The strange dwarf and human duo walked through what seemed like an endless path.
"Are we just going in circles?" May asked while running her fingers through her bangs.
"I wouldn't be surprised… Say what was my friend like?" Hoggle said trying to find out as much as he could about Sarah.
The gothic woman turned her gaze towards the castle, taking note that there was no obvious path leading that way.
"Sarah? She was selfish and stubborn, a child." Hoggle looked down at the bracelet, not wanting to believe the words that were coming from his new companion. "But she was a loyal friend and a forgiving person to everyone but Jareth."
The dwarf smiled a little imagining what his friend was like, though it faded at the thought that the King had taken that precious memory from him. May traced her fingers against the rough the walls and found a hidden edge.
"I hate optical illusions." She said while walking through. The two now stood in front of two guarded doors. Both guards where indeed four, seeing as one head was placed atop of the shield and another at the bottom. One guarded with red and the other in blue.
"You guys are the liars right?" May said while pointing to them.
"Liars?" the heavy accent of the bottom blue made the corrupt word almost beautiful.
"It is true that one of us always lies…."
"And other always tells the truth."
Hoggle growing impatient opened his mouth.
"Do any of these doors lead to the castle?"
"Yes."
"No."
May looked over to the frustrated Hoggle, then back at the doors.
"I know that the blue door leads to me being thrown down a long pit of hands. But the real question is where your door leads." She got close to the Red Guard.
"Only one question can be asked." He said promptly after taking to his other head.
"Now if the story plays out you should be the one who tells the truth, unless you both are liars and there is no real path to the castle. But then Hoggle's question wouldn't have been answered. So there is a path to castle but what is the path and how long. Though it takes a while Sarah did make it to the castle by taking his path, and your path might just lead me into a pit of fire or walls that slowly crush you, in that case his path would be the path to the castle and yours would be the path of doom. However your path might be a straight road leading to the castle and it was just luck that Sarah got there using his path." May took in a deep breath.
"Did you follow that?" the Red Guard asked the Blue.
"Not entirely."
May shrugged her shoulders. "Better safe than sorry. Come on Hoggle, we're going down into a pit." She smiled over at him. It was weird to him to see the aggressive girl smile.
"Don't you want to ask your question?"
"Nah, have a good one." The woman waved as she opened the door guarded by the blue guard. She walked pass the threshold and dropped.
"May!" Hoggle cried as he peered down the dark tunnel, but alas he couldn't see anything.
May felt the mixture of both cold and warm hands grab her body, and she screamed for the first time in a long time the girl screamed. It was long and high of pitch and could be heard even at the castle.
Jareth who had somehow became a horse for Estella to play on, felt a shiver as he heard the faint sound. He placed the little girl down on the ground and looked over at his army of goblins. The children who had become quite comfortable with the unusual circumstance continued to play their games, while four goblins followed their king out of the room. Jareth looked into his crystal and saw the motionless young woman lying on the floor of the pit.
"She's in the oubliette." The goblins cheered at the news, but their king wasn't so happy.
"She should have never made it this far." Jareth stopped walking for a moment as he experienced his deja-vu.
"She doesn't seem to be moving much." Inquired one of the goblins.
"I don't think the hands caught her at all."
"Now she defiantly won't make it any further."
"No more game, if there isn't a player. We've won by default."
"We've won?" Jareth's voice carrying a malice tone.
"You've won…"
"I refuse to win by… default."
May's head was spinning and she could hardly move.
"Damn, those fucking things were supposed to catch me and ask where I wanted to go. Not just feel me up then drop me." She said struggling to sit up.
"If you wanted down here, there was a less painful way of getting here." From the shadows echoed Hoggle's voice. He lit a large candle and light filled the oubliette.
May slowly made her way to her feet. She dusted herself off, and walked towards the dwarf.
"You know, I know a way out of here. We can just leave the labyrinth now and forget any of this happened." Hoggle said while examining the bruises on May.
"Oh, no. I'm going to that castle!" Hoggle sighed and rummaged through the pile of various objects. He laid a door against the wall and opened it revealing at first a broom closet.
"Sorry about that, I can't always be right." May rolled her eyes, the repetitiveness of the story was starting to get on her nerves. When she spotted something shimmering in the closet.
"Hold up Hoggle." May reached into the closet and pulled out the axe. "Oh boy, I missed you."
Hoggle then proceeded and opened the door to reveal an alternative path.