Intentions Chapter 4

Authors note: Here comes the king.

Hoggle and Sarah walked for what seemed like miles. Step after step and cave after cave, the dirt never let way to grass, stone or even water. Sarah was becoming very tired, thirst and Very Dirty. She desperately wanted a drink of water, or a bath. At this moment she would have loved to look upward and see the crystal sky, dripping with cool clean rain, instead of the dark dreary clumps of crock and dirt above her.
"Hoggle are you sure we're going the right way?" Hoggle was become worried. He had been down in the catacombs and caves to visit Oley before. Oley had been down there ever since the Goblin King Found out about Oley's gift of clock making and her knowledge of the Eternity Pond. Oley knew so much about the eternity pond that the Goblin king hid Oley away so she wouldn't tell anyone else. Though all anyone had to do to find out its power was to look into it, but Hoggle knew that most goblins wouldn't go near it anyway. Not only had Jareth ordered everyone to stay away, but also it was much to pretty for most goblins to want to go near.
Hoggle had come across Oley's whereabouts one day when he was trying to find a hiding place from a vicious Kanid on a rampage. Hoggle had always gotten along with Oley. They where both cowards but Oley had become increasingly paranoid after her isolation from everyone except Jareth, and Hoggle, though that was a secret. Hoggle knew that if Jareth found out there would be trouble. Right now Hoggle couldn't figure out where to go, and that was trouble enough so he put Jareth out of his mind thought about how to get himself and Sarah out of this cave.
"Well, I ..uh thinks we go right" Hoggle looked at Sarah then looked to his left. "OR, uh maybe we uh, should go.." Sarah could sense the uncertainty in his voice, "Hoggle," Sarah started, " How about I go left and you go right and then we'll come back to the middle, one of us is bound to find a way out." Hoggle didn't like the idea of splitting up but there wasn't much he could think of that was better, plus Sarah always thought of logical stuff when there was a problem, so he agreed. Sara rubbed her face with the cleanest part of her sleeve. Perspiration and dirt soiled her face and clothes. The air was dense and stale. She stopped for a moment to rest against a wall. As she leaned on it a few pebbles and clumps of dirt fell to the ground. She thought about the watch around her neck and brought it from behind her shirt. The light was dim and almost non-existent. Waving the watch in the air like she was trying to swat a fly Sarah looked for the best source of light to view it with. Then as if my miracle a penny sized ray of light glimmered against the smooth black metal. Sarah turned quickly noticing a hole in the wall she was just leaning on. Sarah tried to look through it and attacked the wall furiously. Dirt flew everywhere and she was reminded of Merlin and how she wished he were here. Finally there was a big enough gap for her to get through. She could smell the fresh cool air and the sun filled the inside of the cave, which was now empty.

The Floor was soft with tuffets of long green grass. She closed her eyes and listened to the birds chirping and butterflies whizzing around from flower to flower and tree to tree. Her body relaxed and she found such comfort on the floor that she almost forgot about Hoggle. Just a few more minutes, she said to herself, and then I'll go get him. Staring at the sky she never felt happier to see the color blue. She smiled at the sun as she basked in its light. A shadow fell upon her eyes.
"Well," a smooth voice, masculine and all too unsurprised, "If it isn't you?" Sarah sat up. She knew who it was before her eyes did. A tall man with long blond hair and mismatched eyes, he leaned slightly against the wall Sarah had just seemingly spilled out of. The Goblin King examined Sarah and then the wall. She became increasingly more aware of her dirty attire and messy hair, as compared to his regal black robs and white poet's shirt that revealed his silver crescent amulet. She tried as best she could not to show intimidation. "You have a talent for destruction, Sarah." She reached for the watch hiding behind her shirt and brought it to full view of the Goblin King.
"And what of yours?" Sarah tensed as he walked closer to her. His eyes fixed on hers. She felt her heart almost burn inside as her pulse raced.
"Careful Sarah," his voice was deep and the closer he moved to her the softer his words fell on her "or your fate will be that of your friends." Shifting his weight slightly he passed right by her before there bodies could impact as much as his words.
"What have you done, to him?" Sarah could only think of Hoggle. His lips formed a slight smile. "Hoggle broke the law, and my clock maker is an accomplice. They are both in my castle awaiting punishment." Sarah was worried. This never would have happened if she hadn't asked Hoggle to take me to see Oley. "In three hours, it will be finished."

Jareth could sense her protective nature kicking in. She is going to trek to the castle and so helpfully will she try to save them. Then she will know.