-- one hour thirteen minuets ago --
He stared at the picture, there she was the little tart playing at being a dancer in the rain. She had captured his attention almost in an instant as she moved her rain soaked clothing clinging to her like a second skin. He looked her over the water of the stream moved past her and only brought his attention it was like his eyes burned her into them like a memorie. He growled and took the picture and put it up to the wall of the cabin, it wasn't fair she was his. She wore his branding she had nurtured his seed for nine months that made her more his then anyone elses.
Moving into her personal space he picked up the dart and tossed it at the picture smiling wickedly as it pierced her face. He threw another dart and sneered as it missed it's mark his foot kicked out and toppled over the small chest he had allowed her to keep her few belongings. Presents he had given to her when ever she was good and listened. How could that not prove his love he gave her gifts he knew she would love.
The trunk overturned by the kick landed on it's side cracking as the few items fell to the floor. He sighed and moved toward teh trunk and lifting it threw it across the room to shatter as he looked at the items. The Snow globe that held the unicorn was broken now the vile water and sparkley glitter pooling near the crack. She had spent hours looking at the stupid thing he thought lifting his foot his anger got the best of him and as it came down glass and glitter flew about the small area as his hand punched into the wall. She had been given that one when they first came to his Island, he was only glad that he had long before giving it to her ripped out the music box object in the bottom.
Next there was a small jewlry case, painted white he had painstakingly made the stupid thing for her adn had given it to her when she at last carried his child. He had been so happy he would have an heir at last and she would be bound to him forever by the bond of their child. He bent down and lifted the box looking at the intricle roses he had carved into it. He had spent a year making it for her, he had even carved her name into the front by the latch, it was big enough to have held the now broken snow globe, as he lifted the lid a soft irish love song waifed through the cabin.
He screamed and threw the box into the blazing fireplace watching it burn as the music refused to fade. He was so angry at her right now she had taken herself and his heir out of his life. He dropped down onto her cot wincing as he sat on one of the chain restraints, stupid he should have made it long enough to reach the outhouse. Then she would still be there with him, with their son, oh yes he was positive it was a boy, his son who would carry on his name. Why had she done this to him, taken all that was important to him away. He stood kicking over the cot when something came into view.
The gift he had given her not a week ago, the worn red velvet book that had a strange worn golden title. He had never bothered to read it in all the time they were together. He had kept it infact for the birth of his child, he had thought she could read it to their child, he had given it to her early because he thought she she read through it once before it became a nightly fairytail. His hand reached down lifting up the stupid thing, he remembered well finding the book on her when he pulled her from that car.
A shame she had been so battered when her parents car had struck his car. If he hadn't hit his breaks right they might have missed him all together, He had pulled the family out, after all their car had been throwing gas out by the gas tank after it flipped. Why he bothered to free the rest of her family was beyond him it had just felt right, how could he ever expect him to forgive him and trust him if she ahd known he left them to die.
Sara had been another matter she was thrown from the car and had her hand smashed by her parents car. He remembered the blood dripping from her lips as he checked her pulse, carefully lifting her into the back of his stationwagon and securing her neck with a towel. Her good hand had clung to that stupid book like to lose it she would lose herself. It had taken him three days to pry it from her hands while she was over medicated. She had been delirouse then calling out for something called Hoggle, of course she sputtered alot of giberish then.
Opening the book he read the title at last noting that the pages had drops of old dry blood clung to the pages, "The labyrinth huh, leave it to you Sara to almost die over a stupid fantasy."
He flipped through the pages until he came upon an address written in the book with her name. He grinned at last if she was still alive and was free she would try to get home. He hadn't thought of that, he started to laugh setting the book into one of his pockets, he would go to her house, he would capture her once more or he would kill her entire family, as a message to her, "the sins of the mother, revisited on her family. Seems almost fitting Sara you are the reason they lived past the accident, now you will be the reason they die."
His laughter filled the cabinas birds took flight into the sky calling out danger and death were coming... -- thirty-one minuets ago -
Dreams and profocies held a heavy load in ones heart. She stood upon the precipus of mans road. She hungered, and was tired but feared to lay herself down. Rain poured in the shelterless glade as she walked forward. Dreams like the moon had risen each night to hide the fading stars, she was afraid. would the world explode if what was to come was delayed. Time had already faltered and three years of time had been torn from fate.
She had been hiding since then trying to find the tear and fix it. There was something that was wrong with the line of fate that tied the underground and the aboveground. She closed her eyes as it jumped to her attention, three years ago a young girl was supposed to wish herself to the Underground and bring to the king of Goblins an heir. A male heir, and that had not happened, for someone had stolen from fate, The stars only knew that things were starting to be cleaned up.
She was still unable to return home, the time line was altered, things were out of sync and the heir was not born yet. The Girl was only now making her way into life in the Underground. There was a strong force pulling her toward the sea and an Island that to her recolection was devoid of any life. But with everything else in such chaos perhaps she was wrong about the Island. She moved off the road and moved through the sand eyes flashing silver for a moment before she began to run upon the water at such a speed that she would not fall in.
She had spent years following instinct in hopes of fixing and seeing the prophosy come to fruit. The Heir that came to the Goblin king would be married to end a feud that was running long. The Goblin city had been feuding with high king of the faries. The heirs of both would unite in marriage and the feud would end with the birth of a baby.
The Oracle came to land upon the Island and moved up the cliffs slowly and carefully, her head twisted as she caught the scent of fire and ran toward when a large flame rose in the sky. She saw the cabin burn as her silver eyes began to glow she could see the change in the time line right itself suddenly, the heirs were born, the uniting of underground and above would take place soon.
The boy heir was near the Goblin King and strangely a flux was tied to the two. Her body relaxed as the future came to her and she smiled, lost in her thoughts she was unaware of someone moving behind her. She did not see him raise the axe above his head and then she missed the final blow before her life ebbed away and she was no more.
-- 13 minuets ago-
Toby and George looked at the peach, that Toby had just pulled from the backpack. it certainly looked like it would taste better then the apples, turning it in his hand Toby. He smiled and lifted it up to take a bite and licked his lips, just a bite and he would be perfectly happy with it. He closed his eyes and went to bite into the peach when he felt something smacking the peach from his hand.
His eyes came open on what had to be a dwarf, dressed like a gypsie with a colorful vest he was kicking the peach away at that. Toby went to reach for it when George climbed onto his shoulder screaming something into his ears. The dwarf looked to Toby and shook his head, " never eat the peaches from the labyrinth they make you forget!"
Toby looked abashed watching the Dwarf as he felt George slide back into his pocket, " I was just going to tell him that Dwarf."
"The name is Hoggle, mouse..."
"My name is not mouse it is George and I am an official TIME KEEPER," George started to yell leaning out of the pocket his anger directed at the Dwarf.
"Hey Hey stop it you two."
" Some time keeper can't even tell the time," muttered Hoggle as he started to moved in hte same direction as Toby and George.
"um... Hoggle right," Toby moved to catch up with him, " do you know how to get to the castle? I wouldn't ask you see but I am trying to get there and I'm not sure how much time I have left."
"thats because you gots a time keeper that's bad at his job,"Hoggle kept moving as Toby tried to keep up a finger keeping George from jumping out of his pocket at Hoggle, " as for how to get there, just follow your feet, this is one of the more direct paths there, just don't splash in the mud puddles. Say George isn't you forgetting something?"
"I don't forget anything," he said proudly as he padded his vest pocket and let out a yelp and dug into his pocket as Toby stopped to look at him.
"George what is it?"
" we're late! Oh we are so late! come on toby pick up the pace quick we're late."
Toby wasn't sure what was going on another point in time where he thought that the mouse reminded him of some cartoon he had seen years ago. Alice and something or other he thought as he started to move faster down the path still a few steps behind Hoggle. He started to smell something horrible before he saw puddles covering most of the path ahead.
He stopped short and bent down just fast enough to catch George who was falling out of his pocket and grab Hoggle from falling into a puddle. wow though how that place stunk. he put George back in his pocket and covered his nose, " oh god the smell..."
"No use whining about it now, we gotta get past it to get to the castle just don't fall in you'll smell like it forever."
"What happened did the Bog have a rain storm?" George didn't look upset by the smell at all. Infact he was taking deep breaths in as he inspected their surrounding.
"Worse, Ludo's friends the rocks played cannonball in it, there are puddles everywhere. we need to hurry though Jareth is about to make an announcement that will effect us all," Hoggle started hoppign and jumping past the puddles.
Toby moved as fast as he could following trying not to fall or splash the foul smelling stuff on him. At the last puddle the three vanished from the pathway and found themselves in a ball room. Hoggle moved toward the front of the room as Toby and George slid into a bunch of Goblins knocking them over and scattering them like bowling pins. Of course that wouldn't be the end of it the Goblins flew into tall standing and nicely dressed fare like Jareth knocking them over and onto animals and creatures of all kinds.
Everyone found themselves falling on the ground either onto someone or with someone on them. That would be when the laughter started and the room full of occupants turned to a very red faced Toby, George hanging off his ear one of his shoes in Toby's ears. Toby looked up at a doorway as it Opened in awe as Sara and Jareth moved through, Sara looked kind of pale a blindfold over her eyes. The baby was in Jareth's arms until he settled her into a bassinet. The Room went silent and as Jareth pulled back the blindfold the entire room yelled, "Surprised!"
--thirteen seconds ago --
The two walked slowly toward a door she hadn't noticed being there before. As they stepped through she noticed suddenly she had something over her eyes. She stepped forward still holding Jareth's arm standing still when he stopped and slipped his arm free she took a deep breath she didn't like blindfolds anymore, she would never like them again she began to fidget until she felt Jareth's hand on her shoulder he was behind her whsipering in her ear, "relaxe Sara you're safe. Trust me please there is one thing left to wait for before the blindfold comes off."
Then she felt his hands move up her neck to the blindfold and suddenly the blindfold fell away and there was a single shout,"Surprise" and then everything went black. Sara fell back into Jareth;s arms as the room went silent. No one had expected that Jareth was sure as toby got up looking to them moving forward Jareth picked sara up into his arms and vanished. Appearing once more in his room he checked Sara gently tapping her face trying to get her to rouse awake.
True worry crossed the King's features as he losened her corset. He had thought she was just nervouse he had seen her pale when he had placed the blindfold on her to further the surprise. He watched as she started to stir and gently touched her face with his hand, "Sara... are you alright Sara, I'm sorry I didn't think that the party would upset you so."
Sara blinked her eyes as Jareth came into focus she threw her arms around his neck, he was appologising to her. she had never thought she would hear in her lifetime the goblin king saying sorry to her for any reason. She felt his arms squish her to him and let out a soft chuckel whispering, "Jareth you're squishing me."
Jareth released her a bit still holding her as the worry drained from his features, when he looked at her again she smiled, " we should go back I left the baby there"
Sara nodded and leaned into him as they vanished appearing once more on the dias as the room was now on their feet Toby standing by the bassinet that was so beautifully decorated she thought. Sara looked around the room slowly noticing everyone she had met her first time through could be found in the room. She was glad to be leaning against Jareth, blushing as she felt silly.
She had never fainted from fright before she looked as slowly the people moved forward to be introduced to her, and to look at the baby. She was wondering about that part at first then recalled reading once that when a royal child is born the entire kingdom comes to meet them. She turned her head to Jareth whom watched to progression nodding his head and keeping arms protectivly about her waist. Something she was actually quite happy about, she still felt a bit wobbly since she had passed out.
She was glad for the Glamor Jareth had produced over her, mostly because no one could see what she truly looked like after her three years of hell. Her head rested back into Jareth's chest as she noticed to the side a table set up with brightly wrapped gifts. She tilted her head and blinked as one item caught her attention, a baby unicorn, it stood near the gifts until it caught Sara's attention and moved toward the Dias.
The room went still, everyone within the land knew that a unicorn could not and would not let anyone that was not a virgin touch it. They expected it to move to the baby and gasps escaped the rooms as the small animal nuzzled Sara's hand. Jareth was glad to be holding her for he was sure if nothing else Sara was shaking as the small one nuzzled her. he could see tears slide down her cheeks as the youngling snorted at her before moving to the bassinet to again amaze the room as it licked the baby's face.
If there had been questions before of sara's virtue they were gone now she was somehow a mother and a virgin, Jareth was at a loss intent to ask her of it later. It was a blessing for one of Virtue to see a unicorn they would never age if they were a female. to be touched by a unicorn was unheard of. He had never heard of this happening before, he was sure his days in the future would evolve around the library. Summoning a bench he sat pulling Sara into his lap as the party began to change into something more, he whispered to Sara then," Sara, I asked you once, to give me you're heart. Now I ask you to take mine, marry me..."
He felt her tighten up in his arms and relaxe as they both looked forward, was it possible she wondered to finnaly know peace and safty? there was only one answer she could think to give him, but she dared not say it aloud for fear her words would not come. She looked to Toby her brother could give her away she could be hapy have a family forget with time Joel. Her heart raced, she could be the wife of the man who had invaded her heart and mine since she was fifteen, "Jareth, one and one is two but it is also one, I can't help falling..."
The band changed a melody from her dreams began to play as Jareth lifted Sara and took her to the dance floor dancing her around the room went still around them he looked into her eyes and began to sing.
There's such a sad love Deep in your eyes.
A kind of pale jewel Open and closed Within your eyes.
I'll place the sky Within your eyes.
There's such a fooled heart Beatin' so fast In search of new dreams.
A love that will last Within your heart.
I'll place the moon Within your heart.
As the pain sweeps through,
Makes no sense for you.
Every thrill is gone.
Wasn't too much fun at all,
But I'll be there for you-ou-ou As the world falls down.
Falling.
Falling in love.
I'll paint you mornings of gold.
I'll spin you Valentine evenings.
Though we're strangers 'til now,
We're choosing the path Between the stars.
I'll leave my love Between the stars.
As the pain sweeps through,
Makes no sense for you.
Every thrill is gone.
Wasn't too much fun at all,
But I'll be there for you-ou-ou As the world falls down.
Falling As the world falls down.
Falling As the world falls down.
Falling.
Falling.
Falling.
Falling in love As the world falls down.
Falling.
Falling.
Falling.
Falling.
Falling in love As the world falls down.
Makes no sense at all.
Makes no sense to fall.
Falling As the world falls down.
Falling.
Falling in love As the world falls down.
Falling.
Falling Falling in love As the world falls down.
The entire room clapped as the dance came to an end and sara mouth the answer to him. There was need for her to say it for as he lifted her in joy and spun her around she leaned down and kissed him before the entire kingdom. The cheers came once more as he put her to the ground there was no guessing they knew without a doubt they knew what had happened.
It wasn't until he took his glove off and took her hand that the room quited. All those in the room save the creatures and a few mortals and goblins wore gloves. There was no higher trust no greater proff that Jareth intended to marry this mortal then the moment their hands touched, with no gloves involved. Sara let Jareth lead her back onto the dias and back to the bench the entire time feeling tingles through her hand from where their flesh touched.
It occured to her then she had never seen him take off his gloves before. Looking to his eyes she smiled, she wanted to be his, she had been meaning to wish herself here after the vacation. If they hadn't been in the accident, if she hadn't forgotten herself for so long ago the baby would be his. She looked to Toby who looked bewildered until Hoggle and Luddo came to talk to him and his little mouse friend. She looked to the Bassinet and saw Sir Didymus guarding the baby with his steed and she smiled.
Leaning over she whispered to Jareths ear before moving to the bassinet to smile to her little one. Jareth stood soon after and moved to the bassinet clearing his throat. the room went silent, "Ladies, gentlemen, Goblins and creatues of the Labyrinth, for those that were not aware Lady Sara has agreed to marry me, and because we long for a short wait this party will last one weeks time at the end of which we shall share our vows before you all."
No one spoke as he held up his hand and Sara moved to his side holding the baby, " now without further adue I would like to announce my heir and daughter," none would dispute the fact. None that wished to live, " Princess Sephie Rose, "
Thank you for your reviews I hope you like this chapter; for those die hard fans you know the song above to be as the world falls down which is copywritten by David Bowie. I'll be adding another chapter soon...