Disclaimer: I do not own the movie "Labyrinth". It belongs to its respective owners, along with all creatures inside of it. I do however claim ownership to all new creatures and characters I introduce in this story (outside of the terms Fae and Underground and the concepts of unicorns, elves, Pegasi, fairies, and of course, mortals. Yes, those all belong to their respective owners), and the idea behind this story.I do not wish to profit from this story. It is SOLELY for entertainment purposes. :) I also do not own the story "Three Billy Goats Gruff". That belongs to its respective owners.

A/N: So, here is the second and final installment to the Prologue of my story. I apologize for the wait. I really thought it wouldn't take this long, but I wanted this chapter to be perfect so the wait was necessary in order for me to tweak it. I've worked long and hard on it, and I hope that you enjoy it because of that. I should be posting the first chapter of the actual story later. ;)

Pleaes note, there may be some graphic (though not sexual) parts of this chapter. Okay?

Enjoy!

New Beginnings

Prologue Part 2:

"The History of the Six Kingdoms"

It was through the relationships between Arisolt and the Netherworld, Bosnia and Latvania, and the Underground and the Aboveground that the two dimensions remained in balance for a good many generations of Fae. Fae Kings and Queens passed on their thrones to their heirs as their princes or princesses grew to an appropriate age of maturity.

Such a perfect balance could not last forever however, and the first imbalance would appear between the Underground and the Aboveground. While King Jiront, the descendent of King Ajavet, was King of the Underground and 300 years old, a disruption occurred between the mortals of the Aboveground and the goblins of the Underground. The mortals, or humans, as they had come to be called, grew to fear the goblins as the mortals perceived the creatures to be far uglier than any other creature. As a result of such fear, the mortals began to reject the goblins. Larger female goblins began to be called "hags" while they were in the Aboveground, and as they continued to visit young children to play with them, they were captured and tortured by the humans they'd trusted. These female goblins would then be hanged at the gallows or burned at the stake. Other much smaller female and male goblins encountered violence such as this from the humans as well, while larger male goblins were taken advantage of.

As the larger male goblins had become fascinated with certain animals of the Aboveground world, such as chickens, pigs, and cats, they had begun to trade with the humans for these creatures. For the animals they wanted, the goblins would trade goblin armor and Underground medicinal herbs with the humans. For a long time, the trades were sound. Then one day some humans declared that a group of goblins had stolen a pig without a fair trade. Since they had in fact traded a good deal of weaponry with said humans for the animal, the goblins retaliated when a demand was made by the mortals for the pig to be returned to the humans, and a fight began between the two groups. The fight ended with the death of the goblins by the same weapons they'd traded for the animal. Such shady deals continued between the two races, with some ending in the deaths of goblins and some in the deaths of the offending humans.

Soon, the Underground Fae protectors of the goblins began to cross over to the other side of the dimensional barrier between the two kingdoms and unleash their own magic in defense of their fellow Underground citizens. Some merely sought to cause boils to explode in horrible bunches on the humans' skins. Others sought far nastier means of retribution. One Fae woman in particular, Cressinda, began to turn the offending humans into whatever animals they claimed the goblins had "stolen". Still others began to murder the goblin-harming humans on sight. Over time, the Fae began to be called "warlocks" and "witches" by the mortals. Such Fae upon capture were sentenced to immediate death. Since they were unable to die at the stakes or gallows due to their powerful life sustaining energy streams, fear of the Fae spread further, and the conflict between them and the mortals was only heightened as the mystical beings retaliated with their own magical powers and energies against the mortal attacks.

In their own form of retaliation to the ill treatment of their fellow Underground creatures, the fairies and goblins began to unleash their own wrath upon the humans who they felt had betrayed them. The fairies took up a nasty habit of biting various human young ones and injecting them with venom that would leave the child severely ill for days. The superficial humans blamed the "ugly goblin monsters" instead of the "beautiful innocent fairies" for these attacks, and continued to persecute the goblins. As the persecution of their brethren reached new heights, the goblins began to fight back harder against the humans. Many goblins began to scare humans in woods and beat them with clubs. Other goblins began to hide under human made bridges to ambush unwary travelers.

Due to the intensity of the fighting occurring between the creatures of the Underground and the mortals of the Aboveground, it didn't take long before the Underground Fae council, which consisted of the King and various governors of his towns and cities, felt the need to intervene. The goblins' numbers had begun to drop considerably, and after a clear murder upon a goblin by a very imposing "Billy Goat Gruff" the Labyrinth itself demanded that the Fae council do something about the situation. If the council refused to act, the Labyrinth declared that it would turn on its Fae citizens and inevitably destroy them with its power. Due to their own heightened anger about the Aboveground fighting and this final demand by their beloved Labyrinth, the Fae council decided upon a unanimous decision: they would use their magic to strengthen the barrier between the Underground and the Aboveground, to the point where only elected officials of each town and the King and Queen themselves could move between the two kingdoms. And, naturally, that would also be the only way for any other creature to go to the Aboveground. Once this decision was finalized, the Goblin King called back all Fae and goblins and fairies from the Aboveground in a hasty retreat.

That night, once every creature that wasn't already dead had been accounted for, the council set about the five day task of strengthening the barrier between the two dimensions, severing their ties with the Aboveground. While stories of the Underground would still circulate in the Aboveground, such as the rules regarding how human children could be wished away to the dimension below, all further communication was halted in order for the Fae to properly protect their creatures and subjects.

The second disturbance was caused by the Angels of Arisolt and the Demons of the Netherworld, and would cause far greater damage to the Fae than the previous conflict had. As time passed, the Angels of Arisolt began to stop looking over the Fae Kingdoms beneath them, and instead looked down upon the Kingdoms. They began to scoff at the barbaric ways of Bosnia and frowned upon the beauty of Latvania, declaring that both attributes led to unnecessary violence and vanity, respectively. The Angels also looked with disdain upon the excessive battles between the brother and sister countries themselves. As for the Underground, they abhorred the idea that such a kingdom should have so much decided upon by a simple game and they often wrinkled their noses at the debauchery that some of the goblins engaged in. They viewed the Fae of the Underground in a negative light, as well. This was due to the way the Fae had handled things with the Aboveground and the fact that the Fae allowed such debauchery in their goblins. In this way, the Angels found something wrong with each and every Fae country. Along with critiquing the Fae, the Angels also built themselves up as mightier, higher creatures that should be respected by all others. The Angels did this while ignoring their own vices, in that they were certainly not strangers to excessive parties or adultery, and often spent hours preening themselves before vanity mirrors.

In a meeting in the company of the Bosnian King Tauros, the Latvanian Queen Geneva, and the Underground King Maltor (son of Jiront), the Angel Queen Cashlinda required all of the Fae kingdoms to recognize the Angels of Arisolt as superior beings and to offer up tributes of each Fae kingdom's own resources each month for the Angels to use. Geneva, the eldest of the group of Fae, was first to contradict the Angel Queen's request. The white haired queen declared that for many years, the Fae rulers had only ever interacted truly with the other members of their "pairs" among the six kingdoms, while recognizing the kingdoms outside of their pairs only when it was necessary. During that time, each land had set out to merely sustain itself, without encroaching upon the land or resources owned by the others. Meanwhile, the Angels had held true to what they were to do, which was to guard the Fae and the mortals against the Demons' lust for blood and power. During that time, all kingdoms had viewed each other as being on a level playing field. The Latvanian Queen went on to declare that that was how it should remain, and the agreement between the Fae rulers was unanimous. The Angel Queen accepted the Latvanian Queen's refusal and left the meeting, as did the other Fae rulers.

Upon returning to Arisolt, the angered Queen declared that no one was to offer aid to the Fae kingdoms any longer until they recognized the Angels as being of a higher authority. For a month, this order was recognized by all Angels with no Fae complaints. But just as the Fae were laying down to sleep one night, the Demons, who had up until that point kept to themselves in their volcanic kingdom, attacked with a land slide of forces, fire, and ash upon the Fae kingdoms of Latvania and Bosnia. Grabbing various Fae and wrenching them from their homes as the kingdoms' villages and towns burned to the ground, the Demons put them in weighted chains that prevented them from moving very much and then stuffed them into cages as the fiery monsters raided the lands. Once most of the lands were filled with flames, the demon forces moved on to quickly overtake the castles of the two kingdoms under the command of the Demon Lord that had remained in power over all the years: Demon Lord Adish. With his forces Adish ruthlessly burned and demolished the castles and the kingdoms for which the structures stood, sending the creatures that the Fae had once protected into hiding. As Latvania and Bosnia burned to the ground, the Demonic forces moved on to the last of the Fae kingdoms: the Underground. As they had done with the previous two Fae kingdoms, they raided the kingdom, cackling as they ripped women from their children and husbands from their wives and destroyed crops and farmland and mills and towns, sending the other creatures there to their deaths or into hiding. Then, with the force of the entire Demon army, Adish slammed hard against the tall castle of the Underground. A loud shriek was sent up from the Labyrinth as the top half of its castle was turned to rubble before the building began to crumble to the ground.

Cackling and roaring with pride, his yellow eyes gleaming in the light of the fire that reached up for the dark night sky with its flaming fingers as the castle burned, Adish ordered over the shrieks of the trapped Fae inside the burning structure that the entire Labyrinth was to be thoroughly demolished, so that no stone was left on top of another. As his army set about fulfilling that order, sending the goblins underground and into hiding and consuming every human they could find by pushing the shrieking mortals through their bloody fangs, Adish and those in his direct company raided the rubble of the castle, pulling the greatly injured King and Queen from the remains of their beloved home, along with the rest of the entire royal family. Once all Fae were locked in cages, the Demon Lord stood and drank in the sight of the lands of Underground, Latvania, and Bosnia blazing before him. With a triumphant smile Adish then turned his back to the lands, and with the dragons of his land carrying the massive cages full of the frightened Fae captives, the Demon Lord headed back to his volcano.

The next morning, all of the surviving Fae were forced to stand upon a great stone platform within the Netherworld that was suspended miles above the lava base of the volcano. The platform was held in place by long stone pathways that stretched out from it to grasp onto the inner walls of the volcano, keeping the structure and those on it away from the fiery lake below. Before them was the great Adish on his massive throne which was carved in such a way that it appeared to be made of Fae faces shrieking in mindless agony. As the Fae nervously turned their heads, gazing around at the awful place in which they now found themselves, Demon guards and Fire Scorpions stood on guard. Firm black manacles and shackles were upon each Fae's wrists and ankles, made of the same chains that had bound them before as they'd watched their lands burn. With a wave of Adish's massive clawed right hand, the three major Fae rulers of the conquered lands were grabbed by some of the Demons and forced to stand before him at the front of the crowd of Fae, representing the Fae of their own respective countries which stood cowering behind their Kings and Queen. The rulers themselves trembled and shook, having been greatly beaten upon by the Demon guards upon arrival to the Netherworld. Every Fae was silent as they waited for the Demon Lord to speak. When he did, it rumbled throughout the volcano, hurting every Fae ear.

After declaring victory over the Fae and informing them that they were now his prisoners, he declared that the children would be separated from their parents and sent deep into the volcano to mine for molten rock. Once the wails of the mothers and fathers had died down, he continued to declare that all of the adult Fae would remain on the top rims of the volcanic kingdom, constantly in chains or in cells, and would spend the rest of their days using the rock their children would find to make armor for the Demons, in that he planned to attack Arisolt next. Then, he ordered each ruler to be moved closer to the throne. Turning each around to face the frightened eyes of their subjects, he declared to all present that their beloved rulers had failed to protect the Fae they had charged themselves with. As the rulers hung their heads in shame, the Demon lord attacked with his viper tail, latching hard onto each Fae ruler's back one at a time, forcing the ruler to cry out as his or her power was greatly drained by the Demon. Once he was finished with each one, Adish would release the ruler, removing their manacles, and the weakened Fae would collapse onto the ground, only to be dragged away by Demon guards. Once the three Fae rulers had been dragged away, the Demon Lord proceeded to drain the power of every other Fae present.

From that point on, 400 years of darkness fell over the Fae race. On the top four rims of the Volcano were tiny cells that were only long enough for five Fae to stand in from front to back and only wide enough for three Fae to stand in from side to side. The ceilings were only tall enough to allow the Fae to stand. It was within these cells that the Fae were kept behind iron bars each night before waiting to go out and be chained together to work on the black armor the next day on the stone ledge just outside their cell. The Fae were housed in such a way that no Bosnian was kept beside another Bosnian, no Latvanian beside another Latvanian, and no Underground Fae beside other Underground Fae. Furthermore, no Fae was allowed to speak out of turn, much less to one another. Each Fae was given a brown shirt and pair of pants to wear. None were given shoes. And so, each day the Fae would walk emptily from their cells to the guards outside, sit down, and work tiredly on the piece of stone or metal set before them, asking no questions, feeling the super-hot stone beneath their feet. Sweat would pour down their backs and their bodies would beg for rest or just a drop of precious water to cool their dry, swollen tongues, but they were forbidden from asking for anything and so they pressed on, their bodies sustaining them day by day in the hell that became their life. Any time a Fae rebelled, a fire scorpion was nearby, and it would pierce the Fae repeatedly with its tail. Then, as the Fae prisoner writhed and whimpered on the hot stone ground, the guard near the rebellious being would declare that the quota for what the Fae prisoners as a whole were required to create was to be doubled. If the Fae prisoners ever failed to meet any quotas set by the guards, even if they worked through the night, each Fae was struck hard by the scorpions three times in the back, leaving them curled up and whimpering as the venom pierced through their body before they were dragged back to the armor to continue their work.

The children had it no better, if not worse. Deeper down in the volcano, the weaker Fae often suffocated on the ash and heat. Because of this, the poor creatures dropped like flies every day to the horror of their mothers. Over time, there were in fact no more children to work below, and younger adult Fae were dragged down from the four upper levels to continue the work the youngest Fae had left unfinished. For sustenance, the Fae were allowed enough water to keep them alive, but had to depend on scraps from their Demon guards for anything else. To only add to their already drained state, with each piece of armor they made it became clearer and clearer to the Fae that the Demon Lord hadn't just wanted to conquer the Fae in order to declare dominance or have a constant labor force because of their virtually immortal bodies. With each piece of armor they made, they felt their magic draining from them and going into the metal and stone to power the piece they were working on. Due to the severity of the situation, the Fae ironically forged a new bond, because as their pain continued all ideas of being of Bosnian, Latvanian, and Underground descent were cast aside. They were all equals. All of the Fae were prisoners in the Demon world.

It was during an afternoon of the draining work that the former Underground King Maltor's hand slipped as he was hammering out a sword. As the Fae male stared in disbelief, the tip of the sword broke off. As it clattered to the ground, he had an idea. After his guards had had a scorpion lash at his back five times, he was led to a platform similar to the one the Fae had stood on upon arrival to the Netherworld that was held up by pathways jutting out from the inner sides of the volcano just as the one before had been. This platform had a giant hole in the center of it, and Maltor was to drop the broken pieces of the weapon down into the lake of lava below. As he gazed at the pit beneath him, he caused himself to trip on the chain of his shackles, tossing the tip of the sword and a massive black rock he quickly found on the platform down to the lava. Then the former King hoped against all hope that the guards would buy it as him dropping the handle as well, and tucked the metal handle beneath his shirt, shielding his actions by having his back turned to the Demons. To his relief, the guards did fall for it, and led him back to his cell, it being time to quit for the day. While there, Maltor set to work with his plan. Taking the sword handle and beginning to use it as a shovel to dig into the rock of his cell wall, the former Fae King began to try desperately to form a hole between his cell and the cell to his left. Once morning came, he hid the handle within the small dent he'd made, covering it with chunks of rock that had come out as a result of his digging.

Night after night, he continued to chisel away at his forming hole. Finally, he broke through to the Bosnian woman on the other side of his cell wall. He asked her to break the shield he knew she would be working on the next day and explained the way to hide the metal from the guards as he had done when he'd been ordered to drop his own through the opening on the platform. He then asked for her to use that metal at night to dig through to the cell on her left, describing how he was able to hide what he was doing from his own guards in the hopes that she would do the same. When the Bosnian woman had whispered worries about getting punished for breaking the metal and then punished more if she was caught digging through the wall, Maltor pleaded with her to do as he asked, declaring that he was in fact forming a plan. He declared that if the plan worked, then the Fae would be able to communicate with one another. Once they were able to do that, he said, all of the Fae prisoners could revolt and break free from their Demon captors.

In the hopes that his plan would work, the Bosnian woman agreed to do as he asked, and on the next day broke her shield to begin digging through to the next cell. Overjoyed, Maltor turned his attention to the cell on his right, and after the Latvanian male on that side of him agreed to do as he asked, the prisoners on the other sides of the Bosnian woman and Latvanian male continued the creation of communication holes. When he thought that everyone on that level of the volcano, which was the upper most level, had holes of communication between one another, Maltor put the system they'd created to the test. He uttered a simple word that all of the Fae would understand through his right hole: "Freedom". The word floated along the long line of prison cells, until finally the Bosnian woman to his left murmured the word to him. Although all of the Fae on that level were in silent celebration of the fact that they now could communicate with one another, they knew that there was still plenty of work that had to still be done. Without delay each began to dig down through their cell floors into the ceilings of the Fae cells below, using their metal "shovels" as rafters between their cells and those beneath them to hold rocks in place during the day in order hide what they were doing from the Demon guards. Once Maltor and the other Fae prisoners on the upper level had broken through to the level beneath them, the Fae below them then went through the same process of forming communication holes as their brethren had above. As the communication networks were formed in the level beneath them, the Fae on the upper level set about continuing to periodically break the metal pieces they worked on and hid the pieces of the metal under their clothes. Once back in their cells, they would dig more holes in the walls and floor to hide the precious pieces of armor and weaponry, building up the resources that the Fae prisoners had for the upcoming revolt, while keeping enough stone in the walls and floors to prevent the stone from collapsing. As each level finished with the part of the communication system that they were responsible for, they likewise began to stow away pieces of metal.

Such work continued for five years until finally all Fae had a way of secretly communicating and also had a good amount of armor and weaponry for their use, with the lower levels receiving armor and weaponry from the Fae above. For the next year, they all continued to break more and more objects and hide them under their clothes, until each Fae had a sufficient amount of pieces of armor to protect themselves with and weapons to attack their captors with. The Fae accomplished this through the prisoners trading between their cells to provide for each member. Once each Fae had communicated that they were ready for combat, Maltor requested that they all take the night off from their efforts as a time for rest before the battle that would occur the morning after the next night. Each Fae honored his request.

During the 406th year of their enslavement, when the Demons opened their cell doors, the Fae prisoners were ready. Turning to their captors and mustering up all of their remaining strength, the Fae attacked head on, driving back their Demon oppressors, slashing off heads and spearing through cold hearts, effectively killing their guards. With that having been done, they continued to battle the scorpions and dragons. Despite losing many Fae in the process, Maltor and his fellow rebels fought long and hard against reinforcements as they were brought in, working their way down to Adish's castle. Upon reaching the bottom level, a section of the Fae force set out from the main group of rebels and freed the younger Fae that were held prisoner on that level as Maltor, Geneva, and Tauros all led a large wave of Fae fighters into the Demon Lord's palace, taking out Demon after Demon that got in their way, until they reached Adish's throne room, where they instantly cornered him.

The Demon Lord tried to swipe out with his tail and attack, but he only latched onto the metal on Tauros's front. The fangs sank deep into the metal and were instantly stuck there, and the Demon grunted, his tail trying hard to recoil from the Fae, jerking on the armor in vain. Seeing this as an opportunity for them to attack him, Adish took up his massive Axe and began to swing it about, trying to take out the three rebel leaders. Geneva immediately attacked the Demon's axe and held it off from the other two, as Maltor easily sliced off the tail's head. With that threat to the Fae gone, the three continued to attack the Demon Lord, letting all of the anger they felt towards their captor fuel their strokes until finally, they were able to slash off Adish's head with his own axe, watching as the dead Demon Lord fell to the ground. At that moment, the battle was won, and their freedom was returned to them.

Rather than rule over the Netherworld, the Fae leaders appointed a new Demon ruler, Adish's smallest son Kane, to the Netherworld throne, and demanded that he agree with their terms. For 50 days, the four leaders set about drawing up laws to govern the Netherworld and the Fae Kingdoms. It was declared that Geneva's female descendants would mark the royal line of Latvania, each preferably with a King. It was decided that in contrast with that and keeping to the idea of balancing Latvania out, all of Tauros's male descendants would battle it out for the Bosnian throne. Finally, all of Maltor's first born male descendants would be required to become King of his own land, the Underground. Rules and regulations regarding the conquering of land and subjects from other Kingdoms were also agreed upon. It was agreed that the only way for any Kingdom to gain another's land ever again would be through a "claiming battle" and the challenge for such a battle would have to be declared a day in advance to give the threatened land time to prepare to fight with honor. All other unannounced battles would not be potential instances for land grabbing or subject enslavement, and if they were to ensue at proportions akin to that of war, the other Kingdoms were required to send to the victimized Kingdom a minimum of three legions of each Kingdom's soldiers to aid in combat. Once the final plans were drawn up for such things, the three Fae rulers sat on the edge off the rim of the Volcano with Kane, who was much like Adish in form besides the fact that his tail had been docked off by the Fae rulers for compensation for their hardships. Such a docking of the tails of the Demon Lord's line of descendants also became a guideline for the Netherworld to follow. Once that was decided, the four rulers demanded an immediate meeting with the current Queen of the Angels, Valadanna.

Upon the Angel Queen's arrival, the three Fae rulers expressed anger at the lack of Angel adherence to their vowed mission to protect the Fae from the Demons. Valadanna declared that she understood the Fae's resentment to the Angel race and revealed to all present the reason that the Angels had revoked such protection so long ago. She further declared that any part that the Angels had had in causing the enslavement of the Fae kingdoms was brought about by the Fae race's own stubbornness and ignorance against Angel supremacy. The Fae leaders rebuked the Angel immediately, declaring that whether they were "stubborn" or not, that was no reason for the Angels to allow the Demons to get out of hand. They declared that for compensation of the damage it had caused to both the Fae and the Demons alike, the Angels must sign along with the four other rulers the document they'd created to dictate the rules that the Kingdoms were to follow henceforth. The Angels consented, and a new guideline was created.

This guideline stated that once every 100 years, the standing rulers of each Kingdom would meet without violence at the Goblin Castle of the Underground for a week long series of meetings during which time any old business would be settled and any new business could be brought up by any of the rulers to be decided upon. The Goblin Castle was chosen for two reasons. The first was that Maltor himself, the Underground Fae King, had in fact led the rebellion against the Demons. The second was that since the Goblin Castle was in fact a part of the living Labyrinth, if any plans for conspiracy against any other Kingdom were talked about within its walls, it could alert the royals as a whole immediately. The Angels and Demons at first abhorred this fact, in that since the Labyrinth was to serve the standing Underground King, it would only announce conspiracies whose revelation would benefit the Underground King himself. So another part of the document was added. This part stated that for the weeks during which the meetings would take place, the Labyrinth would remain unbiased in terms of which Royal it preferred concerning this task. It was further inscribed upon the parchment of the contract that any other meetings held between rulers during the 100 year wait between the weeklong meetings in the Underground would be considered unimportant in comparison, and any promises or statements made in such meetings could be overruled by anything stated or decided upon in the 100 year meetings. While the requirement that the Angels were to protect the Fae Kingdoms from the Demons was terminated, it was also inscribed that the Angels were to not intentionally cause harm to befall the Fae races. With that part of the contract written, each ruler signed the parchment, and it was magically multiplied four times by Maltor so that each ruler could have a copy to remind themselves of their responsibilities. With that, the Fae took each of their respective remaining populace and left the volcano behind them to return to their homes of ruin.

The vegetation and landscapes of the kingdoms were still as black and charred as the Demons had left them, and the bodies of the creatures who had not survived the attack by the Demons lay as bleached skeletons on the ground, twisted as their hosts had been in their final moments of agony. The castles and villages lay in ruin, and each Kingdom emitted an air of loneliness and despair. Upon walking to where the entrance to the Labyrinth had once been, Maltor himself heard the once great structure whining sadly upon his return, its stones displaced and littered in at least a one hundred mile radius all around the structure. Such things made the victory the Fae had gained seem hollow upon impact. But still, it was a victory, and the Fae made a vow to their people and the land they'd been forced from that they would rebuild their beloved kingdoms until they not only stood with the same glory of which they once had boasted, but that they would stand with an even greater glory. And so, the Fae began to rebuild their kingdoms, with the Latvanian and Bosnian rulers leading the rebuilding themselves of their torn apart castles and Maltor working with the Labyrinth to rebuild its many walls and the Goblin Castle it surrounded.

As the Fae rebuilt their villages and buildings and castles, the land itself began to thrive once more on their energy, and trees began to grow up from the ground with their shining green leaves and fruit. As their homes and food sources were restored, the creatures of the lands began to come out of hiding to aid the Fae in the rebuilding of their homes. Finally, after 200 years of rebuilding, the buildings once again stood tall, villages once more were thriving, and goblins and other creatures alike were running wildly and happily around the Labyrinth they loved, as the structure itself once again happily wove its pathways about in a frivolous manner. The Underground was not alone in such enjoyment, in that the creatures of Latvania and even Bosnia also erupted in joy and festivities. Meetings amongst the other royals came and went with no changes made to the original guidelines set up by the Fae.

Physical changes to the landscape were not all that time brought to the Kingdoms. As time passed on, new Fae were born into the royal lines, and as the standing rulers would see fit, new rulers were inducted to lead their kingdoms and uphold their bylaws. The royal lines went on as follows for 3,000 years following the end of the Demon enslavement:

In the Netherworld, Demon Lord Kane reigned for 900 additional years before passing on the throne to his son Jiros. Demon Lord Jiros then reigned for 1,000 years before passing the throne over to his own son, Trojant. Demon Lord Trojant has reigned over the Netherworld for 1,100 years up to the beginning of our tale. All of the Demon Lords and their populace remained in their volcano in an effort to build up their own honor between themselves and the Fae once more, with the rulers only leaving for hte100 year meetings.

In Arisolt, Queen Valadanna reigned until her death for 1,300 years, unwilling to pass on the throne to a successor before she died. Upon her death, her first born daughter, Queen Lotta gained the throne. Queen Lotta ruled for 800 years and then chose out of her children Queen Vatania to pass the throne to. Queen Vatania ruled the Kingdom of Arisolt for 900 years up until our story's beginning. During that time, the Angels, like the Demons, kept to themselves, neither helping nor hindering the Fae races.

In Bosnia, the great king Tauros reigned for 200 additional years after the Demon enslavement, giving his throne to his son, King Thor. After reigning for 600 years, Thor then gave his throne to his son, King Fearghus. After reigning for 500 years, King Fearghus gave the throne to his son, King Farrell. King Farrell would then reign for 700 years before giving the throne to his son, King Liam. After reigning for 300 years until his death in a small squabble with Underground Fae, King Liam's throne was passed on to his son King Leon, who reigned until the beginning of our story. All of the Bosnian Kings were known not only for their barbaric nature, but also for their unquestionable strength in battle.

In Latvania, the majestic Queen Geneva reigned for an additional 300 years before passing on the throne to her daughter, Queen Adora. Queen Adora then ruled Latvania for 700 years, before passing on the throne to her daughter, Queen Avania. Queen Avania reigned for 600 years before passing on the throne to her daughter, Queen Armina. Queen Armina then reigned for 500 years before passing on the throne to her daughter, Queen Aryanna. Queen Aryanna ruled over Latvania for 895 years until her death. Since her daughter Princess Arissa was deemed unfit at the time to acquire the throne, the royals of each Fae land met immediately after the Queen's funeral and agreed that it would be in everyone's best interest if Aryanna's husband, King Azul, ruled Latvania until Arissa was deemed ready by the Latvanian council of Fae representatives to become Queen. King Azul ruled over Latvania for 5 years up until the beginning of our story. All of the Fae Queens of the Latvanian line were known for their beauty, exhibiting the white skin, white hair, and deep blue eyes of their ancestor, Queen Mirabella.

In the Underground, King Maltor reigned for 400 additional years before passing on the throne to his son, King Vitar. King Vitar reigned for 500 years before passing on the throne to his son, King Jude. King Jude reigned for 600 years before passing the throne down to his son, King Malfor. King Malfor reigned for a total of 1,190 years over the Underground. During that time, he had a son, named Prince Malfior in honor of his father. Prince Malfior later had a son named Prince Jareth while Malfor still sat on the throne. Malfior, although being wise and ready to become king, was unfortunately murdered by a Bosnian warrior in a skirmish between the two kingdoms. Since Prince Jareth, who was 16 at the time, was not ready to become King, King Malfor continued to reign until he gave Jareth the throne. King Jareth reigned over the Underground for 310 years up until the beginning of our story. During that time, the Underground flourished, and Jareth, in sharp contrast to all Underground Kings before him, became the first King to venture to the Aboveground world after the dimensional barrier was strengthened due to the previous conflict with the mortals. There, he was captivated by a young mortal woman, Sarah Williams, who he would later challenge to run the Labyrinth to save her baby brother who she had wished away to him. After winning the challenge, Sarah returned to the Aboveground, and the King vowed to never return to the land of the mortals again.

A/N: Okay, so how was that? I hope you liked it! ;)

Now, as I said before and mentioned at the end of the chapter, the actual story following this prologue is to take place AFTER the events of the movie. Basically, this is what happens after Sarah defeats the Labyrinth in the movie that goes by the title "Labyrinth". So, if you don't remember the events of the movie, I highly suggest that you watch it before reading the next chapter of the story. (I in fact watched it five times as I prepared to write this story down and again just before I posted this chapter). It's not that every detail of hte movie is needed to understand this story. I just recommend doing this in order to get the best enjoyment one can from reading this fanfiction. After all, this is fanfiction that is related to the Labyrinth fan-base, is it not? :)

So, anyway, please REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW! I love it when people review my work. It not only encourages me, but it also provides me with some critique that will aid me as a writer! ;)