The Prophesy

Chapter 4

By Sigmastar79

Rated M

A/N: Thanks to my beta, LittleFairyMaiden, for all the wonderful help! This will move into the M rating very soon. . I hope you enjoy reading this just as much as I enjoy writing it :D. Again also this is the sequel to 'Bringing together what should have always been'; I suggest you read that story first before you read this one since it will help new readers understand the back ground of this story a lot better.

Patricia walked into the throne room after Jareth disappeared on her. She had tried to seek him out using her connection to him, only to find she didn't possess it anymore. She walked over to the large throne that Jareth sat upon when he was in here and then noticed a smaller and more feminine throne beside it. When she tried to sit in it, a shock of violent angry energy tried to electrocute her. It was then she recognized not only Jareth's magic in the Queen's throne, but also Sarah's magic. This sent her over the top and with a blast of Fae magic, destroyed the throne into ash.

She remembered to control her breathing a moment later and remembered that during her entire time as Queen, Jareth had never made her a throne. It burned her to know he had actually made that tramp, Sarah, one. She was about to make a smaller version of Jareth's throne for herself before she saw some changes to the King's throne; at first she hadn't seen them, but on closer inspection she did. The ivory tusk that went around the top was polished to perfection. The cushions, that were once a drab grey, were now a deep navy blue. The symbol of the Goblin Kingdom was now engraved into a new symbol on the back of the throne. She was surprised by the changes that were made, but she had to admit, she liked them.

It was then she started to really look around the throne room and notice all of the changes that had occurred while she was gone. The walls and floors were clean. There were no drunk and smelly goblins hanging around, nor was there any wayward livestock. The window arches were clean with a new layer of marble on the ledge, and new tapestries hung from the walls. The door frames were cleaned and spotless, and there were no spider webs to be seen anywhere. The area where the thrones were sitting was made of a new dark blue marble that shined as if it had just been polished. The large clock that hung from the wall had its wood smoothed and polished. The brass numbers and hands were also polished and looked as if they possessed there own inner glow. The pit inside the middle of the room had been covered with a marble plate that also had the Goblin Kingdom symbol engraved in blue. One the far wall where the thrones faced was a large oil painting of the Royal Goblin Family. There stood Jareth with his arm around Sarah, both dressed in their finest. Sitting in front of the Goblin King and Queen were Carolyn, Mary and Toby in the middle. On each of the girls' laps were a small child, Faith and a baby boy. Patricia quickly noticed it was the youngest boy, Prince Gareth.

She stood there stunned for a moment before she sent another blast of Fae magic, not destroying the Picture, but changing it. After the glitter fell, she smiled at the ending result. Now in place of the old picture was a picture of Jareth sitting back on his throne with herself standing beside him with her hand upon his shoulder in full Goblin regalia. Sitting on the steps in front of the throne in simpler clothing was the five children he had had with Sarah. She made sure none of the children were smiling in the picture. As she smiled at her work, she decided it was time to find her husband. They had a lot of catching up to do, and what better time than the present? She walked out of the throne room smiling while thinking about the evening to come.

Jareth watched in heartache as Sarah quickly found what she was looking for, a house. It was a beautiful two story home. It was white with blue trim, had a wrap around porch and a large front and back yard. She quickly used her magic to falsify the needed records the children and she would need and then placed them within a large manila envelope. She then used some money out of her and Toby's inheritance to buy the house. She summoned a mirror in the corner of the room, which was hidden behind a changing screen. He knew what she was hiding, a two way mirror; for Jareth to go and be with his family when he wished, without Patricia being able to follow him. Just because she was losing her crown did not mean she was about to give up her husband.

Sarah watched as the computer informed her that the payment had been received and quickly emailed back to set a date to sign the papers. He watched as Sarah waved her hand to the mirror to appear when the signing was taking place. She quickly entered the Aboveground, signed the papers and received the keys. After she waited for the coast to be clear, she reentered the Underground, via the mirror, and allowed her children to move their back packs into their new home.

Jareth watched as each child entered the mirror, leaving their home behind. It was killing him to see his family leave, but it was the heart ache and pain in Sarah's eyes that made Jareth want to run off, find Patricia, and send her back to the dead. But he also knew he couldn't do that because of the law. They quickly embraced and it killed him to hear Sarah's words.

"I love you Jareth. No matter where we are, no matter how far away, I will always love you."

Jareth hugged her tighter and each of his children came back through the mirror to give their father one last goodbye in their own way. It was then he could clearly see just how much this was not only hurting him and Sarah, but also their five children. Carolyn was first. She embraced her father and gave him a kiss on the check before whispering in his ear.

"I love you daddy, and I promise I will help mom keep us all safe."

"You do that angel, and remember I love you always and I will find a way out of this."

Carolyn just gave him a small smile before taking the laptop and envelope from her mother and waiting by the mirror. Mary was next. She ran up to Jareth and jumped and Jareth laughed through his tears as he spun her around a bit. She kissed her father on the check, a tear running down her face as she whispered to the only father she had ever known.

"I'll miss you daddy, please come for us soon. I don't want to live in the aboveground forever. I want to be here with you and my mother and siblings. Please fix this daddy, I love you."

"I love you to honey, more than you will ever know. Make sure to help your mother and sister with your younger siblings ok?"

"Ok daddy. Bye daddy." and with that Mary walked over to her sister to wait by the mirror and to watch as it was now Toby's turn to say goodbye. Both men stood there for a bit, frozen, not really sure what to do. After a brief minute, Toby walked up to his father and hugged him with all his might. It was a hug Jareth quickly returned as he knew watching his oldest son walk away would also take away another peace of his heart.

"Come back soon dad, I don't know how long mom can go on without you. Her love for you is too strong. Not to mention I will miss you too. After all, you are my dad, and you promised Robert to love me and Sarah. Something isn't right here, I can feel it. Watch yourself dad, I have a bad feeling it is only about to get worse."

Jareth thought over Toby's words for a moment. He had to admit he was right. Something was very much amiss. He looked around quickly, not noticing anything out of place, besides the missing furniture and items he knew his children had packed away some how to take with them. He looked back at his son with hardened eyes before responding.

"I know, and I promise that I will find out what is going on as soon as I can. Until then, you will be the man of the house, so protect your mother and siblings in my stead son. I have faith in you."

Toby beamed with delight at his father's words and ran over to his two older sisters. Before Jareth could react, he felt something hit and attach to his right leg. Looking down, he saw the vision that was his youngest daughter, Faith. She was clinging to his leg as if her life depended on it. She had tears brimming the edges of her mismatched eyes as she looked up at her father. It broke his heart to hear her next words.

"Please come with us Daddy. I don't want the bad lady to have you. I don't want to lose my daddy!"

With that being said the tears finally burst from the dam and Jareth quickly scooped up his youngest daughter and held her tight to his chest and cried silent tears. His daughter thought she was losing her daddy forever. He couldn't help but think of the day Sarah and Toby lost Robert, and wasn't a bit shocked when a small goblin appeared. The goblins knew something was wrong. One look at the youngest Princess and the small goblin, known as Slider, turned to his Queen.

"So its true, that horrid woman is staying by orders of the Fae high court and hurting all of you in the process?"

"I'm afraid so Slider. Please don't sound the alarm for another five minutes. Give the children a chance to say goodbye to their father first. I don't want that witch to know we are leaving into hiding. I fear if we stay she will harm the children."

"Yes, my queen, I will wait to set off the alarm."

"Thank you old friend" said Sarah as she watched Jareth finally whisper into his daughter's ear.

"Know this Faith, you will never lose me. I am your daddy and I love you with all of my heart. Even if we are far apart, I will always be watching you and I will always love you."

Carolyn came over to retrieve Faith and hand over Gareth. The little boy just held onto his father like it was the end of the world, and in a way it was to him. All he had ever known was the underground, goblins, magic, this castle and this life. Now he was being dragged away from everything he knew and he didn't like it. Jareth held the boy close as he heard his youngest child whisper.

"My Dada, stay with dada?"

"No Gareth, you go with Mama and Dada will be around soon after ok. Can you be a big boy for Dada and behave like a big boy?"

Jareth almost laughed as Gareth buried his face into his neck to hide himself. He couldn't blame the boy either. Jareth didn't want to see them leave as much as they didn't want to leave, but he knew that this was best for them at this moment until he found a way out of this mess and a way to get rid of Patricia. He felt the boy finally nod his head in an affirmative action in a heard him whisper softly.

"Love you Dada."

"Love you too, Gareth."

With that, Toby came to fetch Gareth with the lure of ice cream. The little boy went willing into his big brother's arms and then Jareth watched as all five of his children walked through the mirror and into the Aboveground where there would be hiding for the time being. The children seemed to know their parents needed a moment alone and the three oldest quickly took the two youngest upstairs as Jareth and Sarah walked close the changing screen. They hugged each other tightly as they spoke to one another.

"I love you my precious thing, please never forget that."

"I love you too, Jareth. Please find us a way out of this mess. I don't want to lose what little family I have."

Their eyes closed as their foreheads touched. They took a moment of silence to remember this moment since it might be their last for awhile. This was far from the happiness they had known together, and Sarah couldn't help but think of her father. Robert Williams was a lawyer who knew how to get stuff done and if he was still alive he could…

Sarah stiffened quickly and bolted to the door. Jareth was shocked for a moment but then ran after her. He followed as Sarah ran into the room they used to share and straight into another door that held their shared office. She couldn't believe she had forgotten such a momentous thing! She knew the children would have packed everything they knew to pack, but not this. Jareth watched from the door frame as Sarah pressed into a stone in the wall, and another passage appeared. It was then he understood what his precious thing was doing.

Jareth couldn't help but smile as he ran into the secret room where Sarah had stored all of her father's belongings and other things from the old house before she had it sold. A look from Sarah was understood to Jareth and with a snap of his fingers; the two way dimension mirror was brought to the room. After that was done, Jareth sealed the room closed so they wouldn't be disturbed by Patricia. It didn't surprise them that through the mirror, they saw Carolyn coming their way. Jareth motioned her forward and Carolyn came back into the Underground. It was Sarah who spoke first.

"I know Queen Sakura had shown you some difficult Vampirian spells my dear, and I also know it was how you packed everything so quickly and discreetly. May I ask you to help me do the same for this room? I need everything in here if I plan to help your father get us out of this mess"

"Yeah sure mom! I just need some scrolls, ink, and a pen"

Jareth smiled it his daughter's excitement at being able to help out. Even though she acted older than her years in times, she was still just a kid that loved it when adults gave her recognition. She was still his little girl. He quickly opened the secret door and ran into their joined study to grab the items needed. When he came back, Carolyn went straight to work writing down the spell and symbols on the first scroll and activated the scroll. They both Sarah and Jareth helped placed things on each symbol, watching it seem to disappear in a small poof of smoke each time, until the symbol itself turned from black to red, meaning the symbol could hold no more.

"That is very helpful," commented Jareth as he watched his daughter mark the first scroll and then make up three more. She then handed each of her parents a scroll before starting on her own before saying.

"Now that you know how they work, you can fill your own scroll and then I can seal them for travel and mark them so we don't forget what is in them. It will take less time to pack everything up. Even furniture can be sealed in these!"

"Very efficient," said Sarah as she started to pack things into the special scroll she was given. In no time at all, the entire room had been packed away. Jareth supplied an old travel bag from his youth to Carolyn so she could pack away the scrolls that had been used. Jareth then moved to the duel study and called Carolyn to him while Sarah moved to her desk by Jareth's desk, leaving the mirror inside the secret room, which happened to be a good thing, since Patricia chose that moment to enter the study. Her face showed her displeasure at seeing Sarah and Carolyn with Jareth.

"Just what do you think you two are doing in here alone with my husband?"

"We're working Patricia, not that it is any of your business, but it was Sarah that keeps the peace between several Kingdoms in the Underground. She has to inform them of the problem at hand so she can continue to help them," responded Jareth, sounding as bored as possible with the other woman. He had forgotten how annoying Patricia could be at times.

"That is the Queen's job Jareth dear, and that would be me and not her. I will inform them, she can just leave."

"They won't listen to you," responded Carolyn. "They do not know you, care for you, or trust you. They do however trust my mother."

"Children your age should hold their tongues in the presence of adults. Learn your place."

"I know my place quite well thank you," responded Carolyn, as she raised her head to look upon Patricia, while wearing the smirk she had learned from Jareth in her early days there and using the arrogant tone he was so well known for. "I am the oldest daughter of the Goblin King, King Jareth. I am also the daughter of the TRUE Goblin Queen, Queen Sarah, not to mention my mother is also known as the 'Lady of the Labyrinth' as she is its Champion. Do not speak to me as if I am a simpleton. You will only embarrass yourself."

"I am Queen, child, not your mother. I was first and I will be the last. As your parents marriage is null and void with my arrival back, that might make you my husband's oldest child, but it takes away any right you have to his crown as you are now illegitimate. Children shouldn't play Adult games."

Carolyn laughed the same haunting laugh she had learned from Jareth and for a moment, even Jareth was a little frightened of his oldest daughter. Carolyn had truly become his daughter over the last five years and she was truly her mother's child. A force not to be reckoned with.

"I doubt my grandparents, the High Fae King and Queen would agree with you. But just to inform you, I am not the one who will take over the Goblin Kingdom when my father becomes Fae High King. The next Goblin King is to be my brother Tobias. I am to be ambassador to the Fae High Court for the Wind Kingdom, as the king there, King Gaara, already knows I will one day take the position my Uncle Lance once held."

"Prince Lance is no longer the ambassador... hmmm. Wonder what he did to screw that up."

"Nothing," responded Carolyn, her eyes turning dangerous and her voice lowering to remind the woman in front of her the danger she was in. "He is now the King of the Troll Kingdom and is dating the sister of the King of the Wind Kingdom, Princess Temari."

Sarah, noticing the tone of Carolyn's voice, rose up to stand behind her daughter and placed a hand upon her left shoulder. Turning to look into her mothers' loving eyes, Carolyn quickly calmed down. She had to keep her cool and her mother was silently reminding her of that.

Jareth noticed the silent communication between his beloved and their oldest and once again couldn't be more proud. Sarah could fight with the best of them, but she also had the gentle touch that could calm any beast. His precious was one hell of a woman. But if he was going to work on what he needed to work on with Sarah and Carolyn, he had to remove Patricia from the office for a while, and he knew just how to do that.

"Very true and well spoken Carolyn, I am proud of how you handled that, but we need to work on controlling that temper of yours more. Don't worry, it takes time and patience to do so, I too had to learn it and you are still young. As for you Patricia, we have work to do, and the sooner you leave and find a way to entertain yourself, without hurting my subjects, the sooner we can be finished with this. Why don't you go get a bite to eat? I know how much you used to love those apple tarts the kitchen always makes. I'm sure you can get them to produce you some."

"Jareth, I'm surprised you remembered. It goes a long way to fixing our marriage since I was only one that ever ate them here."

"Actually," replied Jareth "They are also my daughter Faith's favorite as well. She loves anything that has apples in it. Toby also likes apples. Sarah likes to make sure we all eat well and healthy. She even helps around the castle, community, and government. The Kingdom has done so much better since she has been here."

Patricia's face turned red with anger at Jareth building up Sarah. She stormed out of the room in a huff and slammed the door. She was going to find a way to ruin Sarah in Jareth's eyes if it was the last thing she did, and she knew exactly how to do it.

After Patricia left the room, Jareth pulled out several scrolls and informed Carolyn to do her thing. As his daughter started filling out the scrolls, Jareth had Sarah help him to use their magic together to magically copy every book in his library. It was time consuming, but after an hour, Sarah had 52 scrolls filled with every book that was within the Royal Library. Carolyn had taken the scrolls into the mirror and their new home while Sarah and Jareth hugged one last time, ending in a kiss that made both light headed and dizzy before Jareth was forced to watch the love of his life slip through his fingers and back into the Aboveground where she was born.

When the mirror showed his reflection again, Jareth sunk down into his chair and held his head in his hands. The sound of crying echoed the room as Jareth cried his heart out for the first time in years and made a solemn vow. He was going to get rid of Patricia and get his family back if it was the last thing he ever did.