Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters used in the movie, Labyrinth, even though I do in my dreams. But that's another story in itself.

Chapter 5

As Sarah got up to try and figure out what had happened she remembered what the brownie had said. She could wish herself to the castle doors. She closed her eyes and began imaging the doors in front of her. She tried and tried but nothing was happening. She thought maybe she'd try later on when she had ore strength. She walked past the field and entered another wooded area. But it wasn't like the other one she was familiar with. This one was full of giant mushrooms things instead of trees and the toadstools stood higher than 20 feet totally blocking out any light from reaching the forest floor. When she saw how dark it was becoming she turned to go back the way she had entered only to find that the path she was following has been blocked by the mushrooms themselves, "That's not fair!" she yelled as she kicked one of the mushrooms.

"Ok Sarah, lets make these lemons into lemonade"

She waved her hand and produced a crystal and intently pictured a light in the center at the center.

"And then there was light" she smirked to herself.

She held the crystal up to light her way, to her surprise she saw small ball shaped blossoms in two neat rows that seemed like some sort of path. She decided to follow it to see where it would lead. She walked for what seemed like an hour an finally to a mountainside. It was so smooth that it would be impossible to climb. She looked to her left, it went on for miles and then to the right, with the same results.

"Now what?"

She walked back to the end of the path and sat down staring at the mountainside trying to decide what needed to be done. She began thinking about her journey thus far and the one previous. Hoggle's words came back to her head

" You take too much for granted."

She stood up and walked straight to the wall and attempted to place a hand on it. But her and went right through it and disappeared. " I knew it!" Sarah screamed. 'but I really should careful you never know what could be right behind this wall'

She braced herself for anything. It wasn't dark as she had assumed as a matter of fact it was white and sparkling.

She was standing in one large room that went the whole length of the mountain. There was a beautiful crystal table that went on for about a mile with filigree chairs on either side. It looked like it would sit about 2000 people.

She walked toward one of the walls and realized the inside of this castle was limestone. She saw in the center of the room was a small hole in the ceiling that looked like it lead to another room overhead.

'How am I gonna manage that?' Sarah thought to herself, 'oh I'll wish it'

" I wish I was in the room upstairs" out loud. She felt the same tingle in her chest and closed her eyes. When she opened then she was in a room that looked just as big as the downstairs room but it had windows throughout all the walls from floor to ceiling. This was a glass room but she didn't remember seeing any glass when she was outside. 'Of course, you ninny. It's magic.' she thought. There were settee's and white chaises against the glass walls and guessed that this was a ballroom. She began looking for another hole in the ceiling when she noticed it looked like the sky. She closed her eyes and pretended to sun her face with the fake sun. She giggled.

She wished herself to the next floor and saw that this part of the mountain had a long hallway, although it was still limestone, there were dozen and dozens of tiny doors on either side. She opened one of the doors and looked in. Inside was a tiny bed , dresser and window. It would have been perfect if Sarah was actually small enough to fit through the door. She assumed that these were living quarters. That was when it hit her. The mountain was a castle. She felt a slight breeze blowing passed her a small ribbon of smoke appeared in front of her suspended in one spot , a young Sylph appeared. At first she thought it was her friend Briegal but then she noticed that this girl was wearing a dress and that her wings were not as big as Briegal's. Although, she had the same beautiful brown hair and large yellow hawk like eyes.

" You look like a friend of mine"

The girl looked straight at her, " How did you get here? Have you been announced to Paralda?" looking curiously at her, " I'm sorry but it will not be good if someone were to find you wondering around the castle . I'll take you to Paralda immediately."

Sarah stopped in her tracks feeling sheepish, " Of course, I would not want to offend anyone. By the way, my name is Sarah."

The girl stopped walking and turned to her, " You are Sarah, Ruler of the Labyrinth? My twin brother told us of your return but we had no idea you would honor us with your presence." she bowed just as low as her brother had. " forgive me for being rude. I am Konile. Follow me and I will take you to our leader. He will be most pleased.."

" Konile, that is such a pretty name." Sarah said looking at the young Sylph. This was Breigal twin sister. They were exact.

Konile turned to Sarah, " My brother will be pleased you are here. Have you stopped by to visit?"

Sarah smiled but looked down, "I wish it were a visit. Unfortunately, I am only passing through on my way to the Goblin Castle."

Konile looked into her eyes, " then you are going into battle."

Sarah, as confidently as she could responded, "I guess I am."

Konile turned to Sarah when they had reached a lovely round door at the end of the hallway. It opened by itself and Konile bowed, After you, your Majesty." Sarah walked straight ahead to what looked like an empty room. She turned to ask Konile where she should be going but she was still outside the door. Sarah looked around once again and kept walking forward into the room. She felt herself fall forward as her foot has hit something that she could not see. She landed on an angle and realized that she had fallen on a crystal staircase that was invisible if looking at it straight on. She stood and leaning forward to guide herself with her hands made it up the stairs. She climbed until her head bumped into a glass opening, she lifted it with both hands and climbed out followed by Konile.

She turned to Sarah and said, " Your Majesty, please go to the room at the end of the hallway. There is something you must do before I can take you to Paralda. I will wait here."

Sarah walked down the first darkened hallway she had come across in this castle. She arrived at the last door in that hallway and saw that it was highly unusual. It was round and barely big enough for her to fit through but it looked like vines intertwined with each other so tightly that no light could ever penetrate it. 'It's beautiful in a creepy way,' she thought. She touched the door which flew open and after hunching down she walked through. This room was much darker than the rest of the castle. It had no windows and was completely barren except for one large statue in the center. It was a large head carved out of limestone which oddly enough reminded Sarah of the false alarms in the tunnels of the Labyrinth. She turned slowly to make sure she wasn't missing anything,

"Hello? Is anyone here?" A loud scraping sound echoed through out the room making her leap in the air. She turned to the statue, which had started to sparkle and come alive with movement.

" Your Majesty, I am glad you have returned to the Underground. The Labyrinth was in dire need of you. I understand that you seek Paralda. Before I can allow that I must see with my own eyes that you mean him no harm."

" Why would I try to harm Paralda?"

" He is the oldest and wisest of all the beings within the Labyrinth and therefore, must be guarded. If you pass my test then you need never take it again. Now come here so that I may look into your soul."

Sarah slowly and carefully stepped closer to the statue. She felt a light tingle through out her body and felt herself being lifted from the ground and taken toward it's eyes. When she was a few inches from the stone, the movement stopped and she was suspended in midair and forced to look into the holes that she assumed were the statues eyes. A light breeze went through the room whipping her long brown hair around her face and suddenly a small light concentrated on the face, she felt the warmth of the light on her cheeks but it was soothing and warm. She felt herself descending toward the ground. When she lightly touched the floor the statue began talking again, " I have seen all that is in your mind and extraordinarily what is in your heart. The Labyrinth has made a wise choice in you, Queen Sarah. It was an honor. You have my permission to seek Paralda." a small beam appeared and touched Sarah's right arm when it ceased in it's place was a small symbol.

" Thank you, " Sarah choked out.

As she walked out of the room she felt strange that the statue knew more about what was in her heart than even she did. She walked toward Konile,

" Ok, I guess I got permission, " showing her the symbol on her arm, " We're off to see the wizard." Sarah sang.

Konile looked at her confused, " Paralda is not a wizard. Wizards are mortal creations and therefore do not exist in our world. Paralda does harness powers…"

" No, No, Konile, it's from Aboveground. I was only joking. Never mind."

Author's Note: I'm typing up the other chapters as fast as my fingers can fly.

Solea: Not to worry this story is a JS all the way. Never fear for I feel the same way!

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