The Cullen's: "This place is impossible! We've been walking for ages!" Alice whined, tripping once more on a stray branch. Jasper caught her before she fell face first into the ground again.

"Yes, we know Alice. You already said that fifty times already." Rosalie rolled her eyes, snuggling under Emmett's warm arm. She might have never liked Bella but right now, she couldn't be happier that the girl appeared in their life to give them this experience. Even if they were wasting their precious human moments, walking around this humongous maze. Jacob snorted from his place in the back on the group. Alice glared at them and snatched her arm away from her husband in frustration.

"We're getting nowhere! We've been walking around in circles and there are these weird eyes everywhere and this place is just creepy! We should just cut our losses and leave!" She complained.

"Not till we get Bella and her father back! Who knows what those fiends are doing to my precious Bella." Edward said swiftly, glaring at his sister. Alice huffed and crossed her arms. They walked quietly for a few moments before soft laughter rang from above their heads and they looked up to see the blonde from before, laying on the wall above them.

"Well, that didn't take long. How quickly you admit your defeat." She teased and rolled off the top of the wall to land gracefully on her feet. She walked over to Alice and booped her nose.

"How disappointing. You guys aren't that much fun. One must question your dedication to the poor girl." She tutted before twirling away, her dress flaring gracefully out. "After all, you have already wasted 3 out of the 13 hours without even getting into the real heart of the labyrinth. You guys need to take notes from that wrench, Sarah. She already had gotten to the brownies by now." She sighed. She held her chin in her hand as she looked over the group of misfits who all eyed her with various degrees of distrust.

"Since I'm feeling so generous, I think I may cut you a deal but only to make things more interesting. I can lead you halfway to the castle but once I do, every two hours that go by, I get to take one of you. Gives the rest of you some more motivation and increases my amusement. Or you can continue stumbling around, never making any real progress as your time just dwindles down till the thirteenth-hour strikes and you lose completely and are stuck here forever. I might even turn you into goblins if you're lucky!" She offered with her eyes glinting. Her lips turned up into a smirk as they looked at each other, lost for what to do.

"Tick tock, boys and girls. My offer is limited time only." She sang. As the family (plus Jacob) huddled up, she pulled out a crystal from mid-air. She cleared her throat to gather their attention and threw the crystal into the air.

"Consider this extra motivation; just in case you forgot why you were here." She taunted as the crystal rippled and started to project the illusion of the Bella they knew, sobbing in a corner as Charlie was trying to break down the dungeon door. She allowed it to continue for a few more moments before the projection rippled again and faded away. She giggled at the angry look Edward and Jacob shared and placed her fingers on her lips. Waggling her eyebrows at the boys, Izzy leaned against the wall, idly stroking the eye lichen. Edward's voice raised as he argued with Alice. She didn't want to risk losing anyone else but Edward was so adamant on saving his lady love at any cost. How boringly noble. The blonde let them argue for a couple more minutes before groaning loudly.

"Shut up! You have 5 seconds to tell me about your decision before I disappear for good and leave you on your own!" She snapped before raising her hand and slowly counted down on her fingers. When she got to two, Edward lunged forward.

"We'll take the deal!" He yelled and Alice screeched in frustration but it was too late. Izzy smiled in smug satisfaction and snapped her fingers. Within a blink of her eyes, everyone disappeared and reappeared in a different part of the labyrinth in a burst of glitter. Everyone had fallen to the ground, disoriented except for Izzy as she shrugged. She just needed more practice transporting people before it went smoothly. She looked at the fallen supernatural and giggled.

"Good luck!" She taunted before she disappeared again. Edward got up and staggered before he caught his balance and looked around and growled in vexation as he couldn't recognize his surroundings. They landed in a forest with no noticeable path. There was no way to know which way to go.

"Damn it!"

"That was odd of you," Jareth said from his throne. Bella rolled her eyes and gently kicked a goblin out of her way.

"They were being boring. We brought them here to be entertained and walking around and around on the outer edge of the labyrinth, not crossing any of the labyrinth's creatures is a boring show." She huffed, sticking her nose in the air. Jareth nodded and watched the crystal in his hand.

"Well, this should bring happiness to your face." He smirked, tossing the crystal to her. She caught it nimbly in the air and she grinned widely as she looked into it. Her past life friends were finally meeting one of the more chaotic of the labyrinth's creatures, the firey's. She laughed as Alice shrieked as the leader of the ragtag group tried to pull off her foot. It devolved into a small struggle as they pulled Alice free and tried to run away. She watched eagerly as they ran through the forest as the firey's followed them, throwing their heads this way and that, over them. She laughed and tossed the crystal away and hopped on Jareth's lap.

"That's more like it!" She said happily. He smirked and curled his fingers in her wavy brown hair. Charlie rolled his eyes fondly at the girl as she chattered about what to throw at them next. It was clear she was much happier in the underground than the above ground. It showed in her eyes as she argued playfully with Jareth. This was the aunt he remembered when he was younger. But he was grown now and had a life to get back to.

"How long am I to remain here? No offense, but I do have a job to get back to in the morning." He cut in. Two pairs of fae eyes snapped to him and Bella giggled.

"Silly Charlie, you will technically be back in an hour above ground time. You know that. We just need you here to confirm the Cullen's and Jacob fears when we bring them here for the big finale. It's going to be delicious." Bella's eyes lit up with mischief and Charlie felt a pang of sympathy for the idiot's who tried to control Bella when she stayed with him. Fae are one thing when they're feeling mischevious but if one felt like there was a slight committed against them, then oh boy. And Jareth was all too happy to play along after so many years apart from his closest confidante. They would be lucky if they made it back mentally unscathed after all what Bella had planned for them. Charlie shrugged and accepted the tankard a goblin offered him and gulped down the ale. He's going to need it to get through the hours stuck with the drunken goblins around him, repercussions be damned. It wasn't like it was the first time he drank fae ale and he doubted it'll be the last.

Not making any promises to update but I'm lonely and bored so here's this. hope you enjoy, I know my writing is different since the last time I wrote this story was like 4 years ago ¯\_(ツ)_/¯