Disclosure: I do not own the Labyrinth or any of its original characters, that right belongs to Jim Henson.

Chapter 13: The Goblin Queen

"I want it perfect Hogwart."

"It's Hooooggleeeeeeeee." Hoggle said angrily.

Waving his hard at the Goblin King to follow him inside his cottage.

"If your Majesty wanted it to be perfect why didn't ya just consult a Jeweller? Or even take a trip to the aboveground to find what you were looking for?"

"Hogwart, I needed your expertise in the area, you know Sarah and you know jewellery. I couldn't think of a more appropriate opinion." Jareth said smoothly.

Jareth held up the large pink diamond ring in his hand. It was most certainly well over a carat and was simple like his feelings for Sarah. One diamond for one true love, the one perfect woman in his life that he never thought he would ever have. He held It up to the light admiring its beauty. Hoggle stood behind him looking at the beautiful rainbow of light that shone through it as he rotated in slowly.

"Well? What do you think Herwinkle?" Jareth asked abruptly.

"Arghh it's hoggleeee." He said even more annoyed than the first time.

"Ugh, I think she will love it. It just seems very Sarah, you know she ain't a very materialistic girl, you probably could have given her a plastic ring and she would be happy. To be honest I don't know why plastic ain't that good." Hoggle said looking down at the bracelet Sarah had given him all those years ago, smiling proudly at his gift.

"Thank you Hogwart for helping me acquire the gem. Still loosing your head over a girl I see." Jareth chuckled to himself, as he slowly faded out into a dusting of glitter.

"I ain't lost my head" Hoggle shouted after him.

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Jareth rematerislised in the castle gardens, Sarah was sitting under a tree with Ambrocious, reading a book. Upon further inspection Jareth could see the title. Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle- Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

"That book is almost as old as me." Jareth said sneaking up behind them.

"I find that very unlikely." Sarah said sarcastically.

"I see you have a friend with you." Jareth said inquisitively.

"Oh yes, I told Sir Didymus that he could stay with me until he's finished his "negotiating" with the goblins in the city." She explained.

"Oh yes, that does explain a lot..." Jareth said shaking his head.

"I actually sent him back to the bog because of his trouble making, I will send Ambrosius back later once you two are finished."

"Okay, thank you- I hope you didn't punish him? I know he's a bit eccentric but he's noble and his heart is in the right place." Sarah said worriedly.

"No I didn't punish him. I actually came out here because I need to talk to you about something. I need you to promise me right now that you will do more than try to listen to me and respect my orders." Jareth said firmly looking down at her with his narrowed mismatched eyes.

"Well it depends what it is." Sarah stood up and placed her hands on her hips, attempting to look assertive.

"No Sarah, there is no compromise with this, if you do not promise me then I will have to take action to ensure that you do, please don't force me to act cruelly." Jareth said adamantly.

Jareth looked down at Sarah, frustration filled his eyes. He could see the helplessness that filled hers and it escalated his temper further.

"Sarah, you don't have to be in control of everything. If you just obeyed me you would find that things would go a lot smoother around here for the both of us." Jareth said with a raised voice.

"You are being an old fashioned misogamist and I have had it!" Sarah shouted.

Jareth grabbed Sarah by her shoulders and proceeded to shout into her face.

"YOU WILL NOT SPEAK TO ME THIS WAY. I AM YOUR KING AND YOU WILL BEHAVE THAT WAY AND SHOW ME SO BLOODY WELL RESPECT."

Sarah looked up to him with tears filled to the brim in her eyes.

"Please don't shout at me... You sound like like.. like- Him." She said sadly, unable to look him in the eyes any longer.

Jareth stood there in front of her instantly regretting shouting, he could see now that he was going to have to take a softer approach if their marriage was ever going to survive eternity.

"Sarah, you don't even know what I was going to ask of you." He whispered.

"Well what is it?" She asked angrily.

"I am going to the above ground to deal with Nick, I need to do it before he has anymore time." Jareth said firmly.

"You will have to stay here. I will not risk you. I'm sorry if you think I'm mean or being unfair, but this is the way everything is done here and I won't change that- not even for you." He said coldly.

"Can't you just let this go?!" She cried.

"Even if I didn't feel in my gut that he was planning something, even if I could let it go... You can't can you? He still haunts you. I need to kill him Sarah, not just for you- but for us."

Sarah relaxed and admitted defeat, she knew deep down that he was right. He did still haunt her. In her dreams and in the day during her waking life.

"I don't understand why I can't come with you? He's only a human, you're just going to squash him like a bug and be done with it aren't you?" She asked desperately.

"Because pet, things are not always what they seem." He said softly pulling her chin to move her face to his.

"Now then, the place that I found you in, was that his home?" Jareth asked.

"Yes I think so, I'm not one hundred percent sure, since it wasn't like we had slumber parties all the time?" Sarah said rolling her eyes sarcastically.

"Right, I guess that's where I will start then." He replied.

"Before I go, I have a parting gift." He said with a smile on his lips.

Jareth reached out his gloved hand and on it appeared a crystal.

"Take it precious." He said gently.

Sarah took the crystal into her hand and before she could ask what it was for, it popped and a large diamond ring appeared on her palm.

"Jareth its beautiful. Thank you." She whispered, nearly speechless.

"It's not a ring for an ordinary girl, it's a ring for a Goblin Queen. It's special like my medallion, it harnesses the power of the labyrinth, you can use it to travel through realms, you can also hear wish aways. It's power is solely connected to you. I am giving this to you on the pretence that you will listen to me and not come to the aboveground until I have dealt with Nick."

Sarah looked to him with sheer love in her eyes, she understood him suddenly. His grumpiness and dominance was so frustrating but she saw that it came from a place of nothing but love.

"I promise." She swore.

"Thank you."

"You will have to respond to the wish aways, but like I've told you before they are far and few in between you won't get any while I'm gone and even if you do I will sort it. It's not something I expect you to do." He explained.

Sarah nodded in recognition. She sighed to herself as she looked down at her enormous ring.

"You are too perfect you know that? Now hurry up and go before I change my mind." She said abruptly

Jareth smiled and pulled her into a deep kiss, pushing her up against a nearby tree, he pulled the fabric of her dress up to reveal her most delicate place, he placed a hand on her panties and started to slide them down with his gloved hands. Sarah pulled his bottom lip with her teeth and looked lustfully into his eyes.

"You better go."

Jareth rolled his eyes and was gone in a cloud of glitter.

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After Jareths dramatic departure feeling rather lonely, Sarah headed to their bedroom to have a bath, she began to feel unwell and had a deep pain in her lower back and abdomen.

And then it dawned on her.

"Shit. When was my last period? Am I late. Cheese and rice! I've only had one period since I've been here and I've been here for what 5 months, wait earth months or underground months?" She said confused.

Then she remembered that when she was aboveground she had packed a bag full of some aboveground items that she may need when she came back with Jareth- Luckily when Jareth had come and collected her he had seen the bag at the end of the bed and taken it back with them.

Sarah rummaged through the bag, looking stressfully for her desired item.

"Ah HA. There they are."

Three pregnancy tests later and she had confirmed her first suspicion.

"I'm pregnant." She said softly to herself, shocked and in disbelief.

"JARETH GET BACK HERE NOW, I AM PREGNANT." She shouted excitedly at the top of her lungs.

But Jareth didn't return... A feeling of anxiety began to rise in Sarah's belly. She started to panic that something had happened to him, but settled her feelings down when she remember, her husband was a fae. A king. A powerful Goblin King. That bastard Nick didn't stand a chance against him. Once she had talked herself down against going back on her promise of going to him, she settled herself into the bath tub to help with the pains in torso and back.

As Sarah exited the tub and dried herself off, she realised the pains were getting far worse than before. She popped her robe on and went to go and find Echo to see if she could help, hoping she would know how to get Jareth back or know a healer that would be able to attend to her and her unborn baby. The panic in her rose even more as she struggled to walk though the halls of the castle.

"Braxton hicks maybe? Surely not, I can't be that far along." Sarah spoke to herself through the halls.

"Please God, let us be okay. Let my baby be okay. Wait wrong realm. Hello Thor?" she snorted painfully to herself, attempting to make light of her situation.

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As Jareth materialised in the above ground, he was shocked by what he saw.

Iron.

Everywhere.

Taken a back by the sight before him, he did not hear Nick come down the stairs behind him.

"Comfortable isn't it? I had it done just for your visit, I did think you would have come sooner though on a count of your threat." Nick said casually.

"Oh yes, I would have come sooner, but I have been busy with my new wife. My Goblin queen. She has a very hungry appetite that keeps me very busy and keeps me in bed most days." Jareth replied back spitefully.

Nick stared at Jareth green with envy and look of sheer fury.

"Queen, Hm, interesting." Nick replied back.

"I have been doing a lot of reading on your type, "The Fae" that is what you are isn't it. Not even human and she chooses you. Disgusting-"

"Iron's you weakness, so why are you not on your knees in pain?" Nick asked sharply, trying to hide the fear in his voice.

"You idiot. You're an educator? Your entire planets crust is primarily iron. Unless you can pierce my body with some you aren't going to kill me and somehow I just don't think you'll be up to that challenge." Jareth said condescendingly.

Jareth knew he had bluffed marginally but he had to try and catch Nick off guard. He could feel his power slowly draining from him. His medallion would not help him transport either, since unlike Sarah's his was connected to his fae power.

Just as Jareth was about to lunge out at Nick, out of no where something fell from the ceiling, knocking Jareth out completely. He woke hours later tied to a chair wrapped in iron barbed wire. The pain was unbearable and begun to panic on how he would escape his predicament.

"Damn you, you son of a bitch. When I am free. I will summon your worst nightmare and place you in it for all of eternity. Your own personal hell." Jareth snarled.

"I find the probability of you freeing yourself very unlikely." Nick bit back.

"If only Sarah were hear to share this moment. Hmmm. I wonder... You have to come when your summoned.. because you're the Goblin King... I wonder... hmmm does that apply for the Goblin Queen as well, perhaps if she comes to my call I could fuck her in front of you. Wouldn't that be your worst nightmare. Nick asked nonchalantly.

"You bastard. I am gong to kill you. " Jareth replied angrily.

"Lets see shall we?" Nick replied.

"NO!" Jareth shouted back.

"I wish the Goblin Queen would come to me, right now."

End of chapter 13!