Authoress: Don't even ask why I'm so late with all this crap. I've been completely swamped.
Zoe: (looks to her) Who are you again?
Authoress: Shut up.
Disclaimer: I don't own Labyrinth, do we even need to go through this?

See the World through My Eyes
Door Number 2?

"Sarah, wake up. We are as late as it is!" a loud voice said harshly as the covers were thrown off her. Cold hit her skin and she groaned.
"Five more minutes!" Sarah said.
"Sorry Princess, time to get up," Sallina said. Sarah yelped as she was suddenly hoisted up to her feet. Sallina set Sarah on her feet and put her hands on her shoulders. Pushing the yelling girl into the bathroom and getting her ready.

"Hm, they're late," Jareth muttered as he looked at his pocket watch (which of course had thirteen numbers). Then the male royals heard yelling coming down the hallway.
"Don't start with me! I was pulling you out of your bed all the time in high school!" came a shout.
"Yeah, right! Your mother practically hired me to wake you!" was the retort.
"I have half a mind to send you to an obliette just for fun!" came Sarah's silence cutting voice.
"Yeah, then I'll singe your hair!" Sallina threatened. Then the library door flew open.
"Ah, so now you go as low as threatening!" Sarah asked, knowing Sallina was glaring at her. The two ignored the watching men.
"You threatened first!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Ladies," Jareth stepped forward.
"Stay out of this!" they both yelled at him and he quickly cowered away. Cypress was having a very hard time not laughing. Kera was sitting on Sarah's shoulder, her hands over her pointed ears.
"Look, we'll talk about this after we get back, okay!" Sallina said.
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Er, uh, ok we are ready," Sarah suddenly said, smoothing out her dress. "Who is to escort me today?" she asked.
"I am, m'lady," Prince Octavio said as he stepped forward. His cold but smooth hand grasped hers and she calmed slightly. Though Sarah didn't see, Sallina looked the Prince up and down as if checking for any tricks.
"The mer-folk Prince, am I correct?" Sarah asked.
"How did you know?" he asked, very curious.
"Your voice sounds like the water and your skin feels worn and smooth with use of water," she answered. Even Sallina's eyebrows rose. The Prince smiled.
"Well, Lady Sarah, shall we be on our way?" he asked. She nodded and they walked out of the library. Again the teleportation was used.

The earth was soft under Sarah's feet, but not like sand. It was moist, like wet grass. Moisture hung in the hair and felt slightly sticky, but not uncomfortable.
"Where are we?" she asked.
"The River Mazes, another part of Jareth's Labyrinth," he answered.
'How big is Jareth's land?' she thought with much surprise.
"The path or I should say paths are made by the rivers. They often change courses without warning, changing the paths." He was grasping her hand leading her somewhere. "Some of my people live here, working under Jareth."
"In the rivers?" Sallina was the one to ask this.
"Yes," the Prince answered.

They walked for what seemed ten minutes. The prince released her hand and crouched low near the waters of one of the rivers. Words were uttered, but Sarah didn't understand the dialect. She heard something surface.
"Ah, cousin, please meet Lady Sarah," she heard him say. Her hand was grasped again and a gentle tugging persuaded her to kneel down and hold her hand out. Sallina stayed very close to her princess. No good stories came from the river mazes and the fish-like people who live there.
Sarah's dry hand was touched by a smooth and almost slick hand. Her fingertips explored the hand slightly, for she could not see the face. There were slight webs between each finger and the bone feature signaled great beauty.
Prince Octavio smiled as the two female creatures interacted. The woman in the water had a teal colored tail flowing behind her. The mermaid's eyes showed just as much interest as Sarah's did. They both seemed very intrigued by the other's form.
The hand that had explored the water creature's hand, dropped lower and touched the cold water.
'LEAVE!' a word flashed in her mind and Sarah practically threw herself away from the water's edge.
"Sarah!" Sallina cried and sat next to her princess. "What happened?"
"I think- I think the spirit of the water tried to tell me something," she managed out. The mermaid was staring at Sarah. Then she glanced to Prince.
'Prince, come swim with your brethren,' the mermaid's enticing voice floated into his mind. His limbs seemed to move of their own accord.
"What is Prince Octavio doing?" Sarah asked, hearing a shuffle.
"He's going to leave!" Kera's high pitched voice sounded.
"Oh no you don't!" Sallina growled. She grabbed one of the Prince's shoulders and pushed him down until he was sitting next to Sarah. The trance was broken and Octavio shook his head. "Begone!" Sallina shouted and threw a fireball at the creature in the water. It hissed at her and swam off. "I knew we shouldn't have come here. These mermaids are not the same as yours, your highness," Sallina told the Prince.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"They were told to entice any traveler coming through here and to lure them into the waters. If they some how please the mermaids they become a servant just like them, otherwise they drown," she explained. "The Labyrinth is full of surprises."
"The water was warning me," Sarah said, barely out of her stupor.
"Yup, your powers are growing beautifully," Sallina said with a smile, "Now I suggest we find ourselves a safer place to go, before that girl come back with friends. What do you say?" she asked. Both nodded. Kera sighed and nested in Sallina's hair.

"We are on the hill, are we not?" Sarah asked.
"Yes, the one just before the entrance to the labyrinth," he answered. Sarah sat herself down with a smiled.
"It the sun setting?" she asked.
"Yes," Octavio answered with a confused look. Sallina smiled.
"Will you describe it to me?" she asked as he sat next to her.
"Alright. It looks like a gold medallion that is going underwater. The sun is getting lighter and lighter and the sky is darkening above," he described it for her. Sarah smiled satisfactory.
"Thank you," the brunette said. Sallina spotted the smile and grin lit her own lips.

If any of the three fae were looking they would've seen Cypress making a gagging gesture behind them. There was too much fluff in the air.
Yes, he had trailed them throughout the whole day. He was getting better, and tried to remain ever silent.
There was a slight problem though when he did have a run in with a mermaid. The spy was enticed in the water and as soon as the cold water hit his face he woke up and scrambled to shore, yelling 'shoo' at the fish-like people.
"A new day job, a new day job, a new day job," he chanted as he followed Sarah and the Prince.

"I'm sorry I woke you rudely, okay?" Sallina grumbled like a pouting child.
"I'm sorry I wasn't compliant the first time. I should've got up," Sarah responded.
"There, now hug and be friends again," Jareth said. He then got glares from the two woman. "Or not," he said and sighed. He shook his head and exited with a short 'Goodnight'.
As soon as the door closed the two girls hugged. "Best friends?" Sallina asked.
"Best friends," Sarah answered with a smile.
"Good, we all love each other again, now let's go to bed!" Kera called from the pillow on Sarah's bed.
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Authoress: There, don't ask for any more so quickly. I'm doing the best I can.
Zoe: Writer's block is murder.
Authoress: More like writer's boulder!
Zoe: Oh, we have a question!
Authoress: I'm not sure whether to pair Sallina with Cypress or Halem (the dragon King- Jareth's brother). Please submit comments.