"What did you say?" said Sarah.
They had walked out of the forest and were approaching the Goblin City. They could see the gates just beyond the bridge in the distance.
"Alright alright Jagger don't smell that bad, he just whiffs a bit after he's been jumping around on stage for a while" Bowie said, not realising what Sarah really wanted to here.
"No, not about him, about the movie. Y'know the Labyrinth."
"Oh right, yeah I was in a movie called the Labyrinth a few years ago. I played a Goblin King whose name was Jareth. Quite surreal I know, but then again I've done Laughing Gnome so anything is possible."
Sarah fainted.
"Sarah" said David. "Sarah are you alright?"
He ran up to her and knelt beside her. He shook her wildly but still she would not wake. David wasn't sure what to do when a girl fainted. He was in a panic. He tried pushing her and slapping her but nothing would work. Then he remembered about artificial respiration. He puckered up his lips and lowered to give her the kiss of life before…
"STOP!". It was Jareth. He pushed David out of the way so brutally he tumbled over many times. Jareth knelt beside Sarah and looked into her eyes. His gaze enclosed a hunger that craved for this young girls purity. He had longed for her to love him yet in three years she had never asked for him or dreamed of him, she hardly ever even thought about him. Jareth loathed the man who he had pushed so harshly a few seconds ago. He turned his head around to look at him and was amazed to find that David was already gaping at Jareth in disbelief. Bowie couldn't believe it. Why was he staring at the man he once played in a children's film and why was that man kneeling beside the girl he now realised was Sarah played by Jennifer Connelly.
"What's happening?" asked David.
"And who do you think you are, impostor!" shouted Jareth.
"What, who am I? I am you…or…you are me. You're not supposed to be real. I don't understand. I must be dreamin', this has gotta be a dream." David Bowie was very very confused as was Jareth.
"What is a man who is the clone of myself, but with a much worse taste in clothing doing with my Sarah?" said Jareth. He looked at David's clothes. He flinched that such a man would dress in such a way. He wore a baggy jumpsuit-type garment with a checked pattern going across the full length of it. His bleached hair was gelled back in such a messy way that strings of hair were flying about everywhere. David too, examined Jareth's attire and looked in repugnance at the clothes that Jim Henson made him once wear. That pineapple hairstyle, a frilly white shirt, tacky eye-blinding sequins and yuk!! Breeches! David looked at Jareth's trousers for a second and realised that maybe Jim Henson did well to reveal his lion's share in such a generous way. But back in focus he realised that he was staring at a man who he used to be!
"Okay let's get this straight" said David. "One minute I'm in love with Sarah, who I now realise to be the girl who co-starred in the Labyrinth and now…"
"What the hell are you talking about?" snapped Jareth. "I am in love with Sarah."
"Yes in the film" said David.
"What film!!" shouted Jareth.
"Oh, the bloody film that I was in three bloody years ago and I was you!" David said.
They both had forgotten that Sarah was still unconscious on the ground.
"Can somebody explain what is going on here?" asked Jareth not sure who he directed that question at.
"I can explain" someone said.
A woman appeared from the distance. Well, at least it looked like a woman. More like a robot-woman. Her face was silver and her body was almost see-through. All over her were television screens and internet websites, like she was a walking media centre. Computer-type writing covered her body. Occasionally images would pop-up on her shoulder or abdomen. They were pictures of Jareth and Sarah and sometimes David Bowie.
"Who are you" they both asked.
"I am Labyanna. The moderator of everything relating to this Labyrinth. I am the supervisor of every webpage, forum, fanfic and comment made about the story of the Labyrinth and I have come to explain why you two are here right this very moment."
Jareth and David gawped at Labyanna, then they look at each other, still gawping, then looked back at Labyanna so she could continue talking.
"You see, so many fans became infatuated with the movie, and so many fans became obsessed with the character of Jareth that they started to believe he was actually real. They would dream about him, wish for him to come and take away their siblings and make up stories about the continuing adventures of Jareth an Sarah. And once someone is believed in by so many people, he becomes real, and the stories and dreams also become real. So David, because of your mesmerising performance as the great Goblin King in the Labyrinth, you have created an alter-ego that now lives in this very world and rules the land of the goblins with all his heart. You two were never meant to meet each other, but that girl over there has brought you together and now you must decide what to do with this secret."
Jareth and David looked at Sarah, she was breathing but still unaware of this whole event.
"So does that mean Sarah is a made-up character too" asked Jareth.
"Yes" said Labyanna. "For not only you were loved by the fans, but they loved Sarah too, so she became real. If it wasn't for Jennifer Connelly's great performance, Sarah would not be living on this earth. You two will do well to make sure that Sarah never finds out about this and make sure she never see's Jennifer Connelly."
Labyanna vanished. Well, the truth had been told and now Jareth and David were left to pick up the pieces of this hole utter mess. Jareth lifted Sarah up into his arms and they all went to his castle to figure out what they will do next.
