Eyes So Cruel by GoDrinkPinesol624
Jareth once said that her eyes could be cruel. Merlin help the wizarding world when she aims everything else against them. AU Post-GoF.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Harry Potter or the Labyrinth. Wanna share?
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And instinctively, you come back to me, cus you're an addict I'm your habit, you don't want to be free.
If you make it, baby, I'll grant your wishes, don't you take me for granted, cus my love will disappear like magic.
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Chapter 2 – Not as it seems
Jareth, the Goblin King, adored his Queen. He still couldn't believe he had a prize such as Sarah. He truly was her slave; she had him under her spell body and soul, and he couldn't be happier. Well he could be happier with an heir, but with Sarah essentially an immortal now it would be a matter of a few years instead of centuries had she been fae.
One day seven years ago he had finally broken down, and given in to his feelings of abandonment and rejection in front of his subjects. Hoggle, being the little toad he was, had seen how utterly crushed his King was because of Sarah. The next time that Sarah called for him he told her about Jareth's feelings for her. She was in a state of shock. She had no idea that Jareth felt that way for her. She had thought he was toying with her, playing a game with her. She thought she had beaten the player at his own game.
Sarah decided to write a letter to the King, since she knew she couldn't possible handle saying such things face to face with the man. Roughly she told him that she had not believed that his feelings were genuine for her when he asked her to stay with him. Sarah had thought that in the end it was another trick so that he could keep Toby. The most important detail of the letter was that Sarah would have chosen to be with Jareth had it not been for Toby, if she knew that Toby would be safe at home she would have stayed. Lastly she apologized for hurting him unintentionally.
When Hoggle stood before his King trying to explain what he had done he truly thought he was going to die. "You told her? Hedgel you do crave to be water boarded in the Bog of Eternal Stench don't you? I'm prepared to make you its Emperor."
"But Your Majesty!"
Still fuming the King continued his rant, "When I'm through with you the only girlfriend you'll be able to find is a skunk!"
"Your Majesty!"
Jareth was starting to go purple in the face, "I may just skip the bog, rip off your head, and give it to the fireys to kick around!"
"YOUR MAJESTY!" Jareth paused and stared at his subject that had just screamed at him. "Sire, Sarah gave me this letter for you." He stared at the letter in Hoggle's hand for a moment before he snatched it from him.
"Leave."
That letter had opened a door for Sarah and Jareth. Upon revoking that dreaded sentence about power over her Jareth was able to visit her Aboveground. Imagine his surprise when Sarah agreed to court him, or date as she called it. He did his best to behave so as not to scare her away from him. For so long he dreamed of Sarah; he rarely allowed himself to dream of being with her. Whatever God granted him these gifts he gave his thanks repeatedly. He never thought he could be this happy in his life. Who knew?
Sarah is an amazing woman. She was eighteen when they started to date, and he could swear that he fell for her again. After a year of 'going slow' Jareth decided it was time, he decided to propose, and she accepted. The couple had two wedding ceremonies. One Aboveground for her parents and human friends, with goblins enchanted to look like his family. Her father and her step-mother were surprised that they were getting married so soon having met him only twice, but they could see how happy he made Sarah and they excepted that Sarah would marry so young. The second ceremony took place in the Underground in her favorite garden in the Labyrinth. Their subjects, fellow royals, and his parents attended to watch as the Goblin Kingdom gained its first Queen in over a millennium. And the goblins love their Queen ever so much. She was the first female humanoid that had ever treated them with anything other than disdain. It was a bonus that not only did Sarah love him, but she loved the goblins as well. He could not have chosen a better Queen.
Sarah told him point-blank that she could not cope with sitting around a castle being treated as a delicate flower with nothing to do. If she were to stay he needed to give her something to do so as to not become stir-crazy. The goblins that remained Aboveground were very dependable; he could trust them to protect her as well as make his job easier if she could directly confide in him of the proceedings of Gringotts. Pretty clever if he said so himself.
They've been together now for five years, and it feels like it's all a wonderful dream. The goblins certainly like having the Queen around because Jareth practically acts as sweet as a lamb towards them. The more innocent goblins affectionately call her, "Queenie." Jareth had no idea what he would do should anything happen to Sarah. If someone tried to harm her the Spanish Inquisition would look like tea party compared to what he would do to them.
Long live the Goblin Queen.
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"Albus what do you think?"
Albus Dumbledore leaned further against his wing-backed chair at his desk. "I'm pleasantly surprised Severus. It's so odd that the Goblins would give a human such high position. I've never heard of any that have reached farther than an account manager. Something else is going on here. Her parents are obviously not a resource to get that position they are obviously muggles. What about her husband? Do you know anything about him?"
"No, nothing. She has kept her maiden name so I'm not sure we could find his. We may have to search through magical and muggle Marriage Licenses to find it."
"I believe I'll ask Remus to look into this matter, Sirius as well so he has something to keep his mind off hounding me about Harry. Speaking of Harry, I need you to give Harry Occlumency lessons this year."
A sneer graced Snape's face, ""Is that necessary Alb-"
"Yes Severus, Harry's condition is worsening. His guards can tell that Harry is not sleeping well, and when he does sleep he wakes up screaming."
"I'll think on it."
"I suppose that's the best I can hope for right now. Also I believe I need to speak to Bill Weasley about keeping his eyes open for Sarah Williams. We need to know if she can get us in to get the Goblins on our side. We need to head over to the Order meeting in an hour. Alastor and Kingsley are leading the party that is retrieving Harry tonight they should arrive right as the meeting starts."
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The morning of September the first came much too slow according to Tobias Williams. Toby had been wide awake since 4:30 this morning and he couldn't sleep anymore. He was so excited that he was going to a school that taught magic. Maybe he could learn to do some of the stuff he'd seen Jareth do. That would be so awesome! Toby frowned as he remembered the conversation he had with his sister, "Toby, I know that you think it isn't right or fair for me ask you this but please do it. If anyone, your friends, your professors, or even Dad and Karen ask about Jareth don't tell them anything. Nobody knows that he is the Goblin King and we are going to keep it that way to keep you safe. If people found out they would try to use you to make me manipulate Jareth, and it would work. So please, be careful."
"I will Sarah, I promise."
He checked and triple checked to make sure he had everything, but he knew as soon as his Mom woke up she would check his trunk again, not trusting him to have put everything away. Besides the basic essentials, and the items on his list, he had only a few things not among those. He had some pictures of his friends and family, his favorite series the Lord of the Rings, and of course his favorite stuffed animal Lancelot, whom he inherited from Sarah.
The car ride to the train station was unusually quiet. Toby had been yelled at quite a few times already for his joyful behavior, and he was in the back seat trying to stay calm. Robert and Karen were finally coming to terms that their youngest was heading off to a private school, and they would not see him for four months until he came home for the holidays. It was both liberating and heart breaking at the same time. It was time for their baby boy to spread his wings and fly, but were they ready to let him? Like most parents, not really, but they needed to do it anyway.
Sarah met up with them at the entrance of the station to help get the trunk out, and put it on a trolley. When they reached the platform between nine and ten Robert could see the tears gathering in his wife's eyes. Robert and Karen said their goodbyes, each taking their time to give him a hug, a kiss, and a loud protest from the embarrassed boy.
Sarah and Toby Williams crossed the barrier to Platform 9 ¾ at exactly 10:30. Which was good amount of time for Toby: to mingle with his new classmates, find a compartment with a few other first years, and say goodbye to his sister before the train took off. "Wow Toby, you're getting to be such a big boy now. I may have to stop calling you Squirt and switch to Spazz. I must say it fits you much better."
Toby gave a small, adorable pout, "Why do you need to call me anything?"
Sarah smiled at him lovingly, "That's because you are my little brother, and I am expressing my love for you. Have a good time at school. You can reach me anytime with Goliath, but if it's an emergency have the adults floo me at Gringotts."
Toby scrunched up his nose in confusion, "Floo? What the heck is that?"
"You'll learn it in class."
From the window in his compartment, a certain messy-haired boy with glasses could see a beautiful woman saying goodbye to a first year. She looked pretty young so he would bet she was an older sibling or guardian and not his mother. She had a beautiful pair of eyes, and sexy smile. Harry Potter wasn't watching her bend over when she was hugging the boy, nope; he was watching a sister who clearly loved her brother dearly almost cry to let him go. That's when Harry felt that pain in his chest again, and wished that someone would love him that much.
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Toby shared a compartment with three other first years. They proceeded to teach Toby more about the wizarding world. He remembered that there were four houses at Hogwarts, but those were really weird names there was no way in hell he would pronounce them correctly on his own. Elroy and Jim were 'half-blood' fraternal twins who hoped be in Hufflepuff like their dad. Amber is a 'pureblood' who wanted to be placed in Gryffindor. "Gryffindor house is for the courageous and chivalrous, and Hufflepuff is for those who have patience and loyalty. Which house do you want?"
"Well I know Hufflepuff isn't for me because I'm not very patient, but honestly I don't really care."
That disgusting old piece of leather was supposed to go on his head? Ew.
"Langley, Amber."
"Gryffindor!"
"Sutter, Elroy."
"Hufflepuff!"
"Sutter, James."
"Hufflepuff!"
Finally after Janice Vander was sorted into Ravenclaw, Toby was the last to be called up, "Williams, Tobias."
After a few seconds Toby could hear a voice whispering in his ear, "A very cunning mind I see, but what is this? A block? Against me?" For a moment the hat continued to try, and pry further into Toby's mind. "Well if I can go no forth better be Slytherin!"
Albus Dumbledore's eyes followed Toby as he made his way to his new house table. This would prove to be interesting. Something was magical about his sister, but it was obvious the boy's parents were muggles with how shocked they were when their son was accepted. Albus thought it was long overdue for the House of Snakes to receive a muggleborn in its midst, but it would be best to keep it under wraps for a while.
"That would make him…" Severus drew a blank. He couldn't remember the last time a muggleborn was placed in Slytherin house. Usually by the time muggleborns were sorted they had been brain-washed into thinking all the evil wizards went to the outcast house.
"That would make him the first muggleborn in Slytherin house in about hundred years. Severus, I believe you should speak to Mr. Williams about keeping this quiet. It would certainly make his time here easier."
"Of course Headmaster, I'll speak to him after the feast."
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Toby frowned as he thought about his housemates, a lot of them talked like they were stuck up assholes. The worst one was the albino-looking 'prefect'. Boy that turd couldn't shut his mouth for two minutes. Potter this, Potter that, I'm a boob, and blah blah blah. God he hated people like that, full of themselves. Well now that he thought about it, Jareth was pretty full of himself, but he had a reason for it. Jareth was probably the most powerful guy he had ever seen.
"Are you listening to me?" Toby looked up, and he saw that that albino boy was staring at him expectantly as well as half the table.
"No, not really. Was there something interesting in there, or are your feathers still ruffled?" Most of the Slytherins stared at him with wide eyes, a few even dared to snicker quietly.
"Why you little! Do you know who my father is?"
Toby decided to fake a contemplative face before answering, "The abominable snow man? Don't know…don't really care."
The kid made an ugly face before going on a tangent how he was the heir to the Malfoy family, to show him proper respect, and I'm a boob. Toby finally got fed up, and said, "Look I don't know you, why should I give someone respect whom I just met, and they haven't earned it?" A lot of the upper years showed their surprise, and quietly agreed with the young snake.
Yet again Malfoy drew an ugly face to express his displeasure, "You better watch yourself little firsty. I could make your life here very difficult."
Toby formed a smirk that he copied from his brother-in-law, "I accept your challenge."
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"I accept your challenge." The crystal ball in her hands displayed Toby as he set the games in motion. She had been watching him all through the feast to make sure that Toby was okay. Jareth entered the bedroom after taking his shower, and watched his wife worry over the little boy like he was her own. It made him itch for the day they had their own little family.
"Sarah he's fine, you worry too much." She blew a sigh from her lips, and he watched as it caused her hair to fly across her skin. The littlest things caught his attention, but it was one of the many things he loved about her. "Come to bed Precious I'm sure it's been a long day for both of us." He kissed her shoulder softly as a distraction so he could pilfer the crystal from her hands. "After all, your husband is felling neglected."
"Hmm? Have I? We'll just have to correct that?"
Sarah proceeded to rid him of his towel, "Indeed."
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Author's Note: Sorry for the slow update. I have a really hard class right now and I can work on the story more when it ends in March.
The song lyric is because every time I hear this song, Magic by Emii, it reminds me of Labyrinth.
I was unprepared for how ecstatic I was when I read my first review. Fun! Have a B-E-A-utiful day readers! :D Keep those reviews coming please, I forget about this story then a review pops up and I think, "Ooh heheh shit…"
A big thanks to Barbara for pointing out a HUGE mistake for me to fix. Thanks!
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Next chapter: Bird's of a Feather
"What the bloody hell is that!"
"I think…he turned Professor Flitwick into that killer leprechaun."
"WHAT! Why didn't anyone tell me there was a killer leprechaun running around?"