Bringing together what should have always been
AN: Please note I do not have a Labyrinth Beta. All mistakes are mine. This is for my friend Jessa Lynn, since like me, she like fics on the Labyrinth XD
Rated M for later chapters
Chapter 2
The day was filled with laughter and fun, and as the sun set upon the Goblin Kingdom, Jareth had a room prepared for his sister, Queen Christina. The journey home for her would be a long one, and he wanted his little sister well rested for the trip home. Having been shown to her room, Christina wasted no time placing a spell barrier on the room. If she had to, she would just tell Jareth she now snored and didn't want anyone disturbed by her noise. Summoning a crystal, Christina quickly looked upon the memories she had pulled from her brother. While watching the crystal, she snapped her fingers and the scenes beginning to be shown grew larger and were like looking upon a movie on a large screen TV. Christina sat back and started to watch in earnest. What she saw surprised her.
In front of her was the Labyrinth's Champion, Sarah Williams. Christina had heard of some of the things that had transpired while the mortal was in the land of mists. Her mother was not pleased at some of the antics her brother had gotten into, and when their father had learned of the dancing, he about lost his cool. Christina had to agree that the child was a vision. Even at an early age, Christina could see the fire, the strength and the determination.
After watching about half of it, she understood the problem. The girl was in love with her brother, and her brother loved her in return. But because of the child, Toby that had been wished away, the girl couldn't give in to her desires, just as the rules of the game refused her brother the same. The child in question was a hansom boy. Christina could see why Jareth would have wanted to keep the boy. As she continued to watch the rest, she couldn't help but sigh at the she watched the ballroom scene.
'Oh sweet Gods, he sang to her! Now I have to do something'
Christina quickly watched the rest and knew from both her brother's face and Sarah's face that they loved each other. It broke her heart when she heard her brother sing again to her. But then, her brother had to understand that in the normal mortal world these days, there was no way the 15 would have understood his words. She quickly cast a spell to watch the mortal realm. What she saw not only horrified her, but pissed the Fae Queen to no end. She watched as Sarah's dad turned a blind eye as his new wife abused and used Sarah. She saw how the relationship between sister and brother were strained until the fateful night when she was 15. She could understand the desire to have time to ones self. At that age, a girl should be dating and having fun. Not being stuck cleaning the house, cooking and caring for a baby. She fast forwarded the time she spent in the Underground, as she had already watched it, and started watching from the time the girl saved her brother and both returned to the above ground.
She was pleased to see how close Sarah and Toby now were. But it also didn't escape her attention that the abuse had gotten worse. Christina gritted her teeth to see Sarah's stepmother was taking all the credit for all of Sarah's hard work. It didn't escape her notice that Toby wouldn't go to anyone but Sarah either. Watching them share a room brought tears to the Fae woman's eyes as she got to see just how much Sarah was really a mother to the young boy.
'You poor girl' thought Christina. 'You're that boy's true mother even if you didn't birth him yourself'
But what was truly heartbreaking was seeing there was a problem with their father. Christina could see the ashen color that had taken to the man's skin. In the mortal world, that meant there was something wrong with the heart. Switching views, she turned to Robert Williams. She looked into his mind and saw that he was sick, but also that he knew something wasn't right between his wife and daughter. He was afraid that Karen would leave with Toby though if he did anything about it. It was taking a toll on the man's heart and soul. Pulling another crystal, she pulled up the man's timeline. She gasped at what she saw. The man had about two weeks left to live and it broke her heart.
Christina knew what she had to do, and as she snapped her fingers, her most trusted elf appeared before her. The elf bowed gracefully to his queen before replying.
"Yes my queen, how may I be of serve to you?"
Christina smiled as she produced two small presents, one for Sarah and one for Toby. She set down the gifts and then motioned for the elf to follow her to a small desk that sat in the room. She pulled out a scroll and quickly but elegantly wrote a quick letter upon it. Rolling up the scroll, she then walked over and retrieved the gifts then placed them in the elf's hands. Showing the Elf Sarah and Toby, she told him in hushed tones.
"This goes to the woman and child. Don't frighten her but make sure she gets them and no one else. Is this understood Lucas?"
"Yes my queen, it shall be done" and the Elf vanished from her sight. Christina knew what she would have to do next and quickly ran to her desk once again. Writing another Scroll, she quickly has it sent to her mother via Elf, telling her to meet her at her own castle in three days time. She knows she doesn't have much time, and if she can convince her mother of her plan, then Jareth would not only be happy again, but so would Sarah and Toby. She had to save them, and fast. Time was not on her side at the moment.