Epilogue:
Elaina woke up for the second time that night and shivered. She turned over on her side as she lay in her bed and tried to go back to sleep. But she couldn't. There was too much going through her mind.
She got up and stepped outside, still in her cotton nightgown. She turned her face up towards the black midnight sky and let the moonlight spill down on her. She lifted her arms to the heavens and danced in a circle for no reason apparent to anyone who may have been watching.
She stopped twirling and leaned against the outside wall of the blacksmith shop, going over the last few years in her mind.
David had retired and now slept in Elaina's old shed. She had offered for him to remain in his room, for she almost liked the shed, but he insisted that the blacksmith stay in his (or her *wink*) shop. And with that, she had officially become the village's first female blacksmith. She was very skilled at her trade; a female blacksmith who specialized in making the finest iron masks for miles around. Her masks were always quite exquisite, and no one really knew quite how she made them. It was almost as if she had some kind of strange power (*wink wink*) over the metal. Everyone came to her whenever there happened to be a Masque or a Ball. She herself, however, never attended these events, for reasons that nobody (except Gibbs and David, of course) quite knew for sure.
Timothy Gibbons had gone off with his father on another expedition to assist a small ethnic community that lived of to the East. In the village, Gibbs met a beautiful tribal girl (the daughter of the high priestess no less) with long, sleek black hair and a charming laugh that was contagious even to the most stoic of people and fallen madly in love with her. He had brought her back to meet Elaina, and convinced her to stay with him in his grandmother's house (his grandmother had passed away a year before). They eventually got married and Gibbs couldn't be happier. Elaina loved Gibbs' new wife, Keelamari, and the two women were the best of friends. Keelamari had recently gotten pregnant and Gibbs was excited beyond belief at the idea of being a father.
Elaina didn't see Jareth after she left the castle but, from time to time, she could feel him there beside her when she was sad or lonely. She was pleased with the Labyrinth she had created and hoped it would keep him safe. She wondered sometimes why the kiss had created a Labyrinth as opposed to a wall or a fence and had come to the conclusion that someone else must be meant to solve it one day. She was pleased, also, with the goblins and trusted that they would serve him well.
All the memories of the past years were bringing tears to her eyes. She blinked them away and turned to go back inside. As she did so, she caught a glimpse of a white snowy owl flying above her head, silhouetted against the light of the moon. She watched it fly around once in a circle and land on bush near her. It gave her a crooning coo and looked up at her with big brown eyes. It blinked.
She blinked back.
It blinked again.
She blew it a kiss. Not a magical kiss, mind you, but a goodbye kiss.
The owl seemed to answer back, telling her that he would be with her always. Then a warm breeze picked up and the owl flew away into the night. Elaina smiled and went inside, making a note to tell Gibbs all about it tomorrow.
ELAINA WOULD ONE DAY FALL IN LOVE WITH A KNIGHT WHO WAS PASSING THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND ASKED HER TO MAKE HIM A SET OF ARMOUR. THEY GOT MARRIED AND HAD A DAUGHTER, WHO WOULD ONE DAY HAVE A DAUGHTER AND SO ON. THIS LEGACY WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF TIME. THE LABYRINTH WOULD KEPT JARETH SAFE FROM ALL HARM FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, UNTIL ONE DAY WHEN A DAUGHTER OF ELAINA'S LEGACY WAS BORN. A BEAUTIFUL GIRL BY THE NAME OF SARAH. LITTLE DID ANYONE KNOW AT THE TIME, INCLUDING SARAH HERSELF, THAT SHE WOULD BE THE ONE TO CHANGE THE HISTORY OF THE LABYRINTH FOREVER...
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Elaina woke up for the second time that night and shivered. She turned over on her side as she lay in her bed and tried to go back to sleep. But she couldn't. There was too much going through her mind.
She got up and stepped outside, still in her cotton nightgown. She turned her face up towards the black midnight sky and let the moonlight spill down on her. She lifted her arms to the heavens and danced in a circle for no reason apparent to anyone who may have been watching.
She stopped twirling and leaned against the outside wall of the blacksmith shop, going over the last few years in her mind.
David had retired and now slept in Elaina's old shed. She had offered for him to remain in his room, for she almost liked the shed, but he insisted that the blacksmith stay in his (or her *wink*) shop. And with that, she had officially become the village's first female blacksmith. She was very skilled at her trade; a female blacksmith who specialized in making the finest iron masks for miles around. Her masks were always quite exquisite, and no one really knew quite how she made them. It was almost as if she had some kind of strange power (*wink wink*) over the metal. Everyone came to her whenever there happened to be a Masque or a Ball. She herself, however, never attended these events, for reasons that nobody (except Gibbs and David, of course) quite knew for sure.
Timothy Gibbons had gone off with his father on another expedition to assist a small ethnic community that lived of to the East. In the village, Gibbs met a beautiful tribal girl (the daughter of the high priestess no less) with long, sleek black hair and a charming laugh that was contagious even to the most stoic of people and fallen madly in love with her. He had brought her back to meet Elaina, and convinced her to stay with him in his grandmother's house (his grandmother had passed away a year before). They eventually got married and Gibbs couldn't be happier. Elaina loved Gibbs' new wife, Keelamari, and the two women were the best of friends. Keelamari had recently gotten pregnant and Gibbs was excited beyond belief at the idea of being a father.
Elaina didn't see Jareth after she left the castle but, from time to time, she could feel him there beside her when she was sad or lonely. She was pleased with the Labyrinth she had created and hoped it would keep him safe. She wondered sometimes why the kiss had created a Labyrinth as opposed to a wall or a fence and had come to the conclusion that someone else must be meant to solve it one day. She was pleased, also, with the goblins and trusted that they would serve him well.
All the memories of the past years were bringing tears to her eyes. She blinked them away and turned to go back inside. As she did so, she caught a glimpse of a white snowy owl flying above her head, silhouetted against the light of the moon. She watched it fly around once in a circle and land on bush near her. It gave her a crooning coo and looked up at her with big brown eyes. It blinked.
She blinked back.
It blinked again.
She blew it a kiss. Not a magical kiss, mind you, but a goodbye kiss.
The owl seemed to answer back, telling her that he would be with her always. Then a warm breeze picked up and the owl flew away into the night. Elaina smiled and went inside, making a note to tell Gibbs all about it tomorrow.
ELAINA WOULD ONE DAY FALL IN LOVE WITH A KNIGHT WHO WAS PASSING THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND ASKED HER TO MAKE HIM A SET OF ARMOUR. THEY GOT MARRIED AND HAD A DAUGHTER, WHO WOULD ONE DAY HAVE A DAUGHTER AND SO ON. THIS LEGACY WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF TIME. THE LABYRINTH WOULD KEPT JARETH SAFE FROM ALL HARM FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, UNTIL ONE DAY WHEN A DAUGHTER OF ELAINA'S LEGACY WAS BORN. A BEAUTIFUL GIRL BY THE NAME OF SARAH. LITTLE DID ANYONE KNOW AT THE TIME, INCLUDING SARAH HERSELF, THAT SHE WOULD BE THE ONE TO CHANGE THE HISTORY OF THE LABYRINTH FOREVER...
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