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Days past quickly in the Labyrinth, Aceton continued to spend many of his hours sleeping, and healing in his bed. After almost a week he was allowed to walk in

the upper floor of the castle, he used the aid of a staff, or a cane rather. It was short, coming just to his waist the head of it a mighty wolf. His legs were still

bandaged, as was the rest of his body, but he was healing. Aceton walked down the hall to the dining hall, or what became the dining hall. After a week in bed

Jareth didn't want his son trying to navigate the uneven stairs of the Labyrinth. He ate quietly as Jareth turned to his son. On the week anniversary of the troll

army's demise Aceton ate his lunch nervously. Jareth and Julian thought it would be a good idea for Aceton to address the kingdom for the first time. After they

ate Jareth helped him get dressed. Aceton used magic instead of gel to get his hair to stick up. He realized while he did this, it was the first time he had done

his hair with gel that didn't involve him gelling it down and cloaking it.

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He stood in the full length mirror in his parents' room, the King's chambers formerly. He stood in skinny jeans tucked into shiny boots. He wore the formal

uniform of the Royal Archers right down to the cane in his hands being replaced with his staff. Aceton tugged on the collar of the dark red tunic, the fabric had

been starched heavily by the laundress and as of the moment it was very stiff and itchy. Jareth chuckled putting his hand on his shoulder, since he met Aceton

he had watched him grow so much, whether it be the two inches that Aceton has grown since Aceton met him, or the way he held himself, but this amazing boy,

his son was growing up right before his eyes. Aceton looked up at Jareth with wide eyes.

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"How am I supposed to do this? I can't even give a speech to my class without choking up." He said looking down. Jareth crouched down and stood next to his

son.

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"I want you to look into that mirror, and imagine yourself as a great king, one day you will be. I used to be a terrible public speaker as well, ask my father. He

used to spend hours in this very room helping me ready myself, but you I know you're already ready for this. Besides there's a surprise waiting as well. Just

take a deep breath head tall and be yourself." He whispered as he put on his crown grabbing his scepter as Sarah walked in. She looked gorgeous in a floor

length off the shoulder blue gown. She kissed Jareth's cheek before she smiled softly seeing Aceton stare into the mirror.

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"I am a great king, I will be a great king." He whispered to himself as Sarah smiled, he looked so grown up, so much like his father. Aceton conjured a crystal

rolling and twisting it through his hands nervously as Sarah chuckled.

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"He does the same thing you do darling." She said as Jareth rolled his eyes smiling.

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"I don't always do that when I'm nervous." He said with a chuckle as Sarah shook her head.

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"Like father like son, you never did teach me how to do that. I always wanted to learn though." Sarah as Jareth smiled materializing a crystal passing to her.

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"You just spin it like this and twist it like that." He said going through the motions as Sarah watched with wide eyes.

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"Yeah mom it isn't that hard soon you'll be able to do it faster and do more intricate tricks like this!" Aceton said as he started to spin the crystal from one arm

to the other adding a colored crystal, and another and so on until he had a rainbow of crystals moving in tandem.

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"You aren't helping not all of us are Fae." She said and Aceton smiled softly.

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"You're just jealous." He whispered as Jareth who was silently until this point started to laugh. Aceton took off his gloves and slowly showed his mom how to

simply spin the crystal twisting and turning it in slow motion.

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Slowly but surely Sarah found the basics of crystal ball juggling. Though she'd never be as good as her son or her fiancé, she wasn't absolutely terrible. Helping

his mom had taken Aceton's concentration away from what was to come as Jareth put his hand on his son's shoulder.

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"It's time buddy." He said as Aceton took a deep shaking breath nodding. They walked down the stairs to the front of the Goblin Castle on the top of the steps

Aceton stood his parents joining the crowd, he needed to do this on his own. Aceton took another deep breath as he saw the thousands of people in his

audience, not all of them were goblins there were people from all parts of the Underground. Aceton put an amplifying force field around himself, not for magic,

but to project his voice as loud as he could.

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"Ladies and Gentlemen of the Underground! Some of you present today may know who I am, some of you may have heard rumors about me, and some may

have no clue what this kid is doing up here making a fool of himself." He said as a few good hearted chuckles come from the audience.

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"I may not look like much, but right out there on that outer wall I stood my ground for a place that wasn't even my home yet. I threw everything I had into

protecting the Labyrinth, it's citizens and the castle that unites it all. Some soldiers thought I was a ghost, others an angel, but I'm here to tell you that I'm as

flesh and blood as all of you present here. I want to thank all those who fought to protect this land from the enemies we faced just a week ago today. Without

you, the Labyrinth might not be celebrating today. The Goblin King told me earlier to look into a mirror and imagine myself as a great king, and until this moment

I thought it couldn't be possible, I'm just a halfling, nobody would take me serious. A boy I met in the Sun Grotto told me that he would never bow to me if I

were a king, well one day that might happen. One day, one day that will hopefully not come for a very long time, I'll be a king. Many of you don't know of my

lineage and until a few weeks ago neither did I, but now I do and I want to protect this world because it's my home too." Aceton turned to his parents with a

soft smile.
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" I found this world by chance, as a bratty child who didn't want to take responsibility for a child in my care. I met my father for the first time that day when I

wished away my foster brother, and since then I've learned so much from him, my uncles, my aunt, my cousins the McAshtons and my grandmother. I hope that

one day I'll stand before you as your prince, and later your king, I hope to turn the thoughts and hopes of the people into actions to make this kingdom prosper

and bloom. My name is Aceton Jared Williams, Champion of the labyrinth, son of King Jareth Lyon and Sarah Williams the previous champion, nephew to Scarlett,

Lukas, and Julian Lyon, and the grandson of Queen Titania and King Zachariah. T-t-thank you for listening." He said as his father stepped forward putting his

hand on his son's shoulder.

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"Ready for the surprise?" He whispered as Aceton nodded nervously. The Court of the Underground stood, all but King Rudolph who didn't move a muscle from

where he stood. His father drew his sword passing it to his father who smiled at Aceton.

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"Kneel my boy, relax it's okay." He whispered as Aceton knelt slowly in front of him head down shaking.

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"Today was supposed to be just a day of celebration, but the Lyon Clan, and the Court of the Underground decided to celebrate something else as well. It has

been a long two hundred years, two hundred years without the birth of heirs, but today we celebrate the crowning of

a Prince." He said his voice commanding the attention of everyone standing in the crowd.

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"Do you Aceton Jared Williams, Champion of the Labyrinth, and Royal Archer promise to protect the Labyrinth and its inhabitants with every ounce of your

power and fiber of your being?" He asked as Aceton looked up.

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"I promise to do so, and I think my actions of late has proven that." He whispered as he felt the cold metal of the blade press to the side of his neck.

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"I dub thee Aceton Jared Lyon, Champion of the Labyrinth, Royal Archer, Protector of the Goblin Kingdom, and Crowned Prince, please rise." Zachariah said as

Aceton stood up slowly almost falling over his legs still weak and bandaged. Julian and Lukas ran over steadying him as Jareth walked over to a pillow on a

pedestal, there was a crown on it, it wasn't as elaborate as Jareth's but Aceton still looked at it with wide eyes of amazement. It was silver and studded with

jet black stones around the outer surface of it. As Jareth put the crown on his head he held his breath and closed his eyes. Jareth ruffled his hair.

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"Open your eyes Aceton." He said as Aceton looked up at the smiling face of his father,

turning to see his two grinning uncles, and as he looked out he saw a swarm of people applauding him with smiles on their faces. Aceton smiled as his father

hugged him.

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"Surprise." He whispered as Sarah walked over.

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"Aceton come on we have to get going soon, today's your first day back to school, we don't want you to be late. Don't worry we'll come back here tonight." She

whispered as Aceton's outfit changed to his school outfit, he wore skinny jeans black jeans, a black leather, and a blue tee shirt. His backpack materialized on

his back.

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"Hey dad can you come in for show and tell today. I want to introduce you to my class!" Aceton asked as Jareth ruffled his hair.

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"I'll be there bud I promise." he said as Aceton and Sarah teleported to their house in the aboveground. As they drove to the school Aceton pulled his gloves on

his skin crawling.

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"Does it bother you to be up here in the human world?" Sarah asked as Aceton shrugged.

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"It just doesn't feel right." He said as they pulled up to the school Aceton go out hugging Sarah before running inside. An hour or two later Sarah got a call from

Aceton's school, his teacher had noticed his new hair and eyes and thought it would be a good time to have a conversation. Sarah walked in.

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"Mrs. Finn what seems to be the problem?" She asked seeing Aceton sitting in the corner while the other kids played outside.

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"Mrs. Williams Aceton was caught telling lies today in class, he said that his hair and eyes have always been that color, and when he was asked where he got

his unusual eyes from he said his father. From his school record Aceton's father isn't in the picture correct?" Aceton's teacher said as Sarah shook her head.

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"Actually that's why Aceton missed the last day of school before break, his father came back from a long trip. Actually Aceton invited him to come today for show

and tell." Sarah said as the other children filed into the class, and just as everyone got seated a knock came at the door.

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Mrs. Finn opened the door and in stepped a slightly refined Jareth, his hair was in a shorter spikier mullet without the long pieces of hair in the front, he wore

biker leather jeans black boots with a form fitting blue tee shirt. He tied the entire outfit together with a leather jacket collar popped and a pair of sunglasses.

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"Hello may I help you sir?" Mrs Finn asked as Aceton looked up eyes bright as he ran over from the corner.

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"Daddy! You made it!" He said running into Jareth's arms who picked him up holding him spinning him around as he smiled toward his son's teacher.

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"I'm Jareth Lyon Aceton's father, he wanted to introduce me to his class, and show off some magic tricks, I've been teaching him when I'm not deployed." He

said as he took off his sunglasses. Mrs. Finn who thought Aceton was lying bit the inside of her cheek, this man's eyes were identical to Aceton's one blue one

green.

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"You are a magician and in the military I take it?" She asked coldly as Jareth nodded.

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"I'm a Brigadier in the British Army, I've been deployed to help train new recruits, and I've been gone a very long time, but now I'm retired. I can't wait to spend

every day with my favorite guy." He said tickling Aceton who giggled hugging his dad, Mrs. Finn couldn't deny the father son bond between the two.

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"Alright Aceton, if you want to go first you can." She said as the boy nodded sitting in the smaller rocking chair next to his father as Jareth smiled.

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"today my son and I are gonna do a bit of magic and ventriloquism in the form of a song, Sarah darling you know the song too so if you wanna sing along you

can." He said smiling up at the mother of his child. From behind his back he produced what looked like a puppet, but Sarah's eyes widened. It was a small

goblin sitting perfectly still. From behind his back Aceton produced a smaller goblin before passing a slightly larger goblin to Sarah who took it sitting on Jareth's

lap.

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"The title of the song is Magic Dance." Jareth said turning to his son who smiled up at him as he started drumming his feet on the ground the melody of a song

coming through in a whistling airy tone. Jareth stood up holding Sarah steady.

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"You remind me of the babe." He said as Aceton stood up the goblin in his hand

speaking.

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"What babe?" The shrill little voice said as Jareth's goblin replied.

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"The babe with the power." Sarah's goblin chimed in it's voice deeper than the

others.

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"What power?" Aceton started to laugh.

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"The power of voodoo." He said holding up his hand as a crystal formed, he tossed it up and it dissolved into sparkles as the class watched in amazement.

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"Who do?" Sarah asked as both of her boys looked at her grinning.

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"You do!" They both said chuckling as Sarah rolled her eyes.

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"Do what?" She asked innocently as Aceton did a backflip sliding on the ground.

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"Remind me of the babe." He said as the goblins came to life dancing around following the movements of Aceton and Jareth. The boys sang the song in

harmony the goblins and Sarah chiming in, Aceton's teacher had to say she had never seen such life in the young boy. He had always kept to himself and he

was always the odd one out, but in front of the class with his father at his side he was in his element. She smiled as Jareth picked up Aceton balancing him on

his shoulders holding tight to his son as Aceton hung down before sitting back up smiling at his classmates, as the song ended and everyone cheered and

clapped, the other kids running over.

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"Wow Aceton I didn't know you knew magic tricks!" One kid said as Aceton smiled politely.

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"Nobody ever asked." He simply said as all the fifth grade girls fawned over Jareth, they thought he was the hottest thing besides Orlando Bloom and Johnny

Depp, of course, but he was real. Mrs. Finn thought she had recognized the strange man with the mullet, but she couldn't place his face.

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Jareth and Sarah stayed for the rest of the show and tells, which lasted until the end of the day, when the bell rang all the children ran out besides Aceton. Mrs.

Finn walked over to Jareth.

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"I apologize Mr. Lyon, but you seem very familiar to me, I can't place your face. Have you been here before?" She asked as Jareth shook his head with his

devilish smirk.

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"I'm afraid not madame, maybe you could tell me if you read the book Labyrinth as a teenager?" He asked as Mrs. Finn's eyes widened.

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"You can't be…him" She said as Jareth nodded with a soft smile.

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"I gave you back your little sister even though you didn't win, because I could tear such a young child away from you and your dying mother. How is your sister,

Cassie right?" He asked as Mrs. Finn stumbled backwards.

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"Sh-she's fine, my mo-mother is doing much better too." She stammered as Aceton tugged on his dad's hand.

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"Can I change back before we go home?" He asked as Jareth nodded.

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"Your teacher knows about home, so you can change here if you want." He said with a shrug as Mrs. Finn interrupted.

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"The bathroom is right down the h-" Her voice stopped in her throat as Aceton snapped his fingers and his outfit changed into an open necked white tunic

skinny jeans black calf high combat boots, and to put it all together he snapped his fingers again and his crown slipped onto his head. Mrs. Finn looked up eyes

wide as Jareth changed his own appearance back to his normal regal Goblin King outfit of gray legs a poet shirt and a vest with high black heeled boots.

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Mrs. Finn's head started to spin as Aceton looked at her worried. Jareth helped her sit down.

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"Y-you're the Goblin King?" She asked as Jareth nodded.

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"That would be correct." He said as she turned to Aceton.

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"And you're…" She asked her voice trailing off as Aceton got her a cup of water.

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"I'm his son, and as of this morning the Crowned Prince of the Goblin Kingdom." He said as her eyes widened.

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"I think we should leave her be son." Jareth said as he took out a crystal as it turned to powder he blew it in Mrs. Finn's face.

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"When you wake up you won't remember the Labyrinth or that I'm the Goblin King and Aceton is the Goblin prince, you'll only know that I came for show and tell

and I was thoroughly charming." He said as she nodded falling asleep. He put his hand on Aceton's shoulder walking over to Sarah as the three of them

returned to their home, their new home in the Goblin Castle. After school let out Sarah and Aceton would make the move permanent. Jareth carried Aceton up

the stairs to his rooms, the boy was fast asleep right after dinner. The change from human to fae was raging on inside him, and the best thing for him at the

moment was for him to sleep. Jareth and Sarah retired to their room, and embraced each other in the locked chambers falling asleep just a handful of hours

before dawn cloaked in their lover's naked embrace. They had an eternity ahead of them, but every moment together was like the first time all over again.