Labyrinth: An Owl's Story

Chapter 7

"AHH!" Sarah's scream woke Jareth and he looked around the goblin room. The band, including Sarah's elf guard Hamish had slept in the small room during the night. Now it was dawn and things were quiet, except for the screams of Sarah.

The 400 year old owl got out of his throne (which he had slept like a baby in) and flew over to the front room door. He clamped his talons onto the handle and pulled with all his might. When he had opened the door, he flew around it and darted out before the door slammed behind him.

As soon as Jareth saw Sarah, his beak flung open and he lighted down onto the ground. There was Sarah, a light tan barn owl. She looked over at Jareth and showed him her wings. "What happened to me!" she yelled and fluttered around in the air.

Jareth was as shocked as she was. Sarah was an owl, one like him! "I-I don't know, Sarah." He replied to her as she alighted down onto the hard floor of the hall.

All of a sudden the door opened again and out popped Hamish and Gareth. Both were owls, but of course, Gareth was already an owl. Hamish was a horned owl with black tufts on his forehead and white down on his chest. The rest of him was brownish gray with black stripes. He also had yellow eyes and huge talons.

"We're all owls." Jareth whispered.

Gareth stepped forward. "I know what happened. Since we turned into owls, all the people we go near become owls also. I found another copy of the secret book in the library." He smiled slightly.

"So," Jareth looked at his brother. "That means you can't go near Beth, otherwise she will turn into an owl also."

Gareth nodded. "I know already, though, I feel like she is closer to me than ever, for some odd reason."

"That's cause I am!" suddenly, a young girl came out of a door that led into the stair room. She wore glasses with roses on the sides of them. Her hair was as golden as pure gold itself. Her eyes were brown, and she wore a long white dress with roses at the bottom of the skirt.

"Beth..." Jareth heard his brother say.

Beth walked forward a step. "Gareth, something is happening. What is it?"

Gareth stared up at her until she come forward and knelt down to his height. "There was a prophecy that you must help me fulfill. Jareth already found his part, now I must find mine; you." He began to tell about how there had been a royal family and how the prophecy began and stuff.

Beth just stared at him, not knowing what to do. When he had finished, she spoke. "So, I am the one you need? I am that someone?"

Gareth nodded. "Soon, we will all turn back to our normal selves, and you will go home, along with Toby and Sarah, and Hamish."

"And, you have a choice of where to go." Jareth added.

The young girl just narrowed her eyes and looked at her knees. "You mean I can stay if I want?"

The tan 400 year old barn owl nodded. "You can stay if you wish."

Beth just sat for a minute then looked up. "I choose to stay with Gareth."

Gareth's eyes almost popped out because they were so large. "You mean you want to stay with me?"

"Yes," then she bent over and hugged Gareth. At that moment, a large flash of light went through the hall, and everything was white, except for Gareth, Sarah, Beth and Jareth. But Jareth didn't see them in owl form. They were humans again.

"The prophecy has ended, and now there will be peace. The kings and queens will live and rule together, and everything will be better than before..." a voice came to Jareth in his thoughts, and he knew it was over.

What really happened after that? Well, Sarah stayed with Jareth, just as Beth did. All four of them could turn into owls and roam freely through the underground. Toby also stayed behind with his sister, and Shebaan became a human also. As for Hamish and Dairah, that is another tale.