Epilogue

One year later….

A house in a small neighborhood glowed on the darkened street, lights pouring from the main rooms across the yard, illuminating the several cars parked out front. The guests had arrived long ago for the party at this address, the light in the main hall turned off for some time now and the coats still hanging on the rack, long forgotten and not being donned anytime soon.

Laughter and sounds of happy talk floated from the dining room to the main hall and through most of the house. Light spilled across the floor until the shadows swallowed it up. A table could be seen partially from the main hall, where many guests crowded around, sitting and standing in no semblance of an order to congratulate the happy, newly engaged couple.

Next to the coats in the hall, hung a large mirror. And in the reflection was one uninvited guest. But this guest was not present in the house. No, she was solely reflected from the mirror.

She glanced from side to side, finding light and hearing sound from her right, turning to look as much as the mirror would allow her to. She finally found what she was obviously looking for as she smiled briefly at the happy couple as well.

And while no one knew of her existence, she remembered. It was hard to think that no one Aboveground would ever know her of care. She was happy that those she loved were happy, and she had traded this place for the love of the Underground. It was a fair trade. She smiled again. She no longer needed to worry; she was free to forget, just as he had done a year ago.

Another uninvited guest appeared next to her, and she silently looked up over her shoulder and smiled at this new addition to the mirror. The man with the matching necklace that she wore smiled back and placed his arms around her loosely. Then as quietly as they had come, they both disappeared, leaving the mirror to reflect the contents of the house once more, the guests none-the-wiser to the magic that had just occurred. They were focused on a different kind of magic: love. The same magic that had finally found the two that had watched silently from the mirror.

-Fín-

AN: Once again, thank you all for reading! I am contemplating a short, unrelated Labyrinth fic and possibly a full-length sequel to this. No promises, but keep an eye out for any of my new Labyrinth stories. Thank you for all the kind reviews and favorites!