CHAPTER 3
The door Sarah took brought her to a small tunnel. She was't sure if weather or not she should go into it.
"Well Sarah, you don't have much of a choice now do you- ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
She fell into a hole and landed with a 'thunk'. Standing up, she dusted herself off.
Phffffft ssssssstck!
An arrow landed in the ground next to her. Picking it up, she took the piece of paper that was tied to it and read...
"Turn around,
Look upon the ground.
There you'll see,
The creature me.
The next should be red,
But now 'tis blue.
'Tis an easy rhyme,
But now 'tis time.
So turn around,
And look upon the ground."
Courious, Sarah turned around, and there sitting on the ground infront or her was Ratims.
"Who-ho are you?" Sarah's voice was quivering as she stared at the pale eyes of a fairy-like goblin creature sitting right there infront of her. Over it's shoulder, it carried a quiver of arrows, and held in it's hands was a short bow.
"The name's Ratims, but you can call me Rat. I was sent to give this to you. Here." Ratims held out the bracelet that Jareth had told her to give to Sarah. Ratims had put the blue gem in it. Sarah accepted it, but questioned the creature, hopinh to find some answers.
"That you Rat. But, what do you mean that next should be red, but now 'tis blue?"
"Oh, I'm sorry." Ratims took two cups and a cantine from her belt and poored a drink for them both. "Here, have some cold tea. Oh, come now, don't give me that look, I didn't poison it, see, I'm drinking the same thing. Any way, what I meant with the red and blue stuff is that I am supposed to hide them gems, the next one you supposed to find was the red one. You would have, if I had known where to hide the blue one. The thing is, I didn't know where to hide it, so I put it in the bracelet. Speaking of the bracelet, Jareth said that it's to put the gems ion so you won't lose them."
Sarah perked up at the mention of the gems again. "Did you say that you were to hide the gems? Do you still have them? Where are you hiding them?"
Laughing, Ratims tried to calm Sarah down. "Hahahaha! Ok, ok, phew, Let me catch my breath here Sarah. Ok, simple answers. Yes, I did say I was hiding them." Ratims knew what Sara was gonna ask, so she answered then. "No, sorry, but I can't give them to you. I'll tell you where they are going to be hid though. Black, the statues eye. Purple, the biggest birds nest. Red, you gave to that birdbrian three years ago."
Sarah knew instantly where she was. She was in the same place that her and Hoggel fell into a while ago.
"Ratims, is it true that the Labyrinth changes? Because more and more it seems the same to me."
Not sure if she could answer without Jareth finding out, Ratims handed Sarah another piece of paper. "Here take this. I'm sorry, but I can't tell you if it changes or not, only Jareth can. I really must be going, Jareth and Zeira need me back at the castle, so I must hide these now. Goodbye Sarah! I'm sure I'll see you again."
"Bye Rat, I hope so! Ok, let's see. I have two of the five gems, that's good. Now, if I'm right, this is the same place Hoggel and I fell, so the door would be here." And there it was. She placed the door and walked out.
The door Sarah took brought her to a small tunnel. She was't sure if weather or not she should go into it.
"Well Sarah, you don't have much of a choice now do you- ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
She fell into a hole and landed with a 'thunk'. Standing up, she dusted herself off.
Phffffft ssssssstck!
An arrow landed in the ground next to her. Picking it up, she took the piece of paper that was tied to it and read...
"Turn around,
Look upon the ground.
There you'll see,
The creature me.
The next should be red,
But now 'tis blue.
'Tis an easy rhyme,
But now 'tis time.
So turn around,
And look upon the ground."
Courious, Sarah turned around, and there sitting on the ground infront or her was Ratims.
"Who-ho are you?" Sarah's voice was quivering as she stared at the pale eyes of a fairy-like goblin creature sitting right there infront of her. Over it's shoulder, it carried a quiver of arrows, and held in it's hands was a short bow.
"The name's Ratims, but you can call me Rat. I was sent to give this to you. Here." Ratims held out the bracelet that Jareth had told her to give to Sarah. Ratims had put the blue gem in it. Sarah accepted it, but questioned the creature, hopinh to find some answers.
"That you Rat. But, what do you mean that next should be red, but now 'tis blue?"
"Oh, I'm sorry." Ratims took two cups and a cantine from her belt and poored a drink for them both. "Here, have some cold tea. Oh, come now, don't give me that look, I didn't poison it, see, I'm drinking the same thing. Any way, what I meant with the red and blue stuff is that I am supposed to hide them gems, the next one you supposed to find was the red one. You would have, if I had known where to hide the blue one. The thing is, I didn't know where to hide it, so I put it in the bracelet. Speaking of the bracelet, Jareth said that it's to put the gems ion so you won't lose them."
Sarah perked up at the mention of the gems again. "Did you say that you were to hide the gems? Do you still have them? Where are you hiding them?"
Laughing, Ratims tried to calm Sarah down. "Hahahaha! Ok, ok, phew, Let me catch my breath here Sarah. Ok, simple answers. Yes, I did say I was hiding them." Ratims knew what Sara was gonna ask, so she answered then. "No, sorry, but I can't give them to you. I'll tell you where they are going to be hid though. Black, the statues eye. Purple, the biggest birds nest. Red, you gave to that birdbrian three years ago."
Sarah knew instantly where she was. She was in the same place that her and Hoggel fell into a while ago.
"Ratims, is it true that the Labyrinth changes? Because more and more it seems the same to me."
Not sure if she could answer without Jareth finding out, Ratims handed Sarah another piece of paper. "Here take this. I'm sorry, but I can't tell you if it changes or not, only Jareth can. I really must be going, Jareth and Zeira need me back at the castle, so I must hide these now. Goodbye Sarah! I'm sure I'll see you again."
"Bye Rat, I hope so! Ok, let's see. I have two of the five gems, that's good. Now, if I'm right, this is the same place Hoggel and I fell, so the door would be here." And there it was. She placed the door and walked out.
