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, and thanks to everyone who loves this story too. To everyone who had given me support to keep this fic going, thank you!
Rated M for later chapters
Chapter 11
Jareth froze for half a second before looking at Christina. Her power was strong, but not as strong as it could be. He quickly ran up to Christina. Fighting beside her as he yelled;
"Is he right Christina? Are you with child?"
Christina knew she couldn't hide it anymore, she had to tell them.
"Yes, but now is not the time to talk about it, now is the time to fight. Let's kill these Gods awful things and then we can talk. In fact you can help save Sarah and Toby and bring them back to you permanently in the process. Do you trust me Jareth?"
Jareth didn't even have to wait a second to respond.
"With my life sister"
"Then help me help you!"
The four royal then teamed up together taking out all of the Trolls. After the last Troll had fallen, Christina, exhausted from little sleep, rushed to make sure her children were safe. When she went to stand, she heard her father clear his throat. When she turned around, the look upon his face said there was no getting out of this. She suddenly felt 100 years old again while under that look when her father snapped his fingers and there sat a new table, fresh food and all new chairs.
"I think it is time to explain Christina. How are you pregnant and how does that help Jareth get Sarah and Toby back permanently?"
Christina sat down and gave her mother and brother Jareth a look. Understanding, Jareth walked to Christina and placed his hands on her shoulders. He was there for her. She took a deep breath before beginning.
"Jareth is not the only Fae in this family that had chosen a Mortal mate father. Yes I am pregnant. I am two months gone. His name is Christopher Eccleston; he is an actor out of England. I meet him a year ago and he treats me just as good as my late husband did. He doest know what I am and I was going to reveal myself and let him know before all this Troll business became so bad. He can help by wishing Sarah and Toby back to Jareth. I was going to place him at the funeral in a few days time and have him wish them after he confronts Sarah. Now I can let Chris know with Jareth, that way he believes me"
Christina looked up to Jareth with pleading eyes. What she said next struck him to the core.
"I know I can lose him for this, but it would be all worth it to see Jareth happy again. So can you help me tell him brother so we can bring your bride and son home?"
Jareth closed his eyes and took a deep breath. His sister loved him so much; she was willing to put her happiness on the line to help him. He knew his answer.
"Yes I will help you, but…"
Jareth was interrupted when Christina's head Elf ran into the room holding Christina's scroll that she used to speak with Sarah. When she noticed the glow, she quickly stood up and grabbed it. When she read what Sarah had written, her stomach dropped. The look on her face told everyone something was wrong. When Christina looked up, Jareth knew he would have to be ready for battle again.
"We need to go to Chris now. Karen has attacked Sarah and Toby. Apparently the Troll King is behind the attacks. His missing sister Karenith and Sarah's step mother Karen are one in the same. They tired to kill her father and they are hiding with all the things she has collected and has purchased in the last few days hidden in her panic room where her, Toby, and their father are hiding. From what Sarah wrote, the Troll King used his power and threw some kind of energy blast that hit Robert in the chest when he was confronting Karen. Sarah thinks he is dying. We need to get them out NOW!"
As she said this, The Fae High Queen drew a crystal and looked upon the mortal's life span. The tear that ran down her face said it all. When she spoke, she shook and her husband put his arm to comfort her. He knew she was upset.
"That bastard's attack took four days off of his life. He only has four days left. Go get them and bring them back here. Hopefully we can make his last days better."
With that Christina conjure a crystal to look upon Christopher. He was at home reading a new script. She started a sudden storm and watched as Chris got up to look outside. That was her chance. She changed her clothes to that of a Fae Queen and disappeared from the room. Jareth conjured his own Crystal to watch Christina and to help her when she needed him.
Sarah waited for about an hour before she realized something was wrong. No one had come yet, and even though her father's pulse had gone back to normal, he was still unconscious. Toby had gone back to sleep beside her as she leaned against the door. She heard movement in her room and then heard Karen's voice.
"You might as well come out you stupid little bitch and stop taking my family hostage. You know you can't win. You saw my brother's power and he won't like it when he gets angry. I have given you to him so you now belong to him. You are now his whore. If you don't want to be punished worse, I suggest you come out now"
Sarah said and did nothing. The air was growing stale in the small room and it was starting to warm up despite the cold temperatures outside. But she wasn't going to open the door either. She might be young, but she wasn't stupid. She understood that everything was happening early and Christina might still be preparing for her and her brother's rescue. Now she had to unexpected rescue of her father as well. Intil help could arrive, she would wait. She had a case of soda and she still had most of her snack cakes. They could last a far bit, so that was what they were going to do. She would be damned if she gave into this witch now when freedom was so close she could taste it.
Chris didn't know what to think of the sudden storm, and he went to check his windows. When he turned to look out, he could swear he felt the air shift in the room, like a blast of warm spring air had come into his apartment. When he turned around, there stood his Christina. But she was dressed weird. Her long red hair was in curls down to her lower back. Her dress was in a medieval style, blue with silver threading and silver see thru sleeves. She wore silver slippers and had higher eye brows with blue and silver eye shadow. Her lips were a faint pink and her brown eyes shined with gold specks. She was a vision.
"Hello Christopher"
"Christina, you're beautiful. But why are you dressed like that?"
"I said I would come to you in a few days and reveal myself. This is what I am doing now, but I need your help to save another's life. Will you help me my love?"
Christopher couldn't believe it, he was a rational man, but this was beyond that. He would do whatever she asked, but not intil he learned her secret.
"Tell me who you are and I will help you. I love you Christina, but you dressed like this tells me nothing my dear"
Christina took a deep breath before beginning. It was now or never.
"I am Queen Christina, a Fae, of the Elfin Kingdom in the underground. I am the daughter of the Fae High King, King Arthur and his wife, the Fae High Queen, Queen Gwenivere. I am the only daughter and their middle child. My oldest brother is the Goblin King, King Jareth. My younger brother is Prince Lance of Avalon. My late husband was the Elfin King, killed in battle. With him I have 4 children. Princess Jessica, age 13, Princess Daphna, age 8, and Princes Clay and Jonathon, age 4. And as a surprise, yesterday I found out I was having a 5th child, to a certain mortal man that I am forever in love with; you my sweet Christopher."
Christopher couldn't speak, for as Christina said this, she started to give off a faint silver glow. What could he say? He had been making love to a queen? He didn't believe in fairy tales, but here she was, the woman of his dreams, the woman he had waited 46 years to meet. Not mention she needs his help. What could he do that she couldn't?
Christina could see the questions in his eyes and was expecting it. It was a hard pill to swallow after all. She also knew what it would take to convince him that not only this was real, but that she was telling the truth.
"Christopher, I can prove it to you but you have to repeat what I write down to a T ok"
Christopher nodded his head and watched as Christina took a piece of paper and pen from his desk and wrote something down. When she handed it to him, he was surprised at what it said. He looked up into Christina's eyes and saw she was being sincere and truthful. He took a deep breath and then said the written words aloud.
"I wish the Goblin King would come to me right now"
Jareth felt the pull of a wisher before Christopher had even spoken the words. So this was how she planned to show him and save Sarah and Toby. He had to admit, he was impressed. Noticing the words on the paper, he quickly changed from his battle armor to his normal Goblin King outfit. He also summoned 12 goblins to his side. His parents and brother knew then that Christina was having her beloved summon her brother. Before hearing the words, his mother spoke.
"May the Gods protect you all. We will hold the fort here and prepare for the battle against the Troll King. You save your bride and son and bring my son-in-law to me safe as well."
Jareth just nodded his head before disappearing with his goblins. The words had been spoken. It was time for the first half of the battle to begin and plan the second half of the attack.
Sarah was surprised when a small goblin and elf appeared before her. The goblin ran and hugged Sarah as the small regal elf bowed gracefully. The goblin whispered into Sarah's ear.
"Queeny, we are here to help you intil help arrives. May we start taking things in here back to the Goblin castle to you and Prince Toby's rooms in the castle so when help arrives, you may leave quickly and safely?"
Sarah nodded her head in agreement and the goblin and elf started transferring things back and forth between them magically. One moment they would stand there with their hands on something, the next they were gone. Then they would be back and the process continued. Another goblin a female, showed up and had food and drink for the three. The female goblin as brought a healer to start helping her father the best he could. Sarah just hoped it would be enough and in time. She still wasn't ready to let her father go. Not intil she had some answers to her questions and recent discovery.
Toby woke up to see the disappearing Elf and Goblin and then the other goblin with the healer and almost screamed. That was intil he saw the calm face of his sister. The fact that his sister allowed this made him calmer. He also noted the lights were back on and was going to ask a question before the female goblin noticed him awake. She placed her forefinger to her lips, signaling the need for quite and then went to hand him some food and drink.
He looked up to see Sarah smiling down at him and knew all was safe. He took the offered items and watched closely as the healer helped his father, but stayed cuddled close to his sister's side. If they were here to help get rid of the bad lady and help them, then they were ok in his book. So he quietly watches and eats his meal quietly, wondering when they were going to get out of the small room.
Herald and Karen were down stairs enjoying some tea. They had three Troll guards upstairs waiting for the moment when Sarah would finally give up and come out. When they thought they felt magic coming to and fro from the house, they just assumed that it was coming from the trolls upstairs playing a game since Herald could tell his trolls where still where he left them.
They knew Sarah didn't have any gifts to speak of, so they didn't think it could be coming from her. Since the front wall and door was iron, they couldn't go thru it. They didn't know the back wall was normal and that Sarah, Toby and Robert were receiving help that way. They just calmly ate there lunch and tea in peace, not realizing that their plans were slowly falling apart right under their noses.
Christopher watched as the storm outside got quickly violent and was about to look out the window before he caught movement out of the corner of his eye. He quickly heard little whispers and snickers as he noticed something dart from his couch to his chair. There was another movement from his hallway to his kitchen. Then another, then another before he could hear their laughter at their little game. He noticed Christina roll her eyes at it and he had to smile. He caught a good look at one of them before it slide under his couch with its laughter behind it. That was when he realized, they were goblins!
Right before he could ask Christina what was going on, the window behind him was thrown open violently and a white barn owl came flying in, circling him in a way he threw his arms out in front of him to protect himself. He was about to yell at the creature before he heard Christina say.
"Enough Big Brother, it's not like he wished an unwanted child away. By the Gods Jareth, stop trying to scare my beloved"
Christopher heard a laugh come from behind him to see a man standing there where the barn owl once flew. He was tall like Christina, but his hair was a puffy blondish gold instead of her curly red locks. It fell a little bit past his shoulders and he was dressed in a Black breast plate and tight black breaches. His cape was a glittery midnight blue and his knee high leather boots were the same. He smiled, showing off sharp canines and hand his hands on his hips.
"Sorry Christina my dear sister, I guess old habit die hard. So, this is your Christopher I assume"
Christopher was shocked. He had the Elfin Queen as a girlfriend, and now the Goblin King, her brother was also in his home. Before he could respond, Jareth spoke up.
"Goblins, report".
Before Christopher could respond, all ten of the goblins ran from their hiding places and towards their king. One stood in front of the other and bowed to their king.
"Kingy, swapper went ahead with one of Queen Christina's elves to where Lady Sarah and Prince Toby were hiding with their father. The back all was normal, so they entered the room that way. Ferocity went and grabbed your personal healer and followed as well. They are transferring the belongings the Lady had put aside for her rescue. I know nothing else"
"Good swapper, go and take the other goblins and return to the castle. I want half of you to fetch the female goblins and help them finish Sarah and Toby's rooms plus prepare a room for their father while he heals from his attack. The other half besides swapper, gather the army. We are attacking the Troll Kingdom as soon as this is over. Swapper, go fetch Hoggle, Sir Dirmyus with his steed, and Ludo. Have them come to the castle. Let them know what is going to happen so they can lead their sectors of the Army and be there for Sarah. She is going to need them"
They all replied with a "Yes Kingy" and then disappeared. It was then that Christopher understood who he was going to help save.
"I'm saving your beloved and her family, aren't I?"
"Yes Christopher. While we can move items, we can't remove people. Christina realized this before anyone. It is she who figured this all out a short time ago. I can't make you help us, but I would be eternity grateful if you did. Please help us, help me."
Christopher turned to Christina and saw the tears in her eyes. This was why she didn't reveal herself intil now. Not only was she pregnant, but she was trying to help her brother and his beloved. He only had two questions.
"I have to wish them away to you don't I?"
Christina responded before Jareth could.
"Yes my love"
"But I'm stuck here away from you. I can't go with you"
A tear ran down Christina's cheek. He knew the answer, and it broke his heart. Seeing the turmoil in his sister's and her beloved's eyes, Jareth responded.
"Yes you can but we have to phrase the wish carefully"
This surprised Christina and Christopher. Christina didn't expect her brother to help her and Christopher was in shock that he could finally be with Christina. Christopher needed to hear no more.
"I'll do it. I love your sister King Jareth. I want to be with her"
Jareth smiled. His sister had picked well. He took a deep breath.
"Ok, you know how we do this. We are bounded by rules. Should I write down what needs to be said?"
"Please if you don't mind"
Jareth quickly walked to the desk and started writing down something on a piece of paper. He then walked over to Christina and whispered something into her ear. She nodded and snapped her fingers. 12 elves stood before her and she instructed them to move most of Christopher's belongs to room in her castle that was directly across from her own.
As she was doing this, Jareth also snapped his fingers and a large wall to floor mirror appeared on his wall. His enchanted it and Christopher watched as the elves took everything from his home to Christina's Castle. Now he was utterly confused. If this mirror worked for him to go back and forth, then why not for Sarah. It was something he would ask later. Right now he had other matters to worry about.
Jareth noticed his change and knew there were a lot of questions to be answered, but now was not the time for them. He quickly turned to Christopher and handed him the paper. As Christopher read the paper, he did not hesitate.
"I wish the Goblin King would take away Sarah Williams, Toby Williams and Robert Williams and grant me the way to be with Queen Christina of the Elfin Kingdom whenever I wish right now!"
