"So let me get this straight," Carmen started, "We are in the Labyrinth, you wished me here to help you get Grace back, and that guy over there is the Goblin King?"

"For the 5th time yes…" I responded, getting kind of frustrated, I've been explaining it to her for about an hour.

"Right," Carmen, "Ok, well, I'll play along. Just along as that guy over doesn't touch me." Jareth looked at her.

"I don't suppose you mean me?" Jareth asked, looking shocked.

"Yes, you," Carmen said, "You look like you came straight out of the Moulin Rouge."

"Moulin.. Rouge?" Jareth asked slowly.

"Errr, nevermind." Carmen turned to me, "So are we going to go save Grace or what?" I could tell by Carm's tone that she didn't believe this or anything, I guess she thought she was dreaming. She can be really skeptical, which is quite frustrating at times.

"Let's go. Later Jareth, hope you can get your power back. Word of advice though, Trevor is a VERY good at talking, even though he seems like kind of like a dumbass, he can be very manipulative," I stated as I rose.

"I wish the best of luck to both of you," Jareth said, starting to fade, "Though you know, if things go well for me, I will be your enemy once again."

"And we all know how fun that is," I said to the air where he was once standing. I looked to Carmen's whose eyes were widened, but did not say anything. I motioned my head towards the Labyrinth gates. As we walked down the hill, Carmen finally spoke.

"Did you say Trevor? As in your Trevor?" She asked.

"He isn't MY Trevor, that was a LONG time ago," I responded defensively.

"Ok, Trevor, as in Trevor Wesley, who joined that cult and ran away from home in the middle of night a year or so ago?" She asked once again. There were many rumors about how Trevor had disappeared, none of course were true, the weird thing was everyone except adults who knew Trevor remembered him. Obviously something went terribly wrong in Jareth's memory erasing.

"Yes, that Trevor, but he didn't run away with a cult or anything." I answered, carefully stepping over some weeds that surrounded the gate. It, unfortunately, was locked heavily. I looked it over.

"Well, then what happened to him and why is he here?" Carmen questioned hurriedly. What can I say? She likes to know stuff.

"I can't really explain it, because its obvious that you think this is all a dream," I explained, pulling on one of the padlocks on the gate, "And if you think this isn't real, then its going to make it all the more difficult to explain."

"Okay, okay," Carmen finally admitted, "After that Jareth guy disappeared, I started to believe that this isn't a dream… there? Happy? Now spill."

"Ok, well last year, after that little… uh… 'fling' I had with Trevor, he started to become really mean. So one night after a fight we had had, I turned on the Labyrinth. Then just for fun, I tried wishing Trevor here, and well… it worked." I paused for Carmen's reaction. The extent of it was a blink.

"So I came here and I met Jareth, and he gave me the little 'you have thirteen hours to rescue Trevor before he is turned into a goblin' babble. Of course, I realized this was a great opportunity to make our community Trevor-free. So I told Jareth that I didn't want Trevor back. Oh and I also told him he scared the frick out of me and that he should wear a papersack over his head for the rest of his life. I guess he was used to girls drooling over him or something, which is really wrong, and he gave me a free wish for being so honest. And I wished… Ewan McGregor here to waste thirteen hours with me in the Labyrinth." More blinking.

"K… and well.. we ended up solving the Labyrinth accidentally, and with hours to spare. But Jareth said he had grown accustom to Trevor, and wanted to keep him. So I let him, much to my better judgment. I had become very close to Ewan, and I didn't want to leave the Labyrinth never seeing him again. But Jareth is an ass and sent both of us back to our homes before we really had a proper goodbye. Needless to say, I thought it was all a dream, though I was outside my house in the middle of the night when I woke up. That morning though, Ewan showed up at my doorstep and we talked. I guess he thought the whole situation was to real to be a dream too. But we are great friends now." Blink… blink… She won't believe me... Hell... you guys probably don't believe me either.

"This is besides the point, so I left Trevor here, and Jareth tried erasing everyone's memory of him I guess, but it didn't really work, because only adults that knew him, like his mom and dad and all his teachers, are the only ones that don't remember him. Then a year passes, and all these rumors accumulate about Trev, though no one over the age of 25 believed them because they have no idea who the hell Trevor Wesley is. Then, this morning, on the way to show choir, I accidentally wished Gracie away. And well, here I am, but it turns out Trevor had taken over Jareth's spot and is ruining everything. And I helped Jareth decide what to do, and he gave me another wish… and POOF, here you are." This time... no blinking… she just stared at me. So I moved my hands over her eyes… making her blink.

"Oh… k…" Carmen said slowly.

"I didn't expect ya to get all that."

"I kind of did... yeah… no, never mind."

"Come on, let's go get Grace."

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"So Grace, has Katie, ya know, had any boyfriends or anything since I disappeared?" Grace raised an eyebrow, which she was incredibly good at.

"Well… guys have asked her out, but she always tells me she is afraid of guys now," She replied (ok, she stretched the truth a little, I'm not afraid of all guys, just like 3 that asked me out, cuz they were creeepppyyy), "But there is this one guy…" She trailed off.

"One guy?" Trevor asked, to eagerly.

"Umm… never mind," Grace answered, smirking.

"No, tell me!"

"Tell… you? Tell you what?" Grace played dumb. Trevor glared at her and started pacing back and forth.

"About the one guy!"

"One guy?" She was good at it.

"Katie and the one guy!" He demanded, nearly yelling.

"Katie?! I'm confused!" She cried, covering her eyes, she pretended to hyperventilate.

"Oh, just forget it… I'll find out soon enough." Trevor said, frustrated. Grace laughed.

"What may I ask is so funny?" The new Goblin king demanded, once again.

"You," Grace replied simply.

"Why?"

"Your so wrapped up in knowing about Katie, but yet you treated her like garbage, which is why you're here," Grace answered.

"Oh…"

Silence

Silence

Silence

Silence

"Wanna play cards or something?" Trevor asked finally. Grace shrugged.

"Eh…"