Yay! I made it to chapter 8! I don't know why this makes me happy but it does.

-TiskTask

Jareth frowned at the crystal ball. In it was Alexandra following his goblin strait towards the castle. What is it with this family and turning my subjects against me? He thought and turned to the battalion of goblins who had been sent out to catch the girl and send her back to the beginning of the labyrinth. "Why didn't you catch her? I told you I wanted her caught!" He shouted at them like a spoiled brat. The flinched all the same and Jareth sighed and sent them away.

Let it end one way or another…I don't care. So long as I don't have to act like a child any more! He thought. The rules of the labyrinth stated that the king of the labyrinth could only be as scary as the challenger could take…and the limit of scary was already set by the age group. Apparently the former Goblin Kings didn't want any one taking advantage of the challengers by scaring them to the breaking point. Not to point of giving up, that was all right, but to the point of brain damage. I am going to have to fix that one of these days. He thought. But right now I have bigger problems to worry about.

He looked at the crystal ball again and saw that they were coming up to a split in the road. He smiled to himself. Time to put on an appearance. I don't want her to forget me so soon, when I still have so much of my kingdom to show her.

Durk's mount tripped and fell, sending Durk face first into the ground. He got up but his mount had already run off; spooked by the fall. We don't have time for this. Allie thought. She sighed and said to Durk, "Why don't you go and get him… I'll meet you up ahead." The goblin didn't say any thing. He was already running off towards his mount.

Allie turned and looked back to the trail they had been following and was surprised to se that in ended at a fork. To the left was a cave and to the right was more trail and forest. She looked into the cave and saw a glimmer of light; as if something shiny was reflecting the light. I wonder what it is…She thought. She looked behind her but saw no sign of Durk.

He's probably forgotten about me by now, poor thing. The Goblin King won't be nice to him when he gets back to the castle. Finally curiosity got the better of her and she walked into the tunnel. The closer she got to the shiny object the farther away it got. Soon the tunnel got to small for Allie to stand in and she had to crawl. What ever that thing is it better be worth it. She thought as she crawled down the endless tunnel.

Looking ahead she was momentarily blinded; the shiny object sent out a flash of light so bright it hurt her eyes. When her eyes adjusted she could see that she was in an underground chamber full of naked moles that had huge teeth. "crud." She said standing up. Their eyes were closed but when she spoke all of their heads turned towards her. They kind of inched towards her; their short legs were having trouble moving their bodies and large heads. When ever they ran into each other they would bite until it bit back.

At the other side of the cave stood the goblin king. He smirked at her. "Like them? Good because as a goblin you will most likely use them." Allie stayed quite; she didn't want any more attention form the mutated moles then she already had. She backed up until she hit the wall and cursed silently when she found that the cave had closed behind her. Jerk! She thought, hoping some how he would hear and then slowly tried to edge her way around the biting creatures.

Though her feet hardly made a sound on the dirt floor of the cave their heads followed her movements across the room. They got closer and she realized that no matter which way she went they would be on her at any moment. She had effectively trapped herself, the only way she could gain herself more time to think was to stay right where she was.

The Goblin King laughed at her and she glared right back. The mole things took no notice of him, but they had slowed their walk to her. "Well you never answered me, do you like them?" Allie glared at him even more fiercely and bent down. She picked up a rock and figuring it was worth the risk said, "No but I'm sure you'll like this." She threw the rock and while it sailed over his right shoulder he didn't even flinch.

He scowled at her. "No I did not like that Alexandra, that wasn't very nice." He said and vanished. Finally, I can think again. She thought and looked back to the bitter moles. A few near the back of the group had turned around and were heading right toward the rock she had thrown.

Allie smiled as an idea came to her. Thank you. She thought to what ever might be listening. She then picked up a few more rocks and started to guide the bitter moles toward the other side of the cave. By the looks of it there was an exit and therefore a way out. It could just be me but I think I'm getting smarter. She thought gleefully as she continued toward the door.