The Labyrinth Re-traveled chapter 6

Victoria was still sitting at the window looking out over the intricate Labyrinth, when she finished her 10th peach. Jareth stared as she picked up a tenth out of the barrel next to her. He had never seen any one eat so FAST. She finished them in about 2 minutes. He had pondered about what would happen to her memory after eating all those brain washing fruit but he decided that it wouldn't do any SERIOUS damage…but then again…

"Victoria, I think you've had enough of those peaches." He said wrenching the 11th from her hand.

Victoria looked at him drunkenly, and pointed her index finger at him.

"I'll tell YOU when I've had enough, MISTER!!" She poked him right in the middle of his chest. Jareth rolled his eyes and hauled her over his shoulder.

"NO! Put me down! Where am I? I want my MOM!!" She cried flailing her arms and legs. Jareth gave an annoyed glare toward one of his goblin servants and lay her down in the little cavity in the middle of his throne room. She thrashed around trying to get up, like a turtle on it's back. Jareth covered her with a blanket and she calmed down and rolled into the pillows, passed out.

"Remind me to write a warning about ODing on LSD peaches." Jareth said to one of his goblins. He turned and looked at the sleeping Victoria, her brown hair over her face like a lace curtain.

"I'm going to miss The Little Sarah when she's gone." He smiled.

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Sarah and Ludo walked up to a large oak door with a golden doorknocker in the shape of a woman's face.

"Hello?" Sarah asked.

The woman's eye's shot open and she looked right into Sarah's eyes.

"Who are you?" She asked sharply.

"I'm S-"

"Yes, yes, we all know about you." She said impatiently.

"Well, I suppose so." Sarah replied not really understanding what the woman was getting at.

"I suppose you want me to open this door and let you through so you can go save your precious darling daughter, right?" She snipped.

"Well, yeah." Sarah said slowly.

"Well I'm sorry, but I just can't do that."

"You CAN'T?!"

"No, well, that's a lie, I'm just not going to."

Ludo let out a low growl and narrowed his eyes at the doorknocker.

"Why not?!" Wailed Sarah.

"Because I think you should find your own way. There IS an easier way to do this. Now leave me alone!" She growled and closed her eyes again.

"How rude!!" Snapped Sarah to Ludo. Ludo nodded in agreement.

"What do now?"

"I don't know." Sighed Sarah looking around taking in her surroundings. Nothing looked different, the floor sloped up but that was it. She squinted in the sun and stared some more. She just couldn't find anyway other than the door. She slammed her back into the wall, (not a very smart thing to do) and screamed. Ludo gave her a surprised look.

"I'm sorry, Ludo." Sarah apologized, "But I HATE this place, they never make anything clear." Ludo shrugged. Sarah reached up and grabbed onto the edge of the wall with her finger tips and groaned.

"I'll never get out of here will I?" She asked. Ludo shrugged.

He never WAS any real help any way thought Sarah. Actually, come to think of it, NONE of them were with the exception of Hoggle. Didimus didn't do anything at all, even when he was 'leading the way' he got almost all the way there before realizing she was missing. She groaned again. Suddenly she looked up. The wall was lower than it usually was, and maybe if she just could get up…she steadied herself on ludo's shoulder and pushed herself up onto the wall.

"Wow!" She breathed. She could see for a half a mile in every direction.

"Come on Ludo!" She called and began to walk across the wall. Ludo followed her as they strolled along happily.

"This is a piece of Cake!!" She cried, as a trap door released beneath them and she and Ludo were sent down into the swirling depths of the Oubliette.

"Oomf!" She muttered as she landed cheek first on the hard floor of the Oubliette. She felt a small crack in her mouth and gingerly poked one of her molars with her tongue. Sharp pain hit her, bringing tears to her eyes. She spit into the dirt, revealing dark red blood.

"Damn!" She cried, yanking out the damaged tooth with her fingers. She looked at it miserably. The root was missing, buried somewhere in her gum. It was hopeless; even if she did get home the dentist wouldn't be able to fix it. She tossed it into the corner and spit some more to get the taste of blood out of her mouth.

"I'm so happy you're enjoying this, Sarah." Came Jareth's sarcastic purr from the corner. Sarah stood up straight and looked at him. He walked out of the corner and into the dim light.

"Tsk tsk tsk." He said, bending down and picking up her tooth.

Sarah watched him, with dark penetrating eyes.

"This never would have happened if you hadn't broken the rules."

"What rules?!" Cried Sarah.

"The rules of the Labyrinth. My rules."

Sarah scoffed. Jareth's rules. Right.

"There aren't any rules." Sarah argued.

"But there is, the rule says that you're not supposed to walk on top of the wall."

"Where?"

"Here." Jareth snapped his fingers and a giant book landed in front of him. He kneeled down and licked his fingers, flipping through the pages. He read some and smirked.

"Here." He said again and pointed on the page. Sarah walked over next to him and read.

YOU CAN'T WALK ON THE WALL!

"That's a rule? What kind of official book IS THIS?" She asked alarmed.

"My book."

"Right."

"And do you know what the penalty is for breaking the rules is? Two hours off your time."

"WHAT!?" Screamed Ludo and Sarah.

"That's not f-"

"Don't say it, Sarah, it's not worth it really." He placed his finger on her lips.

"Fair…" Sarah said faintly. She looked at him angrily from under her eyebrows. Jareth leaned down, kissed her forehead and disappeared.

"Fuck Jareth." She snapped rubbing her forehead. She looked around desperately, how would she get out of THIS mess?

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Victoria opened her eyes and sat up. Where was she? She rubbed her eyes and looked around. There were tons of sleeping goblins all around her and it suddenly dawned on her.

"Jareth?" She croaked.

"Yes?" Jareth appeared at her side.

"Never give me another one of those peaches!" She said.

Jareth laughed. Victoria laughed with him, but stopped suddenly when she saw the clock.

"Jareth, why are two hours of my mother's time missing? I didn't sleep that long so don't try to tell me I did!" She snapped. Jareth looked at her innocently.

"She broke the rules-"

"DON'T GIVE ME THAT SHIT!! I may seem like a naive little child but I can tell you why you did it! You want her to fail so she has to live with you! She'll be yours to have your way with! You're a bad bad man! YOU SELFISH PIG!!" She pushed his shoulder. He got pushed back a bit and started at her strength.

"Victoria, I assure you, I was only going by the rul-"

"Are your spandex on too tight or something Jareth? You know as well as I do that there ARE no rules in the Labyrinth and that you do whatever you find necessary."

"Exactly, dear girl!! I found it necessary."

"BULL SHIT!" Snapped Victoria meanly. She walked over to the window. Her eyes searched franticly for a dot that could be her mother, but she didn't see a thing and she was beginning to worry.

End of chapter 6

Wow, I know that took me a REALLY long time but…I am grounded so I can only sneak in a little bit a day.~A.P