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"LUDO HUNGRY!" Ludo wailed, Hoggle's tiny house began to shake. Sarah woke up screaming, not realising Ludo was the cause of this little earthquake.
Hoggle kicked Ludo's leg, the beast would destroy his house if he kept screaming like this!
Ludo looked down, he felt something or someone tickling his leg. A very angry Hoggle glared back.
"Yous stupid beast! Don't ruin my home! Stop yellin'!"
"Hoggle!" Sarah bellowed from the other side of the house.
"Well, he almost crushed us!" Hoggle muttered. "Besides, he knows I's was kidding, right Ludo?"
It was too late, Ludo didn't hear them.
"Hoggle mad?" Ludo wanted to cry and sniffed.
Sir Didymus ran towards the two and punched Hoggle's side "Hoggle, look what you have done, now he is upset because he thinks you're angry! That is not the way brothers should treat eachother!"
Sir Didymus turned his face up, looking at Ludo. "Ludo, it is not wise to howl here, rocks could fall on this house and then they would very well crush us."
"Sorry" Ludo sniffed. Didymus patted his leg. "There there, everything is alright."
Sarah stood beside the three, she knew they all were very nervous and afraid. "I know this isn't easy; we have a lot at stake here." Sarah frowned "And I thank you for helping me, I'll do my very best to restore the Labyrinth and it's master. Just try to keep calm,"
Her eyes bore into Hoggle's "It's no use to get angry, just a waste of energy."
"Sorry" Hoggle grumbled, shuffling his feet.
Sarah jumped when she felt someone touching her shoulder. It was Celestia, grinning for a second before turning completely serious
'I really should tie a bell around the fae,' Sarah thought 'I never heard her coming near me!'
Her thoughts were interrupted by Celestia's voice.
"Ludo, you're right, we should eat."Celestia said "We have a long journey ahead of us, and we need all the energy we can get. Sarah, would you do the honour?"
Sarah quirked one eyebrow "Ehh.. Alright" She went into Hoggle's kitchen and tried to find some pots and pans to make breakfast.
Jareth's sister giggled, "Sarah?"
"Yes?"
"What on earth are you searching for?"
"Eh.. A pan? How else am I going to cook?" Sarah almost wanted to say 'duh' but decided against it.
The woman was laughing out loud now!
Hoggle, Didymus and Ludo exchanged confused looks with eachother, the fae was acting very strange.
Sarah got irritated and stood straight, hands on her hips. "Ok, would you just tell me what I'm doing wrong instead of laughing at me?"
Celestia sat on Hoggle's little table, delight sparkling in her eyes. "You silly, you've got magic now, why would you cook breakfast if you can just conjure it?"
"Yeah everybody told me I have magic, and I do have the weird hair and all.. But how do you expect me to make some food if I can't even make a magic bubble?"
Celestia tsked. "Crystals, Sarah, Crystals. Please use the right word for them. you make them sound plain. I would do anything to possess the magic you have and it's crystals!"
She hopped off the table, and stood behind Sarah. She whispered in her ear, her voice soothing.
"Hold out your hand, palm up.. Now imagine a crystal" Sarah concentrated, her head was spinning, she felt like she could faint any second now. A humming sound was inside her, getting louder and louder. A hot wave of energy flowed through her veins like lava. The voice of Celestia sounded far away by now.
"Concentrate Sarah," the voice said, "imagine the crystal in your hand. Feel it, see it!"
The energy went through her arm, and ended in her hand. Sparkles appeared above her palm, and formed together.. "A crystal! I made a crystal" Sarah squeeled in pleasure!
The others just blinked and stared in awe.
"Sarah, you're not finished yet, this is just an empty crystal. You have to picture something inside the crystal." Sarah focused again at the beautiful crystal in her hand. "Now think of something to eat, like" Celestia tapped her finger against her chin in thought "like peaches!"
A growl was heard from Sarah, and two red eyes were staring at Celestia's. "Celestia" Sarah hissed, "I.Hate.Peaches! I absolutely hate them thanks to your 'dear' brother!"
Celestia's eyebrows quirked up at this. "What do you mean?"
Sarah sighed in annoyance. "I don't want to talk about it. Let's just focus on my lesson." One breakfast coming up! She turned her attention on the crystal. Celestia decided not to question her further and let her finish the crystal "Now imagine the thing you want to make in your head. Smell it, taste it, see it!"
Visualizing the breakfast in her head she transferred it to the crystal in her hand. It began to glow red! "Why is my crystal red?"
"If you're a beginner, you tend to pour too much magic into your crystals, and then it will glow a certain colour. I do not know why the colour of your crystal is red."
"Hm." Sarah nodded. "Is it finished yet?"
"Yes, when your crystal glows it is ready to be thrown wherever you wish and if you did it well, your breakfast will appear." A grin formed on Celestia's face.
Sarah aimed for the table "Everyone stand back, I don't know what this will do!" The others all chose a place at the other side of the room to be safe. Sarah aimed again, and threw in on the table. With a 'poof!' of red glitter... A horrible sight was displayed on the table.
"Smell baaaaad!" Ludo said and the others where pinching their noses. The breakfast smelled like the bog, the bread was purple and the eggs were green! The smell of sour milk rose from the glasses and Didymus had to clear up the table and put the 'breakfast' into a bag.
"Jus' try again Sarah, yous get it right." Hoggle encouraged.
After several attempts, and some sweat on Sarah's forehead, a normal breakfast was made. It was just plain bread and eggs and some milk, but after serious sniffing by Ludo, the breakfast was declared safe to eat. The purple, green, red, blue spotted concoctions were all put into Didymus bag to be disposed of later.
"As I said yesterday, I have a plan to restore The Labyrinth." Celestia tore off a piece of bread and put it on her plate. They all sat on the ground for Hoggle only had one chair. "Sarah needs all her energy so she can give The Labyrinth the magic it needs. Pouring magic takes up a lot off energy, and I don't think she can even stand on her legs when she feeds it for the first time. I know Jareth underestimated it and he paid dearly for it, sleeping for a week!"
Sarah shook her head. "Won't happen to me. I'm much stronger than Jareth, I beat him!" Sarah said proudly raising her chin in the air.
Celestia's face became serious.
"Your will is as strong, but learn from Jareth's mistake and don't do too much today. You will need it when the time comes to heal this Kingdom."
"So, what are the three of us gonna do?" Hoggle asked with his mouth full. Didymus slapped his back for his bad manners and gave him a stern look. Hoggle gave a silly grin back.
"Ludo help!" Ludo nodded enthousiastically.
"We need all the help we can get." Celestia agreed. "Ludo, can you carry Sarah on your back?"
"Hello" Sarah waved "I can walk fine by myself. Look, got two legs and I know how to use them! I'm not a baby!"
"You won't be able to walk after the first time you connect with the Labyrinth. It will draw too much of your strength to even stand, let alone walk." Celestia turned her gaze to Ludo."So Ludo, can you carry her?" Sarah wanted to protest but Celestia just looked annoyed, so Sarah decided to keep her mouth shut.
"Ludo strong! Ludo help!" Ludo beamed.
"Good, very good!" Celestia smiled back.
"And what are our tasks dear lady?" Didymus asked after he had filled the bowl of his dog with bread and milk.
"Why you two are going to guard Sarah through our journey, that is what a good knight and his brother should do, is it not?"
"Why yes, ofcourse we will defend Lady Sarah against the dangers of The Labyrinth!" Didymus raised his staff in the air. Hoggle just rolled his eyes.
"Well then, if everything is settled, we should be going!" Celestia said with a wicked grin.
"Wait! What is my task? Just hang around?" Sarah asked
"Sarah, you will not be able to do a lot, trust me." Celestia pulled on her boots and combed her hair with her fingers. Sarah was frowning at her, looking like a spoiled child whose doll was being denied. "Ok, if you feel well enough, you can help too, but you really should try and rest between the healings of The Labyrinth." Sarah smiled in victory.
"What are you waiting for guys, we must go now!"
Now it was Celestia who was rolling her eyes. "Such a child" she thought.
In the heart of the once glorious Labyrinth, in the castle beyond the Goblin city, a Goblin King lay unconscious on his gigantic bed. Goblins were watching over their master, and they looked up in surprise when he whispered one name.
"..Sarah.."