A/N: Wow, this is my most-reviewed fic ever, and only two chapters! I'm
touched. Well, didn't get any questions from people last batch of reviews-
Sara and Jareth 4EVER!! asked me to e-mail her(I'm guessing it was a girl,
if not, I sincerely appologize), so now I'm offering it up as an option: If
you want updates, say so in your review and I'd be happy to tell you when
new chapters are coming up. I do also welcome constructive critisism,
something of which I haven't gotten any of. I'm flattered, but would also
like to know if something needs improvement-I won't get mad, promise!
Flames will be used to cater to the pyro lurking within me *eyes light up*
ooh...pretty fire....*shakes head* sorry, moving on...
And yes, I know, it's too short. I can't write stuff long, I have this
weird thing with getting to the point, and I fear I may leave out too many
details...but I guess that's something you'll have to put up with =)
The Saga Continues
The Quest Begins Part II
"You want to follow it?" Toby asked after staring at the arrow a bit.
"Yeah...not like we've got any other direction here."
"Suppose he just had it point that way to put you off track?"
"And suppose he thought I'd think that and has it pointing the right way to ensure I DON'T take the right path? But supposing he supposed I'd suppose that, so has it pointing the wrong way? But suppose...see? You can't look at it from a logical point of view. The fact that it's even here is a sign that he's trying to distract us. I'm willing to bet, though, that wherever this arrow leads, it's better than this aimless wandering. Come on." She jumped up and hurried down the path. Toby ran after her.
"You know," he panted, catching up to her, "I'm still trying to follow what you just said."
"Actually...I'm not sure I followed it either."
"Comforting. Now neither of us know why we're-what's that?" Up ahead, two doors were looming. They ran up to them. Upon closer inspection, Sarah noticed that they were the doors she'd come upon at the beginning of her original journey.
"Oh, great," she mumbled.
"Are these the-"
"Yup"
"Fun"
Annoyed that their prescence was having this sort of a reaction, the blue door begun the "one of us always lies, etc." spiel in a slightly more ruffled fashion than usual, when Sarah inturrupted it.
"Yeah, I know, I've done this before-lies, truth, straight to the castle, certain death, gotcha."
The red door's eyes opened wide, and it nudged its partner, whispering, "Blimey, it's her!"
"I'm who?"
"You know! You're....you!"
"Blimey..." the red door repeated.
Sarah sighed deeply. "I've got a right to know who it is you say I am, and I'm not in the mood to play mind games at the moment, so just spill."
"You're...you're the girl that got through! The only one ever to get through the Labyrinth!" the red door explained in awe.
"Not for lack of OUR trying though, eh?"
"Yeah, s'right, we landed you in an oubliette!" The doors related all of this proudly-if they'd been capable, they would've been high-fiving.
"You know," Toby spoke up, for the first time since they'd arrived at the doors, "There's one thing about your whole situation that I don't understand." The doors completely ignored him, as they were too busy relating various times that they had landed wanderers in oubliettes, amongst other things. "If one of you guys always lies, and one always tells the truth, how're you both able to tell the rules? I mean, either the liar doesn't ALWAYS lie, or half of the rules can be completely disregarded, right?"
Both doors completely froze at this revelation, triumphant looks deflated.
"Eh..." the red door began.
"Erm...never really thought about it, to tell the truth...lefty?" The red door, who apparently responded to this nickname, jumped...or did the door equivalent of jumping...whatever...and started stuttering.
"Er...well, you see...we never...it..uh...huh. You're good. You're not supposed to be asking questions like that."
Toby, inspired by his sucess, continued. "Do you guys even KNOW where this leads? I mean, really? Or do you just trick people into oubliettes?"
"Uh...something like that, yeah."
"So I could just take either of your paths, and...both of you lead into oubliettes, don't you? So whichever door you take, you think you've chosen wrong...isn't that right?"
Both doors stared blankly again. "Cor, he IS good...yeah, you're definetly related to her, all right. You might get through, you."
"Thanks...so all we have to do is jump over the oubliette trap, and see where this leads...sis, which door would you suggest?" Sarah shrugged.
"Do whatever you want-you seem to be doing well enough without my help." She looked intensely ammused, and almost...proud? Toby wasn't sure, but he thought that her smile was more than it seemed...for a fleeting instant, Toby was sure that she had told him all the Labyrith stories to prepare him for this...hadn't it given him ten years to think about how HE would have gone through the Labyrinth? But, no...she couldn't have known this would happen; she wouldn't even have known that Alexa would be born at all-it had certainly taken even his parents by suprise-his mother had been stretching it age-wise when HE had been born. No, Sarah couldn't have known...
"Which one did you take?" Toby asked suddenly.
"The blue one, I think...why?"
"You know where the oubliette trap is for that one-you do remember, don't you?"
"Sure. Good thinking" Sarah gave the blue door a significant look, and it opened wordlessly. Peering into the following corridor, Sarah could easily see the trapdoor that had, nine years ago, almost made her believe that her quest was hopeless. She poked it with her foot, and a second later, it opened up. Both she and Toby stared down into the void.
"You fell into that, huh?"
"Yep"
"Ow...well, ladies first," he said, gesturing dramatically. Sarah laughed, and jumped over the trap easily. Toby followed, and they continued down the hallway.
"Nice going back there, Tobe...you're thinking better than I was when I was six years older than you...you're too smart for your own good, you know that?" she asked, ruffling his hair playfully.
Toby laughed. "Thanks...I learned from the best."
They probably would've continued talking in this vein, except that the second trapdoor had suddenly oppened out beneath their feet, and they were busy falling into the darkness that led to Toby's first oubliette.
The Saga Continues
The Quest Begins Part II
"You want to follow it?" Toby asked after staring at the arrow a bit.
"Yeah...not like we've got any other direction here."
"Suppose he just had it point that way to put you off track?"
"And suppose he thought I'd think that and has it pointing the right way to ensure I DON'T take the right path? But supposing he supposed I'd suppose that, so has it pointing the wrong way? But suppose...see? You can't look at it from a logical point of view. The fact that it's even here is a sign that he's trying to distract us. I'm willing to bet, though, that wherever this arrow leads, it's better than this aimless wandering. Come on." She jumped up and hurried down the path. Toby ran after her.
"You know," he panted, catching up to her, "I'm still trying to follow what you just said."
"Actually...I'm not sure I followed it either."
"Comforting. Now neither of us know why we're-what's that?" Up ahead, two doors were looming. They ran up to them. Upon closer inspection, Sarah noticed that they were the doors she'd come upon at the beginning of her original journey.
"Oh, great," she mumbled.
"Are these the-"
"Yup"
"Fun"
Annoyed that their prescence was having this sort of a reaction, the blue door begun the "one of us always lies, etc." spiel in a slightly more ruffled fashion than usual, when Sarah inturrupted it.
"Yeah, I know, I've done this before-lies, truth, straight to the castle, certain death, gotcha."
The red door's eyes opened wide, and it nudged its partner, whispering, "Blimey, it's her!"
"I'm who?"
"You know! You're....you!"
"Blimey..." the red door repeated.
Sarah sighed deeply. "I've got a right to know who it is you say I am, and I'm not in the mood to play mind games at the moment, so just spill."
"You're...you're the girl that got through! The only one ever to get through the Labyrinth!" the red door explained in awe.
"Not for lack of OUR trying though, eh?"
"Yeah, s'right, we landed you in an oubliette!" The doors related all of this proudly-if they'd been capable, they would've been high-fiving.
"You know," Toby spoke up, for the first time since they'd arrived at the doors, "There's one thing about your whole situation that I don't understand." The doors completely ignored him, as they were too busy relating various times that they had landed wanderers in oubliettes, amongst other things. "If one of you guys always lies, and one always tells the truth, how're you both able to tell the rules? I mean, either the liar doesn't ALWAYS lie, or half of the rules can be completely disregarded, right?"
Both doors completely froze at this revelation, triumphant looks deflated.
"Eh..." the red door began.
"Erm...never really thought about it, to tell the truth...lefty?" The red door, who apparently responded to this nickname, jumped...or did the door equivalent of jumping...whatever...and started stuttering.
"Er...well, you see...we never...it..uh...huh. You're good. You're not supposed to be asking questions like that."
Toby, inspired by his sucess, continued. "Do you guys even KNOW where this leads? I mean, really? Or do you just trick people into oubliettes?"
"Uh...something like that, yeah."
"So I could just take either of your paths, and...both of you lead into oubliettes, don't you? So whichever door you take, you think you've chosen wrong...isn't that right?"
Both doors stared blankly again. "Cor, he IS good...yeah, you're definetly related to her, all right. You might get through, you."
"Thanks...so all we have to do is jump over the oubliette trap, and see where this leads...sis, which door would you suggest?" Sarah shrugged.
"Do whatever you want-you seem to be doing well enough without my help." She looked intensely ammused, and almost...proud? Toby wasn't sure, but he thought that her smile was more than it seemed...for a fleeting instant, Toby was sure that she had told him all the Labyrith stories to prepare him for this...hadn't it given him ten years to think about how HE would have gone through the Labyrinth? But, no...she couldn't have known this would happen; she wouldn't even have known that Alexa would be born at all-it had certainly taken even his parents by suprise-his mother had been stretching it age-wise when HE had been born. No, Sarah couldn't have known...
"Which one did you take?" Toby asked suddenly.
"The blue one, I think...why?"
"You know where the oubliette trap is for that one-you do remember, don't you?"
"Sure. Good thinking" Sarah gave the blue door a significant look, and it opened wordlessly. Peering into the following corridor, Sarah could easily see the trapdoor that had, nine years ago, almost made her believe that her quest was hopeless. She poked it with her foot, and a second later, it opened up. Both she and Toby stared down into the void.
"You fell into that, huh?"
"Yep"
"Ow...well, ladies first," he said, gesturing dramatically. Sarah laughed, and jumped over the trap easily. Toby followed, and they continued down the hallway.
"Nice going back there, Tobe...you're thinking better than I was when I was six years older than you...you're too smart for your own good, you know that?" she asked, ruffling his hair playfully.
Toby laughed. "Thanks...I learned from the best."
They probably would've continued talking in this vein, except that the second trapdoor had suddenly oppened out beneath their feet, and they were busy falling into the darkness that led to Toby's first oubliette.