Your Eyes Can Be So Cruel Chapter 4: Oubliette, a labyrinth fanfic

Your Eyes Can Be So Cruel

Chapter 4: Oubliette

Authoress: I think it's funny, every time I watch Labyrinth, I can see my version in my head, with E's point of view. It's hilarious to me x]

I reached the throne room of the Goblin King and flew in through the window. Jareth was sitting sideways on his throne, one leg over the arm of the chair, one hand over his mouth, and was tapping his cane on his boot. I landed in front of Jareth, a human again, and sunk to my knees, my deep green dress billowing over the floor.

"You called for me?"

"I want you to watch the girl. Do whatever it takes to waste her time." Jareth said.

"What do you suggest I do?"

"Change the labyrinth around, make her lose her way, I don't care what you do! She can't reach the castle!" I nodded and he sighed. "Where is the girl now?"

"With Hoggle. Trying to get into the labyrinth." I looked over at Toby. He had his mouth wide open and was crying. Jareth watched him with an amused smile. All around me were goblins making a huge racket. They were all laughing and drinking and shooting rocks at chickens. I stood up to let Jareth step off his throne and picked up Toby, who smiled at me. I sat down on the steps before the throne, adjusting my dress so that I was more comfortable.

"Ugh, this corset is torture." I said aloud, tugging at the strings in attempt to loosen it. Jareth looked at me and Toby started giggling. I smiled at Toby and out of the corner of my eye I saw Jareth smile.

"Was that funny?" I said, ticking Toby, who giggled more. Jareth watched me with Toby and when I looked up at him, he had this look on his face. Somewhere between confusion and humor. Jareth walked over to a goblin and picked him up.

"You remind me of the babe." He said.

"What babe?" the goblin asked.

"The babe with the power."

"What power?" Another goblin chimed in.

"The power of voodoo."

"Who do?"

"You do."

"Do what?"

"Remind me of the babe." The goblins laughed. "Quiet! A goblin babe." Jareth turned around and pointed to Toby, who was sitting on my lap, smiling. Jareth laughed but the goblins remained silent, unsure of whether they could laugh or not. Jareth looked around at them.

"Well?" Right on cue, the goblins began laughing and I felt a small smile creep across my lips.

I saw my baby,

Cryin' hard as babe could cry.

Jareth picked up a goblin and threw it away from him.

What could I do?

My baby's love had gone,

And left my baby blue.

Nobody knew.

What kind of magic spell to use?

"Slime and snails."

"Or puppy dog tails!"

"Thunder or lightening."

"And baby said?" Jareth sang, pointing once again to Toby, who made a gurgling sound.

(Dance Magic) Dance magic dance (dance magic dance)

Dance magic dance.

Put that baby's spell on me.

(Jump magic) Jump magic jump (jump magic jump)

Jump magic jump

Put that magic jump on me

Slap that baby

Make him free.

Jareth danced around the goblins, who were all laughing and jumping around. It was very amusing. Jareth was usually quiet, reserved, and demanding. This so was unlike him, but…I liked it. I loved hearing his voice echo all through the room.

I saw my baby.

Tryin' hard as babe could try.

What could I do?

My baby's fun had gone,

And left my baby blue, nobody knew.

What kind of magic spell to use?

"Slime and snails."

"Or puppy dog tails!"

"Thunder or lightening."

"Then baby said?"

(Dance Magic) Dance magic dance (dance magic dance)

Dance magic dance.

Put that baby's spell on me.

(Jump magic) Jump magic jump (jump magic jump)

Jump magic jump

Put that magic jump on me

Slap that baby

Make him free.

(Dance Magic) Dance magic dance (dance magic dance)

(Jump magic) Jump magic jump (jump magic jump)

Jareth tossed Toby up and down as he sang the last couple lines. At the last line he tossed the baby so high, and then walked off. I stood up, caught Toby, and twirled around with him in my arms, my green dress spinning along with me. Smiling, I looked around but Jareth was no where to be found. I shrugged and set Toby on Jareth's throne. I poked his nose to make him giggle.

"I have to go now, but I'll be back soon." Toby just smiled at me and waved his arms. I smiled and walked down through the castle and out the main door.

I appeared sitting on the wall of the labyrinth above Sarah, one leg resting on the wall and the other hanging limply. Sarah bent down and marked her choice of direction with a tube of lipstick. As she headed in that direction, I snapped my fingers and the mark faded away. Sarah stopped; the choice she had made had led her to a dead end. She shrugged and turned around, looking for her mark.

"Someone's been rubbing out my marks." She threw the rest of the lipstick to the ground. "What a horrid place this is! It's not fair!"

"That's right." A voice said. "It's not fair." Sarah turned around to see two carved doors in the wall and two guards.

"This should be interesting." I said smiling.

"This was a dead end a moment ago…" Sarah said, looking around.

"No, that's the dead end, behind you." Sarah turned around to look at me.

"Oh, it's you."

"Elizabeth."

"Right. Elizabeth, this place keeps changing. What am I supposed to do?" I shrugged.

"Try one of the doors." I suggested, conjuring up an apple and taking a bite.

"One of them leads to the castle," one guard said. "and the other leads to certain death."
"Which is which?" Sarah asked.

"We don't know." The guard on the left said.

"But they do." The other said, nodding to the guards above them.

"Then I'll ask them."

"You can only ask one of them." I said. "It's the rules. Fair warning, one always tells the truth, and the other always lies."

"That's right." The guard on the left said. "he always lies."

"I do not!" The right one said. "I tell the truth."

"Oh, what a lie!" I snickered, these two were impossible. I knew exactly which door was which. Sarah walked over to the guard on the right and asked,

"Would he tell me that this door leads to the castle?"

"Uh…" the two guards on the right whispered to each other. "Yes."

"Then the other door leads to the castle and this door leads to certain death." Sarah concluded. She turned to look at me. "Is that right?" I just shrugged again and tossed my apple core away. Sarah smiled.

"It's right. I finally figured it out." She pushed open the door on the left. "I may be getting smarter!" She stepped through the doorway and screamed as she fell down a shaft.

"No!" I jumped into the doorway and tried to catch her, but I was too late. The helping hands had her. Her fate was up to her now. These doors…no matter which you chose, they both could lead to either certain death or the castle depending on where you stepped. I sat there on my knees as the shaft closed and Sarah screamed as she fell.

'She chose down…' I thought as I shook with fear. Jareth would know by now what had happened, and who knows what he would do to me this time…

Authoress: If you haven't seen the movie, those guards are so weird looking o-o They have this giant shield and one head is on top and the other is on bottom. There's one for each door, one red and one blue. They are super funny though :]

I have chapter five almost completely written in my notebook, but I want to write a couple more before I update again...

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