So sorry for the long wait and so sorry that the first chapter was so short, but thank you for the reviews anyway. I had to wait for the idea for this chapter to come back to me. In this chapter my OC, Aphrodita will be introduce. To see Aphrodita's outfit for this chapter, you can view it on my polyvore, just go to my bio for the link.
Disclaimer: I do not own Labyrinth, only my OC. All credits of Labyrinth go to the Jim Henson Company, George Lucas and David Bowie.
Chapter 2
The Goblin King's Sister
Sarah pulled up to the parking lot of the apartment complex where she was living at and gotten out the car, still letting her mind go back to the time she was in the Labyrinth. She thought of her friends she met in the labyrinth; Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Didymus. Sarah would call to them to see how things were going since she left. Despite the many conversations they would have, she didn't tell them about her feelings she had for the Goblin King; she didn't had the heart to tell them. She always feared of what they would think and that might change their friendship.
Sarah often thought about calling to Jareth many times to tell him about her feelings towards him, but once again, her fear won out. She feared that he would reject her, just as she rejected him those five years ago.
The sound of thunder brought Sarah back to reality, causing her to look up at the sky. She saw that dark clouds were coming in and the lightning was getting closer. As Sarah was walking towards the building, something white with black specks caught her attention from the corner of her eye. She turned to her right quickly, but nothing was there.
I could have sworn I saw something… maybe I'm just losing it. Sarah thought to herself, walking towards the building again.
Sarah had made it into her apartment, just as it was starting to rain. Looking out of the living room window, Sarah's thoughts went back to that one night when it was pouring down rain. The night she had accidentally wished Toby away and had met Jareth. It seems that whenever Sarah thinks about her time in the Labyrinth, her thoughts would always go back to Jareth.
Sarah sighed and went into her room. She sat down at her vanity table and looked in the mirror. Sarah had often wonder what her life would have been if she had taken Jareth's offer. Sarah looked towards the music box that was on the table next to the red leather bound book with the words The Labyrinth written in gold. She turned the small wind-up key on the music box a couple times before stopping and letting the music play.
The melody took Sarah back to that masquerade ball dream she was in after she ate that peach Hoggle gave her from Jareth. Sarah closed her eyes and saw herself back in that same ballroom, dancing with Jareth. She opened her eyes and smiled as the thoughts of that memory came back to her. Sarah then picked up the book and opened it up to the page with the words she recited five years ago.
"Through danger untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City. For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great. You have no power over me." Sarah read aloud.
Sarah put the book back down next to the still playing music box. She thought back to when she faced off Jareth in the partly broken Escher Room and spoke those exact words. She had wanted to accept Jareth's offer at the time, but she had to think was best for Toby.
"What can I do to make things right again? I wish I knew what to do." Sarah said, as she looked into the mirror.
No sooner when she spoke, the lights in her room started to flicker until they were off, follow by the sound of thunder and flashes of lightning. Sarah turned towards the window when she heard something banging against it. She couldn't tell what it was, because the curtains were covering the windows. Sarah slowly gotten up from the vanity and started to slowly walk towards the window.
Suddenly, the window flung open and the same snowy owl that she saw in the park flew in. Sarah stepped back and used her arms to shield herself from the snowy owl that was flying around in her room. When she no longer heard the sound of wings flapping, Sarah lowered her arms and saw a woman with pixie cut blond hair standing in front of her in a shower made of glitter.
"Hello Sarah." The woman said in a Southern accent. "It's finally nice to meet you in person."
"Who are you and how do you know my name?" Sarah asked, frighten by her sudden appearance.
"Sarah, look at me real closely and see if you see anything familiar." The woman replied.
Sarah saw that the woman was wearing a black lace gown that was long in the back and stop at her knees in the front. The gown also had sheer long sleeves and embroider sequins. She was also wearing black leggings with lace panel sides with diamond stud trim, black high heels and a long flowing black cloak with a lace trim at the bottom draped around her shoulders. Then Sarah noticed the woman's eyes; they were mismatched, just like that snowy owl.
"You're that snowy owl I saw in the park." Sarah replied.
"That's right." The woman replied. "Now, to answer your first question, my name is Aphrodita. And to answer your second question, well, let's just say my brother talks about you a lot."
"Your brother?" Sarah asked.
"Sarah, who else do you know with blond hair and eyes like mine?" Aphrodita asked back.
That's when it hit her.
"You're… you're the Goblin King's sister?" a very surprised Sarah asked.
"Correct again, Sarah dear." Aphrodita answered. "Jareth, the Goblin King, is my big brother."
"I… I never knew he had a sister." Sarah said. "But, what are you doing here and why are you here?"
"I can see this is going to take a while." Aphrodita said, smiling knowingly. "Shall we talk somewhere more suitable?"
Sarah nodded and with a snap of her fingers, Aphrodita teleported them form Sarah's room to a room with books on shelves that reached from the floor to the ceiling.
"Where are we?" Sarah asked.
"In the library… in my brother's castle." Aphrodita said, as she sat down in an armchair.
"We're back in the Underground?" Sarah asked with a shock look on her face, tuning towards Aphrodita.
"That we are." Aphrodita smirked. "Now please, sit down, Sarah. We have so much to talk about."
Author's note:
Aphrodita's name (af-ruh-dahy-taa) is pronounce just like Aphrodite (af-ruh-dahy-tee) just in case there was any confusion. instead of having an e at the end of her name, i changed it to an a.
i don't know when i'll be able to to update the next chapter, but i hope it will be soon. so please leave nice reviews and stay tuned...
