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Author's Note: This is it for this installment. I know I'm a bit late. Holidays got busy and I haven't had time to post. Again do not give me unsigned reviews. I like being able to message back and anonymous reviewers are too comfortable attacking me.

Epilogue

Ella opened her eyes and realized that she was still being held in her Father's arms. She wasn't sure if he was sleeping or even what time it was. She decided to wait for him to let her know. In the mean time, the amulet around his neck was fascinating. She may not be able to see it with her eyes but her sense of touch was heightened by the blindness. She was able to trace and imagine every detail with her hands.

It was a few minutes before he woke up and saw what she was doing, "Do you like it?"

She inclined her head slightly to show that she had heard him, then nodded, "I find it fascinating."

"It'll be yours someday," he stroked her hair gently.

"Really," the idea seemed to excite her. She could almost sense the magic within the strange metal.

"Yes, it is the seal of the goblin kingdom. The pendant was forged of a rare metal called rhysum when the royal bloodline of this kingdom first mixed with that of the sorceral beings," he told her.

She waited a few minutes and when he didn't continue she decided she didn't like silence while it was still so dark and thought of the best way to keep him talking, "Tell me the story Daddy."

He smiled and obliged. So her real training began that day as he told her the histories of the Underground kingdoms and territories. Each day as they recovered from the illness the young princess asked for another story to distract her from the illusion of darkness caused by her lack of sight and she soaked in every word, seeing it play back in her mind.

Soon he began telling her of Aboveground history, both human and magic. Her favorite was of the elves and the ancient crown of Bethmoora. The ending made her sad though. She felt like she could understand Prince Nuada's hatred for the humans and wished it hadn't ended with his death at the hand of his own twin sister, Princess Nuala. Still she asked to hear it once each day since the day she first heard it.

When they were both well enough Jareth began teaching her how to use her powers. For sight she learned four magical and very ancient techniques; aura seeking, magic tapping, object sensory, and habitatual mapping. She found these techniques to show her far more than physical sight ever could. She could see the true person, normally hidden by the face. She could feel magic around her and locate it's source and intentions. For the most part she could find her way around better than anyone else and could tell if her environment was clean or dirty as well as notice poison type substances around her. As a final test of her mastery of these abilities Jareth had her run the labyrinth at it's full strength with no time limit, which wouldn't have mattered as she didn't fall for any of his tricks and got to the castle in only two hours if that.

As promised, she was never punished out of anger. Her parent's arrangement went very well. Ella always remembered that she was loved by her family and the citizens of the kingdom she would someday rule. Like with all happily-ever-afters there were good days and bad but the family stuck together to get through all of them and that was what really mattered.

The End…for now

Author's Note: If you enjoyed this be sure to check out the sequel, coming soon, entitled Sorceress in the Shadows and the prequel, out now, If this was a Movie about Sarah and Jareth. Also I am writing a prequel about Jareth's parents entitled The Test of the Labyrinth. Heads up, Sorceress in the Shadows is a Labyrinth/Hellboy crossover so to better understand it you may like to familiarize yourself with the events of Hellboy II: The Golden Army. You don't have to if you don't want to but it might help.

Also: I received some constructive criticism from an anonymous reviewer and I would like to clear a few things up. Normally I would do this by messaging the reviewer rather than typing out an annoyingly long AN but seeing as the person was not signed in I have no other choice.

1. About the comment on Sarah's choice of her daughter's name. She was dying of blood loss and she wanted to leave a sign so Ella could recognize her Father when he came for her. Lack of blood to the brain plus difficult name to feminize equals a name that takes getting used to.

2. I capitalize Mother and Father out of respect for the titles. I would be shocked if no one had pointed that out. It's just how I write and I know it's not grammatically correct. It's just for my stories. I would never make that error on a college paper or anything like that.

3. About Toby's little rant earlier in the story about having to play daddy for Ella. Good point, I missed the 'drove' part in my writing. To clarify he should have said 'took'. That leaves the idea of him carrying her himself open as he would in fact have been too young to drive her to the hospital.

4. About Sarah's age. I do not own the book that explains that Sarah was 15 and they never said her age in the movie so I simply went with the age the actress was when filming began.

5. Concerning Ella's casual acceptance of Jareth as her Father. Later in the story it is revealed that Sarah had visited Ella regularly in her dreams. Is it so far fetched to think that she prepared her daughter for this night by telling her everything she knew about Jareth. Also consider that I never said how long she watched as an owl before making herself known. In that position (knowing the truth about Jareth and his reason for staying away and watching Uncle Toby yell at him first and listen to excuses later) I'd want to make him feel welcome too.

6. It's a fan fiction. It doesn't have to be 100% accurate to the original work. The movie said Jareth is the Goblin King but gave no proof of him being an actual goblin. He looked like a sorcerer to me. Keep in mind that race and title are not always tied together. Goblin King doesn't cancel out sorcerer.

7. Referring to Ella's temperature. My family considers anything above 99.9 to be a fever. Also, since I control the story, I decide how her anatomy differs from that of humans. As a half breed fever must be taken more seriously than with pure bloods. Any case where the immune system is weaker than it should be makes illness a more serious problem.

8. Irene is the name used in the manga for the step-mother. That's why it's 'floating around' like you said in your review. I actually have no idea where Karen came from.

9. As for Irene's behavior. She only cares about Toby. As long as she doesn't have to put up with magic she's fine. Also, she doesn't care enough about Ella to consider her real family or important.

I hope I cleared that up. Please sign in if you are going to review again so I don't have to make the AN longer than the chapter.