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A/N - Wow! The reviews outnumber the chapters 2 to 1. That hasn't happened to me in months. Thank you thank you thank you!
Plus I'm sorry if the argument in the last chapter seemed a little contrived. The only reason being that I'm really crap at that sort of thing. So be warned that all the scenes I write with sex and violence in them will be rubbish!
RANT: Have you ever tried watching Labyrinth in German? Its very very freaky!
Especially Hoggle. I don't know why but it reminded me of this weird German kids show about a princess and a magic tree that really traumatised me and half my family when I was six.
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By now things had pretty much gotten back to normal for Arian and Toby and they had settled back on the sofa to watch The Simpsons and were polishing off the rest of the Twiglets.
"My God! Why do people eat these things?" asked Toby.
"I dunno. I suppose it's toast and marmite in snack form so it would be a good party food for breakfast people." said Arian thoughtfully.
"It tastes like feet!"
"Mmmm foot snacks."
"Now with toe jam."
"Ewww Toby! You really crossed the line there!"
"I'm Sorry." said Toby.
"That's OK."
"No. I mean I'm sorry about earlier."
"There's no need, you're entitled to your own opinion. And I admit it wasn't very fair of me to keep things from you. I did have a good reason though."
"I don't understand. What could be so unusual about your life that would make you keep it a secret?"
Poetic irony is a strange phenomena. Also known as Sod's law it can makes things quite annoying. This was one of these instances because it was that moment that a seriously angry Goblin King decided to crash through the living room door.
"Umm...that." said Arian nervously. "Toby, this is my father. Father, this is Toby."
"Oh my God! Your dad's a transvestite! No wonder you didn't want to say anything!"
cried Toby.
"YOU!!" shouted Jareth and pointed at the bemused teenage boy. "How dare you try to corrupt my daughter!"
"What!" cried Arian.
"You heard me!" snarled the Goblin King. "He's going to betray your friendship by only thinking of his own sordid pleasures! I should've turned him into a Goblin when I had the chance!"
"Sorry, you've lost me now." said Toby uneasily.
"Er...excuse me but you're the only selfish one I can think of at the moment! Where the hell have you been!?!" cried Arian.
"That's not the point!" said Jareth.
"Yes it is!" shouted Arian. "You're always out doing goodness knows what and leaving me to do all the work!! You said that we would be equals, but all you seem to do is enjoy yourself and take all the glory jobs while I'm stuck in your stupid office day and night! I'm supposed to be your co-ruler, not your secretary! And now you have the audacity to question my friend's intentions!"
Toby was a little disappointed that she had only called him her friend and decided to speak up again. "Arian, what on Earth is going on?"
"Toby! I think you should get out of there." Sarah said the doorway. She knew those two didn't fight very often, but when they did it was probably wise to run for cover.
You could never tell whether or not the two powerful sorcerers were going to unleash their magic on each other.
"That's Arian's dad!" said Toby when they were safely in the kitchen "Man, talk about dysfunctional."
"There's more to it than that." said Sarah and explained most of what she knew about the situation. All the while she accompanied by the rather loud shouting match in the other room.
"So they're from another world?" said Toby "That's incredible!"
There was a loud slam from the hallway, shortly followed by another one and the house became silent.
"Well that's a relief. This place nearly got struck by lightening the last time they had a fight in here." said Sarah.
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"Can you see her?" said a voice in the darkness as the image in the crystal became clearer.
"She's out in the open and no one's around. We must act now!" said the second. "Is the summoning spell ready, so we can bring her here?"
"Just finished it. All we need is to recite the incantation from the forbidden spell book."
"Excellent!"
"I wonder why this stuff's forbidden when it's so useful." said the first voice.
"Oh shut up, Theo, and get on with it!"
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Jareth sped round the corner he had seen the girl run around but realised there was no one there. There was an unusual metallic smell in the air besides the ordinary fumes of urban humanity. She must have used her magic to leave the city...