Underground (Jareth X Reader)

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PART 20 GIVE IT UP FOR P A R T 2 0

Every. Single. Turn. Every. Single. Corner. 

Riddle after riddle after riddle.

As the over flow of puzzling words drove you to almost insanity, you started to question if this was what your mom had to go through. The worm was wrong, potatoes were not the answer to everything. Of course, how psychotic could you possibly be to take advice from a caterpillar? Next thing you know you might take one wrong step and you might fall down a rabbit hole, one wrong move and you might find yourself running in circles, one wrong choice and you might grow to different sizes. You started to question whether you were in Wonderland. Is the Underground off brand Wonderland? If you were Alice, then who is the white rabbit? Agatha? Maybe. Who would Jareth be? The Queen of Hearts? You chuckled at the thought of Jareth screaming "Off with their heads!" It made sense. He is the king. The goblins could be the royal cards. "Maybe." you thought. 

You rounded another corner to find yet another little man awaiting your arrival. You sighed and walked up to him. He just looked at you, sighed, and shook his head while fidgeting with his cane.

"Look dude, just give me the riddle and i'll best be out of your hair." 

"Ah, not this time."

"What exactly do you mean?" The dwarf chuckled and raised his eyebrows. You stood there confused, not knowing what will happen.

"I'll give you the riddle, but if you get it wrong, you will be sentenced to death." You gasped, now you can't mess this up. You got all strong and confident and nodded your head and the dwarf started. "Some try to hide, some try to cheat, but time will show we always meet. What am I?"

You thought long and hard about your decision, you can't mess up, your life is on the line. Some try to hide...cheat...meet...potatoes? Hide...as in underground? Cheat...as in cheat days on a diet? Meet...as in bringing people together in a restaurant? Yes, this all makes sense. People may try to avoid them or even have a cheat day but there's always a guarantee that they'll bring people together! This all makes sense! Maybe potatoes are the answer to everything! "POTATOES!" You said loud and proudly. The dwarfs eyes widen and jaw dropped slightly. He then closed his eyes and gave one small chuckle. "Well? Am I right or am I right?!" He rubbed in forehead.

"You...Are...Wrong." Once that was said, the floor gave way under you and you were all of a sudden falling to your death. "I literally gave you the answer." He screamed down the hole.

I guess it's safe to say that you are Alice in this off brand Wonderland Jareth calls home. Except falling into Wonderland, you were falling to your death. Ever since Jareth pushed you out that blasted window when you wanted to go home, falling gave you so much PTSD. Even tripping was a trigger. I guess he knew this was your biggest fear and that's why he planned your death this way. Probably why he dropped you out of the sky at the beginning. Maybe you wished you would've kept dancing with him. He had such a firm grip on you, he wouldn't let you go. He only let go because you got out of his grip. It's not like he dropped you Lestat de Lioncourt style into the Mississippi River. The shear thought of Tom Cruise holding you with blood on his teeth looking you in the eyes and saying "Do you still want death? Or have you tasted it enough?" and then dropping you into the river shakes your very bones. You didn't know if it scared you or...um...turned the flowers purple. Then you thought what if Jareth was Lestat? Now that scared you. You didn't want to fall back in love with Jareth but what if you did? Did the thought of him holding turn the flowers pink? These thoughts scare you. But I guess the thoughts don't matter because you're literally falling to your DEATH! But before you could feel death, you made a not so graceful landing into a pile of hay. You were relived but also confused. You laid in the pile of hay for awhile, rethinking everything. "Hide....cheat....meet..." You mumbled to yourself "...death." You sat up and put your hands on your head "The answer was death. How could I be so stupid." You sat in the pile of hay and sobbed softly. Screw that talking booger, he doesn't know anything.  

While sitting in your self pity, you heard a rumble in the dark. You jumped and looked around in the pitch black room. All of a sudden you saw a flash of orange light, which then lit a candle, which then lit the entire room. Through your foggy vision you saw another dwarf. "Now, that crying won't do you any good." Said the figure with a familiar voice. You wiped your tears and tried to make of the figure in front of you.

"...Hoggle?" 

Thank you so much for your patience and support! I finally had the energy to write another chapter! I'm still taking riddles if you have them but I just got a lot of them recently, thank you who did that! Thank you so much for sticking through with this book! It means a lot! <3