Labyrinth: An Owl's Story

Chapter 2

When it was finally time for them to leave, Jareth and his family left the hollow and he was still not sure about the journey to find Sarah. Though Jareth and Toby had already looked about a year after the incident with the goblins in the fiery forest.

"Do you think we got enough energy for the journey Jareth?" yawned Lady Golda.

"Yes, we didn't get much sleep last night. Do you really think that we will make it very far?" put in Lord Efra.

"I don't know, but I know that we can do this if we try," answered Jareth.

"Maybe we should not even try to find her; we didn't find Sarah last time we left

"No! We have to try! That was last time. Maybe we could ask the goblins if they know where she is," screeched Jareth.

"WHAT!" exclaimed all the owls in ear shot.

"The goblins! What do you mean ask the goblins? They shot you down from the sky!" screeched back Lord Efra.

"What's wrong with asking the goblins? We don't know it was them who shot me down from the sky," said Jareth.

"Still, we don't know if it was not them who did it," said King Tekia.

"Yes, let me remind you that we are still your mother and father Jareth," said his mother, Queen Getha.

"I know mother, but I must find her, I must," screeched Jareth.

"BOO!" all the owls jumped when they saw a Fiery right on the ledge of the hollow.

"AHHH!" screamed the owls. Owls are afraid of fireys, the worst things on earth.

The fiery grabbed Duke Satean, and said," Aha, gotchya!"

The fiery left the entrance to the hollow and another fiery came up. He grabbed Prince Joken and jumped off to have another fiery, all until the hollow was left with Jareth, scared little Jareth.

"RRRAAAAA!" without thinking, Jareth jumped at the last fiery, claws first.

When Jareth hit the fiery, the head of the fiery dropped off, and the fiery fell to the ground, dead. Jareth flew out of the hollow and looked all over the forest to find his family and save them from the fireys.

He alighted down on a branch when he found the fireys camp. His eyes grew wide. His family was being tied onto a stick right above the fire in the middle of the camp! He knew he had to act fast. Again, without thinking, he jumped off of the branch and, with his claws out in front, he attacked the fireys camp.

When he finally got to his family, they were on the ground. He alighted down next to the branch that his family had been tied on. He looked sadly at them. They had been cooked to death.

"Mom, dad, no. Toby, no! Wait, Toby?" Jareth said.

"Jareth? Is that you?" a voice said to Jareth behind him. Jareth jumped as he heard the voice.

"Toby! What happened to you! And what happened to your feathers?" Jareth turned around to see Toby, his feathers all black from the smoke and ashes in the fire.

"Not much. The fireys thought that if they could find from me where you were, they could capture you then keep both of us prisoners," Jareth stared at Toby, his eyes wide with horror from what Toby had said.

"Then, the fireys must be working for the goblins!"Jareth exclaimed. He knew what must be done."Toby, we need more owls for what we will be doing."

They were going to attack the goblin city and castle together, with all the owls in the underground.

"Shh everyone, we must not wake the goblins before the attack," Jareth said to the owls that had gathered in the hollow.

Toby and Jareth had gathered as many owls in the forest they could find. They all knew the plan well, and had trained fast and perfectly.

"Come on," Jareth told everyone in the hollow. "We must attack the gate first, and then go for the biggest of the goblins after that. When the biggest goblins and all the shooting material are

All the owls raced out of the hollow, biggest to smallest. The biggest owls were in front because they were to attack all the big goblins first. Then when the group got to the castle, they would bring out the smallest owls to the front, and the biggest to the back.

Jareth took the leader in front of Toby, who was also in front. Jareth knew the castle well, so he knew all the weakest of the goblins and all the weak spots.

As the owls got nearer to the gate, they slowed down a bit, just to keep their energy high. But then, Jareth noticed that the gate was open, and then remembered that Sarah had defeated the gate guard when she had come through the Labyrinth.

He signaled the owls to go through the gate slowly, and then take their positions at all the houses. Three owls stood guard at each house. Then, when Jareth signaled them, they were to attack the houses all at once.

Jareth looked around then gave the signal. The owls jumped into the houses and killed the goblins, buts some of the goblins escaped, only to be killed by the guards that the gate. Jareth thought that everything was going just fine until he didn't see Toby. He flew into the castle without being seen. He used his talons to open the doors slowly and close them at the same pace. He opened the door leading to his throne room. Jareth looked into his throne and there was Toby, just sitting there in the throne.

"Toby?" Jareth asked him, almost certain that Toby had not heard him. "What is going on? I thought you were going to be in the fight too?"

"No, I can't. I was almost killed by one of the goblins. He had a long stick with a pointy end on it. He almost stabbed me right in the face! I just can't, I just can't fight them."

"Of course you can! Believe in yourself!" Jareth narrowed his eyes proudly then held his head high in the air. "I was shot down yes, but I will not give up on myself. I am an owl, and it may always be that way."

Toby looked down at his claws. His eyes were filled with sadness and fright. "Alright, I will fight too. All owls are needed in this fight in this fight."

Both of the owls flew out of the throne room and into the goblin city to fight their almost finished fight...