Lost and Lonely

9

Inside the goblins were flipping out and chasing chickens. Jareth placed me on the throne.

"Be right back." He said, disappearing. As soon as he was gone, a young boy stood in the hole in the floor.

"Where am I?" He asked, sniffing. His big auburn eyes were wet and his black hair dirty, along with the rest of him.

"The Castle Beyond the Goblin City." I said.

"Who are you? The Queen?" He asked.

"Me?" I exclaimed. "NO! I'm just…here."

"Did you get wished away by your older brother too?"

"No." I said softly. "I am a prisoner here." The term sounded quite harsh, compared to my real state.

"Oh," the boy looked around, "What's your name?"

"Lex." I said, tapping the arm of the chair.

"I'm Bryan." The boy said. "B R Y A N."

"How old are you?" I asked. Bryan looked at his hands and counted at least three times before saying,

"seven." He held up four fingers. I walked over and put the last fingers up.

"That's seven." I said, smiling.

"Thanks!' He said grinning. He looked at one goblin, who was choking a chicken. "What's that?"

"A chicken." I said.

"The thing holding the chicken."

"A goblin." I laughed. "That's…which one are you?" I asked the goblin.

"Blotch." He said, playing with his ragged and pointed ears. His teeth were pointed and eyes narrowed at the boy. "It's rude to stare." He snapped, pulling a sock out of no where and ripping it to shreds.

"Hey!" I said suddenly. "That's my missing sock!" I had been looking for the match for two days.

"So?" He said, skipping off. I sighed and turned back to the boy.

"Well get comfy." I said, walking back to the throne. Bryan followed me to the throne.

"Can I sit on your lap?"He asked me. I smiled and picked him up. Placing him on my lap, he told me about his brother Chris who wished him away after he played with his Ipod.

"Well that's no fun." I said. I watched as owl Jareth flew into the room, circling the ceiling. "Jareth" I said loudly, " The dramatic entry was not needed." He just hooted loudly and flew next to me, poofing into his human self.

"Well your no fun today." He said, brushing off his stared at him in awe.

"Well your just being very High and Mighty," I said, "to impress Senor Bryan over here."

"Who are you?" Bryan asked, his eyes widened. Either in awe or fear.

"Why I'm the goblin king." Jareth said, proudly. "And that's my seat, Love." He snapped and I was in his lap holding Bryan still.

"MAGIC! COOL!" Bryan yelled, giggling. I groaned.

"Greaaaaat. So is his brother-"

"Mhm." Jareth said, chuckling in delight. Again, I groaned.

"How old?"

"15."

"Things just keep getting better." I said, leaning back onto Jareth. Bryan hopped down from my lap and helped some goblins chase a chicken. "cute kid."

"I'll agree…he's quite lively for his age." Jareth said, stroking my hair.

"Most kids his age are."

"Want to watch?" He asked me.

"Watch what?" I looked up at him. He tossed a crystal at the wall and I watched as the kid, Chris, walked into the Labyrinth. He had charcol black hair, that was cut in a swoop, and almost shadowed his bright green eyes. He was tall and lean, and just as dirty as his brother. "Heyyy," I said, "He ain't bad looking." I felt a thump on my head and Jareth looked at me, glaring.

"Don't get any ideas." He said sternly.

"Just stating the delicious facts." I grinned at the image. Chris was going straight on and on in the first part of the labyrinth. He seemed to be getting frustrated at his constant running.

"I love watching them struggle." Jareth said, "Makes it all the more fun for me." Chris went to kick the wall, and was surprised as his foot fell through. He got up, brushing himself off, and walked through cautiously. He grinned, and turned right. Then, went left again. Then right again. Jareth stood upright, stifly. Causing me to almost fall.

"Damn." I grabbed the arm of the chair.

"He went right." Jareth said to himself. "He'll get here quicker if he keeps going right. He'll find the shortcuts." He suddenly stood up, and I actually fell off.

"Ow!" I said as my head hit the floor.

"I need something," He muttered, "A distraction. Something to keep him occupied if I'm going to hide the kid in a better spot. Or to put him farther and farther back in the Labyrinth." He quietly hummed and tapped his fooot angrily.

"What about Hoggle?" I asked, rubbing my head. Jareth shook his head.

"This is a teenage boy we're talking about we can't use a dwarf on him. We'd need….." Jareth stopped tapping and looked over at me. His smile broadened and I groaned.

"Oh god." I said under my breathe.

"Lex, Love," Jareth started, "Would you do me a favor?"

"Lemme guess," I said, "I go into the Labyrinth, like I'm looking for my baby sister or brother, pretened to help team up with him, and lead him farther away from the castle, and then right before thirteen hours is up, you show up and laugh menically as the clock strikes and we reveal who I really am and poor Chris watches as his brother turns into a goblin." I stood up.

"Well, yes that is quite correct." Jareth hummed. "But seeing how dangerous it will be, because the Labyrinth will try to stop him or anyone who isn't me for that matter, you will be under my constant watch in case of anything." Jareth snapped and I was in ripped jeans, All-Stars, a tee shirt, my hair was pulled back into a ponytail and I was holding a crystal. "Use that in case of emergency." He said, before snapping again. I found myself a few feet away from Chris. I shivered, remembering how cold it was.

"Hey! Kid!" I yelled, huffing and puffing so it'd seem like I had been running. He turned to face me.

"Finally someone who isn't a messed up creature!" Chris exclaimed, then looked at me suspiciously. "You aren't are you?" I shook my head.

"No. I'm Lex." I said, pretending to catch my breathe. "I've been here for about an hour."

"Same." He said, looking around, "why are you here?"

"I accidently wished my sister, Lily away." I said, "She used my homework for a coloring sheet."

"I wished my brother away," He said, "he used my ipod…for an ipod. Kinda foolish I know, I feel wicked dumb." He added a small laugh at the end then frowned.

"We all do dumb things, like going the wrong way." I said.

"What?"

"This isn't where we want to go. This is the wrong way we have to go this way." I said, pointing left.

"Really?" Chris said, brushing his hair back in frustration.

"Yeah, belive me. I know where I'm going." I said. "Wanna team up?"

"Yeah, two heads are better than one." He said, moving closer.

"Alright, let's go." I grabbed his wrist and pulled him left. As we got further in, we came across the stone part, with many turns and walls.

"Which way?" He asked.

"This way." I said, running left again. He shrugged and followed. We came across two doors, red and blue, that had two heads each, one on top and bottom.

" Wait wasn't this just a wall?" Chris asked.

"So? Their doors. Get with the program." I said, looking at them. I heard Jareth's voice whisper,

"Blue."

"Which door do we take?" Chris asked the red door.

"Blue." It said. The liar. I grinned.

"Thanks," I said and walked to the door. "Isn't this easy as pie?" I asked Chris, hoping he would say the words.

"Yeah, piece of cake." He said. I silently laughed, then screamed as we fell down a hole. The hands just kept leading us down. "This is a fucked up labyrinth!"

"Your telling me!" I yelled back at him. We both hit the floor and the hole above us shut.

"Damn damn! Were are we?"

"Oubliette." I said, picking up a flat piece of wood. Jareth had taught me secrets of the Labyrinth a while back.

"How do you know so much about this place?" He asked me.

"I read a lot." I made up an excuse. I put the wood on the wall and put a rock up as the knob, turning it. A bright light shone as an exit was formed.

"Was that there before?" I shook my head. Chris shrugged and walked through it with me. We made our way towards the deep woods. Chris stopped by a rock, panting.

"Alright," I said, "Let's go this way." I started for the left as Chris pulled on my arm.

"No, we've been going left the whole time." He said angrily, "I'm leading the way now."

"Do you know where your going?" I asked, hands on my hips.

"Obviously you don't." He snapped. I thought, 'I do I just didn't say it was to the castle.'

"As a matter of fact I do." I said, growling almost. "Do you know how many hours we have left?"

"I think two." He said, thinking. "I don't know."

"You have two hours and fourteen minutes left." I heard Jareth's voice say. He was standing by a tree, in his Maroon vest with the curved collar, black poets shirt and, waddya know tights and boots. Shocker.

"You." Chris groaned. "What now? More snakes?"

"Oh you don't like snakes hm?" Jareth crooned. "Well howsabout spiders then?" He took a crystal and threw it at Chris, when it landed it was a tarantula. Screaming like a three year old girl, he jumped up and danced around to get it off.

"Wow, my partner is so brave." I groaned sarcastically and came over, picking it up and placing it on a tree.

"Why not torture her?" Chris whined. "It's not fair how you just torture me!"

"Torture! I think that's an exxageration, don't you?" Jareth asked, playing with a crystal. He then turned to a clock that appeared randomly and turned it an hour ahead.

"Cheater!" Chris yelled.

"Yeah, you know Chris your just lucky he didn't bog you." I said, grinning.

"Bog?" Chris asked. "What bog?"

"Would you like to find out?" Jareth snapped and Chris fell through the ground. He hung onto a plant, screaming.

"Lex! Help!" He cried.

"How much money do you have on you?"

"What?"

"I want cash."

"I have gum!"

"Alright." I reached down, grabbing the gum from his hand. I then grabbed his hand, but let go when someone grabbed my shoudler, pulling me off. I turned to face Jareth.

"Your doing good so far." He said, smirking. "Now you just have to get him from the bog."

"Do I have to?" I asked, fake gagging.

"Yes," Jareth said, "but here, I'll enchant you so you can actually breathe." He touched my nose and then disappeared. I shrugged and jumped down the hole, sliding. I landed on the dirty ground and saw Chris, clinging to the wall.

"It smells so friggin bad." He said, almost throwing up.

"Wlecome to the Bog of Eternal Stench mate." I said, pulling out a piece of gum.

"How do you know all this?"

"I'm a girl, I know everything." I quickly jumping on a rock and grabbing a vine. "Grab on my back." I said, looking back at him. He was slumped over, vomiting.

"How can you stand it?" He asked, between gags.

"Again I'm a girl. 'nuff said." I said proudly, swinging to the broken bridge. Chris walked over and grabbed another vine, swining over himself. He tried hard not to cover his nose, and continued gagging as he landed.

"I can barley breathe." Chris vomited again and started for the bridge.

"Wait no don't-" too late. He stepped on it and fell right over the bog. I quickly reached down, grabbing his ankle. I noticed we had ten minutes left, cause Jareth sped the clock up obviously.

"I could let go if I wanted to." I said. Chris gagged some more.

"What no! Why?" He yelled up at me.

"Cause your annoying." I stated. "That's why. Plus, I don't like you." I let his ankle go and he fell into the bog. He came up, gasping for air and swam over to the edge. I threw the crystal up and it became sort of a platform. I stepped on it, floating over.

"What the hell!" Chris cried as he shook himself. I backed up.

"Careful, I don't wanna stink forever!" I said, before almost getting splashed.

"Forever?" He asked me, shocked.

"You set one foot in that bog and you stink forever." I said. "Luckily I'm enchanted so I can breathe, and I don't smell the bog, I smell fresh air. So I don't have to smell you."

"You're a bitch you know that." Chris said, angrily. He walked over to me, stomping almost.

"Get away bog boy!" I yelled, picking up a rock.

"I'm gonna shove you in the bog and see how you like it!" He yelled, crying almost. He grabbed at me and I backed away, throwing the rock at him. He cried in pain as it hit his leg, and it began to bleed.

"Don't touch me! You'll be sorry!" I said, backing up. Two minutes.

"Why? Your sister is stuck in the castle too! I hope you never find her!" I couldn't help but laugh. I laughed harder and harder, not menichally but insanely in a way. It turned into fits of giggles as I backed away.

"Yeah um sorry to pop your bubble when I said I knew where I was going, I didn't mean the castle. I was leading you the wrong way the whole time." Chris's eyes widened, then slumped into glares of pure hate.

"You bitch I'm gonna fucking kill you!" He yelled. "I want my brother back now! I'll get him from that fucking goblin king but first I'm gonna kill you!" He lunged at me. I ran away, laughing.

"I wouldn't touch me If I were you!" I said, giggling.

"Or what will you push me in the fucking bog again?" Chris yelled, coming closer. The sound of chimes rang through the air as the clock struck 13. I felt the world shift and saw we were no longer in the bog, but in the throne room. Jareth was sitting on his throne and laughing as Chris glared at him.

"What's the matter Chris?" He asked, "didn't enjoy your bath?"

"Give me my brother!" He yelled. "I don't care if she get's her sister but give me my brother!"

"Afraid I can't." Jareth said, playing with his riding crop.

"Why?" Jareth pointed the crop at a small and porky goblin sitting in the corner, chewing on it's own ear.

"There he is." Jareth laughed as he spoke. I grinned, wanting to laugh myself. Chris finally had enough.

"Alright your all fucking insane! First YOU steal my brother, "He pointed a middle finger to Jareth, who sent him a small glare in response, "Then I put up with faeries and goblins, then have to put up with this bitch!" He put up a fist as he looked at me. "I went through more shit than I needed to because of you you stupid whore and you fucking almost let me die at least three time! And you stole my gum!"

I blew a bubble and giggled. "Yum."

"And you know what! I think that you are just a sadistic psycho teenage girl with a fucking messed up mind and liked the fact that your sister got stolen and is a goblin and I think you should be one two you cunt! You're a fucking whore and I hate you! Your honestly the most disgusting bitch I've-" He stopped short as Jareth grabbed his neck in full rage and pushed him against the wall.

"Your trying my temper boy." He said deeply, although his voice echoed through the walls. All the goblins were hiding in corners, watching. I stood there, clueless. "You don't say a word about her, alright? Unless you want to find yourself in a dark place, you keep your mouth shut." Jareth let Chris go, and I watched as Chris slumped over for air. He gasped and looked up at me.

"Why….do…you…care about…her?" He asked between gasps of air.

"Yeaaaah I was working for him the whole time." I said, grinning embarrassedly.

"You….what?" Chris had obviously gone into the deep end of anger now, because I swear her had fire in his eyes. "You freaking whore!" I watched as he lunged for me, grabbing my neck. And I was the psycho teenager? He flew back as something hit him, HARD, in the face. Sending him back into the wall and onto the ground. Jareth stood there, panting.

"How dare you!" He yelled, as he strode over to Chris, who was gasping. His nose was bleeding now.

"Jareth." I said, trying to distract him. He ignored me, hitting Chris again.

"You are one of the most pathetic beings I have ever seen." He continued, "she is not yours to touch. Nor yours to talk to. She is mine, understand? You don't do a thing to her. Or I swear I will kill you with my bare hands." He grabbed the collar of Chris's shirt, holding him up.

"Jareth!" He turned to look at me. "Let him go." Jareth stood there, panting then released his grip on Chris.

"Leave," He said to him. "Now!" Chris nodded frantically and ran out the door. Jareth snapped, and although I saw nothing, I knew Chris was gone. "Are you alright? How is your neck doing?"

"Wha-Oh my neck is fine." I said, rubbing the back of it. "It doesn't hurt or anything."

"He had no right to touch you," Jareth said, putting his hands on my shoulder. "No one and I mean NO ONE, touches you."

"I could've taken him." I said, smoothly, putting a fist up. Jareth put it down and held that hand.

"Just forget it, he is gone now." He said, kissing the top of my head. "And his brother, one of us."

"You mean one of them. A goblin. Cause you and me…we aren't goblins."

"Thechnically speaking, Love. Metaphorically."

"Oh well in that case, welcome to the club Bryan." I said, fist pumping. Jareth let out a short loud laugh.

"No, no…whatever your doing." I fist pumped again. "I want them to get back to work." He shot them a nasty look, sending them scurrying away to work.

"And what do we do? Dance the night away?" I asked, hip-chucking Jareth towards his throne. Uknown that I would have done that, he went sprawling back. I watched as he collided with his throne and fell flat on his back. "Oh shit! Sorry!" I ran over, tripping over a crystal and landing on him.

"Graceful landing." He said sarcastically, grinning as he said so.

"I know I practiced." I said, rolling onto the floor and getting up. I extended a hand, to find that, much to my surprise, he was gone. "And he's vanished, glitter and all."

"Actually I was hoping to get revenge." I heard, before feeling Jareth hip-chuck me into the throne. I managed to not fall over, but to land on the throne so I was over the arm and hanging off of it.

"Cheater." I struggled to flip myself over so I was sitting in the throne now. Looking around while sitting upright, I put my chin up and announced, "I feel quite royal."

"Well you definatly don't look royal, in muddy pants and all." Jareth said, leaning on the arm.

"Not my fault you sent me to get that obnoxious twerp Chris outta the bog." I said grinning in a smug sort of way.

"Don't even start with …..him." Jareth looked annoyed at the name and groaned.

"Well I'm off to shower, and If I've said it before, I'll say it again, keep the goblins, chickens, faeries, etc., out of my room, no spying with the crystal, and No popping up in there." I made my way to my bedroom, shutting the door.

"Can't promise that, Love." I heard him say through the door.

"You better promise, Rape isn't my favorite thing to think about."

"Rape! You amuse me, I would never do such a thing."

"Says the guy in tights." I chuckled as he got silent, and I walked into the bathroom.

Thank you whoever read this chappter. Thanks for all the reviews and compliments ;)

DISCLAIMER:

Jareth( and his magic dancing pants ;) ) and The Labyrinth belongs to Jim Henson

Aleixa, Chris, and Bryan belong to moi

P.s Romance fangirls prepare yourselves for the next chapter (that means you Erin/EdwardandJareth4eva)