Ok... I know the drill.... Labyrinth and all of it's characters are the property of Jim Henson Productions... the 6th sense is the property of some other people (soz....don't know names) Anya and Tristan are mine.
The doctor looked up from the still figure that lay on the bed and shook his head sadly. "I'm sorry."
Hoggle looked at the body and then back to the doctor, a shocked look on his face, "He...He is?"
"Yes. That last challenged he did certainly took a lot of energy out of him. So much that the illness was able to run its course without much resistance," the doctor answered.
Hoggle didn't hear the explanation. All he heard was the word, 'Yes'.
"He's dead...," Hoggle said with much hesitation, "Are you sure?"
"Very much so," the doctor replied, "May I suggest you get ready for the next in line to take the throne?"
"We don't have a next in line," Hoggle replied.
"What?"
"I'se said... We don't got one. Faes are supposed to live forever dammit. We shouldn't need one."
"Well, who is his closest relative? That person should get the throne next."
Hoggle groaned, "That would be Anya... his cousin."
"Well then, I suggest you contact her before you bury your king. The longer a kingdom is without a ruler, the more chaos can run its course."
Hoggle sighed as he left to make the proper arrangements.
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"....Honestly Kimmy, I have no idea how Rick found out about the surprise party..... No, I don't think Pam did...."
Karen walked into the kitchen and, seeing her stepdaughter on the phone, sighed. Was that phone glued to her ear or something?
Catching the teenager's eye, she simply pointed at her watch and shook her head. The girl took the hint and began to wind up the conversation. "Ok, Kimmy I gotta go, other people need the phone here...... yeah...bye."
Karen watched as her step daughter hung up and sighed, "Honestly Sarah, you spend too much time on the phone and just staying indoors," Karen said, "Why don't you go outside more? Like you did when you were younger?"
"But I do go outside," Sarah protested, "Every day."
"Going to other friends' houses to watch TV doesn't count.," Karen said, "You used to go to the park a lot when you were younger, why not now?"
"Because I don't enjoy it anymore. And the reason why I stay indoors so much is because I'm trying to save up my money for big events."
"Oh really?," Karen asked, "How much have you saved so far?"
"$50 so far," Sarah answered, "I want to earn more but I'm not sure how."
"Funny you should mention that," Karen said with a smile, "It just happens I was talking with our new neighbor and she seems to be in need of a babysitter for her son.. Maybe you could babysit him."
Sarah's eyes widened as she thought about her babysitting experience with Toby all those years ago... well... three years actually. She didn't want to get stuck in that situation again, "Babysitting?!"
"Why of course dear. I've seen how well you and Toby get along so I know you are good with kids. Besides, babysitting her son shouldn't be so bad. He's very well behaved... just... special."
Sarah eyed her step mom exactly how "special"?
"Nothing much," Karen replied, "He just has trouble making friends. Kind of like how you had trouble making them a few years back."
Sarah didn't argue. Karen did have a point. She did have a tendency to have her head in the clouds.... Besides, she said the kid was well behaved, and she did need the money.
"I'll do it. "
Karen smiled, "Great. I'll set it up."
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Hoggle watched as the servants closed the tomb and sighed as he turned to look at Sir Dydimus, who had came as soon as he heard the news.
"His highness is gone?," Sir Dydimus asked, already knowing the answer, "So who will take his place?"
"Not who 'will' take his place," Hoggle corrected bitterly, "You should be asking 'who HAS taken his place'."
"Already?"
Hoggle nodded, "Effected since Jareth's death, Anya is the new ruler."
Sir Dydimus sighed, "Tis not well. T'was no honor within Anya."
"There still isn't," Hoggle added, "At least with Jareth you could safely assume that if you won a challenge, he would acknowledge the victory."
Sir Dydimus sighed, "Trye.... Heaven help anyone who has the misfortune to have to rescue a child under Anya's rule..."
"Yeah, Good as dead he or she will be," Hoggle commented with a slight frown on his face.
Noticing that the servants had left, Hoggle sighed once again.
"Well, lets go greet our Goblin Queen," he said sadly.
The two began to walk from the tomb towards the Goblin castle.
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Sarah stood at the door of her neighbor's house and waited for someone to answer the door after she had knocked.
Soon, a woman opened the door, her face seeming to have a tired face as if she had heard some terrible new recently.
She gave a polite smile, "Hell My name's Sarah. My mom said that you needed a baby sitter."
The woman was quiet but then smiled as Sarah's name began to ring a bell, "Ah.. Hello Sarah. I remember now.. You're here to baby sit Cole... You're a bit early."
"I know Ms. Sear," Sarah replied, "I wanted to show up earlier than usual this time so I may be able to get as much information about him."
"Oh ok," Ms. Sear commented, "That would help wouldn't it?" She picked up her purse and started to gather her belongings, "Your mother said that you were very open-minded and good with children to boot. I need help like that.. Cole is such a unique child and he needs a lot of understanding."
"What's wrong with him?," Sarah asked. As soon as she said that, she realized how badly that sounded and covered her mouth as her cheeks flushed.
Ms. Sear didn't seem to notice or so it seemed until she just paused. Trying to pick the right thing to say..."Well... Cole has this ability... He can't control it and indirectly this ability is probably why he doesn't do well with others his age. He just gets into strange situations"
"I see..., " sarah said in response only to shut up as she saw Ms. Sear smile faintly at her.
"We'll find out this evening if you really understand," she commented, "If you don't want to baby sit him after this evening... I'll understand."
Ms. Sear looked at her watch and sighed, "Well... time to go. Cole is in his room upstairs, emergency numbers are next to the phone and so is a sheet of paper with the phone number for where I'll be. I'll try to gbet back by 10pm."
Sarah nodded and watched as Ms. Sear left.
After that, Sarah made her way upstairs to meet Cole.
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As Hoggle and Sir Dydimus walked along the path, they heard a voice nearby.
"Ah! Can you believe all this crap?!"
Sir Dydimus looked in the direction of the voice and immediately recognized the old wiseman. "I say, why don't we ask him for some advice on how to handle's Jareth's death?"
Hoggle looked at Dydimus then at the old man, "Why should we? It's not like his advice would help the situation..."
Hoggle stopped talking as he realized that Sir Dydimus was walking up to the old man., He ran up alongside Dydimus.
Dydimus looked at the old man and spoke to him in a curteous manner, "We would value your opinion on Jareth's death?"
The old man looked thoughtful and spoke in a labored manner, "Sometimes... death... doesn't mean... you're dead."
Hoggle rolled his eyes at the old man, "Oh please... you can do better than that. I'm not going to allow us to be cheated like you did Sarah."
The old man glared at Hoggle but continued, "Lost things.... have... the ability... to be found."
Hoggle saw the box being handed to him and put up the usual protest but this time, Hoggle parted with one of his precious jewels. "This is robbery," he commented to Dydimus as they left, "What good was all that?"
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Sarah made her way to Cole's room and tapped on the door.
"Come in!," a youthful voice rang out.
Sarah opened the door to see a young boy crawl out from a tent in the corner of the room. He looked at her, "Hi."
Sarah smiled, "Hello to you too... My name's Sarah. You must be Cole."
The boy nodded which made Sarah smile, "Nice to meet you Cole. I'm sure we'll get along just fine."
Cole frowned, "I don't think my mom told you... otherwise you'd be running out of the house by now..." Sarah grew concerned as she heard this, "From the way you carry this topic on, you may want to clue me in on what your mom failed to tell me earlier."
Cole was about to say something but he instead stared past Sarah and straight at the doorway.
Sarah in turn frowned. Was there someone behind her? "What's wrong Cole?," she whispered, "Is someone there?"
Cole nodded slightly, not breaking his gaze with the door.
Sarah didn't turn around. If she didn't act like she knew he was there, he may not try anything just yet. Her eyes scanned the room and rested on Cole's baseball bat. Judging the distance between her and the bat, she could reach it in time and take a good swing at the intruder.
She looked at Cole and whispered, "Do you recognize the guy at all?"
Seeing Cole shake his head that time, she decided that she would have to act. She was in charge of keeping watch over Cole after all.
Gathering all the courage she could muster, she made a grab for the bat and swung around, ready to strike the intruder but stopped her swing when she saw who was there...
....nobody.
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Hoggle and Sir Dydimus entered the castle and were stopped before they could set foot in the throne room by some Goblin guards.
"What is this?," Hoggle asked, "You know that I'm allowed in there."
"That Hoggle," a young carefree voice rang out, "Was under Jareth's rule."
Hoggle looked up and softly groaned as he realized who had spoken and watched as the dark haired Fae sitting in the throne was sneering at him.
Anya continued, "This is my kingdom now and don't forget it. If I tell them not to let you in then, you're not coming in." She got up and strode over to the doorway Hoggle and Sir Dydimus were at.
One look at her would suggest that she was a young girl. But she was far from an innocent child and the two knew it. Hoggle feared her more than he ever feared Jareth... And that was a lot!
A grin formed on the queen's face. "I think... some changes are in order," she commented as she saw Hoggle's face show a lot of worry, "Don't you think... Hoggle?"
Hoggle reluctantly nodded.
"Good," Anya continued, "It's fortunate.....I've heard of how well you've served my cousin and I'm quite sure that you'll give useful services under me as well..."
"Really?," Hoggle asked.
"Why of course," Anya said, her face showing mock sadness at Hoggle's distrust, "What did you think I would do? Just get rid of you? Far from it."
"Thank you... your majesty," Hoggle said, his voice still revealing a hint of disbelief.
Don't mention it... Dear Hoggle," Anya replied, her voice laced with overal sweetness as her lips formed a cruel smile, 'Tommorrow you will report for duty as a private in my Goblin Army."
"Wh...What?," Hoggle asked.
"You heard me," Anya snapped, "Now get out!"
Hoggle grumbled something as he left, leaving Sir Dydimus.
Sir Dydimus looked at Anya in shock, "But your highness. Hoggle is not a fighting Dwarf. he's not even in the right form for such tasks that deal with military life. He'd get killed if there was a battle."
Anya didn't faze one bit. She just sat there. Here eyes narrowing.
"I didn't ask you Dydimus," she said coldly, her voice almost sounding like a snarl, "But if you want to know why I did that, I need more in my Goblin army ranks. You of all people, dear knight should know that this is an ideal time for enemy nations to strike. I intend not to allow this kingdom to fall in the first few days of my rule."
Sir Dydimus looked confused, "Very well your highness."
Anya smiled as the fox turned to leave, "Oh SirDydimus... before you go..."
Sir Dydimus stopped and looked at Anya, "Yes?"
"Before you go I would like to give you something," she answered as she touched Dydimus's nose, leaving a tingling sensation, "I know how you take pride in your sense of smell so I figure I could make it an even keener sense of smell."
Sir Dydimus looked even more confused, "Thank you your majesty."
Anya nodded and simply sent him away to go guard the bog.
As she watched the fox leave, she stifled a laugh.
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"Cole, that wasn't funny," Sarah scolded the young boy, "You shouldn't do things like that, You nearly gave me a heart attack over nothing."
"But he's right there!," Cole protested.
"Cole, don't press your luck," Sarah continued, "Have you ever heard of the boy who cried wolf? He kept lying and eventually no one believed him when he was telling the truth"
"But I am telling the truth!"
"Not another word about that," Sarah warned.
"But..."
"No Cole."
Cole frowned but didn't say anything.
Sarah sighed and left the room. Shivering slightly as she walked through the doorway.
As she made her way to the stair case, she could hear Cole say something that obviously wans't directed at her, "She didn't believe me."
Sarah felt guilty as she descended the stair cased. What if Ms. Sear meant that Cole was special because of van overactice imagination? He might have believed that what he was imagining was really happening. She could be angry at him for that.
She sat down as she thought about what she could do. After a few minutes she decided to go apologize to Cole for her angry comments and went back upstairs.
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A well built man with dirty blonde hair walked up behind Anya and smirked, "That was rather mean."
Anya turned around and smiled at Tristan, "If you don't like it you can go find someone else to work for."
"What if I don't want to find someone else?," he said with a seductive smile.
The Goblin Queen laughed, and traced a finger across his chest, "Then I guess I'm stuck with you," she said softly, bringing her lips close to his... Almost touching.
Tristan smirked. "Oh darn," He said playfully, "And we both know how I abhor your company." The dark haired Fae simply laughed, "For a mere warlock you have your charms... Glad I found you when you were just a child..."
She shook her head as she remembered the original topic of the conversation, "And what of my actions do you find mean?," she asked, "Well, you know full well that this Hoggle will get killed if he ends up in battle... And he most likely will end up there if we go to plan.... and allowing Sir Dydimus to be able to smell properly will cause him to go nuts with his job of guarding the new bridge over the bog."
Anya shrugged. "I really don't care," she commented, "If that happens, then so be it. I just don't want them hanging around here." she saw the warlock open his mouth in protest ...but a stern look from her shut him up. He had learned long ago not to speak back to his elders. "That's better," she commented, "As for the Dydimus thing, let's just call that a test of loyalty."
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Sarah was about to open the door when she heard Cole's voice.
"I tried telling her but she didn't believe me.... My name's Cole... What's your name?.... Is that a hard job to do?..."
Sarah listened and felt Like she was listening to half of a phone conversation. After a bit of debating, she decided to interrupt Cole's little fantasies until after she apologized and opened the door.
"Cole, I'm...," Sarah started only to pause as a strange feeling came over her as she walked into the room... A strange prickly sensation that came so suddenly. Collecting her thoughts, she continued, "Cole, I'm sorry... I shouldn't have gotten angry at you. If you said you saw someone, then you saw somone."
Cole smiled, "You believe me then?.. This is so great. None of my other babysitters believed me when I told them!"
Sarah frowned, "So you tell all your sitters that there is someone behind them?"
Cole frowned as he shook his head, "No. The ... other ...thing."
"What other thing?," Sarah asked, wondering what could he possibly say or do that would scare the other sitters away.
"The dead people one," Cole replied, "They never believe me when I tell them I saw one."
I wonder why
Sarah's eyes widened. She had heard stupid stories before, most of them from Toby the past year, but what got her was how much he seemed to believe it himself. He had a really good imagination!
"He wants to know if we will help him back at his home," Cole continued, not seeming to notice Sarah's confused look, "He needs your help."
Sarah was quiet for a little bit but smiled as she told herself that he's just using his imagination. "Sure we'll help," Sarah said, playing along, "So... what do we do now?"
Cole smiled, "He already told me that part. All I have to do is make a wish..."
"A wish?"
"Yeah," Cole said with a slight grin, "I wish that we were in the Underground right now!"
The doctor looked up from the still figure that lay on the bed and shook his head sadly. "I'm sorry."
Hoggle looked at the body and then back to the doctor, a shocked look on his face, "He...He is?"
"Yes. That last challenged he did certainly took a lot of energy out of him. So much that the illness was able to run its course without much resistance," the doctor answered.
Hoggle didn't hear the explanation. All he heard was the word, 'Yes'.
"He's dead...," Hoggle said with much hesitation, "Are you sure?"
"Very much so," the doctor replied, "May I suggest you get ready for the next in line to take the throne?"
"We don't have a next in line," Hoggle replied.
"What?"
"I'se said... We don't got one. Faes are supposed to live forever dammit. We shouldn't need one."
"Well, who is his closest relative? That person should get the throne next."
Hoggle groaned, "That would be Anya... his cousin."
"Well then, I suggest you contact her before you bury your king. The longer a kingdom is without a ruler, the more chaos can run its course."
Hoggle sighed as he left to make the proper arrangements.
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"....Honestly Kimmy, I have no idea how Rick found out about the surprise party..... No, I don't think Pam did...."
Karen walked into the kitchen and, seeing her stepdaughter on the phone, sighed. Was that phone glued to her ear or something?
Catching the teenager's eye, she simply pointed at her watch and shook her head. The girl took the hint and began to wind up the conversation. "Ok, Kimmy I gotta go, other people need the phone here...... yeah...bye."
Karen watched as her step daughter hung up and sighed, "Honestly Sarah, you spend too much time on the phone and just staying indoors," Karen said, "Why don't you go outside more? Like you did when you were younger?"
"But I do go outside," Sarah protested, "Every day."
"Going to other friends' houses to watch TV doesn't count.," Karen said, "You used to go to the park a lot when you were younger, why not now?"
"Because I don't enjoy it anymore. And the reason why I stay indoors so much is because I'm trying to save up my money for big events."
"Oh really?," Karen asked, "How much have you saved so far?"
"$50 so far," Sarah answered, "I want to earn more but I'm not sure how."
"Funny you should mention that," Karen said with a smile, "It just happens I was talking with our new neighbor and she seems to be in need of a babysitter for her son.. Maybe you could babysit him."
Sarah's eyes widened as she thought about her babysitting experience with Toby all those years ago... well... three years actually. She didn't want to get stuck in that situation again, "Babysitting?!"
"Why of course dear. I've seen how well you and Toby get along so I know you are good with kids. Besides, babysitting her son shouldn't be so bad. He's very well behaved... just... special."
Sarah eyed her step mom exactly how "special"?
"Nothing much," Karen replied, "He just has trouble making friends. Kind of like how you had trouble making them a few years back."
Sarah didn't argue. Karen did have a point. She did have a tendency to have her head in the clouds.... Besides, she said the kid was well behaved, and she did need the money.
"I'll do it. "
Karen smiled, "Great. I'll set it up."
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Hoggle watched as the servants closed the tomb and sighed as he turned to look at Sir Dydimus, who had came as soon as he heard the news.
"His highness is gone?," Sir Dydimus asked, already knowing the answer, "So who will take his place?"
"Not who 'will' take his place," Hoggle corrected bitterly, "You should be asking 'who HAS taken his place'."
"Already?"
Hoggle nodded, "Effected since Jareth's death, Anya is the new ruler."
Sir Dydimus sighed, "Tis not well. T'was no honor within Anya."
"There still isn't," Hoggle added, "At least with Jareth you could safely assume that if you won a challenge, he would acknowledge the victory."
Sir Dydimus sighed, "Trye.... Heaven help anyone who has the misfortune to have to rescue a child under Anya's rule..."
"Yeah, Good as dead he or she will be," Hoggle commented with a slight frown on his face.
Noticing that the servants had left, Hoggle sighed once again.
"Well, lets go greet our Goblin Queen," he said sadly.
The two began to walk from the tomb towards the Goblin castle.
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Sarah stood at the door of her neighbor's house and waited for someone to answer the door after she had knocked.
Soon, a woman opened the door, her face seeming to have a tired face as if she had heard some terrible new recently.
She gave a polite smile, "Hell My name's Sarah. My mom said that you needed a baby sitter."
The woman was quiet but then smiled as Sarah's name began to ring a bell, "Ah.. Hello Sarah. I remember now.. You're here to baby sit Cole... You're a bit early."
"I know Ms. Sear," Sarah replied, "I wanted to show up earlier than usual this time so I may be able to get as much information about him."
"Oh ok," Ms. Sear commented, "That would help wouldn't it?" She picked up her purse and started to gather her belongings, "Your mother said that you were very open-minded and good with children to boot. I need help like that.. Cole is such a unique child and he needs a lot of understanding."
"What's wrong with him?," Sarah asked. As soon as she said that, she realized how badly that sounded and covered her mouth as her cheeks flushed.
Ms. Sear didn't seem to notice or so it seemed until she just paused. Trying to pick the right thing to say..."Well... Cole has this ability... He can't control it and indirectly this ability is probably why he doesn't do well with others his age. He just gets into strange situations"
"I see..., " sarah said in response only to shut up as she saw Ms. Sear smile faintly at her.
"We'll find out this evening if you really understand," she commented, "If you don't want to baby sit him after this evening... I'll understand."
Ms. Sear looked at her watch and sighed, "Well... time to go. Cole is in his room upstairs, emergency numbers are next to the phone and so is a sheet of paper with the phone number for where I'll be. I'll try to gbet back by 10pm."
Sarah nodded and watched as Ms. Sear left.
After that, Sarah made her way upstairs to meet Cole.
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As Hoggle and Sir Dydimus walked along the path, they heard a voice nearby.
"Ah! Can you believe all this crap?!"
Sir Dydimus looked in the direction of the voice and immediately recognized the old wiseman. "I say, why don't we ask him for some advice on how to handle's Jareth's death?"
Hoggle looked at Dydimus then at the old man, "Why should we? It's not like his advice would help the situation..."
Hoggle stopped talking as he realized that Sir Dydimus was walking up to the old man., He ran up alongside Dydimus.
Dydimus looked at the old man and spoke to him in a curteous manner, "We would value your opinion on Jareth's death?"
The old man looked thoughtful and spoke in a labored manner, "Sometimes... death... doesn't mean... you're dead."
Hoggle rolled his eyes at the old man, "Oh please... you can do better than that. I'm not going to allow us to be cheated like you did Sarah."
The old man glared at Hoggle but continued, "Lost things.... have... the ability... to be found."
Hoggle saw the box being handed to him and put up the usual protest but this time, Hoggle parted with one of his precious jewels. "This is robbery," he commented to Dydimus as they left, "What good was all that?"
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Sarah made her way to Cole's room and tapped on the door.
"Come in!," a youthful voice rang out.
Sarah opened the door to see a young boy crawl out from a tent in the corner of the room. He looked at her, "Hi."
Sarah smiled, "Hello to you too... My name's Sarah. You must be Cole."
The boy nodded which made Sarah smile, "Nice to meet you Cole. I'm sure we'll get along just fine."
Cole frowned, "I don't think my mom told you... otherwise you'd be running out of the house by now..." Sarah grew concerned as she heard this, "From the way you carry this topic on, you may want to clue me in on what your mom failed to tell me earlier."
Cole was about to say something but he instead stared past Sarah and straight at the doorway.
Sarah in turn frowned. Was there someone behind her? "What's wrong Cole?," she whispered, "Is someone there?"
Cole nodded slightly, not breaking his gaze with the door.
Sarah didn't turn around. If she didn't act like she knew he was there, he may not try anything just yet. Her eyes scanned the room and rested on Cole's baseball bat. Judging the distance between her and the bat, she could reach it in time and take a good swing at the intruder.
She looked at Cole and whispered, "Do you recognize the guy at all?"
Seeing Cole shake his head that time, she decided that she would have to act. She was in charge of keeping watch over Cole after all.
Gathering all the courage she could muster, she made a grab for the bat and swung around, ready to strike the intruder but stopped her swing when she saw who was there...
....nobody.
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Hoggle and Sir Dydimus entered the castle and were stopped before they could set foot in the throne room by some Goblin guards.
"What is this?," Hoggle asked, "You know that I'm allowed in there."
"That Hoggle," a young carefree voice rang out, "Was under Jareth's rule."
Hoggle looked up and softly groaned as he realized who had spoken and watched as the dark haired Fae sitting in the throne was sneering at him.
Anya continued, "This is my kingdom now and don't forget it. If I tell them not to let you in then, you're not coming in." She got up and strode over to the doorway Hoggle and Sir Dydimus were at.
One look at her would suggest that she was a young girl. But she was far from an innocent child and the two knew it. Hoggle feared her more than he ever feared Jareth... And that was a lot!
A grin formed on the queen's face. "I think... some changes are in order," she commented as she saw Hoggle's face show a lot of worry, "Don't you think... Hoggle?"
Hoggle reluctantly nodded.
"Good," Anya continued, "It's fortunate.....I've heard of how well you've served my cousin and I'm quite sure that you'll give useful services under me as well..."
"Really?," Hoggle asked.
"Why of course," Anya said, her face showing mock sadness at Hoggle's distrust, "What did you think I would do? Just get rid of you? Far from it."
"Thank you... your majesty," Hoggle said, his voice still revealing a hint of disbelief.
Don't mention it... Dear Hoggle," Anya replied, her voice laced with overal sweetness as her lips formed a cruel smile, 'Tommorrow you will report for duty as a private in my Goblin Army."
"Wh...What?," Hoggle asked.
"You heard me," Anya snapped, "Now get out!"
Hoggle grumbled something as he left, leaving Sir Dydimus.
Sir Dydimus looked at Anya in shock, "But your highness. Hoggle is not a fighting Dwarf. he's not even in the right form for such tasks that deal with military life. He'd get killed if there was a battle."
Anya didn't faze one bit. She just sat there. Here eyes narrowing.
"I didn't ask you Dydimus," she said coldly, her voice almost sounding like a snarl, "But if you want to know why I did that, I need more in my Goblin army ranks. You of all people, dear knight should know that this is an ideal time for enemy nations to strike. I intend not to allow this kingdom to fall in the first few days of my rule."
Sir Dydimus looked confused, "Very well your highness."
Anya smiled as the fox turned to leave, "Oh SirDydimus... before you go..."
Sir Dydimus stopped and looked at Anya, "Yes?"
"Before you go I would like to give you something," she answered as she touched Dydimus's nose, leaving a tingling sensation, "I know how you take pride in your sense of smell so I figure I could make it an even keener sense of smell."
Sir Dydimus looked even more confused, "Thank you your majesty."
Anya nodded and simply sent him away to go guard the bog.
As she watched the fox leave, she stifled a laugh.
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"Cole, that wasn't funny," Sarah scolded the young boy, "You shouldn't do things like that, You nearly gave me a heart attack over nothing."
"But he's right there!," Cole protested.
"Cole, don't press your luck," Sarah continued, "Have you ever heard of the boy who cried wolf? He kept lying and eventually no one believed him when he was telling the truth"
"But I am telling the truth!"
"Not another word about that," Sarah warned.
"But..."
"No Cole."
Cole frowned but didn't say anything.
Sarah sighed and left the room. Shivering slightly as she walked through the doorway.
As she made her way to the stair case, she could hear Cole say something that obviously wans't directed at her, "She didn't believe me."
Sarah felt guilty as she descended the stair cased. What if Ms. Sear meant that Cole was special because of van overactice imagination? He might have believed that what he was imagining was really happening. She could be angry at him for that.
She sat down as she thought about what she could do. After a few minutes she decided to go apologize to Cole for her angry comments and went back upstairs.
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A well built man with dirty blonde hair walked up behind Anya and smirked, "That was rather mean."
Anya turned around and smiled at Tristan, "If you don't like it you can go find someone else to work for."
"What if I don't want to find someone else?," he said with a seductive smile.
The Goblin Queen laughed, and traced a finger across his chest, "Then I guess I'm stuck with you," she said softly, bringing her lips close to his... Almost touching.
Tristan smirked. "Oh darn," He said playfully, "And we both know how I abhor your company." The dark haired Fae simply laughed, "For a mere warlock you have your charms... Glad I found you when you were just a child..."
She shook her head as she remembered the original topic of the conversation, "And what of my actions do you find mean?," she asked, "Well, you know full well that this Hoggle will get killed if he ends up in battle... And he most likely will end up there if we go to plan.... and allowing Sir Dydimus to be able to smell properly will cause him to go nuts with his job of guarding the new bridge over the bog."
Anya shrugged. "I really don't care," she commented, "If that happens, then so be it. I just don't want them hanging around here." she saw the warlock open his mouth in protest ...but a stern look from her shut him up. He had learned long ago not to speak back to his elders. "That's better," she commented, "As for the Dydimus thing, let's just call that a test of loyalty."
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Sarah was about to open the door when she heard Cole's voice.
"I tried telling her but she didn't believe me.... My name's Cole... What's your name?.... Is that a hard job to do?..."
Sarah listened and felt Like she was listening to half of a phone conversation. After a bit of debating, she decided to interrupt Cole's little fantasies until after she apologized and opened the door.
"Cole, I'm...," Sarah started only to pause as a strange feeling came over her as she walked into the room... A strange prickly sensation that came so suddenly. Collecting her thoughts, she continued, "Cole, I'm sorry... I shouldn't have gotten angry at you. If you said you saw someone, then you saw somone."
Cole smiled, "You believe me then?.. This is so great. None of my other babysitters believed me when I told them!"
Sarah frowned, "So you tell all your sitters that there is someone behind them?"
Cole frowned as he shook his head, "No. The ... other ...thing."
"What other thing?," Sarah asked, wondering what could he possibly say or do that would scare the other sitters away.
"The dead people one," Cole replied, "They never believe me when I tell them I saw one."
I wonder why
Sarah's eyes widened. She had heard stupid stories before, most of them from Toby the past year, but what got her was how much he seemed to believe it himself. He had a really good imagination!
"He wants to know if we will help him back at his home," Cole continued, not seeming to notice Sarah's confused look, "He needs your help."
Sarah was quiet for a little bit but smiled as she told herself that he's just using his imagination. "Sure we'll help," Sarah said, playing along, "So... what do we do now?"
Cole smiled, "He already told me that part. All I have to do is make a wish..."
"A wish?"
"Yeah," Cole said with a slight grin, "I wish that we were in the Underground right now!"