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A/N: Why am I so confusing? Oh because my muse exploded on me yesterday with ideas that I had to follow through with. Don't like when my muses aren't satisfied. It results in brain farts and writer's block. They do it on purpose. hahaha.

Chapter 21

Double-Cross

"Are you kiddin' me?" Hoggle questioned with such shock I thought he'd have a heart attack.

I had explained what I saw to Ludo, Hoggle, Sir Dydimus, Ambrocious, and even the Fireys. They had all piled into one vacant house while the war continued. I didn't care if Jareth knew what I had said. He never warned me about telling them what I saw...

"My Lady," Sir Dydimus calmly spoke, "Sarah was our friend. How could she turn her backs to us in such a cruel manner? She left the Labyrinth with no intention of returning...It makes no sense."

Ludo suddenly blurted, "Sarah...Sarah house...Visit."

"No, ya dumb beast," Hoggle returned, "We can't visit her house. She doesn't live there anymore."

One plump firey stated, "No! Don't you remember? That night we returned we threw a party at her house. We kept the door open for her to return."

"She must've decided to go back for Jareth. You know she fancied him." Another firey explained himself as clearly as possible. He continued, "Follow me here. The Powers cast the spell only a few days after he had fallen for Sarah. What if she found out somehow? You know her...She would have pitied him enough to check on him...Maybe when she did so the door back to her world closed."

"-Thus becoming entrapped forever. Soon, memories of her home vanished one by one." Sir Dydimus' eyes grew wide.

Ludo tried to add something, "Sarah brain...brainwashed. Wait for Jareth."

I attempted to translate, "Ludo thinks maybe Sarah was brainwashed as her memories faded. So she chose to wait somewhere for Jareth to get well. She must've known the spell would wear off!"

"In fact," An icy voice was heard, "It was her fault the spell wore off."

All eyes turned towards a white orb. It was a power, but not Cunctus.

The orb slowly took the shape of a dove and explained some more, "Sarah came into the Labyrinth when we cast the spell on Jareth. Everything you figured out is right so far. Except one thing: Once she came into the Labyrinth, Cunctus and I, Nil, spotted her. We stopped her and offered to send her back home safely. Her resistance angered us, so we decided to leave her be for awhile until she became annoyed with the spell-cast land."

Everyone payed attention closely. I was going to say something, but decided Nil would not appreciate questions or comments at the moment.

"Sure enough," Nil pressed on, "Sarah not only became annoyed, but irate that we would leave her stranded with no obvious way home. With nothing to do, she started to mope about and sleep a lot. Her memory started to fade, for that is what happens once you stay in the Labyrinth for a rediculous duration of time. Cunctus approached her as a crow, and offered once again for her to go home. Instead, she proposed to work with us as our accomplice. We declined. She then demanded to be our slave...A bit odd for anyone to request, but we did not turn her away."

A loud explosion was heard outside. The war had picked up where it left off, but worse.

I needed to ask, "Then why was I taken into Labby-Land?" Leave it to me to destroy a perfectly good dialougue.

"Sarah knew love would break the spell. When she became our slave, we passed on some of our magic to her so she would find tasks easier. The Powers were never fond of slavery. Eventually, her magic developed and grew...She cast a love spell on him to you. She had searched everywhere for someone who reflected her own personality and ambitions. You fit almost ninety-percent. You already know your story, so I have nothing more to say about the past." Nil, in dove form, flapped her wings and transformed back into an orb.

"Wait!" I blurbed. I had one more question, "I understand everything completely, but I need to know something."

Nil whispered, "What, child?"

"Why would she backstab you and the other Powers after you took her in at her request?" Finally, I had a sensible query.

"Easy...We destroyed the world in which she came to love dearly. Labyrinth is no more. We made a bargain with her. She would be the new Queen of the Underground if she could help us stop Jareth from letting everything get to his head. That's where she tricked us." Without another breath, the orb exploded into a pile of dust and blew away.

I had to say, though the Powers weren't very bright, they had some pretty cool ways of getting around.

"We have to kill them both, don't we?" A slim firey asked, which showed concern and worry.

I only nodded.

Grunting, Ludo slammed his fist on a table and broke it. He yelled, "Double-cross! Sarah bad!"

"At least it makes sense now." Dydimus tried to smile.

Another explosion was heard. In a pani, everyone took their swords and weapons in hand. We huddled in a rather large circle and held a moment of silence. It was so strange seeing everything play out. To think, I had gone to the Labyrinth as a mistake, and I would hopefully depart alive and successful in helping the Powers.

"Battle!" Ludo shouted.

Hoggle smiled at me, "Even though this is a weird time, you are a really great friend. Sarah would've never killed Jareth for our safety..." I returned the smile, but it left as he excalimed, "Let's get that bastard!"

With the mood I had, I was surprised that no one called 'break' like in football games. We left the house one at a time. Of course we had no plan but to seize and murder Jareth and Sarah. I held two swords, and they swung at goblins left and right. I didn't care what Jareth said anymore. If I learned one thing on this ludicrous journey, it was to listen to my own heart and my own mind. Not to follow orders of some pansy has-been king with an annoying, though great, singing voice.

The group of friends took the castle by storm. I ran up the castle's steps and declared, "This is it! No turning back now!"

Upon entering the castle, my comrades and I were stupified to see hundreds of goblins standing in the entrance hall. They were armed, and oh-so ready to kill us.

"Hoggle, take the left with three fireys." I raised my voice, "The rest of the fireys and Sir Dydimus to the right. ludo! You're with me! Let's do this!"

Clash after clash, chop after chop, Ludo and I dented the center of the army like an old tin can. At once, I swung in back of me, hitting a grungy looking goblin. he fell to the ground with a large thud. As I turned, a sword swung towards my face. I ducked and hit the monster in both legs, causing him to yelp in agony. Ludo was doing well. Most of the goblins came for me since Ludo was so huge.

"Ow!" I felt a sharp pain in my arm. I had been cut deeply.

There was no time for rescue and aid. I bashed the goblin over the head with the edge of my sword. Blood flew everywhere, leaving stains on the floor and on my clothes. I heard Hoggle yell in the distance, so I tried to see where he was. He had been hit hard in the side. I pushed my way through to his side, telling ludo to stay strong when I left his side.

"Are you ok?" I asked Hoggle.

He took his hand off of his side. Blood poured from the wound, onto the floor. I ripped the stomach part of my shirt off and wrapped it around Hoggle for pressure.

"That should stop the bleeding." I picked my sword back up and hit an oncoming goblin.

Down. One firey dead on the floor as I ran. I was too late to save him. This was becoming messy and uneccessary. I needed the rest of my crew to meet me at the stairs.

At the top of my lungs, I screamed, "Friends! Get your asses to the stairs now!"

Once I reached the stairs, goblins were coming from every which way with armour up the ying-yang. I swung as hard and as best as I could, leaving no space for flaws. Five goblins dead. Six. Seven. Eight. My friends ran to my side.

Twenty dead. I was growing weak. So tired from all of the fighting. Thirty goblins dead. No more time for this delay!

"We have to get upstairs now!" Hoggle yelled. He had most likely read my mind.

And so, Ludo, Hoggle, Fireys, Sir Dydimus, Ambrocious, and I ran to the top of the steps. We raced down the hall to a red door. The same one I had seen before. Now there was no way out but in.