Disclaimer: dont own the Labyrinth or it's characters. i don't own Titania or Oberon, either.

A/N well, here chapter 3. thank all of you who have returned to this story and those who are new to it i hope you are enjoying it I want to thank trampymctramp for taking the toime to beta this story for me i know its a huge undertaking and lots of work but i thank you for it.

Chapter 3 The Meeting part 2

Underground- High Palace

Jareth flew directly to his parents' palace. When he arrived, he rematerialized into his Fae self and headed straight for their Throne Room. He knew his mother had sensed his arrival, so he was not at all surprised when she called out to him as soon as he walked through the door.

"Jareth, darling, how nice of you to drop by…apparently alone." He did not miss the irritation in her tone.

"Mother, Father," he addressed the royal couple.

His mother stated, "Jareth, I knew you were coming, I just didn't expect you to be by yourself."

Somehow he knew his mother knew he had bonded but the rest of the court seemed to be unaware, so he decided to tell them. "Yes, well, I left my Mate at home to rest," he said, cheekily.

At this, his father spoke up, "So, the Prophesy has finally come to pass."

"Not quite, my dear," the Queen quietly divulged.

Jareth was confused, as he had forgotten the remainder of the Prophesy. "Mother?" he asked, tilting his head as though perplexed.

His mother noticed his befuddlement and asked, "Do you not remember the rest of the Prophesy concerning your bride, Jareth?"

He simply shook his head no.

"Well then, I guess I will have to refresh your memory, dear son." She recited the entire Prophesy from beginning to end, loud enough for the entire court to hear. She then faced her grinning son and said, "Now do you remember?"

Jareth wasn't paying his mother any attention, for he had stopped listening to her once she had said that Sarah would bear him many children, and he wondered how many was MANY. Hoping that she could tell him he asked, "How many children will she bear, Mother?"

Titania looked at her son lovingly. He would make a wonderful father but as of yet she did not know exactly how many children his wife would bear him. Even she was curious on that count.

"I do not know my son. I won't know until I see her which is why I was surprised that you came alone."

The Queen decided that, because her son had not thought to bring his Mate to see her, she would look in on her. Creating a crystal with a flick of the wrist, she caused it to grow until everyone in the room would be able to see inside of it. The Queen commanded, "Show me Jareth's Mate."

The crystal swirled for a few brief minutes before clearing to show a young woman sleeping on a bed. Jareth was glad he had thought to dress her before he left, but he was also very relieved that he had put the sleep spell on her. Everyone in the room gasped in shock as they gazed upon her sleeping form. He knew that they all thought that they were looking at Lynds again.

"She's breathtaking, just like her mother was," he heard his mother whisper in awe. He also knew that she realized the truth behind Lynds' cryptic word from years earlier.

As everyone's gaze was riveted on the bubble in the center of the room, Jareth noticed something was happening that should have been impossible: she was awakening. "How did she...?" he whispered aloud, though softly. He had never heard of anyone awaking on his or her own from a sleep spell, it just was not possible. But then again, she has surprised me before he thought with a grin.

Goblin Castle

Sarah slowly roused herself from her slumber. Opening her eyes, she turned to find that he was not there beside her. Thinking that someone had wished away a babe and he was in the Holding Throne room, she dressed quickly in a simple gown of black and silver to go and find him. When she did not find him in that room she allowed her senses to fan out to encompass the whole Labyrinth. Not finding him anywhere nearby, she decided to try a transport spell. Moments later, she disappeared.

Back at the High Palace

Sarah reappeared in a room full of noble looking Fae. Glancing around in hopes of spotting her husband, she spotted two very regal Fae seated up on the Dias. She made her towards them somehow knowing who they were. The crowd parted to let her through, almost as if she was expected. When she reached the Dias, she fell into a deep graceful curtsy.

Returning her gaze to them, Sarah was awed by their appearance. The woman had beautiful flaxen hair that curled into ringlets and cascaded down her body and very nearly touched the floor, and the clearest eyes of royal and navy blue she had ever seen. The man had a short mane of strawberry blonde and a matching beard with piercing eyes, one of gold, the other of orange-yellow. They both had an almost ethereal glow to their skin and wore garments of midnight blue and charcoal with silver inlays. Donned on tapestries behind their thrones was the Royal Seal of the Underground.

Dipping back into a low curtsy, Sarah addressed the couple. "Majesties…or, do you prefer High Queen Titania and High King Oberon?"

The two monarchs were shocked that she knew who they were. They looked over at their son and smiled in approval, then bid the young woman to arise. She did as they wished and rose to stand before them. Not once did she look over at her husband, though she knew he was standing close by.

"So, you are my son's Mate?" the King asked, grinning widely at her.

"Yes, Your Highness," she replied, softly.

"Come here, my dear," the Queen said, bidding her to come closer to her. Sarah took the few steps up the Dias and again fell into a deep curtsy. Titania asked, "How, my dear, did you know who we are?"

Sarah answered honestly. "My mother."

Smiling knowingly, she asked the young queen who her mother was.

"My mother's name was Lynds. She changed it to Linda when she was banished Aboveground sixteen years ago (eighty by Underground reckoning). She told me stories of her home and told me that I would one day come to stay in the Underground. She told me that I would need to know what the High King and Queen looked like so that I could recognize you at once. Though, I have to say her description of you hardly does either of your Majesties justice." Sarah stopped and waited for the couple to say something, anything.

Titania, shocked by the girl's knowledge of their race, was curious as to what her future held so, she asked Sarah for her hand. She held out her right hand to the Queen and, at the King's request, placed her other hand into his. Sarah was not sure what they were doing, but she trusted them and awaited their approval.

Oberon was able to read her every thought and feel her every power as soon as he touched her. Lynds had been right, she would indeed become more powerful than any living Fae before or after her.

Titania, after taking Sarah's hand, saw the young queen's entire future. At first she smiled, having seen the number of children this young woman would eventually bear to her beloved and only remaining son. Quickly, however, her smile became a frown of discontent as she saw what was coming fairly soon in their lives.

Titania let go of Sarah's hand and asked her to rise but she found that she was having a hard time maintaining her emotions. She did not want anyone but Sarah to know what her future held.

Finding her voice, she said loud and clear "Sarah, Queen of the Goblin Realm, wife to my son Jareth, Champion of the Labyrinth, and future High Queen of the Underground, I, Titania, High Queen of the Underground, welcome you to the High Court."

As Sarah stood there between the two great monarchs, she tried to keep regal and poised. "Thank you, your Majesty," she murmured, softly.

"Sarah," Titania began, "I have seen your future and I have to tell you what I see usually comes to pass. Your future holds great love, grief, sorrow, a time of extreme loneliness, and celebration. You will be blest above every Fae woman, for as your mother foretold, you will bear an extraordinary amount of children, as will your children.

However there is something I need to tell you in private…though the whole of the Underground shall find out soon enough…and I need you to be prepared for this. I can tell you this: you, Sarah, will take up the mantle of the Goblin Kingdom and you shall be the one to take on the task given to its King."

With that, she fell silent. Sarah was speechless to say the least, though she did wonder what it was that would cause her to take up her husband's job. She also had the strange urge to comfort her mother-in-law.

Oberon, looked over at his Mate and understood her distress. It saddened him to know what was coming, but he was glad that she would have someone to lean on when it did. He, too, had seen the future when he held onto Sarah's hand. Oberon had the ability to see people's futures except that of his wife unless they were both reading the same person.

"Sarah," he said, getting her attention, "As you know, the Queen has told you what your future holds. However, she was unable to see the extent of your power. I have seen your power and it is indeed vast. You shall be more powerful than any Fae before or after you. I also saw how you doubt your ability to rule."

Here he could not help but smile at her before continuing. "I can tell you that you shall be an excellent Queen. You shall be the most loved of all the Underground's Queens. As it is, your subjects already adore you."

She shocked by the King's words. Could it be true? Do the very ones I defeated only yesterday, already love me? she thought to herself.

Oberon looked down at the young queen and smirked. He knew exactly what she was thinking and so he asked her cheekily, "You want to know what your powers are do you not?" She of course only nodded and waited expectantly for his answer. Grinning, he answered her, "You Sarah have the power to heal anything and anyone you touch instantly, you are also self healing. Unlike the rest of us, you can transform into any living creature you so desire though you will prefer the form of a gray dove. You can control the weather with a single thought or even with your emotions. You can speak a command into anyone's head and they will obey without question. You can read peoples thoughts as I can, as well as through touch. In addition, like the High Queen you can see into the future. Your power will only get stronger with each child you bear and your children will also inherit one or more of your powers as well."

Sarah was completely blown away by the extent of her power and she sensed he had not told her about all of them. She finally graced her husband with a glance only to see shock written all over his handsome face. Grinning inwardly, she thought, to think that I am more powerful than my own husband is.

Just then, she saw the Queen rise and motion for her to follow her. Sarah followed wondering what she was going to tell her. Try as she might she could not read the Queen's mind.

"Come child," the Queen commanded as she swept out of the Throne Room. Sarah hated to be called a child yet when she thought about it, she supposed that to a Queen who was hundreds if not thousands of years old she was but a youngling by comparison. She followed the High Queen into what appeared to be a study and sat down where the she had directed her.

Titania rounded on Sarah and said, "My dear, I know you are wondering why I asked you to come here." At Sarah's nod, she continued, "War is coming. It will rage for almost two hundred years and as I said before you will take up the task given to Jareth. You Sarah will be alone for the duration of the war except for your children. Jareth will join his father at the very beginning.

However, as I said before, your life will be filled, with love, grief, sorrow, loneliness, and celebration. You blood bonded to him so remember, you die when he does. Yet That is not why I brought you in here."

She began to furiously pace the floor in front of Sarah.

"Majesty?"

Titania stopped pacing to stare at her daughter-in-law, then on a sigh she held out both of her hands palms up for Sarah to see. "What do you see?" she asked.

Sarah did not know what see was supposed to see and told the Queen, "Nothing." Suddenly the realization hit her. The reason the Queen wanted to speak to her alone was because the High Couple were not Blood Bonded! That does not necessarily mean that they are not Mate Bonded she told herself.

"Sarah you are the only one to know this. Even Jareth is unaware that his father and I are not Blood Bonded. Oh, we Mate Bonded, but we both knew that one of us would have to go on living after the passing of the other to help the new King assimilate to this weighty position. I wanted to let you know that the words to the Mating Ceremony is in two parts. The first part are the words for the Bonding the second part deals with the Blood Bond. Can you recite the words of the Ceremony to me Sarah?" she asked the young woman before her.

Sarah recited the entire oath and then looked at the Queen puzzled. Titania smiled softly and said, "The first part of the ceremony stops at My Bonded Mate, the second part begin the Blood Bond. I am telling you this, so that your children and their children will know the correct words to say when the time comes. All of your children and your children's children will bond in the exact same manner as you. Every one of them will bond to a winner of the Labyrinth."

"Anyway, to get back to the subject at hand, you remember that I announced in my greeting to you that you would be the next High Queen. For at the end of the war, Oberon...the High King... will... be...that is he will..." Titania stopped unable to go on as her heart was breaking. Sarah stood and went to embrace the Queen and allowed her healing powers to flow into the distraught woman's body. Hiccuping lightly on a sob, Titania pulled back to look at her new daughter. "He's right you know. You can heal with a simple touch. You can heal someone even if their heart is breaking at the thought of losing the only one that they would ever love."

Sarah was hesitant to ask but she had to know. "What will happen to the King?"

Looking into her daughter's eyes, Titania managed to murmur, "He will be killed, murdered, in his own bed no less, with an iron blade."

Sarah wondered if the queen had seen the assailant when she had seen the vision and asked her, however the queen only shook her head saying that it was unclear as to who it was. Sarah still thought about who could want to harm the King who was already become like a father to her. Could it be that someone close to the King would betray him? she thought to herself.

She decided that now was the best time to change the subject, so she asked the Queen teasingly, "So, how many children will I have?"

Her ploy worked, the Queen looked up and grinned "Are you sure you wish to know?"

"Yes."

"You will bare Jareth two sons and thirteen daughters before the war and another two sons and thirteen daughters after the war. I also know that you will also bare two more children after your coronation as High Queen, though I could not tell the sex of the children."

Sarah was floored. Thirty-two children!

The Queen continued after allowing her to get over the shock. "I saw six great dynasties coming from your womb, though only four were clear. Your firstborn will be a son and he will inherit the Goblin kingdom when Jareth becomes High King, though he will not be High King after his father. His children and their children will continue the Goblin dynasty.

Your second son, who will be the youngest when the war starts, will inherit your ability to heal anything and anyone he touches and will be a most sought after Healer, as will his entire line of descendants.

Your third son will be a twin and will be the firstborn after the war. He will follow his father as High King, as will his children and their descendants.

Your fourth son, who will be the next High King's twin, will lead the armies of the Underground. He will be a warrior unmatched in the Kingdom of the Underground but he will also be the most sought after musician. His sons and their sons will follow in his footsteps; all will become great warriors. His daughters will all inherit his ability to be great musicians.

Your daughters will bond to kings, lords, princes, and mortals. As I said before, all of your children will only bond to a winner of the Labyrinth. You, Sarah, will singlehandedly bring the Fae back from the brink of extinction."

As she finished speaking, she walked back behind a desk finely carved out of a gorgeous shade cherry wood and magically opened a drawer. She pulled out a midnight blue velvet-covered cloth. Returning to Sarah's side, she handed the cloth to her and asked her to open it. Sarah took the cloth and unwound it to uncover a delicately wrought gold and silver crown. Looking at the Queen in awe, she could do nothing but stare at the crown that lay in her lap.

"Majesty?"

Smiling gently, Titania explained, "That is the Crown of the Goblin Queen. It belonged to me when I was queen and now it will belong to you." She took the crown and placed it on Sarah's dark head the stood back to admire her. "Beautiful." She breathed then said "Come we must return. I am sure they are wondering what has happened to us." Sarah followed the queen back to the Throne Room.

Meanwhile.......

Sarah left the room with Jareth's mother and he wondered what they could be discussing. He was still reeling from the discovery of his wife's powers and the fact that she had roused herself from his spell. As he was wondering how she had done it, his father quietly appeared beside him.

"Well done, son. She will make a beautiful queen, not to mention wife and mother," his father said, clapping him on the back.

"Thank You, Father."

"You know, I meant what I told her. She will be... that is she is more powerful than any us ever imagined. And I did not even give her the extent of her powers." Looking at his son, he noticed he looked as though he was trying to figure something out. Gleaning the thought from his sons head, he smiled. "Jareth, if you are wondering how she broke your sleep spell, well, she didn't. She has the power, like your mother, to block anyone from using a spell on her. She unwittingly blocked it. She would have blocked me from reading her mind if she had wanted to. She shares all of your powers because of your Bond, but you also, to an extent, share some of hers."

Jareth knew that because of their Bond, she would have a share in his powers and he hers but he was shocked to find out that she could block spells.

"Jareth, I didn't give her the whole list of her powers because frankly it would have taken all day to do so and besides, your children will inherit one or more of her powers. Moreover, as I said before, her power will magnify with each child she bears."

Jareth was not as surprised as he was before, now that he knew more about her ability.

"There are a couple more things you should know. She is going to heal the Labyrinth. She will rerun it, though I do not know when, and heal it, restoring it to its former glory. Also, her young brother will return to the Underground willingly. He, unlike his parents, will remember Sarah."

With this said the King made to return to his throne but moments later turned back to look at his bewildered son. "Give her this," Oberon said, throwing a crystal to the young king. Jareth caught it but when it did not turn into anything, he looked at his father in confusion.

"What does it do?" he asked, cocking his head to the side and holding the crystal up to one of his mismatched eyes.

His father only smiled and said, "It will only transform by her hand alone."

Just then, the two queens returned.

Oberon and Titania returned to their thrones and Sarah went to stand beside her husband. A husband, she noticed, that was having a hard time not pulling her into his embrace and kissing her senseless. She caught him glancing over towards the royal couple before the two newlyweds disappeared.

A/N well there it is the meeting of Jareth's parents the rulers of the entire Underground It definitely went better than the meeting with her parents don't you think? Anyway leave a review I thrive an them and love hearing what you guys think of the story if there are any improvements or suggestions you would like to make leave them for me i will take them all and use them trust me i will.