Chapter 39: Trip to the Labyrinth
Jareth and Sarah made their way through the city and into the Labyrinth. Taking their time, Sarah enjoyed the view and the smells around her. They walked for a good hour. Sarah had asked why Jareth did not just transport them to the spot where Jon was. And he just answered that, it was a nice day and that they could use the walk to have some time alone. They were now in the middle of the maze and Sarah was a bit worried that they would not make it out of there. There was a cool breeze, blowing through the air that made Sarah's cheeks a light pink. Jareth had his arm around her waist keeping her close to him was they continued walking the maze.
They made their way through the forest, and the marsh lands, to the entrance path of the Labyrinth. Sarah was disappointed for she did not see any of her old friends on the way. Finally they reached Jon. Sarah stopped walking and looked at him. She also watched as Jareth walked over to Jon. She noticed that Jareth had a completely different attitude when dealing with his job. He appeared frightening, and powerful. He frightened Jon.
"Hello Jon." Jareth smirked.
"I can't do this. I am getting no where." Jon said looking to the ground.
"You have nine more hours to go. Do you want to stop and go back to your nice warm and quiet home? You can forget this day, and live your life without your brother." Jareth stated, twirling the crystal around his hand. Sarah just watched as he did his job. She could do nothing. As much as she wanted to help the boy, she could not. She noticed that Hoggle was hiding behind Jon. Had he not noticed her? Did he not recognize her? She could not figure out. She put her eyes back on Jareth. Who had now looked, frustrated. Jon had not answered him and he was not planning on standing there to wait for one, any longer. He took the crystal and tossed it in the air, where it popped. Jareth turned around to look at Sarah. He shrugged his shoulders and began to walk towards her.
"Wait!" Jon cried. Jareth turned back around to look at him.
"Yes." He smirked, waving another crystal around.
"Okay…I will take the crystal. I can't go any further and I would like to go home now." He said in the most serious manner.
"Okay then." Jareth again threw the crystal in the air, and watched as Jon dove to the ground to catch it. Once the crystal touched his palm, he vanished; leaving Hoggle out in the open.
"Hello Hogwart."
"Hoggle." He corrected him.
"Hoggle!" Sarah cried looking at him. Hoggle looked to Sarah but did not recognize her. "Do you not remember me?" She asked sadly. She looked down to the ground with her eyes filling with tears. Jareth looked at her, and how upset she looked. He had forgotten to give those memories back to Hoggle. Because once Sarah left the Labyrinth Jareth wanted nothing to remember her. And so he had the memories of her erased from any of her friend's minds. He looked to Hoggle and waved his hand at him. Suddenly Hoggle jumped forward.
"Sarah is that you?" Hoggle asked surprised with his eyes now popping out of their sockets. Sarah looked up.
"You do remember!" She cried running up to him and wrapping her arms around him.
"Of course I remember. How could I forget?" He laughed. Jareth looked away as Sarah embraced her friend. He did hate that Hogbrain character. But he was only doing this for her.
"What are doing back?" He inquired.
"Hoggle have you not heard…" she laughed in shock shaking her head. "I am Queen!" Smiling she looked to Jareth. Jareth walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, placing his hands on her abdomen. He also tilted his head down to sniff the sweet scent of her chocolate hair. A little smile grew on his face.
"You're married to…?" He stepped back in confusion.
"That's right, for quite some time now. Why have you not heard of this? Where have you been?"
"I…I…"
"Well?"
"No matter."
"Well anyways, Hoggle. It is great to see you. Do you know where I can find Ludo, Sir Dydimus, and Ambrochous?"
"Yeah! Follow me!" Hoggle waved them on. As he began to hobble down the path, Sarah smiled and began to follow. But Jareth grabbed her hand, to stop her.
"What is it Jareth?" She inquired looking into his mismatched eyes.
"Not yet Sarah. We can go later. But not now."
"Why not?"
"We have things we need to attend to."
"But we just got here. That's not fair."
"Sarah please. We need to take care of the baby, he is probably awake now. He will soon have to be turned into a goblin. There is no time to waist."
"But Jon is not traveling the Labyrinth anymore, so what is the rush?" Sarah said looking down the path to see Hoggle still hobbling. Apparently he did not notice that she was not behind him.
"We have to change the baby into a goblin soon. Or he could be eaten by the other goblins."
"Oh." She stated quietly returning her gaze to Jareth. "Well than we should get going." She mumbled with a hint of disappointment. Jareth felt bad. But it was indeed something that needed to be done. They could return again later. Jareth knew where to find Hoggle should they return. But Sarah did not know that.
"Thank you." Jareth mumbled, kissing the top of Sarah's head. And they began walking down the path again, to go back to the castle.
