A/N: Hey guys! It's me again. Hope you enjoyed the last chapter and I hope you'll like this one too. The story is almost over, but I hope you'll stick around till the end. ~ IrethAnwarunya

Chapter 6: Mistrust and Magic

Toby watched his new brother-in-law warily. There was something about this situation that didn't seem right. He searched his memory but could find no fault in Jareth that would give him the uneasy feeling. He watched his sister laughing gaily with her husband and their few remaining wedding guests as they stood in the backyard of his parents' house enjoying the small reception. Although he was too young to understand, he saw the look that passed between Sarah and Jareth and he thought that it was sickening. "Love. Yuck," he thought to himself. Toby placed the thoughts out of his mind and upon deciding he was still hungry, the ten-year-old went off to find another slice of cake.

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"Come with me my love," Jareth whispered to his bride and he gently took her by the wrist and led her through her father's house. Toby saw Jareth leading his sister up the staircase and he took off running toward the couple.

"Sarah! Where are you going?" he questioned.

"I'm going upstairs with Jareth. I'll be back down in a little while," she told him.

"But, I've got something to show you outside," he lied. Toby couldn't understand why, but he suddenly felt the need to protect his sister and he was doing everything he could to keep her safe even though no eminent danger was looming overhead. Jareth smiled, for he understood what Toby was doing. He walked down to the landing where the little boy stood and knelt down to be eye to eye with him.

"You don't trust me right now do you Toby?" he asked. Toby said nothing because he was unsure how to respond to the inquiry. Should he be honest and make Sarah mad at him, or should he lie and let his sister possibly be hurt?

"It's okay Toby, I understand. You love your sister and you don't want me to take her away is that right?" Toby nodded his head in agreement. That was part of it, but he couldn't put his finger on the rest of it.

"Well Toby, I promise you that your sister will be treated like a queen," Jareth assured the boy and Sarah laughed at his bad joke, "Does that help any?" Once again, Toby nodded in the affirmative and Jareth said, "I'll take care of her. I promise." Jareth winked at Toby and once again began leading his wife upstairs. "He's such a lively little chap," Jareth stated to Sarah as he opened a bedroom door for her.

It was only after Jareth had closed the door to Sarah's old bedroom that Toby suddenly realized what had been worrying him about Jareth. Images from nightmares that had plagued him during the earlier years of his childhood resurfaced. Toby remembered horrible creatures slinking out to the darkness and stealing him away. He remembered being surrounded by these monsters as he sat on a cold stone floor, and he vaguely remembered an odd room full of winding, integrating stairs that seemed to lead nowhere. Stairs not unlike the picture that hung on Sarah's bedroom wall. But what he remembered most of all was a pair of mismatched blue eyes and he knew that the owner of those eyes was someone powerful and not to be trifled with. He had forgotten these nightmares long ago but they suddenly returned with stark clarity, such lucidity, that for a moment Toby thought those dreams had been reality. Sarah had told him a story about children being kidnapped by goblins and taken to their Goblin City. She had told him about a horrible maze that was nearly impossible to get out of and she had told him about the Goblin King who possessed a pair of mismatched blue eyes. Was Toby just imagining that Jareth was this Goblin King or could the Goblin King have actually just married his sister? Even though he knew Sarah would be angry at him for what he was about to do, he couldn't stand it any longer. Toby resolutely marched up the stairs.

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"Why did you bring me up here Jareth? Are you wanting to get an early start on the honeymoon?" Sarah asked, coyly teasing her husband.

"While I would like nothing better my love, there are some things that need to be discussed first," he told her.

"What do we need to discuss?"

"We need to discuss your magic dearest,"

"My magic?" At that moment, Sarah's bedroom door burst open and Toby stepped into the room. "Toby!" Sarah exclaimed.

"Sarah, I have to talk to you," Toby said as he grabbed his sister's arm and tried to pull her out of the room.

"Toby, just tell me what's going on. What's wrong with you?"

"You can't stay here Sarah. You can't stay with Jareth," Toby quietly told her.

"Why Toby?" Sarah demanded.

"Because it's dangerous,"

"How am I in danger with my husband?"

"I'd rather tell you outside," he urged, still trying to tug her out the door.

"You'll tell me now," she told him in a voice that left no room for discussion.

Toby sighed and reluctantly said, "Remember those stories you used to tell me when I was younger? About the Goblin King? I think that Jareth is the King of the Goblins." Toby knew that Sarah would probably yell at him for making such accusations, but he also knew that he could not keep quiet. Sarah did not know what to think about her brother's accusation. She threw a glance at her husband who came and knelt in front of the little boy.

"Toby, my lad, I am what you say. Ten years ago, when you were just a babe, I took you to my castle beyond my Goblin City and was prepared to make you one of my goblins unless your brave, fearless sister here could save you. She defeated me and my Labyrinth and brought you back home. Now, your sister is my wife and the new Queen of the Goblins. Soon she and I will be returning to my kingdom in the Underground," Jareth explained.

"Will I ever see her again?" Toby asked his Majesty as he looked back and forth between Sarah and Jareth, his eyes full of worry.

"Of course you will. You can come see us any time you want and we can return just as easily," Jareth assured him.

"How?"

"With this," Jareth said and conjured a crystal out of thin air and handed it to the child, "When you need it, you'll know how to use it. Now, I need a moment alone with my wife before we leave."

Toby nodded and after embracing his sister and brother-in-law, he left the room with the crystal held tightly in his grasp.

"Now my dear, as I was saying before, we need to discuss your magic. When I placed this ring on your hand, you received all of the same powers that I have. You see, no marriage could survive that type of division; therefore, we had to become equals. The jewels on your ring are pieces of the crystals that I use for my magic. They will give you the ability to perform any magic you wish," he explained.

Sarah nodded her head in understanding and after a minute asked, "Are you ready to go home?"

"Yes darling. Let's go home," Jareth said and before he could transport them to the Underground, Sarah giggled and used her own magic. Jareth looked around in surprise to see that he and his new bride were standing in his throne room.