Hey everybody! thanxfor the review Moonjava! Not a really long chapter now. I'm going to tell something about Istosar Samuel. He's the bad guy of the whole story. Who he is and what he did, is in this chap. So start reading!


Sir Didymus looked angry and Ambrosious.

"No Ambrosious! We are not there jet! And thy must stop being such a coward," he said. The dog gave a small bark and throttled on. Following the fox was Ludo and after him came Hoggle. Together they were about to enter the Goblin City. This time, the iron guard did not appear, and with Ludo at their side, Hoggle and sir Didymus could walk freely through the city without being bothered by the Goblins. When they reached the Castle, they saw two guards laying on the ground.

"Sleeping whilst they have duty. They are not worthy of their King," sir Didymus said, waving his staff. Hoggle walked over to the two Goblins.

"They are not sleeping. By the look of that helmet, they have been hit out of conscience," Hoggle said. He lifted his shoulders.

"Not my problem. Let's move on," he continued careless. He walked to the gates and knocked on the door.

"Open up you lazy creatures. The king wants to see us!" he yelled. Sir Didymus started to attack the door with his staff.

"Open up cowards!" he screamed. Finally, a small goblin opened the door a little bit. He peaked thought the small opening. When his eyes passed Ludo, he let out a little yip and fainted. Ludo pushed the heavy doors open and stepped inside.

"Unloyal beasts. Thy are all not worthy your King," the Fox said. He gave Ambrosious a soft kick in his sides and moved on. Hoggle had been here before and walked straight to the Throne room. The Goblins around them were smart enough not to bother them. When they entered the great room, they saw that Jareth was not there. Hoggle walked over to the Goblin closes to him and set his arms to his middle.

"Where is Jareth? We are supposed to meet him here," he said while looking dangerously to the poor Goblin.

"H-He is in h-h-his r-room," the trembling Goblin said. He then, just like all the others, let out a girlish scream and ran of as fast as his little legs could carry him. Hoggle sighed.

"Well. It looks like we have to find Jareth ourselves," Hoggle said and he walked to the small passage on the right of the Throne. The three companions then entered a large corridor. They passed several doors then they followed the stairs up and came to another corridor, very similar to the first. Ludo grumbled. They moved on. Following the similar corridors and stairs, they got lost.

"My, it is like a Labyrinth in here," Sir Didymus said.

"Ludo confused," Ludo growled.

"Just his style," Hoggle murmured. They followed the corridor and suddenly, Ludo bumped into a small, female Goblin, who looked rather tired and confused.

"Ah! Finally someone living!" Hoggle said. He walked over to the scared looking Goblin. He stopped right in front of her and put his arms in his waist.

"Where is Jareth?" he said. The eyes of the Goblin grew big and her small body began to tremble even more.
"Where is Jareth?" Hoggle repeated, a little more briskly. The female Goblin kept her mouth shut.

"Where Jareth?!" Ludo suddenly yelled. He picked up the Goblin maiden by the back of her dress with one hand and looked angry at her. The maiden shook her head, like trying to wake up from a nightmare, and then looked at Ludo.

"I-I don't know," she said frightened. Ludo let out a growl. He showed his big teeth. Then the Goblin pointed with a trembling hand to the door of Jareth's bedroom. Ludo let the maiden down and walked over to the heavy doors. The Goblin Maiden fell on the floor. They will find out. They will see, and Kranlar will know. Please forgive me Jareth. Forgive me for breaking our promise, Markla thought snobbing.

Hoggle knocked on the door.

"Jareth open up. Sir Didymus, Ludo and I are here to see you," he yelled. No answer.

"Maybe the king is asleep," Sir Didymus suggested. Ludo chuckled. He gave the door a great push and the doors swung open.

"Sire?" sir Didymus said. He walked inside. After a short search, they concluded that Jareth was not here.

"Where is he?" said Hoggle a little mad. "We'd better get going. Maybe it is a trap."

"But what about the King? He is waiting for us," the fox sputtered.

"If it is really important, he will contact us again. Let's go," said Hoggle. They walked out of the room.

"Strange that the King left without even leaving a message to the servants," sir Didymus remarked. The same thought had already occurred to Hoggle's mind.

"Strange indeed. Maybe we should question that Goblin Maiden a little more," Hoggle said. "I got the feeling she knows more than she tells." He muttered under his breath. When they reached the place they had left the Markla, they found out that she had already left.

"Goblin gone," Ludo grumbled.

"We'll ask the other Goblins then where Jareth has gone to," Hoggle said. They moved on. After getting lost a couple of times and a lot of unspeakable words from Hoggle, the trio finally found the throne room again. The room was very empty, for most of the goblins had heard Ludo coming. The few ones remained were glued to the floor of fear.

"Jareth's gone. Where is he?" Hoggle said suddenly. The Goblin near to Hoggle let out a little yip.

"Sir Hoggle asked something to thee. Answer him unloyal beast," sir Didymus threatening. He waved dangerously with his staff, smashing a nearby vase. "Where is thy King?" he yelled.

"Brother calm down," Ludo hushed. An extreme idiot, and fat, Goblin was suddenly stupid enough to commend on Hoggle's question.

"The King is gone?" he said, looking vaguely out of his eyes.

"Yes," Hoggle answered shortly. There was a great silence. Then all of a sudden, all goblins panicked. They ran as fast as they could, tripping over others feet several times, to the gates of the castle and locked themselves into their little houses.

"Run!"

"This is the end of the world!"

"I want my mummy!"

"What is going on?" Hoggle asked confused. "It's just Jareth!"

One of the Goblins walked over to Hoggle.

"The King is kidnapped!" he screamed.

"Kidnapped?" Hoggle repeated.

"Yes. By Istosar Samuel. He used to be a boy but was wished away by his parents. The King turned him into a Goblin, as nobody wanted to challenge the Labyrinth for him. Samuel got furious and wanted to take revenge on his parents by practising dark arts, but the King stopped him and took everything from him away. Samuel then got mad at the King and swore to take revenge. Then he disappeared and he didn't come back. At first me were very afraid and when the Girl defeated the King we thought it was Samuel in disguise, but it wasn't. But now he is really back," the goblin told them a little hysterical.

"What makes you say that Jareth has been kidnapped by this Samuel? It could be anybody!" Hoggle argued. The goblin shook his little head.

"Nah. The King doesn't have any enemies, and when he does, he usually easily gets rid of them. But Samuel escaped him on some way," he said. Hoggle looked confused. The proud and fierce King was now kidnapped and his kingdom was in chaos. How? When? Who? Questions raced through Hoggle's mind. Then Sarah through his thoughts. She ought to know, she could help. He knew that Sarah said she hated him, but that it was not completely the truth. Quickly he turned around and faces the Fox and Ludo.

"Sarah," he said shortly. The two nodded. Leaving the commotion and panic in the Goblin city behind, they made their way to Sarah's room.