Chapter 10
Janine woke up to find Toby staring at her. She was so happy to see that he was alright.
"You're okay," he said.
"Yeah, thanks to Jareth and Sireth and you of course. You should have just let me go. You shouldn't have gone through what they did to you."
"There's no way I would let you go if I could help it. I promised I'd protect you , remember?"
"Yes, but you didn't need to die a painful death to protect me." They stared at each other then broke out laughing in relief.
Toby turned serious. "Do you remember everything now?"
"Yes," she sighed. "My mother wished me away. She didn't realize the stories were true though."
"So maybe she didn't mean it."
"No, she meant it." Her hand went to her eye. "A family that loves you doesn't hurt you like that, no matter how mad they sometimes get."
Toby took her hand away and held her to him, kissing her temple.
"So when I appeared here," she continued after a moment. "That lead goblin was arguing with the others that they'd made a mistake and Jareth couldn't find out. They tied me up and led me into the Labyrinth, saying it would take care of me. I tried to find my way back to the castle, hoping Jareth could help me, but I was caught by a trap and hit my head."
"You have to tell Jareth this. Let's go."
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Toby and Janine ran into Jareth and Sarah on the way to the dinning hall and told them the whole story. After which Jareth told them he had some unfinished business to attend and sidetracked to the throne room, saying he would join them for breakfast shortly afterwards.
He gathered all the goblins in the throne room and presented the accused goblins in front of them. All the goblins complained of the smell. Jareth simply turned his sense of smell off for the time being. "Let all see that these goblins have stolen a 17 year old child, left her in the Labyrinth for dead then brutally attacked Toby and attempted to murder both him and the girl, Janine. They have been marked and will be exiled to the outskirts of the Labyrinth. If anyone else thinks they can break the rules a similar fate will befall them. Understand?" All the goblins were silent with fear. "Well . . . ?" he prompted.
Immediately they all nodded and stated their understanding. With that the accused goblins vanished.
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Everyone gathered in the dinning hall. They were all hugging and laughing now that the scolding was over and everyone was safe. David was adjusting to things. He'd been startled by the appearance of Hoggle, Sir Didymus, and especially Ludo, but soon discovered they weren't as threatening as the seemed. He listened in disbelief as Janine and Toby talked about their capture and rescue from the goblins.
Still he had decided to stay in the Labyrinth, with no qualms. Though he'd had friends and been popular in school. He'd never felt loved and he was sure once his parents memories were erased, they wouldn't feel his absence at all.
Janine was quite happy to stay here too. Jareth explained that both Janine and David were like them, and had the same magic deep inside.
Jareth started singing in a completely silly way, a completely silly song that had everyone laughing and feeling light hearted.
"Fill your heart with love today
Don't play the game of time
Things that happened in the past
Only happened in your mind
Only in your mind
Oh forget your mind and you'll be free-yeah
The writing's on the wall
Free-yeah, and you can know it all
If you choose
Just remember lovers never lose
'Cause they are free of thoughts un-pure
And of thoughts unkind
Gentleness clears the soul
Love cleans the mind
And makes it Free-ee
Free
Oh happiness is happening
Dragons have been bled
Gentleness is everywhere
Fear's just in your head
Only in your head
Fear is in your head
Only in your head
So Forget your head
And you'll be free-ee
The writing's on the wall
Free-yeah, and you can know it all
If you choose
Just remember lovers never lose
'Cause they are free of thoughts un-pure
And of thoughts unkind
Gentleness clears the soul
Love will clean your the mind
And make you Free-e-ee!!"
Jareth never dreamed when he fell in love with Sarah that it would lead him to have a family as big as this. He never expected that there could be so much love in the Labyrinth. Now he would do his best to make sure there always was and that he would eventually remove all evil from it whatsoever, if any could still survive here after this.
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