whats said is said

darkness

Thunder crashed around the castle ..lightning lit up the rooms as the hushed voice  of goblins ,faes and creatures creeped around th  hall's..not daring to disturb their king...three weeks had passed since the girl had beat the labyrinth...three weeks since the king had spoke...his regal figure was draped over his throne...staring either out of the window or staring into a crystal that glowed deep purple and swirled with black clouds...the weather had matched the heavy atmosphere surrounding them ,constant thunder...constant darkness..the goblins despaired..their normally mischievous and ruthless leader was locked in some sort of personal anguish that no one could get through...the castle was in chaos ...the goblins weren't used to his silence...whispers of the girl denying the king and breaking his fae heart were spreading..yet no one knew what to do,how to bring him out of the blackness.......

Leaning his head back he thought of the last few words..laced with hatred.."you have no power over me..."  six words that destroyed him..such powerful words cutting all bonds over the girl who he had fallen in love with..who he had tried to be everything she wanted..offered her all that he had..just for her heart in return..and she had shattered his world and heart in six words...setting  off  a never ending darkness...an emptiness and pain he hadn't felt in his thousand years....tapping his crop on his chin..he peered yet again into the Crystal that he wished could show him his dreams...but all he saw was a mist...cut off from her world he sighed ...tears pricked his mismatched eyes..if he could reorder his own time he knew things would be different...he would have  been kinder...less cruel..won his love round...but sitting alone yet again in the throne room he felt an emptiness he knew he would never fill...the clouds grew thicker am  the sky grew darker as the fae king grew more angry and bitter...

In the mortal world..she sat staring at her hands...the numbness that ran through her body refusing to leave... swallowing hard she pulled herself up and picked up the small red book,she stroked the front as she closed her eyes..trying to block any possible memory of the goblin kings face was proving hard...she  blinked back tears as she lay the book in the bottom of a box holding the childish toys,costumes and images of the labyrinth..she closed the top and sighed...his face wouldn't fade..his pain visible through those eyes that haunted her...she  longed to hate him,longed to banish her thoughts..but something was eating away at her..remorse?regret?..she couldn't feel like this..she had her brother back ,she had learnt her lesson..God she had learnt it well..but there was always that if....

She grabbed the box and carried it down to the drive...leaving it by the garbage...she  stood for a minute,wiping a tear away she turned and walked down the road...it was time she got back to normal...to find her way .