The Magic and the Labyrinth
By CelesMaev
Disclaimer: Labyrinth is not my propriety and neither is Harry Potter.
Prologue – Why me?
The fall of a downy brown feather catches her attention as she walks out of the house of her father and stepmother.
Sarah Williams frowned and bent over to pick it up with a trembling hand. A set of memories, which had been forced into the darkest corner of her mind, were resurfacing and flashing before her eyes. Its look like an owl feather she thought and looked up. The sky was clear and the setting sun was bathing the scenery in a red and orange glow. Too early for an ordinary owl, to be out...
She shivered and put the feather into the back pocket of her jeans. She firmly grabbed the handle of her suitcase and glanced one last time at the house.
Toby, who was now eleven years old, was standing in the window of his room and waving frantically at her. She held back her tears and glared at her stepmother. The woman glared back at her and turned away.
"You are not part of this family anymore, Sarah. Go back to your mother." she had said and walked back, leaving daughter and father to confront each other in silence.
"And you, dad? Will you tell me how useless I am?" she had asked bitterly.
"I never thought that those… powers would have emerged after all those years, Sarah… But Karen is right, even if she doesn't know the truth; you have to leave. You are not welcome here anymore." he had said and walked inside the house and closed the door with finality.
The young woman of twenty-six years old sighed and looked at her suitcase. She was about to open it, but she looked up first, checking around to see if anyone was watching. The street was deserted, no humans, goblins or animals. She opened her suitcase quickly and took out a red little book. She shut the suitcase again and smiled as she looked at the book. She put her hand firmly on the cover and the book began to glow slightly.
"Labyrinth." she said and the sensation of being hooked at the navel gripped her.
Everything around her spun and the scenery changed rapidly. After five minutes, the spinning stopped and Sarah looked up at an ancient Scottish castle.
Well, now I'm back home… she thought and put her book back into her suitcase as she began her long walk up the road and to the castle, which was, actually, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry…
The doors opened with a bang as dozens of goblins poured into the throne room, where the sole male human looking person was sitting. He looked up from the crystal; and spied at the running goblins, glancing at them with a scowl across his face.
"What's with this behavior?" he asked angrily, gripping the crystal and preparing to throw it at them.
The goblins looked at each other and pushed one of their smallest in front of themselves. The poor goblin knew that, since he would be the one to give the news, he would certainly be sent on duty to the Bog of Eternal Stench.
"Your Highness, we have just seen something at the William's …" he said weakly.
The king leaned towards him.
"And?" he asked coldly.
The goblin gulped and looked at its feet.
"The mortal parents kicked out the Lady… and-and after, they left her alone in the streets… she grabbed out THE red book and said something…. and… and… and she disappeared like you did when you go to Aboveground." he sputtered and looked up briefly.
Jareth, the Goblin King, frowned and turned back to his throne. He sat and looked back into his crystal. After a moment, he looked up.
"Contact every Clan of Goblins in the Aboveground and Underground, I want to know the minute they see her, is that clear?" he asked.
Every goblin in the room stood up and bowed.
"YES, YOUR HIGHNESS!" they yelled in one voice and they all disappeared in a matter of seconds.
Jareth sighed and looked into the crystal.
"It seems I will have to send him back to Aboveground, finally. Ten hours in an oubliette is long enough… what do you think, Twinkle?" he asked, looking down at the huge blond Labrador.
The dog looked at him with a bored expression and went back to looking at the chickens, which were running around. Jareth sighed and stood up from his throne. He disappeared in a show of glitters, as a thought came to him; "Why me?"
TBC
A.N.: Hello everybody! Sorry for the long wait but I reread this story and decided to put the newest version of it... I have the bad habit to change stuff after I publish something... sorry... ^^ but hope you will like the slightly modified version. See ya all in the next chapter...