Not a Queen (Jareth x M! Reader)

Chapter 6

"So you just live here with Goblins and occasionally wreck things up in the human world?" You asked. 

"It's very fun. You should try it with us sometime. Can you hold a tune?"

(No/Yes/Maybe). But did he really need to know that? You change the subject. 

"So how come it's just you in the castle?" You ask. Jareth's face falters. "I haven't found a Queen yet."

"What about...someone who's not a Queen...?" You ask nonchalantly as possible. 

Jareth opens his mouth but someone interrupts. 

"ONE OF US TELLS THE TRUTH! And the other lies. If you guess wrong, you might most certainly die." The blue one booms. 

There were 4 guards on two doors. Red and blue. 

"Nice rhyme." You compliment. 

"Thank you I came up with it just now." The blue one says. "You've been practicing it for days!" The red one says glaring at the blue. "Now why would you say such a lie?" "I only tell the truth." 

"What is truth but a matter of ones own opinion?" You say trying to think of what to ask them. 

"You have to ask a question." The red one says. You go up to the door and look at the wood etched. "I'm trying to think of a dramatic question." You explain as one tries to kick at your hand. 

"Who's your King, Blue?" "You!" 

You smile and then say "Then it's Red."

Even Blue went "Pardon?"

The Red door opens and you knock twice on the wall. "Trap, reveal yourself!" The trap door opens and the hands grab out at nothing. You laugh a little. 

"YOU WERE WRONG!" The Red boomed. 

"I knew it was wrong. I just wanted to have a little fun." You looked to Jareth and says "Where does this go?"

"A dark prison you push people in to forget about them." Jareth says. 

"Sounds fun. Come on then, your highness. Unless you're scared to get your feet wet." You challenge him taking a few steps close to the hole. 

"You're insane." Jareth says rolling his eyes. 

"I have to be in order to babysit adults." You dangled a foot over the hole watching him closely. 

"If you go in, I am not going in after you." Jareth warned. 

"Hm....suit yourself." You say, not believing him. You jumped in. Jareth rushed over to the hole and looked down at you. You grinned at him. Then you went down very quickly.

You slapped your hand over your mouth as the hands caught every part of your body. You were NOT expecting this. "Hey! Hands off!" You said trying to bat away at a hand holding your crotch. This part of the Labyrinth was weird. Maybe you should have been less confident, and less wanting to be a show off. Why did you even feel the need to try and impress the Goblin King?

Oh right. Gay Idiocy. 

You heard someone else being passed down. You looked up to see Jareth right above you...you probably shouldn't stare at him like this. You avert your eyes and see a face. 

"Up? Or Down?" The hands say, making faces. "Oh your formation is amazing!" "Thank you!" 3 of them said together. "Say up y/n!" Jareth said with a huff. "Down." You were too far into it anyway. 

You both fell down and the trap door shut. You groaned after hitting the stone, and then Jareth fell on top of you. His elbow crushing your stomach. "GOD-" You screamed. "I'm not sorry." Jareth hisses rubbing his elbow after getting off of you. "You will be." You vaguely threatened holding your stomach. 

Why couldn't this have been a lovely fanfiction moment where he was hovering over you? Instead it's just pain. 

You sit up a little and Jareth stays on the floor for a moment. 

Was this revenge for letting all the girls fall without any sort of cushion? Probably. You might be the death of him. 

You look around and said "Hoggle said something about doors being everywhere...and sometimes you have to make your own."

You grabbed a wide plank and rested it on the wall and looked around for some type of knob.

Jareth watches you and then gets up. He gives you a doorknob. 

"You need a proper doorknob to get around the oubliette." You take the doorknob from him, your fingers brushing against his. 

You put the doorknob on the wood and turn it. 

A hallway waited on the other side. 

"We did it!" You say.

"We?" Jareth asked. 

You climb through and Jareth follows. 

You fit in very nicely into the world. You adapted quickly to noticing the small ways out. You were smart. 

And Jareth had to admit you were quite handsome. 

You stumble into a hall filled with faces. "These look like the stones on Easter Island." You say. You run your fingers on the stone. 

"GO BACK!" You jump at the sound, retracting your fingers. 

"TURN AROUND!"

"ONLY CERTAIN DEATH IS BEYOND HERE!"

"You know, your Labyrinth always says if you choose wrong there's certain death. But we've yet to actually get stuck anywhere." You say. 

"Be careful with what you say, Y/n, it might take it as a challenge to actually hurt you. And we wouldn't want that would we?"

Your face felt hot, even though you knew Jareth wouldn't be able to see (you blush/your facial expression.) You still felt as if he knew your embarrassment at his words. 

We wouldn't want that would we?

You were not afraid to admit that he was good looking, heavenly sounding, and definitely a flirt. You were afraid if you would stay any longer you might actually catch serious feelings for Jareth, if you hadn't already. 

"Jareth? What do you enjoy doing? And don't say the Labyrinth, surely you have something that isn't attached to the Labyrinth."

Jareth thought for a moment. 

"Singing." He simply said. 

"You look the type that likes to sing." You teased. 

"What does that mean?" Jareth raises an eyebrow. 

"Why don't you find out Disney Princess?"

You paused and saw bars in the way. Your hand moved towards it and they retracted. You tried to go through it.

Jareth's smile drops immediately when he turns the corner. "Wait Y/n don't go near that-"

Slam