Fan Fiction ❯ Simpsons in Labyrinth ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Author's notes: This is a crossover between Simpsons and Labyrinth. The idea was rolling around in my brain for a long time, so I just had to put it down. Hope you guys will like it.

Warnings: Nothing much, mostly language.

Disclaimer: Simpsons and Labyrinth belong to their respective owners. I claim no right to them.

Ratings: PG-13, just to be on the safe side.

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< br> Chapter 1.

It was a beautiful sunny day in Springfield. The birds were singing, little children were playing, and old people were feeding small animals in the park. In Springfield Elementary, Bart Simpson was continuously looking at his watch.

'Come on, two more minutes left.' He thought to himself.

It was a Friday, the last day before the Spring Break started. He wanted to leave the place as soon as possible. But then again, who didn't. All the students were sitting at the edge of their seats waiting to bolt. All of a sudden, they all heard an announcement over the loud speaker.

"Good Afternoon Children." Principal Skinner's voice resounded throughout the school.

"In a few minutes, the school will be over. I want to tell you students to leave the premises in an orderly fashion. That means no pushing, no shoving and no yelling. That goes double for you Bart Simpson. And I want you all to have a nice..."

Riiiing.

"...vacation."

There were loud yells of "Yesss!!" and "All right!!" heard throughout the school. The front doors opened and the throng of children spilled out like bats out of the hell.

Principal Skinner was standing in the hallway, yelling at students.

"Children, Children, please calm down. You will all leave the school. Just stop running."

"Oh cram it Seymore. Hah!!!"

Edna Krabapple scoffed at Skinner and then she too ran off towards the exit screaming "I'm freeeee!!"

In approximately five minutes, the whole school was empty of students and staff. The hallway was littered with discarded papers and the desks were upturned. The water taps were left running in the bathrooms and toilet papers were all over the place.

After taking a look around Principal Skinner groaned to himself. Then he caught sight of the groundskeeper.

"Oh there you are Willie. Come on we've got a lot of work to do. You have to clean up the whole mess while I have to do some last minute paper work."

Willie, who was dressed in a bright and colorful Hawaiin shirt and khaki shorts, looked at Skinner indignantly.

"Oy, why don't you get someone else to do your dirty work for once. I'm going on a vacation with me girlfriend." Willie said in his thick Scottish accent.

"Hey, hey come now Willie. We both know that's not true. There isn't a single woman in this town who would date you. Now grab your mop and bucket and start with the bathrooms." With that Principal Skinner took off towards his office.

"Why you heartless bastard. Willie does have a lass. So what if she isn't the most pretties in the bunch. She's with Willie and he knows how to treat his woman." He yelled after him.

"Yeah yeah." Skinner waved off-handedly. "I suggest you start soon, there is a lot to be done."

"Stupid Skinner, stupid children. I'll do'em all off if I could. Constant thorns in Willie's back-side."

Willie grumbled under his breath, and took off to start on his tedious job.

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"Mom!! We're home!!"

Bart and Lisa Simpson yelled out after entering the house.

"Oh, Hi kids!" Marge called out from the kitchen.

"How was school today?" She asked them while they entered the kitchen. Bart went straight for the fridge and grabbed a soda. Lisa sat down on the table next to Maggie, who was happily sucking on her pacifier.

"Booorring!! As usual." Bart said, taking a large gulp of his soda. "But the best part is, we have the whole week off. I am so gonna paint the town red, with Milhouse."

"Oh Mom, today was a very productive day for me. My science club had a meeting today and we decided to hold a science fair tomorrow." Lisa said enthusiastically. "Now all we have to do is come up with a science project to present at the fair, by tonight. And since the science club is made up of elite members, we all agreed to participate. It's going to be so perfect. We won't have any interruptions from the bullies or troublemakers tomorrow." Lisa explained, looking pointedly in Bart's direction towards the end.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, stop the presses, hold up." Bart interrupted. "You are planning to have a science fair tomorrow, as in Saturday, as in the weekend before our vacation?"

"Yes Bart, we are." Lisa answered. "I already asked Principal Skinner, and he is going to set us up in the gym. We also contacted Professor Frink today, and he agreed to be the judge and see whose project is the best. All the students' families will be there to show their support." Lisa explained and turned towards Marge.

"So, what do you say Mom. Will you and Dad come to the fair tomorrow?" she asked pleadingly.

"Of course we will, sweet-heart. Your father and I will be delighted to come and support you in every way. You can count on us." Marge gave Lisa a big smile.

"Oh thank you thank you so much Mom." Lisa hugged her mother.

"Oh ha ha ha ha!!" Bart couldn't hold it in any longer. "Oh My God, Lis. I thought you were a geek, but you proved me wrong. Today, on this day of Friday, I bow down to the Royal Geek. Mwahahahahah!!!!" Bart broke into uncontrollable laughter.

"Mom!!" Lisa wailed.

"Bart, you show some respect to your sister." Marge scolded her eldest child.

"All right, all right. Lis, I'm happy for you that you decided to sacrifice you Saturday for the sake of science." He paused and then he broke into loud guffaws again.

"Nope, can't help it. Ha ha ha ha, you are such a poindexter."

Lisa, who had always been a little sensitive to Bart's teasing, looked about ready to burst into tears.

"O.K. Wise Guy. Just for that, you are grounded for this weekend." Marge said to Bart. "That means, no going out to meet Milhouse, and not inviting him over to our house either."

"What??!! That's not fair. Why the hell am I getting punished for?"

"For hurting you sister's feelings. Just be glad that I didn't ground you for the whole week." Said Marge. "Now march yourself up to you room and think about how to be more sensitive to other people's feelings."

Bart groaned loudly and stomped up the stairs.

"Mom, are you sure Dad would wanna come with us tomorrow?" Lisa inquired apprehensively of her Mother.

"Don't worry Lisa, we'll talk to your father tonight. And we'll definitely go to your science fair tomorrow." Marge reassured her.

Now, she had to think of a way to get Homer to agree to come with them.

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"And then Lenny said 'No way Man!', and Carl said 'I'm telling you dude, it really happened'. And then Mr. Smithers walked in and..."

"Oh, fascinating story Homey." Homer's rants were interrupted by Marge. "Homer, our daughter has something she would like to ask you."

"Really, but Maggie can't even talk yet, can she?" Homer said cluelessly.

"Me Dad, I want to ask you something?" Lisa said, rubbing a hand over her eyes. "There's a science fair tomorrow and I want you and Mom to come with me."

"What?! But tomorrow is Saturday. I don't wanna spend my day off chatting up with some science nerds." Homer whined rather pathetically. He got a stern look from Marge, and then he looked at the hopeful look on Lisa's face.

"Oh ho ho ho, what I meant was, I'd be delighted to go. I am sure it won't be so bad. Sure I'll come, honey."

"Yes!!! Thanks Dad. I'm gonna go and work on my project now." Lisa ran up the stairs.

"Ha ha, you get to spend your Saturday with a bunch of geeks." Bart said to Homer in a taunting tone.

"What the hell are you so happy about? Aren't you coming too?" Homer inquired.

"Nope."

"Oh yeah, well then you are coming with us, and that's final." Homer said, while folding his arms across his chest.

"No can do Homer. Mom already grounded me." He answered.

"D'oh"

Bart also took off to his room. Marge got up to put Maggie to bed, and Homer went to the fridge to grab himself a beer.

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The next morning.

"Why you little.."

Bart was seen running down the stairs. Followed shortly by a very angry Homer, who was dressed in nothing but his underwear.

"I'll teach you to take money from my wallet."

"Ack gack ack"

Homer's hands were around Bart's throat, choking him.

"Ack, cough cough. If you only gave me my allowance on time, I wouldn't need to stoop to this level." Bart said, releasing his neck from Homer's clutches.

"Dad!!"

"Homer!!"

Homer turned around to see very angry-looking Marge and Lisa.

"Why aren't you dressed? I laid your clothes out for you. We're leaving in five minutes." Marge said in an angry tone.

"Why, where are we going?" Homer asked, cluelessly.

"Oh My God, Homer, don't you remember we promised Lisa that we'd go with her to her science fair." Marge was rubbing a hand over her eyes.

"That doesn't sound like something I would say."

Homer said, and then cringed at the fire that seem to be coming from both Marge and Lisa.

"Mom, we have to leave now so we could get a good table." Lisa said to Marge. "I have to set up my things too, once we get there. Come on, lets just leave Dad here. I should've known he'd do something like this." She said looking sadly at her father.

Homer shrank back a bit more.

"I'll just go and grab my things from my room. I'll meet you by the car Mom." Lisa threw one last disappointed look at her father, and disappeared up the stairs.

"You should feel very sorry for yourself, Homer." Marge now scolded her husband. "And what were you planning on doing today, huh. If breaking your daughter's heart was the first thing in your agenda, then congratulation, you did it very well." She was practically barreling down on Homer.

"I was gonna go to Moe's a little later on." Homer said, looking down at the carpet. "But then I was gonna go and buy something nice for Lisa. That way, she would forget that I am an irresponsible father, and love me again." He perked up.

"Oh, no you don't!!" Marge blew up. "If you think that buying your way out of this is the answer, then you have another thing coming to you Homer. You have to learn responsibility. That's why you are going to stay home today, and look after Bart and Maggie." Marge said, putting Maggie in Homer's arms.

"But Maaarrrggeeee!!!" Homer wailed like a 5 year old.

"End of Discussion!!"

And with that, Marge slipped out of the house.

Homer and Bart looked at each other, and they groaned simultaneously.

Homer put Maggie in Bart's arms.

"Bart, I'm your father. And as your father, I order you to put Maggie in her crib." Homer said authoritatively.

"Oh man. Dad, didn't you hear what Mom said about responsibility."

Homer just pointed up the stairs.

"Fine, whatever. But don't you dare touch my new game Blood Thirst 2000 (1). I am coming right back to play."

After Bart left with Maggie, Homer giggled and sat down on the floor. He grabbed the game console and started playing Blood Thirst 2000.

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Bart put Maggie down in her crib. As soon as she was put down, Maggie started crying loudly.

"Aarrgh, Maggie, Quiet down!"

Bart said frustratingly, but Maggie only cried louder.

"What do you want? You wanna listen to some music."

Bart pressed the play button on the cassette player that was lying right next to her crib.

A loud, annoying and obnoxious voice came out of the speakers.

"I love you You love me, We are a happy family"(2)

Maggie paused in her wailing for 2 seconds, and then started back up, louder than before.

"O.k. o.k. I'll turn it off."

Bart turned off the radio and his eyes went to a red leather-bound book lying in her bookshelf.

"Labyrinth." Bart read off the cover.

Maggie had quieted down and was looking expectedly at Bart.

"What, do you want me to read the book?" Bart asked Maggie.

"Okey dokey, lets see." Bart opened the book and flipped through the pages.

"Hmmm, Goblin King in love with a girl, yadda yadda. Girl is sick of her little brother, blah blah. Hey now this is interesting. You say the words and goblins take the baby away. Do you think it'll work when I say them?" Bart looked at Maggie.

Maggie, who had noticed the dispassionate tone with which Bart was reading, had started crying again.

"Oh man, does nothing shut you up!" Bart said in an exasperated tone. He had about enough. He wasn't the one who was supposed to be looking after her in the first place, that was Homer's job.

"You know what Maggie, I wish the goblins would come and take you away, right now." Bart said to her and turned around. "Then maybe we'll be able to get some peace and quiet around here."

He turned off the lights, and closed her door on his way out. He failed to notice that Maggie's cries had stopped abruptly, after he had uttered those words. He also didn't notice that he had closed the door to an empty room.

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TBC.

1.I couldn't think up a name for the games that Bart likes to play, so I made one up. If such a game does exist, please let me know, and I'll give them credit.

2. Does anybody else find Barney as annoying as I do ^_^ !!! And I figured that Maggie would hate him as well, seeing as how she is a very peculiar baby.

Author's notes: So, here's the first chapter. Let me know what you think. I can take constructive criticism so please tell me if I am doing anything wrong. And please don't forget to review and let me know what you think so far. Oh, and Jareth and his Labyrinth will be in the next chapter. So until then, bye bye ^_^