To Restore The Family Honor
Author: Drakelah Whip
Rating: M (For some language, violence, and sexual content)
Summary: Sulila, Jareth's sister and a queen in an alternate dimension, has charged Jareth with the loss of the family honor. Due to his letting Sarah Williams win against the labyrinth, Jareth has been on trial for years in the kingdoms, questioning his kingship and his honor. After six years, Sulila is fed up with the proceedings, and decides to restore the honor herself by destroying the 21 year old Sarah. Jareth decides that he will protect Sarah from unfair persecution, thus threatening his position as king and lead to a family confrontation.
As all of the underground knew, Jareth had a younger sister. Sulila was the only daughter of their parents, with her two elder brothers, Jareth and Meric. Jareth being the oldest, she was the family baby while Meric suffered the inevitable middle-child syndrome of semi-absent parenting and a distinct love of competition with this siblings. The parents had long since retired their throne, handing it over to Jareth. Meric received the kingship over the trolls and Sulila, that of the wolves.
The underground did not operate like the world above, there were no countries or states, simply dimensions of earth-like bodies. So to rule a kingdom, was to control an entire planet. To keep rivalry to a minimum, the parents had secured these kingdoms for their children. This was not to say that there weren't numerous other worlds in alternate dimensional planes; of course there were. Other beings, fairies, elves, centaurs, or weres resided there.
There was only one other ground, that of the magic-less world above. Since the human realm was not able to protect themselves, they were guarded and kept oblivious to the universe around them. Save one soul, a Sarah Williams, whose interaction with the Goblin King Jareth had given her eyes to what she believed to be pure fantasy. Something that did not sit well with anyone except Jareth, who remained apathetic or ambivalent to the whole affair. She won, he accepted it, and they'd moved on. There were no more transfers between the worlds except when Sarah called for the company of her underground friends. This had never included Jareth or any other royalty.
After nearly a year of Sarah having such access to the teleportation powers, the elders of the underground caught wind of the activity. When parallel kingdoms are involved, there must be a place of gathering that is agreed upon by all. Such a place was often found in the celestial kingdom, the residence of all immortals that had once ruled. A crystal paradise where peace and paradise could be found by all. With the exception of the occasional outside matters that came in for trial, all conflicts had been placed aside. It was here where the parents of Jareth, king Lucen and queen Adona, resided. It was also here that they became aware of the human woman Sarah, and their son's connection to her.