King of The Labyrinth - Chapter One

October thirty-first of two thousand eleven was growing closer and closer with every passing day and every passing hour. The thirty-first, commonly known as Halloween, wasn't just Halloween this year; this year, the thirty-first was the homecoming dance.

The icy chill of Autumn had crept upon the large, and rather busy, community, now leaving only a week until homecoming, and because of that, there was much that Sarah Williams, the theatrical extraordinaire, needed to accomplish.

First, she needed a dress; the dress, in her mind, being the most important. Second, she'd need to buy matching shoes, after all, the overall look couldn't be completed without the smaller accessories. Last, she needed… there was always that one thing she continuously forgot… something important, like the final line of a play… right! Last she'd need a date. The date being the hardest of the three; not to say she was unpopular, for it was rather the exact opposite, but it was that she could never find the attractive, strong, intelligent man, with an extraordinary personality that she met at the masked ball she attended last Halloween.

It was just impossible to find the ideal man, when most of the men were, putting it bluntly, either thick headed attractive jocks or kind unattractive geeks.

She knew she was being picky, but she couldn't accept the love confessions of her long time friend Hoggle(Peach). She called him peach because, when he confessed, he brought her a pie made from her favorite fruit; peaches. While his confession was as sweet as the pie, she didn't see Hoggle as anything other than a close friend, or a brother.

She often longed for the men that she read about in her fairytale stories, who would change the stars and alter time for the girls they loved, which coincidentally, lead to this year's homecoming theme: the Labyrinth. As the female head of the homecoming committee, she along side the male head, Jareth King, came up with a multitude of themes, her favorite being the labyrinth, which was surprisingly summoned by Mr. King himself.

Sarah had long since made an assumption about Mr. King. She believed that he was an egotistical, irritating, irrational, boy, who was stuck up on his high horse! He must've truly believed he was a king!

Since they were, unfortunately, placed as the head members of the committee, they were working together often which, by obvious result, lead to endless bickering, snide comments, and frosty glaring contests. Little did she know that her world would soon be completely flipped upside down.

/AN: Sorry if Sarah seems a bit out of character, I was trying to incorporate the childish, "It's not fair!" attitude and it may make her seem a bit stuck up, but that will hopefully smooth over soon! Ill eventually get to updating my other stories, im just completely lost at where to go with them. Please forgive me! - Angeline!/