Chapter 6
Authors note- Sorry it's been about a week since I put up a new chapter, but alas here is the
next please review it's what keeps me going.
Sara squinted at the figure through the dim light. It was a man in his thirties wearing ragged
clothes and his hair hung limply around his shoulders. Even through his disarray Sara could
tell that could be no other then Jareth the Goblin King.
"Jareth is that you?" Sara says walking up to him.
He looks up at her dumbly, "Could be. I'm not to sure myself actually." He sits up straighter
against the wall and winces.
Sara holds her hand out and helps him up. His voice sounded softer then she remembered and he
also had a hauntingly lost look in his eyes. What could have happen to him? Sure he wasn't
her favorite person, but he never did harm her or Toby really. Plus, the entire time she was in
the labyrinth nothing really tried to harm her. She was scared sometimes, but the attempts on
her life were clumsy if not laughable. She had thought about this when she had gotten back and
realized that with all Jareth's power if he had wanted her dead she would be. He had only
meant to dissuade her not to hurt her.
Jareth stands in front of Sara still psychically impressive but lacking the commanding air he
once possessed. She reached out to him as her deep concern for him shook her to her core. She
brushes a stray lock from his face and feels the grit of dried blood in it.
"Maybe you hit your head. Can you remember anything?" Sara asked bewildered. Hoggel moved up
beside her looking just as puzzled.
"I hate to break the reunion but what ever was following us is still out there I've heard it
scratching around the door." Hoggel says looking briefly to Jareth and then the door.
Jareth stares of into the darkness for a minute and then turns to Hoggel. "Is there another way
out of here?"
"I've never been here before so I don't know." He said shaking his head in dismay.
"Look I don't know who you are or who this Jareth is you keep calling me, but we do need to get
out of her. I just have a bad feeling about this."
"And being locked in an oblate doesn't give you a bad feeling?" Hoggel shot back. His eyes go
wide as he realizes who he's insulted, but Jareth pays him no mind.
"Well I guess there's only one thing to do, search." Sara says walking to the nearest wall and
running her hand along it looking for a hidden door.
All three of them search the room in this manner but after an hour they give up.
"I can't find anything." Sara says sitting down.
"Yea us either." Jareth replies looking around him. "So since we seem to have the time why
don't you tell me what's going on?"
Sara nods, "Well I'm Sara and this is Hoggel, and I'm pretty sure your Jareth. You must have
just lost your memory somehow. I think you might have hit your head at some point and that
could be the reason. I'm not too sure what's going on either. Just what Hoggel has told me
that the labyrinth is in chaos. We where on our way to find you to see if you knew why... Anyway
you're the king of the goblins. I think that about sums it up."
"So Hogwart?"
"Hoggel" he says
"Right, Hogbrain."
"No, Hoggel. Either your memory is worse then you said or you remember more then you realize.
"Fine, Hoggel..."
"Yes."
"Ok, Hoggel, what is causing the labyrinth to be in chaos... by the way what is the labyrinth?"
Hoggel and Sara twitch. "The labyrinth surrounds the Goblin City and the castle. I'm not sure
why it happened I just know there's strange creatures here and the goblins are running amuck."
"I see. Well not really, but let's get out of here and go to the castle. You said I'm the king
right well I should be able to put things right."
"Apparently his ego was no damaged along with his memory." Hoggel grumbles.
Sara laughs, and pats Jareth's arm. "So how should we get out?"
"I have no idea."
"Oh I see." She says as she stands up again. "Maybe we're just looking in the wrong places.
Hmmm, the ceiling is too high to get out that way. What about the floor?"
"This is an oblate there's nothing further down then that." Hoggel says.
"Still maybe we're just taking it for granted there's nothing further down." She starts
searching around the floor. Over in a far corner a piece of metal catches her eye and sure
examines it closely.
"Hoggel come look it's a handle!" Him and Jareth run over to her.
"Well I'll be. So it is." He tries pulling on it but it won't budge. "Must be stuck. Give me
a hand here." Jareth and Sara grab on and they all pull. Finally the door gives way toppling
them to the ground. As they sit up they look into the new exit.
"I guess there's nothing else to do but go down." Sara says peering into the darkness.
Silently the trio begins to descend.
Authors note- Sorry it's been about a week since I put up a new chapter, but alas here is the
next please review it's what keeps me going.
Sara squinted at the figure through the dim light. It was a man in his thirties wearing ragged
clothes and his hair hung limply around his shoulders. Even through his disarray Sara could
tell that could be no other then Jareth the Goblin King.
"Jareth is that you?" Sara says walking up to him.
He looks up at her dumbly, "Could be. I'm not to sure myself actually." He sits up straighter
against the wall and winces.
Sara holds her hand out and helps him up. His voice sounded softer then she remembered and he
also had a hauntingly lost look in his eyes. What could have happen to him? Sure he wasn't
her favorite person, but he never did harm her or Toby really. Plus, the entire time she was in
the labyrinth nothing really tried to harm her. She was scared sometimes, but the attempts on
her life were clumsy if not laughable. She had thought about this when she had gotten back and
realized that with all Jareth's power if he had wanted her dead she would be. He had only
meant to dissuade her not to hurt her.
Jareth stands in front of Sara still psychically impressive but lacking the commanding air he
once possessed. She reached out to him as her deep concern for him shook her to her core. She
brushes a stray lock from his face and feels the grit of dried blood in it.
"Maybe you hit your head. Can you remember anything?" Sara asked bewildered. Hoggel moved up
beside her looking just as puzzled.
"I hate to break the reunion but what ever was following us is still out there I've heard it
scratching around the door." Hoggel says looking briefly to Jareth and then the door.
Jareth stares of into the darkness for a minute and then turns to Hoggel. "Is there another way
out of here?"
"I've never been here before so I don't know." He said shaking his head in dismay.
"Look I don't know who you are or who this Jareth is you keep calling me, but we do need to get
out of her. I just have a bad feeling about this."
"And being locked in an oblate doesn't give you a bad feeling?" Hoggel shot back. His eyes go
wide as he realizes who he's insulted, but Jareth pays him no mind.
"Well I guess there's only one thing to do, search." Sara says walking to the nearest wall and
running her hand along it looking for a hidden door.
All three of them search the room in this manner but after an hour they give up.
"I can't find anything." Sara says sitting down.
"Yea us either." Jareth replies looking around him. "So since we seem to have the time why
don't you tell me what's going on?"
Sara nods, "Well I'm Sara and this is Hoggel, and I'm pretty sure your Jareth. You must have
just lost your memory somehow. I think you might have hit your head at some point and that
could be the reason. I'm not too sure what's going on either. Just what Hoggel has told me
that the labyrinth is in chaos. We where on our way to find you to see if you knew why... Anyway
you're the king of the goblins. I think that about sums it up."
"So Hogwart?"
"Hoggel" he says
"Right, Hogbrain."
"No, Hoggel. Either your memory is worse then you said or you remember more then you realize.
"Fine, Hoggel..."
"Yes."
"Ok, Hoggel, what is causing the labyrinth to be in chaos... by the way what is the labyrinth?"
Hoggel and Sara twitch. "The labyrinth surrounds the Goblin City and the castle. I'm not sure
why it happened I just know there's strange creatures here and the goblins are running amuck."
"I see. Well not really, but let's get out of here and go to the castle. You said I'm the king
right well I should be able to put things right."
"Apparently his ego was no damaged along with his memory." Hoggel grumbles.
Sara laughs, and pats Jareth's arm. "So how should we get out?"
"I have no idea."
"Oh I see." She says as she stands up again. "Maybe we're just looking in the wrong places.
Hmmm, the ceiling is too high to get out that way. What about the floor?"
"This is an oblate there's nothing further down then that." Hoggel says.
"Still maybe we're just taking it for granted there's nothing further down." She starts
searching around the floor. Over in a far corner a piece of metal catches her eye and sure
examines it closely.
"Hoggel come look it's a handle!" Him and Jareth run over to her.
"Well I'll be. So it is." He tries pulling on it but it won't budge. "Must be stuck. Give me
a hand here." Jareth and Sara grab on and they all pull. Finally the door gives way toppling
them to the ground. As they sit up they look into the new exit.
"I guess there's nothing else to do but go down." Sara says peering into the darkness.
Silently the trio begins to descend.