Chapter Ten: Gone Visiting...

"Sarah! Guess what! Me and Mai are taking you to visit some old friends!" Dawn said excitedly.
"Old friends such as...?"
"Hoggle, the firey's, the worm...! Friends like them...!" Mai added.
"Oh..." Sarah said feeling stupid.
"We told Jareth that we were stealing you away to the forests...for the day..."
"And oh.... you should've seen his reaction to that!It was so funny! He needed to know exactly who we'd be visiting and when we'd be back! And he even told us to take one of his crystal balls so we could check in with him!" Mai said laughing. Sarah and Dawn laughed too.
"Alright alright... Don't bore the poor girl! Let's just go!" The three were sure that, by now, their laughter could be heard all through out the palace.
"Okay..." Mai said when they had calmed down. "Let's go..." Mai grabbed a bg book bag, that held packed lunches and snacks, several drinks, and the first aid kit that Jareth wouldn't let them leave with out.
"Mai... Let me carry that..." Dawn said. The bag looked as if it was twice as heavy as the girl. Mai gratefully handed Dawn the bag.
When Dawn posistioned it on her back comfortably, she grabbed Sarah's left arm then laced her arm through her's. Mai did the same on her right.
They led her down the vast halls to the main exit in the front of the palace. It wasn't really that hard to find and only took about a minute to get to with them walking at their slow pace. Sarah made sure that she would remember this door and how to get to it.
"So who d'you want to visit first?" Dawn asked.
"I don't know... It's been so long... Will they even remember me?"
"Of course they will!" Mai said.
"Do you want to visit Hoggle first?" Dawn asked.
"Alright..." Sarah said.
The door had taken them outside, but they weren't in the maze.They were walking through a small grass field with a pond somewhere in the center of it.
When they came up to a three-way stop, Dawn asked, "Was Hoggle's hut to the left or the right?"
"The right."
They walked down the right path, through the dense forest. Sarah enjoyed it. The smells, the sights, the sounds. She was just staring off to the side at the trees and their dense green leaves and branches. She didn't even see Hoggle's house at first.
The three walked right up to the door and knocked. When no one answered after several seconds Dawn yelled. "Hoggle! We know you're in there! Jareth told us you'd be home all day! We've brought you a special visitor!"
"Alright! Alright! I'm coming!" They could hear him grumble and moan.
"Good..."
"Sarah!!!!!" He exclaimed as he opened the door. You came back! Wait... Why're you here again...? You didn't wish someone away again did you...?"
"No... Jareth summoned me here.And since I'll be here for a while, I decided to come and visit..."
"Well aren't you going to let us in?!?" Dawn asked.
"Oops... Sorry... It's just... You're back Sarah!" He said hugging her. He stopped abruptly, regaining his common sense, and ushered them inside.
"I hope you weren't doing anything important..." Sarah said.
"No nothing important. That twit!"
"What?" Sarah asked, confused.
"Jareth's such a twit! Bringin' you back here like that! He should know better! And what with the prophecy starting and all! He clapped his hand over his mouth. "I... I wasn't supposed to tell you about that! Oh no..! Now he's going to throw me into the bog again........"
"No he wont... don't worry... He'll never find out..."Mai said.
"What d'you mean he'll never find out?! He could be spyin' on us now!" He protested.
"No he couldn't... I did a spell... His vision is blocked if he tries to watch us... Mo mater where we are. And there's no loop holes either."
"Mai...! You are a life saver!" Hoggle exclaimed.
"I didn't know you all knew eachother..." Sarah said.
"Yeah... we're old friends..."
"We're cousins..."
"Oh... Why didn't you tell me before Mai?"
"I didn't think you'd be interested."
"Okay... I think we should end this emotional conversation..." Dawn said.
"Why" The others asked.
"Becasue Jareth just flew past the window."
"Alright...."
"Good reasoning..."
"Does he have to spy on us?"
"I guess so..."
"Stupid owl boy..." Sarah said. Everyone burst out with peals of laughter.
They spent the day with Hoggle, without knowing it and without any more interuptions from 'Owl boy'. It was getting dark. And owl boy had distinctly said to be home before dark.
"Hoggle... We have to leave...."
"But we'll be visising more people tommorow I think.... So... Maybe we'll see you tommorow..."
"Okay... Bye you three... And becareful in the forest..." Hoggle said, then hugged Sarah once more.
"Alright." And with that said, they left.

A/N: Okay.... I'm sorry i haven't updated for a while... but i just finished two huge reports and i have a four day weekend... so hopefully i'll get atleast 2 more updates before monday... sorry this chapter's really short and stupid but my creative streak was wasted on my reports so i'll need some time to get it back.. hehehe... if anyone has any ideas of who else the should visis tell me... i'm running low on ideas period too.... so yeah... please reveiw..... recent reveiwers: 1. mevneriel ( ) 2. draegon-fire ( i lost count now...) 3. Xelena 4. Sassyfrass