Two years had passed in the castle beyond thevGoblin City, since that fateful night when Deadly and Dudley had came into Jareth's life but it was their third birthday, which was making Jareth and Kacey excited, compared to the servants as they knew Deadly would be hyper meaning mischief seeing Jareth roll his eyes.
"They're probably going to be up soon, which should be fun, as they're always full of energy after waking up." Jareth told them seeing Sarah agree with her husband hoping Deadly was alright because he had not been himself last night and itchy.
"He might be coming down with something, my dear." Jareth said.
He was getting ready for things, hoping his sons were alright and today would be surprising, as they were understanding how fun birthdays were compared to when they had hatched seeing Sarah agree.
"Wake up, wake up, do you know what today is, are you alright, why are you covered in spots?" Dudley said.
"I know it's our birthday, and no, I feel funny, tne spits aren't one of my tricks, Dudley." Deadly said.
"We should tell Dadfy of Aunt Kacey, they might be able to help-" Dudley said, seeing Deadly focusing, using his magic to hide the spots since there was no way he was missing his birthday, because of that.
"Oh you're up which is good, as your parents were wondering, when you would wake up, but is Deadly Alrigjt?" Kacey said.
"Yeah we just woke up, and I'm alright, just a frog in tne throat." Deadly lied.
She left them to get dressed, only Dudley could hear his brother coughing, and not feeling so good, making him worry, knowing Deadly wanted to have fun, making him frown while they left their room going to tne dining room seeing pancakes digging in, only Jareth noticed that Deadly was picking at his food which was weird, sensing he was not feeling too good.
"I think he's sick but hiding, so he can have fun on his and Dudley's birthday." Kacey whispered to Jareth noticing Deadly was sleepy making Jareth put a hand on his mischievous son's blue skinned head feeling it was pretty warm, and a fever was starting.
"Deadly lie down for a bit, as you can still have fun later." he told him seeing him leave the room sluggishly with his little tail dragging behind him.
"Somebody had dragon pox as I saw spots appear on him, but I don't want to ruin the fun." Jareth said as he was going to tuck Deadly in so he could rest, seeing him feverishly walking on the ceiling, impressing and worrying him, grabbing him before he got hurt using his favourite toy, a blue stuffed dragon tnat the boy had named Scales, to calm him.
"Just relax, as the pox is doing this to you, let's hope Dudley does not have it too." he said seeing Deadly asleep.
Dudley meanwhile was playing with Crystal, but had told her that Deadly was sick, making the magenta furred girl feel bad, hoping Deadly would feel better soon, as they were playing dress up, something Deadly loved, pkaying the villain seeing Jareth talking to Sarah making her surprised by Deadly's antics.
"Yeah but we should let him be, as it is contagious, meaning you could get them." Sarah told them.
Crystal and Dudley were putting on masks, so they could check on Deadly, going to Deadly and Dudley's room seeing Deadly asleep in his bed cuddling Scales which was cute.
"My dad's right, we should leave him be, maybe he'll feel better later." Dudley said as they left the room, making Jareth guess that they were letting Deadly rest even if it was his and Dudley's birthday hoping Deadly was alright.