Life in the maze was lonely. The flowers bloomed in odd spaces, the walls seemed to be never-ending, and.. There was no one. No one apart from little Asterion.

Asterion was abandoned when he was only little, his Mummy leaving, his Daddy never seen. He was just.. Left there, like some sort of animal. Minotaurs were big, brutal, scary creatures with a taste for human flesh, feasting on the damned humans that were left inside the labyrinth's walls too.

Though Asterion never ate humans. He didn't eat much at all, though he was able to, being a non-human creature. Humans were sent down every year, though changed to nine years after some time. Asterion, only being around four years old, didn't really mind.

He got lonely in there, his only company being little stones that worked like chalk when scraped across walls. He liked that, making pictures and drawings before it rained, then being given more blank walls!

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Today was sacrifice day, and Asterion was still alone. He had spent a lot of the day, wandering around, looking at all of the pretty flowers, until he heard mumbling and footsteps. The little Minotaur scampered off, taking cover behind a wall before he slowly peeped out, peering from behind the cobblestone structure.

If you turned and looked quick enough, you could see a little boy, no older than five years old, dressed in cream coloured robes and with animalistic features. He had two little ears, two little stumpy horns, and a soft, bull-like snout. Behind him was a short tail, and his legs were those of a bull's, hooves and all. He looked so shy, and if you did manage to catch a glimpse, he quickly scampered away once more.

Minotaurs were scary to humans, but to Asterion, humans were even scarier-