Not everyone can be lucky enough to go into the Labyrinth. The Labyrinth is like AOL, you can sign up, but you'll never get in.
How many times have we wished away siblings or pets, or even ourselves. We are all delusional. If you haven't read my Disclaimer, it's in the first chapter,
and if you haven't read that, why the ehck are you reading this, you weirdo?
"Blimey, I've got it!" Jareth shouted, springing up from his throne. "Those stupid yanks from the
kingdom next door, what is their name? The Sackville-Baggs, I believe, have just had another obnoxious
bundle of joy. But I believe that one of them, Rudolph, I believe is the name of the brat. He's about Kelly's
age."
"Hmm...yes, I quite like that idea, brother." Gabriel agreed, eager to get back to his former
business.
"Wait, you guys are just going to marry my sister off to some goblin?" Niki asked, clearly
disturbed at the notion.
"Actually, he's a vampire." Jareth added.
Niki sighed and shook her head, Kelly looked tremendously afraid and Melissa was slightly
pleased at the notion. Jareth began to pace as he thought over the details, but found his mind fuzzy with
boredom and sleep.
"Alright kiddies, court adjourned. Gabriel will you please show these young ladies to their room?"
Jareth ordered, though it was phrased as a question.
"What do I look like brother, a slave? I am the royal heir to the throne, and you cannot…"
"You are heir to the throne only if I die. I am the throne!" With that, Jareth blinked out, probably
to his room and his waiting queen. Gabriel sighed and turned to face the unwilling guests.
"If you will follow me, Gabe the Slave, to your chambers." He said sardonically, and he stalked
off at a too-fast pace towards the east wing of the castle. He ripped a torch off the wall as he passed.
"If the shoe fits." Melissa said, and followed him at a half run. Niki sighed and took Kelly's
hands, following the already fading flare of torchlight.
The flaming torchlight threw shadows on Gabriel's face, twisting his figures and hauling again to
the front of his mind painful memories. How many years had he been free now? It seemed only years, but
he knew it had been decades since Jareth had saved him. He sighed loudly, and quickened his pace. He
could never get over that, his debt to Jareth. It was true they were brothers; they were actually very close
brothers. The only difference was their mothers. They were half brothers, actually.
It had all started because of that. Jareth's mother, the Goblin queen had discovered this bastard
child of the King, and flew into frenzy. She had the King put to death (he only had the title, not the royal
blood), but she was too softhearted to have the baby disposed of in a like matter. So he was put away and
forgotten, left to rot in the dungeons of the Labyrinth. A true child of the Oubliette, he kept to the shadows
his whole life, even after his brother found out about this and set him free.
"Are you alright?" Came a soft voice interrupting his thought. He turned to see his unwilling
corrupttee. She looked sincerely concerned, but it might've been the light.
"It's nothing you would understand." He said roughly, as he turned to the right in the small stone
corridors. What he said next, he couldn't' believe his words. "You've never been a prisoner."
Melissa walked beside his silently for a while. He unconsciously slowed his pace so she might
keep up with him. "What would you call that rehab place? The same thing day after day; the councilors that
talk to you as if you're a slug. I hadn't even done anything. That was prison enough to me."
Gabriel regretted his unplanned word. He even thought he detected what might've been tears in
her eyes, but it may have only been the torchlight. Before he could think of some apologetic thing to say,
they had finally reached the drafty guest rooms. "Here, here are your rooms. Sorry about the cold, there are
more blankets in the closet. "Til the night, then." He lit the torch on the wall, and left towards his unknown
destination.
Melissa found a bed in the chamber, and lay down, trying not to notice the dampness of the sheets.
She usually did her best to ignore feelings, but sometimes they got in the way. She heard Kelly and Niki
settle down. Then she heard the soft breathing of sleep. Melissa sighed and relaxed, knowing, or at least
hoping, that she was finally alone. "Lissa?" she jumped, and turned to see the shadowy figure of Niki
crouching beside her bed. "Lissa, let's go explore the castle!"
Melissa sighed and rolled out of bed. "Ok," She whispered to her friend. How they had both
wound up in the Labyrinth together was still a mystery to her. So Niki and her crept out of the drafty room
into the hallway. Melissa held the torch, although awkwardly, because she hadn't had much former
practice. The darkened corridors of the castle were like a Labyrinth themselves, and it wasn't long before
Niki began to have doubts. She was about to voice this conscious, but they heard a scuffling sound behind
them. Although they may have guessed it was probably only an old goblin shuffling toward the chamber
pot, but they didn't and they broke into a run. At one fork they both decided to go separate ways, and got a
few steps before they turned back to run into each other. They would have laughed, but in their minds they
were in serious trouble.
"Niki" Melissa gasped in between breaths. "Niki, what are we running from?"
Then Niki and Melissa collapsed to the ground and into a fit of giggles. They had almost caught
their breath when they heard heavier footsteps coming from the other direction. They looked at each other
with frightened plate eyes.
"No need to run, I've already spotted you, you little miscreants." Came a manly voice from the
shadows.
Niki and Melissa were barely on their feet before Gabriel caught them both by the collars of their
shirts. He turned them to face him, showing amazing strength in his lean figure. "and what, may I ask, are
you two doing in this wing of the castle? You're at least a mile away from your own chambers." His dark
eyes were frightening but amused.
"We...um...we were looking for a bike shop Cairo."
"We stole it."
"That's the meaning of life?" Melissa proposed, glancing to Niki to see if she had any more ideas.
"So you're saying you had no reason to be here? Then you will just have to suffer the
consequences." Gabriel said, his bright eyes flashing. His dark hair swirled like an unholy halo around his
pale face as he "Mwa ha ha ha!!"ed.
How many times have we wished away siblings or pets, or even ourselves. We are all delusional. If you haven't read my Disclaimer, it's in the first chapter,
and if you haven't read that, why the ehck are you reading this, you weirdo?
"Blimey, I've got it!" Jareth shouted, springing up from his throne. "Those stupid yanks from the
kingdom next door, what is their name? The Sackville-Baggs, I believe, have just had another obnoxious
bundle of joy. But I believe that one of them, Rudolph, I believe is the name of the brat. He's about Kelly's
age."
"Hmm...yes, I quite like that idea, brother." Gabriel agreed, eager to get back to his former
business.
"Wait, you guys are just going to marry my sister off to some goblin?" Niki asked, clearly
disturbed at the notion.
"Actually, he's a vampire." Jareth added.
Niki sighed and shook her head, Kelly looked tremendously afraid and Melissa was slightly
pleased at the notion. Jareth began to pace as he thought over the details, but found his mind fuzzy with
boredom and sleep.
"Alright kiddies, court adjourned. Gabriel will you please show these young ladies to their room?"
Jareth ordered, though it was phrased as a question.
"What do I look like brother, a slave? I am the royal heir to the throne, and you cannot…"
"You are heir to the throne only if I die. I am the throne!" With that, Jareth blinked out, probably
to his room and his waiting queen. Gabriel sighed and turned to face the unwilling guests.
"If you will follow me, Gabe the Slave, to your chambers." He said sardonically, and he stalked
off at a too-fast pace towards the east wing of the castle. He ripped a torch off the wall as he passed.
"If the shoe fits." Melissa said, and followed him at a half run. Niki sighed and took Kelly's
hands, following the already fading flare of torchlight.
The flaming torchlight threw shadows on Gabriel's face, twisting his figures and hauling again to
the front of his mind painful memories. How many years had he been free now? It seemed only years, but
he knew it had been decades since Jareth had saved him. He sighed loudly, and quickened his pace. He
could never get over that, his debt to Jareth. It was true they were brothers; they were actually very close
brothers. The only difference was their mothers. They were half brothers, actually.
It had all started because of that. Jareth's mother, the Goblin queen had discovered this bastard
child of the King, and flew into frenzy. She had the King put to death (he only had the title, not the royal
blood), but she was too softhearted to have the baby disposed of in a like matter. So he was put away and
forgotten, left to rot in the dungeons of the Labyrinth. A true child of the Oubliette, he kept to the shadows
his whole life, even after his brother found out about this and set him free.
"Are you alright?" Came a soft voice interrupting his thought. He turned to see his unwilling
corrupttee. She looked sincerely concerned, but it might've been the light.
"It's nothing you would understand." He said roughly, as he turned to the right in the small stone
corridors. What he said next, he couldn't' believe his words. "You've never been a prisoner."
Melissa walked beside his silently for a while. He unconsciously slowed his pace so she might
keep up with him. "What would you call that rehab place? The same thing day after day; the councilors that
talk to you as if you're a slug. I hadn't even done anything. That was prison enough to me."
Gabriel regretted his unplanned word. He even thought he detected what might've been tears in
her eyes, but it may have only been the torchlight. Before he could think of some apologetic thing to say,
they had finally reached the drafty guest rooms. "Here, here are your rooms. Sorry about the cold, there are
more blankets in the closet. "Til the night, then." He lit the torch on the wall, and left towards his unknown
destination.
Melissa found a bed in the chamber, and lay down, trying not to notice the dampness of the sheets.
She usually did her best to ignore feelings, but sometimes they got in the way. She heard Kelly and Niki
settle down. Then she heard the soft breathing of sleep. Melissa sighed and relaxed, knowing, or at least
hoping, that she was finally alone. "Lissa?" she jumped, and turned to see the shadowy figure of Niki
crouching beside her bed. "Lissa, let's go explore the castle!"
Melissa sighed and rolled out of bed. "Ok," She whispered to her friend. How they had both
wound up in the Labyrinth together was still a mystery to her. So Niki and her crept out of the drafty room
into the hallway. Melissa held the torch, although awkwardly, because she hadn't had much former
practice. The darkened corridors of the castle were like a Labyrinth themselves, and it wasn't long before
Niki began to have doubts. She was about to voice this conscious, but they heard a scuffling sound behind
them. Although they may have guessed it was probably only an old goblin shuffling toward the chamber
pot, but they didn't and they broke into a run. At one fork they both decided to go separate ways, and got a
few steps before they turned back to run into each other. They would have laughed, but in their minds they
were in serious trouble.
"Niki" Melissa gasped in between breaths. "Niki, what are we running from?"
Then Niki and Melissa collapsed to the ground and into a fit of giggles. They had almost caught
their breath when they heard heavier footsteps coming from the other direction. They looked at each other
with frightened plate eyes.
"No need to run, I've already spotted you, you little miscreants." Came a manly voice from the
shadows.
Niki and Melissa were barely on their feet before Gabriel caught them both by the collars of their
shirts. He turned them to face him, showing amazing strength in his lean figure. "and what, may I ask, are
you two doing in this wing of the castle? You're at least a mile away from your own chambers." His dark
eyes were frightening but amused.
"We...um...we were looking for a bike shop Cairo."
"We stole it."
"That's the meaning of life?" Melissa proposed, glancing to Niki to see if she had any more ideas.
"So you're saying you had no reason to be here? Then you will just have to suffer the
consequences." Gabriel said, his bright eyes flashing. His dark hair swirled like an unholy halo around his
pale face as he "Mwa ha ha ha!!"ed.