Part 9
As Sarah walked through the first set of gates leading into the Goblin city she saw that the large mechanical monster that had attacked her last time was still standing there. The head was still removed and Sarah could see that there were no goblins inside of it. Thinking it was safe to move on she walked past the monster when all of a sudden the ground started to shake, it was shaking more violently than it ever had before. She grabbed hold of the nearest wall to stop her falling, when clumps of it fell into her hand. Sarah stumbled slightly before falling over onto her knees. As the rumbling and shaking began to die down, Sarah turned over to get up when she noticed the mechanical monster looming above her, creaking unsteadily.
"If it falls." Sarah thought "Its gonna fall on me!"
The moment she thought that the monster started to topple over, Sarah dove out of the way of it and ran through the second set of gates.
As she entered the Goblin City Sarah looked around and the houses. True they weren't neatly built like her house but even now they were worse, with the roofs and walls in piles of rubble all over the streets, and not a sign of a Goblin anywhere. Home she thought. Her mind cast back to her father and Stepmother, and Toby, little Toby. A tear ran down her smooth cheek. That was the first time she had thought about her family since she got here. All of a sudden she wondered how she was going to return home and back with her family. She just assumed if she helped her friends she would be sent home. But thinking now, if Jareth has her friends and she managed to save them, wouldn't that annoy him more? Then she would never return home.
"Maybe that's what I want!" A voice in her head said.
Sarah couldn't deny to even herself that she loved Jareth. He did turn the world upside down for her after all. That must have been hard for even the Goblin King!
"But what about my family?" Another voice said.
She did also love her family a lot. But did it outweigh her love for Jareth? She decided she would have to think about it later because she had her friends and a labyrinth to save.
Sarah started to climb over the rubble, heading towards the castle that was at the centre of the small Goblin City.
Within barely any time at all Sarah had reached the castle. She pulled open the large wooden doors leading into the castle and walked through them. Facing three sets of stairs Sarah pondered which ones to take. She decided to take the central ones, as she knew where they ended.
Sarah ran up the stairs letting her long slender fingers run over the roughness of the bare brick walls. As she came to the top of the staircase she looked into the doorway at the top into the large round-shaped room, the throne room. She looked around the room looking for clues, anything that would help her find her friends. All she saw was the large throne and another staircase to the left. Knowing that that staircase would take her nowhere useful quickly as it was another room with plenty more staircases, she turned and ran back down the plain stone steps.
Once at the bottom Sarah turned back around. She stood staring at the other two staircases for a while, reverting her eyes from each.
"Which one to take?" She asked herself loudly.
"Only one way to find out." She said as she closed her eyes, she raised her left hand slowly and began to spin. Round and round and round she span, her hair flowing out behind her. All of a sudden Sarah stopped abruptly. She opened her eyes and followed her arm and finger to where they were pointing. She raised her head as she followed them and saw that it was pointing to the staircase on the right. Looking as far up the staircase as she could, Sarah began to scale the staircase. Once she was about half way up, Sarah realised this staircase was a lot larger than the other one. She started to slow down wondering if she had picked the right one, this one seemed to go on forever she was thinking. A few seconds later she reached the top of the staircase. As she came to the top she saw a doorway covered by a purple velvet curtain. Sarah pulled the curtain across and saw some familiar shapes standing around a bed.
As Sarah walked through the first set of gates leading into the Goblin city she saw that the large mechanical monster that had attacked her last time was still standing there. The head was still removed and Sarah could see that there were no goblins inside of it. Thinking it was safe to move on she walked past the monster when all of a sudden the ground started to shake, it was shaking more violently than it ever had before. She grabbed hold of the nearest wall to stop her falling, when clumps of it fell into her hand. Sarah stumbled slightly before falling over onto her knees. As the rumbling and shaking began to die down, Sarah turned over to get up when she noticed the mechanical monster looming above her, creaking unsteadily.
"If it falls." Sarah thought "Its gonna fall on me!"
The moment she thought that the monster started to topple over, Sarah dove out of the way of it and ran through the second set of gates.
As she entered the Goblin City Sarah looked around and the houses. True they weren't neatly built like her house but even now they were worse, with the roofs and walls in piles of rubble all over the streets, and not a sign of a Goblin anywhere. Home she thought. Her mind cast back to her father and Stepmother, and Toby, little Toby. A tear ran down her smooth cheek. That was the first time she had thought about her family since she got here. All of a sudden she wondered how she was going to return home and back with her family. She just assumed if she helped her friends she would be sent home. But thinking now, if Jareth has her friends and she managed to save them, wouldn't that annoy him more? Then she would never return home.
"Maybe that's what I want!" A voice in her head said.
Sarah couldn't deny to even herself that she loved Jareth. He did turn the world upside down for her after all. That must have been hard for even the Goblin King!
"But what about my family?" Another voice said.
She did also love her family a lot. But did it outweigh her love for Jareth? She decided she would have to think about it later because she had her friends and a labyrinth to save.
Sarah started to climb over the rubble, heading towards the castle that was at the centre of the small Goblin City.
Within barely any time at all Sarah had reached the castle. She pulled open the large wooden doors leading into the castle and walked through them. Facing three sets of stairs Sarah pondered which ones to take. She decided to take the central ones, as she knew where they ended.
Sarah ran up the stairs letting her long slender fingers run over the roughness of the bare brick walls. As she came to the top of the staircase she looked into the doorway at the top into the large round-shaped room, the throne room. She looked around the room looking for clues, anything that would help her find her friends. All she saw was the large throne and another staircase to the left. Knowing that that staircase would take her nowhere useful quickly as it was another room with plenty more staircases, she turned and ran back down the plain stone steps.
Once at the bottom Sarah turned back around. She stood staring at the other two staircases for a while, reverting her eyes from each.
"Which one to take?" She asked herself loudly.
"Only one way to find out." She said as she closed her eyes, she raised her left hand slowly and began to spin. Round and round and round she span, her hair flowing out behind her. All of a sudden Sarah stopped abruptly. She opened her eyes and followed her arm and finger to where they were pointing. She raised her head as she followed them and saw that it was pointing to the staircase on the right. Looking as far up the staircase as she could, Sarah began to scale the staircase. Once she was about half way up, Sarah realised this staircase was a lot larger than the other one. She started to slow down wondering if she had picked the right one, this one seemed to go on forever she was thinking. A few seconds later she reached the top of the staircase. As she came to the top she saw a doorway covered by a purple velvet curtain. Sarah pulled the curtain across and saw some familiar shapes standing around a bed.