Okay guys, here's chapter 2. Please keep in mind that I'm uploading this at...11'o clock my time on a school night...hehe..oops.

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Chapter Two

7 years later

Many seasons passed, and many things have changed. The princess became more beautiful and wise over the years, as well as protective over her brother from anything, including his mother. Her baby brother was growing in to a handsome but still young prince and the adventures through the Labyrinth seemed to be a distant memory for the young prince; however, for the princess, she had secretly fell in love with the Goblin King through her journey through the labyrinth, but she had made her wish and she couldn't do anything about.

But as the years passed, the princess's stepmother became even more cruel and spiteful towards her, always putting her son before the princess and treating her like a slave. However the prince did not agree with his mother's notions and also protected his sister from queen's hands as well. After a while, the King began to notice, as well, that his queen was not all that she appeared to be and began to worry for the safety of his children.

What the princess did not know was that even though the Goblin King was defeated all those years ago, he was still in love with her and that his devotion for the princess still grew. The Goblin King would go to the Aboveground in secrecy to continue watching over the growing princess and her brother. Truth be told, he was glad that the princess rescued her brother, for he loved the defiance that glowed brightly in her dark emerald eyes, the wit of her nature and most of all, her caring soul. He knew that even though she was tempted, the princess still gave up her chance at happiness to save her brother. As the years passed, the Goblin King watched as the young princess became an even more beautiful woman with much more wisdom and bravery, and also as the baby brother into a fine heir. However, he also noticed the cruelty the princess would obtain from her evil step-mother and watched how each day passed, the queen would devise something more malicious. The Goblin King knew that the queen was planning to do something to endanger the princess's life and that she also planning something to get rid of the princess's father.

One day as the princess was coming back to her room with a book in her hand, she noticed that one of the servant girls was standing right in front of the door with tray that held silver lid on a plate. The princess let the girl in to her room to put the tray on her writing desk as the princess set the book down on top of the nightstand next to her bed. The girl lifted up the lid to reveal a freshly baked peach cobbler, one of the princess's favorite desserts. The girl said that this was from the cook and that he wanted the princess to sample the dessert for tonight's dinner. The princess thanked the young girl and sent her on her way. The princess took the delectable dessert onto the balcony of her room and sat herself next to the crystal table she kept for reading. The princess loved to spend most of her free time out on the balcony during the night of a full moon. She always felt that the moon was calming to her.

The princess took a piece of the peach cobbler and happily ate it, savoring the rich fruit. But then she felt something very wrong as she slowly got up. Her vision became blurry, her legs began to feel watery and weak, and her body started to shake. Finally, the pain came to the pit of her stomach, causing unimaginable ache to the princess. The fire spread throughout her body, thorn-like pain squeezed around her heart. The princess cried out at the overbearing pain of her body's sudden aliment, her legs collapsed from underneath her body, sending her to the balcony floor. As the princess began to fade into unconsciousness, she made a wish that left her mouth at the last second.

"I wish the Goblin King was here, right now," the princess whispered, her last sight of the full moon before she slipped in to unconsciousness.

The Goblin King immediately heard the voice as the wish was made. He transported himself out of his kingdom and on to the princess's balcony.

Immediately, he noticed the princess lying unconscious near the crystal table, her face covered in sweat and creased in pain, and her arms cradling around her stomach. The Goblin King then gently cradled her body in the crook of his arms before he started his own examination. His hand glowed a soft blue light as he held it over her chest, near her heart. He immediately knew what kind of poison was in her heart and performed a healing spell that common amongst his people. By casting a small circle of runes around the affected area, the Goblin King gave a gentle push to the spell before the light lightly entered the princess's heart. The pain seemed dulling out little by little until the princess felt her body was no longer in agony.

After what seemed to be forever, the princess opened her eyes to see the Goblin King holding her body close to his. Without much thought, the princess threw her arms around his neck and did the best she could to hug him, much to his surprised reaction, but it dissolved quickly into happiness as the Goblin King returned the hug, carefully wrapping his arms around her back. Just as they pulled away, a maid burst through the bedroom doors, calling out for her lady.

The princess immediately got up and went to the shell-shocked maid; the Goblin King keeping out of sight, but close enough to hear the conversation. The maid burst into tears when she saw the princess in perfect health. The princess asked the maid what had happened to cause her to go into such a fright. After wiping away a few tears, the maid explained that the queen had asked her to take a dessert to the princess but the maid knew about the queen's malicious plots against the princess and at first the maid didn't want to do anything to harm the princess, but then queen placed a spell over her to bring the princess the poisoned dessert and no matter how hard she tried, the maid couldn't control her body. It was as if she was a puppet and the queen was pulling the strings. Through all this, the maid started to cry again, for grief and sorrow at what she had done, but the princess consoled her by telling her that she wasn't at fault here and couldn't anything against the queen. The maid still had tears strike her face but her smile was undeniably grateful. Before the maid left, she told the princess that she overheard the queen plotting against the king and she was going to strike at dinner, which was in a few moments.

The princess, shocked by this startling news, thanked the nurse and hurried her out of the room. Once the maid was gone, the Goblin King came out of the shadows and told the princess that they better hurry to the dining hall to save the king. The princess's expression changed from shock to determination. They ran out of the room and down the halls, the princess praying that they weren't too late. But they were.

As they came upon the dining hall, they heard a shout of surprise and fear and the princess recognized the voice as her brother. The princess and Goblin King came up the dining hall to find the king on the floor, the prince struggling to get his father on his feet. The Goblin King immediately ran to the king's side to help the teenage boy, even though the prince knew him from somewhere but he couldn't remember where. The princess immediately called the royal family's physician while the prince and Goblin King took the king to his chambers, maids and servants running about the castle to gather anything to help the physician to cure their king. The princess waited outside her father's chamber doors with the Goblin King and her brother, both siblings worried for their father and praying that he was going to be all right. While the princess paced back and forth, the prince asked the Goblin King who was he and why he was here. The Goblin King gave one of his famous smirks before telling the whole story to the prince, even as to how the prince knew him and being in love with the princess. Before the prince could rebuke, the physician exited the chambers, his face aged with stress and desolation. The princess asked him how was the king and all he could do was hang his head and shake it, saying that the king only had a few moments to live.

It seemed that the air vanished from the air, the princess covered her mouth with her hand to prevent a gasp and the prince quickly stood up, asking if they could see their father. The physician nodded his head and told the siblings that he would contact mortuary worker and priest and left. The siblings went quietly into the chamber, the Goblin King following in after them. There was the king lying in his bed, his back supported upright with large pillows, and looking to the siblings with a gentle smile, beckoning them to come closer with a wave of his hand. The princess and prince each rushed to the king's side, watching in sadness as his breathing was ragged and complexion becoming quite pale. The siblings fought hard not to cry but couldn't help but show concern for their dying father, asking him what had happened to cause his health to take a dramatic turn. The king softly told them that he saw the queen go into the kitchens before he had went to the dining hall and had suspected that it was her doing of poisoning his food. The princess quickly told her father that the queen tried to poison her as well but the Goblin King had saved her before it was too late. The old king's eyes shifted to the man that was standing by his daughter's side and recognized him as someone not human. The Goblin King asked how he knew of this, and the king replied that he remember the tales of old that a ruler of goblins would snatch children away if by so a wish was cast and it's lord took on a human form but had the powers of the long forgotten time. The king came to the decision that prince would inherit the throne and gave his blessing towards the union of the Goblin King and his daughter. Both the prince and princess couldn't help but smile at this decision, but it was quickly changed when the king winced in pain for a moment. The king quickly finished his talk, telling his children that the queen should not have any influence over the throne, don't let revenge and hatred cloud their minds, and he would always love them. That's what he said with his final breath before his eyes shut, forever.

The princess began to cry, still holding onto her father's hand as her brother struggled to hide the tears that were forming behind his eyes as well. The Goblin King knelt down by the princess's side and hugged her smaller frame towards his, bowing in his head in respect for the passed king.

After a small while, the priest and mortuary worker came into the room asking if the royal company would leave the room to prepare the body for the funeral. The princess rose up for her knelt position as did her brother and the Goblin King. The princess rubbed away the last of her tears and led the company away from the room, a look of determination on her face; the same look on her brother's face as well as the Goblin King's. Now they knew what they had to do.

They had to bring the queen to justice for all her crimes.

Okay guys, only the epilogue is left. So press the little review button to leave the comments but NO FLAMES PLEASE!