Soon they were all munching happily on sandwiches.
When they had all finished, Taryn stood up and brushed the crumbs off her pants. Their trek through the labyrinth had done nothing for the clothes they had been wearing for two days now. Lynn and Peregrine followed suit and the trudged on again. They came to a fountain with a strange looking creature sitting near it. Lynn and Taryn immediately ran toward the creature thinking perhaps he might tell them how to complete this wretched maze. Peregrine called out to them, "I'll be around the corner. I think I might be able to climb the wall and have a look around." Lynn and Taryn waved at her then resumed the task of interrogating the creature.
Peregrine walked around the corner then whispered, "Goblin King…Jareth…sir, I know you can hear me. I must speak with you." She peeked around the corner to make sure her friends were truly busy talking to the creature. When she turned back around she jumped and pressed her hand to her heart. "Cripes, can't you make a sound to let unsuspecting people know you're there?" As she had been looking at her friends, King Jareth had appeared before her.
"What is it you wish to talk to me about?" he asked, ignoring her comment. "You haven't the time to be dillydallying." He waved his hand and a clock appeared. Peregrine saw that two hours had passed and cringed. Then she shook her head and looked at the Goblin King.
"You must let them leave." Peregrine said and words started tumbling out of her mouth before she could stop them. "It was my wish. I made it for me, not them. I will willingly stay, but please. You must allow them to go back." She looked at his hardened face then down at her hands. "If you will not let them freely go, then separate us. I don't want them to realize that I want to stay. They should be given a fair chance without their decisions being influenced by me." Peregrine stood looking at her feet and was startled by the sudden rush of air. Jareth had left. She peeked around the corner to see her friends still there. He had paid no heed to any of her requests. A tear slipped down her face. She quickly walked back toward her friends, not noticing the owl that was perched on the top of the wall.
"Well, he was no help at all." Taryn complained. "All we know now is that the castle is that way." Taryn pointed to a wall to their left. Peregrine was finally struck with an idea.
"Lynn, have you tried just looking at a wall and…willing it to move?" Peregrine asked. Lynn looked doubtful but Taryn reminded her that she had been able to produce sandwiches out of thin air. Lynn walked over to the wall and placed her hands on it. She scrunched up her face and suddenly there was a strange grating sound. The wall tilted away from Lynn taking five other walls with it. The result was much like a sideways dominos game. The three girls looked at each other then trudged through the now open path. Peregrine resolved herself to helping her friends get through the maze. Unfortunately, moving the wall had drained Lynn's energy and she was unable to do it again. Finally they came to a wall that was slightly crumbling. Lynn gathered the rest of her energy but it wasn't enough but to firmly shake the wall. All three girls placed their hands on the wall and pushed. As the wall gave way, Peregrine heard the hoot of an owl, but she was too busy fighting gravity to wonder where it had come from. The wall had given way to leave the three friends at the edge of a steep hill. They all lost the battle with gravity and tumbled forward rolling over and over down the slope.
When they landed they were immediately surrounded by a friendly group of…goblins? Having never seen goblins before, they weren't sure if these creatures were goblins or not. They stood up and found each of them to be relatively unharmed.
"Peregrine, I must speak with you." The voice of the Goblin King made the little creatures freeze in their tracks. Taryn and Lynn moved to stand in front of Perry willing to keep the evil king at bay, but Peregrine walked around them and up to the Goblin King. Her friends looked on shocked but were quickly distracted by the goblins that were juggling peaches.
"Why did you wish yourself away?" King Jareth asked when they were a little ways away from her friends. Peregrine looked at where her friends were and back at him.
"My ex-husband …he…" Peregrine couldn't make herself form the words. Suddenly, she turned her head to answer someone's cry of her name. As she turned, she caught sight of a blurry object flying fast at her. It hit her stomach and she let out a grunt of pain before fainting and falling to the ground.