Sarah's Labyrinth
Hello! Hello! Welcome to the sequel to Back to the Labyrinth. Please R&R. And if you have time, go to www.fictionpress.com/~sphinx47 and read my novel Anna's Wrath if you enjoy my work. I would love R&R on that. I have a lot of ideas in my mind. I would like to get them all down in a novel, but the internet is the best. Granted, I won't get paid, but at least my work is out there. :o) Now the story………….
1. Things haven't changed
Five years passed in Sarah's World or what the goblins call Aboveground. She never thought about going back till now. She stood at the top of the castle in the Goblin City. She was the Goblin Queen. Her husband was Jareth. Hoggle and her friends admired her so much and would do anything to help. With her help, the goblins had better crops and food. She got tired of them fighting over food scraps and nearly starving to death. The houses were still shabby looking though, she thought as she gazed down the city. She placed her hands on the stone wall as the wind blew her brown hair back.
She wore a forest green shirt with bell sleeves and black pants. Her boots went up to the thigh. She played with her charm as she sighed and thought about Toby, her half brother. She looked at her left hand at the ring she wore. Jareth gave it to her a year after they married. It was gold and had his symbol on it with a diamond in the center.
"I thought you were up here again." A voice said behind her. She knew it very well.
She turned around and saw Jareth coming out of the door. He was handsome as ever with his Fae looks. He always had this awe about him. It was very hard to describe. "I'm getting predicable, aren't I?" She said and turned back to the wall.
"You've been thinking all the time now, I imagine." He replied as he came up to her left side. "Since this place is your thinking spot." He put his gloved hands on her shoulders. He hugged her. "What's on your mind?"
Sarah sighed heavily, "My folks. Been thinking about Toby lately."
Jareth slowly nodded, "That was a bit of a shock on your father, but you knew he would act like that." He stared down to the city gate.
"Yes, I knew he had a gun hidden in the desk for some time. I found it one day when I was looking for some tape." She said as she closed her eyes. "I didn't pick it up."
Jareth nuzzled her cheek. "As far as I know, the book is still there." The Labyrinth book was a link to her world and Underground. "You can go if you want, Sarah." He took a few steps back. "If you get into trouble, summon me at once." He turned away and left her alone.
Sarah sighed again. She hated not seeing Toby grow up. She used to hate him a lot in the beginning, but things change. She ran her hand through her hair. She took a deep cleansing breath and closed her eyes. She imagined her old room and she disappeared.
It was very dark in Sarah's room when she appeared. She wasn't expecting that. She went to find the lamp, but it wasn't there. She lowered her eyebrows and then headed to light switch. She flipped it one and jumped. Her room wasn't hers anymore. All her things were gone. "What?" She whispered.
"Hey, turn off the light!" a boy's voice yelled.
Sarah twirled around and stared into the boy's face. "Toby?" She turned the light off as the boy turned a lamp on by his bed.
"Sarah?" He asked as his eyes widened. It was Toby. He was eight years old. He wore a blue shirt and shorts. He took a deep breath and was about to yell as she came over to him.
Sarah put her hand on his mouth. "Quiet." She whispered.
Toby nodded as she took her hand away. "Where have you been?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." She sat down on the edge of the bed. "Do you remember seeing some goblins and a man long time ago?" Sarah asked.
Toby placed his hands on his pillow and sighed, "I think so."
"I wished you away. The goblins came and took you. Then I had to solve the Labyrinth to get you back." Sarah said as she watched his face.
He cocked his head. "That does sound familiar."
Sarah stood up and went over to the closet. She opened the door and placed her hand on the wall inside. She felt her way through and found the hidden door. She opened it and the Labyrinth book wasn't there. She jerked her head in and looked for it. "Where is it?"
Toby stood up and went to a wooden bookcase against the wall. "I found that book you are looking for two months ago." He pulled the red book out and threw it on the bed. He sat back down with a light thud.
Sarah closed the door and sat down beside him. She opened it as she looked at him, "Don't lose this book, okay."
"Why?"
"Then I can't come back here." She replied. She was happy to see him again. He grew up so much.
He nodded. "Alright. I thought it was yours." He smiled at her and gave her a big hug. "Dad told us that you came back with a man. Then you disappeared. Mom didn't believe him at once."
"Jareth is the man, Toby." She replied. "But he really isn't a man. He's a Fae." She sighed and thought about her husband.
"A Fae?" He repeated and cocked his head. "You mean a faerie?"
Sarah nodded. "Yes. I love him very much."
Toby gave her a disgusting look. "Love? Eew!" He thought that was really gross and stuff. Most boys his age think so.
There was a knock at the door. "Toby, it's past your bedtime." Then Sarah's Stepmom came in. She looked over to Sarah and screamed. "Sarah!" She screamed again. "Sarah's here!"
Richard stormed in and stared at his daughter. "Sarah, you're back." Then he began to search Toby's room. "Where's that man?"
Sarah sighed and stood up. "Jareth is at the castle, Dad. I came alone." She placed her hands behind her back. "I wanted to see how you were doing."
Her father grabbed her by the arms. "Listen, young lady, you are never seeing him again. He must have brainwashed you."
Sarah couldn't believe that her father still thought about that. She fought him off. "Jareth didn't brainwash me. He would do anything for me. I love him and he loves me." She yelled. "It appears to be that you still think that I was kidnapped. I wasn't." Tears came down her cheek.
Karen pulled Toby away from them. She pushed him in the hallway. "Go check on your baby sister." She told him.
Sarah turned her head toward her Stepmom. "I have a sister now?"
"Yes, you do." Richard said quickly. "Her name is Becky. You would have known if you followed that lust you have for that man. He appears to be much older than you, Sarah."
"Jareth is a Fae, Dad." She blurted out. "Of course, he's older than me. I say, at least a few thousand years." She turned away from them. "Man, why does this shit happen when I want to come here and see you?" She turned back to him. "I do miss you."
"Then stay, Sarah." He said. "Stay with us and we will get the medical attention you need." He stepped slowly to her as he held his hand out.
Toby was in awe. He knew he had a strange family but not like this. He watched Sarah and their father. He didn't check on Becky at all. He knew she was okay.
"You think I'm nuts!" Sarah yelled at the top of her lungs. "I'm going home."
"You are home, Sarah." Richard said calmly. "We love you."
As Sarah disappeared she said in a sad voice. "Good-bye."
Richard leaped and tried to catch her. He fell in the floor. He stood up and rubbed his leg. "I think I need some coffee."
Karen nodded her head, "I'll go perk some up right away, dear." She turned and left the room as he followed her.
Toby went back to bed and picked up the book. He decided that it was time to read the Labyrinth…
Sarah stormed through the throne room and kicked a goblin out of her way. She sat down and buried her face in her hands. She was so mad that she could scream and she did. The goblins that were close to her ran away quickly. They didn't want to be kicked also. "How could he be like that?" She yelled out. She wasn't really talking to anyone. She wanted to get this out of her system now. "How could he be so stupid and?" She was so mad that she couldn't think.
"Close minded?" Replied Jareth. He leaned against the doorway to the hall. He felt so sorry for her to go through it all again.
Sarah jerked her head up and stared into his blue eyes. "He wanted to take me to the hospital, because he thought I was crazy." She watched him come closer to her. "My Dad thinks that you kidnapped, and brainwashed me." Jareth sat down in his throne. "He thinks you took me for sexual desires."
Jareth smiled, "That was part of it."
She scoffed. "Not funny." She huffed at him as she licked his lips. "I'm not complaining about that, but what's going on in his mind?" She leaned back into the chair and sighed.
"Just what you have said, my love." Jareth replied calmly. "He thinks you have been kidnapped and messed with so much that you don't know who you are." He watched her sit there and breath. He knew exactly how the human male thinks when his daughter was taken away. Jareth did kidnap her in a way, but now she's his queen. Not very many humans live in the Underground.
Sarah was starting to calm down. "Toby found the book." She said after a few moments. She peered over to Jareth.
He made a crystal and set it down on the stand. Toby was sitting in bed with a flashlight on. "It seems that your brother is reading it."
"Oh, no." she replied as she sat upright and leaned forward. "I hope he doesn't wish us to take away Becky."
Jareth nodded. "You have a new sister then." He let smug look on his face. "That would be something to see Toby running through the Labyrinth."
"And if that happened," Sarah said as she stared into his eyes. "I wouldn't dare let you turn her into a goblin."
The Goblin King stood up. "That depends on what is going on at the time, my love." He began to walk away.
"Oh no, you don't." Sarah said as she followed him. She got in front of him. "None of my blood will ever be turned into a goblin." She then wrapped her hands behind his neck and kissed him deeply. "Understand?" She stared into his eyes.
"Your charms won't work on this one, Sarah." He grinned coyly at her.
Her hands slid down to his back. "Oh, really? Then I guess I will have to think of something else." She said playfully as her hands reached his butt and she squeezed.
He peered into her brown eyes and said, "That might change my mind."
Toby stayed up half the night reading the Labyrinth. He was dead at school. He couldn't keep his mind on anything, but Sarah and the Labyrinth. He wanted to know the truth. He knew his parents were lying to him.
That night he finished the book as he sat down on the bed. He was little when he was in the Labyrinth. He remembered some of it. He stood up and put the book back in the secret hiding place. He closed the bedroom door and paced in the room. He was trying to remember what Sarah said to make the goblins come. Then he thought of the line in the book. He turned to the mirror and stared at his reflection. "I wish the goblins would come and take me away right now." Then he vanished.
Hello! Hello! Welcome to the sequel to Back to the Labyrinth. Please R&R. And if you have time, go to www.fictionpress.com/~sphinx47 and read my novel Anna's Wrath if you enjoy my work. I would love R&R on that. I have a lot of ideas in my mind. I would like to get them all down in a novel, but the internet is the best. Granted, I won't get paid, but at least my work is out there. :o) Now the story………….
1. Things haven't changed
Five years passed in Sarah's World or what the goblins call Aboveground. She never thought about going back till now. She stood at the top of the castle in the Goblin City. She was the Goblin Queen. Her husband was Jareth. Hoggle and her friends admired her so much and would do anything to help. With her help, the goblins had better crops and food. She got tired of them fighting over food scraps and nearly starving to death. The houses were still shabby looking though, she thought as she gazed down the city. She placed her hands on the stone wall as the wind blew her brown hair back.
She wore a forest green shirt with bell sleeves and black pants. Her boots went up to the thigh. She played with her charm as she sighed and thought about Toby, her half brother. She looked at her left hand at the ring she wore. Jareth gave it to her a year after they married. It was gold and had his symbol on it with a diamond in the center.
"I thought you were up here again." A voice said behind her. She knew it very well.
She turned around and saw Jareth coming out of the door. He was handsome as ever with his Fae looks. He always had this awe about him. It was very hard to describe. "I'm getting predicable, aren't I?" She said and turned back to the wall.
"You've been thinking all the time now, I imagine." He replied as he came up to her left side. "Since this place is your thinking spot." He put his gloved hands on her shoulders. He hugged her. "What's on your mind?"
Sarah sighed heavily, "My folks. Been thinking about Toby lately."
Jareth slowly nodded, "That was a bit of a shock on your father, but you knew he would act like that." He stared down to the city gate.
"Yes, I knew he had a gun hidden in the desk for some time. I found it one day when I was looking for some tape." She said as she closed her eyes. "I didn't pick it up."
Jareth nuzzled her cheek. "As far as I know, the book is still there." The Labyrinth book was a link to her world and Underground. "You can go if you want, Sarah." He took a few steps back. "If you get into trouble, summon me at once." He turned away and left her alone.
Sarah sighed again. She hated not seeing Toby grow up. She used to hate him a lot in the beginning, but things change. She ran her hand through her hair. She took a deep cleansing breath and closed her eyes. She imagined her old room and she disappeared.
It was very dark in Sarah's room when she appeared. She wasn't expecting that. She went to find the lamp, but it wasn't there. She lowered her eyebrows and then headed to light switch. She flipped it one and jumped. Her room wasn't hers anymore. All her things were gone. "What?" She whispered.
"Hey, turn off the light!" a boy's voice yelled.
Sarah twirled around and stared into the boy's face. "Toby?" She turned the light off as the boy turned a lamp on by his bed.
"Sarah?" He asked as his eyes widened. It was Toby. He was eight years old. He wore a blue shirt and shorts. He took a deep breath and was about to yell as she came over to him.
Sarah put her hand on his mouth. "Quiet." She whispered.
Toby nodded as she took her hand away. "Where have you been?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." She sat down on the edge of the bed. "Do you remember seeing some goblins and a man long time ago?" Sarah asked.
Toby placed his hands on his pillow and sighed, "I think so."
"I wished you away. The goblins came and took you. Then I had to solve the Labyrinth to get you back." Sarah said as she watched his face.
He cocked his head. "That does sound familiar."
Sarah stood up and went over to the closet. She opened the door and placed her hand on the wall inside. She felt her way through and found the hidden door. She opened it and the Labyrinth book wasn't there. She jerked her head in and looked for it. "Where is it?"
Toby stood up and went to a wooden bookcase against the wall. "I found that book you are looking for two months ago." He pulled the red book out and threw it on the bed. He sat back down with a light thud.
Sarah closed the door and sat down beside him. She opened it as she looked at him, "Don't lose this book, okay."
"Why?"
"Then I can't come back here." She replied. She was happy to see him again. He grew up so much.
He nodded. "Alright. I thought it was yours." He smiled at her and gave her a big hug. "Dad told us that you came back with a man. Then you disappeared. Mom didn't believe him at once."
"Jareth is the man, Toby." She replied. "But he really isn't a man. He's a Fae." She sighed and thought about her husband.
"A Fae?" He repeated and cocked his head. "You mean a faerie?"
Sarah nodded. "Yes. I love him very much."
Toby gave her a disgusting look. "Love? Eew!" He thought that was really gross and stuff. Most boys his age think so.
There was a knock at the door. "Toby, it's past your bedtime." Then Sarah's Stepmom came in. She looked over to Sarah and screamed. "Sarah!" She screamed again. "Sarah's here!"
Richard stormed in and stared at his daughter. "Sarah, you're back." Then he began to search Toby's room. "Where's that man?"
Sarah sighed and stood up. "Jareth is at the castle, Dad. I came alone." She placed her hands behind her back. "I wanted to see how you were doing."
Her father grabbed her by the arms. "Listen, young lady, you are never seeing him again. He must have brainwashed you."
Sarah couldn't believe that her father still thought about that. She fought him off. "Jareth didn't brainwash me. He would do anything for me. I love him and he loves me." She yelled. "It appears to be that you still think that I was kidnapped. I wasn't." Tears came down her cheek.
Karen pulled Toby away from them. She pushed him in the hallway. "Go check on your baby sister." She told him.
Sarah turned her head toward her Stepmom. "I have a sister now?"
"Yes, you do." Richard said quickly. "Her name is Becky. You would have known if you followed that lust you have for that man. He appears to be much older than you, Sarah."
"Jareth is a Fae, Dad." She blurted out. "Of course, he's older than me. I say, at least a few thousand years." She turned away from them. "Man, why does this shit happen when I want to come here and see you?" She turned back to him. "I do miss you."
"Then stay, Sarah." He said. "Stay with us and we will get the medical attention you need." He stepped slowly to her as he held his hand out.
Toby was in awe. He knew he had a strange family but not like this. He watched Sarah and their father. He didn't check on Becky at all. He knew she was okay.
"You think I'm nuts!" Sarah yelled at the top of her lungs. "I'm going home."
"You are home, Sarah." Richard said calmly. "We love you."
As Sarah disappeared she said in a sad voice. "Good-bye."
Richard leaped and tried to catch her. He fell in the floor. He stood up and rubbed his leg. "I think I need some coffee."
Karen nodded her head, "I'll go perk some up right away, dear." She turned and left the room as he followed her.
Toby went back to bed and picked up the book. He decided that it was time to read the Labyrinth…
Sarah stormed through the throne room and kicked a goblin out of her way. She sat down and buried her face in her hands. She was so mad that she could scream and she did. The goblins that were close to her ran away quickly. They didn't want to be kicked also. "How could he be like that?" She yelled out. She wasn't really talking to anyone. She wanted to get this out of her system now. "How could he be so stupid and?" She was so mad that she couldn't think.
"Close minded?" Replied Jareth. He leaned against the doorway to the hall. He felt so sorry for her to go through it all again.
Sarah jerked her head up and stared into his blue eyes. "He wanted to take me to the hospital, because he thought I was crazy." She watched him come closer to her. "My Dad thinks that you kidnapped, and brainwashed me." Jareth sat down in his throne. "He thinks you took me for sexual desires."
Jareth smiled, "That was part of it."
She scoffed. "Not funny." She huffed at him as she licked his lips. "I'm not complaining about that, but what's going on in his mind?" She leaned back into the chair and sighed.
"Just what you have said, my love." Jareth replied calmly. "He thinks you have been kidnapped and messed with so much that you don't know who you are." He watched her sit there and breath. He knew exactly how the human male thinks when his daughter was taken away. Jareth did kidnap her in a way, but now she's his queen. Not very many humans live in the Underground.
Sarah was starting to calm down. "Toby found the book." She said after a few moments. She peered over to Jareth.
He made a crystal and set it down on the stand. Toby was sitting in bed with a flashlight on. "It seems that your brother is reading it."
"Oh, no." she replied as she sat upright and leaned forward. "I hope he doesn't wish us to take away Becky."
Jareth nodded. "You have a new sister then." He let smug look on his face. "That would be something to see Toby running through the Labyrinth."
"And if that happened," Sarah said as she stared into his eyes. "I wouldn't dare let you turn her into a goblin."
The Goblin King stood up. "That depends on what is going on at the time, my love." He began to walk away.
"Oh no, you don't." Sarah said as she followed him. She got in front of him. "None of my blood will ever be turned into a goblin." She then wrapped her hands behind his neck and kissed him deeply. "Understand?" She stared into his eyes.
"Your charms won't work on this one, Sarah." He grinned coyly at her.
Her hands slid down to his back. "Oh, really? Then I guess I will have to think of something else." She said playfully as her hands reached his butt and she squeezed.
He peered into her brown eyes and said, "That might change my mind."
Toby stayed up half the night reading the Labyrinth. He was dead at school. He couldn't keep his mind on anything, but Sarah and the Labyrinth. He wanted to know the truth. He knew his parents were lying to him.
That night he finished the book as he sat down on the bed. He was little when he was in the Labyrinth. He remembered some of it. He stood up and put the book back in the secret hiding place. He closed the bedroom door and paced in the room. He was trying to remember what Sarah said to make the goblins come. Then he thought of the line in the book. He turned to the mirror and stared at his reflection. "I wish the goblins would come and take me away right now." Then he vanished.