Chapter Three
The view was almost indescribable. An inconceivable darkness engulfed the famous Labyrinth with its fatal fingers.
"This is unbelievable." Sara whispered as dying screams pounded against her eardrums.
"Perhaps you shouldn't have brought him here." Jereth said, pointing at Toby, whom was holding Sara's hand. In the heavens above Jereth's castle, a brutal storm was being born. Spears of lightning filled the fierce clouds that stretch out as far as the eye can see.
"Jereth, let's go." Sara said. Then, she turned to Toby. "Toby, I want you to stay here."
"No, I want to go with you."
"You can't, it's too dangerous." Sara replied to him. Jereth stepped.

"Toby, you can stay with the goblins. They won't hurt you, I promise." He said with the most gentle of voices. Toby still protested.
"I don't want to."
"Fine. I'll take him." Said a raspy voice.
"Hoggle!" Sara squeaked as the goblin approached the three. Toby went willingly with him and they disappeared into the bushes. Jereth turned to her, smiling mischievously.
"Now that we are alone." The Goblin King whispered, approaching her liquidity.
"Don't you dare. We are here to help my friends. Perhaps after, since it seems I have no choice." Sara said, but brushed her hand against his as she passed him. They both began to make haste to go solve the labyrinth.
"Sara, we can use my magic."
"Too obvious." Jereth sighed. Her fierceness just made him want her more.

Jereth brought her to the doors of the Labyrinth. The faeries were dead; their small corpses scattered around like dead locusts. A hole had rotten away at a large part of the wall.
"What could have caused this?" Sara asked, but she got no reply. Jereth was inspecting the dark remains upon the sides of the hole.
"What is this?" He whispered and touched the soot like substance. Suddenly, he leapt back.
"What is it?" She asked, going to Jereth.
"It's shadow."
"What?" He held up his finger and she saw the black mass moving, as if trying to eat away his finger. Jereth wiped it off upon a rock.
"This wasn't caused by a blast. Shadows have been devouring my labyrinth." Sara was speechless. What could they do to stop this unimaginable horror?