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Disclaimer: I do not own Labyrinth or it's characters. I do own Jareth's family and anyone else that you do not recognize.

As everyone took their seats around the dining table, Sarah finally had a chance to really compare Jareth to his family. While Jareth had Siian's high cheekbones, he definitely favoured his father. His blue eye was even the same sparkling blue as his father's. She couldn't help but wonder why Jareth's eyes were mismatched.

"I could tell you if you like," Evelyn smiled from her seat across from Sarah. Sarah looked up startled, having forgotten Evelyn's ability to hear her thoughts. Siian looked up from her place with a frown.

"No reading thoughts at the dining table, Evelyn."

Evelyn smirked.

"Oh really Mother, the poor girl is practically dying from curiosity, and it's one of my favourite stories."

Wilfred looked up from his place with interest.

"And what story might that be?"

Evelyn smiled at Jareth as she spoke.

"Why the tale of brother's differing eyes of course!"

Jareth scowled at Evelyn while Rosalind groaned.

"Oh not that old thing again!"

Damien grinned like the Cheshire cat.

"Oh let's hear that story again. It's been…what? Nearly two centuries since we've heard it?"

Jareth frowned at his brother.

"I had hoped to keep that story at bay for at least another five centuries."

Demetrius grinned at Jareth.

"Ashamed dear brother?"

Jareth scoffed.

"Ashamed? Not in the least. I had hoped to spare you the indignity of it all, Demetrius."

Sarah sighed.

"I can see I'll have to be more careful what I think around you, Evelyn."

Evelyn smiled wildly.

"Normally you really needn't trouble yourself about it, however this particular story is just too good to leave."

Jareth rolled his eyes.

"That's Evelyn's way of saying 'you really should be careful about what you think around me but don't because I'll have much more fun that way,'."

Evelyn sighed dramatically.

"Oh brother, you cut me to the quick!"

Jareth shook his head.

"Not quick enough or we wouldn't even be having this conversation."

Evelyn waved a dismissing hand at him and looked at Sarah as the food arrived.

"You see, before Jareth was Goblin King and before the twins and I found our own homes, Demetrius and Jareth were mooning over the same girl…"

Jareth frowned.

"I do not 'moon' Evelyn."

Demetrius nodded.

"Neither do I."

Wilfred chuckled from his place.

"She's right, the two of you were 'mooning' if I've ever seen it."

Siian smiled softly at the memory.

"What was the child's name…it's been so long. Named after a spice wasn't she?"

Wilfred nodded.

"Started with a P I think…Parsnips?"

Siian shook her head.

"No…Paprika?"

Wilfred looked thoughtful for a moment.

"It wasn't Pepper was it?"

"Parsley!" Jareth and Demetrius exclaimed at the same time, then glared at each other.

Evelyn smirked.

"Yes, Parsley…and if that isn't proof the two of you mooned over her I don't know what is. In any case, both of them were convinced they saw her first and since neither one of them has ever had much of an inclination to share-"

Demetrius interrupted.

"I'm a bloody twin! I've had to share everything. Besides… I was older."

Damien looked at his twin incredulously.

"You don't blooming share, never have!"

Demetrius frowned.

"I've had to share everything with you!"

"You've never had to share anything with me, only for the simple reason we have different tastes. Any time we've had to share you've always gotten your way. Remember when Lady Losmith made us that pie to share? You strung me up a bleeding tree till you were finished with it!"

Demetrius covered his eyes with his hands.

"For the love of the Fates, that was eight centuries ago, let it go!"

Damien crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair.

"Eight centuries I've been tortured by the phantom taste of the pie that might have been."

"The pie that might have been?! For-"

"AS I WAS SAYING…" Evelyn cleared her throat and gave the twins a pointed look that was somewhat less effective with the smile on her face. "Neither Jareth nor Demetrius have ever had an inclination towards sharing. So naturally, once they figured out that they both were mooning over the same girl, they decided to fight it out. However, since the two possess different magic, it was agreed upon that the fight would be pure physicality and no magic involved. Father was chosen to oversee it."

Wilfred chuckled thinking back to the day.

"Oh I remember that well. You two made quite a pair, scrapping in the dirt like a couple of desert gnomes!"

Siian laughed lightly.

"You were both so filthy by the end of it all, complete dust from head to toe"

Sarah smiled imagining a young Jareth covered in the Labyrinth's red dust.

"So how do Jareth's eyes come in to all this?"

Demetrius smirked at Jareth from his place.

"I punched Jareth in the eye."

Jareth raised and eyebrow and returned his brother's smirk.

"Which resulted in my beating him to a bloody pulp."

Evelyn shook her head at the two and returned her attention to Sarah.

"The force behind the punch to Jareth's eye cause it to become permanently dilated, causing it to have the appearance of being a different colour."

Siian looked at Wilfred.

"The poor healer thought you were going to kill him when he told you he couldn't fix it."

Wilfred huffed.

"Oh that ridiculous little man was always certain I was going to kill him,"

Siian patted her husbands arm lightly.

"Perhaps if you hadn't said 'If you cannot heal my sons I will kill you myself!' he wouldn't have been quite so nervous."

Rosalind smiled at her father.

"Oh Mother, the healer should have known that Father would never do such a thing,"

Siian shook her head ruefully.

"Perhaps not now, but at the time I wouldn't have put it past him. Your Father, at one time, possessed and extraordinary temper."

Wilfred huffed.

"An extraordinary temper is needed when you're dealing with goblins continually. Wouldn't you agree son?"

Jareth raised a glass in his father's direction.

"Whole heartedly,"

Demetrius looked at Sarah and pointed at Jareth.

"Speaking of tempers, this one is frightening when he's angry. Are you certain you wouldn't rather court a more even tempered man?" He grinned at her as she shook her head. Jareth glared and sipped a glass of wine.

"Leave Sarah be, Demetrius. I beat you once for a girl I would thrash you for a woman,"

Demetrius shook his head and muttered while Damien regarded Sarah like a curious puppy.

"I don't suppose you have an elder sister, or mayhap a twin?"

Sarah smiled and shook her head.

"No, I'm afraid not."

Damien sighed.

"Such a pity…"

Marina spoke up from her place at the table.

"What of your family Sarah? Is your younger brother your only sibling?"

Sarah nodded.

"Toby's my only sibling, but I have a cousin around my age who's like a sister to me. We grew up seeing each other one week every summer and it made us ridiculously close."

Siian leaned forward interested.

"Is it a large family then?"

"Relatively so. I have four aunts and one uncle on my dad's side, one uncle on my mom's side, a step-aunt, and my grandparents. Then there's my cousins and some of my cousins have children of their own, so there's more that way."

Siian smiled.

"How many cousins do you have?"

Sarah though for a moment, counting them in her mind.

"Umm…fifteen first cousins and unless Cindy's had another baby since I last saw her, twenty second cousins."

Jareth visibly paled at the news while thinking of the May first barbeque he was to attend.

Wilfred chuckled.

"Such a large family would be a rare thing among the Fae,"

Sarah smiled and shrugged.

"It's a large family for Aboveground too."

As the family finished eating a servant came in and spoke in low tones to Wilfred. He nodded and dismissed the servant.

"It seems we have need of one more place setting for dessert. Lord Embry will be joining us."

Evelyn's head snapped up as she stood from the table.

"If you'll all excuse me, I'm afraid I must be go."

Wilfred frowned at his daughter.

"Sit you down, you can wait to leave until after dessert."

Evelyn stood meeting her Father's gaze evenly.

"No, Father. I really must be going."

Wilfred stood and growled at his daughter.

"A word in the hall young one, since you are so insistent on leaving us."

The two angrily stormed out of the dining hall, as Siian shook her head.

"For the love of the Fates…"

Damien scowled.

"What a way to ruin dessert, with Lord Embry present even the most pleasing taste shall turn to ash in my mouth."

Rosalind glared at Damien.

"Lord Embry is a good and proper man!"

Jareth shook his head and frowned crossing his arms.

"Lord Embry is a good and proper ass."

Siian shot a glare at her son.

"Jareth!"

Marina sighed.

"I'm inclined to agree with you, brother."

Demetrius shook his head.

"I think you all merely expect too much from him,"

Siian held up a hand.

"Enough, no more talk of this. We shall be having a guest in a matter of moments,"

Sarah turned to Jareth.

"Who's Lord Embry?"

Jareth's face was blank as he nodded towards the door that at the other end of the hall that had just opened.

"Him,"

CoffeeKris: Why is Evelyn so quiet? Who is Lord Embry? Why are Evelyn and Wilfred at odds? Why does Rosalind like Lord Embry? Why don't the twins agree? WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? All these questions and more will be answered in the next chapter! (or I'll string you along and answer them later)

Jareth: (storms into room panting and covered in streaks of chocolate glaring) YOU!

CoffeeKris: Me?

Jareth: You just had to cover me in chocolate and give me away?! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG AND HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO ESCAPE?!

CoffeeKris: (smiles innocently) Nope! Don't care.

Jareth: (approaches menacingly)

CoffeeKris: WAIT! (he waits) I've brought you a gift! I won't tell you what it is but it's behind that door (points at door) it's covered in chocolate and it's name starts with a Sarah and ends in a Williams. Do you want it? (he nods) Then forget about revenge.

Jareth: Done. (goes through door)

CoffeeKris: It's really just a cookie I named Sarah Williams and covered in chocolate but I'm sure he knew that...(hears outraged cry from other room and looks at readers) Review?