(I do not own Labyrinth or any of the characters mentioned in my story.)
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It's been about five years since my experience in the labyrinth and in all honesty, life hasn't been all that great. The first few weeks home felt so surreal, almost like I wasn't really here. My friends visited me almost every day to tell me what was going on and how they were. Apparently after I left Jareth had become more strict with his ruling and had wiped almost everyone's memory of that day, leaving only their memories and his own. Hoggle expressed his concern to me after he had tried to talk to one of the guard goblins about what happened. He said that the goblin gave him a confused look and threatened to take him to Jareth for unruly conduct. Still having fear of the fae he left the goblin standing at his post and ran to find Didymus and Ludo. Didymus, being as far from the castle and creatures as he is, didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Ludo on the other hand noticed that his rock friends wouldn't talk to him about the previous day. With that knowledge, Hoggle came to me with a confused expression.

About a week later he came back to me by himself to tell me that the rules in the Underground were getting stricter and stricter as the days progressed. Jareth had made a ruling stating that if anyone was heard talking about a "conqueror of the labyrinth" to tell him and stay as far away from them as possible and if anyone was found hiding knowledge of the "conqueror" they would be sent for a swim in the Bog of Eternal Stench or worse; killed.

He then started making changes to the actual labyrinth itself. Making it harder for any runner or creature to get through unscathed. Almost every corner had some type of dangerous trap on the other side, many of which being deadly. From what I was told, one of his servants was finishing putting in the last spike trap and had fallen in on accident. The poor thing got impaled by multiple spikes and was pronounced dead in the scene. Hoggle was the only one close enough to see the little goblin meet his untimely death. The most sickening part is that Jareth had stood there while the whole thing happened with a smile on his face. Not his normal cocky grin, but a grin filled with pure malice and genuine pleasure. It almost made it seem like he pushed the little creature in himself. His eyes had this demonic gleam in them that would've sent even the bravest of men running for their money. Hoggle didn't want to tell me anything else about that incident and decided to take his leave before scaring me with the horrific details.

That was the only major thing to happen during the five year period. Of course I was being informed about all of the unfortunate souls, both creatures and humans alike, who had fallen victim to one of his traps and not to mention the maniacal laughter that could be heard throughout the land following the news of the newest victim. The thought of winding up in that labyrinth again after this kind of news was sickening to say the least. It quickly became my number one priority to never do anything that would make it so I was forced to go back. It's just a shame that I didn't know that I was going to end up there again. And very soon too.

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