Daddy, Daddy get me out of here
After letting Jareth hold her for a bit, Sarah began to get nervous. She'd been gone from the store for a while and she was sure her dad would be getting angry by now. Sensing her disquiet, Jareth reluctantly let her go with a sad smile.
"I should be getting back," Sarah told him softly. He gestured to a doorway nearby and it opened to reveal the now-empty goblin's workshop. Sarah stared at it emotionlessly for a minute before turning to Jareth. "Do you mean that I was wandering around in circles?" Sarah asked carefully, anger hidden in her voice.
"Not really. My castle is as fluid as my Labyrinth. Next time, just think about where you want to go and it will take you there," Jareth told her, a little worried that she would get angrier. He sighed silently in relief when she just nodded and went through the door. He followed after, a few steps behind her. Crossing the fairly large room, she went back into the crystal shop to see that her dad was still browsing through the crystals. Unreasonably irritated, Sarah checked on Toby and saw him dozing next to Hoggle with a crystal in his arms. Drawing closer, Sarah smiled thanks at Hoggle for watching her baby brother and shot a glare at the oblivious Karen who was staring at a crystal as if mesmerized. When she didn't blink for five minutes, Sarah grew concerned and turned to Jareth.
"It's alright. Most humans seem to react that way to one or the other of my crystals," Jareth reassured her before she had a chance to ask. Sarah stared around in confusion, sensing nothing unnatural in the shop. She couldn't sense magic in any of the crystals, only in the man standing behind her and Hoggle at the register.
"T'aint them crystals really, Miss Sarah," Hoggle told her when she didn't say anything. "It's them people. They's real good at losing themselves in dreams, it seems. Them crystals just share the dreams put into them." Sarah was slightly reassured. Hoggle wouldn't be so open if Jareth was making him try to hurt people. He was more likely to blush and mutter and try to bluster his way out of having to reveal details. Unfortunately, now she was slightly curious about the crystals that had made her life miserable so now she started looking around.
All around her, crystals glittered at her and she wasn't quite sure where to start. The walls had shelves hung on them that glittered with glass and she counted twelve different turnstiles with four levels of shelves mostly filled with her image. Looking at the one that Toby held, she was surprised to see it was an image of baby Toby laying in the Goblin Kings arms. The Goblin King sat in his throne surrounded by frightful-looking goblins. Looking at the nearest turnstile she saw that this set was filled with globes featuring her at the door to the Labyrinth, a little fairy in her hands. Sarah winced and rubbed her hand where the fairy had bitten her.
"Everyone will believe the fairy was nice," Sarah muttered.
"Yes. But, you must admit, it doesn't look mean," Jareth replied from behind her.
"If it had, I wouldn't have picked it up," Sarah retorted and Jareth laughed. Sarah glared at him and turned to the next stand. This one was half filled with globes of Sarah in her room with the garbage lady after the drugged peach and the other half was filled with a bust of Jareth frowning as he stared into a crystal where a small Sarah wandered the labyrinth. Sarah supposed they weren't as popular as the fairy globe. Wandering to where Karen was still staring at the same globe, she sighed when she saw that she was staring at a globe containing Sarah dancing in the ballroom with Jareth though none of the other dancers were pictured. They did appear in the globes on the next turnstile with the ones showing the strange red creatures that played with their heads and the ones that showed her walking with Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Didymus riding Ambrosia. Staring around at the others, Sarah shook her head at the complex crystals.
Making her way over by her dad, she noticed a crystal with an unfamiliar scene. She and Jareth were in their Labyrinthian clothing sitting on a blanket with a picnic while her brother, also formally dressed, played with a fairy. Glancing back at Jareth she was glad to see he had the grace to blush. "Cute," she muttered passing that crystal by in irritation. Her dad was browsing through a set of smaller crystals featuring multiple Labyrinthian poses of her, poses of her and Jareth, her and Toby, Jareth and even Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Didymus. Sarah rolled her eyes and found herself getting upset at being surrounded by so many globes full of her dreams, her Labyrinth. Her head started to hurt and it seemed as if the room was spinning.
"Daddy, get me out of here," Sarah pleaded.
After letting Jareth hold her for a bit, Sarah began to get nervous. She'd been gone from the store for a while and she was sure her dad would be getting angry by now. Sensing her disquiet, Jareth reluctantly let her go with a sad smile.
"I should be getting back," Sarah told him softly. He gestured to a doorway nearby and it opened to reveal the now-empty goblin's workshop. Sarah stared at it emotionlessly for a minute before turning to Jareth. "Do you mean that I was wandering around in circles?" Sarah asked carefully, anger hidden in her voice.
"Not really. My castle is as fluid as my Labyrinth. Next time, just think about where you want to go and it will take you there," Jareth told her, a little worried that she would get angrier. He sighed silently in relief when she just nodded and went through the door. He followed after, a few steps behind her. Crossing the fairly large room, she went back into the crystal shop to see that her dad was still browsing through the crystals. Unreasonably irritated, Sarah checked on Toby and saw him dozing next to Hoggle with a crystal in his arms. Drawing closer, Sarah smiled thanks at Hoggle for watching her baby brother and shot a glare at the oblivious Karen who was staring at a crystal as if mesmerized. When she didn't blink for five minutes, Sarah grew concerned and turned to Jareth.
"It's alright. Most humans seem to react that way to one or the other of my crystals," Jareth reassured her before she had a chance to ask. Sarah stared around in confusion, sensing nothing unnatural in the shop. She couldn't sense magic in any of the crystals, only in the man standing behind her and Hoggle at the register.
"T'aint them crystals really, Miss Sarah," Hoggle told her when she didn't say anything. "It's them people. They's real good at losing themselves in dreams, it seems. Them crystals just share the dreams put into them." Sarah was slightly reassured. Hoggle wouldn't be so open if Jareth was making him try to hurt people. He was more likely to blush and mutter and try to bluster his way out of having to reveal details. Unfortunately, now she was slightly curious about the crystals that had made her life miserable so now she started looking around.
All around her, crystals glittered at her and she wasn't quite sure where to start. The walls had shelves hung on them that glittered with glass and she counted twelve different turnstiles with four levels of shelves mostly filled with her image. Looking at the one that Toby held, she was surprised to see it was an image of baby Toby laying in the Goblin Kings arms. The Goblin King sat in his throne surrounded by frightful-looking goblins. Looking at the nearest turnstile she saw that this set was filled with globes featuring her at the door to the Labyrinth, a little fairy in her hands. Sarah winced and rubbed her hand where the fairy had bitten her.
"Everyone will believe the fairy was nice," Sarah muttered.
"Yes. But, you must admit, it doesn't look mean," Jareth replied from behind her.
"If it had, I wouldn't have picked it up," Sarah retorted and Jareth laughed. Sarah glared at him and turned to the next stand. This one was half filled with globes of Sarah in her room with the garbage lady after the drugged peach and the other half was filled with a bust of Jareth frowning as he stared into a crystal where a small Sarah wandered the labyrinth. Sarah supposed they weren't as popular as the fairy globe. Wandering to where Karen was still staring at the same globe, she sighed when she saw that she was staring at a globe containing Sarah dancing in the ballroom with Jareth though none of the other dancers were pictured. They did appear in the globes on the next turnstile with the ones showing the strange red creatures that played with their heads and the ones that showed her walking with Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Didymus riding Ambrosia. Staring around at the others, Sarah shook her head at the complex crystals.
Making her way over by her dad, she noticed a crystal with an unfamiliar scene. She and Jareth were in their Labyrinthian clothing sitting on a blanket with a picnic while her brother, also formally dressed, played with a fairy. Glancing back at Jareth she was glad to see he had the grace to blush. "Cute," she muttered passing that crystal by in irritation. Her dad was browsing through a set of smaller crystals featuring multiple Labyrinthian poses of her, poses of her and Jareth, her and Toby, Jareth and even Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Didymus. Sarah rolled her eyes and found herself getting upset at being surrounded by so many globes full of her dreams, her Labyrinth. Her head started to hurt and it seemed as if the room was spinning.
"Daddy, get me out of here," Sarah pleaded.