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Chapter 14. 'Saviour'

Kranlar smiled as he saw the young desperate girl stepping off the window ledge. He was pleased with his plan, very pleased. He made a magical sign with his claw-like hands and the water in the silver bowl stirred a little. The scene of Sarah was zoomed in. Kranlar bended over to see better what would happen to poor Sarah. She would never survive the jump, Kranlar knew that. He smiled devilishly.

He suddenly leaned closer and let out a scream of anger. In the distance flew a bird, and it was clearly a white barn owl.

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Jareth flew in the starry sky. The robin had landed earlier with the excuse that it was to dark for him to see, but Jareth as an owl flew on. Darkness was no reason for him to stop. He flew swiftly and soon reached the walls that separated the Goblin City of the Labyrinth. He reached his castle within minutes. But when looking to his home, he saw something that terrified him. Sarah, his Sarah, was ready to jump down from his bedroom window.

Astonished, Jareth watched as Sarah put one foot in the air and slowly let go of the wall she was holding. Jareth didn't know why Sarah was doing this, but he knew that she would die from the fall. Jareth let out a shrill hoot and, as fast as he could, he flew to the desperate Sarah.

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Sarah closed her eyes firmly and let her sweaty hands go from the stone wall. For a moment or two she just stood there. Then she fell, the wind blowing around her warm body as she bent over to the earth under her. Suddenly she was hit in the stomach by something. It pushed her back into the blazing room where Sarah landed with a loud thud on the stones. Her head hit the hard stone and she blacked out. Next to the unconscious Sarah, the something that bumped into her changed from an owl into the Goblin King. He quickly sat down next to Sarah. He lifted her head to check if there was a wound and fortunately he saw nothing. Jareth lifted her limp body with his strong arms and laid her on the green covers of his bed. He sat down on the edge of the bed and began to examine her more closely. He saw her entire body covered with sweat, like one having a bad dream. Her eyes fluttered softly and more sweat drops rolled down her forehead. Jareth carefully stroked her soft hair.

"What has happened to you, my dear Sarah?" he mumbled to himself. He stood up from the bed and walked to the fire-place, where a jar with water stood. The fire crackled softly and there was no sign of the blaze Sarah had seen. Jareth was about to take the water jar, when he suddenly heard a loud snore. He turned around and sighed relieved that the owner of the snoring was no threat. In a corner laid Hoggle, sir Didymus and Ludo in a deep sleep. Jareth frowned. Why where they asleep? And what were they doing here? He looked more closely to them, and saw light sparkles on their closed eyelids.

This was very strange, for those tiny lights meant that they were put under a spell. It was a curse more likely, to make them sleep. Jareth conjured a crystal and threw it between the sleeping creatures. With a 'phoof' the crystal exploded. Grumbling the trio woke up, wondering where they were, and what they were doing here. Sir Didymus let out a small yip when he saw the Goblin King standing next to them. The other two looked up.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing here?" Hoggle asked nervous.

"These are my own chambers Hogwart," Jareth answered. Hoggle began to finger his jewels nervously.

"What the valiant sir Hoggle meant, was that we didn't expect thee here my Lord," sir Didymus reacted. Ludo nodded agreeing.

"Jareth out," he said. The Goblin King was a little insulted that the beast used his first name, but he chose to ignore it. The fact that they knew he had been out was more important.

"How do you know I was gone?" he asked. Hoggle nervously told Jareth that they thought that he had been kidnapped, about the journey here, about Markla's story and how they finally got into his chambers. Jareth nodded and noted to himself that Markla should be rewarded for her deeds.

"And about Sarah, why was she jumping out of the window?" Jareth asked, still wondering what made his Sarah do such a thing. The trio looked confused.

"Sarah jump?" Ludo grumbled.

"Yes, and if I would have been here on time to save her, she would be lying dead on the stones now," Jareth said upset with the thought of Sarah gone forever. The three companions looked fearfully at the limp body of Sarah on the bed.

"We did not know of such a thing," sir Didymus said shocked. "The fair maiden was sitting in the window, gazing at thy Labyrinth when we fell asleep."

"Yes, that's right," Hoggle added. Jareth frowned. Then he suddenly got the note from Markla out of his pocket. He re-read it.

He has come again.

Jareth then got an idea who 'he' was.

"Hoggle," Jareth said abruptly. The startled dwarf jumped back.

"Y-yes your Majesty?" he stuttered.

"Take this note and go and find Markla. Bring her here immediately," the King said. Hoggle took the note and then ran off.

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Kranlar kicked the bowl. The liquid was spilled over the floor but Kranlar did not care. He had been so close, so close to achieving his goal. And then that idiot King had to show up again. The dream he had cursed the girl with worked perfectly. She nearly killed herself in attempt to escape the imaginary fire, and her death would make the King weak and powerless, and easy to defeat. Kranlar even put her three little friends to sleep with a spell to stop them from interfering, but now that the King was here, everything had failed. There was no more time for messing around. He couldn't linger anymore. Samuel had to come now. Kranlar threw the rest of the bowl's contents over the stones, not caring what would happen with it. Then he filled the bowl again with new water, spices and dried herbs. He filled it, with his new power.