Through the Looking Glass
A Labyrinth fan fick by Kagome
Chapter 3. Relax and Rest.
Disclaimer; :looks through important looking papers: Nope :sigh: still don't own it.
I stood there for a moment and thought about that. Ok maybe I had a problem about growing up, who didn't? I am incredible mature, I take care of my brother and all the other house hold things. Oh how my head hurt, I can't take much more of this.
A boy came rushing into the throne room. He ran all the way up the daisy to the throne, derailing my train of thought as he rushed passed me, nearly knocking me down. I shot him and evil glare. He ignored me and whispered in the king's ear. I looked closely at the profile of the boy, only to see that its was my ex-boyfriends' younger brother, Chris.
As Chris stood up the king shot me a worried glance, with was quickly replaced with his board mask of indifference. I looked at him with confusion written all over my face.
"Hey Chris, whatcha doing here?" I asked with and amused smile, doing my best to hide my fear and confusion.
"Oh Lilly, its you. I didn't recognize you, dressed out for war." He replied.
"I'm not dressed out for war! I'm dressed like this to explore strange new worlds, seek out civilizations; to boldly go were no man has gone before!" I said with a huge smile on my face.
"Ok Kagome, enough with the Star Track," Inu said. He was leaning on the door frame that I had passed through only moments before.
"How dare you speak to a lady that way, you filthy wolf!" Chris yelled. He was in front of Inu in the blink of an eye.
He fiercely kicked Inu right were it counts. Inu went down on all fours as pain raced through his body, gasping for air. He let out a small whimper and took the kicking with out another sound coming from him.
I let a gasp escape my lips and ran over to him. I got in between the two and drew my sword. "You kick him one more time and I will cut your foot." I said in a low even voice. My eyes narrowed and my stance defensive. I must have looked intimidating because Chris backed off.
"Your not going to let her get away with treating me like that, are you father?" Chris asked.
"Stay out of this Lilly, I was out of line." Inu gasped at the same time.
I kneeled down beside him as, in one fluid motion, I sheathed my sword. I put one arm on his back.
"But he was beating you up and you were doing nothing to protect yourself." I winded. I was ignoring the other two people present in the room.
"He is a furrie. Here furries are treated as intelligent pets." The King said, lightly putting a hand on my shoulder. "If you would like, you can have him."
I raped my arms around Inu in a protective manner. I looked up into the kings mismatched eyes and saw something hidden in them.
"Thank you, your majesty; I will take Inuyasha-chan as my pet. Who was his owner before?"
"That little brat that wants to be my heir." He said as he formed two crystals and sent them off like bubbles.
"Oh, I see." I said. I noticed that fur was under my arms rather than the cotton T-shirt that Inu wore. I looked down at him only to find a wolf in my arms. I just rolled my eyes, and got my face licked. Yuck, doggy slobber!
The goblin King moved back to his throne as the goblins started to come back in. A young girl followed in there wake.
"My servant will show you to your rooms." The Goblin King said, stifling a yawn and motioning the girl over to me. She was tall, with pail skin, black hair and eyes. Vampire was my immediate thought.
I nodded dumbly; my mind was filled with to many thoughts to react as I normally would have. I stood up to follow her but was stopped.
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"Here, this will bring you and show you whatever you want." The King said, tossing a crystal to me.
"Thank you, come on Inu, I'm not going to carry you." And with that I was off to my rooms.
"What's your name?" I asked the maid.
"Lisa de Lujun miss. I'm to be your lady in waiting." She said. "Here we are miss."
The maid led me to a large pare of wood doors interracially craved with pictures of the labyrinth and its inhabitance. The doors opened to reveal a beautiful bedroom. The walls were panted a dark naive blue, and the floor was carpeted in a baby blue. There was a cherry desk, wardrobe, and vanity. A dark mahogany canopy bed with black satin sheets completed the room. One door stood at each wall, each was a different color blue. A sky blue one led to the bathroom. The midnight blue one led to a red and black library. The role blue one led to another, dark bedroom. The door that led to the hallway was an opalescent blue.
"Well Inu, what do you think? I think it's rather pleasant. You stay here; I'm going to take a well earned bath, maybe that will help me think." I went into the bathroom and found that the tub was already filled with perfect water. I used the crystal to summon my favorite bath soaps. I undressed and slipped into the hot water and let my mind wonder.
My mind found its way to what was going on and the information that I had received not to long ago. What am I suppose to do? How am I going to get back home? How the hell am I suppose to save the Labyrinth? I started to panic as I thought of how that would be accomplished. (I'm not going to tell because there to dirty to be told. ;)) Ok, deep breath, Lilly, lets review the facts. Inu is a werewolf, The Goblin King is being nice, so far, and your suppose to save the Labyrinth. Inu will protect you even if it means his demise.
Suddenly I heard Inu barking; it was the kind that was a warning. I quickly got out of the tub and throw a towel around my naked body and looked around the door frame. What I saw almost had me on the floor laughing. The Goblin King was fending off Inu, who was trying to get him out of the door. It was truly a priceless sight. Inu finally succeeded in getting the king out, or he just gave up and left, either way he was out and I was shaking with silent laughter.
"Did you find out what the king wanted before you pushed him out the door?" I asked, finally getting my laughter under control. Inu shook his head and I just laughed at him. Not a cruel laugh but a loving one, like the kind a mother uses when her child has done something funny and said child dose not think it funny at all.
I went to the wardrobe and looked through the dresses that were there. They were all what I expected them to be, medieval. In the back of the wardrobe were some nightgowns. Ah ha, just what I was looking for! I randomly grabbed one and put it on. It was purple cotton with long lacy sleeves and the hem dragged on the floor. A little more exploration of the wardrobe provided a shawl.
I looked at the big bed, Inu had already jumped up on it and settled down. I knew that I should follow suite but I had not and ounce of sleep in my body. I raped the shawl around my shoulders and went into the library.
It was dark, decorated in black and red. Bookshelves lined three of the walls. On one wall was a fireplace with a huge fire blazing in it, the bookshelf rising above the mantel. Two overstuffed chairs were in front of the fireplace. I walked over the only wall that didn't have a bookshelf only to find it veiled in read satin cretins. I pulled them back and let out an awed gasp as I stepped onto the balcony. Inu walked over to me and sat next to me, putting his head under my hand so that it rested lightly between his ears.
A full moon hung in the midnight blue sky, like a crystal. (Duh A land serene, a crystal moon) The Labyrinth was sprawled out before me, frosted with white snow. Below me a garden slept beneath the snow, the trees looking like something out of a dream. Out in the night a wolf howled it greetings to the moon. A cold breeze washed over my still damp skin, causing me to shiver and pull the shawl closer.
Inu gently put his mouth around the hand that was resting on his head and pulled me inside, out of the wind. I sighed and let him drag me away. I then looked around at the books and finally picked one.
It had an interesting title, The legend of the wolf Queen. It was bound in blue leather and the title was engraved on in silver. It was small and thin, something that just might help me get to sleep. I took it over to the armchairs and flopped down in one, not caring to look at who might be sitting in the other one.
"So you've found my library, have you?" a masculine voice asked, making me jump out of my skin and nearly scream.
"Good lord you scared me!" I looked reproachfully at the goblin king.
He was sitting in the chair next to me; one leg draped off the arm, his face was obscured by a thick book. He had on only a pair of baggy PJ pants, no shirt what so ever. I truly did my best not to stair at his nice wash board abs. I could feel my face growing red so I sat down and stared into the fire.
"I thought you would be asleep by now." He said, looking over the top of his book at me.
"What can I call you other than Goblin King? I mean, I don't want to be rude but calling you your majesty is getting on my nerves." I was still staring into the fire, utterly entertained by the dancing flames.
"Oh yes, that was getting on my nerves too. You can call me Jareth, and I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't call me Jar." He said, putting his book down and stared at me. "Really I thought you would have known my name."
"Well I didn't know if it was really your name or if the stories had to make up a name for you." I stated simply, and then I giggled.
"What's so funny?"
"For a moment the flames took on the shape of red roses and then they started to do a fiery dance." I giggled.
Jareth sat up and looked at the flames that were still dancing. I could feel some emotion as I watched as the muscles on his back ripple. If I thought I could fall in love, I would say I was defiantly falling for the Goblin King. I looked back at the fire, watching the dance come to a stop.
"You're so odd. You act so grown up, so mature. Yet you seem like a child, like you never truly grew up. Why is that?" Jareth said, looking at me with a puzzle expression.
"I truly don't know. I guess it would have to do with the fact that I look after my brother all the time and the kids next door, I have to be mature to take care of them. I've never wanted to grow up either. I want to have some of the benefits from growing up but I don't want the responsibilities, nor the knowledge of what's going on it the world. I've wanted to just stay an innocent little girl whose only concern is when playtime is and whether or not I'd have to take a nap." I sighed, and shook my head. "Really isn't the best dream now is it?"
Inu wined and jumped up on my lap so he could muzzle my cheek in an act of sympathy, or just trying to make me feel like I'm not alone.
"Why do you have to look after your brother so often?"
"My parents got new jobs that keep them from being home. Instead of trying to find an after school program or something, they dumped him on me. Actually it started way before that. My dad use to hit my mom and my brother, I was his fav so he never hit me. I was always the one trying to stop the fighting and such. I never felt safe in my own home, if you could call it that." I gently shoved Inu off of my lap and stood up, silent tears trickling down my cheeks. I went and stood by the fire. "I was always afraid that he would do something and I would be alone, or that he would hurt me, not like how he hurt my mom and brother, but in other ways. I became very protective of my mom and brother; I would never let them out of my sight when my dad was home. I always soothed them after they got beaten, I would take care of them and listen to them complain and such. I was the only one who did, even if they never listened to me complain. I learned to deal with it." The dam opened and the tears were flowing like rivers down my cheeks. I turned away from Jareth so he would not see, but I think he did.
He moved from his chair and raped his arms around me. Startled, I looked up at his face, expecting it to be Inu comforting me. You can only imagine how surprised I was to see it was Jareth that had me in his arms, looking like all he wanted to do was to make my pain go away. I turned around in his arms so that my face was buried in his chest, my arms raped around his neck.
"Shhh, it's alright, I won't let anything harm you." He said as he pet my hair.
I let the tears fall. He sat down on a chair, pulling me into his lap. Soon, however, I wasn't sobbing anymore, but breathing in his sent. I was just enjoying his arms around me, holding me close to him. The gentle, rhythmatic rise and fall of his chest soon lulled me into sleep.
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