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"Welcome Lady Jade," said the king sliding his hand slowly from her neck in a possibly seductive gesture if there hadn't been any evilness in Jareth's face as he gestured toward the rusted and foreboding double doors, "to my dungeons."

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Daughter of the Labyrinth

Chapter 5-Some Old Wounds Refuse to Heal I

"D-Dungeon?!" shuddered Jade as Jareth's cold star of icy blue and deep black bore into her.

Jareth smirked as he slowly stepped back, his eyes never leaving Jade. "Yes, you want to spend time in Zaynon's company then I'll give you a small taste of what he's capable of in my very own dungeons."

"Ahh!?" gasped the green eyed girl pushing herself further into the wall hoping to fall into it, but Jade had no such luck. Jareth's gloved hand shot out to wrap around Jade's wrist in a painful iron glad grip. With a strong tug toward the old doors, let Jade know that the Goblin King was dead serious. "Let go of me!"

Jareth threw a bone chilling look over his should at the young Jade and she grew quite. He said nothing but waved his hand and the heavy rusty iron doors slowly heaved open with a loud eerie shrieking of the hinges. He pulled her forward into the looming darkness in front of them. Jade restrained from going willingly so Jareth was forced to drag her into the hidden depths of the dungeon. Yet no matter how hard Jade struggled against the iron like grip on her wrist, Jareth still dragged her past cave like cells that were both vacant and occupied.

The creatures inside the barred cells eyed Jade as she eyed them back with a look of slight fear. It seemed like there where both peering curious eyes mixed with leering and deadly ones as she went on down the long corridor with the Goblin King in the lead. But soon the end of the tunnel of prisons came to an end and the largest cell came into view.

There were heavy chains hanging from the walls of the cavern like cell as well as the ceiling. It was dimly lit by a few candles in each of the four corners of the cell, while a single pillar of light came through the rocky ceiling casting a pale light about the gloomy barred room. A shiver of dread crawled up Jade's spin at the sight; it was unnerving. If the King planed on putting her here Jade knew she would appear as a majestic caged bird on display for all eyes to see. As the realization of such came to Jade she knew Jareth had planned on just that; he wanted to humiliate her as she had by mentioning her mother.

"Some old wounds just refuse to heal" thought Jade looking at the back of the King's platinum blonde head as he flung open the prison door to fling the already shaken girl into it. The look of slight pity in her green eyes went unnoticed as it was replaced with surprise then pain as Jade's body met the damp stone floor.

Jareth stood in the doorway with eyes appearing cruel and raging. Those eyes glared down at the teenage girl that lay sprawled on the ground in the center of the pillar of light. The girl looked up with her soul piercing green eyes to glare at the male as a snarl spread across her face.

"Perhaps your time in here will make you appreciate just what I'm doing of you" said the Goblin King and snapped his gloved fingers, the old, rusty, heavy chains and shackles were placed around a bewildered Jade's wrists and ankles.

"Huh? Get these off of me!!" she yelled standing unsteadily with the new weight of her bounds. Looking up to find the evil smirk on Jareth's face, Jade ran at him as fast as she could in a already ruined dress came to an abrupt stop inches from his face. The slack of the chains grew tight as Jade fought them as she snarled and growled at the king. "Bastard" she breathed with narrowed eyes.

All Jade got in return was a smirk then he turned away from her to the barred door. He looked behind him once more to find Jade and her feeble struggles against the heavy chains attached to her limbs. He looked at her with a pained expression. He regretted his irrational decision to lock her in his dungeons when his temper flared at the mere mention of Sarah.

"Sarah…" he thought mentally sighing. He couldn't go back on his word and let the young raven haired girl go while all the criminals and such leering through their cell bars to see why the Great Goblin King locked up such a beautiful young woman. "Damn my pride" he snapped at himself. "If I let her out it would appear like I'm going soft!"

Jade stopped her struggles against the heavy chains as she heaved for breath from her chaotic movements for freedom. Her bright and furious green-blue eyes glared daggers at Jareth through the iron bars. "How long do I have to stay here?"

"That my dear…is entirely up to you. I entered that fray with concern of your safety and may have started another senseless row with the Lord of Darkness in the process. You keep rejecting the safety I provide, I'll keep you here indefinitely."

"I can take care of myself!!"

Jareth sighed softly as his rage bleed away. "Suit yourself." Turning his back to his new prisoner, he strode down the corridor he had just come, but his hands vacant of a struggling and cursing girl. He was nothing but a shadowy outline to the caged young woman he had left in the cell that appeared much like a Oubliette. Reaching the bright light at the dungeon entrance he spun to face Jaden, but waving a hand the dungeon doors began to clanked shut threatening to cast all into eternal darkness.

"NO!! DON'T!!! JARETH GET BACK HERE YO-"

Jade's scream was the final thing that he heard. Her scream was cut short as the heavy iron of the doors shut stopping the on slot of insults and yells.

Jareth sighed. "This wasn't how I planned it" he said a load magically making a sphere appear and transport himself to his quiet and dark study. Sitting himself in his cushioned chair he held his head in his hands in stress while his elbows were propped against the ebony black finish of his desk. "This couldn't have turned out any worse..."

The blond haired king turned to the long and wide window that scaled nearly the whole west wall of his study. It was dark and the flash of lighting in the distance was the sign of the on coming storm. The Goblin King couldn't help but think the storm matched his jumbled emotions at the moment, course the weather was partially affected by his moods.

Jareth was ashamed and sad for the girl locked in the dungeons with criminals, but furious as well that a mere slip of a girl could cause him so much pain with a single name. Yet he was more furious at himself for Jareth knew his damn pride would make him leave the girl down in the gloom for at least 7 days.

"Damn" he breathed sitting back in his chair throwing a leg over the arm. "Sarah…who would have thought after so long you still would have power over me." Looking to the wide window once more found the flashes became more and closer together as it came nearer to the land of the Labyrinth and the Goblin Castle. Storms reminded Jareth of the night he first spoke with Sarah Williams; it still hurt to think about it.

The Goblin King sighed. "Some old wounds refuse to heal" he thought turning at last to the paper scattered across his desk top. Paperwork was a King's most boring and hated part of the job. "I need a vacation…" he whispered getting to work.

-O-

Alone; nothing new to her as she sat in the gloomy dap cell. The light from the hole in the ceiling washed over her as she starred forward at where the iron doors lay at the end of the darkened tunnel of prisons. She wasn't a girl that was untouched by life's cruel jokes' no she knew loneliness of the candle lit cell. She knew of the depravity of life and family; no she could handle where she was with ease, it was just the other prisoner's leering eyes Jade couldn't seem to stand.

"Like a song bird in a cage….that's what you want me to be isn't it Jareth" thought Jade as she sat silent and unmoving in the life from the moon that shown above. Yea, that's how she felt; a bird put on display for other people's entertainment; she sighed. "But those eyes are getting annoying" seethed the young girl in a soft nearly nonexistent whisper.

She felt the eyes of those other prisoners that could see her. Peering at the young new girl with their eyes full of curiosity or glowered at her from behind their own iron bars. Those though were not the worst Jade had seen, no other then the glowering or innocent peering were the lustful glances turned her way; it was unnerving for anyone. Jade was sickened by the mere thought and want to yell at them for starring but knew better of it and remained silently resigned.

"Pist" broke through a voice forcing Jade to lift her head up in surprise. "Hey you…little Miss. PrissyPriss" came the voice again.

Jade's eyebrow twitch at the title of being prissy but knowing the place she was in very little she didn't need to make enemies. "Who's there?" Looking to her right there was an arm waving through the bars as a feminine head materialized from the shadowed cell; Jade cocked her head to the side. "Who are you?"

The obliviously older woman of apparently twenty smirked while her auburn hair framed her face as playful sapphire eyes shined. "The name's Sheera and yours would be?"

"Jaden, but I prefer to be called Jade" she answered with a smile and felt happiness swell inside her core from the smile she received in return.

A small chuckle came from Sheera as she looked over Jade's attire that wouldn't be worth rags by the end of her stay in the hell hole called a dungeon. "Well then Jade, what did you do to get personally thrown in this hellish shithole by the Goblin King himself? I wouldn't expect him to through a girl like you in here when you're obviously a Lady."

It was Jade's turn to chuckle. "I just pissed of his Highness's spoiled ass by mocking him, yelling at him…and mentioning my mother. That's what really got me thrown in here."

"Who's your mother" asked the prisoner and dirty woman coming closer in curiosity.

"Sarah" stated the raven haired girl simply, as she bowed her head so she didn't see Sheera's eyes go wide.

"Y-You mean Sarah Williams!? You're her daughter?!"

Jade turned her eyes to the other woman's filthy face keeping her face immobile and still facing forward as she gave a slow slight nod of yes. "Does everyone know about my mother?"

The other woman blinked in shock for a time then Sheera burst into hysterical laughter. "Oh this is precious! You're Sarah's daughter who whipped Jareth's ass in his own game! Oh my dear girl, you'll be lucky if you get out of here when you're fifty!! The Goblin King is known to hold a grudge for centuries and Sarah making a fool out of him certainly left its mark in more ways then one!"

Jade sighed closing her eyes. "That long huh" but it wasn't a question; Jade wasn't surprised that the admired and feared Jareth would hold a grudge. He certainly seemed to be the type to do so, and Jade was right.

"Yup" answered the auburn haired woman simply, like it was nothing to be stuck in a hellhole till you are fifty years old.

"Hey…Sheera" Jade asked in a whisper wishing to voice a question she had thought of.

"Mmm…" came the caudal replay.

"Why are you here?"

A soft smirk spread across Sheera's face as she lined her head back against the wall of her cell with her azure eyes closed. "That's a good question; glad you asked." A soft chuckle came from the other older woman. "I'm a thief by trade. The best thieving is here in Goblin country as we call it. The stuff is far more valuable then most other things, but with Jareth the Goblin King…" she trailed her smirk returned as the chuckles of slight sinister sound evaporated. "…let's just say it's not pretty when you get caught."

The emerald eyed and raven haired girl was interested in the story but reaching the "not pretty" part her thoughts raced. Jade's eyes shot open as she looked to the thief in pity and disbelief, only to find a smirk on Sheera's face. She was confused at how Sheera could act when she was at Jareth's mercy, and his mercy wasn't much, that Jade her mother knew to well.

"Did he torture you?" Jade asked curious of the answer.

Sheera shook her auburn head. "Worse."

Jade sputtered for words. "How can something be worse then torture!?!"

A playful smirk crossed the thief's face surprising Jade further. "Simple; he made me work for him."

For the first time since she had come to the Underground, Jade burst out in hysterical laughter. "That is worse then torture!" cried out the teen through her struggle to stop laughing; it was unfortunately futile.

"Shut it wench! Some of us are sleeping!!" yelled out a low raspy masculine voice from the darkness across the hall from Sheera's cell while still sharing a small portion of Jade's cell wall to her left. The sound of the voice cut off Jade's hysterical laughter as she scowled into the shadows of the cell. "Thank you."

The green –blue eyed girl huffed. "You're not welcome…jerk" she snapped the last under her breath.

"Just shut it Crow; you're not worth our time" snapped Sheera from across the dark clammy corridor.

A rough chuckle answered as a shadowy figure moved but still he was merely an outline. "Not worth your time Sheera, but we have all the time in the world! What do you expect me to do to entertain myself in this hellish place if I don't but the hell out of you?"

"Crow!! If I wasn't stuck in this shitty cell I'd throttle you!!! "Growled the furious female with fire in her azure eyes .

Crow laughed again. "I'd like to see you try…that' sis after you catch me; if you can that is."

"CRRROWWW!!!!"

All the while Jade listen to the pair like a bickering married couple. Soon even Jade with the gift of lots of patience and the capacity to drone people out grew annoyed. She watched the meaningless squabbling like a tennis match. As it grew louder and more colorful Jade finally snapped.

"SHUT UP THE BOTH OF YOU!!!!"

The conflicting pair fell silent at Jade's raging outburst; to see the petite girl yell with such fury to rival that of Jareth's chilled them. Even if it was just a little it was something to be wary of. It was the man who broke the deafening silence that had over come the whole of the dungeon.

"And who may I ask girly has the right to tell this mighty Crow to shut up?"

Jade growled ruthlessly while glaring daggers into the shadowed corner of the man's cell. "This girly has a name and it's Jade. And the mighty Crow can kiss my ass for all I care!!"

The rattling chains from Crow's prison let the young woman know of his movements. From the shadows he appeared as if materializing out of the air. The older man took Jade's breath away. Crow wore nothing but slightly tight leather britches with calf-high boots that were worn with age and use. His muscular chest was perfectly formed and vacant of a normal human man's hair; thought dirty he looked to be quit the catch in Jade's opinion. His curve of his jaw and the high cheek bones gave him a mysterious appearance, while his eyebrows delicately curved over his soul-piercing golden eyes that were made of many shades of the sun.

"Gold…" thought Jade breathlessly as a cold diamond hard set of golden eyes flashed through her mind making her visibly flinch. But Crow's eyes were warm and laughing yet still holding a warrior's hard look. The black shaggy mess the male called hair gave him a boyish looking making him appear young then he obviously was. The eyes and body structure didn't come close to the sight she saw through the shadows as the raven haired girl's breath caught in her throat.

"Are…are those…wings" she stuttered. "Ironic that his name is Crow…"

Crow smirked. "Yes they are girly" and he stepped closer to the candle light Jade's cell gave off. Now all the male's features were visible including the wings attacked to Crow's strong back, but Jade's brows knitted together in confusion; the wings did not match.

The right wing was perfectly formed and muscular with obvious years of flight. The feathers were a glossy obsidian black at it shimmered in the dim candle light making the young teen girl's breath catch in her throat once more in awe. From there though Jade grew confused and concerned, the left wing made her heart throb in pity. Where the on glossy right wing should have had a matching partner to mirror its dark glory, was instead, a mechanical and medal wing that shined as if it had just been polished. The feathers were there as in any normal wing but only they were molded with medal, instead of materials of nature. Jade knew to take a bird's wing and break it, would break their spirit and their hope of freedom.

Tears swelled in her eyes as Jade looked up into Crow's golden orbs. "I'm…sorry…" she said the words in a soft whisper like they were falling from her lips with a will of their own.

The golden eyed beauty's face hardened as his smirk fell to form a frown. Jade averted her eyes to the cell floor. "So am I girly; so am I" he whispered back while Jade risked a glance and found the amber eyes filled with sadness.

Jade opened her mouth to speak words of encouragement and strength, but found none would or could come; there were no words to replace the mournful shedding of a wing; she looked away again.

"So?" asked Crow the sadness gone from his eyes and his voice to be replaced by mischief as he eyed the silent teenager on the floor of her cell.

"So?" mimicked Jade eyes closed as she sat as if in a meditation with her legs bent underneath her while her ebony and emerald dress bellowed out around her.

"Is that offer to kiss your ass still standing?" the male cocked an eyebrow waiting for an answer impatiently.

Jade's head shot up at the tan muscular man in complete utter shock as a rosy glow come to her cheeks. She sputtered for words to spit back at him but she only found that she could find only a single word to fit Crow's behavior.

"Pervert!!" Jade snapped.

Crow chuckled madly. "Correction girly; I'm a harpy."

"Perverted harpy" shot Sheera fed up with being silent in her dark secluded corner of her cell.

The harpy male chuckled turning his face to the female thief across the way. "So what of it? No one can be perfect you know and I'm a great example of that."

Sheera smirked as she and Jade looked at Jade who too was smirking. "No arguments there" they chimed together.

"Apparently I'm outnumbered" Crow said sighing sounding as defeated as possible.

The woman laughed as the male harpy fell further into misery as his ego was attacked by the female's razor sharp words.

"But…wait…I thought harpies were all females?"

Crow turned to Jade dumbstruck by her question. "You Upworlders know nothing; you think harpies just up and appear in our nest for no damn reason! What's wrong with you!?"

She blinked shaken slightly by the sudden change in the man. "Sorry…just wondering. Don't have to bit my head off from what I've been told for years."

"My humble apologies girly; males get neglected when it comes to the knowledge of harpy kind." Crow bowed his head to show Jade his apology, but rested his shackled hand on the crossbar of the cell wall they shared so his strong large hand hung into Jade's cell. "Yes there are both male and female harpies, but females are rare so they are cherished above all else so the knowledge learned or know about them are female related. So…males are ignored or assumed none existent…which is beyond ridiculous!"

Jade giggled from the look Crow made at how clueless humans can be.

"If harm befell a woman of your kind by male of any race and species would be severely be punished or put to death upon the act placed against the female."

The girl of eighteen nodded interested on where the conversation was going. "So, what if the females attack and wound each other?"

Crow just shrugged his shoulder causing his wings/wing to flutter. "The normal punishment being what it was over, but them wounding each other, noth'in', though it be damn sexy!"

"Pervert" breathed the woman in unison eyeing the man nervously.

And said man just chuckled while scratching the back of his head, but his laugh was cut short as the iron doors to the dungeon swung open noisily.

"What's that" asked Jade her head cocked slightly to the side.

"Dinner" answered the other two.

Jade just made an O face as she watched the pair of goblins serve out bowls of steaming stew to the prisoners. Soon they came to the far back trio and handed out three different bowls of higher quality stew to Crow and Sheera who took it kindly while Jade stayed where she was stone faced and unmoving.

"Lady Jaden, don't you want to eat?" asked one of the two goblins.

Jade sat immobile eyes closed while her face was straight forward. She was still and silent as a statue, or better yet the song bird Jareth wanted her to be.

"My Lady?" the goblin asked again confused at the human girl's behavior. "His Highness asks that you eat."

"Then you can tell that asshole, I refuse his protection, hospitality and his food. I'd rather eat dirt then touch what was given to me from him. Besides…" Jade snapped open her steely emerald eyes startling the poor creature before her that was being so kind to her. "I don't take orders from Jareth; he has no power over me."

The goblin seemed to pale at the look it was given from the girl; that is if green skin can even possibly pale. He nodded slowly understanding or assuming he did, but laid the hot steaming bowl just inside the bars in distance that Jade could reach should she choose to eat it after a time. After that was done the two goblins strode down the hall of cells to vanish behind the heavy rusted iron doors.

Closing her eyes once more, her face expressionless Jade blocked out the munching sounds from the other prisoners that assaulted her ears. "I would never accept anything from Jareth" she thought. "My pride would never ever recover from such a tremendous blow like that; damn my pride and stubbornness!"

Some old wounds refuse to heal.

A/N: there sry it took me so long to update! School as been beyond annoying and I've hadn't the time to type this chapter…well all I got were little bits and pieces of times I could type but then something would come up and I'd be held back once again…(growls annoyed). But now u all can read this chapter and I hope u like it…and the new two characters I made up :D R&R ppl till next time!

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