Labyrinth: The Second Journey, Part 3
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I don't own the Labyrinth. I wish I did, but I don't think I have that kind of
money. Darn.
Spoilers: Pretty much the whole Labyrinth movie.
A/N: I'm really glad you like this! I'm a new fanfiction author, and I really like the
support. Thank you!
There were two corridors. One spread right, and the other left. Not really caring
which way he went, he chose right. Soon, Toby found out the same thing that Sarah did.
The corridor seemed to go one forever. Just when he was about to give up and go back
the other way, he stopped to rest against one of the walls and fell through an opening.
"Stupid thing," he said.
As he made his way through the stone maze, he caught sight of the castle. He
gazed upon the dark, twisted towers and wondered what was happening to Sarah.
When Sarah woke up, it was dawn. Her room, in one of the highest towers, was
furnished simply, yet elegantly, and she arose to explore her new surroundings. She
didn't remember how she had gotten there, but there was a vague memory of floating
gently across time and space. Sarah was fully aware of where she was, but she wasn't
afraid, like she'd thought she'd be. /It must be part of the Goblin magic/, she thought.
She could sense it everywhere.
Sarah looked into the mirror across the room and noticed that she looked sixteen
again. She felt her old youthful energy spring up again. It was just as if her stepmother
had never been. She was free to dream.
Then she noticed the crystal on a small table beside her bed. She slowly put out
her hand, almost afraid that it would pop like a soap bubble. When she touched it, she
only felt the cool, glass-like surface and the slight tingly feeling of the magic inside. She
looked into it and saw Jareth sitting in his throne room. The Goblins were scattered
around him, wreaking havoc of the place, as usual. She glanced at the clock on the wall
beside the Goblin King, which said 2:24. Her eyes wandered back to Jareth's, and she
jumped when he looked up. /He can't see me/, she reassured herself, but she was
mistaken. She observed Jareth calling one of his servants to him, whispering in his ear,
and sending him off hurriedly.
/What is he up to now? /, she thought.
A few moments later, there came a soft knock on her door. Sarah got up and
opened it to the very same Goblin Jareth had talked to. He carried a breakfast plate with
scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and orange juice. Sarah took the tray from him and
thanked him kindly. Then another Goblin stepped up from behind the first and gave her a
soft, linen, silver gown. She accepted this as well, and the two Goblins left her again.
Then she realized that Jareth must have sensed that she was awake and using the
crystal to look at him. She changed into the gown, ate her breakfast, and gazed into the
crystal again. This time, Jareth was nowhere to be seen. While she was wondering why,
the image in the crystal changed to a hall, at the end of which was a door. Then she saw
Jareth walking down the hall toward it. As he knocked on this door, Sarah heard the
same knock echo on hers.
Sarah shyly got up and opened it.
The Goblin King stood before her for the first time in twelve years. He
mismatched eyes looked upon her warmly, something she didn't expect.
"Hello, Sarah."
Sarah was unable to say anything. His presence imposed a great sense of awe and
wonder, not the fear and hatred she had felt for him before. His voice was soft and
strange. Why hadn't she noticed it before? Then she realized that she had, back when
she had eaten the peach and was dancing with him inside the crystal ballroom.
"Aren't you going to let me in?"
"Sure," she said.
Sarah opened the door wider, and the Goblin King stepped inside. She closed the
door again and turned to face him.
"Do you remember why you are here?" he inquired.
"Honestly, no."
"Toby sent you. He's in the Labyrinth right now, searching for you."
"Poor kid. He'll never make it, will he?"
"You know as well as I that he has very little imagination. His lack of mental
power could even kill him in there. We'll have to see."
"Please don't hurt him, Jareth." He looked at her with mild surprise. "He's my
brother, and he would only be in there if he loved me."
"There are rules, you know. I bent them enough when you were there."
"What rules? I know that Huggle, Ludo, and Sir Didymus were there to help me,
but what did you do?"
"There are many worse things in the Labyrinth than tunnel cleaners and stinking
bogs. I steered you away from the most dangerous things."
"Why, Jareth. Why did you protect me and turn the world upside down?"
"Don't you think that would have been obvious by now?" He almost looked hurt.
"You said yourself that the King of the Goblins had fallen in love with you."
"I was telling a story to Toby…"
"But you meant that. I can see into people's hearts."
"Then you would have known that I really didn't mean for you to take Toby
away, but you took him anyway. Why?"
"I wanted you to meet me. You needed to be closer to your brother, anyway."
"Half brother," Sarah answered automatically.
"Yes."
There was silence in the room for a while, until Sarah finally asked, "How is he
doing?"
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I don't own the Labyrinth. I wish I did, but I don't think I have that kind of
money. Darn.
Spoilers: Pretty much the whole Labyrinth movie.
A/N: I'm really glad you like this! I'm a new fanfiction author, and I really like the
support. Thank you!
There were two corridors. One spread right, and the other left. Not really caring
which way he went, he chose right. Soon, Toby found out the same thing that Sarah did.
The corridor seemed to go one forever. Just when he was about to give up and go back
the other way, he stopped to rest against one of the walls and fell through an opening.
"Stupid thing," he said.
As he made his way through the stone maze, he caught sight of the castle. He
gazed upon the dark, twisted towers and wondered what was happening to Sarah.
When Sarah woke up, it was dawn. Her room, in one of the highest towers, was
furnished simply, yet elegantly, and she arose to explore her new surroundings. She
didn't remember how she had gotten there, but there was a vague memory of floating
gently across time and space. Sarah was fully aware of where she was, but she wasn't
afraid, like she'd thought she'd be. /It must be part of the Goblin magic/, she thought.
She could sense it everywhere.
Sarah looked into the mirror across the room and noticed that she looked sixteen
again. She felt her old youthful energy spring up again. It was just as if her stepmother
had never been. She was free to dream.
Then she noticed the crystal on a small table beside her bed. She slowly put out
her hand, almost afraid that it would pop like a soap bubble. When she touched it, she
only felt the cool, glass-like surface and the slight tingly feeling of the magic inside. She
looked into it and saw Jareth sitting in his throne room. The Goblins were scattered
around him, wreaking havoc of the place, as usual. She glanced at the clock on the wall
beside the Goblin King, which said 2:24. Her eyes wandered back to Jareth's, and she
jumped when he looked up. /He can't see me/, she reassured herself, but she was
mistaken. She observed Jareth calling one of his servants to him, whispering in his ear,
and sending him off hurriedly.
/What is he up to now? /, she thought.
A few moments later, there came a soft knock on her door. Sarah got up and
opened it to the very same Goblin Jareth had talked to. He carried a breakfast plate with
scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and orange juice. Sarah took the tray from him and
thanked him kindly. Then another Goblin stepped up from behind the first and gave her a
soft, linen, silver gown. She accepted this as well, and the two Goblins left her again.
Then she realized that Jareth must have sensed that she was awake and using the
crystal to look at him. She changed into the gown, ate her breakfast, and gazed into the
crystal again. This time, Jareth was nowhere to be seen. While she was wondering why,
the image in the crystal changed to a hall, at the end of which was a door. Then she saw
Jareth walking down the hall toward it. As he knocked on this door, Sarah heard the
same knock echo on hers.
Sarah shyly got up and opened it.
The Goblin King stood before her for the first time in twelve years. He
mismatched eyes looked upon her warmly, something she didn't expect.
"Hello, Sarah."
Sarah was unable to say anything. His presence imposed a great sense of awe and
wonder, not the fear and hatred she had felt for him before. His voice was soft and
strange. Why hadn't she noticed it before? Then she realized that she had, back when
she had eaten the peach and was dancing with him inside the crystal ballroom.
"Aren't you going to let me in?"
"Sure," she said.
Sarah opened the door wider, and the Goblin King stepped inside. She closed the
door again and turned to face him.
"Do you remember why you are here?" he inquired.
"Honestly, no."
"Toby sent you. He's in the Labyrinth right now, searching for you."
"Poor kid. He'll never make it, will he?"
"You know as well as I that he has very little imagination. His lack of mental
power could even kill him in there. We'll have to see."
"Please don't hurt him, Jareth." He looked at her with mild surprise. "He's my
brother, and he would only be in there if he loved me."
"There are rules, you know. I bent them enough when you were there."
"What rules? I know that Huggle, Ludo, and Sir Didymus were there to help me,
but what did you do?"
"There are many worse things in the Labyrinth than tunnel cleaners and stinking
bogs. I steered you away from the most dangerous things."
"Why, Jareth. Why did you protect me and turn the world upside down?"
"Don't you think that would have been obvious by now?" He almost looked hurt.
"You said yourself that the King of the Goblins had fallen in love with you."
"I was telling a story to Toby…"
"But you meant that. I can see into people's hearts."
"Then you would have known that I really didn't mean for you to take Toby
away, but you took him anyway. Why?"
"I wanted you to meet me. You needed to be closer to your brother, anyway."
"Half brother," Sarah answered automatically.
"Yes."
There was silence in the room for a while, until Sarah finally asked, "How is he
doing?"