Chapter 2: Be Careful What You Wish For
"Oh, it's---" I started. Then the owl, that followed me around, took the shape of a man. I almost fainted with fright.
"W--who a-are y-you?" i stammered.
"Don't you know?" he asked. His voice was deep and beautiful---
---and pure evil.
"No."
"Think about your story. Now, who am I?"
I thought about the story that I had told Jon. It was---
"It's you, isn't it? You're the Goblin King." I tried to keep my voice from cracking.
He chuckled as he nodded.
"Where is my brother?"
"Ashley, are you that much of simpleton?"
"No, I just figured I'd ask to see if I was right, and I guess I am."
"Yes."
"I'm so stupid. I knew I shouldn't have made that wish." I muttered.
"But you wanted this."
"What are you talking about?"
"Your story. You've said it so many times."
"So? I like it!"
"You wanted this. I was the owl in the park. I wanted to see if you were the right one to become my queen . . . " he trailed off.
"And?" I choked out.
"I think that . . . you are the right one to become my queen, Ashley."
"O-" I was going to say 'OK' but I fainted. I was floating. I was having a good dream. I was floating in the clouds. It was soft and comfy. I opened my eyes. I wasn't on a cloud, I was on my bed.
"What happened?" I asked myself.
"You fainted and I caught you before you fell and brought you here." a voice the corner said.
"Who's there?" I asked frantically.
The Goblin King stepped out from the shadows.
"It wasn't a dream." I sighed.
"No. You have a choice, Ashley. You can become my queen or you can try to find your brother," he added, "in my Labyrinth. It's your choice."
"Um . . . I'll . . . go to the Labyrinth and I will think about it." I said hesitantly.
"It's your choice. You have thirteen hours in which to solve the Labyrinth before your baby brother turns into one of us forever." he said and disappeared. I looked for the maze. While I was looking, I felt really weird. Suddenly the maze was around me. I screamed and fainted. Before I fainted I heard a door opening and someone running towards me. I felt something wet splash on my face. I opened my eyes. A little troll was sitting on my stomach splashing water on my face. I screamed. The troll let out a yelp and toppled off my stomach. I scrambled back on my hands, like the crabwalk.
"W-who are you?" I asked, my voice shaking.
"I'm Robin." the little troll said.
"Why are you here?"
"I is the gurdian of the Labyrinth." Robin said.
"Oh, you work for . . . ?"
"Jareth? Yes."
"Are you evil, too?"
"I can be."
I stood helping Robin up.
"Are you all right?"
"Fine." he paused, "Wha' is you name?"
"Ashley."
"That's wha' I thought." he chuckled.
"I need to get through, can you help me?"
"Here is a clue: Don't go back, left, or right. That's all I's can say." he said and started to walk away.
"Thanks, Robin!" I called. He waved.
"Oh, and if's you ever needs me, call my name."
"Thanks Robin!" I thought about what he said. The only direction left was front. I moved to the wall. I WENT THROUGH! I turned around. I saw the gap disguised as a wall.
Thanks Robin. I thought, Let's see, left or right? Right I decided. I walked that way for a while, then I climbed up on the wall to see how far I had gotten. The castle was at least 50 miles away. I sat down on the wall to think.
"Are you enjoying my Labyrinth?" a voice jerked me out of my thoughts. I fell. Jareth caught me. I was breathing deeply. My hands were near my face, a look of terror on it. He put me down. I relaxed a little.
"Um . . . thanks, I think." I muttered.
"Your welcome."
"Oh, yea. What did you say before I fell?"
"Are you enjoying my Labyrinth?"
"Um . . . it's OK, I guess. I haven't seen that much of it."
"What do you mean? You've seen 16 miles of it."
"WHAT?!!?" I said. I felt like I was going to faint. Jareth came over to me and put out a hand to steady me. I fought the blackness. It overtook me. I came to a while later. I checked my watch. I had been out of it for an hour. I sat up. I was laying straight on a brick path. I looked around for Jareth. I didn't see him. I climbed onto the wall again. I was in 10 miles of the castle! He had helped me! He must really like me to do that. I jumped down and started to walk. The path was covered by a weird bush. I walked up to it to see if there was a way to get around it.
There was a little space by the side. I went to the side and started to go around it. A vine whipped out and wrapped around my ankle. It started to wrap my legs . . . and it was still moving up. When it was around my stomach, I had given up struggling by then, I found my voice and screamed the first thing that came to my mind,
"ROBIN!" I passed out as the vine wrapped tightly around my neck, cutting off my oxygen suppily.
"Breath, Ashley, BREATH!" a little voice screamed.
I took a much needed breath.
"I was starting to think you were gone." Robin said softly.
"Thank you for saving me, Robin. I know, now, that you are one of my true friends."
"Friends? We is friends?"
I nodded.
"I ain't never been no one's friend before."
"First time for everything." I looked at my watch. The vine had delayed me for about three hours.
"That is--" I cut Robin off.
"I only have an hour left!"
"You goes that way." he pointed to the right.
"Thanks again, Robin, my friend."
"Bye, Ashley! Good luck!" he shouted to my back.
"Oh, it's---" I started. Then the owl, that followed me around, took the shape of a man. I almost fainted with fright.
"W--who a-are y-you?" i stammered.
"Don't you know?" he asked. His voice was deep and beautiful---
---and pure evil.
"No."
"Think about your story. Now, who am I?"
I thought about the story that I had told Jon. It was---
"It's you, isn't it? You're the Goblin King." I tried to keep my voice from cracking.
He chuckled as he nodded.
"Where is my brother?"
"Ashley, are you that much of simpleton?"
"No, I just figured I'd ask to see if I was right, and I guess I am."
"Yes."
"I'm so stupid. I knew I shouldn't have made that wish." I muttered.
"But you wanted this."
"What are you talking about?"
"Your story. You've said it so many times."
"So? I like it!"
"You wanted this. I was the owl in the park. I wanted to see if you were the right one to become my queen . . . " he trailed off.
"And?" I choked out.
"I think that . . . you are the right one to become my queen, Ashley."
"O-" I was going to say 'OK' but I fainted. I was floating. I was having a good dream. I was floating in the clouds. It was soft and comfy. I opened my eyes. I wasn't on a cloud, I was on my bed.
"What happened?" I asked myself.
"You fainted and I caught you before you fell and brought you here." a voice the corner said.
"Who's there?" I asked frantically.
The Goblin King stepped out from the shadows.
"It wasn't a dream." I sighed.
"No. You have a choice, Ashley. You can become my queen or you can try to find your brother," he added, "in my Labyrinth. It's your choice."
"Um . . . I'll . . . go to the Labyrinth and I will think about it." I said hesitantly.
"It's your choice. You have thirteen hours in which to solve the Labyrinth before your baby brother turns into one of us forever." he said and disappeared. I looked for the maze. While I was looking, I felt really weird. Suddenly the maze was around me. I screamed and fainted. Before I fainted I heard a door opening and someone running towards me. I felt something wet splash on my face. I opened my eyes. A little troll was sitting on my stomach splashing water on my face. I screamed. The troll let out a yelp and toppled off my stomach. I scrambled back on my hands, like the crabwalk.
"W-who are you?" I asked, my voice shaking.
"I'm Robin." the little troll said.
"Why are you here?"
"I is the gurdian of the Labyrinth." Robin said.
"Oh, you work for . . . ?"
"Jareth? Yes."
"Are you evil, too?"
"I can be."
I stood helping Robin up.
"Are you all right?"
"Fine." he paused, "Wha' is you name?"
"Ashley."
"That's wha' I thought." he chuckled.
"I need to get through, can you help me?"
"Here is a clue: Don't go back, left, or right. That's all I's can say." he said and started to walk away.
"Thanks, Robin!" I called. He waved.
"Oh, and if's you ever needs me, call my name."
"Thanks Robin!" I thought about what he said. The only direction left was front. I moved to the wall. I WENT THROUGH! I turned around. I saw the gap disguised as a wall.
Thanks Robin. I thought, Let's see, left or right? Right I decided. I walked that way for a while, then I climbed up on the wall to see how far I had gotten. The castle was at least 50 miles away. I sat down on the wall to think.
"Are you enjoying my Labyrinth?" a voice jerked me out of my thoughts. I fell. Jareth caught me. I was breathing deeply. My hands were near my face, a look of terror on it. He put me down. I relaxed a little.
"Um . . . thanks, I think." I muttered.
"Your welcome."
"Oh, yea. What did you say before I fell?"
"Are you enjoying my Labyrinth?"
"Um . . . it's OK, I guess. I haven't seen that much of it."
"What do you mean? You've seen 16 miles of it."
"WHAT?!!?" I said. I felt like I was going to faint. Jareth came over to me and put out a hand to steady me. I fought the blackness. It overtook me. I came to a while later. I checked my watch. I had been out of it for an hour. I sat up. I was laying straight on a brick path. I looked around for Jareth. I didn't see him. I climbed onto the wall again. I was in 10 miles of the castle! He had helped me! He must really like me to do that. I jumped down and started to walk. The path was covered by a weird bush. I walked up to it to see if there was a way to get around it.
There was a little space by the side. I went to the side and started to go around it. A vine whipped out and wrapped around my ankle. It started to wrap my legs . . . and it was still moving up. When it was around my stomach, I had given up struggling by then, I found my voice and screamed the first thing that came to my mind,
"ROBIN!" I passed out as the vine wrapped tightly around my neck, cutting off my oxygen suppily.
"Breath, Ashley, BREATH!" a little voice screamed.
I took a much needed breath.
"I was starting to think you were gone." Robin said softly.
"Thank you for saving me, Robin. I know, now, that you are one of my true friends."
"Friends? We is friends?"
I nodded.
"I ain't never been no one's friend before."
"First time for everything." I looked at my watch. The vine had delayed me for about three hours.
"That is--" I cut Robin off.
"I only have an hour left!"
"You goes that way." he pointed to the right.
"Thanks again, Robin, my friend."
"Bye, Ashley! Good luck!" he shouted to my back.