Valarie was still laughing when she reappeared in her room. "I can't believe this!" Valarie says in between her laughs. "A young boy in the labyrinth? He won't last for five minutes!" she continued to chuckle. "Okay! Serious!" Valarie yelled at herself.
Valarie began pacing the floor back and forth. She kept thinking of what her next move should be and what advantages she had.
Suddenly, Valarie heard loud grunting from the other side of her door. She softly pressed her head against the door and listened.
"Unhand me, you brutes!" a woman shouted.
"Now, now, lady Sarah!" a goblin yelled.
"It sounds like our little Sarah is being taken to her chambers," Valarie smirked. "That Sarah is the key," Valarie softly said to herself. "No one in the family has ever defeated a champion of the labyrinth. Maybe I can," Valarie said walking over to her bed and reaching underneath. She pulled out a small chest and opened it. "The magic rope," she said pulling out a three foot long piece of rope from the chest.
"Clearly the only way to beat a champion, is to make them want to stay in the Underground," Valarie smirked. "All I need is one hair from each person. I already have one of Father's," she said pulling out a short, light blond, strand of hair and placing it next to the rope. "That Sarah, though," Valarie said sitting on her bed. "How am I supposed to get a strand of her hair?" Valarie asked herself as she started to pace again.
"There has got to be some way out of here!" Sarah frustratingly said to herself looking around the room.
Then there was a light knock on Sarah's door.
"Sarah?" Valarie asked trying to sound as caring as possible.
"Not interested in your gloating, Jareth," Sarah said.
"Oh, come on," Valarie said walking into the room. "You say I'm like my father without even trying to get to know me." As Valarie said this, Sarah turned around with a start to see what looked like a young female version of Jareth.
"Who are you?" Sarah asked cautiously stepping back.
"Oh, how rude of me!" Valarie exclaimed. "Valarie, princess of goblins," she said with a slight curtsy.
Sarah was too shocked to move. Her enemy had a daughter? "How could this girl even be his daughter? Especially with her being more polite," Sarah thought to herself.
"Now, I understand that you've been cast here by the forbidden words. Right?" Valarie asked Sarah as she sat down on the bed.
"Well, yes, but he didn't mean to," Sarah said.
"They all say that," Valarie said with a playful tone.
"He didn't mean it," Sarah said sounding more tense.
"No need to get feisty with me," Valarie calmly said getting up and walking over to the window.
"What do you really want?" Sarah asked hoping to understand the strange girl.
"I only wished to invite you to the party. But if your not interested, I can just leave you to beating the walls," Valarie said heading for the door.
"Wait!" Sarah exclaimed just before Valarie's hand reached the knob. Valarie smirked. "What party?" Sarah asked.
"Oh, just a little celebration this evening. Why? You wish to join us?" Valarie asked turning around and circling Sarah.
Sarah just stood there in silence. "Oh, well. I hope I see you there," Valarie said walking out the door.
When Valarie had left, Sarahrubbed her head. It felt like there had been a small pinch on the back of her head.
Valarie slowly walked into her room and closed the door behind her. She pulled a strand of burnett hair from her pocket. "That was easier than I thought," Valarie said smirking.
Valarie walked over to her bedside where she had placed the magic rope. "Okay, time to put this into action," she said taking out both strands of hair.
Valarie tucked the blonde strand into the very end of the rope. Then she tucked the burnett strand into the opposite end of the rope. The rope started to glow, and the two ends touched forming the loosest knot and the largest loop. "Are you kidding me?" Valarie cried. "Their bond is looser than a firey's head!" she exclaimed. Valarie sighed, "This is going to be harder than I thought."
Valarie sat there and thought for a minute. After about fifteen minutes of thinking, it hit her. "A-ha!" she cried. "I know exactly what to do! It's going to be a better party than I thought!" she exclaimed and ran out the door.