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Hoggle hesitated for a few moments when Didymus interrupted, "Hoggle, who is that lovely woman standing in front of your home? Don't you have any manners? Let her in!"
"Thank you, kind Sir" Celestia said, and walked into the livingroom as she looked at the woman standing in the middle of the room,"Is that Sarah Williams? The child who has bested the Labyrinth and stole the heart of my brother? I thought she had black hair, not red?"
"She did not steal his heart, he just gave it without asking her if she wanted it!" Hoggle snapped.
"Hoggle, it's alright, I can defend myself." Her anger against her friends was forgotten and replaced by curiosity for the woman in front of her. The woman was beautiful, too beautiful for human standards.
She must be fae, and fae are not to be trusted. She would have to rely on her instincts to determine if the woman could hurt her or her friends.
"Good evening, who are you?" She asked Celestia. She looked like Jareth, as beautiful and frightening as Jareth was. Small, pale face, mismatched eyes and long blond hair. She was dressed like him too: leather coat, a white poets shirts and a simple grey skirt with splits on the sides that ended at her thighs. Underneath the skirt she wore a pair of leather boots.
"As I said to your friends, I am Celestia, sister of Jareth, and I have come to help you with your journey. I see that your magic has already been activated, good, I can help you how to control it."
"What do you mean, my magic has been activated?"Sarah asked.
"Well..." Celestia walked around Sarah, making her feel like a prey "You said your hair has changed, and your eyes are the same colour. I don't think humans have bright red eyes, so it must be the magic." Celestia said with a grin. "Don't worry, it's normal for your hair and eyes to react like this. The powers are overwhelming, and you just need to control it, your hair and eyes will be normal again soon."
"I'm glad this is only temporarily, I don't think I want to be red haired all my life."Sarah started to smile a little then, and looked at her friends."I'm sorry I was acting like a child, this is just ...so overwhelming!"
It was true, within a day Sarah had been dragged away from her world, and was transformed into something she didn't want to be. In her normal life she already felt like an outsider, and now she felt like a freak.
Ludo went to her and patted her head "Sarah happy?"
"I'm not angry anymore Ludo, but to tell you guys the truth, I'm still not happy with this situation."
Hoggle watched her with worry in his eyes and pulled at her pants, signing to kneel down beside him. Then Hoggle started whispering in her ear.
"Sarah, I don't know if we can trust this woman, she just comes barging in and we doesn't knows nothing about her."
He looked at the beautiful fae and narrowed his eyes. "Why haven't I heard of you before, woman? I am over 300 years old, and Jareth never saids anything about you. Answer me!"
"Hoggle, you shouldn't talk like that to a lady, it is not proper, and she is royalty!" Didymus said with a glare.
"I understand your distrust completely dear sir,"Celestia said with a wry smile,"and I can explain it."
She started walking across the room, her leather gloves touching the walls.
" I have been ripped of my powers by an evil fae lord, and have been locked up in the dungeons of the Shadow Kingdom for several hundreds of years, as a slave for it's King."
She narrowed her eyes at the thought."He thought I was pretty plaything and I could be broken so he could make me his queen. Fortunately for me the citizens took pity on me and helped me escape. My family thought I was dead by then, ofcourse. I originally came here for Jareth to ask protection, but as I arrived I heard the story of the girl who defeated my brother. I also heard about his current condition and your arrival, so here I am." She tried to smile, but tears were already falling from her eyes.
Sarah saw her reaction, and decided it was genuine, those tears were real. She placed her hands on Celestia's shoulders and pulled her in an embrace. "I believe you, and I want to ask you for your help, and your friendship, so are we friends?" Sarah took a step beck and held her hand out.
Celestia let a few tears fall down, but put the cold royalty mask bask on quickly and took Sarah's hand firmly to shake it. They just smiled at eachother. Sarah took Celestia's hand and lead her to the others.
"Now that you are our friend, I would like to properly introduce you to our other teammates" Sarah pointed to Hoggle, who was clearly showing his distrust against Celestia. "You already met Hoggle. He is the gatekeeper of the Labyrinth, and he helped me a lot on my last visit here." Sarah winked at Hoggle, who was looking down with a 'hmpff' while shuffling his feet nervously.
She pointed towards Sir Didymus and Ambrosius,"Sir Didymus and his steed Ambrosius guarded the bridge at the Bog until it broke when we tried to pass it."
Celestia clearly remembered the Bog, because her nose wrinkled at the word. "And last but not least, Ludo, he can call upon the rocks."
"Friend!" Ludo ran towards the fae and grabbed her. She gave a yelp as she was almost crushed by his hug. "Ludo, that's enough!", Sarah said with a laugh," Sarah peeled Celestia out of Ludo's arms who still had a big smile on his face. "He is just like a child, such simple thoughts" Sarah thought "Friends means fun for Ludo and nothing more." His smile did make her smile too. Sarah faced Celestia again who was gasping for air after almost being strangled with love by Ludo.
"I'm sorry if he startled you Celestia." Sarah said apologetically, a bit embarrassed by her friend's reaction.
Celestia regained her posture and smiled back at Ludo "It's alright Sarah, I'm just not used to get so much affection."She turned her gaze to Sarah, her face turning serious," Our family don't hug or show feelings towards eachother. If they do,",Celestia narrowed her eyes, "you should worry for your life."
"Let's get some sleep, we will go to the castle tomorrow. Sarah needs all her energy if we want to rebuild the Kingdom and make the storm stop. I've made some plans on my way up here, and will explain them in the morning."