I own nothing; this is a fanfic after all. Disclaim, disclaim, disclaim, I
do! Finals are coming up so who knows when my next update will be, but
then again the muses keep bringing me Labyrinth stuff and pinecones and
candy instead of final paper topics, so it might not be so long. ^..^; Heh.
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Jareth made himself comfortable in an old very-used Ikea chair near Katheriene. "Will she wake up if I watch a movie? I can't get over myself as David Bowie."
Corrin stared at him, he was strange, but he seemed a lot nicer than the Jareth she'd seen in Labyrinth a billion times. Then again, when she thought about it, he hadn't seemed so bad in that dream/reality from when she was three. She remembered being very happy for those thirteen hours, if they'd really happened. She rubbed the tattoo on her left wrist with her right thumb, "Nah, she'll sleep through anything."
Jareth looked at her wrist, it was the first time though he'd noticed her touch the tattoo several times in the past five minutes. From where he sat and where she stood he could tell it was a Labyrinth, intricate in detail and a nearly perfect map to his ever-changing Labyrinth. "One of my mother's drawings." She smiled at him before going into her tiny bedroom to call her mother. From the living room, dining room, TV room, main room, every room she could hear him laughing at the movie, "Can you imagine me singing like that? Hah, I wish!"
She laughed to herself, most of her mother's friends seemed like this.
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Her mother's voice sounded strained. "You met who of my old friends?"
She was secretly hoping it was Hoggle or Ludo, not Jareth. If it was Jareth, her little Corey was in a tight spot.
"Jareth." Corrin smiled a little at the name, it was funny how the movie had changed all the names but left the Underground ones the same. Probably, maybe because no one would think they were real names. Maybe because their names already fit them so well, and no one could pronounce her mother's name.
"What? What did you ask him to take away?"
"Oh, well you know, since Derek left it's a bit hard for me to get the trash out in the evening so I said, 'I wish the goblins would come take the trash out right now.'"
Tegan sighed, "Corey, Jareth wouldn't show up to take your trash out. If he liked you enough he'd just send a goblin to do it. What happened?"
Corey bit her lip and tried not to cry and scream 'mommy.' It was harder than she thought it would be. "Well, Derek left because I'm pregnant. Two months."
Tegan sighed again. She knew Corey would never be able to make a decision concerning the child and it was just as well that Jareth was taking it, but it was so early. Jareth liked kids and often didn't really turn them into goblins, but gave them little goblin suits so they could make believe and the rest of the Underground kept off his back. All the goblins in the goblin city had been born there; it was the throne room goblins that were really children. Unlike in the movie, which gave Tegan chills, he would never, ever, ever in a million years kick or throw one of them.
"Don't make the same mistake I did, Corey. Don't come back up here. I love you."
Corey pulled a face, "I love you too, mom."
And the line went dead, leaving Corrin to ponder what her mother had meant by telling her not to come back, if she really should come back and what would happen with Katheriene.
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Yeah, I know this isn't my best chapter, but I needed to throw her mother in and tell you a little bit of her point of view! Leave feedback and ice cream, please (the muses always bring me sprinkles and no ice cream =p) Stay tuned to see what happens with Katheriene or something! See if my spelling improves! (I swear I'll go back and edit the earlier chapters, heh)
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Jareth made himself comfortable in an old very-used Ikea chair near Katheriene. "Will she wake up if I watch a movie? I can't get over myself as David Bowie."
Corrin stared at him, he was strange, but he seemed a lot nicer than the Jareth she'd seen in Labyrinth a billion times. Then again, when she thought about it, he hadn't seemed so bad in that dream/reality from when she was three. She remembered being very happy for those thirteen hours, if they'd really happened. She rubbed the tattoo on her left wrist with her right thumb, "Nah, she'll sleep through anything."
Jareth looked at her wrist, it was the first time though he'd noticed her touch the tattoo several times in the past five minutes. From where he sat and where she stood he could tell it was a Labyrinth, intricate in detail and a nearly perfect map to his ever-changing Labyrinth. "One of my mother's drawings." She smiled at him before going into her tiny bedroom to call her mother. From the living room, dining room, TV room, main room, every room she could hear him laughing at the movie, "Can you imagine me singing like that? Hah, I wish!"
She laughed to herself, most of her mother's friends seemed like this.
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Her mother's voice sounded strained. "You met who of my old friends?"
She was secretly hoping it was Hoggle or Ludo, not Jareth. If it was Jareth, her little Corey was in a tight spot.
"Jareth." Corrin smiled a little at the name, it was funny how the movie had changed all the names but left the Underground ones the same. Probably, maybe because no one would think they were real names. Maybe because their names already fit them so well, and no one could pronounce her mother's name.
"What? What did you ask him to take away?"
"Oh, well you know, since Derek left it's a bit hard for me to get the trash out in the evening so I said, 'I wish the goblins would come take the trash out right now.'"
Tegan sighed, "Corey, Jareth wouldn't show up to take your trash out. If he liked you enough he'd just send a goblin to do it. What happened?"
Corey bit her lip and tried not to cry and scream 'mommy.' It was harder than she thought it would be. "Well, Derek left because I'm pregnant. Two months."
Tegan sighed again. She knew Corey would never be able to make a decision concerning the child and it was just as well that Jareth was taking it, but it was so early. Jareth liked kids and often didn't really turn them into goblins, but gave them little goblin suits so they could make believe and the rest of the Underground kept off his back. All the goblins in the goblin city had been born there; it was the throne room goblins that were really children. Unlike in the movie, which gave Tegan chills, he would never, ever, ever in a million years kick or throw one of them.
"Don't make the same mistake I did, Corey. Don't come back up here. I love you."
Corey pulled a face, "I love you too, mom."
And the line went dead, leaving Corrin to ponder what her mother had meant by telling her not to come back, if she really should come back and what would happen with Katheriene.
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Yeah, I know this isn't my best chapter, but I needed to throw her mother in and tell you a little bit of her point of view! Leave feedback and ice cream, please (the muses always bring me sprinkles and no ice cream =p) Stay tuned to see what happens with Katheriene or something! See if my spelling improves! (I swear I'll go back and edit the earlier chapters, heh)