Sealed in Stone
Chapter 3: He's Always Been Right
"Well hello Sarah, How are you enjoying my Labyrinth?"
"Not as much as I did last time."
"No, I don't suppose so."
Mina glanced at Gryphon, both were still kneeling.
"I thought you said they were captured."
"The King and Queen were. These two aren't..."
"Rise." Jareth said cutting her off.
She stood, her head still bowed. "Your Highness, I suggest we move. If two of them are here there are probably more."
Jareth took her chin in his hand and pulled it up, looking at her curiously, "I do not recognize you."
"I don't suppose you would. This isn't exactly your labyrinth, Highness."
"Excuse me?"
"I can explain... I think, But I need to get to the Library."
Jareth hesitated but nodded, "Fine."
Mina was released from his grasp and walked towards the iced Goblins. She edged by them and then took a sharp right. She hurried down the hallway, knowing the others were right on her tail.
When they got there the door opened and she waited for the others before she shut the door and locked it.
Gryphon stood by the door listening as Mina hurried through books trying to find a specific one in the ruins that used to be a magnificent library.
"Where is it, Where is it, Where is it?" She muttered as she tore through book after book, "This would be so much easier if I still had my birth rights." She sighed a bit, then tripped over an unusually large book.
"Oh, Here it is." She said as she picked herself off the floor, then the book. She struggled to get it down the stairs and noticed Jareth and Sarah. They both stood at the window, through the broken glass you could see a good portain of the labyrinth, or what was left of it.
Mina cleared her throat, "This should clear things up a bit." She said pushing the book onto the table.
She pulled it open and it revealed letters and certificates, documentations of past events.
Mina pointed at some things, "Here, Here, Here, and... Here."
One was a marriage certificate, the other three were birth certificates for 3 boys.
They were all written in an ancient tongue Sarah couldn't read, "What do they say?"
"It's a certificate of marriage for Myself and... You?" Jareth said, looking at Sarah, then at Mina.
"What?" Sarah said in a tone Mina couldn't describe.
"Keep Going..." Mina said trying to be calm.
"Announcement of birth for 3 children. All boys. This ones only partial." He said pointing to one.
"You... Well The king did that after his daughter ran away."
"That's not what happened and you know it." Gryphon spoke from his position.
"It's what he believes and that's what I'm going to tell them." Mina shot backin a cold tone.
"You always do that, it's always been whatever he says goes." Gryphon returned, even colder.
"He's the king!" Mina said, her voice louder, becoming more defensive.
"He's your Father!" Gryphon shouted.
"HE DISOWNED ME!" She screamed back, anger clear on her face.
"EXACTLY! And you still stand by everything he says!"
"I HAVE TO!"
"WHY?"
"Because he's my father. He's the King. And-And he's right." She collapsed to her knees. "He's always been right. About everything. Both of them, I was just... I was just to stubborn to listen." She closed her eyes, as Sarah (Who had moved to her side when she fell) placed a hand on her shoulder. The girl moved her head to look at her with her eyes opened.
Sarah brushed the bangs out of her face, Minawas startled at how motherly itfelt,and looked shocked.
"What?" Mina asked as she shook her head to make the bangs fall back.
"Your eyes... They..."
"Changed color." Jareth said moving towards her. He could see from where he stood somewhat behind them. He grabbed a mirror shard from the ground and held it in front of her face. She took it and looked just as shocked as Sarah was.
She swallowed the tears that had formed in her eyes, "They're back."
"What's back? What are you talking about?" Gryphon asked from his post.
"My eye... it'sblue again!"
"I thought that wasn't possible."
"I'm starting to doubt the impossible." She said a slight smirk dancingacross her lips as she glanced at Jareth.
"So what's going on exactly?" Sarah asked cautiously, "I'm still lost."
"The Labyrinth has a mind of it's own." Mina started.
"The King that rules over it helps to control it." Jareth followed, explaining further.
"But mostly it controls itself, the royals can only suggest it go one way. That's why it changes so much. The Labyrinth, can call for help, if needed." Mina said as she stood and walked over to the window.
"It's rarely needed." Jareth cut in, his pride flaring.
"But sometimes it is. Rarely, yes. But sometimes. Well when it calls it will call one of the highest noble line it can sense."
"Jareths Family?" Sarah asked walking up beside her.
"Yes, That's right.Jareth's entire family line has kept their blood pure with their magic, no matter who they marry. Well the entire line has been captures, turned, or..." She hesitated.
"Killed." Jareth finished for her, as he looked through the book.
"Thank you." She said looking over her shoulder a bit, "So, it started looking for pure blood, or something close to it. It found mine."
"The one thing you can't strip from a person is their blood." Gryphon stated, glaring at Jareth.
"Unless you kill them." Jareth sneered.
"It called me," Mina saidloudly, cutting into the argument shesaw coming,"That's why I was at the entrance. It needed a guardian until it could find more help. I'm not really sure how, but it called you two forward."
"Meaning?" Sarah asked again, looking from the suddenly tense Jareth, to the equally tense Mina.
"It's run out of options and we're loosing the war."
"Sarah, we're it's last hope." Jareth spoke as he turned.