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This chapter was written by: Epic Failing Again
Chapter Ten
Sarah was walking through the castle in a light pink gown with white lace when she heard Jareth sounding angry in the throne room. "I want him found!" Jareth shouted at the goblins. "I want him found and I want him found within the month!"
Sarah peeked curiously into the throne room. The room was filled with armed goblins listening to Jareth as he ordered them around. He didn't look very happy. "He's got something precious of mine, and I want it back." Jareth said.
The goblins all looked at each other; frightened, confused curious. "Bring him to me alive. I want to be able to talk to him before I rip his head off, and any of yours if you don't bring him here within the month!"
Sarah went pale. What was so important Jareth enlisted all of his goblins to help him search for an unknown creature?
She instantly threw herself out of the way as all the goblins all ran out the doors into the labyrinth. She walked back toward her room, lest she meet Jareth and get thrown into another wall. The scab from the first time was still raw at this point and she still couldn't sleep on her back.
Making a mental note that she easily bruised and did not heal fast, Sarah walked back into the library and closed the door behind her. Then laid down on a large very soft couch, propped her legs up on the arm rest, and picked up a novel telling the story of two fairies; a story that reminded her of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
"Sarah?" a voice called out. She knew the voice immediately, but she was usually the one to contact him.
"Gremlin? I'm alone," she said, discarding the book.
"I need a place to hide for a while," the gremlin said, materializing next to her.
"What happened?" Sarah asked.
"Some creatures in the labyrinth are absolutely convinced I'm holding jewels in my music box," the gremlin replied. "Nowhere in the labyrinth is safe right now."
"Well, if you need somewhere to hide, you can stay here, though how to keep you out of Jareth's sight is the only issue," Sarah replied.
"I know of somewhere," the gremlin replied, I'm just going to need help getting there."
"I can help. Jareth just went out a few minutes ago so it shouldn't be too hard to go undetected," Sarah said.
"Follow me," the gremlin said and the two of them left the library. The gremlin led Sarah to the throne room.
"Are you crazy?" Sarah asked.
"No, I'm not. Look at this," the gremlin pulled a faded tapestry aside, revealing a small wooden door, just barely big enough for Sarah to fit through.
They walked down the passageway and made a left. "Where are we?" Sarah asked.
"Tunnels that haven't been used since before Jareth's time. See, the goblins kept rebelling, so the kings built hidden tunnels within the castle to help them escape or for military purposes. Once the labyrinth was accidentally built any invading army got separated and hopelessly lost, so other kingdoms stopped attacking and the tunnels fell into disuse. Nowadays no one uses the tunnels for any reason at all and most people don't even remember a time before Jareth."
"Really?"
"Yes," the gremlin said. "This should do nicely, he said, stopping outside a large stone gargoyle.
"What are you talking about? Staying on the gargoyle?"
"No," the gremlin replied matter-of-factly. "Excuse me," he said to the stone creature. The creature's head turned in their direction.
"Yes?" his voice boomed and echoed throughout the entire cave.
"I need a place to hide," the gremlin said to the creature.
"Are you friends with the king?"
"Yes."
"Prove it."
"I'm Sarah," Sarah said instantly. "He's my friend and he needs a place to stay out of sight and out of mind."
"Well then, Sarah," the creature replied in a booming voice. "I will hide your little friend."
The gargoyle stepped aside off his pedestal and revealed a rather large hole in the wall. Well, large for the gremlin. Sarah wouldn't have been able to stand up in the hole, but the gremlin looked quite comfortable. He conjured a blanket out of thin air and used it to make a nice cozy bed for himself.
"Thank you, Sarah," the gremlin said, smiling as he placed his box in a hole in the gargoyle's pedestal.
"Are you sure you'll be alright?" Sarah asked. "What about food and water?"
"I'll be fine, don't worry about that," the gremlin replied. "I can fend for myself. How do you think kings survived here? Some of the rebellions and wars lasted weeks and months long."
Sarah smiled. "Alright then." She turned around and left, coming back out into the throne room again. She was walking out towards the door of the throne room when Jareth came in with the goblins, very clearly unsuccessful in their search.
Sarah kept her eyes down and walked out, hoping he wouldn't notice her. He didn't.
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