A.N.-Hey, this is a revision since the outher format was hard to read, and its all thanks to the incredbly nice, Deborah Krier. Well, rember this fic is a Rosswell/Labyrinth crossover^_^
Dedication-Demi and Deborah Krier.
"Give me the child." Her voice was soft and clear, full of strength and determination that she barely knew she possessed.
Jareth said nothing at first as he began to circle her like a wolf around its wounded prey. "Sarah, beware. I've been generous up until now, but I can be cruel." Jareth's mismatched eyes bore into Sarah's own defiant ones.
"Generous!?" she said, her tone puzzled and incredulous at the same time. "What have you done that's generous?"
"Everything!" he snapped harshly. He couldn't believe she hadn't seen all that he'd done for her. "Everything you have wanted, I have done! You asked the child be taken; I took him. You coward before me; I was frightening," he said mockingly as he walked around her and she turned to keep him in her sights, "I have re-ordered time," he gestured to clock that now spun madly. "I have turned the world upside-down! And I've done it all for you!" He stopped circling her and stood in front of her in all his glory. His tone exasperated, he added, "I'm exhausted from living up to your expectations! Isn't that generous?"
"Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way to the castle beyond the Goblin City." Slowly Sarah began to walk toward him. Her eyes filled with determination to reclaim her brother, and her voice filled with confidence that she would win. Jareth began to retreat back from her, almost fearfully. Fear of this mortal girl. Sarah felt a surge of triumph filling her as she continued her deadly worlds. "To take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my king--"
"Stop!" Jareth raised the palm of his hand to her and Sarah stopped walking. "Wait, look Sarah, look what I'm offering you." He raised his left hand. A perfect crystal ball appeared. He held it toward her enticingly. "Your dreams..."
Sarah stared at it a moment. Images of the ball flashing into her mind. The way she'd felt as she and Jareth had whirled around in the room. The way he'd looked at her, when he'd almost kissed her...
Forcing her eyes from the crystal and back up to Jareth she took another step toward him and continued the words. "And my Kingdom as great."
Jareth backed away, his hand still outstretched toward her. "I ask for so little," he sounded almost forlorn, "just let me rule you, and you can everything you want."
"My Kingdom as great... Damn I can never remember that line!" Sarah looked down, her thoughts spinning frantically. What was the line!?
Sarah had stopped walking toward him and they stood only an arm-length apart, Jareth remedied that by stepping slightly closer to her. The crystal hovered so close to her face. "Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave." His voice sounded so gentle. Had Sarah bothered to look up and into Jareth's eyes she would have seen his vain attempt at hiding the desperation there.
Sarah furrowed her brow in thought as she repeated 'my kingdom as great' in an attempt to remember the simple line that always seemed to elude her at every chance.
"My kingdom is great..."
Suddenly the clock chimed. It was over. Sarah gasped in horror...no! Toby. Jareth's eyes changed from the sudden desperation and where filled with complete smugness and triumph.
Jareth flicked his wrist and the crystal he'd offered her disappeared as though it had never been. Sarah glanced up into his eyes and felt her blood freeze in her veins.
She clinched her hands into fists as the belated words slipped into her mind. "You have no power over me," she said as she stared angrily into his eyes, as though she could destroy him.
Jareth laughed as he walked toward Sarah who backed away, her confidence gone now that she knew she couldn't defeat him. She'd been so sure. In all the stories, it's always the Heroine who vanquishes the evil one, not the other way around!
"Too late, my Sarah, you've lost the game, and now Toby is MINE!" He laughed triumphantly again, his mismatched eyes openly mocking her. He raised his hand gently and touched her pale cheek arrogantly. "Such a pity, my poor Sarah. You really were a challenge," he mocked her lightly.
Sarah blinked away her tears of fear and replaced the dread in her eyes with fiery anger. She jerked her cheek from his softly gloved hand. "I need not your pity Jareth!"
He grinned, "You're defeated, Sarah, and even now you defy me. Only you, my dear, only you would dare."
He stepped closer to her. Not wanting to be closer to him Sarah backed away again only to feel the hardness of a wall behind her. Nowhere to go. Nowhere to run. "What are you going to do with me?" she asked nervously.
He smiled coolly, "To you? Nothing."
Sarah raised a brow, "So you're just going to send me back…?" It all seemed far too easy.
He shook his head grinning, "No. You, my dear, are staying here. You are to remain forever in an Oubliette. But don't worry, I'll come and visit you always."
Sarah opened her mouth to say something, but had no chance as Jareth faded and the world shifted and melted until she found herself standing in a dimly lit room with no way out.
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Hoggle barely breathed as he entered the room of the Goblin King. He eyed the outline of the sleeping Goblin King in the dark. Swiftly he tiptoed over to the bed. He stared at the crescent shaped moon on the Goblin King's chest. There it was. All he had to do was slip that off his neck, get it to Sarah, and she'd be okay. Not even breathing, the Dwarf reached over and grasped the chain gently, praying with all his heart that the Goblin King was a heavy sleeper. By some miracle, Jareth didn't even move in his slumber as Hoggle removed the pendent from him. Silently he tiptoed from the room and hurried past the sleeping Goblin guards. Once he was outside the castle walls he met up with his friends just outside the Goblin Gates.
"Did you get it, Sir Hoggle?" Sir Didymus asked.
Hoggle nodded, "Yeah." He paused, then added with a small smile, "It was a piece of cake."
"Really, Hedgewart?" a familiar icy voice said.
Ludo and Hoggle stiffened. It was Sir Didymus who spoke first. "Come out of thy shadows scoundrel!"
Jareth cocked an eyebrow at the fox's outburst as he moved into the soft moonlight. "You should show respect for your king, Didymus," he said, deliberately omitting the 'sir'. "You too, Hoggle, should know better then to steal from your king."
Hoggle thrust out his chin in bravery that he rarely showed. "Anything for Sarah!"
Sir Didymus leaned closer to Hoggle's ear. "Get that to the Fair Damsel Sarah. We'll take care of the villain afoot."
Hoggle nodded. Holding the pendent in his hand he wished to be where Sarah was.
As Hoggle disappeared, Sir Didymus held his head high for battle. "For Lady Sarah!"
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Sarah leaned hopelessly against the wall of her own private hell. It felt as though she'd been here for an eternity. Food magically appeared three times a day, but she left it practically untouched. Jareth had yet to appear for the 'visits' he'd promised her-not that she minded in the least. She was sure that if he did ever come within two feet of her she'd tell him off and punch him in the gut.
A flash of glitter in the corner of her eye got her attention quickly.
She whirled around and opened her mouth to yell at the Goblin King but stopped as she realized it was Hoggle.
"Sarah?"
Sarah's face brightened as she rushed to her friend hugging him happily. "Hoggle!"
Hoggle cleared his throat slightly. "Sarah, I's gots somethin' for ya." He paused before holding out the small pendant. "We's takes it from Jareth... You cans use it ta get home."
He shoved it into Sarah's hands. "But, won't he notice it's gone? He does wear it all the time. Besides, what about you?"
Hoggle smiled slightly, "I won'ts notice for a whiles yet, I'll be fine. You gets outta here."
Sarah smiled gratefully, "Thank you, Hoggle."
Sarah leaned down quickly and gave him a little peck on the cheek before holding the pendant firmly and wishing she was home. When she opened her eyes again she found herself in her room. Her eyes wide she ran into her parents' room. She peaked into the crib, already knowing that what she sought wasn't there. She glanced slowly into the crib. She felt tears well up in her eyes as she glanced inside.
Her knees buckling beneath her Sarah sobbed, both in anger and sorrow. If only she hadn't wished him away. If only she'd just remembered the words in time. Then.... then Toby would be here, crying and being a nuisance but still here. But no. He was gone. He was a goblin by now for sure. It's funny how a good memory can help you remember the most wonderful and joyful times in your life. But in a way, memories can also be your greatest enemy. Sarah knew she would never forget the way Toby's wide blue eyes had always followed her. The way it felt to cradle his small fragile body in her arms. He was gone. Forever. And it was all her fault. She'd never forget the look of triumph on Jare- The Goblin King's face as she lost. It wasn't fair!
Suddenly Sarah herd a voice down the stairs, "Sarah, where home!"
Sarah trembled as she pulled her knees up to her chest. How was she to explain Toby's absence? How would she explain that was all her fault?
A.N.-What do you think? I hope you liked it^_^Don't forget to review^_^_^_^
Dedication-Demi and Deborah Krier.
"Give me the child." Her voice was soft and clear, full of strength and determination that she barely knew she possessed.
Jareth said nothing at first as he began to circle her like a wolf around its wounded prey. "Sarah, beware. I've been generous up until now, but I can be cruel." Jareth's mismatched eyes bore into Sarah's own defiant ones.
"Generous!?" she said, her tone puzzled and incredulous at the same time. "What have you done that's generous?"
"Everything!" he snapped harshly. He couldn't believe she hadn't seen all that he'd done for her. "Everything you have wanted, I have done! You asked the child be taken; I took him. You coward before me; I was frightening," he said mockingly as he walked around her and she turned to keep him in her sights, "I have re-ordered time," he gestured to clock that now spun madly. "I have turned the world upside-down! And I've done it all for you!" He stopped circling her and stood in front of her in all his glory. His tone exasperated, he added, "I'm exhausted from living up to your expectations! Isn't that generous?"
"Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way to the castle beyond the Goblin City." Slowly Sarah began to walk toward him. Her eyes filled with determination to reclaim her brother, and her voice filled with confidence that she would win. Jareth began to retreat back from her, almost fearfully. Fear of this mortal girl. Sarah felt a surge of triumph filling her as she continued her deadly worlds. "To take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my king--"
"Stop!" Jareth raised the palm of his hand to her and Sarah stopped walking. "Wait, look Sarah, look what I'm offering you." He raised his left hand. A perfect crystal ball appeared. He held it toward her enticingly. "Your dreams..."
Sarah stared at it a moment. Images of the ball flashing into her mind. The way she'd felt as she and Jareth had whirled around in the room. The way he'd looked at her, when he'd almost kissed her...
Forcing her eyes from the crystal and back up to Jareth she took another step toward him and continued the words. "And my Kingdom as great."
Jareth backed away, his hand still outstretched toward her. "I ask for so little," he sounded almost forlorn, "just let me rule you, and you can everything you want."
"My Kingdom as great... Damn I can never remember that line!" Sarah looked down, her thoughts spinning frantically. What was the line!?
Sarah had stopped walking toward him and they stood only an arm-length apart, Jareth remedied that by stepping slightly closer to her. The crystal hovered so close to her face. "Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave." His voice sounded so gentle. Had Sarah bothered to look up and into Jareth's eyes she would have seen his vain attempt at hiding the desperation there.
Sarah furrowed her brow in thought as she repeated 'my kingdom as great' in an attempt to remember the simple line that always seemed to elude her at every chance.
"My kingdom is great..."
Suddenly the clock chimed. It was over. Sarah gasped in horror...no! Toby. Jareth's eyes changed from the sudden desperation and where filled with complete smugness and triumph.
Jareth flicked his wrist and the crystal he'd offered her disappeared as though it had never been. Sarah glanced up into his eyes and felt her blood freeze in her veins.
She clinched her hands into fists as the belated words slipped into her mind. "You have no power over me," she said as she stared angrily into his eyes, as though she could destroy him.
Jareth laughed as he walked toward Sarah who backed away, her confidence gone now that she knew she couldn't defeat him. She'd been so sure. In all the stories, it's always the Heroine who vanquishes the evil one, not the other way around!
"Too late, my Sarah, you've lost the game, and now Toby is MINE!" He laughed triumphantly again, his mismatched eyes openly mocking her. He raised his hand gently and touched her pale cheek arrogantly. "Such a pity, my poor Sarah. You really were a challenge," he mocked her lightly.
Sarah blinked away her tears of fear and replaced the dread in her eyes with fiery anger. She jerked her cheek from his softly gloved hand. "I need not your pity Jareth!"
He grinned, "You're defeated, Sarah, and even now you defy me. Only you, my dear, only you would dare."
He stepped closer to her. Not wanting to be closer to him Sarah backed away again only to feel the hardness of a wall behind her. Nowhere to go. Nowhere to run. "What are you going to do with me?" she asked nervously.
He smiled coolly, "To you? Nothing."
Sarah raised a brow, "So you're just going to send me back…?" It all seemed far too easy.
He shook his head grinning, "No. You, my dear, are staying here. You are to remain forever in an Oubliette. But don't worry, I'll come and visit you always."
Sarah opened her mouth to say something, but had no chance as Jareth faded and the world shifted and melted until she found herself standing in a dimly lit room with no way out.
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Hoggle barely breathed as he entered the room of the Goblin King. He eyed the outline of the sleeping Goblin King in the dark. Swiftly he tiptoed over to the bed. He stared at the crescent shaped moon on the Goblin King's chest. There it was. All he had to do was slip that off his neck, get it to Sarah, and she'd be okay. Not even breathing, the Dwarf reached over and grasped the chain gently, praying with all his heart that the Goblin King was a heavy sleeper. By some miracle, Jareth didn't even move in his slumber as Hoggle removed the pendent from him. Silently he tiptoed from the room and hurried past the sleeping Goblin guards. Once he was outside the castle walls he met up with his friends just outside the Goblin Gates.
"Did you get it, Sir Hoggle?" Sir Didymus asked.
Hoggle nodded, "Yeah." He paused, then added with a small smile, "It was a piece of cake."
"Really, Hedgewart?" a familiar icy voice said.
Ludo and Hoggle stiffened. It was Sir Didymus who spoke first. "Come out of thy shadows scoundrel!"
Jareth cocked an eyebrow at the fox's outburst as he moved into the soft moonlight. "You should show respect for your king, Didymus," he said, deliberately omitting the 'sir'. "You too, Hoggle, should know better then to steal from your king."
Hoggle thrust out his chin in bravery that he rarely showed. "Anything for Sarah!"
Sir Didymus leaned closer to Hoggle's ear. "Get that to the Fair Damsel Sarah. We'll take care of the villain afoot."
Hoggle nodded. Holding the pendent in his hand he wished to be where Sarah was.
As Hoggle disappeared, Sir Didymus held his head high for battle. "For Lady Sarah!"
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Sarah leaned hopelessly against the wall of her own private hell. It felt as though she'd been here for an eternity. Food magically appeared three times a day, but she left it practically untouched. Jareth had yet to appear for the 'visits' he'd promised her-not that she minded in the least. She was sure that if he did ever come within two feet of her she'd tell him off and punch him in the gut.
A flash of glitter in the corner of her eye got her attention quickly.
She whirled around and opened her mouth to yell at the Goblin King but stopped as she realized it was Hoggle.
"Sarah?"
Sarah's face brightened as she rushed to her friend hugging him happily. "Hoggle!"
Hoggle cleared his throat slightly. "Sarah, I's gots somethin' for ya." He paused before holding out the small pendant. "We's takes it from Jareth... You cans use it ta get home."
He shoved it into Sarah's hands. "But, won't he notice it's gone? He does wear it all the time. Besides, what about you?"
Hoggle smiled slightly, "I won'ts notice for a whiles yet, I'll be fine. You gets outta here."
Sarah smiled gratefully, "Thank you, Hoggle."
Sarah leaned down quickly and gave him a little peck on the cheek before holding the pendant firmly and wishing she was home. When she opened her eyes again she found herself in her room. Her eyes wide she ran into her parents' room. She peaked into the crib, already knowing that what she sought wasn't there. She glanced slowly into the crib. She felt tears well up in her eyes as she glanced inside.
Her knees buckling beneath her Sarah sobbed, both in anger and sorrow. If only she hadn't wished him away. If only she'd just remembered the words in time. Then.... then Toby would be here, crying and being a nuisance but still here. But no. He was gone. He was a goblin by now for sure. It's funny how a good memory can help you remember the most wonderful and joyful times in your life. But in a way, memories can also be your greatest enemy. Sarah knew she would never forget the way Toby's wide blue eyes had always followed her. The way it felt to cradle his small fragile body in her arms. He was gone. Forever. And it was all her fault. She'd never forget the look of triumph on Jare- The Goblin King's face as she lost. It wasn't fair!
Suddenly Sarah herd a voice down the stairs, "Sarah, where home!"
Sarah trembled as she pulled her knees up to her chest. How was she to explain Toby's absence? How would she explain that was all her fault?
A.N.-What do you think? I hope you liked it^_^Don't forget to review^_^_^_^