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This chapter was written by: Gaara's Little Girl

Chapter One

"Once upon a time, there was a young girl whose baby brother was kidnapped by the wicked Goblin King. The girl, of course, was very upset, and so she went after the king to save her brother. But, as she fought the king, her brother was lost in the inbetween… the world between worlds. And as for the girl, she was trapped in the castle beyond the goblin city.

"She tried many times to escape, but the goblin king always caught her, and brought her back to his castle. What the girl didn't understand was that the king wasn't really wicked, just lonely. But the girl didn't care. All she wanted was to find her brother, and to go back home. She begged the king many times to go and find her brother, but the king was very sick, and didn't have the energy to find the boy. So, the girl decided to go out on her own and find him.

"One day, when she was traveling through the labyrinth, she was attacked by a group of monsters. They jumped at her, and pulled her hair, and chased her through the labyrinth trying to pull her apart. But then, all of a sudden, the goblin king appeared and saved the girl and whisked her away, back to his castle, where she would be safe. Slowly, the two began to become friends. The king took the girl to a beautiful lake, where they danced together for many hours. He gave her her own special room, and everything she could possibly wish for. But the girl was still very unhappy. She wanted her brother back very badly, and soon, she and the king were arguing all the time. And so, one night, even though the king was deathly sick, he went out when everyone in the castle was asleep, and he went to find the girl's brother.

"Oh, I've forgotten something! The king had a secret. Hundreds of years before the girl had ever come to his castle, the king had given away his heart. He traded it to a horrible little creature called a gremlin, in exchange for immortality. And so the goblin king lived for thousands of years, without a heart. And living without a heart made him bitter, cruel and very unpredictable and dangerous. That is, until he met the girl, that's when he started to soften up.

"Anyways, once the king returned, he collapsed, and he was so sick that no one was sure he was going to survive. But the girl would not give up. He had helped her, and now she was bent on doing the same for him. She and her friend found the cure, and gave it to the king, and for a moment, everything seemed wonderful. But then, the king reminded the girl that he had to take her and her brother home again. The girl was very upset. She had wanted to go home for so long, but now, she found herself beginning to fall in love with the king. And so she told him to send her brother back, but that she was going to stay with him.

"Only a few days later, the king asked the girl to marry him, and she said yes. They had a huge celebration, and everyone in the kingdom rejoiced. But that night, the gremlin who had stolen the king's heart appeared in the castle, saying that the king had cheated him when he had given his heart to the girl. And so, he tried to kill the girl! But the goblin king protected her, and fought the gremlin off. There was a terrific battle, which ended when the king killed the goblin, saving his bride's life!

"Everything went back to normal then… The king and his new queen were very happy with each other, and before long, the queen gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, who they named after her younger brother. And they all lived happily ever after. The end."

Sarah looked down at her son, cradled in her arms. She sighed. The boy was still wide awake, blinking up at her and smiling as he sucked his thumb.

"This is the part where you go to sleep Toby," she said. Toby gurgled, and Sarah couldn't help but laugh. It had been the same fight for the past three months; she'd sing, tell stories and rock the baby until her arms were sore, but he refused to go to sleep. Not until his father was in the room.

"Alright," she said, standing up, "Time to visit daddy,"

The walk from Toby's room to the throne room wasn't a long one, but Sarah found herself lost in thought as she padded the hallways automatically, following the route she now knew by heart.

Three years had passed since she and Jareth had gotten married, and barely three months since Toby had been born. What was it she had said in the story? Happily ever after? Well, it certainly seemed that way. Ever since the gremlin's death, things had seemed much more peaceful around the castle. Even Jareth was in a good mood. He could still be sarcastic, viciously cruel and his moods were often dangerously unpredictable, but he still seemed to walk with a noticeable spring in his step, and a cheery good humor that had surrounded him ever since he'd gotten his heart back. He could often be found playing with his son, or walking down the halls humming under his breath. It was a nice change, but it took some getting used to.

Sarah blinked. Without realizing it, she had already entered the throne room, and was standing amidst the goblins as they chased each other around the small stone room. Chickens squawked loudly, the noise clashing with the drunken laughter and excited shouts of the goblins as they fought and drank. On the far side of the room, Jareth lounged horizontally in his chair, drumming his fingers against his temple as he stared at the clock.

'Some things never change,' Sarah thought with a faint smile, reflecting on how even after everything they'd been through, her husband still despised his job more than anything in the world. Then again, who wouldn't?

Jareth caught sight of his wife as she made her way through the mess of goblins, and immediately perked up, smiling.

"Well well," he said, eyes sparkling, "I send for Hoggle, and they bring me back a princess… and a handsome little prince!" he said, tickling Toby gently until the baby gurgled happily.

"What are you two doing here?"

"It's nap time," Sarah said, almost apologetically. Jareth laughed and took Toby from her hands, holding him close. He started humming softly, and Sarah thought she heard him singing snatches of Magic Dance. Whatever it was, Toby was fast asleep within moments, curled into a ball in his father's arms. Before Sarah could take him back, Jareth passed the child to a nearby goblin.

"Take the little prince back to his room. And then everyone get the hell out. I want a little alone time with the queen," Jareth murmured, smirking as he wrapped an arm around Sarah's waist. Sarah blushed as Jareth leaned in to kiss her.

Their lips were hardly a few centimeters apart when the door suddenly burst open.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! There's a-… oh… I'm sorry, is this a bad time?"

Sarah and Jareth broke apart to see Hoggle staring sheepishly at them from the doorway. Sarah blushed, and glanced over at Jareth, who was shaking with suppressed irritation, his eyes narrow and icy blue. She put a hand on his shoulder and answered the dwarf before her husband had a chance to berate him.

"Not at all Hoggle. What's going on?"

The dwarf swallowed hard, shifting from foot to foot urgently as he spoke.

"There's an unidentified carriage coming this way! It just appeared out of the labyrinth, and it won't stop for guards or anything!"

Jareth was at the door in a flash, calling back to Sarah as he swept down the hallway.

"Stay here, I'll be back in a moment,"

Sarah waited about a minute before following him out of the castle. By the time she had arrived to the front gate, a crowd had gathered, huddled behind Jareth who stood proudly at the front like a captain of a ship, glaring down at the cream-white carriage as it was pulled to a stop in front of the castle by a pair of coco brown horses. The door opened, and a cloaked figure stepped out, making their way up the steps and stopping before Jareth. Jareth surveyed the figure, his eyes cool and calculating.

"You have a lot of nerve, arriving here unannounced, stranger," he said, his voice rolling like thunder across the silent crowd. "Don't you know there are laws here, requiring you to present yourself to the guards?"

The stranger laughed, and spoke in a melodious voice, that was just as cold as Jareth's but distinctly female.

"I'm no stranger, Your Majesty. You know me quite well,"

Jareth frowned.

"Who are you?" he asked slowly. The figure reached up, and removed her hood. The woman was pale, with long blonde hair and a curvaceous body, which the cloak did little to hide.

As Sarah looked at the woman, she thought she saw a pair of glittering black eyes staring back at her, but she blinked and the eyes had shifted to a deep emerald green.

Jareth stumbled back, his face a mask of shock as he stared at the smiling blonde woman who stood before him.

"Iris…" he whispered, swallowing hard. Iris glanced over Jareth's shoulder, her eyes meeting Sarah's, and her smile seemed to grow cold, almost menacing.

"And who do we have here?"

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