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Kaye felt his eyes follow her until she turned a corner.
"Misses, ya okay? You're turning red as a fiery." The young goblin from breakfast said, looking up at her in worry. Kaye smiled down at him.
"I'm alright. Oh dear, I just realized I don't know your name!"
The little goblin stopped walking at this, causing a pile up in the hall, goblins falling all about.
"My name Misses? You want to know my name?" He squeaked out, his eyes wide. She laughed as she nodded to him.
"Sniggle. My name's Sniggle Misses." As he said this all the other goblins started shouting their names as well. Kaye started laughing again as she tried to remember them all.
"There are quite a few of you. It might take me a while to remember all of your names. Please don't get upset if it takes me awhile." She said before she started walking.
"Ain't no way we could get mad at you Miss!" Said a female goblin who Kaye believe said her name was Quip.
"That's right! You're too kind!" Another called out. Kaye smiled softly at them.
"Miss. Sawyer! What happened?" A loud voice called out, pulling all of their attention to Daisy who was rushing over to them.
"I got lost when I fell," Kaye said, her face flushing slightly as the dwarf clicked her tongue, rushing her into her room. Kaye waved goodbye and thanked the goblins before the door was shut. Draco jumped up on the bed, laying down to watch the women.
"You are so clumsy. I'll run you a bath so you can clean up." Daisy said before going into the bathroom, Kaye following her.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean for any of it to happen."
"Don't worry Miss. Though we all thought the king would lose it when he found out you were in the labyrinth. He didn't even wait to punish the goblins before he left to find you." Daisy told her as they watched the tub fill quickly.
"Yeah, Sniggle told me that he didn't want anyone going in there."
"That's not why he was so upset Miss. The labyrinth is a dangerous place, even without all the beings that live in it."
Kaye pondered this as Daisy placed different bath salts into the hot water, turning it a light green in color as the smells of gardenias and strawberries filled the air.
"After your bath, we must get you ready for dinner. All the fae folk in the area will be here. I'm sure everything will be fine." Daisy finished as she caught the nervous look on Kaye's face. Once the bath was ready she stepped out, leaving Kaye to clean her self as well to ponder her thoughts.
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Jareth sat on his bed, his head in his hands. His mind was still running through the events that had just happened. The labyrinth had alerted him that someone had entered, causing him to pull one of his crystals to see who it was. The moment he saw the goblins running, Kaye following behind them, he felt his stomach drop. Ignoring everyone around him he stormed off to the gate just as the goblins and Draco skidded to a halt in front of him.
"You took her to the labyrinth?" He shouted at them, expecting to hear her sweet small voice speak up for them, his brow furrowed at the silence. Looking around he noticed she was no longer with them. As he pulled another crystal the goblins flinched, expecting the worse. Instead, he used it to search for where the young woman had gone. Once he saw she was at the peach tree panic filled him. He rushed past the surprised goblins to where he knew her to be, he quickly stopped moving when he saw her sitting on the bench, leaning against the tree with her eyes closed. For a moment he thought she had eaten one of the peaches but he noticed her hands were empty and no peaches were on the ground. Looking back at her he felt his heart jerk. One her pale face were tears. Of course, he let out some snide remark when he saw them to cover his concern. He had been surprised by her question but had answered it smoothly. But when she had hugged him he was thrown off guard again and had frozen. The feel of someone flushed up against him was something new. Not that he was a virgin by any means, but to be hugged was something that had never happened in his long adult life. When she had shot back, her soft lips stumbling over the apology she felt she needed to give he felt a fit of intense anger towards the man that had made her that way. He felt his powers reacting to his sudden anger, the pure strength causing a strong wind to surround them. Jareth quickly gained control of his self as she stumbled from the force of the wind, catching her by the arm he became upset with his self for almost causing her harm. But as they walked and began speaking he was able to see the most beautiful thing. She had smiled. Her eyes had lit up and she had looked so happy. And he had caused it. Yet that moment had been so short-lived, first the goblins then the other fae's had interrupted them. She had left to get cleaned up as he stood watching her walk away, laughing and talking happily to the goblins. Once she was out of sight he teleported to his room. He had conjured another crystal to watch as she went to her room. He knew if he truly wanted to stay alone and unhurt he had to make this girl leave. He was convinced that she would betray him, just as Sarah had, but he couldn't find it in him. He wanted to see her smile as she had before again, but he was a greedy man. He wanted to be the one to cause those smiles and see them first hand, not to watch from afar. He let the crystal fall as he put his head in his hands. He stayed that way until there was a knock at his door, alerting him to the fact that dinner was ready.
