Chapter Twenty One - The Agreement!
Hoggle was having a lovely dream about inventing a new and more effective fairy
spray. He was then rudely pulled back into consciousness when a furious teen barged
in to the room he was sleeping in and slammed the door loudly behind her. Upon
realising that he was not at home in bed but in a completely different world, staying
with his human friend and a renegade Goblin Princess, Hoggle felt his heart sink.
"Eh? What's goin' on?" he mumbled as Arian frantically scribbled something down
and the walls began to glow with a faint blue light.
"Father's here." she explained.
"WHAT!!!"
"Don't worry. I've sealed the room off." said the girl.
"Where's Sarah?"
"Pardon?"
"WHERE'S SARAH?!?" shouted the dwarf with terror.
"Oh NO!" cried Arian "I forgot about Sarah! Oh Crap!" she took out her notebook
"Don't worry. I'll just bring her here and..." she marked the final full stop but nothing
happened. "That's weird!" she tried again but still nothing happened. Then she looked
at what she had already written. "Oh Damn it!"
"What!" cried Hoggle, who was shaking now.
"I said nothing could get in here! The only way to get Sarah in here is to destroy the
spell! I don't know about you but that kind of defies the point of making a magic
fortress!"
Sarah stood aghast as she realised that her friend had just abandoned her and she was
now alone in her dining room with one seriously pissed off Goblin King. 'Great! Nice
one! You had to stay and watch when you should have been heading for the hills!' she
thought to herself.
Jareth glared at her but didn't say anything. He looked slightly older than he had been
when they first met. Somehow frailer and thinner with dark rings under his eyes.
The silence was getting unbearable and Sarah felt she had to say something. "You
can't force her to go back with you." she said and mentally kicked herself.
"Well, obviously not because then I wouldn't be locked out like this, would I." said
Jareth sarcastically. "Stay out of this, Sarah. This does not concern you."
"It does concern me! That's my friend you're trying to kidnap!"
"I'm not kidnapping her, I'm bringing her home!" he snarled "For God's Sake, Sarah!
You won! I gave you back the child. Why must you interfere with mine? She's vital
for the Labyrinth's survival. If she doesn't go back it will be destroyed and all your
other precious 'friends' will either perish or be left homeless. Is that what you want?"
"What do you mean?" said Sarah.
"Don't put on that innocent act, that's how you beat me in the first place and started
this whole mess. It must have been the perfect opportunity. You found her, lost and
alone, you found out what she was, you won her confidence, you put ideas into her
head about how great it is here and then steal her away! And now the Labyrinth's
falling into ruins and the only person who can save it is refusing to live there."
Sarah forgot her fear for a moment as anger took control "I did no such thing!" she
shouted "She found me! And she had already made up her mind about staying and she
did it on her own. But as from now I'll make it my personal duty to keep her away
from the Labyrinth and away from YOU!"
"She's my daughter! You have no right!"
"Well, you had no right to take Toby!"
"You asked me to take him so I did! And what's that got to do with anything?"
"Because I had to do some serious personal growth to get my brother back and now
you have to do the same." said Sarah as an idea hit her.
Jareth looked completely baffled "What?"
"She obviously thinks the world of you, Jareth. She just wants some love and
attention. If you learn to be a better parent, you might be able to convince her to go
back with you." Sarah suggested. She couldn't help feeling a little sorry for her old adversary. She had sences the hidden love he and his daughter held for each other and decided that they just needed a little push in the right direction.
"How can I do that when she's barricaded herself in that room?" the Goblin King
sneered.
"Come back tomorrow and I'll explain things to her and then you two can patch things
up." the girl said triumphantly.
Jareth sighed. He hated having to admit defeat but there seemed to be no other way.
"Very well! But this had better work, Sarah." he said as he faded away into thin air.
Hoggle was having a lovely dream about inventing a new and more effective fairy
spray. He was then rudely pulled back into consciousness when a furious teen barged
in to the room he was sleeping in and slammed the door loudly behind her. Upon
realising that he was not at home in bed but in a completely different world, staying
with his human friend and a renegade Goblin Princess, Hoggle felt his heart sink.
"Eh? What's goin' on?" he mumbled as Arian frantically scribbled something down
and the walls began to glow with a faint blue light.
"Father's here." she explained.
"WHAT!!!"
"Don't worry. I've sealed the room off." said the girl.
"Where's Sarah?"
"Pardon?"
"WHERE'S SARAH?!?" shouted the dwarf with terror.
"Oh NO!" cried Arian "I forgot about Sarah! Oh Crap!" she took out her notebook
"Don't worry. I'll just bring her here and..." she marked the final full stop but nothing
happened. "That's weird!" she tried again but still nothing happened. Then she looked
at what she had already written. "Oh Damn it!"
"What!" cried Hoggle, who was shaking now.
"I said nothing could get in here! The only way to get Sarah in here is to destroy the
spell! I don't know about you but that kind of defies the point of making a magic
fortress!"
Sarah stood aghast as she realised that her friend had just abandoned her and she was
now alone in her dining room with one seriously pissed off Goblin King. 'Great! Nice
one! You had to stay and watch when you should have been heading for the hills!' she
thought to herself.
Jareth glared at her but didn't say anything. He looked slightly older than he had been
when they first met. Somehow frailer and thinner with dark rings under his eyes.
The silence was getting unbearable and Sarah felt she had to say something. "You
can't force her to go back with you." she said and mentally kicked herself.
"Well, obviously not because then I wouldn't be locked out like this, would I." said
Jareth sarcastically. "Stay out of this, Sarah. This does not concern you."
"It does concern me! That's my friend you're trying to kidnap!"
"I'm not kidnapping her, I'm bringing her home!" he snarled "For God's Sake, Sarah!
You won! I gave you back the child. Why must you interfere with mine? She's vital
for the Labyrinth's survival. If she doesn't go back it will be destroyed and all your
other precious 'friends' will either perish or be left homeless. Is that what you want?"
"What do you mean?" said Sarah.
"Don't put on that innocent act, that's how you beat me in the first place and started
this whole mess. It must have been the perfect opportunity. You found her, lost and
alone, you found out what she was, you won her confidence, you put ideas into her
head about how great it is here and then steal her away! And now the Labyrinth's
falling into ruins and the only person who can save it is refusing to live there."
Sarah forgot her fear for a moment as anger took control "I did no such thing!" she
shouted "She found me! And she had already made up her mind about staying and she
did it on her own. But as from now I'll make it my personal duty to keep her away
from the Labyrinth and away from YOU!"
"She's my daughter! You have no right!"
"Well, you had no right to take Toby!"
"You asked me to take him so I did! And what's that got to do with anything?"
"Because I had to do some serious personal growth to get my brother back and now
you have to do the same." said Sarah as an idea hit her.
Jareth looked completely baffled "What?"
"She obviously thinks the world of you, Jareth. She just wants some love and
attention. If you learn to be a better parent, you might be able to convince her to go
back with you." Sarah suggested. She couldn't help feeling a little sorry for her old adversary. She had sences the hidden love he and his daughter held for each other and decided that they just needed a little push in the right direction.
"How can I do that when she's barricaded herself in that room?" the Goblin King
sneered.
"Come back tomorrow and I'll explain things to her and then you two can patch things
up." the girl said triumphantly.
Jareth sighed. He hated having to admit defeat but there seemed to be no other way.
"Very well! But this had better work, Sarah." he said as he faded away into thin air.