Title: Destiny Reborn
Author: Queen Serenity
Fandom: Labyrinth
Chapter: Two – Fading
The girl awoke slowly, and sat up, letting out a groan of annoyance as her neck cramped up. She looked around, her eyes taking in her surroundings, and was confused. Where am I? she wondered. This is not my chambers…
Standing up, she wandered around the room and caught sight of herself in the mirror, and a slight tremor went through her as she remembered who she was. Sarah swept her dark hair away from her face, frowning.
"That was strange… for a moment there, I actually thought I was that elven girl… strange…"
"Yer Majesty, yer majesty!"
Jareth rolled his eyes. "What is it now?"
"Another messenger's been sent from th' faery glade! She is demandin ta see yer Majesty 'mediately, she says it be most important, yer Majesty!"
"Send her away, as you have the others."
"Yes, yer Majesty."
Jareth sighed irritably and went over to lounge by the window. He had been bombarded day and night by messengers sent from all over the labyrinth, ever since about a week after 'she' had gone… and he knew why. Looking out the window, he felt a deep sadness as he observed the pale, lifeless sky, and, under it, the labyrinth's old walls.
Jareth knew that if he went down there and touched one of those walls, pieces of stone would crumble easily away. He knew that the vegetation within the walls was turning brown, that the trees were bare. Even the peaches on his tree in his garden were all shriveled, no life left in them. Looking about, it was obvious.
The labyrinth was dying.
And what the worst of it was was that, as far as he knew, there was nothing he could do about it.
It had started almost immediately after Sarah had defeated him, and taken her leave of the place. It was almost as though the magick had gone with her.
The breeze from the window stirred his hair as he closed his eyes and exhaled, thinking of the girl and her beautiful hair and eyes. Unfortunately, she had also taken his heart with her… but she had made it obvious that she did not want him.
He knew that he should be trying harder to find a way to save the labyrinth, but he just didn't have the will to… he was just going to let it fade and, inevitably, he would fade away along with it.
