May The Force Be With You, Jareth

Chapter 2

Luke and Mara both looked past Jareth, who was pointing out over a vast stretch of land. "She's there, in my castle." he said. "Is that the castle beyond the Goblin City?" Luke asked. "Do you still want to look for her?" Jareth asked in return. "It doesn't look that far," Mara stated. "It's further than you think," Jareth replied. "Time is short. You have thirteen hours in which to solve the labyrinth before your neice becomes one of us forever. Such a pity."

With that, Jareth disappeared, and Luke and Mara started down the path towards the labyrinth. "Ok," Luke said. "According to LeAnn, there should be a dwarf around here to tell us how to get inside the maze..." "Could that be him?" Mara asked. They walked towards the dwarf they saw. "Excuse us," she said. The dwarf jumped slightly and spun around. "Oh, excuse me," he said. "I'm Hoggle. And who might you be?" "I'm Luke, and this is my wife, Mara. We're searching for the entrance so we can rescue our neice..."

"Cor, I think this is the first time Jareth has ever had someone wished away by two people at the same time," Hoggle said. "We didn't exactly wish LeAnn away..." Mara started. Hoggle's eyes lit up. "LeAnn? You're her aunt and uncle? Well why didn't you say so? C'mon. Ya gets in there." he said, opening the doors for the two Jedi. "Oh, and here's a hint. Go right and just keep goin'. There's all sorts of doors hidden in the walls of the outer coridor, but if you just keep goin' down to the right, you'll get straight to the castle, even if ya do gots ta go through the Bog of Eternal Stench. Just don't step in the water, there, and you'll be fine." Luke and Mara thanked him, and headed on their way.

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Meanwhile, in the castle, LeAnn had managed to get out of Jareth's sight and start running amock. She was currently in the library, an area she hadn't gotten a chance to explore during the Villian's Ball. She quickly used the Force to scan over all the book titles until she came to the one she was looking for. She carefully took it off the shelf, and used her thespian magic to cast the spell that would give her Fae magic. She then replaced the book and dashed out of the library.

Jareth, on the other hand, had grown tired of looking for her. Why did she have to be so much trouble? Just thinking about her was giving him a headache. He looked at the clock. 12 hours left. It was plenty of time in which to make a short visit to an old friend. The goblin King pulled out a crystal, threw it up, changed into an owl, and flew Aboveground. He then went to see Sarah, smiling to himself, knowing Sarah wasn't expecting a visit from him, friendly or no.