom, he hid himself in the underground; a second crystal and his duties was his only window into the above world. One day, as he glanced into his crystal, the Goblin King spotted a girl who loved princesses, knights in shinning amour and even the villains. She was suffering so much, that he almost felt sorry for the poor girl. However, as she defeated him, he soon became a legend just like Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty.
As years passed the king harbored more hatred and his heart grew colder. He began to lose all his hope. For who could ever learn to love the Goblin King?
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"Toby, get out of my room!" Sarah bellowed as she threw her door open and commanded her six year old brother out.
Grumbling, Toby walked slowly from the room. He just wanted to show Sarah his new "pet." The long snake remained wrapped around his arm as he entered the hall.
Frustration filled Sarah's body as she slammed her door shut, and walked back over to her desk and continued studying for her anatomy midterm. Pushing her long chocolate hair away from her heart shaped face she sighed. How she despised snakes. There rarely was an animal and or insect that Sarah detested, but snakes were a completely different story.
Grumbling, she began studying once again for her midterm. How she hated babysitting. That was all she ever did, was look after her little brother. Her father and stepmother always went out. Leaving Sarah with an annoying six year old.
In the past six years, Sarah had changed so much. Her love for fantasy and fairy tales still existed, but only in the back of her mind. Her collection of gowns, tiaras, books of fairy tales and other fantasy items, even Lancelot had been relocated to a blue storage box within the basement. Her focus was now on her college career and a life of her own. It just so happened that she still lived with her parents and went to the local college not far from home.
Trying her best to study, Sarah's thoughts soon shifted back to the time when she wished her then baby brother away. She didn't really mean it. She loved Toby after all, but sometimes he just got under her skin. Sighing she thought back to the time when Jareth appeared in her parents room to take Toby.
Before that moment, Sarah was more than ready to hand over her brother, but once she saw the Goblin King standing there, she had a change of heart. After she defeated the Labyrinth, Jareth no longer had power over her.
Why all of a sudden did she find herself thinking about him and why did it hurt when she thought about him? It had been ages since she had thought of him. So why start now?
Finding herself thinking about other things, Sarah wondered over to her vanity and sat before it. "Hoggle." Sarah breathed. Holding onto high hopes, she sat there holding her breath. Sadly there was no reply. At one point Hoggle had said that one day she would get to old for he and her other friends. Finally that day had arrived. "I miss you Hoggle" she whispered. Knowing no reply would come, Sarah sat there daydreaming about her childhood years and how far away they were from her.
"SARAH!" Toby screeched from behind her door.
"What is it you little weasel? In case you haven't noticed I am busy." Sarah poked her head out from behind her room.
"Will you feed Rogan his dinner? I can't reach the opening to his cage." Toby asked as he glanced up at his older sister.
bile filled Sarah's mouth. Toby wanted HER to feed that thing his dinner? "Dad and Karen will be home in thirty minutes. Can't you wait until they get home?"
"No, he needs to be fed NOW!" Toby demanded as he stomped his foot.
"Well your pet is just going to have to wait. I am not touching that hideous thing."
"It isn't fair." Toby cried.
"Life isn't fair Toby. You either wait until dad and Karen get home or you feed him yourself."
Eyes going small and beady, Toby mumbled something under his breath, hoping Sarah wouldn't hear him.
"Speak up Toby." Sarah commanded as she was now on his level.
"I wish the goblins would come and take you away right now."