Once Upon a Labyfic...
By WhiteInfinity21
Disclaimer: I don't own the Labyrinth.
Prompt: Existence
It was just another normal day. No goblin rebellions, no Runners or wish-aways, no explosions even. There was no indication at all about what was about to happen.
The Goblin King was walking down one of the many identical stone corridors in the Labyrinth when the attack came out of nowhere. The invasion felt like being caught in a tornado full of jagged glass. He was being apart from within as his ties to the Labyrinth and its denizens were being ruthlessly torn away. Jareth could feel himself fading as the ties to his existence were rapidly being severed.
There was no defense against this kind of attack, the Goblin King never knew such a thing was possible.
Unable to fight back, Jareth did the only thing he could. He fled, drawing himself along the single connection that hadn't been destroyed yet. The only reason why it hadn't been discovered is because he had blocked his side of this connection years ago. And now the last person he ever wanted to see again was his only hope.
The Goblin King almost failed to materialize at her feet, he was so weak and destabilized.
"Sarah," he gasped.
The long-haired brunette whirled around in panic and disbelief.
"Go away!" the woman shrieked, "haven't you done enough! You're not real!"
At her denial, Jareth's form wavered and flickered in and out. He begged, "please, you're the only one keeping me in existence, please don't deny my existence."
"Your Labyrinth almost got me locked up in the Loony bin," Sarah moaned backing away, "I lost all of my friends and was shut out of my family because of you! Why should I do anything for you?"
"Please Sarah," Jareth pleaded, "don't let me die."
His simple plea got to her in a way any other words would have not. Despite all the trouble and heartache he had put her through, she couldn't let him die.
"Damn you," she muttered miserably, "and damn me too."
Sarah hoped she wasn't making a huge mistake as she held her hand out to him which Jareth grasped with a feverish, desperate speed.
His body had been flickering and quickly fading away but the moment his hand grasped hers Jareth was totally solid, fully there in a way he hadn't been since that stormy night fifteen years ago. The Goblin King felt his bond with Sarah condense, grow thick and heavy. Inwardly he shuddered, he was completely dependent on her now. The idea both repulsed and strangely excited him.
They locked eyes. Wary green and weary blue. The immediate danger had passed, what happened now?
The green-eyed Undoer is bewitching.
He could see why the Goblin King failed to properly get rid of her. But bewitching or not, the mortal female and her new burden would have to be destroyed. He never left loose threads hanging.
A growl echoed in the darkness of the deserted castle, no matter which world he was in, the Nightmare King would not let that blasted prophecy come to pass. The Champion will never be his Undoing!
Oh yeah, heavy on the drama with nice helping of angst. I do write all kinds of drabbles. The story behind this one is a doozy but would require a long, novel length fic to do it full justice. Something to keep in mind if I decide to ever go down that rabbit hole.
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