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Chapter Three: An Old Promise

"How did I not see it before…?" Jareth pondered pacing for a few moments before offering his hand to help Eve to her feet. She glared at him before taking it and once she was on her feet they were suddenly in a different room.

Eve looked around to find herself in a room made of light stone with several open windows overlooking the labyrinth. She wanted to scream at him for teleporting her again but saw a bed and threw herself onto it. It was so comfortable and the comforter was so soft and was even her favorite color, purple. She could have fallen asleep right then and there. Jareth paced a bit more trying to figure out what to do. Eve watched him then slowly began to realize what he had said.

"Wait, did you say I was an immortal child?" She asked sitting up in bed. "What does that even mean? I know I'm different but I'm not immortal."

"You're a child of a mortal and an immortal. That means your father is an immortal. I'll be gone for awhile. Don't leave the castle. This'll be your room. I'll appoint someone to show you around." He instructed before vanishing.

"Wait where are you going! You don't just tell someone that they're half immortal then disappear!" She yelled after him knowing it was no use. She groaned and laid back onto the bed tempted to take a nap when she noticed a door to the wall on her right. Curious she poked her head in to find it was a bathroom, and a rather large one at that.

There was a large bathtub on the far wall and a shower next to it. After poking around she noticed the bathroom was fully stocked to her liking. She was dying to take a shower and put clean normal clothes on but realized that she didn't have anything to change into. She doubted that they hand anything that fit her let alone something she'd want to wear judging by what she had seen Jareth in.

Stepping back into her room the whole thing had changed. The walls had smoothed out and turned a dark grey and there were dark purple curtains covering the open windows. There was now a desk fully stocked with art supplies on one wall with an easel next to it. Next to her bed was a large dresser and she pulled the drawers open to find it full of the kinds of clothes she liked to wear.

"Oh I love this place." She smiled and picked out an outfit and started the shower. Once she was out she dressed in a pair of black baggy pants with purple stitching with a matching purple vest with black stitching. She finally went to brush her hair and just stared at herself in the mirror for the longest time. The more she stared the more she started to believe what Jareth had said about her being half immortal.

Her eyes looked even brighter than she remembered but her white blonde hair made them look more natural than her hideous brunette hair did. She sat on her bed happy to be clean and have comfy shoes on her feet. There was a knock at her door.

"Come in." She said and the door opened to reveal Hoggle. "Hi."

"Jareth wanted me to show you around. I… wow what happened to you?" He said surprised staring at her hair.

"This is my real hair color. Jareth somehow made it show…" She said rubbing her neck remembering how electric it felt when he touched her despite the fact that he was about to strangle her.

"You knows you look just like them other immortals? Maybe that's why Jareth looked so angry." Hoggle shrugged.

"Do you know where he went?" Eve asked wondering what he was up to.

"Not entirely sure, but I heard him mumbling about talking to the other immortals… You hungry? I can show you to the kitchen if you like." He asked changing the subject. Eve sighed figuring he didn't really like talking about Jareth and nodded. "Follow me."

Eve ate in the kitchen upon Hoggle's request so she didn't have to deal with all the other goblins gawking at her. Merrith joined them and afterwards they showed her around the castle. As it got dark the castle was only dimly lit by torches and candles. There were lots of guard towers and a garden in the back that was secluded from everything else that was restricted to the goblins. They made their way back to Eve's room and Hoggle stopped just outside her door.

"Top of the stairs is Jareth's room. But don't ever go in there. He'll throw you into the bog if he catches ya." Hoggle warned. She said goodbye to her friends and closed the door collapsing on her bed realizing how tired she was. She rolled back out of bed and blew out all the candles lighting her room and locked her door before undressing and getting under the thick comforter with just her bra and panties on remembering that the tower she was in was restricted to everyone unless they were invited by her or Jareth. She was about to blow out the last candle on her nightstand when Jareth appeared beside her bed making her yell out in surprise and knock the candle to the floor leaving them in darkness. Eve quickly covered herself with her comforter.

"Get the hell out of my room! I don't care if you're the goblin king you need to knock first!" Eve yelled and only heard him sigh in response. All the candles in the room suddenly relit themselves and Eve looked down to find her clothes had appeared onto her. Jareth was shaking his head at her.

He had gone to talk to the other immortals to find out if they knew who Eve's father was and found nothing.

"I asked the other immortals if they knew who your father was and no one knows anything." He said sounding a bit annoyed ignoring her angry glare deep in thought. "But… I will help you find him… only if you help me." He said smiling darkly at her.

"No." She said firmly. "I'm not helping you get to Sarah. And you still haven't explained this whole thing to me. What am I?" She demanded.

"You're half immortal. For now. Once you reach your father's physical age then you will become immortal and your powers will be fully awakened." He said turning for the door not wanting to deal with her any longer wanting to check on Sarah to see if she remembered anything. Eve quickly jumped out of bed and blocked him from leaving.

"You can't just keep giving me these damned half assed answers then walk away! What do you mean my powers will be awakened? And give up on this whole Sarah thing! She didn't want you before what makes you think she'll want you now? I can't believe…ah!" Eve cried out in surprise as he walked right through her and her door sending a strange whirring sensation through her entire body. She huffed angrily and quickly unlocked her door and ran up the stairs after him.

He had a feeling she'd follow and he stopped in front of her making her smack right into him. She fell to her hands and knees on the stairs.

"Are you always this much of an asshole?" She asked glaring up at him.

"Do you always speak with such a foul tongue?" He shot back at her and walked through his door leaving her alone in the corridor of stairs. She was really starting to get on his nerves. With all the confusion Eve had caused he hadn't had time to check on Sarah and just wanted to be left alone so he could get back to what he was doing before she came.

"Only when selfish Goblin Kings constantly give me vague answers!" Eve yelled in reply as she got to her feet and began banging on his door. She was really starting to push his buttons. He reached through the door and caught her fist in his hand before it met with the door again and pushed her backwards as he stepped through the door.

"Selfish?" He asked darkly as she attempted to pull her hand out of his only making him step closer to her.

"Yes you're selfish! All you care about is getting Sarah back here. I bet you were going to spy on her just now if I had gone back to my room." She said still trying to free her hand from his. That strange electric feeling was pulsing through her again and his skin on hers was making a strange tingling sensation. "Let me go!" He released her hand and she held it to her chest. "What is that?" She demanded as the feeling subsided.

"What?" Jareth asked confused as to what she was referring to.

"That strange feeling every time you touch me." She asked flexing her hand.

"You feel that too?" He asked looking surprised. "You're just sensing my power. I can feel yours too, whoever father is, he's must be extremely powerful. Only one immortal is more powerful than I..." He thought about it for a moment. Eve could see in his eyes he was coming up with some sort of plan.

"If it has to do with Sarah I'm not doing it." She said firmly.

"You think that's all I do is obsess over Sarah all day?" Jareth asked looming over her. "I also have a labyrinth to look after. If you want to find your father I need you to take my book back into the mortal world and leave it where you were taken from so someone else will find it and pass it on."

"Ok fine, but you're coming with me. There's no way I'm going back there alone." She said.

"We'll leave in the morning." He said smiling and walked through his door again. Eve glared after him knowing he'd attempt to try and see Sarah. She shook her head and went back to her room and undressed again getting back into bed.

She started to wonder if she had any immortal powers yet that she didn't know about remembering that Jareth had said her powers would be fully awakened when she came of age, meaning she could have some already. As she imagined what powers she could have or wanted to have and quickly drifted to sleep.

"Stupid girl." Jareth laughed as he summoned a crystal to see Sarah talking with Toby about going back to where she saw Eve disappear and investigate once it got dark. Nothing was going to stop him from seeing her when he went back to the mortal world with Eve. If they planned on going at night that meant it'd be daytime in the Labyrinth. Soon he'd have her again.

Eve slowly opened her eyes as the curtains in her room opened on their own and flooded her room with sunlight. She groaned and pulled the comforter over her head.

"I can't believe you're still in bed." She heard Jareth say above her and she peeked out of the comforter to see him standing beside her bed with his arms crossed over his chest.

"Would it kill you to knock?" She asked pulling the comforter tighter around her as she uncovered the rest of her head. Jareth was impatient and had attempted to wait for her to wake up on her own but he was too anxious wanting to make it to the mortal world before Sarah returned to where Eve was taken. He grabbed the comforter and pulled it off of her and she cried out in protest until she realized she was already dressed.

"Get up, let's go." He commanded.

"Geeze you can't even give me time to dress myself? I want breakfast." She protested sitting up in bed.

"Here." He said holding a peach out to her.

"What did you do to it?" She asked eyeing it suspiciously.

"Nothing now take it and let's go." He said impatiently and she got to her feet.

"Someone's in a hurry…" She said getting the book out of her purse that was hanging on the back of her chair and putting it in the side pocket of her pants. She hesitantly took the peach from him wishing that she hadn't told him to come with her knowing he might try something on Sarah if they ran into her.

"We're leaving." He said and they were suddenly standing in the garden where Eve was taken the night before. It was dark out and the garden was lit only by the full moon.

"I hate it when you do that." She glared at him and bit into her peach.

"I know." He smiled as he heard Sarah and Toby coming from around the corner. Eve took the book out of her pocket and dropped it where she was taken unaware of Sarah and Toby approaching and took another bite of her peach.

"There. Now where do we start looking for my father? Do you know where he might be? What's his name?" She asked then looked up to see Sarah and Toby and stood frozen not knowing what to do. But they didn't seem to see her and she turned to Jareth. "Can they not see me?"

"If they can't see me they can't see you." He said and stood near Sarah making Eve roll her eyes at him as she finished her peach.

"Sarah its Eve's book!" Toby shined his flashlight onto it and picked it up handing it to Sarah.

"You know I think I used to have a book like this." Sarah said running her fingers over the cover. She had the same strange feeling of familiarity that she did the other night and her dream of dancing came back to her. All she could remember was she was dancing with someone, she couldn't put a face or a name to them, it was just a blur like a lost memory that wouldn't awaken.

"What do you think happened to Eve?" Toby asked.

"I don't know. I remember she shouted something about goblins just before she disappeared." Sarah said absent mindedly and opened the book to a random page as Toby held the flashlight so they could read it. Jareth watched with anticipation and Eve could see the hope in his eyes and she was tempted to grab him and drag him away but stopped herself interested in how it would turn out.

"Through dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the goblin city to take back the child you have stolen…" Sarah read aloud trailing off as she started to remember more of her dream. She remembered walking for a long time and strange creatures and her determination to get to something but that was it.

"For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom as great…" Toby continued swearing he had heard those words before but unsure where.

Eve recognized that they were reading what was to be said in order to save the child that was wished away from the goblin king, Jareth. Then it hit her, Sarah had said those words to Jareth all those years ago. If she finished reading it might unlock her memory to him and the labyrinth. Seeing the eager look on Jareth's face she knew that he had planned this. That's why he was in such a hurry to leave when they did. She was tempted to try and stop her realizing she probably couldn't do much of anything since they couldn't see her.

She glanced over at Jareth again and seeing the hopeful look on his face she almost felt sorry for him. It was like he couldn't help but want her. Sarah was all he had wanted all those years. From what she had heard from everyone around the castle she was the first person he ever really wanted and she refused him. She was a bit jealous never knowing how it felt to love or want someone. Eve was never given enough freedom to meet anyone she might want to be with. She had small feelings for Toby but she knew it was only because he was one of the first people to treat her like she was a normal person.

"You have no power over me." Sarah read the last line out loud and Jareth quickly reappeared beside Eve as he saw the look in her eyes as all her memories of the labyrinth came flooding back to her. He put a hand over Eve's mouth and pulled her out of sight behind the stone archway.

"Don't make a sound." He instructed and released her surprised she didn't make any smart remarks. They both watched as Sarah dropped the book and looked to Toby.

"I know where Eve is… I can't believe I had forgotten everything…" Sarah said looking around the garden then her eyes set onto the book she had dropped. She remembered everything and now what Eve had said before disappearing made sense. She had wished herself away to the Labyrinth. Jareth was there when she was taken, the owl. There was a familiar musical hum in the air. Closing the book she scanned the garden again.

"Where's Eve?" Toby asked staring at his sister as she looked all around them as if searching for something and she shushed him. She listened again and could still hear the musical humming but couldn't figure out where it was coming from.

"Jareth where are you! I know you're here!" Sarah yelled looking around. Jareth stepped out from behind the archway and before Eve could follow he trapped her in a crystal and set it in the arrangement of flowers.

"Sarah." He smiled. "It's been so long." He said bowing to her. Toby stared at him in shock as he vaguely remembered seeing him before. Then he recalled the story Sarah used to tell him when he was younger. The story about how she saved him from being turned into a goblin. He always thought it was just a story she made up just for him, but now seeing Jareth before him he knew it was all real.

"What did you do to Eve?" Sarah demanded.

"No!" Eve yelled as she beat the sides of the crystal with her fists. She screamed obscenities and kicked and punched the walls of the crystal that encased her. After a few moments of screaming and fighting she listened to what was going on since she couldn't see from where she was. Jareth was making pointless small talk that Sarah sounded in no way in the mood for. Toby started to question Jareth with Sarah about her. He was using her as a way to get Sarah back to the labyrinth. Eve then remembered that she had some power she just needed to figure out how to use it.

"I promise she is fine. It was her choice to stay she even ran the labyrinth to prove it!" Jareth attempted to explain knowing that she wouldn't believe him which was what he was hoping for.

"I don't believe you! You brain washed her, tricked her somehow didn't you?" She said accusingly.

"Now why would I do that? You were here when she wished herself away. Trust me I don't want her there anymore than you do, but she refuses to come back to your world and rules are rules she will remain in my Labyrinth as long as she wants to stay." He explained enjoying how predictable she was even after all these years.

"Sarah listen to him. Trust me Eve wasn't happy here at all. She told me herself she wanted to live in the Labyrinth." Toby pleaded with her hoping she'd listen instead of end up doing something stupid.

"You don't understand Toby. He's manipulative and evil. He's up to something." She said and there was a sound of glass breaking from behind Jareth and a girl with white blonde hair came towards Jareth looking rather angry, after a few moments she realized that it was Eve.

"You bastard! I almost felt sorry for you for a moment then you go and trap me in a crystal so you can trick Sarah back into your labyrinth! You're pathetic!" Eve was furious and was unaware of her glowing hair and eyes from the little bit of power she used to free herself. Sarah and Toby were staring at her wide eyed and Jareth was in shock.

"How did you get out?" He demanded.

"How do you think?" She said glaring at him then turned to Sarah. "He's telling the truth. I want to stay in the Labyrinth. I like it there. It's where I belong."

"Eve?" Toby said in awe. "You're…"

"I know… but you two get out of here and go home!" She warned and Jareth grabbed her by the wrist.

"What are you doing?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"Keeping them safe from you." She spat at him and yanked her arm free. He was livid, so many years he had been waiting for this moment and she was ruining it. In a last ditch effort he summoned a crystal.

"Oh Toby…" He called. "Catch." He threw the crystal at Toby and just as he had thought she would Sarah ran in front of him to protect him. Eve concentrated and held out her hand and the crystal changed course and floated just above the palm of her hand before disappearing.

"Go get out of here!" She screamed after them and they took off. Jareth glared at her as he went after them and he was surprised when Eve wrapped a hand around his wrist as he walked past her and she pulled him back. "Leave her alone. She obviously doesn't like you yet alone trust you. Why continue after someone who doesn't even trust you?" He stared down at the ground wishing her words weren't true, but they were.

All these years he had convinced himself that she would just drop everything and return to the labyrinth with him. He didn't know of anything else other than imagining her at his side. She was the first to beat him and the first to refuse him. But now someone else had run the labyrinth and she obviously didn't want much to do with him either. Then again she was immortal giving her an advantage that Sarah didn't have.

He didn't want Eve to be right. He wanted to hear the words from Sarah himself that she was happy in the life she had and didn't need him. Until then he would still try. He turned to Eve and advanced on her making her eyes go wide. She backed into the wall behind her knowing she had really set him off this time. He wrapped his fingers around her throat.

"Jareth put her down." A soothing voice of a man commanded from behind Jareth. Eve peeked around him to see a man not much older than herself with bright orange hair that stopped just past his shoulders dressed in a dark blue silk button down shirt with black silk dress pants. A silver crescent moon on a small chain hung from his neck with a sparkling green gem in the center.

"Julian." Jareth said as he quickly released Eve and she curiously stepped towards him now able to see him fully. Eve gasped as she saw his eyes. One was white the other blue. "We were just about to come looking for you." He said turning to him sounding a bit nervous making Eve give Jareth a questioning look then she looked back to Julian whose eyes met with hers. Suddenly a spark hit her and they both relived each other's memories since the day she was born in a matter of seconds. He felt all the pain and loneliness she had endured and she felt all the worry and sadness he had not knowing where she was or if she was ok.

"Dad…" A tear streamed down her face and they embraced one another. When they released each other they were standing in her new bedroom.

"I'm so sorry your mother turned into such a wretched woman. She didn't use to be like that." He apologized as Eve wiped her tears away. "Once you were a week old and she started to notice your hair and eyes she panicked and took off and I never saw you again. She hid you from me all these years. She never knew who I really was. I never got to tell her before she ran off I hid my eyes from her as she did yours from the world. I just wanted a child so much I never had it in me to tell her who I really was."

"It's not your fault. No one ever saw the real me. Not even her husband. He had no idea. But I was still a baby when they got together so I believed he was my father for the longest time." She explained sitting on her bed.

"If it wasn't for you wishing yourself away and opening a portal to Jareth's labyrinth I might have never found you I felt it and his presence yesterday and thought he was just stealing a child. Then I felt it again and then I sensed you when you used some of your power and I came as fast as I could. Quite funny how you're already here with him. Sorry to find out he's still after that Sarah girl though." He said looking a bit upset.

"What do you mean, already here, was I supposed to end up here?" Eve was confused.

"Jareth where did you run off to?" Julian asked aloud and Jareth appeared leaning on the dresser.

"Yes Jules?" He asked humbly.

"Don't you remember that night I found you flying about my house oh say twenty four years ago?" Julian asked looking rather thoughtful.

"Yes." He replied dryly not wanting to remember that night. It was the night Sarah had beaten him and he just let himself fly aimlessly and had somehow ended up at Julian's window.

"Do you not remember what I promised you?" He asked and Eve looked between the two of them becoming a bit afraid of what they might be talking about. Jareth thought about it trying to remember their conversation that night but all his mind could dwell on was Sarah and how he had lost her, yet again. Then his eyes went wide when it hit him and he looked to Eve then back to Julian and slowly nodded afraid to say it out loud.

"There is no way that will happen now. I never thought you'd…" He was at a loss for words.

"Oh come now, you know I'd never promise such a thing and not follow through. Besides you agreed to it wholly. Look at where you are now she's already here and without my doing, that has to be worth something." Julian explained nodding towards Eve making her uneasy.

"Alright what are you two talking about? I know it has to do with me. Just tell me." Eve demanded and Julian looked to Jareth.

"No." He said firmly shaking his head. "You can tell her. But I don't want part of it. I never thought it'd come to pass and I wasn't in my right mind when I agreed to it."

"Tell me what is going on!" Eve demanded and Jareth was tempted to disappear but decided to stay to see her reaction.

"Well first off you need to remember this happened before you were born. I had just met your mother a few days before Jareth came to me. I promised him he could have my next child. If you were a boy you could be a hand around the labyrinth, if a girl he could have you in marriage for both of your eternal lives…"