Chapter 1: Recap
Almost two months after Jareth gave the moonstone to a woman to restore his power the labyrinth was starting to fully return to normal; as normal as the labyrinth can be. Jareth looked out his throne room window and wondered if fate threw that girl into his life just in the nick of time to save him and his kingdom.
Roughly twenty years ago, Sarah Williams solved the labyrinth and Jareth proclaimed his love for her; unknown to him at the time he was bound to her the way all fae couples are bonded. When she rejected him and returned to the aboveground he began to grow weak and his kingdom started to die. Normally in the underground destiny brings two fae together and they are bonded for life and when one dies the other will soon grow weak and follow. It was almost too late, Jareth could barely move when Kiara wished herself away. While underground she was so full of magic that anything she was around would slowly come back to life. Jareth commanded her to stay with him and keep him alive until a more permanent solution was found.
Kiara loved magic and fantasy so much that she readily agreed to help out. During her stay she began to change into a fairy; fangs began to grow, yellow circles formed around her pupils and eventually she grew wings. She didn't have much control over her magic so Jareth began to teach her and have her try different spells, one of which was a spell that would allow Jareth and Kiara to be connected so that he could take magic from her whenever he needed. Unfortunately for Jareth a side effect of the spell was that he could sense whatever Kiara was feeling; it occasionally was quite uncomfortable for him, but he never told her about it. When the kingdom was restored the energy connection was broken, but he was still able to feel what she felt and worse than that the connection was getting stronger.
While wandering the labyrinth one day Kiara used a spell to give life to statues resembling Jareth's parents. The statues told her that a legendary moonstone would give Jareth the option to select a new bride and restore his power. After finding the stone the two went off to a large event at the fae high court; Kiara spent the time posing as Jareth's personal servant which meant she spent most of her time in the dungeon with the other servants.
By the end of the event Jareth had two realistic choices, the first was a woman named Vivian who was next in line for Jareth's throne already. She was originally biding her time until he died, but when Kiara was thrown into the picture it ruined all her plans. She would have been a perfect choice being such a strong, magical fae, but the fact that she tried to harm Kiara and that she wanted to banish the goblins from the labyrinth made Jareth think twice about her. The second lady was Princes Tia, a dainty, stuck up princess with little magical power. She would have been an easy choice for Jareth if she didn't want Kiara banished to the aboveground.
Very few fae like to be in the labyrinth for very long which is one of the reasons Jareth was extremely limited in his choices. He also really liked having Kiara around even though he would never admit that to her and so did not want to choose a bride that would have him get rid of her or try to kill her. Vivian went to Kiara's cottage shortly after their return home from the high council and a magical battle began between them. Vivian was much more practiced and had the upper hand, but Kiara was able to get in a few shots of magic. Eventually Vivian was ready to send the killing magical bolt when Jareth stopped her and banished her from the labyrinth.
Kiara's wing was badly damaged from the fight and it hurt her for about a month to move any part of her body. She was almost ready to accept that Jareth was going to pick Princess Tia and she would have to return aboveground when Jareth surprised her by giving her the moonstone. She wanted to stay in the labyrinth more than anything, but she had to admit to him that she did not love him. Jareth already knew that and he did not have those kinds of feeling for her either, however he did not hate it when she was around and that would be enough for him.
By the law of the underground the two were married, but Jareth did not want anyone outside of the labyrinth to know about it. He announced to everyone that through spells and loopholes he was able to restore his own magic. Kiara was quite upset that he was embarrassed to have chosen a human/fairy, but she was content enough to be able to stay in her cottage outside of the goblin city. Jareth told Kiara that she was to continue to act the part of his servant girl whenever someone from outside of the labyrinth came or whenever they went out of the labyrinth. She agreed even though she hoped someday that Jareth would be able to admit the truth to everyone else.