Hello all loyal fans **glares at the ones who have not reviewed, then bursts out in tears** you all hate me! No one is reviewing! I used to get like 12 per chapter now I'm lucky if I get 5. **sobs** Then, I had to send Jareth back to the Underground because the cops came to my house. **grins evilly** but I never said that I didn't keep him handcuffed and gagged…
Jareth: **appears behind her** Which took me a long time to get out of.
CS: EP! Um… read and review please… I won't beg.
Jareth: **snorts**
CS: Okay I will but please save me the embarrassment.
Disclaimer: Um… hi… My name is Claire Starling. **Hi Claire Starling** And this is my 200th visit to Labyrinth Anonymous. **mixed gasps from the newcomers and "that's all?" from the elders** And I'm obsessed with the Labyrinth. **A shout of "what about Jareth's tights?" comes from the back, where Cherry sits looking around innocently after her comment** And I… **sniff** I… don't own the Labyrinth. **sobs** **"Join the club!"** I also want to say that though Jaden's name is mentioned, he does NOT belong to me, he belongs to Spider Girl. **A figure near the front gets up and bows "Thank you, thank you" people applaud and she sits back down** Celeste and all other characters that where not featured in the movie Labyrinth belong to me. **people applaud and CS grins**
A/N 1: Just so no one is confused, I had the chapter about Celeste's dream so I figured I would allow incite to Jareth and Sarah's dreams. So, this is all coming around at the same time. The scream was the one Celeste had omitted during her dream. Thank you and sorry for the confusion.
Chapter Nine: The Gallery
Jareth and Sarah stepped out of Celeste's room fifteen minutes later. After calming her down Jareth had put a minor sleeping spell on her. Jareth and Sarah walked in silence until Jareth spoke up.
"Would you like something to eat?" Regretting the words as soon as they escaped his lips. He knew he could not withdraw the statement but he just hoped she wouldn't be offended.
"No, I'm fine," She said, ignoring the awful craving that had been brewing since she had awoken.
The silence continued on, stretching painfully. An awkward silence, they both concluded. Both wanting to break it but not knowing what to say. Jareth noticing they were in fact already walking through some of the castle he decided to say something. "I'm sure my sister has told you the history of the Labyrinth and let you tour it. But you have not seen the castle yet, would you like a tour?" He asked, hoping that the desperate feeling he had inside was covered.
"Sure," Sarah replied, a shy smile coming onto her face.
They traveled to each room, some she remembered but they were completely redone. He explained the origin of each room, how it was created and a brief history. They even walked through the Escher room, him telling her the secrets of it, and the ballroom, in which Sarah had blushed through out the entire time. Finally they reached the gallery where Sarah finally released the questions held up inside.
"When Celeste was telling me about the Labyrinth, she left out herself. Tell me about her." Sarah asked, yet didn't.
Jareth a sighed and nodded. "Celeste is the oldest out of the "magical triplets" as I am sure you have heard. She looked after both me and Jaden," he spat the name out. "Anyway, about ten thousand years ago she inherited her kingdom- the Fairy Tale kingdom. It's where every story ever spoken or written lives. She ruled it equally and was a good ruler. All her subjects loved her and were visited by her at least once a month. She was very loving and devoted.
"Anyway, she was engaged to a man name Gabriel. He was common Fae and a knight in my father's court. They were a wonderful couple. About five thousand years ago, I inherited my kingdom, which was around the time Gabriel and Celeste became engaged. I was delighted for her. Though she was a kind spirit, she was always tinged with loneliness and I envied her. I also noticed that Gavinn had been attempting to court her and unsuccessfully trying to seduce her. I was worried so I watched over her.
"Right after the second anniversary of inheriting my kingdom, Gabriel and Celeste where going to have their wedding at my castle seeing as everyone was already gathered there. The night before the wedding three people disappeared, Jaden, Celeste, and Gabriel. Celeste and Gabriel were never found but Jaden appeared afterwards claiming that he had found both his sister and future brother missing and went to look for them. We believed him.
"Two years later he tried to kill Clarice, my younger sister, because she had accidentally broken a statue in his wing of the castle. He was trialed, found guilty, stripped of his power, and exiled unto Earth. We later found out he was a vampire and associated with Gabriel's death but, since he was exiled, he was no longer our problem."
Sarah looked offended and was about to say something when Jareth spoke again, "Sarah, don't be mad at me. This is the way of the court. Several Fae, myself included, have been trying to change the ways but it is a battle not yet won."
Sarah nodded and changed the subject. "Who are these people?"
"These are the challengers of the labyrinth, Sarah."
Sarah looked at them. Each was a large portrait of the person, underneath had the name, age, and the year in which they traveled. Under that, there was a comic strip like picture showing their journey. And under that was the name or names of the children wished away by that person, their age, and what happened to the child and the wisher after the challenge.
There were millions of pictures. About three fourths of the wishers had wished away a sibling. One hundred people had wished themselves away. Twenty had wished themselves and another individual away. Only ten had wished away an older person. One girl, had almost completed the labyrinth, but was defeated in the Escher room. Her name was Dawn and she had wished her older brother Jason. She was currently living in the Labyrinth with her husband who had wished himself away. Jason had become, as Sarah was shocked to find, her beloved Ludo.
She was looking along all of them until she saw one up ahead that was bigger than the others were. It's frame was made of silver where as the others were wood. She ran ahead and was shocked to see herself. The grand portrait was of her in the ballroom. Underneath it, it read:
SOLVER OF THE LABYRINTH
SARAH JESSICA WILLIAMS, 15
1986
The comic strip did indeed show her entire adventure, from her meeting with Hoggle, to her dance in the ballroom, to the final confrontation. Underneath it lay further information about Toby and her life afterwards.
A voice broke her reverie, "You were the only one who solved the Labyrinth, Sarah. And the only one who returned."
She spun to see him and found herself in his arms. She looked up into his eyes and was trapped by the depths the mismatched eyes held. Jareth's head lowered and Sarah closed her eyes and waited to be kissed. But she wasn't kissed, she felt him pull away. Sarah's eyes opened, her green eyes pools of confusion.
"I should see how Celeste is doing, she should be awake by now," Jareth spun around turning to go back to Celeste. He was scared to fall in love with her, so he ran away, he didn't want another broken heart.
Sarah broke down and cried. She blindly ran out of the castle and into the garden.
*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
Gavinn watched through the crystal as Sarah ran into the garden.
"All alone, my pet? And crying too. Aw, poor thing. Well, just listen to my song and you will never feel that pain again." He whispered. Getting ready to form the spell that would break Jareth, and bring both Celeste and Sarah to him forever.
***
CS: **Laughs and hides behind a shield which is stopping all the rotten peaches from hitting her** Na Na Na Na Na. I'm leaving you here! **looks at the one handcuff around her wrist** Oh, that. Well, I did a Hannibal thing and cut the chain to the handcuffs with a cleaver and ran off. I'll pick the lock later. Oh, and all you Buffy fans I have a question. I have recently added Buffy to my "must watch" list in August. But, I have never found out when they write the titles of the episode. So, if you could enlighten me I would be grateful. Thank you. **Runs off and locks the door behind her keeping out all the rotten peaches**
Jareth: **appears behind her** Which took me a long time to get out of.
CS: EP! Um… read and review please… I won't beg.
Jareth: **snorts**
CS: Okay I will but please save me the embarrassment.
Disclaimer: Um… hi… My name is Claire Starling. **Hi Claire Starling** And this is my 200th visit to Labyrinth Anonymous. **mixed gasps from the newcomers and "that's all?" from the elders** And I'm obsessed with the Labyrinth. **A shout of "what about Jareth's tights?" comes from the back, where Cherry sits looking around innocently after her comment** And I… **sniff** I… don't own the Labyrinth. **sobs** **"Join the club!"** I also want to say that though Jaden's name is mentioned, he does NOT belong to me, he belongs to Spider Girl. **A figure near the front gets up and bows "Thank you, thank you" people applaud and she sits back down** Celeste and all other characters that where not featured in the movie Labyrinth belong to me. **people applaud and CS grins**
A/N 1: Just so no one is confused, I had the chapter about Celeste's dream so I figured I would allow incite to Jareth and Sarah's dreams. So, this is all coming around at the same time. The scream was the one Celeste had omitted during her dream. Thank you and sorry for the confusion.
Chapter Nine: The Gallery
Jareth and Sarah stepped out of Celeste's room fifteen minutes later. After calming her down Jareth had put a minor sleeping spell on her. Jareth and Sarah walked in silence until Jareth spoke up.
"Would you like something to eat?" Regretting the words as soon as they escaped his lips. He knew he could not withdraw the statement but he just hoped she wouldn't be offended.
"No, I'm fine," She said, ignoring the awful craving that had been brewing since she had awoken.
The silence continued on, stretching painfully. An awkward silence, they both concluded. Both wanting to break it but not knowing what to say. Jareth noticing they were in fact already walking through some of the castle he decided to say something. "I'm sure my sister has told you the history of the Labyrinth and let you tour it. But you have not seen the castle yet, would you like a tour?" He asked, hoping that the desperate feeling he had inside was covered.
"Sure," Sarah replied, a shy smile coming onto her face.
They traveled to each room, some she remembered but they were completely redone. He explained the origin of each room, how it was created and a brief history. They even walked through the Escher room, him telling her the secrets of it, and the ballroom, in which Sarah had blushed through out the entire time. Finally they reached the gallery where Sarah finally released the questions held up inside.
"When Celeste was telling me about the Labyrinth, she left out herself. Tell me about her." Sarah asked, yet didn't.
Jareth a sighed and nodded. "Celeste is the oldest out of the "magical triplets" as I am sure you have heard. She looked after both me and Jaden," he spat the name out. "Anyway, about ten thousand years ago she inherited her kingdom- the Fairy Tale kingdom. It's where every story ever spoken or written lives. She ruled it equally and was a good ruler. All her subjects loved her and were visited by her at least once a month. She was very loving and devoted.
"Anyway, she was engaged to a man name Gabriel. He was common Fae and a knight in my father's court. They were a wonderful couple. About five thousand years ago, I inherited my kingdom, which was around the time Gabriel and Celeste became engaged. I was delighted for her. Though she was a kind spirit, she was always tinged with loneliness and I envied her. I also noticed that Gavinn had been attempting to court her and unsuccessfully trying to seduce her. I was worried so I watched over her.
"Right after the second anniversary of inheriting my kingdom, Gabriel and Celeste where going to have their wedding at my castle seeing as everyone was already gathered there. The night before the wedding three people disappeared, Jaden, Celeste, and Gabriel. Celeste and Gabriel were never found but Jaden appeared afterwards claiming that he had found both his sister and future brother missing and went to look for them. We believed him.
"Two years later he tried to kill Clarice, my younger sister, because she had accidentally broken a statue in his wing of the castle. He was trialed, found guilty, stripped of his power, and exiled unto Earth. We later found out he was a vampire and associated with Gabriel's death but, since he was exiled, he was no longer our problem."
Sarah looked offended and was about to say something when Jareth spoke again, "Sarah, don't be mad at me. This is the way of the court. Several Fae, myself included, have been trying to change the ways but it is a battle not yet won."
Sarah nodded and changed the subject. "Who are these people?"
"These are the challengers of the labyrinth, Sarah."
Sarah looked at them. Each was a large portrait of the person, underneath had the name, age, and the year in which they traveled. Under that, there was a comic strip like picture showing their journey. And under that was the name or names of the children wished away by that person, their age, and what happened to the child and the wisher after the challenge.
There were millions of pictures. About three fourths of the wishers had wished away a sibling. One hundred people had wished themselves away. Twenty had wished themselves and another individual away. Only ten had wished away an older person. One girl, had almost completed the labyrinth, but was defeated in the Escher room. Her name was Dawn and she had wished her older brother Jason. She was currently living in the Labyrinth with her husband who had wished himself away. Jason had become, as Sarah was shocked to find, her beloved Ludo.
She was looking along all of them until she saw one up ahead that was bigger than the others were. It's frame was made of silver where as the others were wood. She ran ahead and was shocked to see herself. The grand portrait was of her in the ballroom. Underneath it, it read:
SOLVER OF THE LABYRINTH
SARAH JESSICA WILLIAMS, 15
1986
The comic strip did indeed show her entire adventure, from her meeting with Hoggle, to her dance in the ballroom, to the final confrontation. Underneath it lay further information about Toby and her life afterwards.
A voice broke her reverie, "You were the only one who solved the Labyrinth, Sarah. And the only one who returned."
She spun to see him and found herself in his arms. She looked up into his eyes and was trapped by the depths the mismatched eyes held. Jareth's head lowered and Sarah closed her eyes and waited to be kissed. But she wasn't kissed, she felt him pull away. Sarah's eyes opened, her green eyes pools of confusion.
"I should see how Celeste is doing, she should be awake by now," Jareth spun around turning to go back to Celeste. He was scared to fall in love with her, so he ran away, he didn't want another broken heart.
Sarah broke down and cried. She blindly ran out of the castle and into the garden.
*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*
Gavinn watched through the crystal as Sarah ran into the garden.
"All alone, my pet? And crying too. Aw, poor thing. Well, just listen to my song and you will never feel that pain again." He whispered. Getting ready to form the spell that would break Jareth, and bring both Celeste and Sarah to him forever.
***
CS: **Laughs and hides behind a shield which is stopping all the rotten peaches from hitting her** Na Na Na Na Na. I'm leaving you here! **looks at the one handcuff around her wrist** Oh, that. Well, I did a Hannibal thing and cut the chain to the handcuffs with a cleaver and ran off. I'll pick the lock later. Oh, and all you Buffy fans I have a question. I have recently added Buffy to my "must watch" list in August. But, I have never found out when they write the titles of the episode. So, if you could enlighten me I would be grateful. Thank you. **Runs off and locks the door behind her keeping out all the rotten peaches**