Prologue; Setting The Stage:

Before we begin our tale it is important that certain facts are revealed and understood.

First is that all that you see and hear is never what it seems. There are intricacies so complex in this story that in order to make it believable to our audience we must slowly draw them out.

Second is that you, our listeners, must be willing to believe in the unbelievable.

Our Stage will be the Underground, more specifically the Labyrinth and the High Kingdom of Glyndwr.

Our hero, if one can really ascribe this title to him, is one Jareth; Goblin King. He rules over the Labyrinth and its inhabitants along with his wife; Queen Sarah.

It should be noted, to better understand our story, that the history between Jareth and his wife had been cleared up long ago resulting in the courtship and eventual marriage of the two.

It is also important to know that Jareth, not only being the Goblin King, but was also the first born son and heir of the High King.

Our tale begins some twenty years after the marriage of the Goblin Rulers. All is peaceful within the Underground at the moment, no discernable discord within the realms could be detected. And so it came as a great surprise when on one quiet and calm morning Jareth received word of his father’s death and his younger brother’s ascension to the High Throne.

Now that we have set the stage, we ask you to sit back and relax. The costumes have been donned, makeup applied, the limelight lit, and the curtain is opening....

Author's Note: Ok, well very short prologue, but it go across what I was wanting.

Ok, first to those reading "Roses in December" please go read the note at the beginning of the last chapter. I am not abandoning it, but want to rework the plot a bit before continuing it. Until then I am going to post this instead.

Now this story was inspired by Hamlet, which I have been rather obsessed with lately. As my sis Gebo said it is like Labyrinth meets Hamlet meets the Dark Crystal. IT IS NOT A CROSSOVER though. I hope everyone will enjoy this, I have had fun working on the outline for this and know I will have fun writing it as well. But be warned, while I love to read happily ever after ending stories I rarely write them, this is NOT a happy go lucky story. Whatever can go wrong will go wrong sums this one up pretty nicely.

Disclaimer: Nope don't own it!

Also, once I am done "This is My Winter" I plan on writing another Labby, in fact I have I don't know how many lined up. On my Author's Page there is a poll. Click the links to find a journal entery to a preview of the story. I have four up and I have everything ready to write each of them. I thought I would allow the readers to choose which one they would like to read next. I will write the one with the highest votes next. The poll will be open until I finish "This is My Winter"