Absolute Lies

Chapter 10: A Storm was coming

The boy looked around, his dark eyes scanning the beautiful room that somehow reminded him of a cathedral. The columns reached up towards a ceiling that never seemed to come, and the room was golden and warm, until his feet touched the ground. It was like a wave took off from his feet and the golden light turned gray and the warmth turned into ice. The floor began to crack and the walls began to fall, the columns crumble.

From behind one of the columns the beautiful girl he had danced with emerged, looking almost broken but not quite shattered. Her hair was running wild behind her head, the ridiculously strong wind rushing around them. It was like there was a storm coming.

It was going to be a bad one.

"Say your right words." Mina said quietly, so quietly the wind almost stole the small phrase away before he could hear it.

"Answer my question first."

This made Mina look up and make eye contact with him, she answered with a brief nod.

"Was it all a lie?" he asked, his voice loud over the wind.

Her eyes narrowed in what he took as confusion.

"Was any of it real!?"

The air grew very still and everything became silent.

"The Labyrinth is full of turns, of tricks. It is a mind game."

"Are you?"

"I am a part of the Labyrinth."

"So this is all a sick mind fuck?"

Mina lowered her eyes, "Say your right words." She repeated before she lifted her hand and revealed the old Grandfather Clock, "You are running out of time."

He glanced at the clock, "Through dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child of which you have stolen."

Mina lifted her hand and a crystal, a bit darker than normal appeared, "I can give you everything you've ever wanted. All your wishes, your dreams, all yours. Look into the crystal, see how generous I can be."

"You…"

"Please."

"You have-"Mina closed her eyes, the wind began to pick back up, "No power over me!" he yelled over the wind and rain began to fall.

Mina opened her eyes as the crystal shattered in her palm, cutting her hand generously, as a tear rolled down her cheek. She crumpled to the ground, hand over her heart as the rest of the room began to crumble and shatter and the boy vanished slowly.

Mina's world spun for a moment and she was back on her bed, weeping to her hearts content.

Scamper scuttled over to her and gently began stroking strands of her hair away from her face. He tried to keep her face dry of tears muttering how much he hated to see his highness cry, but they came to fast. So finally he resided to sit down beside her cheek and cuddle against her, offering his small comfort.

"I don't even know his name." she whispered, "And he's completely broken me in two."

The wind outside howled, the storm in full force. The creatures of the Labyrinth took cover where they could. The King and Queen in the Main City glanced out their windows at the clouds raging on the horizon, the Queen hung her head. The pixie queen, Mina's aunt, looked up suddenly, feeling the storms drawing near, she too closed her eyes and hung her head. Joker and Gryphon looked up at the rain, and glanced at each other. Those related to the Princess all felt the surges of pain in their hearts. Sarah lifted her head and closed her eyes, feeling the pain two fold. The storm outside grew stronger as a man, a proud man with wild hair and majestic eyes, with everything he could ever want, broke down and cried for the lost innocence of his dearest daughter. Things would never be the same again. The flowers beside Mina's bed began to wilt, and Mina let out a tortured wail that confirmed the fears of the land.

The impossible had been done; Mina had been broken.