I forgot to mention, this is sort of a duet story. Me and this other Labyrinth fanatic (how many of them aer
there?!) are writing this. So half the credit for this story, good or bad, goes to Navi, my friend. So read on
fair readers, and please review. See last chapter for disclaimers. I tried to make it longer, for Stephanie,
because it was short last time. I did that because people don't like long stories anymore than really short
ones. Hopefully this will be closer to the write length (ha ha, bad pun.)
With a flash of glitter, a four-year-old sat in the middle of the throne room in the castle beyond the
goblin city. Kelly stared around her in amazement. Just a second ago, Niki was being really mean, but now
she was in a big stone house with a really scary looking man. He knelt so he was eye-level with the little
girl. He smiled warmly, revealing pointed teeth."Hello Kelly. My name is Jareth. Do you know why you're
here?"
Kelly's brown eyes were wide. She asked cautiously, "Am I dreaming?"
Jareth's laugh was warm and comforting, at least in the four-year-old's eyes. "No, Kelly. Niki
wished you away. She was mad, and never wanted to see you again. Would you like to see her?" Kelly
nodded. Maybe Niki would tell her why she was here. "Alright then, little one. Niki, I summon thee!" He
added this last part, just for show, but it impressed Kelly enough to see her older sister appear.
Niki looked disoriented and slightly shimmery, but no worse for the jump. Jareth was surprised
that she hadn't gotten pulled in with her sister. Jumping from one world to the next was a risky business,
and usually anything or anyone close to, or touching, the person would get pulled along as well. Niki
looked at first her younger sister, clinging to her legs, and then at the ornately clad Goblin King. "Why
have you brought me here?"
"Don't be a cod fish, Niki. You wished away your little sister." He snuck up close to them to rub
Kelly's hair. Over Kelly's head he added, "By the way, you were right, she was half-goblin."
Niki gasped at this obscene proposal. "Nu-uh. I would've noticed you around my house."
Jareth smiled coyly. "I'm not her sire. I'm afraid that is my brother's doing. And after I've told
him not to mess with mortals. Let's bring him here to see what we can do about this little mix-up." He said
calmly referring to Kelly.
Niki just looked at him. "I know her father. He's my step-dad. Right?"
"Wrong, I'm afraid. Before I bring in my brother, I suppose I must introduce myself. I am Jareth
the Goblin King, of the Realm of the Underground, Ruler of the Labyrinth and it's surrounding lands,
honorary duke of the land of the Fae…"
"Alright, thanks." Niki said. Jareth complied with an elegant bow. "So you're saying that Kelly is
half-goblin? Why doesn't she look like a goblin?"
"That's simple. She's lived in the mortal realm too long."
"Goblin's don't even exist. You're crazy. You're drawing us into your delusions."
Jareth looked at her coolly, and amusedly, and then snapped his fingers. Instantly a line of goblins
appeared bearing trays and pitchers of refreshments for the guests. Niki gasped, and politely refused, but
Kelly was amazed, and munched on an offered cookie as she gazed at the goblins. "Is that proof enough?
And look at your sister."
Niki did, and found she was looking awfully goblinesque. She skin was turning an aqua-blue. Her
ears were getting pointy, as were her already sharp teeth. Her bobbed brown hair and large puppy eyes
remained the same. Niki gasped, as much at the fact that her sister was turning into a goblin, as that she
actually cared about the little brat. "Kelly, are you okay?" Kelly nodded, her mouth full of cake.
"Now as to her father. GABRIEL!!!!!" He screamed. He knew his brother would resist his call,
but an order he had no choice.
Melissa and Gabriel rocketed through the worlds to the castle at the center of the Labyrinth.
Gabriel managed to keep his balance, but Melissa flew across the world and smashed into a wall. Niki and
Kelly rushed to see if she was okay.
"Oh dear, I should've foreseen that one," Jareth said regretfully.
"Serves her right for hitting me." Gabriel answered to his brother.
"You probably deserved it, "Jareth said, before fixing the girls concussion with another snap. Niki
helped the girl to her feet, and Kelly patted her arm sympathetically. Then they looked at each other in
disbelief.
"Niki!?" Melissa asked.
"Lissa?" Niki asked simultaneously. "Lissa, we're in the Labyrinth!!!"
Melissa, or Lissa, looked perplexed, but then it dawned on her. "I'm out of that loony bin? A
ha!!!!" She danced around briefly, and then sat down holding her head. Obviously the healing snap hadn't
gone as far as to heal her headache. "The Labyrinth? How did I get here?"
"Let me answer that one, dear brother." Gabriel said cruelly, pushing his brother aside lightly.
"My brother thought I needed to return to my native home, so he interrupted our session without looking
ahead to see if I was in direct contact with any mortals"
"Direct contact?" Melissa asked perplexed.
"You were slapping me, dearest." Gabriel purred.
"Dearest, my ass, you stupid jerk." Melissa spat.
"Brother, guests, let's try to get along. Business first, quarrels later." Jareth said, playing the good
host. "It seems, Gabe, that yet another one of your human excursions has produced a child. What do you
suggest we do with this one?"
Gabriel hesitated, and then began suggesting, "The salt mines?"
"That'll never work." Jareth said. "She's far too small."
"The crystal factory?"
"No!" Niki replied.
"Perhaps we might send her to an institution?"
"Not even funny." Melissa replied.
"Why were you in there in the first place?" Niki asked.
"I told you, my dad had me committed. He thought I was on drugs."
"That's probably the way you act normally." Gabe quipped.
"It was" Niki and Melissa replied simultaneously.
Jareth sighed and rubbed his temples. "As entertaining as this conversation may be, we have some
other things to discuss."
"I don't see why she can't just come home with me." Niki said. She didn't like the idea of her
sister as a child laborer; no matter how much she despised the annoying kid.
"I suppose we could do that, brother." Gabriel put in.
"In your dreams, brother. You know what happens if you send them back to the mortal realm.
Unless they've learned proper control like you and me, well," Jareth shivered visibly. "You remember what
happened to your son Godzilla."
"Godzilla? He's your son. Are you serious?" Niki asked. Only in the Labyrinth would anything
like that be taken seriously.
"Unfortunately." Gabriel sighed. His dark hair framed a tragic face.
"You see, the magic, or lack of it to be specific, in the mortal realm is very dangerous for someone
who hasn't learned control." Jareth added, speaking exactly like a teacher.
Melissa shrugged. "So you're basically saying she can't go home."
"Correct." Gabriel said. "She can't go running around like some day-walker anymore."
That exact phrase rung a bell in Jareth's head. Where had he heard that before? Surely it was
related to the answer of this plight.
there?!) are writing this. So half the credit for this story, good or bad, goes to Navi, my friend. So read on
fair readers, and please review. See last chapter for disclaimers. I tried to make it longer, for Stephanie,
because it was short last time. I did that because people don't like long stories anymore than really short
ones. Hopefully this will be closer to the write length (ha ha, bad pun.)
With a flash of glitter, a four-year-old sat in the middle of the throne room in the castle beyond the
goblin city. Kelly stared around her in amazement. Just a second ago, Niki was being really mean, but now
she was in a big stone house with a really scary looking man. He knelt so he was eye-level with the little
girl. He smiled warmly, revealing pointed teeth."Hello Kelly. My name is Jareth. Do you know why you're
here?"
Kelly's brown eyes were wide. She asked cautiously, "Am I dreaming?"
Jareth's laugh was warm and comforting, at least in the four-year-old's eyes. "No, Kelly. Niki
wished you away. She was mad, and never wanted to see you again. Would you like to see her?" Kelly
nodded. Maybe Niki would tell her why she was here. "Alright then, little one. Niki, I summon thee!" He
added this last part, just for show, but it impressed Kelly enough to see her older sister appear.
Niki looked disoriented and slightly shimmery, but no worse for the jump. Jareth was surprised
that she hadn't gotten pulled in with her sister. Jumping from one world to the next was a risky business,
and usually anything or anyone close to, or touching, the person would get pulled along as well. Niki
looked at first her younger sister, clinging to her legs, and then at the ornately clad Goblin King. "Why
have you brought me here?"
"Don't be a cod fish, Niki. You wished away your little sister." He snuck up close to them to rub
Kelly's hair. Over Kelly's head he added, "By the way, you were right, she was half-goblin."
Niki gasped at this obscene proposal. "Nu-uh. I would've noticed you around my house."
Jareth smiled coyly. "I'm not her sire. I'm afraid that is my brother's doing. And after I've told
him not to mess with mortals. Let's bring him here to see what we can do about this little mix-up." He said
calmly referring to Kelly.
Niki just looked at him. "I know her father. He's my step-dad. Right?"
"Wrong, I'm afraid. Before I bring in my brother, I suppose I must introduce myself. I am Jareth
the Goblin King, of the Realm of the Underground, Ruler of the Labyrinth and it's surrounding lands,
honorary duke of the land of the Fae…"
"Alright, thanks." Niki said. Jareth complied with an elegant bow. "So you're saying that Kelly is
half-goblin? Why doesn't she look like a goblin?"
"That's simple. She's lived in the mortal realm too long."
"Goblin's don't even exist. You're crazy. You're drawing us into your delusions."
Jareth looked at her coolly, and amusedly, and then snapped his fingers. Instantly a line of goblins
appeared bearing trays and pitchers of refreshments for the guests. Niki gasped, and politely refused, but
Kelly was amazed, and munched on an offered cookie as she gazed at the goblins. "Is that proof enough?
And look at your sister."
Niki did, and found she was looking awfully goblinesque. She skin was turning an aqua-blue. Her
ears were getting pointy, as were her already sharp teeth. Her bobbed brown hair and large puppy eyes
remained the same. Niki gasped, as much at the fact that her sister was turning into a goblin, as that she
actually cared about the little brat. "Kelly, are you okay?" Kelly nodded, her mouth full of cake.
"Now as to her father. GABRIEL!!!!!" He screamed. He knew his brother would resist his call,
but an order he had no choice.
Melissa and Gabriel rocketed through the worlds to the castle at the center of the Labyrinth.
Gabriel managed to keep his balance, but Melissa flew across the world and smashed into a wall. Niki and
Kelly rushed to see if she was okay.
"Oh dear, I should've foreseen that one," Jareth said regretfully.
"Serves her right for hitting me." Gabriel answered to his brother.
"You probably deserved it, "Jareth said, before fixing the girls concussion with another snap. Niki
helped the girl to her feet, and Kelly patted her arm sympathetically. Then they looked at each other in
disbelief.
"Niki!?" Melissa asked.
"Lissa?" Niki asked simultaneously. "Lissa, we're in the Labyrinth!!!"
Melissa, or Lissa, looked perplexed, but then it dawned on her. "I'm out of that loony bin? A
ha!!!!" She danced around briefly, and then sat down holding her head. Obviously the healing snap hadn't
gone as far as to heal her headache. "The Labyrinth? How did I get here?"
"Let me answer that one, dear brother." Gabriel said cruelly, pushing his brother aside lightly.
"My brother thought I needed to return to my native home, so he interrupted our session without looking
ahead to see if I was in direct contact with any mortals"
"Direct contact?" Melissa asked perplexed.
"You were slapping me, dearest." Gabriel purred.
"Dearest, my ass, you stupid jerk." Melissa spat.
"Brother, guests, let's try to get along. Business first, quarrels later." Jareth said, playing the good
host. "It seems, Gabe, that yet another one of your human excursions has produced a child. What do you
suggest we do with this one?"
Gabriel hesitated, and then began suggesting, "The salt mines?"
"That'll never work." Jareth said. "She's far too small."
"The crystal factory?"
"No!" Niki replied.
"Perhaps we might send her to an institution?"
"Not even funny." Melissa replied.
"Why were you in there in the first place?" Niki asked.
"I told you, my dad had me committed. He thought I was on drugs."
"That's probably the way you act normally." Gabe quipped.
"It was" Niki and Melissa replied simultaneously.
Jareth sighed and rubbed his temples. "As entertaining as this conversation may be, we have some
other things to discuss."
"I don't see why she can't just come home with me." Niki said. She didn't like the idea of her
sister as a child laborer; no matter how much she despised the annoying kid.
"I suppose we could do that, brother." Gabriel put in.
"In your dreams, brother. You know what happens if you send them back to the mortal realm.
Unless they've learned proper control like you and me, well," Jareth shivered visibly. "You remember what
happened to your son Godzilla."
"Godzilla? He's your son. Are you serious?" Niki asked. Only in the Labyrinth would anything
like that be taken seriously.
"Unfortunately." Gabriel sighed. His dark hair framed a tragic face.
"You see, the magic, or lack of it to be specific, in the mortal realm is very dangerous for someone
who hasn't learned control." Jareth added, speaking exactly like a teacher.
Melissa shrugged. "So you're basically saying she can't go home."
"Correct." Gabriel said. "She can't go running around like some day-walker anymore."
That exact phrase rung a bell in Jareth's head. Where had he heard that before? Surely it was
related to the answer of this plight.