Sarah bolted upright from her sleeping position gasping for breath. What was that? What ever it was I don't want to stay here anymore Sarah thought. She quickly turned to her side and shook Hoggle.

"Hoggle, wake up. Hoggle!" she shook him more forcefully.

"Hmm…ninety-six…" Hoggle mumbled as he turned onto his side away from Sarah.

"Hog-gle!" Sarah exclaimed as she stood up and grabbed him, lifting him into a sitting position by his shirt. "Wake up or I'll drop you into the Bog!"

"I'm up! I'm up! Jeez Sarah, you don't have to threaten me" he groused.

"You wouldn't wake up. You sleep like a drunken goblin."

"I do not!" Hoggle said in an offended voice. "What'd you wake me up for?"

When Sarah gave no answer he turned to look at her. He was surprised to find her pale and with a scared expression on her face.

"Sarah?"

When she gave no indication of answering, Hoggle gently shook her arm.

"Sarah!"

Sarah stood there frozen. None of Hoggle's actions got a response. A worried Hoggle followed Sarah's gaze and froze as well.

Seeping from under the door they had entered through earlier was a layer of fog. It flowed from the floor to waist height where it hung in place as more fog came through the crack under the door. As more fog entered, the cloud grew thicker and darker. When no more fog came from the door the mass of fog swirled tightly together before bursting out into a dense fog bank several feet long. After it was done arranging itself the cloud began to slowly advance toward the pair.

Hoggle hastily retreated from the sinister fog, tripping over his own legs in the process. Knocked out of his mindless terror Hoggle quickly reached to grab Sarah and pull her away from the threatening cloud, rousing Sarah from her stupor. Once more able to think, Sarah took Hoggle's hand and turned to escape.

"So that really is the fog that's putting everyone to sleep?" Sarah asked as her breathing became faster. She may be fit since she's an actor but she wasn't used to running.

"No, that's just this place's weekly rain shower" Hoggle answered sarcastically. "Of course! You think that's natural?"

"In the Labyrinth it's a real possibility!" she retorted.

"Well it's not! If it was harmless then we wouldn't be running!"

"Where are we running to? Which way's the door?"

"This way!" Hoggle yelled as he led Sarah through the trees, ducking branches and jumping over roots. "The doors around here somewhere!" he shouted. "I hope" he mumbled at the end.

"What?" Sarah yelled as she heard the last part.

"I mean…I know it's this way!" he assured her in a fake confident voice. "See!" he said as he sighed in relief and tried to disguise wiping his hand across his brow as fixing his hat.

Ahead of them was a revolving door of all things. Over the top of the door hung a Grecian tragedy mask. As the couple approached the door the mask's mouth turned from a frown into a smile. It was rather creepy to see.

"Hello! It's nice to finally see someone!" the mask called out in an irritatingly happy voice.

"No time to talk!" Hoggle shouted as they continued running towards the door.

"There's always time to talk, my friend. It gets so lonely hanging here by myself" the mask said in a sad voice as it once more frowned.

"Not now! Just let us through!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that. First you must answer my question" was the rather cheeky reply.

"There's no time!" Hoggle shouted in frustration as they reached the door and looked up at the mask.

"Then you don't get through" was the masks stubborn come back.

"Fine! Just hurry up!" a worried Hoggle said as he searched behind them for the approaching fog. Sarah stood fearfully beside him searching the way they had come as well.

The mask gave a irritated frown at being rushed at his job. "Very well" he cleared his throat. "What can you never do with a revolving door?"

"Get it to shut up! Now let us through!" was Hoggle's frustrated reply.

"N…" the angry reply was cut off as the mask thought about it. "Well I guess that is correct since you can't shut a revolving door. Very well. You may pass."

"Thanks!" was the sarcastic reply as they rushed through the door.

"The answer was slam it!" the mask called after them. The mask sighed. "No one ever wants to talk to a door. I'm better than talking to a wall. They never give you a reply, the arrogant jerks. Think they're so better than me just because they reach further than me. Yes I'm talking about you!" it glared at the wall beside it.

Movement caught the masks attention as it turned its gaze from the wall to the space in front of it.

"I say, that's unusual" the mask said as a shiver of foreboding went through it. As the fog got closer the mask became even more worried. It just didn't move like fog. Fog usually spread out and moved rather slow but this fog seemed to have a mind of it's own. "Git! Shew!" the mask shouted at the fog as it came within inches of its face. When the fog continued to come closer the mask resorted to blowing at it in the hopes of keeping it at bay until it moved on. Unfortunately for the mask, the fog had more power behind it than its pitiful attempts to save itself. When the fog passed through the door and into the next area all that was left behind was a still mask that was frozen into an expressionless face.


This part of the Labyrinth was made with Sarah in mind. Sarah liked the park when she was young and it was the first place we saw Jareth watching her. With that in mind I wanted a similar place. She has a lake and trees but Jareth always has to add flair so he added the waterfalls. This area was never finished before Jareth disappeared. Now this place being made for Sarah, it'll have part of her in it too. Everything in the Labyrinth (aside from the cleaners) is old school. Sarah is from a more modern time so I made the door more modern than the regular wooden doors. She's also an actor so I incorporated that into the door's guardian. The Grecian face masks are a symbol of the theater. The Mask is a rather simple being. He's not dumb, he's just simple minded. No complex feelings or thoughts. Plus he's been mostly alone since the day he came into being which has made his mind a little off, hence the wall part. No he's not dead, he's asleep but since he's a mask and his face expresses his emotions and he's asleep and not feeling anything, his face doesn't have any emotions on it. If he was dead, he would have crumbled away. I'm not really sure how people will react to him. I kinda like him but some people will probably find him annoying. Hopefully not as annoying as Jar Jar Binks. If you don't know who that is then go watch the first three Star Wars episodes. It's the REEEEEALLY annoying alien.