So it's down to this, basically. This stories getting too damned long. I'm thinking it's
pretty boring too, but I'm gonna keep writing, because my iron morality tells me if I don't
then I'm a hack. Half-written stories are worse than long boring ones in my opinion.
Therefore I'll dedicate this story to Erin, the boringest, most absolutely normal,
conformist, average girl ever* wink wink *. Also, if Erin reads this and doesn't get that
joke, she is also the most gullible.
Niki and Melissa woke up to Kelly's crying. Glancing for a nonexistent alarm
clock, Melissa saw the strange grey of false dawn through the glassless window. It was
too early for the sun.
"Niiikeeeeeeeyy!!!" Kelly screeched, "I have to go potty!" Niki sighed audibly and
covered her head with her pillow. She promptly went back to sleep. Melissa giggled, as
well as she could at this hour, and she showed Kelly the little enclosed area that
contained a chamber pot. Kelly remarked that it reminded her of her training potty.
Melissa attempted to fall asleep once more, but Kelly's incessant rambling and
question asking kept her from that goal. Finally Melissa dragged herself out of bed, and
she and Kelly looked for ways to amuse themselves. The room was large and long, with
two large, pane-less windows at the end. Aside from the little enclosed area, there
wasn't much there besides beds. But what beds they were. Aside from the normal
human ones, there were also a few sets of smaller, goblin-sized beds, Melissa assumed.
Next to the mini-beds, there was a set of coffins, an unsettling sight at any rate. There
were some whispery hammocks, which were designed for Fae, judging by their frail
appearance. There were even some bird perches for goddess knows what. It seems
Jareth had a wide variety of guests.
A bell tolled some where in the castle, and Melissa counted a mere seven
chimes.
"Oh No! It's seven o'clock. It's not fair! I shouldn't be up anywhere near this
early!" Melissa said sadly.
"No, it's not fair, but that's the way it is when you have a little sister." Niki said
with a grin as she rubbed sleep out of her eyes. Her hair was a mess, and her cloths
were all rumpled from sleeping. Melissa smothered a giggle before she realized she
likely looked the same. "Too bad there's no iron."
"Maybe in that old wardrobe?" Melissa wondered aloud, and walked over to the
old oak one. She opened the clasp, and swung open the doors, when a bat flew out,
causing her to stumble backwards, and Niki to scream. The bat flew quickly to the
window, not causing any more damage. "I thought that they kept bats in the belfry."
"It's too early for this." Niki muttered. With that scare over, they continued to
explore the wardrobe. The only thing that fit Kelly was a chemise and this fluffy green
thing that wrapped around her shoulders and torso, but Kelly was perfectly happy to
wear that, so long as she might play with the jars of cosmetics in the drawer of the
closet. Niki ended up in a bluish-green skirt, and a blue velvet shirt; Melissa in a pair of
black breeches and a crimson silk shirt, both of which were made for a man. They both
then chose a few choice pieces of the hilarious costume jewellery from the drawer.
"Ha ha," Niki laughed. "We look like we're from the Revolutionary war or
something."
"That's a laugh." Melissa agreed, adding a black beret to complete her outfit. Niki
giggled her appreciation.
"You look so dashing George." She said, referring to our founding father.
"Oh, and you as well, Martha." Melissa added with a lop-sided grin. Lop-sided
grins were her specialty. Something rumbled, and Melissa frowned. "Was that your
stomach or mine, Niki?"
"Both I think." Niki said purposefully. They both looked to get Kelly, who was
sitting there on the floor, wishing she were Britney Spears, judging by the amount of
make-up she was wearing. Unfortunately, she didn't have the make-up artists to guide
her chubby hands. Melissa smiled; glad Kelly hadn't wanted to play dress up. "Let's go,
Kelly." Niki said softly, trying to sound serious.
Then they set off out of the room again, in the opposite direction that they had left
last night. After about 10 minutes of walking down a perfectly straight and ever
narrowing hallway, Melissa and Niki began to get worried. "Maybe we should go back to
our room and wait for someone to get us." Niki said worriedly as they got stuck walking
shoulder to shoulder.
So they turned around, but then gasped simultaneous gasps, Niki noticed that
Kelly was missing, and Melissa noticed that the wall behind them was now a dead end,
and they couldn't go back the way they came. They could only go forward, and Kelly was
nowhere to be found.
"Kelly?!" Niki cried. "
"What...huh?" That's not fair! It keeps changing!"
"No, it's not fair." Came the silky reply from behind them.
"Niki?" Kelly said. The girls spun around to face, sure enough, Kelly walking right
through a wall. Seconds later, holding the little girl's hand, cam Gabriel.
"You again?" Niki said in dismay.
"How'd you do that?" Melissa wanted to know, gently rapping the stone wall
behind Kelly and Gabriel.
"One-way walls." Gabriel said, leaning coolly against the wall next to Melissa.
"My brother just can't get enough of them." He reached out to tuck a stray lock of hair off
of her face, but she turned her head and pretended not to notice. He sighed and looked
at his feet.
"You all look lovely. Let me be the first to complement you all on your lovely
outfit choices. Niki, what a lovely necklace." Her necklace was made of huge pink beads.
"And Kelly, what a fine make-up job. Almost as pretty as my own." Kelly grinned and
rubbed her face. Gabriel wore only the slightest makeup, eyeliner, maybe lip-gloss, and
the sparkles, which were all over the place. He began talking again. "And, oh Melissa,
The outfit choice is wonderful. In fact, I think that might be mine." Melissa looked down in
embarrassment, and realized that he was wearing almost the same thing. He wore black
tights, and a blood red shirt which contrasted with his pale face, and tall black boots,
shiny from fresh cleaning. He stalked close to her while her attention was diverted. He
reached up to rub the collar by her shoulder in his fingers, "Ah, yes, it was silk. I
remember. It looks better on you, I would say." Melissa blushed at this remark, and Niki
snickered. Gabriel looked down to smile at her, a sort of mocking, laughing smile.
Kelly was Melissa's savoir. "I'm hungry." She grudgingly reminded them.
Gabriel was drawn back to reality. "Oh, yes. I cam here to announce breakfast is
served. I shall be dining with you all, in leau of the king, not that he's doing anything
important." He added darkly. "So I came to escort you down, seeing as you don't know
the castle very well." Niki and Melissa both looked at their feet. Gabriel chuckled.
"Lead on." Melissa said, eager to get out of this sunless hallway. Gabriel offered
his arm to Niki (Kelly was too short), but Niki simply looked at him blankly. He looked
slightly put-off, but grinned and offered it to Melissa, who gently rested her hand on his
wrist. She said to him, "she just doesn't read enough fantasy novels.
"Oh, I see." He said grinning still, although he didn't see at all.
"Guess what, Niki?" Kelly asked her older sister brightly.
"What?" Niki asked glumly.
"Gab-ree-elle turns into a bird, like the one from our borogrove." Kelly
mispronounced. Lissa smiled up at Gabe from the new version of his name, he smiled
back.
"The borogrove?" Niki asked.
"No, the boregobe," Kelly corrected, annunciating clearly.
"Oh, the boregrobe." Niki said, quickly changing the subject. She asked the
immortal, "What's for breakfast?"
"Ohhh," Gabriel said, furrowing his brow. "Oh, yes, I remember. How do you say
it, cow brain." Then he laughed heartily as Melissa's face blanched, and Niki gagged. "Or
was it waffles? My memory fails me as I get old."
"You're not old." Kelly said.
"I'm nineteen hundred. That's pretty old." He said, talking simply for the 4 year
old. She didn't answer him, not knowing numbers that big.
"Are you really?" Niki wanted to know.
"And twenty three years, to be exact." He said proudly. "In the prime of my life."
Niki and Melissa exchanged a glance of disbelief. "I'm not human you know."
"What are you then?" Melissa asked slowly, slightly frightened now.
"Goblin, of course. You're not goblin prince for nothing." He noted the girls still
thought that was incredible. "And I'm part Fae, and part...um...So, we ought to be at the
dining room in a few minutes."
Niki sighed. "Can't you just teleport" "Blink" Melissa supplied "To the dining
room? My feet hurt."
Gabriel considered it. "Oh, yes. I can believe I didn't think of it." He held out his
free hand to Niki, and Kelly managed to hold it as well. Melissa got ready to jump, but
she found Gabe staring at her intently.
"Yes?" she said.
"Direct contact." He said softly. Melissa sighed and took his hand. Her arm was
aching anyway. He twined his fingers around hers, moving his thumb softly over her
hand. She held her breath and waited until they blinked before she ripped her hand from
him. She rubbed her hand, as she dirty-looked him.
"Don't' do that," she hissed softly, not wanting to alert Niki to this new
development in this plot of the Labyrinth.
"Do what, poppet?" He said smiling, grabbing her hand and kissing it again
before pulling out a chair for her. She smiled acidly, and sat down in the chair next to the
one he pulled out. Gabriel sighed and sat down in it. Niki and Kelly sat on Melissa's
other side, and looked at Gabriel expectantly. He sighed again and clapped his hands,
signalling for the breakfast to be served. A line of green and blue heads appeared from
under the table, bearing all sorts of steaming trays.
Melissa noticed that Kelly's affliction hadn't lessened, and she still looked half-
goblin. There were a wide variety of foods to choose from, but only Kelly did them
justice, both Melissa and Niki were too nervous and excited to eat. After all, it's not
everyday you get to go to the Labyrinth. Gabriel didn't eat, but he drank a reddish liquid
with a lemon in it.
"Drinking then, so early in the morning," Melissa asked darkly. For that horrible
month she was locked away with all the alcoholics, she had enough knowledge to sense
a drink.
" Not alcohol, if that's what you believe." Gabriel said to her after he took a sip.
His sharpish teeth were evident as he smiled at her. "You shall meet with the king at
lunchtime. Lunch will be at thirteen."
Niki looked at him oddly. Melissa continued eating in silence. As they finished,
Gabriel stood. "I have to go speak with my brother. I'll be back to collect you in a few
minutes."
"We can't keep ourselves entertained?" Melissa asked disdainfully. She
Continued staring at her plate.
"It isn't often we have guests from another realm. I also would like to spend time
With my daughter." Gabriel said to her. He said before he blinked to his brother
(Wherever he was) "I shall return momentarily. Stay here."
THE End...I wish.
pretty boring too, but I'm gonna keep writing, because my iron morality tells me if I don't
then I'm a hack. Half-written stories are worse than long boring ones in my opinion.
Therefore I'll dedicate this story to Erin, the boringest, most absolutely normal,
conformist, average girl ever* wink wink *. Also, if Erin reads this and doesn't get that
joke, she is also the most gullible.
Niki and Melissa woke up to Kelly's crying. Glancing for a nonexistent alarm
clock, Melissa saw the strange grey of false dawn through the glassless window. It was
too early for the sun.
"Niiikeeeeeeeyy!!!" Kelly screeched, "I have to go potty!" Niki sighed audibly and
covered her head with her pillow. She promptly went back to sleep. Melissa giggled, as
well as she could at this hour, and she showed Kelly the little enclosed area that
contained a chamber pot. Kelly remarked that it reminded her of her training potty.
Melissa attempted to fall asleep once more, but Kelly's incessant rambling and
question asking kept her from that goal. Finally Melissa dragged herself out of bed, and
she and Kelly looked for ways to amuse themselves. The room was large and long, with
two large, pane-less windows at the end. Aside from the little enclosed area, there
wasn't much there besides beds. But what beds they were. Aside from the normal
human ones, there were also a few sets of smaller, goblin-sized beds, Melissa assumed.
Next to the mini-beds, there was a set of coffins, an unsettling sight at any rate. There
were some whispery hammocks, which were designed for Fae, judging by their frail
appearance. There were even some bird perches for goddess knows what. It seems
Jareth had a wide variety of guests.
A bell tolled some where in the castle, and Melissa counted a mere seven
chimes.
"Oh No! It's seven o'clock. It's not fair! I shouldn't be up anywhere near this
early!" Melissa said sadly.
"No, it's not fair, but that's the way it is when you have a little sister." Niki said
with a grin as she rubbed sleep out of her eyes. Her hair was a mess, and her cloths
were all rumpled from sleeping. Melissa smothered a giggle before she realized she
likely looked the same. "Too bad there's no iron."
"Maybe in that old wardrobe?" Melissa wondered aloud, and walked over to the
old oak one. She opened the clasp, and swung open the doors, when a bat flew out,
causing her to stumble backwards, and Niki to scream. The bat flew quickly to the
window, not causing any more damage. "I thought that they kept bats in the belfry."
"It's too early for this." Niki muttered. With that scare over, they continued to
explore the wardrobe. The only thing that fit Kelly was a chemise and this fluffy green
thing that wrapped around her shoulders and torso, but Kelly was perfectly happy to
wear that, so long as she might play with the jars of cosmetics in the drawer of the
closet. Niki ended up in a bluish-green skirt, and a blue velvet shirt; Melissa in a pair of
black breeches and a crimson silk shirt, both of which were made for a man. They both
then chose a few choice pieces of the hilarious costume jewellery from the drawer.
"Ha ha," Niki laughed. "We look like we're from the Revolutionary war or
something."
"That's a laugh." Melissa agreed, adding a black beret to complete her outfit. Niki
giggled her appreciation.
"You look so dashing George." She said, referring to our founding father.
"Oh, and you as well, Martha." Melissa added with a lop-sided grin. Lop-sided
grins were her specialty. Something rumbled, and Melissa frowned. "Was that your
stomach or mine, Niki?"
"Both I think." Niki said purposefully. They both looked to get Kelly, who was
sitting there on the floor, wishing she were Britney Spears, judging by the amount of
make-up she was wearing. Unfortunately, she didn't have the make-up artists to guide
her chubby hands. Melissa smiled; glad Kelly hadn't wanted to play dress up. "Let's go,
Kelly." Niki said softly, trying to sound serious.
Then they set off out of the room again, in the opposite direction that they had left
last night. After about 10 minutes of walking down a perfectly straight and ever
narrowing hallway, Melissa and Niki began to get worried. "Maybe we should go back to
our room and wait for someone to get us." Niki said worriedly as they got stuck walking
shoulder to shoulder.
So they turned around, but then gasped simultaneous gasps, Niki noticed that
Kelly was missing, and Melissa noticed that the wall behind them was now a dead end,
and they couldn't go back the way they came. They could only go forward, and Kelly was
nowhere to be found.
"Kelly?!" Niki cried. "
"What...huh?" That's not fair! It keeps changing!"
"No, it's not fair." Came the silky reply from behind them.
"Niki?" Kelly said. The girls spun around to face, sure enough, Kelly walking right
through a wall. Seconds later, holding the little girl's hand, cam Gabriel.
"You again?" Niki said in dismay.
"How'd you do that?" Melissa wanted to know, gently rapping the stone wall
behind Kelly and Gabriel.
"One-way walls." Gabriel said, leaning coolly against the wall next to Melissa.
"My brother just can't get enough of them." He reached out to tuck a stray lock of hair off
of her face, but she turned her head and pretended not to notice. He sighed and looked
at his feet.
"You all look lovely. Let me be the first to complement you all on your lovely
outfit choices. Niki, what a lovely necklace." Her necklace was made of huge pink beads.
"And Kelly, what a fine make-up job. Almost as pretty as my own." Kelly grinned and
rubbed her face. Gabriel wore only the slightest makeup, eyeliner, maybe lip-gloss, and
the sparkles, which were all over the place. He began talking again. "And, oh Melissa,
The outfit choice is wonderful. In fact, I think that might be mine." Melissa looked down in
embarrassment, and realized that he was wearing almost the same thing. He wore black
tights, and a blood red shirt which contrasted with his pale face, and tall black boots,
shiny from fresh cleaning. He stalked close to her while her attention was diverted. He
reached up to rub the collar by her shoulder in his fingers, "Ah, yes, it was silk. I
remember. It looks better on you, I would say." Melissa blushed at this remark, and Niki
snickered. Gabriel looked down to smile at her, a sort of mocking, laughing smile.
Kelly was Melissa's savoir. "I'm hungry." She grudgingly reminded them.
Gabriel was drawn back to reality. "Oh, yes. I cam here to announce breakfast is
served. I shall be dining with you all, in leau of the king, not that he's doing anything
important." He added darkly. "So I came to escort you down, seeing as you don't know
the castle very well." Niki and Melissa both looked at their feet. Gabriel chuckled.
"Lead on." Melissa said, eager to get out of this sunless hallway. Gabriel offered
his arm to Niki (Kelly was too short), but Niki simply looked at him blankly. He looked
slightly put-off, but grinned and offered it to Melissa, who gently rested her hand on his
wrist. She said to him, "she just doesn't read enough fantasy novels.
"Oh, I see." He said grinning still, although he didn't see at all.
"Guess what, Niki?" Kelly asked her older sister brightly.
"What?" Niki asked glumly.
"Gab-ree-elle turns into a bird, like the one from our borogrove." Kelly
mispronounced. Lissa smiled up at Gabe from the new version of his name, he smiled
back.
"The borogrove?" Niki asked.
"No, the boregobe," Kelly corrected, annunciating clearly.
"Oh, the boregrobe." Niki said, quickly changing the subject. She asked the
immortal, "What's for breakfast?"
"Ohhh," Gabriel said, furrowing his brow. "Oh, yes, I remember. How do you say
it, cow brain." Then he laughed heartily as Melissa's face blanched, and Niki gagged. "Or
was it waffles? My memory fails me as I get old."
"You're not old." Kelly said.
"I'm nineteen hundred. That's pretty old." He said, talking simply for the 4 year
old. She didn't answer him, not knowing numbers that big.
"Are you really?" Niki wanted to know.
"And twenty three years, to be exact." He said proudly. "In the prime of my life."
Niki and Melissa exchanged a glance of disbelief. "I'm not human you know."
"What are you then?" Melissa asked slowly, slightly frightened now.
"Goblin, of course. You're not goblin prince for nothing." He noted the girls still
thought that was incredible. "And I'm part Fae, and part...um...So, we ought to be at the
dining room in a few minutes."
Niki sighed. "Can't you just teleport" "Blink" Melissa supplied "To the dining
room? My feet hurt."
Gabriel considered it. "Oh, yes. I can believe I didn't think of it." He held out his
free hand to Niki, and Kelly managed to hold it as well. Melissa got ready to jump, but
she found Gabe staring at her intently.
"Yes?" she said.
"Direct contact." He said softly. Melissa sighed and took his hand. Her arm was
aching anyway. He twined his fingers around hers, moving his thumb softly over her
hand. She held her breath and waited until they blinked before she ripped her hand from
him. She rubbed her hand, as she dirty-looked him.
"Don't' do that," she hissed softly, not wanting to alert Niki to this new
development in this plot of the Labyrinth.
"Do what, poppet?" He said smiling, grabbing her hand and kissing it again
before pulling out a chair for her. She smiled acidly, and sat down in the chair next to the
one he pulled out. Gabriel sighed and sat down in it. Niki and Kelly sat on Melissa's
other side, and looked at Gabriel expectantly. He sighed again and clapped his hands,
signalling for the breakfast to be served. A line of green and blue heads appeared from
under the table, bearing all sorts of steaming trays.
Melissa noticed that Kelly's affliction hadn't lessened, and she still looked half-
goblin. There were a wide variety of foods to choose from, but only Kelly did them
justice, both Melissa and Niki were too nervous and excited to eat. After all, it's not
everyday you get to go to the Labyrinth. Gabriel didn't eat, but he drank a reddish liquid
with a lemon in it.
"Drinking then, so early in the morning," Melissa asked darkly. For that horrible
month she was locked away with all the alcoholics, she had enough knowledge to sense
a drink.
" Not alcohol, if that's what you believe." Gabriel said to her after he took a sip.
His sharpish teeth were evident as he smiled at her. "You shall meet with the king at
lunchtime. Lunch will be at thirteen."
Niki looked at him oddly. Melissa continued eating in silence. As they finished,
Gabriel stood. "I have to go speak with my brother. I'll be back to collect you in a few
minutes."
"We can't keep ourselves entertained?" Melissa asked disdainfully. She
Continued staring at her plate.
"It isn't often we have guests from another realm. I also would like to spend time
With my daughter." Gabriel said to her. He said before he blinked to his brother
(Wherever he was) "I shall return momentarily. Stay here."
THE End...I wish.