Consequences of Thoughtless Wishing

Dark Lady Devinity

An: Action sequences require work on my part as I'm a details-are-in-the-dialogue girl. So if anyone has any suggestions on what they'd like to see happen while Christine's running around the Labyrinth then let me know! This is a work of fanfiction based on a fancomic after all. So suggestions from the fandom are totally welcomed.

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The one advantage to having Sarah's goblin friends pop up unexpectedly into the girls' shared apartment was that Christine could recognise most of them on sight now and she knew a lot of their names. So she was relieved when, after staring at the un-climbable walls of the Labyrinth for about five minutes, Hoggle came around a corner. The dwarf was happily spraying some sort of glittering insect into oblivion.

"Hoggle!" Christine cried cheerfully.

Hoggle was not expecting to hear a young female voice call out to him. This was likely because the only young female voice that called out his name cheerfully was Sarah's and Sarah had never visited the Labyrinth except for the time she wished away her baby brother. It was not long before Hoggle's shocked expression turned into one of suspicion though.

"What are you doing here? Is Sarah with you? Did something happen to her?" Hoggle asked.

"Non, non. I wished away my fiancé by accident." Christine said, shrugging. "I suppose the rest is obvious."

"Don't want to marry a goblin, huh? Can't say I blame you. The girl goblins don't want to marry the boy goblins either." Hoggle said.

"Then how to they reproduce?" Christine asked with a grimace. She couldn't not ask that question but she really did not want to know the answer either. Her imagination was threatening to run away with her.

Hoggle blinked. "Why do you think goblins steal babies? For fun? They certainly don't do it for Jareth. He hates the aggravation of constant screaming." The dwarf shook his head, marvelling at the idiocy of humans. "C'mon, I'll lead you to the castle. You'll have to face Jareth on your own though. Apparently it's in the rules."

"Merci." Christine said. "You aren't worried that Jareth will get mad?"

"Jarath told me once that if Sarah ever kissed me then he would make me into the Prince of the Land of Stench. Well, she kissed me. There is not much worse that can be done to me now that I have to go on royal visits to the Bog of Eternal Stench." Hoggle shivered in horror. "Besides, our mutual friendship with Sarah offers me some degree of protection from the king. But if you get us sent to that retched bog I am leaving you behind forever!"

"What's so bad about a bog that smells? Don't all bogs have some foul odours?" Christine asked.

Hoggle looked to the heavens as if he intended to speak directly to God. "Why do they always underestimate the power of a strong stench?"

In response to the overly dramatic display by the dwarf, Christine blinked slowly and wondered at the state of the mental health of Sarah's friends. This place was, after all, ruled over by a quirky, glitter ball of a fairy known as Jareth. What was the worst that could happen?

XxX

"How bad do you think it could possibly be? Jareth's simply a glittery, unusually tall fairy." Javert said. "Although troublesome and prone to illegal acts, he has never done anything truly dangerous."

"Have you ever been bitten by a fairy?" Sarah asked as James untied her from the pole on the roof. "They're not nice. And fae like Jareth are even worse. Have you ever seen my movie?"

"Sure. You monologued the pounce to death." Erik commented sadistically from his dark corner of brooding.

"Did you fail to notice me falling down forty feet into an oubliette with only hands to break my fall? How about the date rape peach? Or the serious risk of losing my little brother and forgetting he ever existed? Never mind the giant robot with an axe!" Sarah said, yelling the last bit. "Yeah, I said the right words. But I nearly died trying to get the chance to say them. The Labyrinth is a moving, living thing with an army of resilient goblins to protect her."

Then Sarah suddenly paled. Everyone thought that she had thought of a horrible, worse-than-death fate that Jareth might have ready to use on Christine that was not allowed in a family friendly film.

"What is it Sarah?" James asked nervously as the girl shakily got to her feet.

"He could send Christine to the Bog of Eternal Stench!" Sarah cried.

James had the sense not to laugh at that as he was close enough for the girl to kill if she decided that she did not appreciate his laughter. Especially now that her hands were free and she was starting to look furious. However, the others did laugh at her statement and loudly at that. Sarah's expression darkened considerably.

"How bad can that bog actually smell?" Crowley asked. "It cannot be worse than the sulfur pits in hell."

"You weren't there." Sarah said slowly and dangerously. Then she looked at James. "Do not make any cracks about how the French don't bathe and Christine shouldn't mind it. This is too serious for jokes. This is the Bog of Eternal Stench we are talking about."

James held up his hands in a sign of surrender. "Wouldn't dream of it. I know what it's like to tangle with magical creatures. Do you seriously think Christine is in danger?"

"Not from Jareth. And most of the goblins know her through me. But the fireys are dangerous if they decide she needs to lose some body parts. They don't mean to kill people but they don't understand that we're not like detachable Barbie dolls." Sarah said thoughtfully. "The bog is capable of ruining your life. The Labyrinth itself is probably what's truly dangerous. It has its own personality and Jareth simply manipulates what's already natural there. I'm worried for Raoul too. Although the biggest issue in his situation actually is Jareth. I don't think Jareth is going to handle Raoul's very natural reaction- to freak out- all that well. He seems to be alright with kids 'cause Toby was perfectly fine but adults are another thing entirely."

"How do you know so much about the Labyrinth?" Javert asked.

"Sometimes Jareth and I do have civil conversations. Also, Hoggle is really smart and he knows a fair bit about the Labyrinth." Sarah said.

"Can we get to the Labyrinth then?" Erik asked. He did not seem to appreciate all the talk about the mortal danger that Christine may be in. It did not help when Sarah reminded him of the scene in the movie where the girl nearly had her head ripped off by a firey. "I have a student to save and a roommate to kill."

"Maybe if Sarah asks Jareth nicely?" Crowley asked cheekily. Aziraphale nodded in agreement, completely missing what Crowley was hinting at.

"Or perhaps I could seek out my friends, who have the ability to visit me through any mirrored surface?" Sarah suggested.

XxX

Sarah led the way into her apartment as the rest of the cast followed behind her. They crowded around her in order to watch as she told her closest friends that she needed them. Ludo and Sir Didymus quickly came to the mirror and into the aboveground. Hoggle's image appeared in the mirror a few minutes later, after Sarah had just finished explaining everything to her other Labyrinth companions. He did not step into the aboveground though.

"I know what you need us for Sarah." Hoggle said before he moved to the side and out of the mirror's surface. Suddenly Christine was in his place, looking sheepish.

"I guess everyone knows now." Christine said. "This is all so silly."

"You'll never get through the Labyrinth by yourself, Chris." Sarah said. "I'm really glad you're with Hoggle though. This means that I don't have to look for you."

"What do you mean?" Christine asked.

"Well, obviously I'm going through this mirror and helping you save Raoul." Sarah said. "Sir Didymus, Ludo, show me how to do this please."

Sir Didymus took get pleasure in escorting his fair lady through the mirror. James, Erik and Javert all volunteered to go too so Ludo took all three men through the mirror. Legolas, Aziraphale, Crowley and Mrs. Lovett all waved goodbye.

"Wait, I should have asked you to bring me a pair of sensible shoes." Christine said.

"Just one moment." Aziraphale piped up helpfully. He was gone for a few seconds and then he tossed a pair of Christine's gym shoes into the mirror. The soprano gratefully caught them.

Then the mirror went back to its reflective surface as the group began their adventure into the heart of the Labyrinth.

XxX

The crystal went dark once Sarah and her friends took their first step into the Labyrinth. Jareth sighed and flicked his wrist, sending the crystal away. Although he was not fond of the idea that Erik, Javert and James were traipsing around his kingdom, he took comfort in Sarah's presence. All feelings for the girl aside, Sarah was a smart, capable thing with previous experience in the Labyrinth. She had been the only person to defeat it. Jareth hoped for his own personal sake that Sarah bested the Labyrinth and its ruler once again. In this case a loss was a victory for Jareth as he could not take another thirteen hours with the Viscount. Raoul had completely lost his head metaphorically, refused to believe anything Jareth said to him and then managed to get attacked by chickens.

If Raoul was the spark that renewed the Chicken Rebellion then Jareth was going to stick him head first into the Bog of Eternal Stench.

TBC