This is kind of weird I know…The stuff after the dream is like filler for the good stuff to come. It gets the need to know info out of the way painlessly and If you look there is some cool stuff in here. Good stuff to come in the next chapter! FILLER CHAPTER BUT IMPORTANT!

-TiskTask

Sarah turned off the lights and crawled into bed. She couldn't help but feel bad for her mom; going to boy friend to boy friend, job to job…But she held fast to her decision. Her mother had left when she was young and only started paying attention to her when she took up acting this year…She couldn't go on like that…living someone else's dream. Especially not now that she had learned the true value of her dreams. Sarah closed her eyes and let her dreams and thoughts of the labyrinth lull her to sleep.

She was in a beautiful ball room filled with beautiful people. The men were chasing the women around and the women were letting themselves be caught. Sarah ignored them; they weren't what she was looking for. She pushed through the crowed of people, avoiding the lusty men and their advances, and kept looking. She didn't know what she was looking for but she was sure she would know when she found it.

Or him, she thought as she spotted a handsome man in a blue velvet coat. Sarah was sure he was what she was looking for. She tried to get to him but a dancing couple stopped her and laughed as they went past. When she looked again he was gone. She looked around the room, occasionally seeing a flash of blond hair or some mismatched eyes. Looking around she saw him resting with some other women, then he was gone again. His laugh seemed to challenge her to try and catch him.

Sarah formed a plan of action…It would take time but it seemed like she had all the time in the world.

Days faded into days for Sarah. In the morning she would get ready for school, sometimes sing a song to herself as she went and then she went to school. After school she went to drama practice. Then she would go home, try not to fight with Karen, and take care of Toby in the evenings. Lastly she would go to bed and to sleep.

The only thing Sarah really looked forward to in the day was taking care of Toby and telling him stories. She told him all the fairy tales she knew, all about the labyrinth (without saying her right words), and then she would make up some. Her brother didn't care, so long as his sister was around.

Sarah's nights were a different matter though. She had decided to catch herself a goblin king. She would not stoop to the level of the other masqueraders and fawn over him, nor would she let him rule the show. Some nights she would dance with other men, making sure they tried nothing first. Other nights Sarah would try to catch him by surprise. Nothing had worked so far but her plan was for long term. She wanted to make sure he wasn't just looking for pay back.

Sarah felt like she had the time. He gave her the dreams every night and seemed amused by her efforts, which made her want to catch him all the more in this childish game of cat and mouse. When she went looking for him he would dodge her easily, and sometimes went dancing with other women. When she was dancing with one of the men that had declared themselves safe she sometimes saw him watching her. Sometimes he looked amused but other times he would look darkly at her from a shadowy corner and step in and dance with her. After the dance he would vanish but Sarah felt like she was winning.

Days passed into months and months into years. Sarah grew up, helped raised Toby, buried Merlin, went to collage, and lived life. She grew into a beautiful and successful woman. She worked at a book shop during the day and helped out at the local live theater at night. Life was good, and the best part, she thought, was she still had the dreams.

Life went on, but it still seemed to miss some thing. Sarah never worried about it though. After being to the labyrinth she realized that normal life would never compare. So she continued her life and enjoying it as much as she could, even though she felt a big part of her was missing. 'I bet this is how the heroes from the fairy tales felt after their adventure' she thought many a time. But it was okay she had Toby and the occasional owl visit to keep her occupied.

As she got closer to her 25th birth day strange things began to happen…and when they happened a certain Goblin King always seemed to show up.

TiskTask- What do you think? The next chapter will be more…(I don't know how to put it) Real.

What I mean is it won't be a narrative it will be the story. There is some more to go before this is through!