After Sarah's adventure in the labyrinth she returned home and the clock of life continued on. Tick tock tick tock until one day, as a grown woman, Sarah found herself once again in the realm of the goblin king.
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In a forest Hoggle balanced on top of Ludo's shoulders as he reached for fruit up in a tree. This fruit was glowing blue and green. The tree was black and dark blue. In fact, the entire forest was dark ! Glowing fruits and plants spread throughout.
Hoggle was using a net to capture the fruit of that tree.
"Ludo, hungry" the giant beast said. Then he reached toward the box on the ground that had glowing fruit inside.
The movement made Hoggle wobble and fear for falling. "Ludo! No!" Hoggle hollered. "If you touch that fruit you will get burned!"
Ludo stopped and stared at the fruit debating whether it was worth trying. His stomach growled as loud as a beast in the forest. Ludo grabbed at a piece of fruit. It quickly burned his hand and he had to release it back into the box.
The startle of the pain he should have seen coming made his whole body bounce which resulted in a fast falling Hoggle to the forest floor.
"Ludo, sorry" Ludo said.
Hoggle got himself up and shook the dust off his body like a dog shakes dust from his fur.
"If you eat this fruit now it would burn your tongue!" Hoggle reminded his friend. "Glowing fruit can only be eaten after it is cooled on ice. But it's worth more money than other fruit. So, we need to sell it in our fruit stand."
Hoggle and Ludo were now partners in a fruit stand business in the goblin city. Money was tight because the goblin king taxed Hoggle extra due to his dislike of the goblin.
Ludo whimpered in pain and Hoggle responded "You'll be fine...let's find some lunch."
Ludo picked up their box of glowing fruit and they walked away to find another place to retrieve food.
Neither of them happened to see the hooded woman rushing through the darkness. Her pale face was adorned with stars tattooed in place cascading down her left eyebrow, eye, and cheek bone. Her eyes painted with gold and black paints. She wore a green cloak clipped together by a giant metal dragonfly. Her name was Enara Vile and she was on an adventure of her own.
Enara was startled when she saw a giant silhouette of a monstrous horned beast heading her way. Making a loud growling sound. The sound coming from Ludo's hungry stomach sounded like a blood thirsty beast calling for his food. In the woman's haste to flee the area before the beast got any closer, she did not notice the crystal ball slip out of her satchel as she turned around. It fell onto the forest floor and was left behind.
Hoggle and Luto happened to walk to that exact spot on their way. A glowing fruit reflection from the crystal ball caught Hoggle's eye. "What is that?" Hoggle asked and he picked up the cold, clear sphere.
"It looks like one of Jareth's!" Hoggle exclaimed. A shiver ran down his spine.
"Should we leave it here?" Hoggle wondered aloud. Knowing that was the safest action.
However, he could sell it for some good money.
"We'll take it to the pawn shop and sell it" Hoggle decided. "But let's hurry. I don't want the goblin king to catch me with it!"
"Where'd come from?" Ludo asked.
"That's the mysterious part" Hoggle admitted. He placed the crystal under some of the fruit to hide it as they traveled. There was no reason to invite trouble by drawing attention with it in view.
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Sarah and Jareth spent time together: creating new memories and forming a bond.
Sarah dined with Jareth. She lounged around the throne room while Jareth made kingly decisions and lead the goblin court. The throne room was not grand. It was not clean. It was very much like the goblin city; old and unkept. It certainly wasn't Sarah's favorite place to be.
But she had her garden and she had other rooms to discover inside the castle.
"Will you show me some of your best rooms?" Sarah asked her king "Give me a tour?"
He was happy to oblige. Jareth showed Sarah to a sacred room where he preserved his magic crystals. The walls on both sides of the room were lined with shelves which held each crystal ball. Rows upon rows of crystal spheres. The room itself arched from the walls on either side of the entrance to the back wall. A small waterfall adorned the center of the back of this room. Pouring from the ceiling to the floor and disappearing into small pool of water on the ground. The water rotating from in front of the wall, up behind the wall and out from the ceiling once more.
The room was an extraordinary experience. Sarah could only imagine how much magic was contained in that single room.
Next Jareth took her to a room that she had once been inside of. An illusion room filled with stairs and arched doorways; some of which were right side up, some upside down and some even on their sides!
Sarah looked with amazement. She felt a sense of familiarity. She could almost remember...
She could catch glimpses of being in this room. It was unsettling and yet still a remarkable sight to see.
Jareth watched curiously ...wanting to see what was going through her mind. Did she know this room at all?
The goblin king remembered all too well. This was where she chose for the final time to save her brother and break Jareth's heart. She had found the power within herself that Jareth dreaded. The power to leave him. The power to defeat him. The confidence and strength all people have inside somewhere... whether they know it or not.
They moved on from that grand room. Jareth took her to her garden. "That's enough excitement for one day my pet."
The moon was large that evening. Shining so brightly it lit up the entire garden.
"You will be happy here, Sarah" he said and he kissed her cheek. Sarah smiled and held Jareth's hand.
A couple of goblins came into the garden chattering and laughing. "Get out of here you little warts!" the goblin king shouted. "This is only for Sarah!" This of course startled Sarah. Jareth had switched from sweet and gentle to outraged and fearful in a heartbeat. Though his anger was thrown away from her and not at her, it did place a handful of fear into her soul.
The goblin king returned his face to a smile and turned back to his princess. Placing the first seed of real doubt into Sarah's mind.
