I do not own The Labyrinth. I only own Jewel, Marcy, Alex, and Jess.
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Jewel, Jess, and Marcy gasped as the lights in the living room went off. "Alex, did you turn off the lights?" Jess called out scared. No answer came but some giggles sounded around the room.
Jewel sighed and rubbed her neck as her eyes started focusing in the dark room. "Marcy did your little cousins come over?" Jewel asked with a hint of malice in her voice when she said Marcy. Marcy swallowed nervously and stuttered, "No they didn't. I don't know what's going on."
The giggles sounded louder and Jewel felt something run past her leg. Jewel glared at the ground and tried to see in the darkness. Jess squealed in fright as something sniffed her leg. "Not her," something said in a small voice. Jess yelled and hugged Marcy. Something sniffed Marcy and said, "Not her."
"What the hell is going on?" Marcy yelled scared as she hugged Jess.
"Silence," Jewel said in a commanding tone and Jess and Marcy quickly shut their mouths. Jewel quieted her breathing and when she felt something go to sniff her leg she quickly bent down and grabbed something. She gasped when she saw a small creature in her hold. "A goblin," Jewel whispered as she recognized the description from The Labyrinth.
The goblin laughed and sniffed Jewel, well as much as he could. "Found her master," the goblin cried happily. Jewel frowned and quickly let go of the goblin when the front door was slammed open. Jess and Marcy passed out when they felt a few more goblins poke their legs or grab their hair. "Some help you two are," Jewel said as she gazed at her unconscious friend and use to be friend.
"Hmm interesting," a man's voice said and Jewel quickly directed her attention to the front door. Winds with sparkles floating in the air blew into the house. A tall man with platinum blonde wispy hair with very hard yet beautiful eyes was standing in the doorway. He had on black tights with a white poet shirt that had the front open a lot. A black cape with a few silver chains hanging from the sides was hanging from his shoulders.
"What's interesting?" Jewel asked as she took in the look of the man before her. His eyes held mischief, power, and Jewel could see a bit of pain that reminded her of the pain that she saw in her own eyes every time she looked in the mirror.
The man walked out of the doorway and walked over to Jewel. She stood her ground as he stopped in front of her and looked down at her. He quickly placed his hand underneath her chin and raised her face a little bit. "You belong to me now," the man said with a smirk on his face.
Jewel frowned and moved out of his grip. "I belong to no one," she said forcefully. The inner pain flashed in her eyes and the man's eyes widened for a second before going back to their penetrating gaze. He quickly strode forward and gripped Jewel's wrist. "I see your pain, I feel your pain, I hear your cries when you think no one can, I see your shield you hide behind so well," the man whispered as he ran his other hand across her cheek.
"I don't know what you're talking about, let go," Jewel said as she tried to shake her wrist free from the man's grip, but she was unable to.
The man smiled as more of the glittering wind swirled around the two of them. "This world causes you nothing but pain, sadness, and betrayal. I'm going to take you somewhere that you will never have to experience those things again. I shall never betray you Jewel," the man whispered as he leaned down close to Jewel's face.
Jewel frowned as his face came close to her own. She saw Alex in her peripheral vision. "Take her away Jareth, she needs you," Alex whispered as she gave Jewel a small smile. Jewel's eyes grew wide as she looked at her friend and then at the man before her, not just any man but the Goblin King, Jareth the Goblin King.
Jareth smirked down at Jewel's expression of surprise. "You've been wished away Jewel, and no one will come to bring you back to this pathetic life. You shall become a jewel of the labyrinth," Jareth said as produced a crystal ball from thin air. He swirled the crystal ball in front of Jewel's face as a tear slipped out of Jewel's eyes.
She looked over at Alex, who was crying. "He'll help you Jewel. I've tried but you won't let me in. You won't let anyone in," Alex said as she crumbled to her knees in tears but kept showing Jewel a smile. "Let him mend your heart," Alex whispered before the world around Jewel changed. She gasped as she saw herself staring at a desert type landscape. A large labyrinth that she only believed to be a piece of fiction lay before her very eyes.
"I have business to attend to, so I think it would be best if you had a little run through the labyrinth to keep yourself busy. I will find you when I'm through with my business. Enjoy the labyrinth Jewel," Jareth whispered as he stood behind Jewel and whispered in her ear. Jewel spun around to see Jareth, but he was gone.
Jewel sighed as she looked at the labyrinth that lay before her. "So I'm betrayed, then I'm wished away so I can learn how to open up what I've spent so long locking away. I don't believe this," Jewel whispered before kicking a rock close to her feet. She took a deep breath before slowly letting it out.
"Fine, I've been wished away to the labyrinth, I'm pretty sure I belong to Jareth now since I was wished to be taken away by him, and now I have nothing to do but explore the labyrinth. Alright, I'll go look through this big thing, I wonder if I'll meet the little worm guy. He does sound pretty amusing to hold a conversation with," Jewel thought as she walked towards the opening of the labyrinth.
The little fairies flying around the vines stared at Jewel curiously before going back to their own business. Jewel looked at the little fairies curiously before entering the labyrinth. She turned right and started walking. She was looking for the worm's home and she smiled when she saw it.
She bent down and knocked on the wall beside the little hole. "Hello," Jewel called out. Soon a little head popped out of the hole and Jewel smiled softly. She was not very happy at the moment and she was very confused, but talking to someone right now even if it is just about the weather than it would help her mood. It would help her go back to being her normal self, which meant her heart being locked away.
"Oh hello, who are you?" the worm asked and Jewel smiled. She and the worm quickly entered a lovely conversation and soon the worm's wife joined them.
Jareth growled as he paced around in his throne room. He had just went and brought a human girl into his realm just because she had been wished away. "Why did I do that? It's just going to end like the last time. I'm tired of being denied. I do not want love. Love has proved useless," Jareth growled out as he slumped on his throne.
He rubbed his temples and an image of seeing the same pain that was held in his own eyes was also in Jewel's eyes. "Her eyes sparkle like a jewel that has been tainted by the pain of betrayal. How much has she suffered?" Jareth pondered and he angrily shook his head. "It doesn't matter. I'll just keep her here and have her be a servant or a cook or she can go to certain parts of the labyrinth and spend the day there until I bring her back here. I do not have to even be around her," Jareth said out loud.
Jareth rose from his throne and walked over to one of the large windows n his room. He made a crystal ball appear and he could not hinder his growing curiosity of the girl he has just brought into his world. He peered through the crystal ball and saw Jewel speaking with the worm couple. "She seems to make friends fast," Jareth muttered before looking closer at Jewel. "Her eyes still contain that pain even though she is speaking so contently with the worms. How? Why do I care, I have more things to worry about than her pain. I'll get her soon and make her clean my boots, yes that will be better," Jareth thought as he made the crystal disappear.
"I don't need him to open my heart. I like it closed and protected," Jewel thought as she parted from the worm couple and took the way that would lead to the castle.
"I don't want her to be here for me to love, she shall be a servant and nothing more," Jareth thought as he took off his cape and laid it on his throne.
