Disclaimer: I do not own Labyrinth it belongs to Jim Henson and company.

Sarah stood in the foyer of her home as she went over her checklist of everything she needed for her trip. "Let's see I have my tent, chairs, grill, first aid kit, food, wood. I think that's everything."

"Did you remember to bring thermals, and extra pair of socks?" Irene asked as she walked up to Sarah and her growing pile of supplies.

"Oh I knew I was forgetting something!" Sarah turned toward her stepmother surprised she already had the aforementioned objects in hand. "How is it you always seem to be on top of things?" Sarah asked jokingly.

"Comes from raising a rambunctious little boy." Irene smiled at Sarah as she handed her the items she was missing from her list. "Sarah, are you sure you don't want a graduation party instead of camping?"

"Yes Irene I am sure, this weekend trip with my friends is exactly what I want for my graduation." Sarah said as she put the clothing into her duffle bag.

Sarah took a last look at her list and compared it to the pile in the front hall; this trip was exactly what she needed. She had just finished high school and had graduated with honors. In honor of completing school she and her friends decided a weekend trip camping in the local nature preserve was a great way to celebrate their entering into adulthood. Now that everything was packed it was just a matter of time till her girlfriends arrived. They had decided they were going to take Nikki's car as she had a big enough car to fit all the supplies.

Sarah thought about her friend's as she waited for them to arrive, Carrie had been new sophomore year and shared Sarah's passion for plays and literature. They hit it off instantly and had become best friends before the year was out. Nikki was a different story she had been with Sarah since elementary school. They had, had a bit of a falling out when Sarah's mother Linda had run off with Jeremy. At the time however, she had retreated into her shell in order to protect herself from her emotions.

Sarah's mind drifted back to that time after her mom had left; now she could tell now that she had lashed out at those in her anger at the situation. That first year of high school was pretty much wasted and had left others with a bad impression of her. She had lost many a good friends because of the way she acted. Then came that fateful night in which she had almost lost something more precious than her friends. The night she almost lost Toby and had to run the Labyrinth changed her life forever, she learned a lot in those thirteen hours.

Solving the problems she had created during her period of anger was not something easily fixed, it had taken most of the rest of her high school years to mend the bonds she had broken. Now as she was headed off into her adult life she had her two closest friends back with her and was ready to conqueror the world, or at least this camping trip. She was brought back into reality with the sound of a horn honking.

Nikki sat in the driver's seat of her 1981 with the Talking Heads blasting from its speakers. Carrie stuck her head out the passenger window, "Hey Sarah let's get a move on we haven't got all day!"

"Got it, be out in a minute!" yelled Sarah as she gathered up all her equipment, "See Monday Irene." With headed out the front door and out to the car with her waiting friends. She dropped the gear in the trunk of car and hopped in the back seat. "Alright ladies let's punch it!" Sarah cried as she fastened her seat-belt.

Nikki laughed as she double checked her mirrors and cranked the radio, "You got it hun'." With that she hit the gas and they were headed on their way.

The drive to the camp site was going to take a while so the girls entertained themselves with singing along with the radio, and laughing about past expeditions. "Remember that time when Bobby tried to get Shaun to jump off Devil's peak that nut actually considered doing it just to impress Anna." Carrie was laughing as she told the story.

"I know. I am glad he didn't do it though that would have been terrible given that she didn't even like him in the first place." Nikki said as she kept her eyes on the road.

"Not to mention the fact that he could have been extremely hurt." Sarah said as she sat in the back seat of the car. She was drinking a Coke and was watching the scenery as they drove on relaxing and reveling in the fact that she was on a much needed break. "Hey Nikki, how much longer do we have till we reach the campsite?"

"Don't know ask Carrie she's the one with the map.", Nikki still had her eyes on the road but was trying to change the radio to find some music to listen to.

"Not much longer Sarah we only have 30 minutes left.", Carrie said as she checked the map.

Sarah sat back and looked out the window at the horizon and watched the clouds go by happy that the camping adventure was about to begin.