AS USUAL I DO NOT OWN THE LABYRINTH OR ANY OF IT'S WONDERFUL CHARACTERS, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WISH I DID. IT'S NOT FAIR, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. T_T

Chapter 6

Aboveground

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Linda looked out the airplane window and then at her husband, "Couldn't you have just teleported us over to our hotel?" Linda whispered as she clung to Jeremy's arm. Linda had never been fond of using airplanes to travel, and this was no exception. However, as an actress it was something she had to do but that didn't mean she had to like it.

Jeremy sighed and looked at Linda "Love, I'm not as strong as I used to be. As much as I would have liked to, doing such a thing is not within my capabilities anymore. The most I can do is change into an owl and summon crystals," he replied in a somewhat depressed tone. "I sacrificed quite a bit to be with you," Jeremy said. Suddenly the pilots voice came on over the plane's loudspeaker.

"Attention ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We will be arriving at our destination in a few minutes, so please prepare for landing."

"Well you heard the man, get ready for landing. We'll talk more about the situation with Jareth and Sarah as soon as we settle in at the hotel," Jeremy said to Linda.

Linda sighed "Fine. Um, Jeremy, do you think I should have told Sarah that you managed to get an earlier flight?"

"Wait, you didn't tell her? Why not?" Jeremy asked.

"Well, I forgot. I was so busy trying to get packed, that it kind of slipped my mind," Linda said in embarrassment. She was acting like a child trying to explain herself to her upset parents.

"Well, look, this doesn't have to be a bad thing. We can always give her a call when we get to the hotel, or we can just wait until tomorrow and spend the rest of today getting settled in. Maybe, go out to dinner or something. Okay?" Jeremy said, hoping the response would calm her and serve to give her an idea of what to do.

"Okay, in that case, how about we just wait until tomorrow to get ahold of her and spend the rest of today getting settled like you said," Linda replied with a smile. She then let go of Jeremy and got ready for landing.

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Sarah sighed in pleasure and leaned against the shower wall. The warm shower felt like a mini massage as the water hit her back; smoothly washing away all of her stress and troubles. As she took the time to relax under the flowing water, she hoped that nothing would pop up and spoil what was left of her day. It may have sucked, but she still had a chance for a nice relaxing evening. Unless her parents go out for the night and make her babysit.

"Of course knowing my luck they probably will, and I will have yet another wonderful fight with Karen again about watching Toby. I love the little guy, but they seriously need to spend more time with him," Sarah thought to herself as she turned off the water and stepped out of the shower stall. Sarah wrapped a towel around her body and another around her hair, and then went back to her room which she considered her private hideaway. Upon entering her room, she shut the door and plopped down on her bed. Sarah looked around in boredom, her eyes falling on the music box that Jareth had given her. Sarah smiled and slowly walked towards the music box, picking it up she wound the little goblin hand. With a dreamy look in her eyes and a soft expression on her face, Sarah watched the two figurines dancing together to the beautiful tune that played. She couldn't help but start to remember the peach induced illusion of her and Jareth dancing together.

"It's a shame that was only an illusion. I would have loved to share a dance with him," Sarah said to herself. "Oh well, I had my chance." Sarah stood there watching the figurines dance for a few more moments until she heard her tummy rumble. "Oh yeah that's right, I haven't eaten since breakfast, I suppose I can put my nap off for just a bit," Sarah thought to herself. She put down the music box and went downstairs, her tummy grumbling like no tomorrow. Sarah walked into the kitchen and began to rummage through the refrigerator, searching for anything edible.

*phone call, phone call*

"I really need to change that ringtone, it's starting to get annoying," she said as she ignored her phone and fixed herself a full plate of food. When Sarah was done she took her plate into the TV den "Nothing like having a little entertainment while eating." After a quick lunch she returned to her private hideaway for a nap, unfortunately, she just couldn't fall asleep. "UGH! I just can't get a break today!" Sarah shouted as she got out of the bed. "I give up," she said to herself as she began pacing. As Sarah paced she caught sight of her bag and stopped "Well, since I can't get some rest, maybe I'll just practice tomorrow's readings instead." Sarah grabbed her bag and headed straight for the park where she loved to play act.

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Back Underground, Jareth was rudely awakened from his nap by the sound of singing goblins. "Damn those little fiends for waking me up, what the hell are they doing now," Jareth wondered. Seeing as how they had so rudely awakened him, he was now in a very grumpy mood. As apparently the goblins would not stop singing whatever dumb song they had come up with now. Jareth entered the throne room and looked around, where he was greeted with the sight of drunk goblins chasing chickens, "no surprise there" and the sound of a new song that was beginning to annoy the hell out of him. "SILENCE!" he shouted,but the goblins would not listen, instead they simply kept singing.

"THIS IS THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END,

YES, IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIEND,

SOME PEOPLE STARTED SINGING IT NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS,

AND THEY'LL CONTINUE SINGING IT FOREVER JUST BECAUSE,

THIS IS THE SONG THAT DOESN'T END…."

On and on the goblins sang, repeating the same verse. Jareth held his head as he began to feel a headache developing, "Where the HELL do they learn some of these songs?!" Jareth thought to himself as he rubbed his temples in an attempt to get rid of his headache. Until finally, he'd had enough.

Outside, the once beautiful day suddenly grew still, the gentle breeze stopped blowing, clouds began to cover the sun and all was eerily quiet. When suddenly there was what sounded like a loud explosion, followed by the emergency alarm in the Goblin City, as dozens and dozens of goblins suddenly came running out of the castle screaming in fear. "RUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN KINGY MAD!" shouted one goblin, "KINGY BOG US HE WILL!" shouted another, and "MOMMY!" was heard from one other goblin. Oh yes, apparently that song and their refusal to stop singing it did not sit well with a now incredibly angry, and annoyed Jareth.

"AND STAY OUT OR I'LL BOG YOU ALL!" Jareth shouted out of the throne room window. Jareth looked around to survey the mess they left behind and found himself even more annoyed, for the goblins had forgotten to take their chickens with them. Jareth looked at the chickens and sighed, a few moments later the chickens were running out of the castle just as fast as the goblins. Jareth sat on his throne, placed his head in his hands and groaned. He was now sporting a headache, tired, and in an overall bad mood. Now he just wanted the day to end. "I need a drink," Jareth said to himself. He then got up and walked to his study where he kept his finest liquors and remained there for the rest of the day; until he decided to head to bed where he could dream of Sarah.

When Jareth returned to his chambers he shivered, it had gotten very cold very quickly in his room. Not a fan of the cold, Jareth turned and proceeded to go to the fireplace. However, he stopped in mid stride when he saw something large and square hanging above the mantle-piece and covered with a sheet. He walked up to it and removed the cover, and smiled. For there, above his fireplace, hung his newly finished portrait of Sarah. In it, Sarah stood in the center of the Labyrinth with her hand outstretched before her, and himself bent on one knee kissing her hand; both dressed as they were in the masquerade dream. The elf who painted this did an exquisite job, it was so lifelike. "I shall have to thank Mira for doing such a wonderful job. This has taken her quite some time to make, considering I commissioned it three years ago. Leave it to a woman to make such a romantic portrait," Jareth smiled as he admired Mira's work. After a few moments, he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. There next to the fireplace, wrapped safely to prevent damage, was a second copy. Attached to it was a note:

Dear Majesty,

We here within the Artisans Store thought that the lovely Lady Sarah might like a copy of the portrait for herself. So I had my assistant Kayura make a second copy whilst I worked on yours. I apologize for the wait, may you both enjoy the portrait.

Sincerely,

Mira,

Head Artisan for the Goblin Kingdom

Jareth smiled, "I must remember to thank the young elf and her fellow artisans for the splendid idea," he said to himself before making the note vanish. "Now, how to get the portrait to Sarah." Suddenly an idea sprung to Jareth's mind, he would have Jeremy give it to her! However, just as he was about to summon a crystal, he felt the familiar tug of a wish, "Oh, bloody hell!" Jareth reached out with his magic to find where the pull was coming from. What he discovered shocked him "This pull, it's coming from…SARAH!" The pull was strong, and filled with the feeling of desperation and worry. Wanting to find out what was causing such distress he decided to see what was going on, before leaving to answer her call. So he summoned a crystal, and what he saw he did not like. It was that blasted unwanted suitor, Alex.

Sorry for the shortness of this chapter, I was kind of out of my element at the time and my plot bunny was being difficult. I promise I will make the next chapter longer and guess our favorite little duo will meet up again in it too! So please hang with me!

Thanx!

Scooby