Hello... tis I once more... um. please review! I thank the two who did. they made me joyous within my heart. Ummm...so, I suppose I shall continue this story, yes? Yes. Okay. (limbering up) READY!!!!
Chapter 2: 'Ello!
Sarah stood in the dark corridor, still unable to decide. Left...right...right...left? She chewed her lower lip for a moment, trying to recall her glimpse from the hillside.
"What the heck," she said finally, and began jogging right, stepping over fallen tree limbs. Where did the tree limbs even come from? Sarah wondered to herself, I haven't seen anything taller than those spindly glittery little bushes! As she jogged, she raised her eyebrows. The Labyrinth decorators must really like glitter, she decided, for everything but the ground was covered in a thick coat of glitter, even the eyes.
The eyes?
Sarah stopped dead, and stared at a clump of green lichen. The lichen stared back, blinking electric blue eyes-so like Jareth's!- ever so slowly.Sarah shivered. Just keep running, she commanded herself, and she was very obediant when it came to her own directions. She kept her eyes glued on the walls on either side of her, searching wildly for turns or corners. She jogged and jogged and jogged and jogged and jogged. And then she continued to jog. Then she jogged some more.
There were no corners. Tears welled in her eyes as she screamed furiously and threw herself against either wall. It did nothing but make her arms ache and she sank to the dusty ground choking back sobs. It was impossible! Toby was lost. Sarah buried her head in her hands, her long brown hair slipping through her fingers like silk as she tried to keep the tears at bay.
"'Ello!" said a small voice from somewhere near her elbow. She snapped her head up abruptly. Who had spoken? She looked on either side of her, but all she saw was a little worm with fluffy, bright blue hair. Of course, that little worm WAS wearing a bright red scarf, so... Sarah grabbed at the opportunity to talk to something, anything other than the impassive stone walls.
"Did you just say hello?" She asked thickly. The little worm's eyes disappeared in a broad smile.
"No, I said 'ello, but that's close enough!" He chuckled. Sarah was, needless to say, more than vaugely confused.
"You're a worm, aren't you?" She asked hesitantly. The blue fluff of hair bobbed up and down.
"Yeah, 's'right!" he replied joyfully. It seemed as though a worm was the best thing to be. Sarah decided to ask for help, something she had never done before.
"Do you know the way through this labyrinth?"
"Who, me? No! I'm just a worm." The worm replied. "Come and meet the missus?" Sarah opened and closed her mouth once or twice, vaugely unsure of what to say.
"No, no thank you. I have to solve this labyrinth. But there aren't any turns or openings or ANYTHING! What kind of a labyrinth is this, anyway?" She said furiously, the tears threatening to overcome her again. The worm stared at her and chuckled.
"Of course there is, you just ain't seen them! There's one right across there in front of you!" Sarah looked to where he motioned with eerily humanoid hands. She shook her head, recalling how painful it had been to throw herself against it.
"No, that's just a wall."
"Try walking through it, you'll see what I mean." Sarah just looked at the strange little worm. He smiled again. "Things are not always what they seem in this place. So you can't take anything for granted." Sarah's spine tingled at the echo of what Hoggle had said. You take too much for granted. She lifted her chin, stood, and put her hands in front of her face as she began to walk toward what she knew to be a solid wall. She waited for the cold feel of stone on her palms.
It never came. She walked past a section that had been cut away and into another corridor, this one riddled with twists and turns. She felt a grin stretch across her face. "THANK YOU!" she cried turning back to the worm, and turned to go right.
"WAITwaitwaitwaitwait!" The worm cried. Sarah stopped. "Don't go that way. NEVER go that way." The steel in the worm's voice made Sarah sure that he hadn't been joking.
"Thank you!" She said once more, and turned left. Behind her, the little worm muttered something, but she didn't hear. It sounded almost like "If she had kept gong that way she would've gone straight to that castle!" But she paid it no mind. Toby, she thought, her eyes narrowing in determination, I'm on my way. Look out Goblin King! And that was exactly what he was doing.
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Jareth sat in his throne room, the crystal balanced delicately on the tips his long, gloved fingers. He watched His Sarah talk to the little Worm and begin making her way into the Labyrinth. He smiled to himself. This was going to be fun.
Hoggle paced back and forth in front of the glittering walls of the Labyrinth, the girl's face jumping into his mind at every opportuninty it got. He growled low in his throat. Didn't she know what Jareth was doing, why he had brought her there? Foolish mortal girl, he thought, Bloody foolish! And stubborn. He stopped. He would just check on her, make sure she wasn't hurt, then he would forget he ever saw her. Motioning with his hand, he caused the portal to open and he stepped through. If Jareth finds out I'm concerned...she's finished.
So, so what do you guys think? Intruiging? I certainly hope so. I'm excited. Really. I think I might even by hyper which just doesn't happen. hmm... okay. so, until next chappie!