Home At Last
Chapter 1:
Are we there yet?
Disclaimer:
This is a work of fanfiction using characters and places from Labyrinth, which is trademarked by Jim Henson
He wore a white poet shirt with a black leather vest over top of it. Both hands covered with black leather gloves; his leggings were a solid grey and he wore black leather boots that was just under his knees. Dangling from his neck was a long silver chain with a sickle-shaped ornament attached to it. In the middle of the ornament was a golden circle with swirls craved in it.
His long straight blonde hair hung over his shoulders as he looked into a crystal ball that was held between his covered thumb and four fingers on his right hand. The crystal ball was just inches away from his face and his mismatched eyes twitched as he focused on the little crystal ball. His lips curled up into a grin as he stared at the crystal ball, he seemed somewhat amused.
He lay in his throne with only his left leg propped up on his throne's arm. Leaning beside his throne was his black leather scepter; the scepter had a small round crystal ball at the end of it. Little ugly creatures were surrounding him and his throne. He seemed to pay little attention to these creatures and concentrated on the little crystal ball that was in his hand. This man was defiantly a king.
The goblin king shifted in his throne without taking his eyes off the crystal ball. His eyes twitched again as he threw his right leg over the left leg that was rested on the arm of his throne. The goblin king twirled the crystal ball between his four fingers and thumb as he continued to watch what was inside the crystal ball. The goblin king had sat on his throne looking at that crystal ball for hours, in that time he didn't move much and he didn't take his eyes of the crystal ball.
"We will have a new arrival soon." The goblin king whispered to himself quietly while looking at the crystal ball in his hand.
"New arrival." Yelled a little ugly goblin in tattered clothes
"Where?" Asked another little goblin with a huge nose
"You?" asked another goblin with a rusty helmet on his head while pointing at a tinier goblin that was sitting next to him.
"No" The tiny goblin said while hitting the one that asked him the question over the head with his hand.
"OW" yelled the goblin that got hit on the head; He then tackled the tiny goblin.
The two goblins rolled around on the ground while the other goblins watched. With all the commotion going on the other goblins had begun to hit each other, tackle each other and soon enough all the goblins were fighting while screaming with a high-pitched tone. By this time the Goblin king was distracted from the crystal ball and he no longer had a smirk on his face.
"SHUT UP!" yelled the goblin king.
All the goblins stopped and looked at the goblin king in surprise. The goblin king sigh in an annoyance at the goblin's behaviour. The goblin king didn't particularly like his subjects, actually he hated them, they weren't very smart, they were hard to look at and not only that they were annoying as hell. He turned his gaze back at the crystal ball that was still in between his fingers and thumb in his right hand.
Inside the crystal ball was a young woman. She must have been in her mid-teens but even though she was young, she was very beautiful. Her long wavy dark brown hair went past her breasts and her emerald eyes twinkled in the sunlight. The girl's posture was slumped over while she sat in the back of her father's red Toyota corolla, her head hung low and her gaze was to the floor. She had her dark brown eyebrows furrowed, while her light-skinned arms were lightly across her chest and her bottom light pink lip stuck out. She wore tight light blue jeans that were torn at the knee; she also wore dark brown Mukluk boots and a plain black t-shirt.
Beside the teenager sat her bright blue-eyed four-year old step-sister who had her shoulder length dirty blonde hair in pigtails which was tied with pink ribbons. The child was very pale and the only colour she had been a light blush of pink that covered her cheeks. The little girl sat to the right of the vehicle in a pink flowered booster seat, the little girl was wearing a light pink and white polka-dotted dress that came down to her knees, and wrapped around the child's upper torso was a light pink ribbon that was tied in a bow behind her back. The little girl waved her feet (that was covered with white sandals) back and forth as she bobbled her head up and down while she hummed a little tune.
In the front passenger seat sat the teenager's step-mother. The woman's shoulder length dirty blonde hair had light blonde highlights and she had curled it before the family had left their old house. The woman also had the same bright blue eyes as the child. The woman and the child looked identical, that was because they were mother and daughter. The woman was quite stunning herself; she wore a long green V-cut dress that touched the ground, the dress was sleeve-less and the dress also showed off the woman's that showed off her DD breasts. The woman's bare tanned hands were rubbing her fully develop seven month baby belly. The woman had taken off her black flip-flops when she got into the vehicle because her feet were very swollen from pregnancy.
Beside the step-mother in the driver's seat sat the teenager's biological father. His light brown hair was cut very short to keep it from concealing his dull brown eyes. The man was concentrating on the straight long road that would bring his family to their new home. He brought his right hand up to readjust his old round metal glasses and to scratch at his jaw which had a full beard attached to it. He wore casual black shoes, blue jean pants and a white dress shirt that had the top button undone and was not tucked into his pants. This man wasn't very stunning but he wasn't ugly either.
The teenager's father had remarried six months earlier when he had found out his new wife was pregnant. The man was very thrilled when he learned about the pregnancy; he loved his wife and his wife's daughter too. As for the man's teenage daughter, she hated her father's new wife and her daughter. She thought the woman was only with her father because he still had plenty of money left from the life insurance from when his first wife died. The step-mother didn't particularly like her husband's daughter either but she had no choice but to put up with the teenager.
Not only did the teenager have to deal with having a new mother and sister but now she was moving to a new home, town and school. Her father had been transfer to a new office in this city. The family had lucked out and was able to move into the teenager mother's deceased parent's house which was left to the teenager's uncle. He was so kind to let the family stay in the home. The teenager's grandparent's had passed away a month ago but it didn't bother the teenager much because she hardly knew them. She had only met them a handful of times
The teenager never met her mother because her mother died a few hours after she was born due to complications during birth. She had always thought it was her fault that her mother had died, and that if she wasn't born then her mother would still be alive to this very day. She also felt she caused pain and suffering for her father. Because of her, her father would never have his love of his life back. The teenager would do anything to make her father happy even if it did involve "getting along" with his new wife and his new wife's daughter. She had to admit that the woman did make her father really happy and he really loved the woman and the woman's daughter.
The teenager sigh in annoyance but no one seemed to have acknowledged her.
"It's not fair." The teenager whispered between her lips but she did it loud enough for everyone in the vehicle to hear.
"Aubrey! That is quite enough, you have been saying that the whole drive down here." yelled the pregnant woman while looking back at the teenager and glaring at her.
"Now, now, honey you shouldn't be getting too upset, remember the baby; besides Aubrey's just upset because were moving to a new place." The father said calmly trying not to upset the pregnant woman even more.
"Richard, darling. She's going to be eighteen in a few months; I can't have that kind of attitude around my daughter and especially not around the new baby." Aubrey's step –mother said as she rubbed her pregnant belly.
"But I didn't do anything!" Aubrey screamed out.
"Now Aubrey, Jennifer is right. You can't act that way around Caitlyn and defiantly not around the new baby." Aubrey's father calmly said.
Everything got quiet in the vehicle except for the quiet humming coming from little Caitlyn. Aubrey turned her head to look out the window that was partly open. Aubrey's dark brown hair blew around from the little wind that came through the window. As she looked out the window all she could see was a long stretch of grassland and a few trees; it was coming to the end of summer. She paid little attention to the scenery and more attention to what was going on in her head.
She felt that her father always took Jennifer's side and not hers. Just thinking those thoughts made Aubrey hate Jennifer even more than she already did. She knew she could never get along with her even if she tried her hardest. Aubrey clamped down on her bottom lip as she continued to look out the window.
"Almost there?" Caitlyn asked in a small voice.
"Very soon, sweetie." Aubrey's father answered with a smile on his face.
After a few minutes the families' vehicle drove past a huge green sign that had "WELCOME" written in big white letters.
"Were here!" Aubrey's father said with a smile on his face.
"YAY!" Caitlyn sang as she clapped her hand.
The two in the front adults smiled at the child's reaction. Aubrey just continued to look out the window while rolling her eyes.
The goblin king continued to look at the crystal ball that was still between his covered thumb and four fingers. He hadn't moved an inch. All of a sudden the corners of the goblin king's mouth twitched up as he intensely looked at the crystal ball. Soon enough he was going to make this young woman fall into his trap that he was going to lay out for her. Thinking this made his mouth twitch all the way up to a smirk. A goblin had noticed the goblin kings smirk. The goblin wobbled towards where the goblin king was sitting. The goblin king was too distracted to notice the little goblin standing in front of his throne.
"Happy?" The goblin asked while making the goblin king look at him
The goblin king's smirk disappear, the goblin king threw the crystal ball up in the air making it disappear in thin air. He swung his legs off the arm of his throne during this process he had kicked the goblin over and the goblin was now on his back. The goblin king got up from his throne and kicked the little goblin in the air. The little goblin landed on the hard ground while making a huge thump sound.
"OW!" cried the little goblin as he rubbed his head.
The goblin king ignored the cry of the goblin and walked out of the throne room.