This story took an unexpected turn somewhere...0.o


"Such a pity, she would have made a lovely bride don't you think?" Jareth said with a frown. His gaze slid lazily to his now seething prisoner.

"Not any more! Not any more!" the goblins cheered.

"Let her go."

Jareth raised an eyebrow, swinging his long lanky legs down off of the arm of his throne as he rose to cross the room.

"I can't believe she didn't know I can't believe she didn't know!" The goblins chanted.

Jareth squatted down to Hiei's eye level, "Why should I?"

Hiei met his gaze full on, "Because if you don't I'll redecorate this place with your intestines."


"People! Aliens! Zombies! Books!" Sarah squirmed violently, throwing out every guess she could come up with hoping the right answer might get her out of this.

The creatures came to a stop, preparing to throw her over the edge, swinging her back and forth and back and forth.

Sarah clamped her eyes shut and screamed as loud as she could "HIEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"


The fire apparition lunged forward as the magical binding cracked. Jareth leapt back, laughing, "Interesting. You really do care about her don't you?"

Hiei's fury exploded all around him, sending goblins scrambling out of the room. Jareth snapped his fingers and the binding snapped violently back into place, slamming Hiei into the ground.

"I will tear you to fucking shreds you bastard!"

Jareth wagged his finger as he walked casually over to his prisoner, "Such language."


Sarah allowed one eye to slide open, then the other. She sighed suddenly feeling very relieved. The scent of burnt foliage reached her nostrils and Sarah frowned.

The moment she stood her bindings fell away.

"Twigs a-and spheres…"

"And p-poles and p-plates…"

Sarah turned to the right and approached the smoking heaps of vinery nervously.

She shrugged off her tattered jacket and used it to beat out the remaining flames on the creatures.

"You know, You guys take riddles WAY too seriously around here," she grumbled as she tugged one of the creatures onto her back and walked on shaking legs back to the fountain.

"T-Twigs."

Sarah sighed, "What's the answer anyway?"

She carried the second creature over to the fountain, not sure exactly how to treat a singed bird's nest.

"The answer is a skeleton."

Sarah spun around to see Jareth, casually playing with the magic orb.

"Well that's a little foreboding," Sarah muttered.

"Still having fun?"

Sarah grinned wickedly, "Who me? I'm having truck loads."

A clock appeared between them the hour hand moving forward about three hours, "Well then, let's up the stakes a little hmmm?"

"That's cheating!"

"You can't cheat at a game that has no rules."