I'm still stuck but I thought that I would post what I have so far so that you don't think I forgot about the story.
Onaree
Standard Disclaimer-- see part one
Chapter 8 -- Into the Labyrinth
From Chapter 7
Looking down into her fruit juice, "Could you tell me what happened when my father came?"
Jareth took a sip of his drink and settled into to tell a story. "It started when your father wished away his sister Janie."
****
"I wish the Goblin King would take you away -- right now!!" and turned to the cupboard to get out a mop to clean up the mess. As soon as he turned thunder crashed right outside the kitchen window then the lights went out.
Bobby turns around but the kitchen is very dark. "Janie, don't worry I'll be right there." He goes to where Janie was but only a mound of flour remains.
"Stop hiding, Janie." Bobby was impatient, he hated the dark. Suddenly another lightening bolt momentarily light up the kitchen and he could see in that instant many strange white footprints all over the floor.
Before he can even wonder about the footprints, the kitchen door crashes open and an owl flies straight toward him.
Chapter 8 -- Into the Labyrinth
Like so many others he was less than please to see me. Jareth stated.
He stared out into the garden, then in an amazingly innocent voice half sighed. "I'm totally unappreciated."
Sarah just gaped at his statement until she saw him slyly look over at her and a smile tug at the corner of his mouth. *I can't believe it* she thought to herself, *he's teasing me.*
***
Bobby saw an owl flying straight toward him and without thought swung the mop at it. More by luck than skill he caught the edge of the animals wing. The owl started to tumble but caught itself enough to go back out the kitchen door before falling to ground.
Unseen by Bobby, the fallen owl changed by into Jareth. He was on the ground, his wired collar was crumpled and, of course, he landed in the mud. He picked himself up and thought *let us hope that ill begun is well finished*. The Goblin King used his magic to repair himself and walked into the kitchen.
****
"Were you wearing that same outfit that you met me in?" Sarah asked.
"Yes, that is the outfit that I usually wear. I find that I makes a strong impression." casting his memory back to that day.
***
Jareth entered the kitchen just as lightning flashed illuminating him from behind.
Bobby standing transfixed at the sight, with his mop, asked. "Who are you?"
"You know very well who I am" Jareth responded.
Bobby just stared blankly, he didn't have a clue who this stranger was. He guessed "You're Gorgeous George?"
Now it was the Goblin Kings turn to stare blankly.
"You know, from wrestling on TV." Bobby tried to clarify.
Jareth decides he doesn't want to know and decides to go forward. "Since you wished your sister away to me, I've come for her. That is who I am." Jareth let the lighting flash again on the last part so as to intimidate the child.
"Where is my sister!" Bobby shouted.
"She is in my castle, beyond the Goblin City."
"Give her back." Bobby yelled and swung the mop he was still holding at the Goblin King.
The Jareth caught the handle before it could connect and then yanked it out of Bobby's hands causing him to fall on his backside.
Bobby looks up at the Goblin King to see him throw the mop up where it disappears into thin air.
"If you want her back you must go there." Jareth points to the castle.
Bobby looks where Jareth points to and sees that his is now on a hilltop overlooking the Labyrinth and Jareth is pointing to the castle in the middle.
"Time is short." Jareth points to an ornate clock sitting in mid-air near the tree. "You have thirteen hours in which to solve the Labyrinth... before your baby sister becomes one of us... forever. Such a pity." The Goblin King then vanishes along with the clock.
****
"I told him that I had his sister and they he had to find her in thirteen hours to find her." Jareth told Sarah as he continued with his story.
"What dream did you offer him?" Sarah wondered.
"None."
"Why didn't you offer him anything like you did me?"
Jareth gave a small smirk, "I had hoped that you would have taken it and saved me the wait."
"What!" Sarah said flashing angry eyes at him.
"You wanted to be a fairy princess, loved by all around you. You have all that, now." Jareth said and took a sudden, undivided interest in his sandwich.
Arms folded and with a cross look in her eyes, "What happened next?"
"I returned to my throne room to wait."
****
Jareth materialized in the passage way just outside his throne room. *Let me see my newest acquisition* he thought to himself and walked into the throne room and toward the pit in the centre.
The Goblin King stopped dead at the sight before him. Instead of the sea of goblins surrounding a child, he saw a small girl at one side of the pit with her hands on her hips glaring.
Jareth closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again.
Yes, the goblins *were* huddled in the other side of the pit away from the child.
Jareth stalked over to the throne, threw himself down upon it. He closed his eyes, rubbing his temples with his long, gloved hands and thought, *I have a very bad feeling about this.*
****
"What was my father doing?" Sarah asked
"He would have started his trek into the Labyrinth, I usually wait awhile before checking up on them."
TBC
Onaree
Standard Disclaimer-- see part one
Chapter 8 -- Into the Labyrinth
From Chapter 7
Looking down into her fruit juice, "Could you tell me what happened when my father came?"
Jareth took a sip of his drink and settled into to tell a story. "It started when your father wished away his sister Janie."
****
"I wish the Goblin King would take you away -- right now!!" and turned to the cupboard to get out a mop to clean up the mess. As soon as he turned thunder crashed right outside the kitchen window then the lights went out.
Bobby turns around but the kitchen is very dark. "Janie, don't worry I'll be right there." He goes to where Janie was but only a mound of flour remains.
"Stop hiding, Janie." Bobby was impatient, he hated the dark. Suddenly another lightening bolt momentarily light up the kitchen and he could see in that instant many strange white footprints all over the floor.
Before he can even wonder about the footprints, the kitchen door crashes open and an owl flies straight toward him.
Chapter 8 -- Into the Labyrinth
Like so many others he was less than please to see me. Jareth stated.
He stared out into the garden, then in an amazingly innocent voice half sighed. "I'm totally unappreciated."
Sarah just gaped at his statement until she saw him slyly look over at her and a smile tug at the corner of his mouth. *I can't believe it* she thought to herself, *he's teasing me.*
***
Bobby saw an owl flying straight toward him and without thought swung the mop at it. More by luck than skill he caught the edge of the animals wing. The owl started to tumble but caught itself enough to go back out the kitchen door before falling to ground.
Unseen by Bobby, the fallen owl changed by into Jareth. He was on the ground, his wired collar was crumpled and, of course, he landed in the mud. He picked himself up and thought *let us hope that ill begun is well finished*. The Goblin King used his magic to repair himself and walked into the kitchen.
****
"Were you wearing that same outfit that you met me in?" Sarah asked.
"Yes, that is the outfit that I usually wear. I find that I makes a strong impression." casting his memory back to that day.
***
Jareth entered the kitchen just as lightning flashed illuminating him from behind.
Bobby standing transfixed at the sight, with his mop, asked. "Who are you?"
"You know very well who I am" Jareth responded.
Bobby just stared blankly, he didn't have a clue who this stranger was. He guessed "You're Gorgeous George?"
Now it was the Goblin Kings turn to stare blankly.
"You know, from wrestling on TV." Bobby tried to clarify.
Jareth decides he doesn't want to know and decides to go forward. "Since you wished your sister away to me, I've come for her. That is who I am." Jareth let the lighting flash again on the last part so as to intimidate the child.
"Where is my sister!" Bobby shouted.
"She is in my castle, beyond the Goblin City."
"Give her back." Bobby yelled and swung the mop he was still holding at the Goblin King.
The Jareth caught the handle before it could connect and then yanked it out of Bobby's hands causing him to fall on his backside.
Bobby looks up at the Goblin King to see him throw the mop up where it disappears into thin air.
"If you want her back you must go there." Jareth points to the castle.
Bobby looks where Jareth points to and sees that his is now on a hilltop overlooking the Labyrinth and Jareth is pointing to the castle in the middle.
"Time is short." Jareth points to an ornate clock sitting in mid-air near the tree. "You have thirteen hours in which to solve the Labyrinth... before your baby sister becomes one of us... forever. Such a pity." The Goblin King then vanishes along with the clock.
****
"I told him that I had his sister and they he had to find her in thirteen hours to find her." Jareth told Sarah as he continued with his story.
"What dream did you offer him?" Sarah wondered.
"None."
"Why didn't you offer him anything like you did me?"
Jareth gave a small smirk, "I had hoped that you would have taken it and saved me the wait."
"What!" Sarah said flashing angry eyes at him.
"You wanted to be a fairy princess, loved by all around you. You have all that, now." Jareth said and took a sudden, undivided interest in his sandwich.
Arms folded and with a cross look in her eyes, "What happened next?"
"I returned to my throne room to wait."
****
Jareth materialized in the passage way just outside his throne room. *Let me see my newest acquisition* he thought to himself and walked into the throne room and toward the pit in the centre.
The Goblin King stopped dead at the sight before him. Instead of the sea of goblins surrounding a child, he saw a small girl at one side of the pit with her hands on her hips glaring.
Jareth closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again.
Yes, the goblins *were* huddled in the other side of the pit away from the child.
Jareth stalked over to the throne, threw himself down upon it. He closed his eyes, rubbing his temples with his long, gloved hands and thought, *I have a very bad feeling about this.*
****
"What was my father doing?" Sarah asked
"He would have started his trek into the Labyrinth, I usually wait awhile before checking up on them."
TBC