Summary: Two Muggle and four Wizards must solve the Labyrinth. But will they be able to? Or will Jareth finally have some human company?
Rain poured down outside the movie theater as two young teens waited in the empty foyer. Sixteen year old Minako, tall with long blonde hair and expressive brown eyes, was chatting animatedly with her friend about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which they'd just seen. Morwen Death, fifteen, tried to stifle her laughter.
"And I loved the ball! Harry looked so funny!" she shrieked.
Remembering sent them into another round of laughter. Occasionally, they would pause and glance out the window for any sign of their ride home. But there was nothing but the rain, running in sliverish streaks down the glass, reflecting the glimmer of the streetlights and headlights from passing cars.
Minako fanned herself, and Morwen was sweating, although she had already stripped down to her tank top, her black sweatshirt tied securely around her waist.
"Wanna step outside for a minute?" she finally asked. "We'll just stay under the over hang so we won't get rained on."
"Yeah, sure," Mina said.
The two teens ducked out into the rain and around the side of the building until they were under the large overhang of the building beside the movie theater. Morwen looked at the painted window. Interestingly enough, the picture was of a large barn owl sitting in a tree, while below, several almost ugly creatures of some unknown origin, danced gleefully in a circle. Above the picture, in bold, white letters, was The Hobgoblin Dance Studio. Morwen looked back at the owl, thinking it was a beautiful bird, until she noticed its jewel-red eyes. There was something almost sinister about the way they stared out from the glass, almost sinister and yet -haunting, sad.
Despite the fact she'd been sweating mere seconds before, Morwen shivered and looked at Minako. Her friend hadn't noticed the glass. She stood in a rare moment of silence, looking out at the passing traffic, her thoughts her own until she chose to share them. Her eyes wandered over the parking lot; her ears pricked suddenly at the sound of a speeding car. She glanced to her left, and quickly stepped back, grabbing and pulling Morwen back with her until they were almost touching the glass window.
A red sports car slowed slightly as it passed them, several eighteen and nineteen year old boys laughing and looking for something to brighten the gloomy day. The smart alec at the wheel grinned devilishly and honked as they sped past. Morwen, confused by her friend's movement, was disoriented when the blast split the peaceful air. Jumping back, she broke through the glass, shattering it and accidentally pulling Minako back with her.
Saturday afternoon, in a boy's dormitory at Hogwarts, the famous school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, four teenage boys crowded around a large book of spells. The book was actually from the forbidden section of the Hogwarts library, but James Potter, using his invisablity cloak, had managed to find out the spell that Madame Pince used to remove the books. He had practiced and managed to duplicate the spell. The boys had taken the book, which was entitled A Beginner's Guide To Magic. On the whole, the book hadn't seemed dangerous. That is, until they opened it. The book had several interesting spells in it, but there was an equal amount of Dark Arts scattered through out.
"Hey, Moony! Check this on out!" James laughed.
Remus, the boy addressed as Moony, looked over at the spell his friend indicated. There was a small, moving illistration of a person trapped in a maze. Right next to it was a tiny illistration that was changing into a small, ugly creature that none of the boys recognized. James laughed and continued.
"If you say these words, who every you say 'em too will be stuck in a place called Labyrinth, or something. Listen. 'The labyrinth is an unescapable maze...Use these words to banish your worst enemy to the Underground. 'I wish the goblins would come...' What rubbish! It's not even a real spell!'
"Eh, too bad, Prongs," Sirius said to his friend. "Otherwise, think of what we could do to Snivillus!"
"Ha! I bet you the goblins wouldn't even take him, he's so creepy!"
"Besides," Sirius grinned teasingly at Peter, the smallest of the four, "don't Muggles usually have rats run mazes? So we should wish Peter away!"
Peter cracked a small smile. He hated being teased about his animagus form, but after all, that was the price you paid to be cool. He looked thoughtfully at the book. It was true that he did like mazes and puzzles, but that had nothing to do with his animagus form.
"I bet we could get through the labyrinth," he whispered to himself.
Remus heard him and turned toward him. "What?"
"I said, I bet we could get through the labyrinth," Peter spoke up. He turned slightly pink and looked eagerly at Sirius. "I mean, you and James know almost as much as the teachers, and Remus is really good at puzzles. So am I," he added softly.
Sirius scratched his chin as he thought about it. The only one of the group who was sixteen (his birthday was just after the school year started, therefore he'd had to wait until he was almost twelve before he could begin his schooling), Sirius was just starting to get a beard in and was rather proud of the black 'peach-fuzz' that was growing on his chin.
"You know, I think you're right," he told Peter. "What do you think, James?"
"Bet ya we could," James sniggered. "What's so difficult about a maze? Even a magical one?"
"I thought you said the spell wouldn't work?" Remus pointed out.
"Eh, we'll just say the words any ways," James said. "If it works, we'll have something to do this weekend. If not, we can go after Snivillus some more."
"It's settled," Siius said before Remus could protest again. He studied the spell for a couple seconds, and pulled out his wand. "Hmm. 'I wish the goblins would come and take us away, right now!'"
There was a flash of light, like lightening. When it cleared, the boys were gone, leaving the spell book laying open on the floor.
