The Black Queen's Magic

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Mizumi turned a cold eye to the western wing of the castle beyond the goblin city and there she found something that made her cringe. At least it was something worth loathing if only for the moment.

"Rise and seek out the dark places of the world, the stars that lay cradled in the depths between the moons and the sun…"The energy's Mizumi invoked spun the elements into frenzy and they fought their natural instincts. Wind blew in maddening torrents and howled down into the city, the scones along the wall sputtered while fire crept up the walls despite having nothing to fuel its rage and the dampness of the room pooled together at Mizumi's very feet in puddles. "Rise and seek out the girl. Find me the human girl named Sarah and bring her to me…"

At that moment the fire flash violently and stunned the eyes. When the light calmed nothing remained the darkness. And then… in an eerie voice an answer.

"Fury has gone at once. Despair also… I shall find them and I will show the woman of your eye Sorrow…" Mizumi smiled and walked away. Three creatures summoned to enact three tasks. She watched Fury destroy the western wing of the castle, her first demand set to ruin the memory of the Goblin 'King'. She would rebuild Labyrinth starting Jareth's gift to Sarah as it had once been meant for her. Despair wound flow through the city and sap the goblins will to revolt and wage war against her while Sorrow was going to finish what she herself should have done when first she'd set eyes on the young woman at the edges of Labyrinth…

"I shall mend my mistakes now… and as for you…" She turned he back from the flames that engulfed a massive part of the castle. "Find Moulin. Find her and bring her to me unharmed and do not return unless you have her. Come before me with another failure and you will receive no simple punishment like you have now…"

Esker watched his Lady leave him and as crippled as she had the moment he'd lay eyes on her; speechless. This time it was not a matter of not finding the words, but worse. She'd removed his tongue in her rage…

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Change

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Sarah sat with crossed legs and listened to everything Moulin knew and Moulin was more than happy to through something in Mizumi's path. Vital information about ablations, Toby and Mizumi's plans to take Labyrinth unfolded at Sarah's feet while idea's to conquer a new Labyrinth bombarded her. Jareth was not the enemy this time despite having started all of this which made her needs easier and harder. She didn't know Mizumi and what she could do and didn't have a book that told her everything though Moulin came close. But Mizumi didn't know her or what she could do… all she wanted was Toby and to leave. After that, anything was game.

"You started this war right? So what is your plan? I want to help." Moulin took in what she could and offered everything. Sarah moved, spoke and devised things that fuelled Moulin with an almost uncomfortable amount of energy. She wanted to act, she wanted to do something…

"Kind of… a will-o-wisp declared war by the queen… I don't think they understood who I really was and the goblin's revolted at the message they received. It was what I wanted, don't get me wrong, but I actually didn't do anything. I've sent a friend to spread the word that war has come to Labyrinth and that they must take action. In the confusion I plan to find Toby, get him to safety and worry about the queen… Are you sure you know what you're doing? I know she wants to get at you, but… I don't plan to walk away fro Labyrinth until its back to normal. I can't because they will simply come and take Toby again… I need to put everything right and they means I have to get Jareth back on the throne… I'm going to fight your mother…"

"She's not my mother. I wasn't born; I wasn't made out of love. I was created out of spite and cast aside. She destroyed Drumlin. I'm not going to die. I don't want to…" Even though Moulin spoke of human emotions she clearly felt ill over the thought of fighting Mizumi whether it was fear of death or quilt of raising a hand against the only thing you believed was important.

"Alright… I don't want to hurt her. So when this is all done with… you can come with me. I'll take you to my world where she can't get you." Sarah said that while arguing the idea of hiding a girl with a perma-raincloud overhead.

"You would do that?" Stunned and shock Moulin touched something that didn't occur in her life at all. Kindness without expectation; It was a facet not known to her world and it made her paranoid. "Why?" And in her own way Sarah combatted the same odd feeling that the girl before her did.

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Not being able to understand 'why'

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"Because that's the right thing to do."

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The Black Knight

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"Goblins of Labyrinth!" Toby stood before a group of goblins, some he'd seen before and had been unable to forget, others he'd simply never met. He stood on top a wooden box and addressed the denizens of Labyrinth. "An imposter sits upon your throne! Mizumi came as a guest and imprisioned your King! Forced him to flee, but she has made a mistake in allowing him free! Because he stands before you now, on equal ground as you and asking for your help! I ask you, help me take back Labyrinth and make it great once more!" Toby's speech was heard right to the back of the crowd were Jareth sat and listened with actual surprise. He'd expected the goblins to laugh and perhaps take him right to Mizumi, but instead he had won their hearts. The crowd was excited by his prospects of death and war. They wanted freedom, they wanted a King that would protect them… "This 'Queen' must be removed from Labyrinth so that a new era can begin. I will help usher forth a wondrous flood for this land and together, with the late King of Labyrinth, we will make Labyrinth a realm to be envious of!" The goblins roared. Toby won Labyrinth and Jareth was pulled in by their dreams… the dreams he'd once wanted to protect and new dreams that Toby infected him with… Dreams and desires that were so similar… "Come on Jareth!"

"To Jareth! To Toby! Kings of Labyrinth!" Cheers erupted as the goblins moved about with purpose, they would first move to gather others and then they would move to take back their city and castle… and a though hit Jareth that sparked life in the wounded heart of a cold King as he was lifted up and along with Toby.

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I built the walls of Labyrinth to keep the world out. I allowed Sarah into my world yet the Labyrinth remained… So why does it still stand if I no longer have the title of Goblin King? What keeps Labyrinth standing if clearly Mizumi has not received that title… How really owns Labyrinth… Why do I even care?