"What the crabby pigeon is going on?" I demand, shaking.
"That's a new expression." He smirks.
"I know I made it up. Is this really happening? Are you really the goblin king? And what the heck are you doing in my room if you are."
"I've come to answer your plea for help, naturally." I scoff.
"What plea for help? I haven't made one."
"Subconsciously you have. You desperately want to know if your beloved Edgar is telling the truth or just putting you on. I could help you find out." He explains.
"Come on, I know your tricks Jareth. You're gonna ask me for something in return and it'll probably be my baby brother. And I bet you expect that I'll say yes because I'm so desperate for answers and I'll just hand him over. Then I'll realize my horrid mistake and beg for him back. And then the only way I'll be able to get him back would be to go through your Labyrinth. In the end you would tell me that you're actually in love with me and doing it all because you're generous and wanted me to have everything I asked for. Then you'd ask me to be your queen and I would make a deal, me for Timmy, and you'd be happy. But after a while you'd get tired of having me be in your castle helping you rule your kingdom and move on to another desperate girl." I ramble. He's gaping ever so slightly.
"Do you really think so poorly of me?" he asks.
"Well…no. but face it every guy is the same. They may like a girl but then they'll like another girl better in about two weeks and break the first girls heart for the next. I mean obviously you got over Sarah in order to ask me." I state.
"And who said I was going to ask you to be my queen." I'm struck quiet at this. he's right. I had just assumed that's what the Goblin King would be doing here that I didn't stop to wonder if I am absolutely unattractive to him. "You obviously care deeply for your little Edgar boy. Who am I to stand in the way of that. I do need a mortals help for a crisis in the Labyrinth though. I've seen your dreams and hopes. I know you want to journey through my kingdom. Now I offer you a deal. If you will help me defeat the evil that has taken a hold on my kingdom, I will cause Edgar's heart to yearn for you so that he will never be able to look at another girl's face again without seeing your beauty."
"And I wont have to trade my brother or anything?"
"Absolutely not. Simply accept my offer, or decline." He instructs.
"I've spent the first sixteen years of my life believing in your kingdom and the magic therein. How can I refuse?" he smiles wide.
"Take my hand my dear." I look at his gloved outstretched hand and take a deep breath. What am I about to get myself into?
