Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Labrynth characters; only Lyss, Megera and the Elders (from the coven).
This is part two of the story of the (mine and my friends) book Labrynia. (Well you can consider them parts or chapters it doesn't really matter.) Enjoy.
BlackWingedAngel16
Part 2
Stolen Secrets
Lyss tossed and turned in her bed. She was having the same reoccurring dream again. She's six years old and she she's running away from something in the Labrynth. A place she had just got done saving a few months ago. As she's running away from whatever is after her she would fall into a hole but it turned out to be a room. When ever she was there, there was always a boy there with her. He had shaggy white blonde hair, fair skin and beautiful blue eyes. Every time she was with this boy the thing that was chasing her would leave her alone. And when she would go to thank the boy a bright white light would surround her and she would wake up in a cold sweat.
"Lyss, Lyss, wake up." came a familiar voice. It belonged to her friend Megera who equally save the Goblin King's home. "Lyss?" Lyss sat up groggily. "This is the tenth or eleventh time I woke you up in the last two months from those dreams. What's going on?"
"I don't know Megera. I'm sorry but I don't really know what these dreams are or what they mean."
"I think it's time you go up to the Elders and tell them about your reoccurring dreams. They've been draining a lot out of you lately." Lyss sat there quietly for a moment in thought and then she finally nodded.
"Yeah, I guess your right. I'll go first thing tomorrow morning." she responded to her friend. Megera handed Lyss the glass of water next to her bed.
"It's already morning." she said. Lyss looked at the window and frowned. She hadn't received very good sleep and she was completely drained like Megera had said.
"Oh, alright, let me get dressed and you and I can go together." Megera waited outside Lyss's room and when she finally emerged they headed for the meeting room of the coven only making one pit stop on the way. They stopped at Megera's room so she could retrieve a sweater to keep her warm. When they got there they noticed a dozen roses sitting on her night stand. Both looked at each other puzzled and finally Megera went over to see who the flowers were from. She read the card, but to her disappointment it was signed 'Secret Admirer'.
"Sorry Megera, but don't worry you'll find out soon. I'm sure." Megera shrugged it off; she wasn't particularly interested in it at the moment.
"That's ok; we have to see the elders anyway." Megera grabbed her sweatshirt and the two friends hurried out of the room. They made it to the meeting room just as all the elders had sat down.
"Sir?" asked Megera as they stepped in. She was pretty much talking to the head of the elders; the master of the element Earth. There were four elders: Earth, Water, Air and Fire.
"Yes, Megera?" he had answered. Megera pushed Lyss forward and she sort of stumbled. "Yes, Lyss? Is something the matter?"
"Sir, you see; I have been having these reoccurring dreams lately and..." The elder interrupted Lyss.
"Say no more. I know what you are about to say." He sighed and the elders looked at each other. The head elder looked back at Lyss. "I think it's time you return to Labrynia." Lyss looked confused. "There you will find all your answers to your questions. Even the Goblin King will know a few of them."
"I don't understand, sir."
"Child, you are not from this world. You are from Labrynia." said another elder, the one with the power of Air. "You were brought to us because the Goblin King thought you had potential and should be allowed into the Coven and you do and you were." She continued. Lyss and Megera were shocked. Lyss was not from this world, but who was she in Labrynia? That was the question that Megera wanted answered.
"We will send you back to Labrynia so you are able to find out more." spoke the elder of Water.
"We will send Megera with you as soon as she finishes some stuff here." said the last elder. Lyss turned to Megera and gave her a hug.
"I'll see you as soon as I am done." Lyss nodded and smiled. She then turned back to the elders. Each of the elders stood from their chairs and held out their hands. Slowly light poured out of their hands like streamers and floated to the center of the room, forming a portal.
"Powers of Air, Earth, Water and Fire, bring this girl home to her true desire." They had said and the portal opened fully. "Megera will be with in three days." Lyss nodded and gave her friend one last hug. She turned and looked through the portal it led into the Goblin King's throne room. She was excited, scared and sad at the same time. She was happy to go see Jareth again, but she was sad to leave Megera. They had never been parted for so long. They had known each other since the day Lyss came to the Coven when she was six. She was also scared to go to Labrynia, afraid of what she might find out.
"Lyss took a deep breath and stepped through. She walked in to the throne room and Jareth turned around in shock to see her standing there. He smiled and walked over to her. He gave her a hug and then pulled gently away.
"What are you doing here?" he asked and Lyss told him everything.
Megera stood before the elders and they spoke to her softly.
"We know you want to find out what her secrets are but we have to explain a few things before you go ahead and learn them. First off her secrets are actually stolen secrets. Secrets we stole from her when she first came here." spoke the elder of Fire.
"Let us start from the beginning. Lyss's real name is Asef, but we changed her name for her protection." The elder of Water looked down and then back at Megera. "We probably should have told you before, but I guess now is the best time as any. You, Megera, are her younger sister. We didn't change your name because we figured that since the evil that attacked your parents didn't know you even existed." The elder paused, allowing this information to sink in to Megera's mind. She was too shock to say the least. "We know this is a huge shock but it was better for us not to tell you until you both were ready and it seems that Lyss is beginning to regain her memories. In due time you will as well."
"But her memories are frightening to her, why is that?" She asked coming out of her trance-like state.
"Your mother gave you to us, because you were the first out of you two to show any signs of magic." said the elder of Earth. "You were brought to us at the age of four. Lyss was only five. When she turned six, your mother and father were killed by an evil, stronger than the warlocks that had threatened Jareth's kingdom those few months ago. Since you were here, you were safe. But your sister had been out playing when the attack happened, but it soon went after her. We were told she was found by Jareth when she was running from the evil. She was only six years old and you had already been here a year. Prince Jareth brought Lyss here thinking she had the potential as we explained before. And you do as well. You both will be very powerful in the future."
"Who were Lyss and I in Labrynia?" asked Megera.
"You both will find out in due time child." answered the elder of Air. "Now the reason we sent Lyss to go find out in her own, is so she can over come the dreams and to find out whom she really is from Labrynia. You both were very important people from Labrynia."
"Now go get some rest, you look ready to past out my dear." Spoke the elder of Fire. Megera nodded and went to her room. As she entered she found another vase of roses on her dresser. She checked the card and again it had said 'Secret Admirer'. Megera walked over to her bed and stopped abruptly. She looked over to her door and saw another witch standing there. She hoped he wasn't the 'Secret Admirer' that was sending her the flowers and the chocolate she had noticed that was sitting on the bed. She turned her attention back to the guy standing at her door. He was about a year older than her and was quite a pest.
"There's a rumor going around about you, Lyss and the elders." He started. Megera looked annoyed, the one thing she hated about this place was that rumors started way too fast and was around the building in the matters of minutes.
"Yeah and what's the rumor?" she asked irritated.
"That you and Lyss are going to be booted from the Coven." he spoke in his aggravating voice. "So is it true?"
"No it is not. Now go away before I call the guards." The guy took the hint and walked away, but smirked on the way out.
"Nice flowers." Megera's stomach dropped.
"Ohhh." she groaned. "They're from him."
Lyss finished up her story and looked at Jareth's expression. "What is it?" His face was in distraught and pain. Jareth stood up and walked over to a desk and grabbed a key from his pocket. He unlocked the drawer and took out a small purple book and walked back over to Lyss.
"This was yours from when you lived in Labrynia." He handed her the book and she took it gently. "I took it from your house, before it was completely destroyed. I kept it hoping that someday I could give it back to you." Lyss looked at the side of the small book and saw it had a lock. She tried to open it, but it didn't work.
"It won't open." Jareth took a necklace from around his neck and handed it to her. It was the trinity necklace she had given him a few months ago. She looked at the pendent and then the design of the lock. It was the same thing.
"Don't worry, I didn't read anything." said Jareth sitting down next to her. Lyss figured it must have been a diary. She placed the pendent in the lock and turned. The clasp on the book came undone and she was able to open it. She read the first page and saw it was the handwriting of a young girls. She knew it was hers. She flipped through the pages and saw the diary was unfinished; it was barely filled to the middle of it. Lyss read from where she left off and continued. As she came to the last page ten minutes later she put the pieces together.
"I am a..."she started.
Megera woke up on her third day ready to go see Lyss, her new found sister; almost literally speaking. She flung on the clothes that she had laid out the night before. After she was done she saw another batch of roses sitting on her desk. This was now the fourth time she had received flowers. All saying they were from her 'Secret Admirer'. She kept thinking that the guy that had visited her a few days before was the one sending them, a few times she had gathered her guts to ask him about them, but as soon as she was within five feet of the guy she stopped. She kept getting the feeling that they weren't from him and that she should still search for the mysterious person.
Megera shrugged off those thoughts and headed to the meeting room. She would have to figure that out when she returned. Megera entered the room and was surprised to see that the elders had already opened the portal to her old home.
"We wish you the best of luck and I do believe your sister has already figured out who she is and who you are." said the Elder of Earth. Megera nodded, a little disappointed but more happy than anything. She was finally getting to look at Lyss in a sisterly way. She was more than just a friend. Megera stepped through the portal and entered the throne room.
Lyss was waiting for her and when she showed up Lyss bounded at her and embraced her in a hug. Megera returned it and the two stepped back to look at each other as if they hadn't seen each other in years.
Megera gaped at the gown Lyss was wearing. She thought it was beautiful and that it fit her perfectly. Her gown was long and held to the body nicely and flowed like water to the ground. Its base from the waist down was violet and the top was black. The dress only had one sleeve that was full length of the arm and when reached the wrist it fell open about a foot and a half. It had V shaped neck embellished with violet crescent moons.
"Hey stop drooling; you have one to in your room." said Lyss with a smile. Megera's face lit up happily and Lyss showed Megera to her room. Jareth watched the girls walk down the hall. He smiled at the thought of seeing Lyss happy with her sister here.
A young man walked out of the shadows behind Jareth.
"Are you going to tell her?" he asked. Jareth turned around and looked at the young fellow.
"Not yet Toby; what about you? Are you going to tell Megera?" Jareth smirked at Toby. A few months ago Toby had taken away the throne from him, but now they were getting along like they had been best friends for years.
"No, I have been sending roses and some chocolates to her, but I don't know if she knows it's me. Do you think she'll trust me after all this time? I mean her sister attacked me with that little trick of hers." Jareth laughed at him.
"I know, but if you give her a chance I'm pretty sure she'll give you a chance." Toby nodded and was about to walk away when he turned around to face the Goblin King again.
"You know, you should tell Lyss before it's too late. What if you have to face the evil that is after them and you die. She won't know how much you love her." Jareth looked at him solemnly.
"I know Toby I know." Toby turned and disappeared into the shadows. Jareth turned back to his work and concentrated on the Labyrinth again. Five minutes later Lyss and Megera returned back to the throne room.
Megera's gown was similar to Lyss's. Her dress was the same style only the top was a hunter green and the bottom was black. And the V shaped neck was embellished with black stars. Jareth smiled sweetly and gave Megera a hug.
"You look lovely, Megera." Jareth sighed and clapped his hands together. "Well now that you both are here let's go down to the dinning hall. The feast in both of your honors shall be beginning soon. Oh and Megera, have you figured out who your 'Secret Admirer' is yet?" Megera blushed, but shook her head no.
"At first I thought it was this one annoying guy at school, but now I am not so sure."
"Don't worry, you'll find out who it is soon enough." Megera smiled and so Jareth led them to the dining hall where everyone was dancing, singing and eating. Jareth turned to face them and he held out two masks. One was that of an owl and one was a swan. Lyss took the owl and Megera took the swan. They put them on and he allowed the ladies to enjoy the party. Lyss and Megera walked down the steps and onto the dance floor.
A goblin walked over to them and pulled on their dresses to get their attention. They looked down at them and smiled.
"Hoggle how are you doing?" asked Megera. Hoggle smiled at her and then pulled out two roses from behind his back.
"These are gifts from two special people." The girls took the roses and thanked him. Hoggle trotted away and the two girls stood up again. They looked at each other confused.
"Who do you think they are from?" asked Lyss.
"Well I think I know who yours is from?"
"Who?"
"Jareth."
"What, are you crazy? He's the Goblin King. I'm just a mage." Megera's face went into a shocked looked. "What?"
"A mage?"
"Yeah why?" Megera hit her gently in the head.
"You blonde. They are the most power, well second most powerful beings in the magical ladder." Lyss's face went from confused to surprised. "So if you're a mage that means I'm a mage to."
"Wait a second. The elders didn't tell you, you were a mage?"
"No, they weren't very open on details. Well, anyways, this is so neat. How did you find out?"
"Jareth saved a diary I had when I was six and gave it to me. You know my Trinity necklace?"
"Yeah, the one you gave Jareth so we could communicate."
"It's not just a communicating devise. It was also the key to the diary as well. I remember so much now, it's amazing. I want you to read it as well. To see if you remember anything."
"I already remember everything. The elders had decided to give me back my memories of the four years I had lived here."
"Oh, Ok." Jareth popped up next to the girls and startled them a little.
"Would you mind if I stole a dance before dinner is served?" he asked Lyss. She turned to Megera who told her to go on. Jareth took Lyss's hand and they began to dance as if they were on a cloud. A hand came out and touch Megera's shoulder. She turned to see who it belonged to. She was flabbergasted to see that the gloved hand belonged to Toby.
"What do you want?" she asked sternly. Toby looked hurt by the tone of her voice and she was stunned to see this reaction on him. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be mean."
"Don't worry about it. Ummm, would you care to share a dance with me?" He extended a hand for her to take and she did. As they started to dance Toby bent down and whispered into her ear. "Do you like the roses?" Megera's face was in expression with a picture taken by a camera.
"It was you who had sent the flowers and chocolates?" He nodded. She smiled softly and nodded her response. She leaned in closer to him and smiled while her head rest nicely on his shoulder, with his arm safely around her waist and her hand in his hand. Megera opened her eyes and saw Lyss and Jareth dancing. She lifted her head, but the two kept on dancing.
"Say, do you know if Jareth likes Lyss?" Toby looked at the King and Lyss. He nodded and said yes.
"Yes, but there is a problem. Jareth is unable to tell Lyss that he likes her, because he is afraid she might get hurt. When they were young, Jareth had begun to like her, but he knew she was in trouble and so he brought her into the Coven knowing she would be safe there, but it hurt him to let her go. He felt like she was stolen from him and his secret never told to her. Now he is trying to figure out a way to tell her with out getting her or you hurt. I feel bad for him."
"They look like they'd be such a wonderful couple, too." said Megera softly. She looked at Toby and saw that he was staring at her intensely
"Do you know if she likes him back?"
"Yeah, she loves him deeply, but she was always too scared to tell him. She's shy when it comes to this sort of stuff. Why is Jareth scared she will get hurt if he tells her that he loves her?" Toby face went serious. "What's wrong?"
"Let's allow that story to be told later. I will talk to you in private about that." She nodded in agreement and they finished the dance. After the dance was over they sat down to eat with Jareth and Lyss. Jareth introduced Lyss and Megera and the goblins, humans and the other creatures of Labrynia applauded the two sisters. After the party, the two girls were admitted to bed. Both rooms next to each other. After Lyss had fallen asleep, Megera left the room to go to hers to talk to Toby. Toby was waiting patiently inside.
"Ok tell me what's going on?"
"Jareth is scared to tell Lyss, because the evil that had attacked her ten years ago is back and may come back after her. It was released by the warlocks from when they battled outside the gates those few months ago."
"Oh, I see. So what do you and Jareth plan to do?"
"Well, we're going to keep you and your sister both out of harms way and if anything happens to both Jareth and I, you and Lyss will automatically be sent back to the Coven."
"You can't do that, Toby. This is our home to."
"I can't but Jareth can, and he will do anything to protect the both of you and I will to." Toby looked at the clock and sighed. "I have to go meet Jareth. You need to get some sleep and what ever you do, do not tell a word of this to Lyss. When the time comes Jareth will tell her." Toby stood up and disappeared into the shadows of the walls. Megera had figured that's his way of transporting from place to place. Megera changed out of her gown and into the night dress that was laid out for her and went to bed. She fell asleep about ten minutes later, thinking about how hard the next few weeks were going to be.
So how did you like this part of the story? Send in some reviews and tell me what you think. Part/chapter three will be up as soon as we (B.W.A. and I) get it written. So right now I have no clue what the next title will be. What do you think will happen to Lyss and Jareth? What do you think will happen to Megera and Toby? And what is the evil that threatens the two sisters and why does it want them so badly? And why did it kill their parents? Find out in the next part.
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Claire C. Griffon