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"Hoggle!" Sarah cried with delight, "Ludo, Sir Didymus. I'm so glad to see you!"
She ran to them, hugging each
one in turn. Jareth stood back, not
wanting to intrude.
"You's back." Hoggle said, as
if it were expected. "It took you long enough."
"Yes, fair maiden. We were disappointed when you stopped
calling us." Didymus said, his whiskered nose trembling with excitement. "Did
you stop needing us?"
"I thought I did." Sarah
admitted, "But I was wrong. I stopped
making time in my life for what mattered to me."
"Your dreams." Hoggle pointed
out.
"And old friends." Sarah
added. "I've missed you. All of you."
"If you stay you can see us
whenever you want." Didymus told her.
Sarah shot Jareth a look,
grinning at the feigned innocence she saw on his face.
"Dirty pool, Jareth." She said
with a grin. "Since when have you three been on his side?"
"Jareth, friend." Ludo burst
out with, making everyone laugh.
"We's always been on his side." Hoggle said, somewhat ashamed as Sarah
stared at him. "Well, for the most part. We wanted you to make it through, but it couldn't be too easy for
you."
"You knew I was coming?" Sarah
asked, looking at all of them.
"Jareth told us." Didymus
replied. "He said his 'future Queen' was coming, and had to be tested."
"So that I could live here in
the Labyrinth."
"Yes." Hoggle said, "Is you
mad at us for helping him?"
Sarah looked around at her
friends, unable to reply for a moment. She should be mad. She had been
deceived. But the end result was that
she was getting what every girl had dreamed of. A fairy tale story, with a King who loved her and friends that
looked after her. And, of course,
living in a castle.
"Of course not." Sarah said
firmly. "We all learned something from
our trip through the Labyrinth together. Didn't we Jareth?"
"Yes, we did." He said softly,
pleased at her reaction to what she'd learned.
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"I just need you to keep him
busy for a few hours." Sarah told Hoggle, hurrying down the hallway towards her
room. "Just keep him out of the castle, ok?"
"How's I supposed to do that?" Hoggle asked, rushing after her.
"You'll think of something,
Hoggle." Sarah said with a grin.
"What's you planning, anyway?"
"A surprise." Sarah said softly, as the door to her room
closed behind her.
