Jareth: 13
Hoggle: 12 (human)
Jenna and Sam: 39
Rose: 17
Luna and Star: 16 months (1 year and 4 months)
'It just isn't fair! Why did Mum and Dad have to have Star and Luna? Didn't they love me? ' Jareth thought while running through the labyrinth. The twists and turns made it easier for him to get lost, what he wanted. He was angry, his parents, Jenna and Sam, managed to find a way to have their own children, despite the impractical possibility for it happening for real. Luna and Star were twins; Jareth would have picked a much better set of names. His mother named them. He always knew he was adopted, it was pretty obvious. Now, though, his parents seemed to have replaced him with their own children.
I saw my baby, crying hard as babe could cry, what could I do?
He wanted to be alone, but instead, a crowd managed to find Jareth even in a labyrinth. Two years in a row, his parents forgot his birthday because the babies did something amazing. Rose, a bright young girl who spent much time memorizing the labyrinth's amazing turns, twists, surprises and anything else, saw Jareth sitting pressed against the cold brick wall. A small crowd had gathered around him, but, Rose knew how to get rid of them. "Hey, shoo! Go away; did you guys know the fairies are out bad right now? Best move along to save your gardens and stuff."
Jareth looked up at Rose. She was kneeling beside him, but she didn't try anything. Hoggle, who had been watching his close friend, soon joined in. Jareth's eyes closed, his head against the wall. He was lost, no way home, even if he wanted to go home that is, and, to make things worse, he was now stuck with two people watching him.
Meanwhile, Sam and Jenna searched the entire castle for Jareth. He didn't know his way around the maze outside the goblin city, he never ventured there once. Luna wailed and wailed, missing her big brothers singing more than Star. Star just tried climbing out of the crib, hoping of going on a wild adventure to find her big brother. "He's not here, Jenna. Where do you think he went off to?"
Back with Jareth, Rose wrapped the small blanket around the prince. He coughed weakly, but stayed asleep. Dusk was near, and in a freezing winter day, even the underground world was cold enough to freeze someone to death.
No one can blame you, for walking away
But too much rejection no love injection
Rose looked over her shoulder at Hoggle, flipping her honey-blond hair back in the process. Her hazel eyes scanned Hoggle, as if looking for something. Finally, she reached out and grabbed Hoggle's bag of jewels. "Hey, that's my property!" he snapped, but she just sneered at him and said, "Yea, well, let me know when you actually pay me for these jewels and it can be yours again." before searching the tiny bag. She found a navy blue jewel shining in the moonlight and grabbed it.
She pressed it against Jareth and watched as he slowly awoke. Everyone had gifts in the Underground, and one of hers was sight. What kind of sight? Well, she could see the future, past, or anywhere in the world in present. She could see Star and Luna, hear them scream. They missed their brother. She saw Jenna sobbing and Sam pacing the room talking with some servants in a low voice.
"Mmmph, whah we gonna do now?" Jareth mumbled, obviously still exhausted. Rose wasn't one to go against the King's rules, she wouldn't dare, but this was different. She knew how it felt to be cast aside for a younger sibling. She had four younger siblings, so of course she knew the pain. "Come on boys, we gotta head out if we wanna get to the end of the labyrinth by nightfall." Hoggle stared at her blankly. "B-but…it is nightfall." Rose sighed, "Oh, Hoggle, didn't you know? Nightfall isn't true nightfall unless you are moving all day and night." Hoggle just gave Rose a confused look.
"Ok, let's make this simple. We leave at nightfall, we walk all day long, then nightfall comes again and we've covered so much ground the King'll never catch us." Hoggle just kept looking at Rose in disbelief. "You know what? Forget about it; let's just keep moving, k?" They began walking when…
