whats said is said

Have you ever met a Nastarte ?

They were perched around the small table..the smell of violets and lavender boiling above the small smoky fire as the wise man slowly move around them...laying out old faded papers and maps..the slightest murmur seeping from his craggy mouth.
Jareth rolled his eyes at his brother...wise as this man was...how could he possibly know all the answers to this..jareth himself was well over a thousand years old an ha no recollection of anything like this ever happening....he ha seen many an attempted war haphazardly started from other realms..the odd uprise from his normally dutiful goblins..but nothing that had created so much underlying menace as he had seen lately.
"Patience.."Odin hissed at him under his breath...the Wiseman tutted as he joined them.
"Your higness..."he wheezed out,wiping his mouth with a forlorn rag.."whether you choose to believe my words is up to you..however I would urge you to listen...you should understand the whole history of the labyrinth...in the interest of yourself and your citizens...and of the girl...and the boy.." his rasping voice breaking in and out as he slowly spoke.
With a flick of his hand ...jareth allowed the old man to continue..silently believing he would learn very little that he did not already know..the dark stares from his brother added to his agreement to listen.

Pulling at a few of the papers,the Wiseman ushered one in particular to jareths attention..

"Nastarte ?" Slowly making out the ancient text..the one word jumped out at jareth...
"The head demon from the dark realm, for many hundreds of years we believed them to be extinct..a curse that had been cured...this may be the underworld jareth..you may be the goblin king..but you were also born to the light realms...an end to the curse of so long...you're father....he was the only fae that possessed the pure crystals needed to banish their evil..it had been a poison seeping into every living thing around us....he made a great sacrifice to rid us all..." closing his eyes..the Wiseman stopped..taking a breath as the brothers frowned at each other...
Odin spoke first "What sacrifice?"
No answer came...just a deep sigh....
"Answer him"ordered jareth slamming his hand down amongst the papers...
"He murdered his cousin...he believed him to be the possesser of the evil magick...he had been married but his wife was banished to the overworld...she begged for forgiveness...swore she knew not of his powers...he showed her mercy..it was a horrendous time for him..one that stayed with him for many a decade till yourself and Odin were born..a shining New light to lead us."

"And none of these Nastarte survived as you know..." Odin asked ...the goblin king seemed lost in thought..
" we believed it to be true...without the magick of his cousin..the poison seemed to creep away and leave us....however...no one thought of his magick being continued by a heir...his wife bore a child...a girl.."

"Sarah?!???" Exclaimed jareth...a look of pure shock crossing his beautiful features.
"No jareth...her mother...she is the head Nastarte..
She is hellbent on ruining you..you took her children...you and Sarah opened the gates to this..."
"Is sarah?.....
"Nasarte?...we do not know...she hasn't shown any signs .....yet "the old man leaned back and exhaled..
"What will happen...."jareth spoke so quietly the old man struggled to hear..."you and her must fix this jareth...combine your powers...and she will have some...there is a reason sarah beat the labyrinth..Why she asked for you..it's written in these papers..she is your chosen queen...you must make her yours..find her magick....use both your crystals...or there may not be an underworld...very least a goblin city..."
"Sarah's birth mother...where is she now?" Asked Odin baffled at what he was hearing.
"I do not believe she is dead....perhaps in hiding of some sorts...the step mother...she may also posess some powers or at the very least..be the Nasartes human eyes...tis is a dangerous and seemingly complicated new world you are entering your highness"he warned darkly.

Rubbing his face jareth Took the old man's words in...it was overwhelming to hear...how would he manage this..he could not believe his sarah had evil in her..she was good and pure and kind...unlike him...it couldn't be true...but how to find out?