Chapter 1
"You have no power over me" Sarah yelled with a sense of triumph. With that the goblin king threw the crystal into the air and he and the labyrinth slowly began to fade away. The floating stones that surrounded Sarah disappeared and she was plunged into darkness.
This black vision was soon broken by the sound of the clock in her home striking midnight. Sarah was stood in her hall way and all was silent. She glanced around looking for more signs that she was home. She saw the kitchen, the living room and the staircase leading up to the second floor. The clock continued to strike and she touched her hand to the dresser on which it stood on. Making sure this was not just a false vision but that she was really home with...
"Toby!" Sarah blurted out to herself and darted up the stairs and fell through her parents' bedroom door. She stared in to the cot and saw the sleeping baby in all his innocent beauty. His eyes were closed and red and white pyjama suit covered his tiny body. Sarah had never seen this before. Whenever she looked at Toby all she saw was a spoilt child who wouldn't stop screaming. She never felt like he belonged to her in any way but he did now. He was her little baby brother and she was the big sister who went to hell and back for him. She loved him now. She felt so much love for this little boy as she tucked his blanket around his small arms and rested the teddy bear that was roughly as big as him at his side.
"Here Toby, I'd like Lancelot to belong to you now" she whispered to him. He wriggled his arms and rested his head against the bear's fur. A smile crossed Sarah's face.
As she brushed the back of her hand down the side of Toby's tiny face, Sarah heard her father.
"Sarah, we're home"
"Ok! I'll be down in a minute" she yelled back before taking was last look at her baby brother and headed for the door. She switched off the light and left him to dream.