AN: Parts of my story were oh so predictable but they were oh so delicious to me. I couldn't get this idea out of my head and I'm so happy with this fanfiction. I adore memory fics, no matter how cliche they are. XD
Once again there was chaos in the labyrinth.
Every goblin had been turned pink while the ones who had managed to escape the terror had been tricked into falling into the Bog.
Beautiful chaos.
It had all happened while Sarah was performing on the stage. Jareth had gone to see her since it was opening night.
That's what they got for allowing Uncle Toby to babysit.
Aurelia was just three years old and unstoppable with her desire to magic everything into various shades of pink. The little blonde haired princess was her father made over, down to the last drop of glitter.
Kieran was her opposite. Though they were twins he was dark haired and had bright jade colored eyes and a wicked mischievousness that matched his mother's.
It took some time to round them up once the king and queen returned. Luckily for Toby he had Hoggle to help him, and since Hoggle knew the trick for setting off every oubliette…
"You put my babies where?!" Sarah asked incredulously.
"Relax Sarah it was only for a moment." Toby defended while Sarah scooped up Aurelia and held her tightly to her.
Jareth only chuckled from where he was standing with Kieran in his arms. Sarah glared at that big phony husband of hers and kissed her sweet little girl on the forehead before reaching over to do the same to Kieran.
The prince and princess were always butter in their parent's hands but that was where it stopped. It was either Mommy or Daddy or destruction. So when they were both away the twins opted for destruction until they returned.
Sarah put Aurelia down so that she could continue her pink everything game.
"Kieran, you can go and color things with your sister, but no more dropping goblins into the Bog of Eternal Stench."
Kieran giggled and grabbed his sister's hand before speeding off down the castle corridors. Sarah thought they still looked too small to run off without her hovering. At least she had a kingdom full of goblin sitters.
Once the twins were out of sight Sarah broke down laughing too and laughed harder still at Toby's expression.
"What? That was funny. Jareth is always threatening to do it. Kieran heard his father and well…took matters into his own hands. Kids listen to their parents more than what they dream. I'm surprised Hoggle wasn't put there as much as he threatens him. And Aurelia is harmless. She's just pinking everything right now. It's creative."
Toby rolled his eyes, "You're the only parents who can say they let their children color actual people and call it creative."
Sarah nodded, "You'd best be leaving these chambers Tobes because I'm about to kiss the king."
Toby audibly groaned and fled from the room as fast as a fifteen year old boy could.
Jareth laughed and came up behind Sarah, snaking his hands around her waist. It was pure bliss.
It had taken them three years before they discovered just how Sarah beat the poison. The twins were two at the time. When the Starlight Blooms had bloomed those years ago on their first date together Jareth had made Sarah a necklace so that she could always remember the moment.
It was that necklace that was made from pure love held within the crystal. When Sarah was dying and holding the crystal up it sensed the magic and the need and acted accordingly in a way nothing else could. It healed Sarah, breaking apart in the process.
It happened perfectly that it had broken apart in their meadow among the Starlight Blooms where the magic between them was the strongest.
It also happened that it was in those moments after she came out of the darkness that they created the twin terrors Aurelia and Kieran.
Everything had fallen into place after that. Sarah continued to star in her role as Christine without missing a beat and all of her memories fell back into place. She was herself again. There was no more pain, no more blurry around the edges sleepwalking through life.
She had her life back, the life she loved where by day she was the Goblin Queen, by evening she was Christine on the stage doing what she loved, and then by night she was in his arms again.
Not long after things had gotten back to normal they finally got the news they had wanted for so long and then came the twins. Through all the years of trying, all of the heartbreak of being separated they finally got what they had wished for.
"Your Majesties!" A little goblin screamed, running into the royal chambers.
"Yes?" They both said at the same time, breaking apart
"The gardener, the one who always sprays the fairies? Prince Kieran put him in the Bog of Eternal Stench!"
Sarah couldn't stop the laughter rolling through her and sent Jareth to go and retrieve her dear friend from the Bog. They would have to take care of the smell too. It was within their power. After all, some things that are meant to be eternal, meant to have no hope could be cured given the right ingredients if your will was strong and your kingdom as great.