Okay so I didn't really plan for this but I've decided to turn my one shot into a two shot... Yay! Also I've started writing another story called 'Living and deducing with Sherlock Holmes' and will be posting that in a while (give me till after Christmas... sorry for the wait) as I've only just finished the introduction. I'll be using some tricky riddles and fun in that one so stay tuned.
Disclaimer... I don't own Labyrinth or the characters from Labyrinth and I'm just borrowing them to create a sneak peak into my version of their lives.
"Sarah? Kingy wants to see you. Sarah, please Kingy be angry at Turquince if you didn't come." Turquince urged the lady Sarah to get out of bed for breakfast with Jareth. Jareth always insisted on getting Sarah up early before he had to leave for long trips. this time he was going to see the king of the Elvin Isles to negotiate visiting rights for his son to pass through goblin lands to visit his lover in the Nixie Forts and request her come back to the isles to marry.
Sarah sighed at the thought. It was October 2nd and she'd been engaged to Jareth for almost a year yet he still had changed the topic when she brought it up. He didn't want to marry her yet and he hadn't told her why. The kingdom was at a high point with the labyrinths champion there to accompany its king. There was no better time to hold a wedding and she was anxious to get moving.
Sarah left her bed and dressed to meet Jareth in the dining room. He was eating a plate of food when she arrived and he said, "sorry love time waits for no man and though I am no man and can bend time at my will I would still think it preferable to get this over and done with."
"That's fine love." Sarah told him as she sat at the table with him. Goblins rushed out of the kitchen and placed a plate of food and a glass of juice in front of her. She felt something wriggle in her lap and noticed a goblin attempting to put a piece of paper in her pocket. she slipped the paper into her front pocket as the goblin gestured for her to not alert the king to this note. She kept quite and asked about his distant trip to the isles.
"Well it should take me around thirteen days to ride to isles and I'll be there for three days. I don't have to cross anyone else's lands to get there so I should be fine and have no problems." he stood and kissed her on the forehead saying, "I'll be back before Samhain love." he then left Sarah to finish her breakfast and she took out the note from the goblins.
Written in poor language and terrible hand writing the letter had something along the lines of the goblins planning a wedding for the 31st of October on her and 'Kingy's' anniversary. Sarah smiled at the goblins antics and ran to her room to grab a coat and some money to go to the village markets.
"Geminer," she called to a small goblin, "I'm going to the markets to buy some stuff I'll be back for supper." Geminer squeaked and scuttled off and Sarah shook her head laughing at the goblin as she set off out to the goblin markets.
When Sarah was in the markets she found table setters, invitations, banners, balloons, crystals, and all sort of decorations for the wedding. She found a goblin who hired out messenger birds and asked if she could send the invitations to the market tomorrow for him to send out. He agreed and she gave him a pouch of coins to cover the expenses. She then found the old silks woman and ordered her finest fabric to be sent to the seamstress to stich a dress. She visited the seamstress to tell her about the fabrics and the goblin woman measured her for the dress. She paid the woman for her work and gave her the money to give the goblin for the fabrics and set off the find her old friend.
Hoggle was tending the gardens when she found him and asked him for a favour.
"Anything for you lady Sarah" he told her whist jumping on the soil in a freshly laid flower bed to pack it all down.
Sarah told Hoggle about the wedding and asked if he could get her jewellery to wear for the wedding. he agreed to get her the finest of jewels in silvers and gold and bring them to the palace for her.
She rushed back to the palace and began writing the invitation for her wedding.
Jareth was at the Nixie Isles when the King of the Elvin Isles, Fabien came to him smiling.
"Jareth I new you took a fiancé but I didn't know you were marrying on such short notice. I guess I'll be accompanying you on your trip home for your wedding I just received this invitation from one of your messenger birds. Nasty thing it was you should be more careful with what birds you send this one bites."
Jareth was still in a bit of shock to respond properly and didn't want to offend Fabien so he just said said, "Uh, yer, can I see that bird?" Fabien had a servant bring the bird, thee poor man was trying to keep it as far away as possible from him and Jareth took the bird and began writing a letter for it.
He sent it home and hoped Sarah would explain this to him as soon as possible.
Sarah didn't explain anything to the king. She was to busy planning for a wedding. Her dress had come and she put it away for the big day that was coming in just five days. Jareth should arrive in four days but it would be late and she hoped he'd go straight to bed and not come to find her.
She began to do everything in high heels to get used to wearing them so she wouldn't stumble when she walked down the isle or danced with Jareth. She helped the goblin prepare rooms for guests and even helped the chefs to create a menu and prepare as much as they could for the meals being prepared that day.
They spared no time or extravagance for the wedding. Kings and queens would be in attendance and she was nervous. So very nervous.
When Hoggle found her she was sat with her laid on a clipping board on the dining room table the night before Jareth would arrive. He woke her up and chided her for tiring herself out.
"Now it wont do for you to be wearing yourself out Lady. I brought yer ear bobs and necklace and a few other pretties to wear but I want the bracelet back its mine!"
Sarah looked at the pile of sparkling jewels in her hand and noticed one didn't quite belong. She picked the plastic bracelet out of the pile and examined it.
"Hoggle is this..? This is the bracelet isn't it? Oh Hoggle thankyou this is the best wedding gift ever." She hugged him. the plastic bracelet was the one she'd given him in the labyrinth and she knew how much he loved it and it meant so much to her that have would let he wear it down the isle to he king as a token.
"Now don't go soft on me I said I'll be wanting it back." He leant into her hug and then told her to get to bed and left her.
She went to her rooms and fell asleep, tomorrow was her last day before the wedding and she needed her rest.
The palace was quiet the next day when she awoke. She looked at the clock and shot out of bed. It was noon, someone had disabled her alarm.
"Oh there's so much to do!" She rushed around her room and ran to the kitchen to get food before she set to work.
As she ran through the throne room she saw it empty of all goblin but decorated beautifully with the after party decorations. It was all ready in there. Kitchen staff assured her that everything was ready for tomorrow and she needn't help in the kitchen today. when she got to the gardens she saw the alter completely set up and Jareth was there sat on a bench creating crystals and sending them to line the edge of the isle.
He looked up at her as he set the last crystal down and got up to greet her.
"You've been busy now missy." he told her as he wrapped hiss hand around her.
"Your not mad?" she asked.
"No I thought myself not ready for marriage but then when I received word that you'd planned our wedding I had not much choice unless I wish to upset all the nobles and kingdoms in the lands, I began to realise I was silly to think I shouldn't marry yet anyway and rush my trip home to get back for the day before my wedding to see how it was going." he kissed her softly.
"Everything's all set and ready, do you want to walk with me this afternoon. Jus the two of us in the labyrinth?" she asked him quietly.
"I'd like that dear precious."
They walked through the labyrinth and they parted ways back at the castle to get an early night.
The next day was Samhain. The anniversary of their engagement and Sarah was getting ready for the wedding. Sarah put on the dress and the goblin women wear getting her ready for the ceremony. They put the jewellery Hoggle gave her on her and scowled when they saw the plastic bracelet. She refused not to wear it and got her own way.
She stood at the palace door nervously waiting for the music with her bridal entourage. Any noble girls from the neighbouring kingdoms had been invited to accompany her down the isle as bridesmaids and flower girls. She fidgeted with the bracelet and one of the girls stopped her saying she'd ruin her nail polish doing that. The music started up and the doors opened queuing her to lead on.
With all eyes on her she walked down the isle but her eyes wear only for the Goblin King her green ones capture in his mismatched ones. She stood next to him looking into his eyes as the priest began the ceremony. She broke her daze to say 'I do' and then she was kissing the Goblin King.
"Care to dance my queen?" Jareth asked as the music for the opening dance started.
"Of coarse my king." She took his hand and he swept her into a whirl wind of love as they danced the night away.
Ah, how cute. They got their happy ending. I hope you guys stay tuned for the Sherlock story I'll be posting next year, as well as... YES 'A Change of Heart' my other Labyrinth fanfiction I've neglected to update... I am currently working on writing more and I'll try to post soon my lovelies!
Love yas! 3