A/N: I was writing the Characters for chapter three in my first Laby fic when I was inspired for this. ^_^ I can't wait to get started! :D

Disclaimer: I don't own Labyrinth, Jareth, Sarah, Sir Didymus, LABAYRINTH IN GENERAL!!!! I DO, however, own Squiglette, Navaro, Nanamek and Asqueek. You may NOT use them or their names unless I say - and I usually say 'yes', as long as I can beta-read. I don't care if its for Labyrinth or not, HANDS OFF.

Genre: action/adventure/humor/drama/romance/angst?

Pairings: J/S

Rating: PG13, may go higher depending on my mood

Summery: this is the story from one of Jareth's Goblins' POV, his name is Squiglette. This will be J/S - b/c when Squiglette sees Jareth and Sarah, he and his best friends decide to play match-makers. Ha, I can't wait to get started on this! But I may have a slight plot change - after all, I didn't plan this idea out or anything.

Chapter started: 3/6/03 Chapter ended: 3/9/03

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Third Person POV, Squiglette

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Squiglette was a royal goblin of the royal court of his royal pain-in-the- you-know-what with royal looking eyes and royal fur and royal blood due to royal parents. Ha! You wish. He was actually a human-turned-goblin but Jareth raised him, so THERE but none of the other Goblins or Elves or Fairies or Dwarves realized this because they weren't as 'intelligent' as Squiglette was. Squiglette was intelligent too, I suppose, but I'm not supposed to be telling you that and I'm not supposed to be saying "I'm" because this isn't a narrative fic.

Anyway, Squiglette and his best friends, a pretty little Goblin girl named Asqueek, an Elfling boy named Navaro, and a Fairy-Pixy named Nanamek, were all playing around near the Labyrinth when an idea actually hit Squiglette in the head. Really hard. So hard, in fact, that he rubbed his head for a moment, trying to remember the idea. Then, "Hey, you guys, I have a really good idea!" he said, stopping from poking a bee hive with the stick he was holding and looking at his friends.

"Gods help us," Navaro muttered. Nanamek agreed silently with a nod.

"What's your really good idea?" squeaked Asqueek, for she liked Squiglette's ideas.

"You guys know how King Jareth is always terrorizing those Aboveground girls and whatever, right? Well, what if he were to actually get terrorized by one of THEM?" Squiglette was very proud of himself as he said this.

"Oh wow, what a really good idea!" squeaked Asqueek, clapping her hands. Navaro and Nanamek looked at each other before answering.

"Actually, I kind of like that idea. King Jareth IS sort of extra mean to all of those poor Human girls." Said Navaro, "But what would be a good lesson to teach? I mean, we can't exactly walk up to the next girl and say, 'hey, Aboveground girl, Human! Yeah, you! Want to come and teach the Goblin King a lesson?' I mean, that's illogical." Navaro put a finger to his chin in thought.

"We could," Nanamek started, but then stopped. "Oh, no, never mind. If that succeeded then it might affect the entire Labyrinth, including us. Never mind." She shook her shoulder-length snowy mane and sighed. But, oops, Squiglette and Asqueek had heard, and they still knew what one plus one is (eleven counts as two in some cases, right?)

"What What??" asked Squiglette wildly.

"What is it? please tells us, Nanamek, please! We'll decide as a group if it's a good idea or not!" Asqueek begged. Navaro raised a curious eyebrow at Nanamek, and she sighed.

"Well, okay. say if Jareth were to, you know, like one of those Aboveground girls, and she didn't like him back. I remember this guy my mother was dating did that, and it totally had her sad." She leaned against a near tree and glanced up at the shining sun, who smiled warmly down upon her and her companions.

"Well, actually, that's a really good idea!" Asqueek said. "I like it," agreed Squiglette. "Let's do it!"

"WAIT!" Navaro shouted, and everybody looked at him. "We have to do the Pros and Cons first," the Elf child explained calmly.

"Pro," Squiglette said after a moment. "We teach King Jareth a lesson!"

"Con," Nanamek shot back. "King Jareth will be heartbroken. Think of how that would affect ALL OF us!"

"Pro," Asqueek argued, "This could possibly end what little conflict we have with the other countries of the Underground. They don't like the kidnapping stuff!"

"Con; say King Jareth starts drinking, or gets grief-stricken, or dies, then what'll we do?" everybody stared at Squiglette, who had just said that. "That didn't help, Squiglette." Asqueek informed him. Squiglette looked down at his feet in shame.

"Okay, okay, then why don't we." Navaro stopped short of his sentence, a grin slowly spreading on his face. "Why don't we," he started haltingly (and slyly) again, "Get an Aboveground girl and King Jareth to, um, you know, like each other, at the same time?" a long silence followed this, then all four grinned at each other.

"So, King Jareth's next victim is our experimentee?" Nanamek asked.

"I think so," Squiglette agreed.

"But she's got to be pretty," Asqueek pointed out.

"And smart," agreed Squiglette.

"Not to mention Logical," Nanamek volunteered.

"And old enough. You know, to get married," Navaro said. They all grinned at each other again.

"Well, we'd better get to planning, then get to the palace, otherwise we won't know if our Human is here or not." Said Nanamek after a moment of more devious grinning.

"'Our Human'?" asked Squiglette.

"Yeah," Navaro offered quietly. "Our Human."

They seemed to agree silently on that one.

"OKAY!" Asqueek shouted. "Let's plan!"

The four sat in a circle. Or, square. Whichever you prefer.

"We should split up," Navaro proposed. "Two of us go into the Labyrinth to get Our Human to like King Jareth, and the other two goes to the palace to make King Jareth like Our Human. Every 780 minutes we'll meet."

"780 minutes?"

"It's a math problem. See, 13 hours - that's prime, you can't divide it equally unless by one, and we can't meet every ONE hour. So, we multiply thirteen by sixty, since there are sixty minutes in an hour, and it equals 780. Therefore, every seven hundred and eighty minutes we'll meet somewhere." Navaro finished.

He sighed at the blank stares he received in return.

"Okay, look at it this way - if a problem arises, ONE of whomever saw the problem goes to the others and the three clear it up. Then that one goes back to whoever their watching - Human or Fae - and solve the problem. Deal? Understand?"

More blank stares.

"ALRIGHT, I'll make this easier for you. First we split up - who's going with who to watch who?"

"Elves are too smart," Squiglette muttered.

Navaro gave a frustrated growl. He didn't get paid enough to be these nitwits' friend. "Look," he said slowly and loudly. "We have to split up. Two of us get King Jareth to like Our Human, and the other two get Our Human to like King Jareth. Understand?"

"YES!"

"Good. Now we're getting somewhere." Navaro thought a moment. "So, let's split into our groups first - who's going with who?"

They all understood him this time.

"I think that Asqueek and I should watch Our Human, since we're both girls and our Aboveground contestant is gonna be a girl. Navaro and Squiglette can both get King Jareth to fall in love with Our Human," Nanamek volunteered.

"Well, okay," Asqueek said slowly. Squiglette shrugged.

"No," Navaro argued. "That won't work. It illogical. I think that Squiglette and I should go about Our Human, and Nanamek and Asqueek handle King Jareth."

"NO! boys don't listen to girls!"

"FINE! Asqueek and I handle Our Human, and Squiglette and Nanamek handle King Jareth. Deal."

"fine."

"ALRIGHTY then, now we need to choose a time and place to meet every two hours." Navaro translated his earlier speech, but gave up on the math. They wouldn't understand, he reasoned.

"How about right here?" Squiglette offered. "It's hidden, safe, and easy to get to from all sides of the Labyrinth. What do ya guys think?"

"It'll work," said Nanamek. "So now all we have to do is find the latest challenger and see if she's Our Human,"

"Logical enough," Navaro agreed.

"Let's go to the Castle now - we'll be able to see and stuff from there and all - and we'll know." Squiglette cried, jabbing a finger in the air and jumping to his feet.

"Yeah!" Asqueek imitated him. Navaro and Nanamek simultaneously stood up. "Let's go, then."

And off they go!
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Third person POV, castle, about ten minutes after the last scene, Squiglette.

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"King Jareth?" Squiglette asked tentatively, standing in the throne room of the castle. He threw a look over his shoulder to where his friends were cowering behind a stone pillar. They'd decided on who would go talk to King Jareth by drawing straws. Except, Navaro had cut on of the straws so that it was shorter, and Squiglette had gotten the shorter one. Now he stood in the throne room (almost empty, the lunch crowd had left) and Jareth stared down at him.

"What?"

"Um, I was thinking, you see, that, um, you see," he paused at the annoyed look on Jareth's face. "um, Navaro wanted to ask you something!" he finally said in a high pitched squeak, pointing wildly to the stone pillar. Asqueek's hands could clearly be seen shoving Navaro out, and he glared at her before venturing forth to stand next to Squiglette.

"Heelo, King Jareth," he said. "Haven't we been having EXCELLENT wheather lately? Say, you haven't by any chance responded to a call from the Aboveground, have you? I mean, the sky is just so BLUE and-"

by now Jareth had figured out what the two (or four, he noted) wanted from him. To see a Human - most had no interest in Humans, except the babies that had been turned into Goblins. Squiglette was one of them (a human baby turned Goblin, I mean) Navaro was an Elfling - his view about everything would be neutral once his parents got a better hold on him. Asqueek was just a simple Goblin maiden - except her father had been a Human turned Goblin, and Nanamek was a Fairy-Pixy, or half at least. Her mother had been Jareth's sister's adoptive daughter, a Human baby that she had begged Jareth not to turn into a Goblin. How she had managed to have Nanamek was beyond Jareth's reasoning. Either way, Nanamek was a rather tall Fairy-pixy (about three feet by now).

So it made perfect sense that they were interested in Humans.

Jareth listened to Navaro babble about the weather, and Squiglette mumble something about unfair straws for a while, then held up a gloved hand. They both grew quiet. "Would the other two be interested in Humans as well?" he asked, nodding towards the pillar that the two maidens peered out. They went red and somehow managed to get next to Navaro and Squiglette.

Jareth could sense their awe at his having guessed their intentions - but not all of it. they wanted something more, specifically from him, otherwise they'd have asked an adult and the adult would have asked Jareth permission to take them Aboveground for a visit. What was it that they wanted? Jareth didn't want to know.

"What's your sudden interest in the Aboveground dwellers?" he asked. despite what the other kingdoms thought of him, Jareth was very good with kids. The Labyrinth turned babies into Goblins unless Jareth intervened, and he didn't do that. Except for Nanamek's mother, perhaps, but that was it. he remembered Asqueek's father and what Squiglette had been like before, and the memories made him smile. How could those Humans do such things to such innocent children?

"Well," Navaro said carefully. "We was thinking that maybe we could, um, talk! Talk to a Human girl, at least, Asqueek and I want to." he paused to take a breath. "We won't tell them the way through the Labyrinth! We promise! Pleeeeaaaaase?"

"PLEASE?" Asqueek echoed. Jareth cocked an eye at Squiglette and Nanamek. "What about you two?" he asked. "We were thinking we could see the Human baby," Nanamek said breathlessly. Jareth was playing into their game - he wondered what it was. "All right. I have to get going then. When I come back I'll show the Human girl to Asqueek and Navaro, and Nanamek and Squiglette can watch the baby."

They were slightly taken aback (Jareth and Their Human needed to be separated first) but the idea was one that they loved, and they all gave hopeful smiles as Jareth stood and stretched.

"I'll be right back," he said, and transformed into an owl and flew away. All four kids squealed.

"YES!" said Squiglette. "Its working! Hee hee, I can't wait!" he slapped a high five with Asqueek. "You two," Nanamek sighed. "He suspects something, dummies. Didn't you see that calculating look in his eyes? And what if King Jareth figures out our plan? I don't think that he'll approve."

"WELL," Navaro said, deciding that maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all, "Think of it this way; we're doing King Jareth a favor. He's been alive for twenty thousand million years, and he's still single. My mother said that he's going to get dethroned if he doesn't get an heir in thirty million more years. SO, we're also doing the Labyrinth and city a favor too. See? We're helping the entire Underground!" Navaro decided to ignore his failing logic. Elves are very logical creatures, see.

"Well," she muttered. "But we can't do any part of the plan if Our Human and Jareth are together. Keep them separated, Duh."

"How?"

now THAT was a logical question. ^_^

"Well, King Jareth stays HERE with YOU TWO, and Asqueek and I talk to Our Human."

And THAT was a logical answer!

Just then, there was a wail, and they all jumped and looked at the throne. There was a little blond baby, no more then one year old (or a hundred, Squiglette figured) wailing at the top of his lungs.

Squiglette cried and jammed his fingers into his ears. Navaro ground his teeth together and stumbled backwards, clapping his hands to his finely pointed ears as well (Elves have really, really good hearing). Asqueek just stood there staring. (her eardrums were numb). But Nanamek, half human, cried out and rushed forwards, and grabbed the Human Baby in her arms and rocked it (sort of. she was only three feet tall), cooing softly until it stopped crying.

"Oh, my head," Navaro moaned, slowly standing up. "And Squiglette and you have to spend thirteen hours with that thing?!? Ha!"

Nanamek sighed, rocking the baby only a foot smaller then her. Despite her size, Fairy-Pixies are very strong.

A moment later, Jareth walked in. "Okay," he said. "You two come with me," and he walked back out again. Navaro and Asqueek followed at a run (b/c Jareth had long legs and was about five million feet taller [in Squiglette's opinion])

Then they disappeared and reappeared on the top of the Labyrinth walls. "I have to watch the baby, to make sure that nothing bad happens to him," Jareth explained. I'll be watching, so don't you try to tell her the way through the Labyrinth."

"Don't worry!" Navaro assured. "So, uh, where is she?"

Jareth pointed down to a girl at a slight distance, talking to a worm. She then got up and was about to go to the castle, but then turned around and went the other way. "That idiot," Navaro said. "She'd have gone trait to the castle! What, does she want her baby to be a Goblin? Geeze! Illogical!"

"She's not thinking strait right now," Jareth decided, watching her carefully. "I think that I gave her a bit of a scare." They watched her for a moment, then the bay's wailing could be heard all the way across the Labyrinth. "Don't guide her," Jareth warned, then disappeared.

Asqueek and Navaro glanced at each other, then hopped down and followed the girl. Their girl. Their Human.
Sarah made her way about, and stared blankly at a sign with about a hundred hands pointing everywhere. Then she turned when she heard Toby's cry and sighed. "I'm coming Toby," she said, more to reassure herself. Then she started forward when there was a tugging at her left jean leg, and she looked down.

There, about as tall as her thigh, was a Goblin! She screamed and jumped away. "What do you want??" she asked wildly. Then logic took over. This Goblin was smaller then her! She rounded on it. "HOW DO I GET TO THE CENTER OF THIS LABYRINTH?!?" she ordered, hoping to scare it into talking. It worked. Or, the scaring part did. The Goblin squealed, and darted away around a corner. "Hey! Come back, you coward!" She shouted, and gave chase.

She noted about five minutes later that Goblins were faster then they looked. Finally she came to a stop at a bend, and panting, walked slowly around it. there was her Goblin in the dead end, looking about ready to. cry. It squealed again when she took another forward, and jumped and tried to climb up the wall.

It looked fearfully over its shoulder as Sarah continued to near, and she realized something. This is a child Goblin! She hadn't thought that Goblins had children, but this definitely looked like a child. "Wait," she called as it managed to dart around her. She gave chase again, but luck was on her side, and it was slow from the earlier run. It stopped at another dead end and attempted to climb up the wall again.

"I hate Humans!" it, no, she cried as she began to cry. "No wonder King Jareth is always so serious about rescuing the poor babies!" when she, the little Goblin girl, realized she couldn't climb the wall, she pressed her back to it and watched a very shocked Sarah come nearer and nearer, and she realized she couldn't make an escape. She cried harder. Would this Human eat her? She didn't know. "Navaro!" she cried. "Navaro, help!"

"Wait," the Human repeated, and was in front of her and knelt down. "You're a child Goblin, aren't you?" Asqueek edged away. "No, wait, I won't hurt you! I'm sorry if I scared you earlier!" Sarah tried in vain to get the Goblin Girl to say something else, but her lip was buttoned. Then a voice behind her made her jump.

"Asqueek! What are you doing?" Sarah turned around and gasped. A little taller then the Goblin girl, standing there, another child. She was certain. He had a narrow body build and pointed ears, set beneath a very, very light blond that almost looked white, with golden highlights, and it came to just above his shoulders. His oval eyes were bright, bright, bright green around the dilated pupils. His hands were on his hips, and his head was cocked slightly to one side. "Y-you're an Elf, aren't you," Sarah said disbelievingly. "Nah," he said. "I'm a Dragon." She couldn't believe it. an Elf child just said something sarcastic to me!! she thought wildly. Maybe he knew the way through the Labyrinth.

"Navaro!" the Goblin girl behind her cried, and darted between her legs and swung around so that she was hiding behind the Elf. "Navaro, she's bad! She's not Our Human! To match HER up with King Jareth would curse him and the Labyrinth, not make things better!"

the Elf (named Navaro, Sarah figured) sighed. "No, Asqueek, she's fine. She is Our Human, she'll work. She's fine."

The Goblin's name was Asqueek, then.

"she's scary!"

"so is King Jareth!"

"Yeah, but he's the Goblin King, that's to be expected! At least he's nice and likes children! She obviously doesn't!" Asqueek pointed wildly at Sarah, who was torn between hearing these children talk about the Goblin King or asking them for help.

"She is not bad," Navaro the Elfling insisted. "And I'll prove it."

"No, she'll eat you!" Asqueek cried in horror as Navaro started towards Sarah (who was still kneeling). "she won't bite, let alone eat me," Navaro flicked over his shoulder. "Humans can't! my mother said so."

"NO!" Asqueek rushed forward and grabbed Navaro's arm. "Navaro, don't! she will, she's scary!"

"Don't start that again," Navaro sighed, jerking his arm away. "Fine, if you think that she's going to eat you then you'll have to prove it." and with that, Navaro threw Asqueek over his shoulder and marched over to Sarah, the little Goblin maiden squealing and crying and flailing the entire way. Sarah watched as Navaro put her down in front of her, then twisted her by the shoulders and pushed her almost directly in to Sarah.

"See? I don't see her drooling over your wanna-be-tender flesh." Navaro said, letting her shoulders go. Asqueek stumbled back into him, and they both fell with chorused "Umph!"s.

"I won't hurt you," Sarah stepped in, and reached out to Asqueek. "Its okay, Asqueek. I don't bite."

"HOW DOES SHE KNOW OUR NAMES?!?" Asqueek wailed, and attempted to get away by thrashing, but Navaro pinned her arms to her sides and pushed her face into Sarah's hand. "Because she heard us use them, stupidhead. There, see? Does her hand have poisonous acid on it that's going to burn through your flesh and take over your body, assuring the destruction of the Labyrinth?"

Asqueek trembled under Sarah's touch, and the fifteen year old marveled at how soft her cheek was. "Open your eyes - getting acquainted usually includes eye contact." Navaro said pointedly, and biting her lower lip, Asqueek slowly cracked her tear-blurred eyes open. Sarah smiled softly (A/N: ooh, SarahSighedSoftly - say that twenty times as fast as you can!)

"Hello, my name's Sarah. I'm really very sorry of I scared you earlier. I was just stressed out, and I'm scared for Toby. Toby is my baby brother - I accidentally wished him away." Asqueek opened her eyes all the way. "How can you accidentally wish somebody away? You've got a whole long line to say!"

"King Jareth changed it, remember? Now its just ' I wish the Goblins would come and take you away right now'. Can I let you go now?" Navaro asked.

"yes."

He let her go, and she carefully stepped away from Sarah. The two children looked her up and down. "She's very pretty," Asqueek admitted finally, lowering her head. "She looks okay." Navaro agreed. "But we've yet to judge her logic."

"What has logic got to do with it?" Asqueek asked. "I mean, just because Elves thrive off of logic doesn't mean that she absolutely HAS to have it!"

"Not only am I looking out for the Elven part of the labyrinth," Navaro interjected, "But King Jareth is very logical himself, except he can except illogical things too if he sees them." The Elfling gave a self-satisfied nod.

"I'm sorry to interrupt," Sarah broke in. "But I need to get through this Labyrinth. Can you help me? I have to save Toby!"

"Uhh," Navaro and Asqueek looked at each other.

"I want to help her," Asqueek whispered.

"Yeah, but we promised King Jareth that we wouldn't," Navaro whispered back. Both thought that Sarah couldn't hear them, but she could (heheheh.)

"But, if King Jareth doesn't find out."

"No! we promised, Asqueek!"

"Yeah, but, um. well, your logical! Find a logical solution!"

"well excu-use me! okay, we promised to not show her the way, or help her through, right? So that's that!"

"well, your smart! Think of something!"

"Don't you think I've been trying???"

Sarah watched them for a while and listened to their bickering for a moment, then broke in, "I'm sorry to interrupt," She repeated, "But I really need help? Can you help me?"

"WE'RE WORKING ON IT!" Navaro shouted, shocking Sarah into silence. He then turned back to Asqueek.

"Maybe we could point her in the right direction?" she suggested.

"No, that falls under the categories of helping and showing. We can't do it! except maybe." Navaro glanced over his shoulder at Sarah, then whispered, "We, you and I, could switch places with Squiglette and Nanamek! They didn't promise to not help or show Sarah the way! Besides, we aren't here to help her through the Labyrinth, remember? We're here to observe, and see if she's The One, and if she is, You-know-what. Either way, no harm can come to her, and I think she's nice."

Sarah wondered who 'the one' was. "Oh, but I want to walk with her!"

"Well, it's the only way she can be helped! And she won't listen to us unless she gets help, so we have to help!"

"Fine, you switch with Nanamek, but I want to stay with her."

"Why Nanamek?"

"Because I read once somewhere that Humans like Fairies. And since Nanamek is half Fairy-Pixy."

"Sarah will listen to her," Navaro finished. "And," he added, "It would be worse of it was Squiglette since he's King Jareth's adoptive son. Your right! Never in my life did I think that I would say that to you or any other Goblin." Navaro sighed and then turned toward Sarah. "Here is where you and I part, Sarah. It was a pleasure meeting you." Then, he twined one of his midlength hairs around his index finger and pulled. He then tied it around in a coil, and braided it. afterwards, he handed the ring to Sarah. "For luck," he said. "Elven hair is magic. I give this freely to you." Then he took a running leap and was on one of the walls. He waved cheerfully to Asqueek and Sarah, then took off at a sprint towards the castle. He was a very fast runner, especially for a ten thousand year old.

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at the castle

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Toby clapped his little hands together and giggled as Squiglette attempted to drag him to the other side of the room, where Nanamek and Jareth were watching. "You're a lot heavier then you look," Squiglette grunted as he finally collapsed at Jareth's feet, Toby next him. Jareth leaned down and picked both of them up.

"Was I that heavy when I was a Human?" Squiglette asked. "Heavier," Jareth laughed. "But you didn't cry as much, and you were quick to take to your new body."

"What about my mother?" Nanamek questioned. "She doesn't talk about her past a lot. She just hangs around with your sister."

"Which would explain why I always get stuck with you," Jareth commented dryly. "Actually, your mother was pretty light, but she screamed a whole lot. I think that she wasn't meant to be wished away - I doubt that she'd have survived as a Goblin."

"She said once that she might leave," Nanamek continued. "Do you think that she'd actually go Aboveground and leave me alone? What would I do? Where would I go? Your sister (A/N: okay, I give up. Jareth's sister is the Fairy Queen, and her husband is a Pixy, that's why Nanamek is a half Fairy-Pixy.) doesn't really like me that much."

"Well," Jareth said, "I doubt your mother would leave to be a Human again, but if she did then I'd have to find you a foster family or adopt you myself."

"Like me?" asked Squiglette. "You adopted me. but nobody else wanted me."

Jareth snorted. "Actually, I didn't look for a family for you. You were special - besides, your Human family was abusing and awful. I adopted you without the Council's consent."

The Council was the leaders of every part of the Underground met and decided something like a child without a family, the Aboveground children in general. Sometimes a ruler would adopt a child, but they needed to sign a lot of papers first and everybody else at the council would have to agree. All of the council. Jareth, however, adopted Squiglette right away and afterwards there was nothing the council could do about it. so they voted that THEY would get to name him, and thus, Squiglette.

Sudden Navaro jumped in through one of the windows and landed lightly and gracefully on the floor. "Don't do that!" Nanamek said sternly (for he had startled her). "Sorry," he said, then grabbed her arm. "We need to talk. Hold on, King Jareth!" and the two sped off. Or, more accurately, Navaro sped off dragging Nanamek behind him.

"What was that all about?" asked Squiglette after a moment, attempting to imitate the way Jareth was sitting while still on his lap with Toby next to him.

"I don't think that I want to know." Jareth shook his head as Toby whimpered. "I think he misses his sister," Squiglette announced. Jareth wordlessly summoned a crystal and the three of them watched the image of Sarah and Asqueek walking.

"It's not fair," Sarah was complaining. Asqueek shrugged as they doubled back at a dead end. "This is impossible!"

"No it isn't," Asqueek mumbled, and tripped over her own feet in the process of backing up. Sarah picked her up and balanced her on her hip, still complaining as she tried a different route. "An accident!" she wailed. "It was an ACCIDENT!"

"That's what they all say," Asqueek announced grandly, relaxing her head onto Sarah's shoulder. "What about Navaro? Where did he go?"

"To the castle."

"WHAT?!?" Sarah froze. "You mean, we've been going the wrong way this entire time??"

"Well," Asqueek said. "Why didn't you tell me?" Sarah demanded. "It was funny," Asqueek admitted. "Besides, I myself don't know the entire Labyrinth. I haven't had a chance to explore it all."

"Well, that's nice," Sarah replied sarcastically, and doubled back. Or, she tried to, but there was a wall in her way. She turned around again and saw the narrow passageways of the Labyrinth opened. "This was a dead end a minute ago," she said disbelievingly.

"No it wasn't," Asqueek pointed out. "You just took an illusion for granted. That's what the Labyrinth is - an illusion. If you can abandon all logic and technicality, and stay sane, then it would just be a walk in the park."

"can you?" Sarah asked. Asqueek shook her head. "I've got Human blood, no matter how faint it is; I couldn't if I tried. But I can memorize it!"

Sarah froze. "You've got Human blood?" she asked. "Yeah," Asqueek said with a shrug. "My daddy was a Human-turned-Goblin. I've only got a drop, but its enough to block my abilities."

"No kidding," Sarah said incredulously. "What about your mother?"

"Goblin. But, um, if your interested, I've got a friend - he's a Human- turned-Goblin too."

"Really? Can I meet him?"

"maybe. If he comes - maybe. See, King Jareth,"

"turned him into a Goblin." Sarah finished. "Is he very sad?"

"No," Asqueek said. "and King Jareth didn't turn him into a Goblin, the Labyrinth did. King Jareth can interfere with the Labyrinth's intentions, though, and keep a Human as a Human."

"He can? Has he ever done it before?"

"Twice, I think." Asqueek said. "Its pretty powerful magic, and I think the second time almost killed him 'cause my parents were all freaked out. The first was about a hundred million gazillion years ago, afore I was born. The Council needed to examine Humans better, so Jareth used himself as a shield to block the Labyrinth's magic. But the Human died, I think, a little while later. A newborn, I believe. Anyway, the second was one of my friend's mother - King Jareth's sister took a liking to her and begged him not to turn her into a Goblin. She got permission from the council, and when she told that to King Jareth, it was almost too late."

"Wow," Sarah said, and started walking again. "But, if he used himself as a shield, wouldn't he be turned into a Goblin?" Sarah asked. Asqueek snorted.

"King Jareth?" she asked. "Well, I suppose it might if he was caught unawares and defenseless - he's only part Human, see. His mother was a Half Fairy, His father was a. something, its something i can't pronounce. His race was known for seducing, and their magical powers, though."

"Jareth's a seducer?" Sarah interrupted. "Yes and no," Asqueek said. "He's lucky; he got the good end of the deal. The magical powers of that whatever his father was, the looks and self control of the Humans, the ability to turn on and off certain abilities from the Fairies, and being able to transform into an sort of bird. That's why he's so famous amid the Underground. Never has there been such cross breeding, and a survivor."

"Oh," Sarah said. "Hey, didn't you say he had a sister?"

"Yup, but she's really mean. She took a liking to Nanamek's mother, but she doesn't like Nanamek. Rude, rude Fairy Queen. She got all the Fairy traits, a little bit of Magic, the looks of a Human (Human traits are very strong), but doesn't have the self-control over her seducing powers like Jareth does. Or, in other words, one is a virgin still, and the other. well, one's got a sense of modesty."

"Jareth?"

"HOW did you guess?"

"Just a wild thought. So, what about his parents?"

"You seem awfully interested in the King,"

"Just curious."

"Huh. Yeah right. I think that you-"

"ASQUEEK!"

Asqueek and Sarah stopped and looked around. Nanamek was running as fast as her little legs could carry her, and Asqueek slid from Sarah's grasp when she caught up.

"Nanamek!" cried the Goblin Maiden. "Sarah, this is Nanamek, the half Fairy- Pixy I was telling you about."

"Pleased to meet you," Nanamek said distractedly, placing her small palm in Sarah's. she then turned to Asqueek. "We need to talk," she said, and grabbed the Goblin girl and dragged her away (VERY strong little bugger, isn't she?) "Wait there, Sarah!" Asqueek called.

Once around a corner, Nanamek whispered, "What are you doing? They aren't supposed to know! Besides, King Jareth is watching, I think. And its not your right to tell his family life to Sarah."

"Why not?"

"Its not your right!"

"Well, Jareth obviously isn't going to do it. besides, she's interested."

"what?"

"You know, interested. I find it strange that one Human can have so many questions about one male and say for an explanation, 'Simply curious'. It isn't done that way!"

"Ooh, look who's the expert at courting!"

"Well I'm a lot better then you!"

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"Hey, you two?" Sarah ventured around the bend. "I think we have a problem."

"Problem?" Nanamek asked. "What, is the Labyrinth too hard for you?"

"No! it's a piece of cake!"

both Asqueek and Nanamek tried to warn her, but it was too late. "SARAH!" they chorused as the ground beneath her opened up and she fell. "Oh no!" Nanamek cried, and threw herself in before the hole could close. Asqueek would have followed, but the hole was too small and was closing rapidly fast. She looked about her in silence. "Now what?"