Chapter 9
Sarah looked around and decided to take her old route to the castle. She was hoping she would run into her old friends on her journey, so she could get some help through the labyrinth.
She ran down the path and stopped when she saw the area where she had met the little blue worm last time. "Allo" the little worm said.
Sarah turned around and smiled. "Hello".
"What are you doing back here then, I know you came back for that cup of tea didn't ya" The little worm smiled.
"Tea would be lovely but I have to get back through the labyrinth. Is the way through opposite us still?" she asked looking at the wall opposite.
"yeah it is" the worm replied.
"Thank you, well I have to go" she got up and walked though the wall "Goodbye".
Jareth sat in his throne watching her journey. He shook his head, 'How could she take the Labyrinth for granted like that' he thought to himself. "Sarah your moving further away from me" he wished the air would carry the words to her. 'The Labyrinth has the ability to change you know that'. He couldn't do anything, just hope she would realise her mistake soon and still get to the castle on time.
Sarah looked around at her surroundings. "No, this is wrong" she said aloud. She walked around searching the area. 'why am I in the firey's forest?' she thought for a while about the question.
' Oh nooooo, nothing as it seems, the Labyrinths been changing. So am I nearer to the castle or further?-' she was snapped out of thought by a familiar song. She knew all to well what was going to happen next, so she ran, not even noting which way she was going. She ran until the forest was out of sight. "Now where am I?" she looked around. 'Of course this is where I met Ludo' she reminded herself. She kept walking around the twists and turns of the paths, until she came to a set of doors. One door had a ring in it's mouth and the other in it's ears.
"Well look who's back" said the deaf one.
"wha-yoa-do-n-hee?" the one with the ring in his mouth asked.
"Stop mumbling, speak up" the deaf one told him.
"for-git- eet" the mumbling one replied.
"Nope still no good, can't hear ya" The deaf one looked at Sarah. "What are you doing back here?" he asked her. The mumbling one rolled his eyes at the question in frustration that he had tried to say it.
"I need to go through one of the doors" she replied though she knew the knocker wouldn't be able to hear her. She walked up to the door of the knocker with the ring in his ears, the opposite to the one she had gone though before. She knocked and the door opened. Sarah looked around and took a deep breath before walking in. The door shut and locked behind her.
Jareth's eyes widened as he saw where she was now. His worst fear had come true.
He had to figure out a way to get her out of there, and quick.
'I can't see a thing, maybe this wasn't a good idea' Sarah thought. The room suddenly lit up with torches on the walls. "Well that's a start-" She smiled and looked around. Suddenly the was a loud creak from above her. The ceiling was slowly coming down towards her. "No, I have to get out of here!" She tried pushing at the doors and walls. It was no good nothing was going to budge to let her out. 'Dammit Sarah think' she looked around there was nothing in the room.
The ceiling was very close and she had to kneel on the ground. It kept coming towards her as she inched further toward the ground she was laying down and it was just above her. "Jareth!" She called out. The ceiling was touching her skin now and she closed her eyes. She waited for the pain, for death but neither came. She looked around and she was out in the open. "Where am I?" She asked a little confused.
"Your on the other side of the Labyrinth" a voice told her.
"Who?-" Sarah turned round and a smile came to her face, "Hoggle".
