Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 2 of Ray of Light. I've gotten a few Pm's about this story and I am glad that you guys told me what you think through the PM's. I hope that I don't fail you guys. I know I really didn't delve into Toni's character, but trust me that her characteristics will become more real. She will have a fear among a few other things. I hope that you guys will continue enjoying my oc, Antonia. I am slightly afraid that you guys might not like her even though I am trying to give her more of a human feel. What will happen when Sarah makes her wish? Will both Toby and Toni disappear? Or will it just be Toby? Only one way to find out and that is to read this chapter and find out what happens to Toby, Toni, and Sarah. Enjoy Chapter 2 of Ray of Light.

Chapter 2

Wishes

Sarah rolled her eyes at what Toni had said. "'Say you right words,' the Goblin's said, 'And we'll take the baby to the Goblin City and you will be free.'" She said continuing the story to Toby.

"Sarah enough." Toni said narrowing her eyes at her younger cousin. "A story like that will scare him and he won't ever go to sleep."

Sarah ignored what Toni had said. After all Toni hadn't been there and Toni had no idea what she had been through with Toby always baby sitting him. "But the girl knew that the king of the goblins would keep the baby in his castle forever and ever, and turn it into a goblin." She said continuing the story to her baby brother.

"Sarah stop that isn't a story for little kids." Toni had read the story and had been the one that had gifted the book to Sarah in a package about three months ago. She knew for a fact that it wasn't a story for children, even little babies. Maybe she should have thought about sending the book to her, if she had known that Sarah would try to tell this story to Toby.

"So she suffered in silence until one night when she was tired from a day of housework and hurt by the harsh words of her stepmother and she could no longer stand it."

Toby continued to cry.

"Oh, all right! Alright!" Sarah snapped as she picked up Toby out of his crib. "Knock it off. Come on. Stop it! Stop it! I'll say the words. No, I mustn't. I mustn't say…"

"That's never going to quiet your brother down by shouting at him. He's a baby." Toni said getting up from the bed.

Sarah narrowed her eyes at Toni. It wasn't like Toni knew what she was going through. Toni didn't have a little brother or sister. She was an only child and that was something that Sarah craved. "I wish...I wish…" She said to herself still ignoring her elder cousin. "I can bear no longer! Goblin King! Goblin King! Wherever you may be, take this child of mine far away from me!"

"Sarah!" Toni said grabbing Toby away from her cousin. She carefully put Toby into his crib who was still crying. "Shh… shh…" She softly shushed Toby. She couldn't believe that Sarah didn't know how to sooth a crying baby.

"Oh, Toby, stop it! I wish I did know what to say to make the goblins take you away."

"Just go Sarah… I'll handle him." Toni said trying to help her cousin the best that she could.

"I wish… I wish…" Sarah said walking towards the door.

Toni began to hum a tune that her mother use to hum to her when she was a child. It was something that stuck to her all these years after her mother had stopped taking an interest in her and more interest in doing things with her father leaving Toni alone most of the time. She hoped that he would calm down which he did slowly. She knew that it would take some time to get him to go to sleep.

Sarah narrowed her eyes at her cousin seeing that Toby was still not quiet, but quieter than what he had been when she had a hold of him. "I wish the goblins would take you both away…" Sarah shut the light off. "Right now." She closed the door. Sarah stopped in her tracks when she didn't hear any more crying. "Toby? Toby, are you alright? Why aren't you crying? Toby?" She opened the door to her father and stepmother's bedroom and saw that Toni wasn't there.

How did Toni get out of the room? There was only one way out of the bedroom and that was through the door. Sarah heard noises in the room and began to look around the room trying to figure out who was making the noise.

Toni groaned waking up on the hard concrete floor. "Toby?" She gasped when she saw Toby sitting there surrounded by goblins. "Hey get away from him." She yelled rushing towards Toby grabbing him up off of the ground. She held him close to her chest trying to sooth his crying. "Oh… Toby… it'll be okay. I promise it will be okay." She rubbed his back trying to calm the crying baby.

She could only hope that the two of them would be alright. Sarah had to have made a mistake by wishing them both away. But she didn't understand why Sarah had wished her away. She hadn't done nothing wrong to Sarah to cause her to be wished away. They had a chance of not being turned to goblins, but still a very high chance would be turned.

She walked towards the window and looked out and saw the Labyrinth; "Oh Sarah why'd you do that?" She asked softly now feeling ashamed for giving her that book. She should have never given that book to Sarah. She looked down at Toby with a concerned look and rubbed his back trying to sooth him. "It will be okay Toby… Sarah couldn't have meant it."

"What's said is said. Nothing will change that." A voice rang out causing her to jump and spin around. Jareth smiled at the eighteen year old woman that held onto Toby.

Toni backed against the wall. Her dual colored eyes were wide. "You're Jareth… the Goblin King."

Jareth clapped his hands together. "And I know who you are Antonia Williams."

"How? How do you know my name?" Toni asked holding onto Toby closer to her. She rubbed Toby's back lightly trying to sooth him.

"Oh I know your name and the book that you had and then you had gifted to your cousin Sarah."

Toni gasped holding onto Toby a bit tighter in her arms. "You were spying on me."

Jareth moved closer to her. "Are you afraid, Antonia?" He asked his lips quirking up in a smirk.

"Stay away from me." She said skitting down the wall trying to get away from him. Her feet tripped over one another causing her to fall towards the ground.

Jareth wrapped his arms around her to keep her and baby Toby from landing onto the floor. "Now wouldn't want you to hurt that baby."

Toni pulled herself away from Jareth. "Let go of me." She said narrowing her eyes at him.

"Oh you do have some fight in you." Jareth said with a smile.

"And you are a man that peaks in and spies on girls just to get your kicks." She hissed through her teeth. "You had no right to spy on me."

"Oh I didn't did I?" He asked getting close to her causing her to back up more.

She tried not to trip over the goblins that scattered the room. Some playing with toys and others were yammering with one another. She ended up falling butt first into his throne.

The goblins gasped noticing that she had fallen into the king's chair.

Toni tried to get up out of the throne, only to be pushed back by Jareth.

"Well, well, well, you are certainly skittish of me." Jareth said looking into her duel colored eye.

Toni looked up at Jareth looking into his eyes. She noticed that one was blue and the other had a blown pupil. She felt her heart jerk a little bit in fear. "Get away from me." She pleaded with him.

"Oh there is nowhere that you can go, Antonia."

"You can't keep me here." She said pushing against him.

Jareth shook his head. "Oh, but I can, sweet girl." He said running his gloved hand over her cheek causing her to flinch. "You were wished away by Sarah and you can't leave the castle."

"Don't touch me." She said looking up at him.

Jareth removed his hand from her pale cheek. "Are you afraid of someone's touch?" He asked looking at her closely.

Toni looked down at Toby who she still held onto. He had calmed down and she was thankful for that. Hopefully she and him would be able to get out of there and wouldn't be turned into goblins.

Jareth saw the worried look that was in her eyes. He could read right through her facade. She was actually afraid of him as she should be.

She pushed him back with her body causing him to stumble. She quickly scrambled with Toby still in her arms and out of Jareth's throne.

He grabbed onto her causing her to shriek. He took Toby from her and put him down onto the floor. He then swiftly grabbed her arm. He forced her to look at him. "Don't you dare push me again. You have no right to touch me." He said with narrowed eyes.

Toni tried to pull away.

He kept his grip on her arm.

The goblins watched in fear wondering if their king was going to send her down to the dungeons.

"Are you going to listen to what I say?" He asked tightening his grip on her arm.

"Yes, just please let me go."

Jareth released her arm pushing her back from him causing her to stumble and fall onto her butt.

She looked up with him wide scared eyes. How was she going to handle him with Toby being here as well.

Jareth picked up Toby.

"No, let him go." Toni said trying to get up off of the floor feeling the pain in her back and butt from falling onto the hard concrete.

Jareth looked at her. "I won't hurt him."

"I don't know that." She snapped getting up to her feet.

"All of the children that I have taken… I have never hurt them." He said looking at her. "You're going to have to trust me on this even though you don't like me, Antonia." He saw the burning passion in her eyes. "You care about the babe?" His question was clear as day.

"He's my cousin. And I will always care about family." Toni said looking away from him.

"Even the one that wishes you away with the babe?"

"Yes…"

"Interesting." He said more to himself than to her. That was certainly interesting to know that. He had watched her to know that she cared about people before she had given the book away to Sarah.

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This is the end of Chapter 2. Well what do you guys think? Does Toni have a little bit more depth and doesn't seem perfect? I hope not, please let me know. I really don't want to make her a Mary Sue either. I hate Mary Sue's. They are well something that I don't want to write for. Please leave a review and let me know what you guys think. It will keep me writing this story.