Foolish girl, didn't she know she couldn't survive in the Labyrinth at night!? He'd call her but he didn't know her name. He shrugged, what did he care? She was merely a weak human. No, that wasn't true. She was strong, and brave. She spoke her mind and, though he'd though he had the upper hand, it was apparent that he didn't.

"Girl!" he called "come back, you'll die if you don't." Nothing.

"What on earth are you screaming about?" Puck asked as he dashed over.

"That girl," Jareth fumed "she ran away."

"Argh," Puck yelled in anger and then screamed loudly "Idony!" He went racing around, searching franticly. He knew he wasn't going to find her. He looked back and Jareth was gone. "Great," he sighed "he's going to find her."

Idony pulled her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. She buried her face in her arms and cried. It just wasn't fair.

"Why am I crying?" she muttered to herself "I'm too old to cry." An owl flew past and Idony wiped her tears and looked at it. It was a white owl, with a few brown spots and yellow trim around his head.

"HOOOOOO?" it asked.

"What's wrong?" she asked "there's nothing wrong."

"WOOOT," it cooed "WOOT WOOT."

"I'm not crying," she lied "I'm not supposed to."

"And why is that?" Jareth asked changing back. Idony's eyes grew wide.

"I didn't know you could do that," she said.

"I can do a lot of things," he said but then gave a worried glance "what's the matter?"

"Why do you care?" she asked "it doesn't matter anyways. I'm just going to go back with you to the center of the Labyrinth and then fight this damn monster. And then what? Get turned into a goblin?"

"Well that all depends on if I like you enough to change you into a goblin," he teased but this only made Idony cry more. "I'm not going to change you into anything," he sighed "or your little imp friend. But you must come back, I have rules that I must follow. Just as you have a code to go by." Idony stopped and looked at him for a long time. "What?" he asked looking around.

"Your human?" she asked.

"Mostly," he shrugged "its actually a very long story that I won't bother boring you with. But, just for curiosity's sake, why do you ask?"

"I haven't seen one in ten years," she said "I was afraid I forgot what they look like."

"Your human," he pointed out.

"Yeah," she smiled "but I don't look like one. My hair is white."

"So?" he asked "you should see some humans Aboveground, some have green hair." Idony laughed. "Why'd you change your name?" he asked as they walked back to the clearing.

"From May?" she asked "it just didn't seem to belong. Having a normal name like that here."

"And Jareth isn't a normal name?" he asked, becoming more amused by the second.

"Well," she stopped a moment "no." She hadn't ever met anyone named Jareth before and it seemed like a very powerful name. She liked it.

"I like your new name better," he said "it suits you."

"Thank you," she said. She couldn't remember why she'd hated him once before, but she was sure there was a reason. She knew that he'd tried to turn her into a goblin yes, but, why didn't that seem like such an evil thing now? Idony didn't know.

"Where have you been?" Puck asked as the came back into the clearing "do you know how baldy you scared me?!"

"Sorry," Idony said but Puck just frowned. "Aww," she pouted "I'm sorry Puck; I wasn't trying to scare you."

"This is just as bad as that one time when you were ten," he muttered "and came home with all those books." Jareth gave an amused stair and Idony clapped her hands together.

"Anyways," she said trying to change the subject "are we going to eat something?"

"I couldn't find a thing," Puck muttered.

"Well," Idony looked around "its too dark to go hunting now, I won't be able to see a thing."

"Hunt?" Jareth asked leading the both of them to the fire Puck had started "how can you hunt?"

"What do you mean?" Idony asked.

"You're a woman," he laughed "women can't hunt." Idony had felt a bit of pride when he called her a woman, but it was stolen away when he said she couldn't hunt. She was one of the best hunters in the Eastern Corner, and only killed when she needed the food.

"Excuse me," Puck said "but Idony can hunt better than anyone I know." Jareth raised an eyebrow at this and looked to Idony.

"Well it might help if you actually knew someone Puck," Idony teased and Puck gave a good natured smile.

"Seriously," Puck said and Idony nodded "she hunts well."

"Well since the master hunter can't see in the dark," Jareth smiled "I suppose eating will be left up to me. Now," he took a deep breath "lets see what I can do."