Young Writers Society

The Labyrinth is much more than a simple maze - it lies in all dimensions, all planes, all realms and worlds and universes. Sometimes, a door will open and an unknowing figure will fall into its abyssal depths.

It's not like your average puzzle of twisting passageways and dead ends; it always changes. It never stays the same. Time is frozen here, and the characters may start together or apart. There are challenges and trials of mind and of combat - they must work together to get out, or they will be trapped forever.

You could have gotten here in any number of ways. You walked through a threshold - a doorway, an entryway, a tunnel, a border - and instead of finding yourself on the other side, you found yourself here.

Jay


Jay stumbles as she lands, nearly tripping over her own boots. Once she's steadied herself, she looks around to see only large stone brick walls with no visible top. Behind her is a dead end; in front, a passageway.

What was this? This most certainly was not her ship's, the Wyvern's, hold.

The Queen Of Hearts



I had been sent in to deal with a threat- something about money. It was always about money. At this point I just wanted to gather up all the dollar bills in the world, put it on the moon, then nuke it. Granted that wouldn't change anything, but it would be worth it just to watch the money burn. It was supposed to be a simple mission- in- kill the guy- out.

But fate had other ideas.

No sooner had I entered the door than I found myself in a maze, and the door behind me gone. Now this was interesting. I was stuck in a maze.

Hell yes.

"'ello?" I called, my voice echoing through the many corridors.

VALON



Falling headfirst through a portal spell gone wrong, the Red Mage fell face-first into a sand pile in a dimly-cobbled area of the labyrinth. As he stood, he raised a fireball above his eyeline to see, viewing no end to the stones above him, and no end to the corridor before him, nor behind him, beside him to the left, but a dead flatness to his right.

What's worse, he could sense an eeriness upon his shoulders, as if some beast were encroaching, some darkness to be reckoned with.

"Any'un 'ere?" she calls again, looking around at the dim halls as she begins to walk forward.

"Hello?" I called- having heard something. I rested my scythe on my shoulder, using it to scratch the back of my head. I stared at the walls- thinking. Then, without a pause, I began to try climbing one.

"Where are y'?" she asks, coming towards the speaker.

"I'd be lying if I said I had a clue- all I know is that this is one hard wall to climb."

"It's endless," she protests as she turns the corner to see the Queen of Hearts. "I don't think you or I or even Mags here could do that."

I sighed. "Well, it was worth a shot." I hopped on down.

"Where to now?" she wonders idly, looking around.

VALON BEGAN TO SCREAM as he ran from the Minotaur behind him, leaving a trail of flames in his wake. Rather futilely, he thought, he started to call out for help as he rounded a corner and pulled a sword on the beast, illuminating the dark corridor with a flash of flame.

The minotaur roared.

"What's t'e racket?" Jay wonders, considering whether or not they should check it out.

"Sounds like fun." I said, running off after the noise.

ORLANDO slides around a corner, being chased by a HOLLOW (not unlike from Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, except you can see it) and screaming to run as fast as your legs can carry you. ORLANDO grabs JAY. "Come on!"

The HOLLOW sights the MINOTAUR and screeches at it, kind of like: "this is MY meal!"