Thread: Return to the Labyrinth (Lila Lupin & vmpdevil101)

By the time Syllaby had opened her eyes the king was standing before her. She bowed at the waist, her long blue braid falling over her shoulder. Oooooh, I'm soooo sorry my lord. I understand that you were busy, but this is important. Syllaby said as she worried her lower lip with her teeth. She wasn't really all that afraid of Jareth, but she didn't quite like inconveniencing the man she served for the majority of her life time. She rose from her position once she felt free to explain herself. I was observing the meeting between young master Toby and Princess Cydney, when I noticed something rather.....unpleasant. She said with a sigh. Cydney holds...no...she's...well...she's covered in curse traces, like whatever curse had been placed on her hadn't quite run it's course. To Syllaby this was quite alarming. Most curses left a trace after they were placed on someone, the greater the curse, the greater the trace, and the traces were strongest before the curse had ran it's full course, or before it was broken. I started to analyze and trace the curse and I found some rather disturbing news. She added with a deep breath. This was the part that she had been dreading. Jareth was certain to be unhappy once he found out that someone had not only cursed an arrangement that he'd made with the dream lands, who had been nothing but good to the goblin kingdom up until the disappearance of their princess, but that the curse had come from within his own land. The curse came from our kingdom....and it hangs over our kingdom as well. She said with a sigh. And sadly that's not even the worst part. It seems as though someone has been trying to manipulate the curse to take affect. It was made nearly twenty years ago when the treaty was first made. It seems that shortly after that an item was cast from the underground to the world above...a book, my lord, with stories of you lining it's pages. She sighed explaining further the disheartening news that her spells had uncovered. The curse was plotted so that should one party break the agreement made that the other would be cast from their kingdom, and stripped of their memories. No heir could rise to the throne of the kingdom that broke the treaty unless it was upheld by the future heir. As Syllaby finished her sentence a young woman with green hair appeared in Syllaby's den of magic. Evaryn? She asked with a quirked eyebrow. My lord we have a serious problem. The green haired woman said. I spoke with Queen Elsym as you requested, but she refused. Worse, she and the rest of her kingdom seem to think that we cursed their princess. They've threatened war should we act against them again. Evaryn added. She'd seemed worried, and rightly so. While the fae and other creatures that lived in Jareth's kingdom were nothing to be trifled with they weren't a good match to the nightmare weavers that fought for the dream lands. A war would surely devastate the kingdom, and worse, nightmare weavers didn't just attack the kingdom of one who acted against them, they went for the ones they loved. They were ruthless when needed. I'm not entirely sure how to fix this my lord. I know you never would have raised a hand to Lady Cydney, she was a good friend to our kingdom after all, but apparently someone from our kingdom did. She added. Syllaby sighed in frustration at her sister's words. Gods, we'd need a damn cupid and every god of love to fix this right mess. She grumbled. I do wish that things could have gone over more pleasantly, my lord, but to make matters worse, Cydney and Toby seem to greatly dislike one another. He called her pampered. Evaryn winced when she heard what Toby had called the princess of the dream lands. She doubted he'd have said that if he'd known what was expected of the Royalty of that kingdom. Cydney had to have already participate in at least one battle, as the royalty o that land were expected to fight, and lead with prowess, and they believed that it was best to teach through experience with something like that.