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Sighing to herself, Kimber got into her father’s car, intent on just falling asleep and forgetting everything around her. However, as soon as she sat down in the back seat, as far away from the freaky driver that her father had hired, she felt something dig into her lap that was hard and unyielding. Kimber sat up and looked down at her pocket, only now noticing the small, cube shaped outline there. Where that had come from, she didn’t know.
She barely noticed her father get into the car and talk to the driver about something. Her hand reached into her jeans and pulled out an old book with a red cover and the gold letters that spelled out The Labyrinth. Hadn’t she thrown this into her bag like the rest of her stuff? She was almost sure that she had, but here the book was in her hand, and her bag was in the trunk.
Shaking her head, she sat back up against the door, placing her feet on the uncomfortable and unyielding black leather seat. She figured that if she was being forced to spend this next month at her father’s, she might as well as enjoy what little she could.

But, what the new princess didn’t know was that her younger brother would actually do all he could to get away from her. When she was told that she would be watching after her younger brother and sister, she felt that this was a good way to get closer to her younger brother and sister. But her brother told the princess that he wanted nothing to do with her. That he hated her and everything she stood for.
As the princess stood there, shocked that her own sibling would say something so cruel and hurtful, he looked up at her with hate in his eyes and said that he wished someone would come and take him and his younger sister away from that place, right now. He then ran up to his and his sister’s room. The princess followed after, intent on trying to talk to her younger brother.
However, the door was looked and would not yield to her initially. She fought the door however, hoping to force it open. Like her mother, the queen, she was a fighter and stubborn in her own way. She wouldn’t give up when it came to her family. The door finally opened and she entered into the completely dark room and saw a figure standing at the other side of the room, but she didn’t see her brother and sister.
In a rage, the princess looked at the figure, a beautiful woman who didn’t seem much older than her, and demanded to know who she was. The woman just laughed at her and said that she was the Lady of the Crystal City and that -

“What the hell are you reading?” Kimber broke out of the trance that the book put her in and looked up at her father who was more or less glaring at the book in her hand. She shrugged and put the book in her pocket where it’d be safer from him.
“Don’t know. I found it. I think it’s mom’s and she let me borrow it for the summer. It’s a fantasy called The Labyrinth and -” she noticed in anger that he had stopped listening and was now looking at the road ahead. Apparently the idea of her reading a fantasy novel was hard on him. She scowled again and leaned back in the seat, turning her head to look out the window. She finally noticed how far from her house they were and almost seemed surprised. How long had they been driving for? She watched the various trees and plant life pass by, along with the various houses of others and she smiled.
She suddenly scowled and looked up at her father’s seat. Her father was into the stock game. He was good at it. His father before that had been into the business game. He had always grown up with whatever he wanted. Whereas Kimber was used to working for what she wanted when it wasn’t Christmas or her birthday. In fact, the money she had been saving up all year for the week she’d leave with her friends was all the money she got from her job. As she watched people pass by living out their lives, she couldn’t help but wonder how her father viewed them.
Not even caring anymore, she looked out the window and stared at the highway, looking for some solace from her thoughts. Her mother often said that she had a tendency to over think everything, yet she couldn’t voice her thoughts to others except through painting or writing, a trait that was a mixture of her father and her mother. She shrugged and sighed. Maybe she couldn’t really voice her deepest, innermost thoughts, but, she didn’t want anyone to know what she truly thought.
She hadn’t realized that she had closed her eyes. When she did, she didn’t mind and she let herself fall into a sleep. There was still a good 3 hours left before they got to her father’s house. She inwardly sighed and leaned back, trying to get as comfortable as she could. She wondered why every summer it was the same exact thing. Her first month was nothing but miserable. Even if he didn’t do what he did every summer, she’d still be miserable.
Her thoughts began to still, something she was happy for, and her mind began to fall into darkness, into a sleep that she really wanted.

She slowly opened her eyes, looking around for a second before closing them again. Her eyes immediately opened and she sat up, now completely awake. She was sitting outside of a castle on a city street as she watched small creatures walk by. These creatures looked like a motley assortment of people, mixed with animals, some with plants, and they all seemed to not notice her.
She slowly stood up amongst them and looked around her in every direction. There were crudely made houses all around her, a junkyard beyond that, and a forest even further beyond that. There was a sun low in the sky, and it seemed to be setting, the deep purple sky fading into the blue/black of the night sky as stars twinkled gently. She suddenly heard boots clacking against the stone ground and she turned to watch as a man walked by, his face hidden from her view as his black cape trailed behind him, catching the light of the stars.
Before she could chase after this man, the scene changed and she found herself in a completely different environment. The city before her seemed to be made out of either glass or pure crystal. Lights in the city reflected off of every surface, creating the most beautiful of rainbows to light the city above it. She didn’t even want to think of how glorious the city was during the day.
However, one look behind her and she could see that daylight never reached the city. The whole city looked to be in some sort of cave complex, the red, black and yellow rocks clashing with the magnificence of the city before her. She turned back to the city and stepped into it, walking forward. She didn’t know where she was going, but she didn’t care. However, that soon changed as she walked further in. She didn’t see anybody initially, causing her to wonder where everyone was, until she ran into a street and stopped to gasp. Their were people alright, but…she walked to the one closest to her and stared.
This person had been an exceptionally handsome man with dark hair, a chiseled face, and sweet, genuine eyes. But, his entire body was encased in whatever had encased the city. She continued to walk up the street, looking at every person she passed by and she couldn’t help but wonder, how, and why. She looked up the street and was surprised to see a castle in front of her. She had been so busy following the people encased in the crystal that she hadn’t been paying attention.
She wondered then suddenly, something that just came to her head, if the royal family of this city was also encased. She didn’t know why that thought bothered her, but it did. She ran forward, into the castle and towards where she thought the throne room would be. As she ran, she passed various servants and guards that were encased also, causing her fears to grow. She stopped at a large set of double doors and she placed her hands on them, pushing the doors open to see…