CoffeeKris: Man, you may as well start calling me the oneshot Queen. I do not know WHERE these things are coming from, but I'm enjoying them. I intend to make more J/S oneshots to follow this one and they'll be posted as new chapters.
Disclaimer: I do not own Labyrinth or it's characters. Nor do I own the song Little Red Riding Hood, it belongs to Sam the Sham and the Pharaoh's.
Sarah walked through the park cautiously on her way home from the costume the party she'd just attended. Her best friend Carolyn had decided that this year's anual friend reunion should be a costume party theme. Sarah had dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood and now as she walked through the empty park she couldn't help but feel like she really was Little Red Riding Hood and kept an eye out for The Big Bad Wolf.
Well, actually it wasn't so much the Big Bad Wolf she was looking out for as it was a guy named Ryan who was dressed like a wizard. The party had been fine save for him constantly bothering her, she would love to tell him exactly where to stick his wand but decided just to go home instead. Sarah was still thinking to how creeped out Ryan made her when she was startled by a familiar voice.
"Well, well, well. What have we here?"
Sarah whipped around to see his figure casually leaning against a tree in the shadow from the path. His mismatched eyes seem to glow at her from the shadow.
"Who's this I see walking in these woods? Why it's Little Red Riding Hood." Jareth moved off the tree and walked to the edge between the light from the path and the shadows from the trees.
"I must say Sarah, that costume does rather suit you. Though I am suprised you'd choose such a tragic figure to portray." He gave her a predatory smile.
Sarah just regarded him cautiously, Jareth had popped up around her now and then since her victory in the Labyrinth six years ago and she was somewhat used to it.
"What do you mean tragic? She gets away from the wolf in the end, the woodcutter comes and saves her."
Jareth let out a single laugh and circled her before whispering into her ear.
"Maybe in the tale you have been taught my dear, but in the original story the wolf ravishes her."
Sarah shivered and turned to look at him.
"I've never heard that."
He smirked.
"That is because over time parents believed it best to omit that little detail." He said moving next to her and offered her his arm, but Sarah just looked at him oddly.
"What are you doing?"
Jareth sighed for a moment before standing in front of Sarah. He began to sing as he circled her again.
Hey there little Red Riding Hood,
you sure are looking good,
you're everything a big bad wolf could want.
Listen to me,Little Red Riding Hood
I don't think little big girls
should
go walking in these spooky old woods alone.
AROOO
What big eyes you have,
the kind of eyes that drive wolves mad,
so just to see that you don't get chased,
I think I ought to walk with you for a ways,
What full lips you have,
they're sure to lure, some one bad,
so until you get to grandma's place,
I think you ought to walk with me and be safe,
I'm gonna keep my sheep suit on,
till I'm sure that you've been shown,
that I can be trusted walking with
you alone. AROOW
Little Red Riding Hood,
I'd like to hold you if I could,
but you might think that I'm a big bad wolf,
so I won't.
AROO
What a big heart I have,
the better to love you with,
Little Red Riding Hood,
even bad wolves can be good
I'll try to keep satisfied,
just to walk close by your side,
maybe you'll see things my way,
before we get to Grandma's place
Little Red Riding Hood,
you sure are looking good,
you're everything a big bad wolf could want.
AROOOO...I mean... Bahhh.
He finished and looked at her expectingly once again extending his arm. This time she grinned and took his arm and they began to walk along the path through the wooded part of the park.
"So...you say in the original story the wolf ravishes her?" she asked.
"Yes, he does."
"And are you a wolf Goblin King?" Sarah asked looking at him sidelong.
Jareth gave her a feral smile.
"Bahhhh,"