It's almost 2 in the morning, and about time I wrote a story!
Disclaimer:I do not own Labyrinth. But I wish, I wish...
Hoggle backed into the corner of the oubliette and pulled his knees to his chest. He knew the dark hole well. He waited for his only moment of release; the time when Sarah would call for him. She did so once a day. How he longed to see her, her chestnut waves framing her perfect heart-shaped face. He brought his awkward fingers to his own disfigured features. Could she ever love a face as ugly as his? He thought back to a time when he was handsome, and soon fell asleep in his dark little corner of hell.
Jareth seethed. He fumed. He plotted and schemed, and finally, pouted. He had lost her. The innocent young girl he had longed to corrupt was no longer within his reaches. And who was to blame? Hoghead. The stupid ugly dwarf had disobeyed him, and now the girl had won. What hadn't he done to make the dwarf's life unbearable? Why wasn't the little booger afraid to show his ugly face to such a lovely girl? Of course, this was no ordinary lovely girl. This was Sarah, compassionate, sweet Sarah, who could befriend anyone. But perhaps the dwarf had retained some of his pride. After all Jareth had done to him, there was still a little bit of the man he had once been. When Jareth had first met Hoggle, he had been proud, arrogant, and even rude.
I wish the goblins would take you away, right now!
Why hello, young prince.
Who are you?
Oh, I think you know.
You're the Goblin King then, I suppose?
Yes.
Where is my sister?
I took her away, as you wished.
I have changed my mind. You will bring her back.
What's said is said, Prince Hoggle.
I said I changed my mind!
It isn't that simple.
The young prince nearly made it all the way through. He got all the way to the gates of the city, when the time ran out – after Jareth moved it forward several hours. And when Jareth informed him of his loss, he offered himself in his sister's place. The maze had changed him mentally, much as it changed Sarah. He was very handsome, with thick black hair and crystalline blue eyes. Jareth decided immediately that he would change all of that. He first turned the poor young man into an ugly dwarf, and then beat him daily, making him cowardly and bitter. The dwarf developed a deep fear for his captor, his master. He became a shell of what he had once been, much to the delight of the cruel Goblin King.
Jareth thought of a plan. He could use Hoggle to get Sarah back. Then she would be his forever.
Feedback is necessary, because I have never finished a fic.
The Faery Dreamer