Disclaimer; I do not own any of the Characters used in the movie, Labyrinth, even though I do in my dreams. But that's another story in itself.
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Chapter 2
It had been a few days before Sarah was allowed back into her apartment. When she finally went back with Myra to see if the vanity was safe she was shocked to see everything she owned was completely charred and soggy from all the water that was poured on the flames. Everything was gone. She ran into her bedroom but that was far worse than the rest of the apartment. When Myra stepped into the bedroom she said, " Sarah, how can this room be worse than the kitchen if the fire started on the stove? Something's not right here."
It was at that moment that she realized that her vanity mirror was not even in the room.
"Wait a second. Where's the mirror?"
Realization struck Myra, "Someone was in here because they knew you'd use the mirror to get back to the Underground. Sarah, I think someone really doesn't want you to go back."
Sarah turned to look at her friend. Myra was right, someone had to have removed the mirror. But who did she know of that would want to prevent her from returning to the Underground.
Sarah looked up, "It had to be the Goblin King."
Myra looked at her, "Come on Sarah, let's go back to the magic shop. We'll figure something out."
Sarah sat on the bench in front of the counter. She greeted Jacob, who had a strange smirk on his face, "Sarah, so nice to see you. Oh, I heard about your apartment, I'm so sorry." He went around to hug her and whispered in her ear, "If you need a place to stay while you settle things with the insurance company you are always welcome at my place."
Myra heard Jacob and answered, "Jacob, don't you need to ask Mommy for permission before you have a sleepover? Sarah is staying with me." She had a stack of books under her arm and gestured to Sarah to follow her. She turned to Jacob and saw the cold, hard look he was giving Myra. They went to a small room with a table and four chairs. Sarah guessed it was where the employees of the magic shop took their breaks.
"So," Myra interrupted Sarah's thoughts, placing all the books under her arm on the table, "these are all the books I could find in our ancient folklore and magical creatures section."
She placed the book she had with her on the night of the fire on the top, "this one looks like it will be able to tell us the most about your Goblin King"
"He's not MY Goblin King" Sarah answered defensively.
"Oh please, Sarah, I see that look on your face when you talk about him." Myra smirked. Sarah giggled. She had always thought the Goblin King was strangely beautiful. There was no denying it. He was gracefully elegant. But she couldn't get side tracked she had to focus on getting back there to help her friends. After all if she was right he had just burned down all of her earthly possessions. He was evil.
"Get back to work Myra. Don't distract me with stupidity I need to get there as soon as I can. I don't know what the heck is happening over there but I know that it is not good. The fire already made me lose a few days and all I want is to go there. Please just help me." Her frustration was clear in her tone.
"Sorry, Sarah. I can see that you're worried." Myra flipped through the pages of the book until she got to the page that had the picture of Jareth's amulet. "Ok , it says here this amulet is Oberon's' crest. He is the King and Ruler of all the Fae, or fairy folk. Only he and his kin are allowed to wear this symbol. It's like their crown or something. It is an amulet of extreme power. The only people who can touch it are those IT deems worthy." Myra stated, "and can only be handed down by death."
"Wow", Sarah exclaimed, " that's really interesting but is that going to help me get back there? Wait this amulet is slightly different than the one The Goblin King wears. It's has a different symbol in the center and has some sort of jewel. "
"Yeah well this is the High King's, The Goblin king must be his son or some cousin of something."
They had gone through all the books in a few hours with no luck. Myra looked at Sarah, who looked just as hopeless as she felt, " Give me the book again. Maybe it'll give me a picture or something." Sarah handed the small, red book to her friend. Myra closed her eyes trying to concentrate on the book. She kept feeling the same tingle on her fingertips but nothing that would be useful. Then like a flash an idea occurred to her.
"Hold up the figurine and the book at the same time." Sarah nodded as soon as she touched the book a bright light shone through out the room. And all she could think of was the first time she had arrived in the Underground at the top of the hill overlooking the Labyrinth. Myra shielded her eyes and when she looked up, Sarah was gone.
