The Goblins' not so Fairytale Tale
Sarah Kateri
Author's Note: Crossover alert. The Labyrinth/The Phantom of the Opera.
Disclaimer: The Labyrinth is the property of Jim Henson; The Phantom of the Opera is the property of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Really Useful Groups.
Prolog
No two goblins' tell the tale of what happened at the palace beyond Goblin City on the day of Prince Jareth's birth the same way. One goblin, an ugly fellow with warts on his forehead, claims Prince Jareth was born with the body of a man, but the head of a goblin. Another goblin, Knot, tells that little Prince Jareth was ripped in two due to an accidental invitation extended to the Fireys. A third goblin with huge knobby knees thinks Prince Jareth was born with two heads. Goblins, however, are very stupid creatures, and in this case were, unfortunately, the only witnesses to the baby Prince's birth. Rumors were greatly spread by the goblins in the short time between Jareth's birth and Jareth's coming out party. And though the baby Prince was presented flawless and unhurt to the kingdom, the Underground, the goblins' rumors persisted. The King and Queen of the Underground finally stopped the goblins' rumors with threats of casting the next goblin who spoke a bit of crazy gossip, about the happenings at Prince Jareth's birth, into the Bog of Eternal Stench. It wouldn't be for thousands of years that the source of the goblins' outrageous rumors would be recognized, and it would rock the Underground world.