Disclaimer: I do not own an of the characters from Labyrinth (as in characters, I speak of Hoggle, Jareth, Sarah, Sir Didymus, Ludo, Toby).
Full Summery: Ever wondered from the movie why the Goblin King was a human and not a goblin himself? Well in this story, you'll find out. A twisty-tale of Beauty and the Beast as Jareth and Sarah. When Sarah's older brother Toby (yes, I made him older instead of younger) finds himself the secret passage way that leads into the Underground, Toby gets himself in trouble and runs home to his sister Sarah. Jareth, the cursed Goblin King, chases after Toby to be confronted by Sarah. With Sarah bargaining with repaying back the damage, Sarah takes her brother's place as prisoner in the Goblin Castle under the rule of the king who is not really what he seems. When Sarah tries to run away, she finds herself in danger in the heart of the labyrinth. But then Jareth comes to the rescue and immediately, Sarah realizes she's falling in love with him. But little does Sarah know, someone from the out-lands of the Underground are out to get her.
A/N: Alright. So fair warning, guys. This first chapter is boring, but it's basically the introduction of the story leading up to the main stuff...kinda sounds like the first Narnia movie, I know...but still. Oh, and finally edited! Now to work on the other chapters.
One – Troubled
"Toby, that's no way to give respect to your teacher!" Sarah, who was of only 16 years, hissed under her breath as she walked out of the school with her seventeen-year old brother, Toby.
"Sarah, how many times do I have to tell you this. I only give respect to those who earn it. Mr. Hardman, clearly, has hardly earned any part of the word 'respect'," Toby replied in a chilled and calm fashion.
Sarah scowled under her breath and shook her head, sitting down on the front steps with her brother to wait for their parents to come and pick them up after work. Toby would have been able to drive his convertible if it wasn't for him crashing it just last Friday night on his way home from the movies. Sarah took out the latest book she was reading, titled Labyrinth, and opened to her marked page. She went back to reading it as Toby looked over at her.
Toby rolled his eyes. "Why do you have to be such a bookworm? This is like, the hundredth time I've seen you reading that book," Toby said in an annoyed but brotherly fashion.
Sarah looked up from the leather-bound pocket book up at her brother and gave him a dramatically crossed look. "I don't know. Why do you gotta be such a jerk? And this is only my seventeenth time reading this book. It's a very good book," was Sarah's reply as she looked back down at her book and went back to reading where she had left off.
Toby decided not to say no more as he fished out his iPod from his jacket pocket. He took it out and began listening to his latest favorite band, Modern Day Escape. Sarah could hear the music blasting from his headphones clearly, wondering what Toby saw in that group. Maybe it was the screaming or the emo-fashion of them.
When their parents came to pick them up, they went home. Once they got home, they pushed their homework out of their way and immediately asked for supper, soon greeted with a well-cooked, but simple meal of Country-fried Chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans with mushrooms, and fresh rolls from the nearby bakery.
"We're going to visit your grandparents tomorrow," Sarah and Toby's father announced.
Together, Toby and Sarah let out a disappointed groan. "Dad, I swear Grandma and Grandpa live in a sixteenth-century house. Why don't they ever move?" Toby remarked.
"Your Grandmother loves living there," their mother replied to their grandmother's defense.
Sarah and Toby groaned once more and finished off their meals. That wasn't the way they wanted to spend the first day of their Spring Vacation. They wanted to hang out with friends—well, Toby did anyway. Sarah wanted to stay home and read her book, though she didn't have as much of a problem visiting their grandparents as Toby did.
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Sarah and Toby's grandparent's house was a very old Victorian house that their grandfather took a lot of time and money to fix up. No one would ever think that it was an old Victorian house unless you would pay attention to how the outside of the house looked and the number of rooms there were on just the first floor. Of course, the cellar was the only asset of the house that remained how it was from when it was built, but the steps were replaced three or four years ago. The kitchen was very large, separating into a decent-sized breakfast nook. The house was wrapped in a grand porch and there was a large dining room, family room, parlor, and living room. A small bathroom sat under the stairs and the stairs led up to a large hallway that stretched in front of the stairs and to the left. Straight ahead led to a master bedroom and a bathroom and a door leading up to the attic that was used as one of many guest rooms. The hallway that led to the left had five regular-sized bedrooms and a decent-sized bathroom in two of them and by itself. In the backyard was a very well-kept garden since their grandmother absolutely loved taking care of plants.
Sarah and Toby's grandparents greeted them with a happy, warm hug and told the two to make themselves comfortable and at home. With Toby secluding himself from the family with hiding in the parlor room (which sat the farthest off in the house) and taking out his notebook and iPod, Sarah stayed with her grandparents and parents in the kitchen where they all sat around the breakfast nook table, drinking tea, coffee, and ice water. At about four o'clock, Their grandmother got up and began making supper, taking votes on what she should cook.
Bored with her parents and grandfather gossiping about something that happened more than twenty years ago, Sarah searched the first floor of the house for her brother. When she found him, she plopped down in a lazy boy next to the leather couch that Toby took up. Toby took out a earphone and tilted his head so that he was looking at his sister. "What?" he asked.
"I'm bored. Grandma's making supper," Sarah answered in a blank tone.
Toby sighed and relaxed his head. After a moment of thinking, he turned his head to fully look at his younger sister. "Why don't we explore this house in the meantime then?" he asked with a witty smile.
"Why? There's nothing exciting about this house," said Sarah, ending with a short snicker.
Toby smirked. "Yes...but we've never been in the attic before."
After Sarah giving in and sneakily following her brother up to the attic, they looked around, a bit spooked out by the darkness and quietness about the attic. The attic was a room that sort of circled out, which was where the main windows and a old comfortable-looking bed sat. to the left was piled boxes of old stuff, and to the right was a closet. A chest sat at the foot of the bed with dust folded rags piled atop.
"What's in the closet?" asked Toby in an obviously sneaky voice.
"Probably what's in other closets?" Sarah answered sarcastically.
Without a comment on Sarah's answer, Toby walked over to the closet door and opened it. There stood an empty closet with another door inside of it...except it was a smaller door. The size of something you'd have to crawl through. "Hey, sis. Come take a look at this," Toby said.
With crossed arms, Sarah sighed and rolled her eyes, walking over to see what Toby was seeing. She uncrossed her arms and looked down at the small door. "Um...that's," started Sarah, "awkward."
Curious, Toby put his hand to the handle of the second door and turned it, opening the door to look inside. "That's weird. It's all dark. But it's like I can see a light at the end," said Toby, straining his eyes in the darkness.
It was weird indeed. Sarah felt a bit confused at most. "The house cuts off there. Maybe it's an illusion?" replied Sarah as she crouched down beside Toby to squint her eyes a the light she also saw at the end of the tunnel.
At what Sarah had said, Toby outstretched his hand into the darkness, feeling air instead of wall. Curious all the more, he took out his phone, found the flashlight feature and shined it in the darkness, lighting it up to show a shaft. Toby tilted his head in confusion.
Before they could do anything more, they heard their grandmother's voice yelling up from the steps. "Toby, Sarah! Supper is ready!"
Toby sighed in a disappointed way as he shut the two doors and soon followed his sister down the stairs and to the dining room where a large meal was awaiting them. Without wanting to say anything to Sarah, Toby was thinking about checking out that shaft later after supper and after everyone would be asleep.