I didn't need to worry about passing him on my way out. He was off doing what he does.
The warm May sun hit me like a wave as I walked into the small, half dead garden. As I laid down on the bench, I looked up in the direction of my room. What I found there made me smack my palm against my forehead.
What was I doing down here when I could be up on my balcony? I had my very own, much prettier garden up there where the smells from the Bog of Eternal Stench couldn't reach me.
As I stalked back up to my room, I realized that Elyse had been completely alone for the past two days.
How could I be so irresponsible?! That's when I knocked on her door.
No response.
As I turned the knob, my heart jumped into my throat. What if... But no; I mustn't think that.
Sure enough, the room was empty.
I was such a horrible sister. Fighting the rising lump in my throat, I ran for the Goblin City.
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The city was deathlly silent. You could hear the wings of the faeries humming softly in the distance. A small cloud of dust blew across the path, but that was the only movement for miles. My panic rose as I turned slowly in a circle. Nowhere in sight. That's when I realized that I'd have to go door to door, facing all the goblins, all of which gave me the heebie jeebies.
But what choice did I have?
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As the World Falls Down
FanfictionWhen Jareth whisks Lauren away from everything she's ever known, she has to figure out not how to solve the labyrinth, but who he really is behind the stories she's read her whole life. What she finds will change her life forever.
