Chapter 2
The next night, Sara went into her room and began to contemplate her plan to get back into the labyrinth. She didn't want to put Toby in that position, but what other way was there? Sara kneeled next to her bed, where, out the window, a full moon shone. The alabaster sphere cries its teary rays into her room as she called out to the night,
"Jereth, please, tell me how to get back into your world. I'm worried about my friends. Why don't you reply to my pleas?" Sara closed her eyes in utter defeat. Were all her attempts going to be futile? "Jereth, listen to me. I'm afraid they could be in danger. I know you're still in love with me." At that, her window flew open as a burst of light blinded her brown eyes. When the pandemonium ceased, she opened her eyes to find Jereth, the Goblin King, staring at her with the same sparkling blue eyes.
"Why did you call me here, Sara?" He asked in his cold seducing voice. He wore his black cloak and red velvet tunic with the usual silver pants and midnight boots.
"They are in danger. Ludo, Sir Didimus, they didn't visit me last night. Hoggle told me an unimaginable enemy is attacking them. Tell me, is it you?" She demanded, her fright not showing in her voice or face. Inside, she was trembling.
"Sara, I haven't been at my castle in over a year. Ever since that day years ago, my mind and heart have been somewhere else. A woman has taken over my castle. I cannot help your friends."
"But you're the Goblin King! How dare you let go of your kingdom so easily!" She shouted at him. At this, he stepped foreword, only inches from her body. His gloved hand touched her cheek gently, but his eyes had fierceness in them that couldn't be broken.
"Don't speak ill of me, Sara. You will lose the battle. I don't have to aid you in finding your pitiful companions." Sara felt herself cringe under his touch. He smiled at her. "You still fall at my touch."
"Don't toy with me, Jereth." Sara heard herself speak. Jereth's smile transformed into a charming smirk.
"I will help you on one condition."
"What?" She asked, her fright showing now in her eyes.
"You must help me get back my castle and stay with me forever." Sara felt herself back away from him in utter panic.
"You want me to leave my family behind just to be with you?"
"Precisely."
"NO!"
"Fine then." Jereth said and turned to leave.
"Wait." She said and he turned to her. A lump in her throat became the size of a baseball as she choked out her answer.
"Fine."
"Sissy." Said a small voice, right before the door opened. Toby stepped in to find Sara stepping toward an oddly dressed man. He turned to him and smiled.
"Hello, Toby." Toby's eyes became inhumanly wide.
"Toby!" Sara squeaked. Before she could step toward her brother, the little boy spoke,
"The Goblin King, you've returned for me, haven't you?"
"Toby, how do you know who this is?" His sister asked, puzzled.
"I keep having dreams about that day you took me to your castle in the middle of the maze. Those horrible men threw me around and scared me. You kept me from being so scared, though. I remember looking through the clear ball until you made Sissy's face appear in it. Then, Sissy came and got me."
"That is the first one that remembered me." Jereth said, his smile widening. Sara could only stand there in disbelief.
"Toby, would you want to go back to the Labyrinth again?"
"Would you come with me, Sissy?" Sara looked at Jereth and saw him nod mutely to her.
"Of course." At that, Toby leapt into Sara's arms just as Jereth grabbed her by the middle. She could detect the scent of a sweet cologne on him, right before a light engulfed the three.
The next night, Sara went into her room and began to contemplate her plan to get back into the labyrinth. She didn't want to put Toby in that position, but what other way was there? Sara kneeled next to her bed, where, out the window, a full moon shone. The alabaster sphere cries its teary rays into her room as she called out to the night,
"Jereth, please, tell me how to get back into your world. I'm worried about my friends. Why don't you reply to my pleas?" Sara closed her eyes in utter defeat. Were all her attempts going to be futile? "Jereth, listen to me. I'm afraid they could be in danger. I know you're still in love with me." At that, her window flew open as a burst of light blinded her brown eyes. When the pandemonium ceased, she opened her eyes to find Jereth, the Goblin King, staring at her with the same sparkling blue eyes.
"Why did you call me here, Sara?" He asked in his cold seducing voice. He wore his black cloak and red velvet tunic with the usual silver pants and midnight boots.
"They are in danger. Ludo, Sir Didimus, they didn't visit me last night. Hoggle told me an unimaginable enemy is attacking them. Tell me, is it you?" She demanded, her fright not showing in her voice or face. Inside, she was trembling.
"Sara, I haven't been at my castle in over a year. Ever since that day years ago, my mind and heart have been somewhere else. A woman has taken over my castle. I cannot help your friends."
"But you're the Goblin King! How dare you let go of your kingdom so easily!" She shouted at him. At this, he stepped foreword, only inches from her body. His gloved hand touched her cheek gently, but his eyes had fierceness in them that couldn't be broken.
"Don't speak ill of me, Sara. You will lose the battle. I don't have to aid you in finding your pitiful companions." Sara felt herself cringe under his touch. He smiled at her. "You still fall at my touch."
"Don't toy with me, Jereth." Sara heard herself speak. Jereth's smile transformed into a charming smirk.
"I will help you on one condition."
"What?" She asked, her fright showing now in her eyes.
"You must help me get back my castle and stay with me forever." Sara felt herself back away from him in utter panic.
"You want me to leave my family behind just to be with you?"
"Precisely."
"NO!"
"Fine then." Jereth said and turned to leave.
"Wait." She said and he turned to her. A lump in her throat became the size of a baseball as she choked out her answer.
"Fine."
"Sissy." Said a small voice, right before the door opened. Toby stepped in to find Sara stepping toward an oddly dressed man. He turned to him and smiled.
"Hello, Toby." Toby's eyes became inhumanly wide.
"Toby!" Sara squeaked. Before she could step toward her brother, the little boy spoke,
"The Goblin King, you've returned for me, haven't you?"
"Toby, how do you know who this is?" His sister asked, puzzled.
"I keep having dreams about that day you took me to your castle in the middle of the maze. Those horrible men threw me around and scared me. You kept me from being so scared, though. I remember looking through the clear ball until you made Sissy's face appear in it. Then, Sissy came and got me."
"That is the first one that remembered me." Jereth said, his smile widening. Sara could only stand there in disbelief.
"Toby, would you want to go back to the Labyrinth again?"
"Would you come with me, Sissy?" Sara looked at Jereth and saw him nod mutely to her.
"Of course." At that, Toby leapt into Sara's arms just as Jereth grabbed her by the middle. She could detect the scent of a sweet cologne on him, right before a light engulfed the three.
