AN: This is the last chapter of the flash back of Sarah's return to the Labyrinth and the conditions that came with it. The last few sentences of this chapter are of Jareth once he's stopped remembering (100 years later). I hope you'll enjoy it and many thanks go out to all of you who have spent the time reviewing my story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Jim Henson's Labyrinth or any of his characters. I lay claim to only my original creations.
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Chapter 6
Till Death Do They Part
His brief moment shared with the heroine of his heart was ripped away by what he'd always believe to be his curse. It was pulling at him, beckoning his presence, his immediate attention no matter the time or occasion.
Muttering through his elegant lips the king was dragged kicking and screaming back to reality, "What ungrateful mortal dares to pull me away-"
"I expect you with in the library walls this instance Jareth. You have some explaining to do!" The irate telepathic message would be like a light prick of a needle in comparison to the thrashing he was sure would be in store for him. Dispersing from her chambers Jareth soon appeared among a world of books and ancient scrolls that lined every available square inch of the towering shelves.
Expecting a good slap upside the skull by his aged sensei he was taken off guard by the peaceful figure standing in front of him.
Before Jareth could even get in a word edge wise a raised hand hushed his attempts, "You are a king Jareth and as so you are supreme ruler of all that lies with in your realm. However, that stops at your borders. Peace has been a troubling matter for centuries before you."
"I know and I –" His attempts were again fruitless as his advisor's wise words spewed forth.
"As your father died by the sword of war I swore to him your reign would be one of peace and harmony among the tribunal. As your people's leader you must see the advantages to a union especially one bound by marriage my young king. " His brown eyes stared into his pupil's in search of the wisdom he could never find.
A determined glare peered back at the councilor's and with equally as stubborn words, "I know what you want and you should let your futile attempts rest. I have found my bride Dorian. The Lady Sarah will rule by my side be it war or peace. It is out of your hands now; she will be crowned before the next moon."
"A mortal Jareth? The tribunal will not be please-"
"I don't care what they think or what army they'll send to my gates Dorian! Don't you see that I love her? I always have since she wandered into my Labyrinth, my world, and my heart.... Nothing has been the same sense." His firm noble stance was almost quaking with sudden emotion through his veins.
"I applaud your determined stance your majesty but if not for your people's sake then at least consider Sarah. Do you have any idea how her physical form will react to the inevitable changes? Her immortality will be bound by flimsy conditions that not even you or I could ever change. And that's all dependent on if you are actually her other half. If her soul does not take to yours by the end of the ceremony-"
"I know! Do you think I have forgotten how it is? In a centuries time she will wither and die...I am well aware of this." There was a lingering hesitancy in the King's words as he turned from the room with the simplest yet truest thing he would ever say, "I just want us to be happy Dorian. Is that too much to ask?"
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Jareth's crumpled form rose from the forest floor and began to metamorphose. A mix of regal owl and king still remained as he sighed, "I guess it was just to much to ask Dorian. For her to actually love me, I must have been a fool." The wounded King took solace in the warm wind under his wings as he flew into the moon's luminous glow.
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~Clover