Hoggle nervously entered the great hall, wringing his hands in fear.
"You, uh, wanted to see me your... majesty?"
He couldn't help but stare.
The whole room was covered in maps and files charting every inch of the goblin realm and more. Jareth was flitting from map to map, only stopping to look inside his crystal every so often. He seemed flustered and worried.
"Uh... is something wrong your majesty?"
Jareth spun around.
"HOGWART! There you are! Listen, I need to ask you something, do you still keep in touch with Sarah?"
"Um, yeah sure. We still talk." Hoggle replied, getting slightly confused. Hadn't Jareth got over his obsession with Sarah? "And my name is Hoggle."
"Did she say anything about... trouble at home? Feeling threatened? Anything like that?"
"Not that I recall." Now Hoggle was getting concerned. "What's going on?" Jareth seemed to ignore him, suddenly rushing over to a large map showing the realms surrounding their own. "What has happened?" Jareth continued to ignore him and now Hoggle was getting scared. "JARETH!" The goblin king turned and stared at him in disbelief, Hoggle had never dared to call him by his first name. "Tell me what has happened to Sarah!"
Jareth was about to snap at him, raising his cane threateningly... then he lowered it and sat on the steps of the dais, staring at the floor in a dejected manner.
"I don't know." He said quietly, burying his face in his arms.
Hoggle stared, torn between emotions. He was desperate to learn where Sarah was and if she was alright but at the same time he was amazed that Jareth seemed to care about her as much as he did, maybe even more. His thing about her before had just seemed like an obsession sprung from boredom but now he could tell there was more to it than that.
He hesitated slightly before sitting down next to Jareth.
"How long has she been gone?"
"Not long. I only knew something was wrong because I heard her scream, even from here I knew it was her. So I went to her house and there was no one there apart from her brother. There was... something not right about the atmosphere of his room. It seemed so... dark."
"Why didn't you put a light on?" Jareth glared at him. "Sorry." He looked at the cluttered room. "So... what are you looking for?"
"Something dark. The sense was familiar but I couldn't remember what it was. I still can't find anywhere that seems that dark. I'm not even sure what kind of dark I'm looking for."
Hoggle sighed.
"You would have been better raiding the elf libraries; at least they have a lot more stuff for you to look..."
"That's it." Jareth suddenly grinned. "I'll go to the elven realm! They'll be able to help me!"
He jumped up and rushed across the room, turning back at the door and staring at Hoggle.
"Come on Higgle! We have to hurry if we're going to rescue Sarah!"
"I'm coming, if you think I'm leaving my best friend you've got another thing coming!" Hoggle got up and rushed after him. "AND MY NAME IS HOGGLE!"
Sarah's eyes fluttered open.
She sat up slightly, her head spinning as she tried to make out her surrounds. She could see blurry shapes in her vision but they were tricky to make out. The whole room was almost too dark to see. Where the hell was she? She clearly wasn't at home, Toby wasn't here. What had...
Her eyes adjusted to the gloom in time to see a pair of hooves walk forward and stop just in front of her. Rising panic filled her as she looked upward, backing away slowly. Her heart almost stopped in terror as a deep, echoing voice rung in her ears.
"You are in my world now... Sarah."
