May struggled to make it to the top of the cliff, and was happy to see Hoggle waiting on her. She wrapped her arms around him, then looked down to see that Jareth had disappeared once more.

"Hoggle, you came back." Her voice was sweet and kind.

"Well.. uh…"

May hugged the dwarf for a second time and placed her lips to his forehead and smiled.

"I wish you hadn't done that." The dwarf said with a twinge of remorse. Suddenly the ground beneath them opened and the two were sent spiraling down.

"Why you do that?!"

"Do what?!" they screamed as they fell. When they resurfaced to the outside world an awful odor had taken over the air. The two were dangled off the edge of a ledge, Hoggle holding into an overgrown root and May clinging to the edge for dear life. The bog below them gurgled.

"This is your fault!" Hoggle said frustrated.

"How is this, my fault! If it's anyone's it be Jareth and his trap doors."

"You kissed me."

May closed her eyes as she attempted to remember the story, did Sarah end up in this situation too? But alas she couldn't remember anything after the fireys.

The young woman started to slowly "side step" her arms till she was over the small portion of dry land. She dropped and crashed into someone on her way down. Ludo had appeared out of nowhere.

"Careful!" Hoggle yelled over.

"Ludo? I thought I'd never see you again." May gave the monster a friendly hug. All the kindness that May was producing was starting to creep Hoggle out.

"Uh, May?!" Hoggle screamed as his root lowered a tiny bit.

"Right." The young woman, assisted by Ludo, climbed on top of the edge and was able to reach Hoggle.

"Just grab my hand." She called down to him. By the time that May and Hoggle made their way back to the ground away from the threat of the bog, Ludo had spotted a bridge.

"Why was Jareth with you at the bottom?" Hoggle asked as the three made their way towards the stone bridge.

"I don't know." May said in her sweet yet sad tone.

"You do to!" The dwarf said frustrated.

"He was there because… because… because I asked him to help me! Are you happy now?!" May's harsh and cold voice had returned and gave Hoggle a weird sense of relief.

"You get along with Jareth? I thought the whole point of ya being here was to…" the dwarf was cut off.

"Stop, stop I say!" a small fox-like creature in cloth jumped in front of the travelers blocking their path. Still agitated May bent down to be eye level with the guardian of the bridge.

"May we please cross." She said while her sweetness started to fade.

"None shall cross without my permission." Sir Didymus said proudly. May stood back up and noticed that the bridge over the bog was nonexistent. She peered around the bend to see a line of bolders resting in the bog, creating a clear path.

"Okay then, we'll just go down that way."

"smell bad." Ludo said while starting to follow May down to the bolder pathway.

"Hold on, there." Sir Didymus said in confusion, "When did this show up?"

"Probably when Sarah was here." May mumbled as she took the first step.

"Well a real gentleman would never allow a lady to go on such a dangerous path alone." The fox said as to justify leaving his post at the bridge, "Come now Ambrosius, let us accompany."

"First of, I'm not in need of any assistance in the danger department." May said as she jumped off the last bolder and onto the tall grass.

"You can say that again…" Hoggle muttered as he took the young woman's hand and stepped safely onto land. Ludo followed him and Sir Didymus followed after that. The group walked for a long time, all of them growing tired and hungry.

"Ludo, hungry."

"I know, we can look around and see if we can find you something to eat, okay." May looped her arm around the mighty beast's to comfort him.

"Look young mistress, a peach tree." The dog riding fox pointed over to a large twisted tree. Hoggle for one reason or another seemed uneasy yet determined to be the one to pick the fruits. He handed one to each traveler. Ludo inhaled his and Sir Didymus split his with Ambrosius. The three of them walked ahead so that Hoggle could talk to May.

"Here you are." Hoggle said while giving a peach to the young woman.

"Thanks, I'm sorry about everything. You really are a good friend." And with her famous last words May bit into Jareth's peach.

"I'm sorry." Hoggle wailed as he ran off.

May awoke sitting on top of a toilet seat cover in a public bathroom stall. She staggered to her feet and lost her balance for a moment. She was wearing silver six inch heels that showed off her black painted toes. She opened the stall to see herself in the mirror. Her hair was done up in a bun with a braid crown. Her makeup was smokey and light. She was wearing a light purple corset and a matching pencil skirt. Her choker was diamond studded, and her earrings dangled so low that they touched her shoulders when she titled her head.

"What the…" she mumbled while examining herself.

Music leaked into the room as a woman in a lion mask entered the room. May snuck past her and walked into a huge club. Neon lights flashed, lasers chased along the walls, and on a large platform played a live band. It was hard to determine what genre they were playing but the beat was almost hypnotic. Alike the lion woman, everyone was wearing an animal mask.

Dazed and confused on how she got there, May attempted to make her way to the exit when a man in a bulldog mask stopped her. He stood at eye level with her, the mask only covered his eyes and a small part of his upper face. He wore a black tank top with some band's logo in the centre, and a red flannel over that. His jeans were a little baggy and where being held up with a huge leather belt. He smiled at her and extended his hand. Though May couldn't see who it was she knew that she knew him. As they danced he kept glancing over at her hand with the golden ring. He smiled again and pulled her closer. She could now see his dark brown eyes, and a wave of sadness washed over her. She push him away and started to bolt. However no matter which way she turned she couldn't find the exit.

As she was running past all the party animals, she crashed into the only person who wasn't in a mask.

"My, my. Are you alright?" a slow and sly voice asked. She raised her head to see a blonde man wearing steampunk clothing. He wore a puffy white shirt with a black vest with golden chains over it, as well as a top hat with various gears.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She said regaining herself. The steampunk king took her hand in his as they begun to dance. The room seemed to be still as the two swayed back and forth across the dance floor.

"I'm May…" The young woman said as he spun her out. "What's yours?" she asked as he spun her back.

"Now, wouldn't that take away the mystery?"

The room fell and restructured itself as the two danced. The walls and lights became glass, and the people's clothing morphed into ball gowns and suits. Only May and the King stayed the way they were. The song seemed to last a life time, everyone swayed in and out of each other in perfect timing, with Jareth and May in the middle of it all. Then with little warning the king slipped into the crowd. The young woman wanted to chase after him but couldn't get her feet to move. She looked down to see a tow children clinging her legs; little girl in a mouse mask and a little boy in a tiger one.

"Let go, I need to go." May said kindly to the children. They just looked at her blankly.

"I said, let go." She said a little louder while shaking her legs, the kids held on tighter.

"Hey you!" May was now trying to pry the children off of her, however they didn't budge.

"Estella! Jayden! You have until the count of…" May looked down realizing what was happening. This time she went down to hug the kids but they ran away from her laughing.

"Wait! Come back!" She ran after them ignoring the king who was trying to catch her attention. The clock stroked loudly in the glass sphere to which she was imprisoned.

The crowd seemed to be growing and May couldn't find the children. She looked over at the clock to see she only had two hours left.

'You don't have to leave." May turned to see the place empty, expect for the clock, a single chair, and the Goblin King still wearing his steampunk suit.

"Do you still have my kids?" May asked, her anger returning.

"They can be happy here. They are happy here. And so can you." The king approached her showing her in his crystal ball.

May peered inside the sphere to see Estella playing around laughing with the goblins, and Jayden in command of his own troop of mystical creatures. The children looked as though they were having the time of their lives.

"I don't care if they are happy here." She said while taking a step back. Jareth stared at her in confusion. "Their father will be miserable without them. They will be miserable without their father. Its not fair that everyone must suffer just to satisfy you. What's the point of even having these children, huh? What do you gain from all this!"

The king placed both of his hands on her shoulders and rested his forehead on hers and whispered, "Vengeance…"

May stumbled backwards.

"I did everything that woman wanted, and she repaid me by putting me through hell!"

May continued walking until she was pinned against the glass wall of the sphere.

"By saying those words to me, I was no longer able to see her nor the babe. That was until he had children. I could only use these crystals to watch over them when he wasn't around. Both the babe and Sarah love those children. I want them to feel the agony that I felt when I could no longer reach them."

"You just want Sarah to call out to you again, don't you?" May said as if she was ignoring his previous statement. "If she calls out to you, you can see her again, right?"

The King stared at the retreating woman, then took a few steps forward.

"Are you worried about that?" Jareth placed his hand on May's face, she stopped in her tracks. The clock made another loud boom, and May moved her gaze to the clock that now said she only had one hour left.

"Let go of me." May swatted the King's hand away and bolted towards the chair.

"May! Please!"

The young woman picked up the heavy chair and looked back at Jareth, she mouthed him a message but alas her soundless words were all but a beautiful mystery to him. She lifted the object above her head and smashed it against the fragile wall.

((Sorry about not updating for awhile))