disclaimer-I do not own labyrinth or anything of the sort. if you want to sue it will be squeezing blood
from a turnip i assure you.
author note-thanks to Katzztar for the spelling corrections and to Star for being my beta.
Ok well i hope ya'll are likeing this so far. this chapter might be a little slow but my muse has
taken a vacation for now. Reviews make my must come back though :)
chapter 7
The trio descends into the darkness below. As they reach the bottom Sara reaches out to take
hold of Jareth and Hoggel's hand.
"It's so dark I don't want any of us getting lost." She says. Squinting in the blackness.
"Hoggle did you bring the light with you?"
"Yes but it doesn't seem to be doing much good." He says as he hands it to her. The space
around them brightens a little bit but it doesn't project very far.
"Well this is just great." Jareth says lamely.
"You know we could have left you in the obulette." She says turning towards him. He frowns but
makes no further comment as they look around their new surroundings.
"It looks like we have no choice but to explore. There's 4 doors here to start with, which
shall we choose first?" Sara says.
"Why don't we just start with the first one and make our way one at a time?" Jareth says.
"Well I guess I don't have better ideas. Let's go." She says pulling Hoggle and Jareth along
with her. The walls are made of black stone that seems to cast the illusion that it actually
sucks the light from the room. Besides a faint sparkle in the stones there wasn't much to look
at. Pretty soon they come to a branch in the path.
"So what now?" Hoggle asks.
"Wait there's writing on the side. Hold the light closer so I can read it." She says leaning
in. "It's hard to make out... it seems to say 'blood and fear scratch on through be careful if
it does not follow you.' How odd." She looks at the two doors.
"Well it looks like something has scratched this one up pretty bad. There's even a red stain
that I can only guess that it is blood on it." Jareth says off handedly.
"Umm Sara wouldn't be a bad idea to go somewhere that has marks like that?" Hoggle says
grimacing.
"Well the door says to go in that one so I guess we will." She pulls open the door and screams.
A pile of bones falls at her feet. She quickly calms her self and enters the door stepping
over the bones in her path.
"Creepy." Hoggle comments.
They walk on for about an hour when they come to a new room. It opens out some and has wood
and rubble scattered about on the floor. Sara notices Hoggle is limping worse and
suggests they stop for awhile. She gathers a pile of the wood in the center and pulls out her
lighter and starts a fire.
"Corr! Sara I didn't know you knew magic." Hoggle says in amazement looking at her lighter.
"It's not magic it's just a lighter...like hand held flint I guess you could say. I just carry
one to warm up my eyeliner with." They sit around the fire as Hoggle warily rubs his leg.
Sara stretches and rotates her stiff neck. Jareth scoots closer to her and gently begins to
give her a shoulder massage.
"Thanks that feels great." She says closing her eyes. "Well we've been at it for hours we
should all take a break and then continue on."
Jareth leans against a rather large rock behind him closes his eyes. Hoggle just stretches out
on the ground with the intent of taking a quick nap. Sara on the other hand just stares into
the fire. She notices Hoggel is shivering in his sleep from lying on the cold stone floor.
Sara takes off her jacket and places it over him. Her notebook falls out of her pocket and she
picks it up and goes to sit next to the fire again. She opens it to the page she had left off
at when she had come to the labyrinth. She scans over the next few pages and it describes word
for word what had happened to them. Finally she catches up to present time and reads half
scared of what it might say.
~The three sit resting not aware of the war that goes on in each of the others hearts. The now
overthrown king stirs in his fitful dreams. His mind has become tangled and confused as he
tries to figure out who he is. His dream is like a shattered mirror of his memories. He is a
small boy and a comparatively large man looms over him. Telling him how to live how to act and
how to feel. In his dream he feels the remnants of scars that he no longer knew existed.
Inching up his back, bringing back the memory of a whip. He whimpers slightly in his sleep.~
Sara looks up as she really hears him do it. All of her stories that she thought she had made
up had been true, and now this one seemed to be coming true as well. She leans over and gently
shakes Jareth to wake him up from his nightmare. In his sleep he pulls her closer to him for
comfort. With out waking he wraps her in his arms. He smiles in his sleep his nightmare has
vanished at least for now. She looks at him in concern and gently pulls his bangs from his face
that had fallen in his sleep. Here was the man she had feared but she couldn't help but feel
protective of him in his weakened state. She couldn't get free to read anymore and was
hesitant to wake him so she just leaned back and enjoyed the warmth of his body against hers.
She would rest and take what comfort she could get at this time.
Author- so what ya think review please!
from a turnip i assure you.
author note-thanks to Katzztar for the spelling corrections and to Star for being my beta.
Ok well i hope ya'll are likeing this so far. this chapter might be a little slow but my muse has
taken a vacation for now. Reviews make my must come back though :)
chapter 7
The trio descends into the darkness below. As they reach the bottom Sara reaches out to take
hold of Jareth and Hoggel's hand.
"It's so dark I don't want any of us getting lost." She says. Squinting in the blackness.
"Hoggle did you bring the light with you?"
"Yes but it doesn't seem to be doing much good." He says as he hands it to her. The space
around them brightens a little bit but it doesn't project very far.
"Well this is just great." Jareth says lamely.
"You know we could have left you in the obulette." She says turning towards him. He frowns but
makes no further comment as they look around their new surroundings.
"It looks like we have no choice but to explore. There's 4 doors here to start with, which
shall we choose first?" Sara says.
"Why don't we just start with the first one and make our way one at a time?" Jareth says.
"Well I guess I don't have better ideas. Let's go." She says pulling Hoggle and Jareth along
with her. The walls are made of black stone that seems to cast the illusion that it actually
sucks the light from the room. Besides a faint sparkle in the stones there wasn't much to look
at. Pretty soon they come to a branch in the path.
"So what now?" Hoggle asks.
"Wait there's writing on the side. Hold the light closer so I can read it." She says leaning
in. "It's hard to make out... it seems to say 'blood and fear scratch on through be careful if
it does not follow you.' How odd." She looks at the two doors.
"Well it looks like something has scratched this one up pretty bad. There's even a red stain
that I can only guess that it is blood on it." Jareth says off handedly.
"Umm Sara wouldn't be a bad idea to go somewhere that has marks like that?" Hoggle says
grimacing.
"Well the door says to go in that one so I guess we will." She pulls open the door and screams.
A pile of bones falls at her feet. She quickly calms her self and enters the door stepping
over the bones in her path.
"Creepy." Hoggle comments.
They walk on for about an hour when they come to a new room. It opens out some and has wood
and rubble scattered about on the floor. Sara notices Hoggle is limping worse and
suggests they stop for awhile. She gathers a pile of the wood in the center and pulls out her
lighter and starts a fire.
"Corr! Sara I didn't know you knew magic." Hoggle says in amazement looking at her lighter.
"It's not magic it's just a lighter...like hand held flint I guess you could say. I just carry
one to warm up my eyeliner with." They sit around the fire as Hoggle warily rubs his leg.
Sara stretches and rotates her stiff neck. Jareth scoots closer to her and gently begins to
give her a shoulder massage.
"Thanks that feels great." She says closing her eyes. "Well we've been at it for hours we
should all take a break and then continue on."
Jareth leans against a rather large rock behind him closes his eyes. Hoggle just stretches out
on the ground with the intent of taking a quick nap. Sara on the other hand just stares into
the fire. She notices Hoggel is shivering in his sleep from lying on the cold stone floor.
Sara takes off her jacket and places it over him. Her notebook falls out of her pocket and she
picks it up and goes to sit next to the fire again. She opens it to the page she had left off
at when she had come to the labyrinth. She scans over the next few pages and it describes word
for word what had happened to them. Finally she catches up to present time and reads half
scared of what it might say.
~The three sit resting not aware of the war that goes on in each of the others hearts. The now
overthrown king stirs in his fitful dreams. His mind has become tangled and confused as he
tries to figure out who he is. His dream is like a shattered mirror of his memories. He is a
small boy and a comparatively large man looms over him. Telling him how to live how to act and
how to feel. In his dream he feels the remnants of scars that he no longer knew existed.
Inching up his back, bringing back the memory of a whip. He whimpers slightly in his sleep.~
Sara looks up as she really hears him do it. All of her stories that she thought she had made
up had been true, and now this one seemed to be coming true as well. She leans over and gently
shakes Jareth to wake him up from his nightmare. In his sleep he pulls her closer to him for
comfort. With out waking he wraps her in his arms. He smiles in his sleep his nightmare has
vanished at least for now. She looks at him in concern and gently pulls his bangs from his face
that had fallen in his sleep. Here was the man she had feared but she couldn't help but feel
protective of him in his weakened state. She couldn't get free to read anymore and was
hesitant to wake him so she just leaned back and enjoyed the warmth of his body against hers.
She would rest and take what comfort she could get at this time.
Author- so what ya think review please!