Chapter 2
"Toby?" I whispered into the darkness. Of course he did not answer. He couldn't, he wasn't in the room. I knew that, but I so badly wanted him to grab my shoulders and yell, "Fooled ya'!" But he wouldn't.
I was lost, lost and confused. Had he been kidnapped, had he run away? Why would he do that? No, he was kidnapped.
I dropped down to floor, hands on my face, and began to cry. Where had he gone? Who would do this? I don't know how long I sat there sobbing on the bedroom floor. An hour, fifteen minutes, it didn't matter anymore. Toby was gone.
"I remember another young woman who lost the same man long ago, just like you, only then the man was just a babe," a voice said from behind. I got up and turned to face the speaker. It was a man who was some what taller than I was. He was dressed in a black leather suit, and he had the oddest head of hair I had ever seen on a man, but that wasn't important.
"Who are you?" I asked the man.
"I am the King of the Goblins. Have you not heard of me from Toby and Sarah?"
I gasped. He...he was...
"Real. Yes, woman, I am real. You thought I was but a myth, but I am not. Tell me, do you wish for the one you call Toby?"
"You were the one who took him then?"
"No, not I. My minions are always listening, and they heard you calling. So they came and took him away...and brought him to me."
"I didn't say-" I gasped. The page in the book. A spell.
"You realize your flaw. Now you must fix what you have done."
"How? What have you done with my boyfriend?!"
"You must travel through the Labrynth to my castle if you wish to see him again. If you make it there alive and solve my riddle, you shall be Toby's queen. If-"
"His what?!"
"I grow old woman. I shall die soon. Toby is the only one who can take my place, he is the heir. But only if you make it through the Labrynth alive. If you do not, Toby will be immortal and when I drink a cup of his blood. Do you wish to save him and yourself?"
It was too much to take in at one time. The strange place I was in was spinning around me...my head was killing me...queen...Toby dead...me dead...but then I understood. I had to do this. Life was in my hands.
"Yes."
"Very well, then. Begin."
"Toby?" I whispered into the darkness. Of course he did not answer. He couldn't, he wasn't in the room. I knew that, but I so badly wanted him to grab my shoulders and yell, "Fooled ya'!" But he wouldn't.
I was lost, lost and confused. Had he been kidnapped, had he run away? Why would he do that? No, he was kidnapped.
I dropped down to floor, hands on my face, and began to cry. Where had he gone? Who would do this? I don't know how long I sat there sobbing on the bedroom floor. An hour, fifteen minutes, it didn't matter anymore. Toby was gone.
"I remember another young woman who lost the same man long ago, just like you, only then the man was just a babe," a voice said from behind. I got up and turned to face the speaker. It was a man who was some what taller than I was. He was dressed in a black leather suit, and he had the oddest head of hair I had ever seen on a man, but that wasn't important.
"Who are you?" I asked the man.
"I am the King of the Goblins. Have you not heard of me from Toby and Sarah?"
I gasped. He...he was...
"Real. Yes, woman, I am real. You thought I was but a myth, but I am not. Tell me, do you wish for the one you call Toby?"
"You were the one who took him then?"
"No, not I. My minions are always listening, and they heard you calling. So they came and took him away...and brought him to me."
"I didn't say-" I gasped. The page in the book. A spell.
"You realize your flaw. Now you must fix what you have done."
"How? What have you done with my boyfriend?!"
"You must travel through the Labrynth to my castle if you wish to see him again. If you make it there alive and solve my riddle, you shall be Toby's queen. If-"
"His what?!"
"I grow old woman. I shall die soon. Toby is the only one who can take my place, he is the heir. But only if you make it through the Labrynth alive. If you do not, Toby will be immortal and when I drink a cup of his blood. Do you wish to save him and yourself?"
It was too much to take in at one time. The strange place I was in was spinning around me...my head was killing me...queen...Toby dead...me dead...but then I understood. I had to do this. Life was in my hands.
"Yes."
"Very well, then. Begin."