Authors Notes: am feeling deservedly sore after a visit to the dentists so here's the next part of the story, hope you enjoy, Many thanks to the reviewers and all of you who worked out what Bedlam was, yeah so it was easy it was just a little thing that me and my best friend were talking about ages ago, and I thought I'd put it in to cheer her up BTW Lady Isithraide did you Enjoy Tenerife?

Disclaimer: I Glittery Excuse for a Fae do not own the Labyrinth, I do own… let me see... Some out of date gum and a few hand wipes, Ohh and Ticket stubs from the LOTR musical, yeah see I don't own much, I can't even rent David Bowie, Or kidnap him…. Oh well there goes my evil plan, so on with the story

Sarah had sat Toby down in his Pj's and was reading to him, he was far to old for bedtime stories but she decided, after the divorce that he needed stability so she carried on with her nightly ritual of warm milk and a bedtime story just as if the past two years had never happened.

"Sarah your not telling it right, and your not playing the part right" Toby admonished swatting his older sister with a small grubby hand

"And didn't I tell you to scrub those hands after the mud slinging contest you had with Marisa?"

Toby found something on the floor incredibly interesting and muttered "I forgot"

"Right kitchen now, go!!"

"Sarah…"

"I'' set …. I'll set the cleaners after you" she said with a evil grin

"You wouldn't dare"

"Oh wouldn't I?"

"No" Toby said simply but he got up off the couch all the same and backed away from her

"I wish….."

"Ok Ok I'll go and scrub my hands, then can I have some milk?"

"Of course"

Smiling the ten year old headed for the kitchen

Sarah re arranged the cushions and throw rug that were on the couch and set the read leather bound book on the coffee table, it had seen many ears of wear and tear, at her hands and Toby's,

The girl in the book store yesterday though, finding an exact replica of the book and to top it all saying that it was about a goblin king… that could not be coincidence. That poor excuse for a king had got fed up of just watching her so now he must have been implementing some sort of 'try and make Sarah go gaga' plan, and it was not going to work, she really hadn't meant to say a thing in that weird dream about the ballroom, she had liked it, She'd liked the fact that he had danced with her even though there were plenty of other more stunning women he could have been dancing with.

'Should have been not could have, should have, you always knew you'd never stay with him'

She knew that little voice was true; Toby had been at steak she couldn't have just left him, no matter what she wanted. She smiled at herself, after all these years it was still about Toby. Everything.

"Will you tell the story better if my hands are really clean?" Toby shouted from the kitchen

"Yes" she said with a small half wistful smile everything was about Toby but she found that she didn't mind.

!#&#&#!

The goblins that had been left hanging from trees and ropes a few days earlier were now back in the throne room

Slin although still a trifle smelly was none the worse for wear

"Ere Dinnie where's Mutt?"

"Oubliette, his Kingliness said his timing was off"

"Aww well that was kind of his glitteryness, ere where is he?"

"Dinner with the folks"

"And so we've got this place all to ourselves?" Slin asked a mischievous glint coming into his coal black eyes

Dinnie loped towards his friend, his rusty amour creaking as he approached

"Don't you dare Slin, don't go causing trouble for his kingliness while he's away, He's been very busy"

"Pah don't give me that claptrap Dinnie; He made a mistake Even Master Hoggle says so"

"Don't bring that traitor's name into this"

"He's true though"
"He offered her everything

"She was too young to understand and if he carries on like this he'll lose her forever!"

Goblins are not a smart race, they are mere children compared to the likes of Fae or Elves or even Pixies but they do have a sense of what is right and what is true, if you ask a goblin to tell you the truth it would, just its own version that has been heavily embellished. They also believe in fighting for what is right, which is what Slin decided to do.

Grabbing Dinnie by the hem of his amour chain links he pulled the large goblin towards him

"Never say that again, or else…"

"Or else what?"

"Or else his glitteryness will somehow find out about that little chicken rebellion you planned a few years back, you'd be doing laps for eternity in the bog"

!#&#!

"HA shrieked the young girl as she dodged the enemies attack, somersaulting quickly to avoid a rogue cannon ball she shouted 'Ludo Call the rocks' the hairy giant complied and let out a howling moan that shook fear into the hearts of the brave enemy soldiers Our brave heroine crawled until she was out of the way of enemy fire and hidden behind the fountain…" Sarah illustrated how the heroine crawled by crawling behind the Couch

"Once she was there she assessed her options, She could try and run to the doors and push them open and confront the Villain herself, thus leaving her friends to get slaughtered or,"

"Or what?"

"She could help her friends just like they had helped her... Good lord is that the time, Come on Toby, bed"

"Aww Sarah!!"

"No Toby just get to bed"

"Do you think the heroine would have stayed there if her brother hadn't been at risk?"

"I don't know Tobe… maybe"

"I recon she should have."

"And why's that huh? The king was arrogant, stuck up, and down right evil"

"But that's only one side to him Sis; maybe if the heroin had stuck around she would have seen other sides to him"

"And what's this, defend the goblin king day or something? Why wasn't I told?!"

"Because you hate him soo much. Sometimes to love someone the way back is the way forward"

"What?"

"Heard it in one of mom's movies, or somewhere"

"You Toby are smart, one day I'll regret ever wishing you away"

"But not today right?"

"No Toby, not today, maybe tomorrow"

!#!

Deep in the castle beyond the goblin city Jareth plotted, Toby had placed the seeds of doubt within Sarah, when she came to him begging forgiveness he would push her away.

"Jareth I don't think…."

"Sister dear you did say you owed me a favor" said Jareth with a smirk

"This isn't a favor this is like committing murder"

Jareth's mouth gaped open in mock shock

"We won't be sticking a dagger into her sister dear"

"No but think of what it will do to her heart, it'll be rent in two"

"Then maybe I will stop"

Izzie let go a breath she had been holding

"Thank goodness, you did right in stopping before this got any worse"

"Worse sister it has only just begun"

"Jareth"

"You say her heart will be rent in two, well then more fool her to deny me all those years ago, So let the games begin"

Isolde watched her brother walk out of the garden and she shook her head sadly, someone had to warn Sarah.