A/N Yay Either people already like the story or they are willing to give it a chance. Own nothing, yada yada.

Chapter 3: Rubina Meets Hoggle

The girls came up to Kiara's cottage and she happily started talking about when Jareth showed it to her and how Hoggle and the goblins had built it for her. She was glad that Hoggle had just recently weeded her yard so that it looked really nice for her guest and the two of them entered the house.

"I think there is someone in your kitchen," Rubina said as the two heard a noise of metal clanking followed by a long string of obscenities.

Kiara started to laugh, "That's just Hoggle, hopefully fixing my window. Come on and I will introduce you." The two girls walked into the next room and saw the dwarf cleaning out the pipe over the stove.

"Girlie, I told you to keep an eye on this and let me know if starts to get clogged!" Hoggle yelled while he cleaned and got himself covered in dark ash.

"I still don't know how I am supposed to know; it's so dark up there. Anyway, get your head out of there and meet Rubina." Hoggle grunted some sort of greeting, but didn't turn around. "Hoggle take two seconds to turn around and say hi."

"Fine, hi," he started as he looked at Rubina. The two of them stared at each other for a few minutes and Kiara suddenly felt a wave of magic pass her. She didn't know what it was at first but it kind of tickled. "Umm, would you want to come over to my place and I'll cook you something?" Hoggle actually got shy and looked at his feet while he asked Rubina on a date.

Kiara stood there in shock as Rubina started to blush and answer, "Sure, I'll be over in a couple of hours. I'll give you time to get cleaned up." Hoggle mumbled something else and walked out the door and down to his own house leaving Kiara's kitchen looking worse than the castle kitchen.

"What the hell was that?" Kiara asked, "Did you just put a spell on him?"

Rubina shook her head and continued to blush, "No I didn't but I think we might have bonded." She was suddenly really happy and giddy.

More ash came down through the stove pipe accidentally caused by Kiara's magic as she started to understand what was going on, "You and Hoggle are bonded? I thought that only happened between fae couples."

"No, it also happens to the rest of us, only not as strong and we don't die if the other one does."

"Wow, does that mean you two are married now?"

Rubina laughed at Kiara, "No, he still has to ask me and I hope he waits awhile before he does that."

"Well I guess we better get you dressed up for your date," Kiara pulled Rubina into the bedroom and started working on getting her to look her best for dinner.

Meanwhile at the castle, Jareth and Kenisha were sitting in the library reminiscing about old times. The two fae were very close in age and spent a lot of time together growing up; the only reason they grew apart was because Jareth had to take over the labyrinth at a young age and Kenisha went to learn about the kingdom she was destined to rule.

"Now Jareth there is something you are not telling me about that fairy of yours," Kenisha said as she leaned over Jareth's chair. He shrugged, but Kenisha was not going to let it go, "Jay, I know you better than any other fae. You never had a personal servant before and you are really easy on her. I also couldn't help but notice that you gave her the moonstone."

Jareth looked up at Kenisha trying to think of a quick lie, "Don't call me that and of course I didn't give her the moonstone."

A small laugh came from Kenisha, "Jareth, it was glowing after you pushed her down to the ground; i was really easy to see the glow through the dress. If you don't want anyone to know I would suggest making her wear thicker clothes and darker colors or maybe put it in a pouch around her neck so that the glow doesn't shine for all to see; I think you like her."

Jareth stood up and scowled at Kenisha, "She is an annoying human that asks too many questions."

"But you like having her around, you like to annoy her and even though you won't admit it to yourself you like to see her happy."

"I don't hate it when you're around, I like to annoy you and it doesn't displease me to see you happy," Jareth answered.

Kenisha smiled, "And I know you like me, so you do like her. That makes two people on Jareth's list of who he can actually stand to be near." Jareth couldn't help but smirk as he rolled his eyes at her. She was right and he couldn't stand most people which was probably why he preferred being with the goblins.

That evening Kiara watched as Rubina walked down to Hoggle's house and started thinking of her own plans for the evening. She pulled out a crystal ball and asked it to show her what Jareth was doing; an image started to appear of Jareth sitting out on his balcony. Kiara smiled and popped the ball; she knew that if Jareth was sitting out there then he wouldn't mind some company. He might not like it if she tried to talk to him, but he wouldn't make her leave. She changed into her normal clothes and stretched her wings. She decided to give flying a try; it would be her first time flying so high with her fairy wings. With a run and jump she was in the air flapping away and soon was steadily flying towards the castle.

By the time Kiara arrived at the castle her back muscles were incredibly sore and she was exhausted, but she managed to land on the balcony and sat in the chair next to Jareth's. He glanced over at her and smirked a bit, "That was a terrible landing and you did not make a decent servant today. Get control over the glowing of the moonstone or hide it better."

Kiara put her hand over the stone and looked down trying to see if it was glowing right then. "I don't know why it glows, do you?"

"No."

"Oh," she thought for a bit before telling Jareth the good news, "Rubina and Hoggle bonded today, I think." Jareth didn't respond, but instead continued to stare out over the labyrinth. "Who is Prince Broderick?"

"No one important," Jareth tone indicated he didn't want to hear any more questions about him, but that never stopped Kiara.

"That's not a nice thing to say about your brother. When is he visiting?"

Jareth glanced over at Kiara and let out an annoyed sigh, "If you already knew who he was then why did you ask? He'll be visiting next week sometime or if I'm lucky he will be eaten by a dragon on the way."

"Please tell me you don't really mean that," Kiara looked at Jareth feeling a mixture of sadness and anger. Kiara grew up constantly moving from one orphanage and foster home to the next and never had any family of her own; she never even had the chance to get to know people well enough to feel like family. She really didn't like to hear that Jareth didn't like his own brother.

Jareth looked very unhappy, "Yes I do, I would not be in the least bit upset if a dragon snatched him right now."

Kiara got out of the chair angrily and jumped right off the balcony letting her wings carry her away. She wasn't sure how she knew she would even be able to do it since she never practiced soaring before, but her fairy instincts took over and she made it home and went straight to her bed.

Jareth stood at the edge of the balcony watching Kiara leave and feeling the pain she was feeling. He really hated having the connection with her and no matter how much magic he tried he couldn't end it. He also hated feeling guilty especially since that was a fairly new emotion for him; he never experienced it before he met the girl. With a wave of his hand he released some of his own anger into making a few things explode and headed towards his own bed. Making Kiara annoyed and slightly angry was fun, but making it so he felt terrible wasn't.