Looking into your heart
Part One
"Why is it that I must have an heir? I am immortal, and I don't think that any child of mine would want to rule over the goblin kingdom," Jareth shouted at the top of his lungs.
"The reason, my son is because you aren't going to want to be king forever, and when that time comes, to whom will you pass on your kingdom to?" his father, Josephus, replied angrily.
Josephus had come to visit Jareth and somehow, the subject of an heir came up. Jareth knew that his father would bring it up, he always did whenever he came to see him. And the conversation would always end up the same, both of them screaming at each other and one of them storming of into the Labyrinth in a huff, then returning much later to apologize, and the subject would not be brought up for the rest of the visit after that.
" I just don't see what point there is. I enjoy ruling this kingdom, even though I don't show it to my goblins, I don't ever see my life without them. They have been a part of my life as far back as I can remember"
" And they still will be a part of your life, and you'll still have power over them, it just wouldn't be the total power that you have now." Josephus said. " I know that there is no one in the world that you would dream of marrying and producing an heir to, so.."
" And what, may I ask, posseses you to come to that conclusion?" Jareth asked, defensively.
" Well, whenever I come here, you never seem to be courting anyone, and you used to be such a charming young man to all the girls when you were younger. Now all you do is sit around all day on your throne, stealing mortal children who are unwanted. So I just assume" Josephus said.
" Well, you're wrong." Jareth said simply, instantly regretting the moment that he had even opened his mouth.
"Ahh, so there is a young woman. Let me try to guess who it is. Could it be that lovely Clarise over in the animal kingdom, or maybe it is that"
" No father, it isn't any one of royalty. She isn't even of the underground, either."
" Really. Then it be one of those girls that you have sent through the Labyrinth in order to save their siblings and save their asses from their parents finding out what they did."
" That is not the way it works. The only time I ever keep the child is when it truly isn't loved, by either it's siblings, or by it's parents. That way I can give the child a proper life where they will be happy. And, yes it was one of those girls." Jareth said.
" Was? Do you mean to tell me that you still don't feel that way for her?" Josephus asked quietly.
" I thought I did, then I realized that she wouldn't ever love me. So I gave up." Jareth said." Now if you'll excuse me, I have some business to attend to." And with that he was gone.
Part two
Jareth sat in his throne room, deep in thought, with a few of his goblins laying around him, having fun and talking.
Jareth felt bad because he had lied to his father. He had told him that there were no feelings there for his Sarah, but secretly, he did. There wasn't a night that he didn't dream of her living with him and ruling as Queen of the Goblins.
Jareth didn't understanf why these feelings were still so strong. It had been nearly ten years since Sarah had beaten his Labyrinth, but he felt like it had been only yesterday.
Josephus entered the throne room and imeadiately the goblins were cleared out of the room, giving the two men some privacy.
"Jareth," Josephus said," I know that you didn't mean what you said earlier. I could sense it in your voice, and I can see it in your eyes. Now I'm not an expert on this, but if you truly love someone, you tell them and you show them. I think that you should go to this girl, and tell her."
" You're right. But I don't think that she'll listen to what I say, father. She is not like any normal mortal girl." Jareth said.
Later Jareth was in his bedroom, thinking about what his father had said earlier, and what his reply had been. As he thought , he conjured up a crystal so that he could watch her.
As he peered into it, he saw that she was in a park, playing with Toby.
"How that boy has grown in the past ten years," he thought," I wonder if he even remembers what happened and what his sister did to save him."
At that moment , he realized what had to be done and sighed. " I can't go on living without her in my life. I have to see her and tell her. But how am I going to do it?"
Jareth stayed up all night until he finally came up with a plan to win Sarah's Heart.