I do not own anything. All the dialogue is taken from the movie.

Chapter one: Visiting the Aboveground.

BOOM! CLASH! CHANG!

Jolting awake, I whipped my head to the source of the sound and found two Goblins lying down in a heap of pots and pans. Annoyance pulsed through me and, grabbing the closest object to me, threw it at them. The two Goblins were quick to dodge and ran even quicker up the stairs, probably realizing that they had woken me up. Sighing, I looked up at the ceiling, knowing it was no use to attempt to fall back asleep.

Stupid Goblins… I thought venomously, but slowly retracted the thought when I looked around.

I apparently had fallen asleep in my throne room, when going back into my memories I remembered that I had been going through papers and papers and more papers until late last night. Why in my throne room? Ah, that's right, I didn't want to be brought even more papers so I snuck off here where they would have thought would be least likely to find me.

And too confirm my story, as I looked down, I spotted a whole fleet of papers, some stacked in neat piles and others scattered around aimlessly, at the foot of my throne.

Then the rest of the story just floated into my head; I was working late into the night and with these boring papers it was almost impossible not to feel tired. So I had simply decided to just rest my eyes for a few quick minutes before finishing them, but apparently I had fallen asleep.

Realizing grudgingly that I still had some work to do and rubbing my eyes vigorously, I slide down the floor and looked at what I had to do next. That, however, was not a pleasant thing to see first thing in the morning. Groaning I picked up the first taxing document and read it, but I could only just read the first few sentences before my mind wandered off somewhere else. After attempting to read it a few more times, I gave up willingly and stood up to stretch my legs. Wandering over to the window, I could see that it was going to be a beautiful day: the sun was not out yet but you could see that there was not a cloud in the sky.

Suddenly, the sky erupted into gold and deep orange and the sun had peeked up from the horizon. I watched it as it slowly crawled higher and higher into the sky, spilling light and color as it made its way to the top. When the sun had finished its journey, all the determination I had left (which wasn't a lot) to finish my paperwork had vanished and I turned around, glaring at the papers as though they had offended me in the biggest way possible.

Then, a thought appeared to me; I had been working all day yesterday; why not take a break today? Even a King deserves a break every once in a while. And, with a smile, I snapped my fingers and the papers disappeared, going to reappear at any second on my office desk.

However, at this point, another thought had occurred to me; Marcus was surely not going to let me relax when he wanted those papers done. Crossing my arms against my chest, I thought with a slight smile about what Marcus would do if he saw me lounging around the library reading books.

Probably have his face turn to an unknown shade of red until he exploded. I thought grinning.

Marcus was my, I guess you could say, my secretary goblin. He was, by no doubt, one of the smartest goblins that lived in the villages, he strangely loved to pour over documents and bills, and the thing that made him such an important asset was the fact that he was one of very few who wasn't afraid of me. It was extremely nice to have someone intelligent to talk to who wasn't afraid to speak his mind, even if it when against my point of view. But again, I thought reasonably, not many of them have a mind that could think more then just food, sleep, and stealing stuff from humans. Very simple-minded creatures they are, not that I hate them, it's just quite annoying some of the time, not being able to have a real conversation with most of your subjects.

Now the thought of those documents came back into my head and I sighed once again. I really really didn't want to do those today. Then the solution came into my head so quickly that I felt so stupid that I hadn't thought of it before: go to the Aboveground. Marcus wouldn't think to look there, and I did like the Aboveground a lot. So much, in fact, that I usually don't go up there unless I really have to for I always have a hard time getting myself to come back to the Underground.

But to get away from paperwork… I'll gladly have to face that heartache when it comes. I thought with a smile and with a flash, I had disappeared from the throne room.

Reappearing on a tree branch, I quickly transformed into my owl disguise and, with a flap of my wings, flew into the sky.

I wasn't sure on where to go, so I thought where an owl would go: to the park. So that made my destination clear. I flew up high then, spotting what I believe was the park, descended and found that I was indeed right. I landed on top of a strange statue thing and looked around.

It was a rather pretty park, it almost looked like it was made to look like a park you may find in a fairy tale here in the Aboveground. There were more of the strange statues that I was sitting on scattered by a river that wove itself through the park; the grass was a bright green and trees were growing on the other side of the river, but only one grew on the side where I was perched at.

"Give me the child." Came a voice behind me.

I whipped my head around and saw a girl looking up at me. She had beautiful dark hair that was being held up in a medieval fashion and wore a medieval looking dress as well. I did not come to the Aboveground that often, but I knew well enough that that was not a common fashion these days. And what did she mean by: give me the child? I didn't take any child from her. But she was not finished yet, for she opened to her mouth to say more:

"Though dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City, to take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great!"

The hairs on the back of my neck stood up; how on earth did she know about my castle beyond the Goblin City? And how did she know that I was the Goblin King? Was she a witch? And what did she mean about comparing kingdoms? She's a human; they don't have kingdoms anymore. And I swear, I didn't steal any children from this area in a while! Am I missing something?

Having been startled by the thunder that had sounded just after her speech, the girl looked down from the sky, thinking heavily. Then, she mumbled to herself:

"For my will is as strong as yours…. And my kingdom is as great…"

I listen to her intently, wondering what she would say next.

"Damn" She cursed as she pulled out a little red book from inside her sleeve and flipped through it "I can never remember that line."

Then everything made sense, she was just reading lines from a book. I ruffled my feathers with annoyance at my stupidity at thinking she actually knowing who I was. She's just a silly little girl, I thought angrily, there's no way she would have known about the Underground. But I listen to what the girl had to say afterwards anyway:

"You have no power over me." She said to herself, looking at the line intently, trying to get it infused into her mind.

Thunder then grumbled above us and something barked right next to me. Nearly jumping out of my skin, I whipped my head around to see a black and white shaggy dog sitting on a stone bench, looking terrified at the sudden loud sound.

"Oh, Merlin." The girl told the dog, looking at the dog in a way to tell him that it was only thunder and it wasn't going to hurt you.

Then a sudden ring sound filled the air and the girl whipped her head; when I followed her gaze, I saw that she was looking at a clock tower.

"Oh no Merlin!" She said again, "I don't believe it! It's seven o'clock!" There was no mistaking the panic in her voice. "Come on." She told the dog as she hurriedly back up towards a bridge, "Come on!" She urged the dog some more and the dog followed her as she ran off.

I watched as she disappeared from view, her dog following her all the way. I shook my head, already guessing what kind of person she was. She's probably one of those silly spoiled girls. Probably late for an appointment with her parents because she was so wrapped in her fantasies, I added on.

A drop of rain fell on my head. I looked up and sensed that there was going to be a downpour. Oh well, guess I better do those papers now, I thought reluctantly. Then I vanished from the park.