She rolled her eyes and made her way to the outside of the labyrinth, looking at the wall she saw no door, looking at the top of the wall she shrugged and began to climb it until she stood on the top.
Lloyd stared up at her and said "Hang on a sec, I don't think that's right, isn't that cheating?"
Raina laughed and said "Well, it seems like there are no rules in this game, therefore how can I be cheating?"
"Ok so it's not technically cheating but I'm afraid I can't let you go on this way. It's meant to be a challenge, so down we go!"
Raina had just enough time to look around at Jareth before he took her hand and they faded out and reappeared the other side of the wall to Lloyd. He trapped her between the wall and himself, she cocked her head to one contemplating his handsome face.
Eventually she said "May I see Blair? Please! I just want to see her and make sure she's alright!"
Jareth looked at her shocked, no one had ever asked that before, it seemed Raina really cared about this Blair, he then nodded and sat down and she sat down next to him. He pulled out a glass ball and waving a hand over it Blair appeared in it, she was sat in the middle of a load of blankets with a female goblin watching her carefully.
She was laughing while playing with another of Jareth's glass balls, Raina breathed a sigh of relieve and smiling said "I thought she'd be crying, I'm relieved she's not!"
Jareth smiled and said "I may have whisked her away but I'm not cruel, I would not let her sit there and cry. As you can see Eponym is looking out for her! I believe she'd be happy here, can you say the same for her life at home with her family?"
Raina bit her lip and said "I have to believe that they want her, she's just a child."
Jareth sighed and said "And what of you? What about your life back there?"
Raina looked away from him and said "I'm coping; I'm used to it by now. Right even if this is pleasant you haven't stopped my time and its ticking away. I need to be going on if I can get Blair back from you."
She stood quickly followed by him, looking which way to go she decided and made to leave, stopping she turned back and walked over to him.
He frowned until she leaned up and kissed his cheek and said "Thanks!"
He watched her walk off, one hand resting against the place she had kissed a strange expression on his face. She walked off with him quietly following her, she was taking all the right turns and in spite of himself, she would reach the castle very quickly if he did not hinder her.
After a while he looked round a corner to find her struggling through hunger pains, but staggering on with determination. Waving his hand a pear grew on a bush in her path, noticing it Raina eyed with distrust but eventually her hunger overcame he distrust and she picked it up and took a bite.
She moved on but feeling dizzy she collapsed, all she could think was ~Stupid hunger pains, I knew I shouldn't! ~
Jareth released a glass ball which flew through the air and gently touched Raina, trapping her within it inside a dream. Looking down she was dressed in a beautiful white dress, it was strapless with a corset decorated with diamonds. The back was arranged as a bustle, her hair with its shining chestnut colours was loose from its usual ponytail. Upon her head sat a tiara embedded with diamonds and emeralds, many people were surrounding her leering at her.
Glancing around she caught a glimpse of Jareth but in the blink of an eye he had disappeared, she rolled her eyes and started wandering round the room trying to find him. Several times she thought she had seen him but he disappeared, eventually she was turned from behind right into his arms.
He guided her round the dance floor smiling at her, right in the middle they stopped and dipped his head catching her lips with hers after whispering "My beautiful queen Rain."
The feel of his lips on hers was nothing like she had ever felt before, soft and gently as his arms encircled her cradling her tenderly.
He pulled back and smiled showing off his slightly sharp incisors, she laughed and said "Slightly vampiric don't you think?"
He laughed and bent his neck to her neck as if going to bite it, as he did so her eyes connected with a clock over her shoulder which brought her back to the present.
BLAIR!
Scowling at him she pulled away and slapped him and said "Stop trying to trick me! I'm going to find Blair and get her back whether you like it or not."
Rushing away from him she ran smack into a giant mirror, she glared and picking up a stool threw it at the mirror while Jareth ran over to her saying "Rain, please wait!"
The glass shattered and she woke lying in a junkyard where a goblin lady was sat staring at her, shaking her head the goblin lady said "Come, come. Not safe out here no! Come inside, safe inside!"
Raina followed her into what looked exactly like Raina's room at the orphanage, all her childhood toys were there. She sat on her bed as the goblin bustled round the room piling things beside her, telling her to keep her treasures with her.
Looking at the stuff she just began laughing, the goblin lady frowned at her and said "What is funny dear?"
Raina smiled and said "All along I've thought this stuff was so important, but it's all junk. Junk I really don't need, what I need is to find Blair! And I don't care if I cheat!"
Running out of the junkyard she climbed onto the nearest wall and began running towards the castle. She finally jumped down and entered the castle making her way to the highest point. She ran into a room which seemed to be an endless mass of staircases, many of which were defying gravity. She hesitantly glanced over the edge only to find Jareth standing at a 90o angle looking at her.
He walked up to face her and then said "Well I didn't expect you to get this far. Just the final challenge left with 10 minutes left."
He threw a glass ball which bounced around the stairs eventually landed in Blair's hands. Raina nodded and then started choosing her staircases, she eventually found herself standing on a ledge just above Blair. Looking down at her she saw her only way was to jump so she took a deep breath and ran forward jumping off the ledge.
