This one nand the lasrt chapter go together pretty well and I like the little cliffhanger at the end. Don't know if I can update tomorrow but I'll try. Please R&R

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Three days later, Sarah gave in to temptation, she needed answers and she could only think of one person that she trusted enough to give them to her. Sitting in front of her vanity, she called Hoggle, desperately hoping that he would come, but painfully aware that she had not called in four years, since just before she had stopped wearing the ring, she was no longer sure what it was that had caused her to stop. After waiting for what seemed like forever, Hoggle finally responded to her call.

"Hullo, Sarah."

"Hoggle!" She smiled in genuine delight at him, secretly relieved that he had answered her call and hoping that he would have the answers that she was looking for.

"It's been a long time," the dwarf replied.

"I know, I'm sorry, I got swept up." It was a poor excuse and both knew it. They lapsed into an awkward silence. "Hoggle," Sarah finally said, "I need to ask you something and it's important..."

"Alright," he did not sound happy, knowing all too well where her questions usually lead.

"Hoggle... does He have a sister?" Hoggle's expression told her the answer. "What's her name?" She was not sure why it was important.

"Alyana, First Lady of the Dragons, she's his twin."

"What's she like?"

"Like Him, she scares me," Hoggle admitted with a small shrug. A knock at the front door stopped her from asking her next question.

"Oh, Hoggle, I'm sorry, I have to answer that, I'll call soon," a wave of guilt swept over her as she said it.

"Ok. Sarah, you've met her haven't you?" She looked back at the mirror.

"Yes, she scared me too," there was another knock.

"If she's been to see you, yer in danger. The Dragon Lady never appears to mortals," Hoggle warned. "An' they say that the Dark Elves are comin'. Jus' be careful an' if you need help, call, even Him. He'll come for you."

"I will, Hoggle, I promise. Thank you. Good bye." There was another angry knock.

"Good bye, Sarah." Hoggle faded from the mirror as Sarah ran down the stairs to answer her front door.

"'Even Him'?" Jareth questioned as the grotesque little dwarf finished his conversation with Sarah.

"Yer Majesty, she knows things. She knows that if one of us says yer name, you come. I ain't gonna betray her trust jus' to make you happy. Beggin' yer Majesty's pardon." Jareth sighed. You could tell when his sister had spent a lot of time in the Labyrinth, its inhabitants began to develop manners.

"Higgle, leave me," the Goblin King commanded. The dwarf scurried away, ignoring the variation on his name. "I think that it's time that I had a little chat with my sister." He glanced at the crystal that was always near him, the one that allowed him to always watch Sarah, then summoned another to his hand. "Alyana, a word?"

"As summoned, Dear Brother," She replied from the window almost instantly, following her words with a mocking bow. She, too, glanced at the crystal, Sarah was making her way to the front door of her house.

"You brought Sarah to your realm."

"Briefly," Alyana turned to look out over the Labyrinth.

"Tell me why."

"My reasons are my own. You have no claim to them," she did not look back at him. "She's fiery, if she ever agrees to marry you, life here will be interesting." When her brother made no reply, Alyana turned to look back at him, he was staring deep into the crystal and his usual mask was not in place. Instead, he looked horrified and slightly sick. His sister also looked into the crystal, in time to see Sarah struck, hard.

"Somebody help me," her voice came to them, barely more that a whisper.

"Call me, Sarah, you have to call me. Please," Jareth pleaded with the crystal. He was trapped, unable to go to the aid of the woman he loved.

"Get away from me!" Sarah scratched at the face of her assailant, then an invisible force slammed him away from her. The twins watched amazed, then:

"Jareth, Goblin King, I need you!" The cry was amplified throughout the throne room.

"Yes!" He breathed.

"I'm coming with you, Brother," Alyana quickly said, not giving her twin a chance to argue, she shimmered from the room. Jareth muttered a curse but followed quickly.

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Artemis