Author's Disclaimer: I do not own Jim Henson's "Labyrinth". I do however own Jane, Ava, Alex, and Sophie. Those four are MINE. Thank you for your time. :)
Author's Note: I just HAD to write this down. I'm not promising it will continue. A few of you will know I'm on hiatus or whatever that's called (something with writer's block) for my other in-progress stories. Sorry about that. Time and my new novel take up the time I use to have for fanfiction. But atleast I can do a few oneshots for all ya. Here's one of them.
Summary: It was just a story. That's all it was. But Jane and her sisters, Alex and Sophie, began to realize that some stories are real and that some things are just meant to be hidden...
Jane's POV
I don't know how long I was knocked out but when I opened my eyes, all I could see was darkness. I gasped and sat up, releasing panicked breaths. "Alex?" I whispered. I laid back down and curled into a ball. I shut my eyes. "Alex?" I hated the dark. I couldn't see anything and not knowing what was ahead scared me. I thought I heard a noise and I covered my ears. Please let me wake up to find Sophie and Alex about to pour water on my face! Oh please!
"ALEX!" I screamed, unable to take it.
I heard shuffling. "Jane?"
I breathed. "Alex?"
"Yeah? Hey, get your cell phone out and shine the light around."
I did. Alex hadn't landed too far from me. I instantly grabbed her hand. She squeezed it back. "Alright, now we got light." I said. We carefully got to your feet and took a look around. "We're in the oubliette." I sighed.
"All because you wouldn't give the Goblin King what he wanted."
I glared at Alex, but she ignored it. I shone the light on her and she cautiously felt around until her hands came upon a cave wall. I walked over to her, minding my own step.
"Maybe there's a door. Grandma told me there was when the princess fell to the oubliette. Only, the dwarf was there to help."
I frowned. "That's not in the story."
"Jane, Grandma told us different versions, 'member?"
"Oh." It was confusing though. Why would Grandma tell us different versions. In fact, she told Alex more about it than me. I felt a little hurt but I scolded myself. Sophie was our top priority, not my drama.
"Hey!" Alex grinned at me. "Found it!"
I smiled. She pushed it open and light streamed in. I followed her out. I put my cellphone away. We both looked around. The path was wide and stone tiki heads were carved around us.
"Hmm, think there's a party?" Alex asked mischeviously.
I rolled my eyes with a smile. "Come on."
"How much time we have?"
I glanced at my cell phone. "Well, if the Goblin King came to our house at 6:15, and we have thirteen hours, and its 7:48..."
"Alright. We're doing good." Alex breathed. I hadn't realized she was holding it. She looked back and up ahead. "I think this way is it."
I followed her and glanced every now and then at the stone tiki heads. For some reason, they gave me the creeps. I could swear there stone eyes followed Alex and me like hawks.
"Hey, Alex?" I moved closer to her.
"Yeah?" Alex seemed to be in la la land.
"Is it just me or are those stone tikis watching us?" She stopped and glanced at one. She sprinted backwards then forward. My eyes widened when the eyes moved. "Holy smokes! It is!"
Alex was acting too calm. She shrugged her shoulders. "Eh, come on. They're not gonna stop us."
I kept glanced back at the stone tikis as we continued walking. We came to a fork in the path. I looked at the right path while Alex looked at the left. "This way." We both said, going into two different paths. We backed up and looked at one another.
"This way." I said, pointing at the right path.
"No," Alex said. "This way." She pointed at the left.
I frowned. "How do you know?"
She gave me a look. "How do you know?"
"Hmm." I glanced into the left path. "It looks wrong."
Alex scoffed. "Oh, whatever, Jane. You know I'm right!"
"No, I don't."
"Well, what makes you think you're right?"
I matched her glare and posture. "Because I have a feeling."
"Oh? A feeling? What about that time you had a feeling we wouldn't get in trouble last summer with mom and dad?"
"Hey! I said it could've been wrong. Mom and dad know everything!"
"Come on, Jane. We're going left." She grabbed my wrist and tugged me onto her path.
I narrowed my eyes and tugged my way. "We're going right."
"Left!"
"Right!"
"Left!"
"RIGHT!"
"LEFT!"
"ALRIGHT!" I shouted. We both took deep breaths. I blinked and glanced at Alex, "What were we talking about?"
She seemed just as confused. "I don't know." She glanced at the right and left path. "Left?" She asked, looking at me.
I shrugged. "Why not?"
We both walked down the left path together. I didn't know what happened back there but for a brief moment, I had been angry at Alex. I glanced at her and saw she was thinking too, probably about the same thing. I held her hand and we both exchanged smiles.
"Man, after all this, we are so going on a shopping spree." I said.
Alex laughed.
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Sophie's POV
I grinned at the scene in the crystal ball. The Goblin King's trick didn't work. He intended to turn Jane and Alex against one another, making the journey through the labyrinth even more difficult. For a moment, I panicked. Jane was easy to get mad and Alex has a fiery temper. But they both broke the spell or whatever it was. I stole a glance at the king. He frowned. He then looked at me.
"Don't think I'm giving up on separating your sisters."
I shrugged. "I told you, we're sisters. We're always there for one another."
Note: Wonder if Alex and Jane's bond is strong enough to fend off the Goblin King's intent of separation... Haven't figured out yet how they get out of the part of the labyrinth they're in now. But I'm guessing that probably they go up that tunnel of hands. lol
