I own none of the charactors out of the Labyrith, but Pip is mine, I made her up, she owes her life to me! Mwahaha! (Sorry folks, a little evil doctor frankenstien moment there)

Well, I hope you like it and all that jazz.


To Love the Goblin

By: princessOFdarkness

Whispers. That's how it got out at first, whispers. No one spoke of it aloud, scared it might come true. Sarah had told her friend about what had happened in the Goblin King's Labyrinth. Pip hadn't believed her though, thinking it was an other of Sarah's fairy stories. Pip's real name was Pippy, but no one ever called her that, because her nickname was a joke on how short she was. Sarah was a good five inches taller than her, and it made Pip upset to be teased about something she couldn't help. Pip is a short redhead girl wth lots of cinnimon colored freckles, who lies to were red or occationally the nce comfortable black. When Sarah had told her about the Goblin King taking her brother away, Pip thought Sarah had officailly gone over the deep end.

"Sarah, you're nut, there's no nice way to say this." Pip said. She was on the phone with Sarah, seeing as Sarah was babysitting again and couldn't come over. "You've lost it girl."

"Pip, I'm serious. It's all real." Sarah said sadly. No one had believed her, no one at all. Pip had stuck by her side though, that was something. "It all happened."

"If it did, sign me up to be taken away next!" Pip laughed. Sarah frowned into the phone.

"You can't be serious Pip, after everything I told you, you want Jareth to come take you away?" Sarah scowled. Pip was the crazy one, if she wanted Jareth, the King of Cruel to come and take her away to his castle beyond the Goblin City. "You're the crazy one Pip. Haven't you been listening to anything I've said?"

"Yes, I have been listening Sarah, and this guy Jareth sounds awazing in my oppinion. You should have stayed with him, life would have been fun and carefree unlike here. My life is terrible Sarah, nothing a little adventure couldn't fix." Pip sighed, flipping over on the bed so she became tangled in the phone cord. Pip usually did this when she was on the phone. She was restless, and needed to be moving about or doing something to be happy. "My mother is dead and has been for some time, my father is never around anymore as he's always away on business trips to different places, my older brother hates me because I'm younger so I can get away with more than hom, and I am constantly gettint teased at school because I am shorter than everyone else. Why would I miss my life Sarah, seriously. Living with goblins would be and improvement."

"Oh really, are you so sure of that?" A voice said, coming from right behind Pip. Pip flipped around to stare up at the thing behind her. She wanted to call it a man, but this creature didn't fit in that catigory at all. Pip dropped the phone, leaving Sarah screaming at her and asking her where she went. The tall figure picked up the phone from the floor, placing it against its ear. "I'm so sorry Sarah, Pip has to go now, business to attend to and such, ta ta." The figure hung the phone up quickly before Sarah could call out any warning to her pertrified friend.

"Are you the King of the Goblins? The one Sarah told me about, Jareth?" Pip asked quietly, still staring up at the figure from where she lay on the bed. The figure nodded, smiling down at her. A smile broke across Pip's face as well. "Really, you are? Wow, Sarah never told me how wonderful you were in real life. She said you were cruel and scary, but I don't think so."

"Why thank you Pip, that;s ever so kind of you." Jareth said, bowing to her.

"Why are you here in my bedroom though?" Pip asked, confused as to what was going on. Sarah had defeated the Goblin King, or so she had thought at least. And Pip hadn't said the magic words, not having a pesky little brother to test them on. So why was Jareth standing in her room?

"You called me, remember? You said sigh me up, so I came." Jareth said cooly, causing a crystal ball to pop out of thin air so he could amuse himself as Pip stared at him. Flipping it through his fingers, he asked Pip a question. "Would you like to go back with me to Goblin City or not?"

"I would love to, only what about me family?" Pip asked quietly. She hated them for ignoring her, but she still loved them, at least a little bit deep down. "Wouldn't they be worried about me if I just up and left without a word in the middle of the night?"

"I can arrange for them to think you went away on holiday or something like that, don't bother me with such small triffles as this." Jareth said crossly, stopping what he was doing with the crystal. He held out the crystal to Pip, who looked ready to pounce on it. "If you come with me and live in my castle beyond the Goblin City, you will never see your family or Sarah again, but I can give you everything your heart desires. All your dreams culd come through if you just reach out your hand and take the crystal. Do we have a deal, or will you make the same mistake as Sarah?"

Pip stayed quiet for a moment, not looking at the Goblin King before her. Pip was thinking about how much she loved her family and Sarah, who was almost like a sister to her, and about everything Sarah had told her about how wicked and tricky Jareth was. Yet here he was before her, offering her everything she had ever wanted or dared wish for, all she had to do was reach out a hand and take it. And she did, Pip's fingers closing around the glassy crystal he offered her. Jareth smiled, his lips curling, twirling his cloak about them both.

When the Goblin King's cloak fell away and Pip could see again, she gasped. They were no longer in her small excuse of a bedroom, but in front of a glorious castle, even more splendid than Sarah had described it to her when she had told her about her adventures.

"Did Sarah tell you about my castle then?" Jareth said softly, watching Pip as she examined the castle with large glowing eyes. Pip looked back at him, nodding silently before going back to looking over the castle and the city below it. Pip seemed really happy just being here, and she hadn't even seen the inside of the place she had chosen to live at yet. "Did she do it justice then?"

"Oh no, she never told me how splendid it was, explaining it to me like you might explain a piece of dry toast, leaving out all the details." Pip said, he voice filled with passion as she looked around her in aw. "I can't believe I'm really here, in front of the castle beyond the Goblin City. I'm here, just like Sarah was, just like when she was here."

"No, you aren't" Jarreth said sweetly, going to stand next to Pip, towering over her. Pip really felt small standing next to Jareth as he spoke to her, but she didn't care. She was here, in the Goblin City, ready to start a new life with the Goblin King's help. "Sarah came to help rescue her annoying baby brother Toby, you came here to be free."

"I am free now, aren't I? Free to do whatever I want, whenever I please, no one to tell me what to do ever again, and all because of you!" Pip said slowly, realization dawning on her slowly. She smiled, hugging Jareth about the waist. This threw him off slightly, but he made no atempt to stop her none the less. "Thank you so much Jareth, I mean, Mr. Goblin King! You saved my life in a way, and I'm forever grateful."

"Your welcome my dear Pip." Jareth said, placing an arm around her and patting her on the shoulder sweetly. He was growing rather fond of having this girl around, seeing as she kept thanking him and telling him how wonderful her was and all. He might just have to keep her close to him all the time. He had thought he would never love again afterwhat Sarah had done to his heart, but maybe Pip could help him heal his heart."You can call me Jareth as well, seeing as I'm calling you by your name and all. No titles between friends, okay?"

"Freinds, okay." Pip said, letting go of Jareth's waist. He was a lot taller than she was, looming up above her. He had been taller than Sarah, Pip knew that because Sarah had told her so, but Sarah had never said how mush taller he was. Or how handsome he was either. He was better than movie star to Pip, because he was here with her and he was real. He had helped her out of her terribly boring life. And now she inteneded to have some fun.


I love the idea of Jareth loving someone after Sarah crushes his heart, it leaves his so ute and vunerable! LOL Please review and tell me what you think.