-Disclaimer: I do not own the labyrinth or any of its original characters, they belong to Jim Henson.

I am so sorry for leaving chapter 20 with such a loose end, I hope this answers some of your questions.

Chapter 21: The Unborn Heir

Jareth was seated at the desk in his study, it was dark outside and it was starting to get later in the evening, he and Sarah had eaten their dinners alone this evening, although he had seen in his crystals that Sarah hadn't touched hers.

"One argument is enough for tonight." He muttered to himself.

To be blunt, Jareth was furious. Defeated and beyond frustrated.

"It's like she does it to me on purpose, defies me and then tries to turn it around on me so that its suddenly my fault." He thought to himself.

Since their argument, he had retreated to his throne room where he had dealt with his imbecile guards and then had retired to his study where he intended to stay until Sarah had called him, which he didn't think would have taken that long, but unfortunately he had underestimated her stubbornness once again.

Regardless of their argument he still felt adoration and love for both her and their unborn child and so put their disagreement aside, he had worried that the incident in the dungeon may have affected either of them so he wasted no time organising to have Sarah's midwife come and do an examination. As much as he wanted to be there, he had thought it best that he not attend their check up, in the fear he would cause further stress to his queen.

Through out the evening, he had been doing his normal sneaky checks on her, making sure that she wasn't plotting some escape that would some how harm her, or that she wasn't burying her head into the pillows of their bed crying herself to sleep. He could see neither of those actions, only a pleasant view of her adoring her swelling bump. It put a smile to his face and rest assured him that she wouldn't stay angry for long.

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"Your highness, please calm down. Panicking is only going to increase your risk. I need his majesty here, my power isn't strong enough to properly see what is going on here. – let me call him." Lidia said hastfully.

"I really don't want him here at the moment." She replied in a slightly angered tone.

"Your highness please." Lidia pleaded.

"Oh Lidia, my wife is a stubborn woman, like most Queens." Jareth said firmly.

He stood in the corner of the room, his arms crossed. He was still all dressed in black, his frown still present as if he had never left the room from their previous argument.

"What's wrong with the babe? What do you need?" Jareth asked almost angrily as he rushed over to where Sarah was.

"I believe the babe is in great distress, Its power is greater than my own, I know this because it is blocking me. I have never in my time heard of or seen an unborn baby possess the power to be able to protect itself and its mother from harm. It is completely unheard of, I believe that this child knows full well the danger that it has been in and is attempting to protect itself and you your highness" Lidia explained.

She looked to Sarah for recognition of what she had explained and then looked to Jareth to continue her information.

"I'm going to need one of your crystals your highness, your power is what courses through the child, with one of your crystals I should be able to see more clearly." She added.

"Of course. Whatever you need, I am depending on your for the safe arrival of our child Lidia." Jareth said

assertively.

Deep down Jareth was completely shocked, he expected their child to have some powers, but not to the extent that Lidia was explaining... The babe will be as powerful as me? More powerful? I really will get my heir. If only my queen didn't look like she wants my head of a spit. She will come around, we are going to get through all of this and laugh at the tale later. Jareth thought to himself.

With that said, within a second a crystal formed in Jareth's hand, he then wasted no time handing it over to Lidia so that she could begin her work.

"This is all my fault." Sarah said almost silently.

Jareth could see that she was holding her tears back once again, he wanted nothing more than to climb onto the other side of the bed and take her into his arms and console her. He knew however, that she was still livid and such an action would only end in him being rejected.

"Your highness, please don't blame yourself for this, the more stressed and unrelaxed you are the more the child will pick up on it... we need he or she to drop their defences, so that we can properly access. I am going to need you to lie back onto the bed." Lidia softly instructed.

Sarah nodded in recognition and laid back onto their massive king sized bed, Her face screamed worry, her eyes appeared vacant as if she was in a trance.

Jareth was deep into his own thoughts when he looked over to both women, the fear plastered on both of their faces, clear as day. Suddenly it dawned on him. The bigger picture, what Lidia wasn't sharing with them.

"You are worried, because the babe doesn't know how to control their power. He knows no limits." Jareth said answering his own question.

"What do you mean?" Sarah asked fearfully.

"The babe is so busy protecting you both it doesn't realise that he could harm you both by using too much raw power." Jareth explained calmly.

He looked to Lidia with a strong face. She looked back at him, too afraid to acknowledge what he had said as being correct.

"Do what you must to see, I don't care what it takes... I am meeting my child." Jareth said confidently.

Lidia nodded at him in understanding and didn't waste anytime preparing the crystal, she placed it on Sarah's bare stomach and placed her hands over top of it. She closed her eyes and began to chant a language that Sarah did not recognise. The crystal then began to glow, and her skin began to feel warm and tingly all over. She looked down to the crystal and then to her left to see Jareth's face, to see if the same smile that was on her face was on his.

"There's your baby." Lidia said softly.

"He or she can hear you, talk to them, let them know it's okay. Lidia pressed.

Sarah gasped at what she saw, the crystals light had diminished and what was now left behind was a vision of their unborn baby in the centre of it.

"It's just like an ultrasound." Sarah said aloud.

"What's an ultrasound?" Jareth asked, smiling dumbly at the vision of his unborn child.

"Oh nothing, just something that we use medically aboveground to see inside peoples bodies. It uses sound to make an image." Sarah explained.

Jareth nodded at her, clearly accepting what she said as human nonsense.

Meanwhile Sarah was memoroised by the image in front of her, although it did remind her of an ultrasound. The display in front of her was very different from the normal black and white scratchy image that she has compared it to. She could see her baby's mage clear as day: fingers, toes, the small delicate facial features, all the skin appeared to be a rosy peach colour. The feeling she got as she looked into it was very much the same as her experience after she has eaten the peach in the run of the labyrinth.

"Hi Baby, I want you to know everything is okay, I'm sorry if you were scared, mummy didn't want you to feel that. I was only trying to make this a better place for your arrival. Please forgive me for everything..." Sarah trailed off, feeling the gorge in her throat coming back.

Jareth leant into Sarah next to the bed, he bent his head down and pressed his lips onto her forehead and then smiled at her. He then slide his hands down to Sarah's bump.

"Anytime you are ready to come, we are ready for you. I will always protect you my little one, you will never have to do it yourself." Jareth added.

Sarah smiled up to Jareth, her eyes said she was still angry but her lips said that she would forgive him, this put his mind at ease.

"It's too bad we can't see what this baby's sex is, that would have been nice to know wouldn't it?" Lidia asked smiling.

"I like surprises." Sarah replied happily.

Jareth was still caught in the moment of seeing his child, he was overwhelmed with love and devotion, for the first time in his existence he felt fear of loosing something, it was an emotion foreign to him and he wasn't sure how to react to it.

"I feel relieved to tell you, that everything looks like its going to be okay, however, I would like to keep an eye on the both of you until the birth. Which I might add doesn't look like too far away." Lidia added, packing her things to head out the door.

"Thank you, I think that would be wise." Jareth answered.

He then turned his attention back to his family.

"Have I told you what a gift you are to me and how thankful I am for you to give me this miracle." Jareth said dotingly.

"You don't have to." She answered bashfully.

"You were right Jareth, your crystals do show me my dreams." She said smiling placing her head on his shoulder.

Next chapter, will be a lot of dialogue between Jareth and Sarah, they clearly need to have a BIG TALK.