Prologue- Catching Up

When we last met up with Jareth and Sarah, they had just gotten married, to each other of course, and Sarah had been crowned the Goblin Queen. Their honeymoon was long and lust-filled, but I won't go into detail, for that is a whole different story to write.

Not long after the honeymoon, Sarah figured out that she was pregnant. The couple was overjoyed, and began planning for the baby immediately. This is where we find them now.

The nearly parental pair was lounging together on a large rocking-chair, in the room that would soon hold their child. Every fixing and toy sat untouched, displaying gender neutral colors, to prevent them from having to change the color scheme in the future. Looking around the room filled with creams, grays, and pale blues, Sarah began to wonder about their baby, slowly growing inside of her.

"Jareth?" began Sarah.

"Yes, my darling one?" he replied.

"We don't know for sure whether it will be a boy or girl, do we? And there's no way to tell down here in the Underground, is there?" she questioned.

Jareth paused for a moment in contemplation, then replied, "Well, I know that Aboveground, you have a thing called a "megasound", correct?"

Sarah giggled, her barely rounding belly jiggling. "I believe you mean "Ultrasound". And yes, it shows you what's inside of your body through a monitor. Why?"

"We may not have an "Ultrasound", or whatever it is, but we do have magic, my love. We could probably figure out the gender quite simply. Follow me."

So off the pair went, down a hall that Sarah had only seen when she found out she was pregnant, and into a sort of infirmary, where a goblin woman named Gretel sat, snoozing in a chair.

"GRETEL!" shouted the Goblin King. The goblin woke with a start and nearly fell out of her chair. She took one look at the Goblin King and Queen, hopped down with next-to-no grace, and curtsied.

" Apologies me lord. I 'as only snoozin' to pass th' time. Wot can I do for ya?" she said in a very thick, cockney-sounding accent. So far, Gretel was the only goblin Sarah had seen with this accent, and found it peculiar, but brushed it off.

"Jareth and I would like to find the gender of our child. Can you help us," interjected Sarah before Jareth could yell again.

"'Elp ya? I can do mo' th'n tha' me Lady. I can show ya! Come 'is way," pronounced Gretel. Sarah followed the waddling goblin over to a chair that could recline and had a foot stool so Sarah could stretch out. She sat down and laid out to make herself comfortable, then waited for instruction.

"Now, me Lord, conjure up one-a-ya crystals, an' I can show ya how ya can see ya baby." requested Gretel. Jareth did as was asked, and gave the crystal to the goblin woman. "Now, wot ya do, is you whispa in'na th' crystal, tha' ya wanna see inside some'fin. Then, ya hold it over th' fing ya wanna see inside, an' presto! Ya go' a picture ya ba- 'old on, wot's 'is?" Gretel took a deeper look into the crystal and was astonished at what she saw. "Well I'll be! Bet'a build anotha crib me Lord. Ya got two girls on th' way! Congrats ya majesties!"

Jareth snatched the crystal out of Gretel's hands, and peered into the crystal, looking to see if it was true. Lo and behold, the Goblin King saw two little squirming bodies, floating in what seemed like a big bowl. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the two babies were indeed female in nature. He stood up straight and nearly dropped the crystal from his hands.

"Jareth! Jareth, what's wrong?" asked a worried Sarah. But her worry soon faded as a smile slowly spread across her husband's face. Suddenly, he was right next to her, his face inches away from hers.

"Two daughters, Sarah!" he whispered. "Two! At the same time! This is wonderful! Oh my love, you are amazing!" He placed a tender kiss on his wife's forehead, joy rising in his heart and pouring out his lips. Sarah sat up from the reclining seat, a smile on her face, and watched her husband practically floating around the room, glitter falling off of him in his excitement.

"And to think!" he began again, "In a few months, we'll get to meet them face to face. Hold them. Name them. Love them with everything we have! Oh, Sarah, you miracle worker you!"

"Jareth, how am I a miracle worker? I've told you before that twins run in my family. This shouldn't have come as a surprise to you. I'm very excited and happy, and I can tell that you are as well, but this doesn't change anything, other than the amount of baby clothes and diapers we will need to have."

"This is a miracle, because I thought we were only having one child, but we're having two! It's the best gift you could have given me. Oh Sarah, I love you." And with that, the Goblin King kissed his wife, and she kissed him back. In a few months, they would welcome their daughters into the world.

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The remaining months had passed, and Sarah's water had broken. When the contractions began to hit, she was immediately transported to her birthing room, where medicines and magical pain killers lined a dresser opposite the bed. Jareth had demanded that the goblins retrieve an epidural from an Aboveground hospital, just in case Sarah decided she needed it, and he was doing his very best to numb the pain from the contractions. It seemed to be working, for when a contraction did hit, she only winced slightly, feeling a pinch instead of a dagger in her cervix.

She had spent her time talking out names with Jareth, and they had picked them out with much love. The first born would be named Deitra after Sarah's favorite grandmother, and the second born would be named Cifer, because it still remained a beautiful mystery how they had ended up with two children instead of one.

Hours had passed by, and Sarah became more and more sweaty, the screams becoming agonizing, even for Jareth. Finally, she was dilated enough to start pushing. It wasn't even ten minutes before the first girl began crowning. Gretel, who doubled as a midwife for Sarah, caught the baby girl in her large hands, and began to wrap her up, when Sarah began screaming again. The second girl's head had already passed through, and Gretel's assistant, Marco was just quick enough to grab the baby before she hit the floor. It had only taken three seconds for the second girl to come out.

"Someone was eager to get out," chuckled Marco. When the placenta was passed, the girls cleaned up, and the mother given some water, the twins were placed on the chest of Sarah for bonding and feeding.

When a few hours had passed by, the goblin doctors had left the room and had gone back to the infirmary, leaving the new parents alone with their children.

"Sarah, they're beautiful." whispered Jareth. He had somehow found himself holding Deitra, the first born, who's baby hair swept across her skull in blond little waves.

"We did good, didn't we." she confirmed. Sarah was coddling Cifer, the second born, who's dark chocolate baby hair stuck up in odd places, and in others was stiff straight.

The quartet was perfectly content to stay like this for all eternity, but all four of them, even the newly born pair, knew that the girls would grow up eventually. And what an adventure that would be.