Okay, here goes nothing. I'm sorry if I haven't replied to any of your reviews, because FanFiction has not been sending me e-mail alerts lately and it's really getting on my nerves. You have no idea how many hours I've put into planning this story in the past week. I bet you do know, however, that I don't own Harry Potter or Labyrinth.
"Damn them and those wooden crystals," Jareth thought as he paced his royal throne room, kicking any goblin that dared cross his path. "How can I prevent them from getting that wretched man?"
"Your honor?" questioned a young woman, bearing an uncanny resemblance to Bellatrix LeStrange. "Your honor?" the resident nurse asked louder.
"Oh, what?" the fae answered a question with a question.
There was a reason she was the only woman there. The only human with a permanent residence, (Other than Sirius) infact. She was intelligent. And highly perceptive, so she knew everything that went on. "Why don't you remove this man from the castle, so when those two get her, he's not here to be rescued."
Any wizard that would've been there would've sworn it was Bellatrix Black nee LeStrange discussing battle plans with Lucius Malfoy.
"I can't believe he kicked me out of the castle!" Sirius though as he walked on. "I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind when I get back, royalty or not."
"'Ello!" A voice called, interrupting his thoughts. Sirius turned around and a little blue worm caught his eye.
"Did you just say hello?" Sirius asked feeling stupid talking to a worm/
"No, I said 'ello! But that's close enough." 'Whatever funkies your monkey, I guess.'
"You're a worm, aren't you?" He asked skeptically, one eye-brow raised.
"Yeah! Tha's right" 'Merlin, this thing talks as bad as Hagrid. If it weren't for the size you would swear they were related.'
Sirius rolled his eyes at his last thought. "You don't, by any chance," he looked up at the orange tinted sky, "know your way through this labyrinth, do you?"
The man looked hopeful until the worm uttered his next phrase; "Nah, I'm just a worm."
"Oh," came the grey-eyed man's intelligent reply.
"Come inside, meet the Mrs.!" The worm said to cheerfully for... whatever time it was. You lose track in this place.
"No thank you," Sirius said, trying to be polite, hoping it would get him somewhere (preferably the castle). "I'm sorry," he added at the worm's forlorn look, "I just have to solve this labyrinth but there aren't any turns, or openings, or anything; it just goes on and on!" he finished, frustrated.
The worm brightened, "Well you ain't lookin' right!" He said enthusiastically, , "It's full of openings, it's just you ain't seein' 'em!"
"Where are they," Sirius inquired as he too, brightened.
"Well there's on just across there," he motioned behind Sirius as best as he could, "right in frnt of ya!"
Sirius turned around and saw brick wall. 'What's he on?' he thought to himself. "No there isn't," Sirius stared utterly confused.
"Come inside," Mr. Worm said softly, "have a nice cup of tea."
"But there isn't an opening!" Sirius shouted, ignoring the little creature's attempt to change the topic.
"Of course there is!" He said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "You try walking through it. Go on, go on!"
"But it's just. A. Wall." Sirius tried to contain his anger.
"Things aren't always what they seem in this place, so you can't take anything for granted," The worm spoke with wisdom beyond his size.
Sirius rolled his eyes (again), huffed, and turned around. He put his hands out and began to step forward, as if imitating a zombie. Shock crossed his face and a blush covered his cheeks as he discovered there was, in fact, an opening. 'Maybe the worm's not high after all' he thought as he turned to face the little blue creature once again.
"Mr. Worm," he started awkwardly and cleared his throat, "thank you that was incredibly helpful." The worm nodded in acknowledgement and Sirius turned to go forward once more. He decided to turn left.
"Don't go that way!" Mr. Worm's voice called urgently, "Never go that way!" he finished exasperated.
"Why not?" Sirius asked, equally exasperated.
The worm tutted and shook his head, "If you'd have gone that way, you would've been sent straight to that castle!"
"That's what I want you ridiculous worm!" Sirius called back to where the worm was, continuing left. 'Maybe he was high after all…' Sirius thought as he walked straight to the castle.
**Back to Regulus and Hermione** (Hermione's POV)
"Cozy, isn't it?" Regulus asked me as we stepped into a narrow hallway. We were face to face, and practicly chest to chest. I side stepped and started heading to the left. "I take it you want to go left?" Regulus question as he followed me. I nodded.
We kept walking for a while. I noticed that it looked like someone sprayed glitter everywhere. I also noticed how tree roots protruded from the ground, despite the fact there were no trees around. But there was moss. Lots of it, too. That had eyes that seemed to follow you. 'Hold the phone…' I stopped short and did a double take. I squatted down to look at it better. Regulus noticed what I was looking at and blinked.
"Well you don't see that in Hogwarts' green-houses, eh?" I voiced.
"Not in my days," Regulus responded reminding me that we were from different times.
"Well, well, three 'umans in one day… that sure is new!" Came a little voice next to the moss we were studying.
"Reg, look at this! Hello!" I greeted the little blue worm.
"'Ello you two!" he responded cheerfully and Regulus nodded. "'Bout time we had a couple 'round 'ere!" I blushed and noticed Regulus did the same.
"Oh, we're not together," he said bashfully, looking down.
"Oh well," he said, disappointed, "I take it you two are lookin' for a child, eh?"
"No, actually we're-"
"Come inside, meet the Mrs.!" He exclaimed.
I frowned at being cut off and Regulus just snickered. I elbowed him and he shut up. "No thank you," I replied politely, "We're just trying to solve this Labyrinth. Do you think you could,-"
"Turn 'round, walk forward, then take a right," The worm cut me off again!
"Help…us," I finished weakly. I shook my head.
"Thank you," Reg and I said as we turned around.
Reg? Since when do I call him Reg? 'Since you fancy him' a voice like Pansy Parkinson's floated in my head. 'Nonsense' I brushed it off.
"Oh, that's helpful!" Regulus exclaimed as we neared a sign-post which pointed in several directions. I rolled my eyes. "What?" He asked at my eye roll.
I sighed and shook my head. "Men," I said and walked off.
"Women," I heard him mutter as he walked to catch up to me.
"I heard that, Black!" I called back to him. I heard him groan. I smirked.
I sighed as I looked at the door guards in front of us. The one on the left was red, with Peter Pettigrew's head on top, while the one on the right was blue with Remus Lupin's head on top.
"Where would you guys take us if we went through your doors?" I questioned, focusing on Remus.
"One of us leads to the castle at the center of the Labyrinth," Pettigrew began.
"And the other leads to-" Remus continued, with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"Ba-ba-ba-boom!" Pettigrew interjected, in a sing-song voice.
"Certain Death!" Remus finished dramatically.
"Which one is which?" I questioned, feeling Regulus' foot tapping a couple inches from mine.
"We can't tell you," Remus answered mysteriously.
"Why not?" Regulus asked, his 'pure-blood-prat' side shining through.
"We don't know," The werewolf grimaced.
"But they do!" the rat squeaked matter-of-factly, pointing down towards the other two heads.
"Oh, then we'll ask them
Remus and Pettigrew's heads disappeared, much to my confusion. Much to my relief, two new heads took their place. One was James Potter (Harry's resemblance to him was uncanny) in place of Pettigrew's and the other was Lily Evans nee Potter (Who truly was beautiful).
"No, you can't ask us," James' raven-haired head said, confusing both myself and the younger Black brother beside me.
Again, sorry for the wait, Just so you know, this was seven pages written out. Now I'm off to get something for my sore throat. Oh, the joys of an upper respitory infection.