Dreams and Dreamers
By WhiteInfinity21
Disclaimer: I don't own the Labyrinth.
Prompt: Drama
"Jenni, for the last time get off my throne and stop terrorizing the goblins!" Jareth roared at his younger sister, a flaxen haired, blue-eyed spoiled-rotten terror of a teenager, who was currently swinging a little goblin above her head by his toes.
"Aw, big brother, you're no fun!" Jenni whined, dropping the goblin with a thud.
"I'm the Goblin King, fun isn't in the job description," Jareth ground out, "now go to your chambers and stay there until Mother and Father come to pick you up after the council meeting is over."
"It's not fair!" she complained, Jareth cringing at the all too familiar phrase, "why can't I ever do what I want? I never get to go to any of the interesting things Mom and Dad go to. And you never let me have any fun whenever they dump me here in your stinking little, backwater kingdom."
Jareth was fast losing patience with his younger sibling. He was almost ready to dump her in an oubliette and leave her there till their parents came for her, consequences be dammed.
It was true that their parents often foisted their youngest off on him when they went to important events since she was an overly dramatic, self-indulgent, little trouble maker who had no sense of decorum. Neither of the siblings liked the arrangement but Jareth was able to control Jenni's antics to an extent, something that even their parents had trouble with.
"No one ever lets me do anything the way I want to!" Jenni continued, "especially not you, Rat King!"
Jareth scowled deeply at the much hated nick-name.
"Why do I always have to do what I am told? I'm a member of the royal family too but no one ever follows my orders!" Jenni was gathering steam for a furious tirade.
"Enough Jenni! For once in you life would you please shut your trap!" Jareth shouted.
"Oh take that stick out of your ass already Jareth," Jenni shot back, "I can't help it that your feathers are still ruffled by that mortal who turned you down flat."
Enough was enough! Jareth was tired of listening to his little sister, who was still sitting on his throne, bitch and moan. Her mentioning of Sarah, still a sore subject years later after the event, was the straw that broke the camel's back. He summoned a crystal in preparation of sending her to a special, magic-proof oubliette he had just for her.
"She had the right idea though. In all the time I've ever known you, she's the only one who stood up to you and showed you who's boss," Jenni remarked, a germ of an idea quickly growing in her devious little mind.
"You're treading on thin ice Jenni," Jareth warned, fingering the crystal in his palm.
Jenni ignored her brother's thinly veiled threat.
"Oh! I just had a wonderful idea!" she exclaimed, "not only will I solve your little romantic problem but I'll also finally be able to do what I want for a change."
Jareth prepared to hurl the crystal at his sister.
"I wish that Sarah Williams would come and take you away right now!" Jenni announced smugly.
"Why you little-!" Jareth began before disappearing in a flash of glitter, leaving Jenni giggling furiously on his throne.
"Ok boys," Jenni announced to the stunned goblins, "there is a new Queen in town and we're going to start doing things my way around here. You can start by cleaning up this pigsty of a throne room."
The goblins looked at each other and then Jenni and burst out laughing.
"The only one whose wes listens to is yours brother," one of the smarter goblins spoke, "hes has ours respect, hes earned it. You, yous earned nothing, so wes don'ts listens to you."
Jenni starred at the goblins stunned. Never in her entire life had anyone shown her such disrespect.
"You little cretins! Jareth is gone, I'm the one with the power now and you will do as I say!" she shrieked.
The goblins burst out laughing again.
A rather plump one with fat tears rolling down his cheeks managed to gasp out between his laughter, "Good one Lady. But we thanks you for sending Kingy to Lady Sarah."
"Yeah!" another goblin chimed in, "he's been moping for too long about her. Wouldn't get up the nerves to go visit her."
"Maybe when he comes back with her he'll start singing more!" yet another goblin hopefully suggested.
The other goblins all agreed, ignoring Jenni who was throwing a spectacular hissy fit on Jareth's throne.
Jareth groaned as he came too. The forced transportation that his sister's wish invoked packed a hell of a punch. Warily the Goblin King opened his eyes and saw a slowly rotating ceiling fan above him along with a set of familiar, amused green eyes.
"I can't wait to hear the story behind this one," Sarah laughed.
Jareth groaned again and shut his eyes. This just wasn't his day.
For my lovely reviewer, GreenEyedGrimKitty who always is there to provide me more incentive to write more drabbles. Hope you enjoy the fruit of your prompt.