Disclaimer: I do not own the labyrinth, but I do own Airlia and Arron.
Don't ask where Brambleworth came from, that may have been a deranged
dream.
Note: thanks to Kitten, my best friend in the world coz I keep stealing her best insults.
She took her first step towards the Labyrinth...and promptly slipped on a loose stone, losing her footing and more or less sliding down the steep hill to the gates at the bottom. She managed to sufficiently recover herself with three stumbles, a skip and a hop to keep from falling completely and retain what little dignity she had left. She straightened, tugging the hem of her shirt and doing her best to look as if nothing had happened. She looked around, taking stalk of her surroundings and trying to figure out her course of action. A small dwarf like figure was dozing against a rock in the sun. Good enough, she thought and started heading towards him.
"Hey!" she called out as she got closer. There was no response. "Hey!" she tried again, louder this time. The figure muttered something but still didn't wake.
Geeze it's like trying to talk to Arron about a pay rise!
Giving up on the shouting she kicked him instead.
"Wha...?" The figure grumbled as he opened his eyes. He looked up at her, frowned, got to his feet and kicked her back.
"Ouch!" She reached down to rub her shin.
"What do you want?" the dwarf demanded.
"I want to get in to the labyrinth." She answered, straightening up again. He looked her up and down.
"Oh, you're one of those is you? What is it about babysitting that leaves so many of you girls in such a state?"
She was confused for a second. Then it dawned on her, "Oh, no he just acts like a child. He's older than me actually." The dwarf looked at her like he suddenly realised she was purple and had a third eye.
"He's my boss," she explained further.
"Well this is a first."
"What? No one's ever wished their boss away?"
"No. No one's ever tried getting them back." She started to giggle. "Who are you?" she asked.
"Name's Bramleworth."
"Kara. Can you show me how to get in to the labyrinth, please?" She asked as politely as she could muster, considering this wasn't a quest she was exactly thrilled about.
He snorted, "Course I can girl! Don't see why you want to get in, but that's your business and not mine. Follow me!" With that he stomped off clearly expecting her to follow. She did, wondering why the hell she was anyway. She didn't like Arron, for goodness sake and had often sat weighing up the prison sentence against killing him and decided it was worth it. Still she was getting an adventure in the labyrinth. Brambleworth stopped and indicated the huge gate now standing before her.
"You get in there, missy." He told her, "Mind how you go, and try to keep out of Jareth's way." He called after her, some parting words of advice.
"Like I'll really have a choice," she called back as she walked through the gate. She found herself facing the same long passage that Sarah had in the movie. I wonder if it really was just a movie.
With that thought she began walking forward, looking for the same hidden break in the wall that Sarah had gone through. It wasn't long before she found it.
Note: thanks to Kitten, my best friend in the world coz I keep stealing her best insults.
She took her first step towards the Labyrinth...and promptly slipped on a loose stone, losing her footing and more or less sliding down the steep hill to the gates at the bottom. She managed to sufficiently recover herself with three stumbles, a skip and a hop to keep from falling completely and retain what little dignity she had left. She straightened, tugging the hem of her shirt and doing her best to look as if nothing had happened. She looked around, taking stalk of her surroundings and trying to figure out her course of action. A small dwarf like figure was dozing against a rock in the sun. Good enough, she thought and started heading towards him.
"Hey!" she called out as she got closer. There was no response. "Hey!" she tried again, louder this time. The figure muttered something but still didn't wake.
Geeze it's like trying to talk to Arron about a pay rise!
Giving up on the shouting she kicked him instead.
"Wha...?" The figure grumbled as he opened his eyes. He looked up at her, frowned, got to his feet and kicked her back.
"Ouch!" She reached down to rub her shin.
"What do you want?" the dwarf demanded.
"I want to get in to the labyrinth." She answered, straightening up again. He looked her up and down.
"Oh, you're one of those is you? What is it about babysitting that leaves so many of you girls in such a state?"
She was confused for a second. Then it dawned on her, "Oh, no he just acts like a child. He's older than me actually." The dwarf looked at her like he suddenly realised she was purple and had a third eye.
"He's my boss," she explained further.
"Well this is a first."
"What? No one's ever wished their boss away?"
"No. No one's ever tried getting them back." She started to giggle. "Who are you?" she asked.
"Name's Bramleworth."
"Kara. Can you show me how to get in to the labyrinth, please?" She asked as politely as she could muster, considering this wasn't a quest she was exactly thrilled about.
He snorted, "Course I can girl! Don't see why you want to get in, but that's your business and not mine. Follow me!" With that he stomped off clearly expecting her to follow. She did, wondering why the hell she was anyway. She didn't like Arron, for goodness sake and had often sat weighing up the prison sentence against killing him and decided it was worth it. Still she was getting an adventure in the labyrinth. Brambleworth stopped and indicated the huge gate now standing before her.
"You get in there, missy." He told her, "Mind how you go, and try to keep out of Jareth's way." He called after her, some parting words of advice.
"Like I'll really have a choice," she called back as she walked through the gate. She found herself facing the same long passage that Sarah had in the movie. I wonder if it really was just a movie.
With that thought she began walking forward, looking for the same hidden break in the wall that Sarah had gone through. It wasn't long before she found it.