Chapter - 8
Disclaimer - I do not own any of the earthlings or Labyrinth dwellers. Hilarity and
Trin are the only characters I have any rights to.
P.S. thanks for the nice review, Daemon faerie queen. I am particularly proud of the
Scrabble bit.
Trin had been suspended above the bog of eternal stench. He wasn't sure how long he
had been there because the trees around him were too thick to give any indication as to
where the sum was. It didn't matter because Trin didn't pay much attention to the sun
mainly because the sun that his own planet orbited had a strange habit of travelling
back the way it had came. His arms were beginning to hurt and the smell was really
unbelievable. It was like his dirty sock pile only ten times worse. He was about to
abandon all hope when suddenly a large hairy hand grabbed him and pulled him up
onto a narrow ledge. Trin then found himself staring into Ludo's fierce yet strangely
cute face.
"Blimey! Thanks." he said and gave the creature a pat on the back. It would have been
a nice gesture if the monster hadn't lost his balance fallen head first in the bog.
"Oopsy!" said Trin guiltily and edge his way to firmer ground. He was about to cross
the bridge when an angry little fox-like creature jumped out at him. Trin was pretty
stressed by now but this was the last straw, the bits of anchovy, the Scrappy-Doo that
pushed him over the edge.
"No! I will not listen to talking animals! This is stupid! I don't mind fairies, gremlins,
weirdoes with detachable heads or those little biting things on sticks but this really
takes the biscuit!" the creature looked shocked and upset at this outburst "And don't
look at me like that! You make me sick." As he said this he picked it up by the scruff
of its neck and drop-kicked it into the bog where it landed with a satisfying squelch.
This seemed to calm Trin down and he continued with his journey.
******
Hilarity and Jareth were watching these events. They were still slightly toasted and
trying to fight back the giggles.
"Ooooh, he's really angry now." said Hilarity.
"He'll be even more angry when he finds out it was your idea." Jareth smirked.
"Yes, but it's not like I forced you to do it. I believe you said that a bit light comedy
was just what we needed."
"Have another drink."
"Are you trying to get me tanked up, young man?" she said ironically.
"You're already tanked up."
"That's OK then." they had resorted to physically moving the bottle now as the alcohol
had dulled their mental powers.
"You know I'm beginning to regret letting that boy into my Labyrinth. He's
unwittingly slaughtered its entire population."
"Yeah, he's a tad accident prone, isn't he?"
"A tad!" Jareth exclaimed "He's a walking disaster area."
"He's very nice once you get to know him." said Hilarity in her cousin's defence "Don't
judge a book by its cover. If everyone went on their first opinions we definitely
wouldn't be friends."
"That's the second time you've called me your friend today."
"Well you are. For some bizarre reason we seem to be on the same wave-length."
"What wave-length is that?"
"Well, we're both Motown fans and we're pretty quick with the old punaroonies and
that's enough for me." said Hilarity happily. "That doesn't mean that I want to stay
here though. I could see myself getting terribly homesick." there was a long.
"You don't have to stay." said Jareth eventually.
"Really! I hope that's not the E-numbers talking!" cried Hilarity.
"No, I've been thinking about it and I'd rather have you as a friend than as a prisoner."
"You know, maybe its the Stockholm syndrome talking but..." Hilarity grinned
happily. She had that glint in her eye that she got whenever a joke sprang to mind.
"You're a wonderful, wonderful person." they laughed "Now all you need to do is say
something similar to that girl you like and you're sorted."
Disclaimer - I do not own any of the earthlings or Labyrinth dwellers. Hilarity and
Trin are the only characters I have any rights to.
P.S. thanks for the nice review, Daemon faerie queen. I am particularly proud of the
Scrabble bit.
Trin had been suspended above the bog of eternal stench. He wasn't sure how long he
had been there because the trees around him were too thick to give any indication as to
where the sum was. It didn't matter because Trin didn't pay much attention to the sun
mainly because the sun that his own planet orbited had a strange habit of travelling
back the way it had came. His arms were beginning to hurt and the smell was really
unbelievable. It was like his dirty sock pile only ten times worse. He was about to
abandon all hope when suddenly a large hairy hand grabbed him and pulled him up
onto a narrow ledge. Trin then found himself staring into Ludo's fierce yet strangely
cute face.
"Blimey! Thanks." he said and gave the creature a pat on the back. It would have been
a nice gesture if the monster hadn't lost his balance fallen head first in the bog.
"Oopsy!" said Trin guiltily and edge his way to firmer ground. He was about to cross
the bridge when an angry little fox-like creature jumped out at him. Trin was pretty
stressed by now but this was the last straw, the bits of anchovy, the Scrappy-Doo that
pushed him over the edge.
"No! I will not listen to talking animals! This is stupid! I don't mind fairies, gremlins,
weirdoes with detachable heads or those little biting things on sticks but this really
takes the biscuit!" the creature looked shocked and upset at this outburst "And don't
look at me like that! You make me sick." As he said this he picked it up by the scruff
of its neck and drop-kicked it into the bog where it landed with a satisfying squelch.
This seemed to calm Trin down and he continued with his journey.
******
Hilarity and Jareth were watching these events. They were still slightly toasted and
trying to fight back the giggles.
"Ooooh, he's really angry now." said Hilarity.
"He'll be even more angry when he finds out it was your idea." Jareth smirked.
"Yes, but it's not like I forced you to do it. I believe you said that a bit light comedy
was just what we needed."
"Have another drink."
"Are you trying to get me tanked up, young man?" she said ironically.
"You're already tanked up."
"That's OK then." they had resorted to physically moving the bottle now as the alcohol
had dulled their mental powers.
"You know I'm beginning to regret letting that boy into my Labyrinth. He's
unwittingly slaughtered its entire population."
"Yeah, he's a tad accident prone, isn't he?"
"A tad!" Jareth exclaimed "He's a walking disaster area."
"He's very nice once you get to know him." said Hilarity in her cousin's defence "Don't
judge a book by its cover. If everyone went on their first opinions we definitely
wouldn't be friends."
"That's the second time you've called me your friend today."
"Well you are. For some bizarre reason we seem to be on the same wave-length."
"What wave-length is that?"
"Well, we're both Motown fans and we're pretty quick with the old punaroonies and
that's enough for me." said Hilarity happily. "That doesn't mean that I want to stay
here though. I could see myself getting terribly homesick." there was a long.
"You don't have to stay." said Jareth eventually.
"Really! I hope that's not the E-numbers talking!" cried Hilarity.
"No, I've been thinking about it and I'd rather have you as a friend than as a prisoner."
"You know, maybe its the Stockholm syndrome talking but..." Hilarity grinned
happily. She had that glint in her eye that she got whenever a joke sprang to mind.
"You're a wonderful, wonderful person." they laughed "Now all you need to do is say
something similar to that girl you like and you're sorted."