Disclaimer: I do not own the Labyrinth or Jareth. Thought I wish I did. They belong to Jim Henson
A/N: I felt bad for not being able to update so I am giving you TWO chapters in one day! Whoa! Plus the other one was kind-of depressing so I wanted to add a silly chapter to bring some smiles to people's faces. Hope you enjoy it! Review! Thanks again for everyone who's giving this a chance!
Chapter 7
A day had gone by since Jareth entered Morigan's dreams. He wanted to talk to her more about it but being King had its duties as well. He knew today he'd have free time; all that was left was to find the girl. He had a hunch to try the gardens, so he left the castle in search of Morigan. He found her sitting on the grass holding a daisy as she watched the sky. Jareth walked over to her, she smiled, patting the grass next to her. "Sit with me?"
"What an honor." He teased with a light smirk. Jareth sat next to the girl, watching her pick the petals off the daisy. "Now why would you do that?"
"It's a fortune teller." She laughed. "I used to do it when I was younger.
"What fortunes will it tell?" Jareth asked, somewhat amused.
"Whatever you ask it. Well, as long as it's a yes or no question."
Jareth chuckled. "And what did you ask it?"
Before Morigan was able to respond, Sayne began to walk over. "Your Majesty, we have a visitor!" Morigan turned her attention to the woman next to Sayne. She was a slender blond with gorgeous eyes. She was wearing a tight corset dress that showed off her assets. She was beaming as Jareth stood, helping Morigan to her feet as well.
The two walked over to the Fae woman, he smile never leaving her lips. "Lady Edina." She offered her hand as Jareth kissed it gently. "To what do I owe this visit?"
"I came to see what has you hiding from me, Majesty." She smirked, looking at Morigan quickly before back at the King.
"Ah yes, Lady Edina, this is Lady Morigan from the Aboveground."
"A human, how cute Jareth." Her smirk was poison, this woman was not a friend to Morigan and she could sense that. "I didn't know you still kept pets." Before Jareth had a chance to say anything, she snaked her arm around his, laughing lightly. "Come Jareth, let's go have a chat, shall we?"
Jareth looked back to Morigan, nodding as he left with the Fae woman. Morigan waved slightly, feeling her cheeks flush red. She wasn't sure if she just hated that woman, or was upset that Jareth left with her. "She can't hold a candle to you, M'Lady." Sayne commented with a smile. "She's just looking for power."
"Does Jareth know that?"
"Oh he does." Sayne replied. "He has obligations to the members of his court. Don't worry about it." Morigan nodded. "Will you come with me to bother Derryk?"
Morigan shook her head. "No thank you Sayne, I think I want to relax a little."
Sayne nodded. "Of course M'Lady."
Morigan once again was alone in the garden. She sighed deeply, pulling the daisy petals off quicker now. "What's the use?" She said tossing the daisy to the side. "I just wanted to ask him about my dream the other night…" Morigan lied back on the grass, watching the clouds in deep thought. She was still alarmed by her dream the other night. Granted last night she did not dream again, but the night before, that was something. Morigan had an idea as to why she couldn't dream… she didn't want to. She didn't want to remember what happened, she wanted to block it out of her mind so she could move on. It wasn't a healthy thing, but it was what she needed to do. She wanted to ask Jareth for help, knowing full well he was the King of Dreams and all. He'd surely be able to help her, right?
"I don't see why we need to do this?" Derryk asked groaning.
"It's for lady Morigan!" Sayne said, picking up the Fae army's armor. He took the breastplate and placed it over him. "Just think of her!"
"I get the idea of why we are doing this, I just don't understand why I still have to dress like this?" He asked looking at himself.
"Because this is how we used to play, remember? Morigan and I were knights, Jareth was the evil wizard-"
"And I was the Princess." He glared. "But that was years ago, do I REALLY need to be wearing this dress now?"
"It matches your complexion wonderfully." Sayne teased.
"You're lucky I'm in this thing, or else I'd chase you down and hit you."
Sayne just laughed. "It's just to make her smile Derryk."
Derryk sighed. "Grab the armor for Morigan, the sooner we do this, the faster I can get out of this dress."
Morigan opened her eyes, as shadows seemed to creep over her. She sat up and began laughing as she stared at Sayne and Derryk dressed up like a knight and a Princess. "You've got to be kidding me."
"We brought you armor too." Sayne said handing her the breastplate and a shield. "We wanted to remind you of why you're special to us."
"Even if it means wearing a dress." Derryk sighed.
"Thank you guys." Morigan hugged Derryk and Sayne quickly. "But we don't have an enemy." Morigan confessed, putting the armor on.
"There are bunnies in the rose bushes." Sayne said.
"Bunnies?" Derryk asked. "I am to be captured by bunnies?"
"What a pathetic Princess." Sayne joked.
Derryk sighed. "I'll go by the bushes."
Morigan laughed again as Derryk waddled away to the bushes. "Thank you, really." She smiled at Sayne.
"Anything for our Princess." He smiled, kissing Morigan's forehead. "Now let's go get those bunnies!"
"To the Princess!" Morigan cheered, grabbing the shield Sayne left for her.
"She's a human Jareth, she has no value here." Edina said sipping on tea.
"She's not just a human." Jareth spat. "She's much more."
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you had feelings for her." Edina glared as Jareth stared out the window.
Jareth watched Morigan and Sayne chase rabbits in their armor, while Derryk stood with his arms crossed, in a dress. "She's just special to me."
Edina stood from her seat, placing her teacup down and walking closer to Jareth. "She can't be your queen." Jareth turned and looked at the Fae. "I can be, I am royal; I can give you a full Fae heir. I ask to be yours Jareth, your faithful and committed wife. Forget the girl."
Jareth looked back out the window, then back at the Fae. "The Goblin servant will see you out, they need their evil wizard." He said with a smirk as he left the room, and Edina alone.
"They're everywhere!" Sayne yelled, pointing at the rabbits with the stick he found.
"We'll never win at this rate!" Morigan laughed.
"Help." Derryk said with little to no emotion as he watched the rabbits scramble across the garden.
"It seems my rabbits have slowed you down." A voice called from behind Morigan and Sayne.
They both turned to see Jareth standing there in a long blue robe that was opened to reveal a darker blue sparkled shirt and his normal leggings. "The wizard!" Sayne and Morigan shouted, holding their shields.
"We'll defeat you!" Morigan laughed.
"I'd like to see you try." With that, Jareth whipped a crystal out of mid air, chucking it at a rabbit. The crystal burst before actually hitting the creature and suddenly made it the size of a horse.
Morigan laughed in amazement. "Wow." She walked over towards the rabbit only to have it scamper off.
"You may want to catch that before it eats Goblins!" Derryk called out.
"I see the dress still fits." Jareth teased.
"Yeah, yeah." Derryk groaned.
"Let's take him down Lady Morigan!" Sayne commented. "You distract him, I'll get the Princess!"
Morigan laughed as Sayne ran over to Derryk, trying to pick him up and throw him over his shoulder. "What are you doing?" Derryk yelled as Sayne tried to carry him off.
"Get the Wizard Morigan!" Sayne yelled, now dragging Derryk away.
"What brought this on?" Jareth asked, amusement adoring his face.
"They were trying to cheer me up." Morigan admitted sheepishly.
"Why, were you upset?" Jareth asked, moving closer to the girl.
"It's just been a long few days." Morigan admitted; noticing Jareth was only inches away from her now. They both looked into each other's eyes, inching a little closer, only to suddenly be distracted when they heard Derryk yelling off into the distance at Sayne.
"I'm sorry for what's happened." Jareth breathed a sigh. "I do wish to speak to you about your dreaming though."
Morigan held up her hand. "Later, let's just have fun."
Jareth smirked. "Why young knight, you think you can challenge me?"
Morigan smiled once more, holding her shield up. "Bring it Wizard!"
They two laughed, only to hear galloping behind them. Jareth's eyes widened as he realize the rabbit was coming at them. He quickly grabbed Morigan out of the way as the giant rabbit ran by them, nearly missing them. The two fell to the ground with a thud, Jareth on top of the laughing Morigan. "Morigan! Are you all right?" She was laughing too hard to reply. "I'm glad your life being in danger is funny to you." Jareth hissed.
"It is though!" Morigan laughed. "I was in danger from a giant bunny!"
Jareth thought for a moment before chuckling. "I suppose it is a little ridiculous."
"Ahem." The two looked to their left to see Derryk with his arms crossed and Sayne with a newly forming black eye. "We leave for a few moments and you two are getting comfy?" Derryk asked, raising an eyebrow.
"The bunny attacked us." Morigan pointed in the direction the rabbit ran.
Jareth quickly rolled off the girl and stood up, brushing himself off. "I think it's time to head inside for dinner."
"Me too, I'm starving." Morigan said getting up. "I'm going to go wash up."
"That sounds like a wonderful idea. Gentlemen, we shall see you inside." Jareth said, leaving before Morigan. Morigan soon followed, keeping her distance from Jareth as they both headed inside.
Sayne looked at Derryk with a smirk. "They're so going to fall for each other."
"Let's just hope they don't fall too hard…" Derryk said.
"No such thing." Sayne said wrapping his arm around Derryk's shoulder. "No such thing at all my friend." Derryk rolled his eyes, pushing Sayne into a rose bush. Sayne laughed as Derryk walked away, leaving him to fend for himself. "Wait, what about the giant rabbit?" Sayne yelled out.
Edina watched the scene from one of the rooms in the Castle. She didn't leave right away as she was instructed. Instead, she watched the group run around, and the sudden creation of a giant rabbit the size of a horse. She suddenly heard clapping, causing her to turn around to see the smirking Calum. "Bravo sister."
"What do you want?" She hissed.
"You seem to be losing to a human." Calum laughed as he looked outside. "Is that a rabbit?"
"Jareth made the rabbit bigger for the girl." Edina snorted.
"Hm." Calum turned away. "Interesting."
"What is?" Edina asked.
"What he's willing to do for this human, we may be able to use that to our advantage." Calum was beaming.
"Pray, do tell." Edina tried not to give away too much emotion to her brother.
"We will throw a ball and invite this human as the guest of honor. The human will drink and eat her fill, but you know how fragile these mortals are. They can't handle a good poisoned drink, now can they?"
Edina grinned. "No, they can't." Edina looked back out the window. "Looks like I will be queen sooner than I expected."
A/N: like I said, it's a silly chapter. I just wanted to bring up the mood for a little bit. Hope you enjoyed!
