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In A Time Of Winter	By : Jetredgirl Category: G through L > Labyrinth Views: 5645 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Harmony Rose, The High Princess of The Goblin Kingdom and eldest child of The Goblin King and Queen Jareth and Sarah was annoyed and bored.
She watched as her parents, beloved to almost everyone, danced merrily around the room. Her father told her that before her mother became such a popular figure he was really not that well liked among most immortal circles. She had changed all that with her sweet nature and infectious smile.
They only had eyes for each other as it had always been. They adored their children, the fruit of their love that only seemed to grow stronger with the passing years. Yet sometimes when they were together looking into each others eyes no one else existed. They could not help it.
Goblin Princess Harmony Rose, or "Mony" as her family called her, rolled her eyes.
She loved her mom and dad fiercely but being with them in at public events was so frustrating.
A near constant barrage of people approaching her and telling her how wonderful her parents were, commenting on how blessed she was to be he product of such a rare kind of union. They always came to her because she was the oldest. Being first born was very important in the underground.
Then there were the male courtiers trying to woo her because of who she was not even caring to really know her. They told her how lovely, smart, and talented she was. They tried to woo her with cheap words like her eyes sparkled in the moonlight and her lips were red as roses. Yuck, she thought as recalled the silly so called compliments. They had no real knowledge beyond the facade she put up to protect herself who or what she was really like.
Her uncle stepped up next to her handing her a glass of some sort of drink. "Punch?"
She took it and sipped, grimacing at the sweetness.
"Uncle Toby, That's disgusting." She said to her grinning uncle.
"Yes, I know. But I thought it might distract you from the show, and maybe get a smile out of you."
Despite herself she laughed, then elbowed Toby in the ribs. "Mean."
Toby's eyes twinkled as he laughed with her glad to pull her out of her funk. His eldest niece was always so serious.
Just then The Goblin King and Queen stopped and came over to join them, the music ending. All the dancers and observers politely clapped.
"Ah! Lord Tobias! My darling daughter! What a grand time it is to dance!" Jareth declared as he swept rather flamboyantly over, swinging Sarah along with him and practically lifting her off her feet.
Sarah giggled and hung tightly to her husband. "Hi Tobes, Mony..having fun?"
Harmony laughed derisively and snorted in a quite unladylike fashion. "Oh yeah, don't I always?"
Sarah's' eyes widened with concern. "Sweetie, are you alright? Is anyone bothering you?"
The girl shook her head. "No. No one is bothering me. I just want to go home Mother, seriously. I feel like you dress me up as some sort of doll to parade about, waiting for the highest bidder sometimes."
Sarah shrank back a half step, blinking and looking at Jareth. There was a little twinge of pain at her daughter's words in her eyes, which he clearly saw and felt.
Jareth stepped in and gave his eldest child a stern look. "Daughter, do not speak to your mother in such a fashion. You know that is not true in any way. It is expected as the eldest you will attend..."
"Fine, I get it. Blah Blah Blah obligations to the kingdom, firstborn child..blah blah blah. I'm sorry Father, I'm just tired and I want to go home." She pivoted on one foot and stomped away mad at them and herself. She knew her mother tried very hard to help her anyway she could but she always felt like she was not just Harmony, but the heroic and legendary Lady Sarah the mortal born Goblin Queen's daughter.
She found an empty balcony that overlooked the main square in Talystra. She sniffed her tears back and breathed deeply, calming her nerves as she gripped the railing.
"Mony?" A soft voice said behind her.
She felt herself go limp with relief that it was her sister. "What is it Lily? I know I shouldn't be upset, but I hate these things. I want to go home. Practice magic with Father, go hunting with Grandfather, or fishing with Hoggle. I'm not a lady of the court and never will be."
She turned as her sister approached, looking at her with those wide green cat eyes full of concern. Just like their mother's eyes, she thought. In fact, Lily was so similar to their mother in so many ways. Sweet, even tempered. She should be the eldest. The chosen one. The one trained to step in for their mother. The only difference was Lily's riot of wild blond hair that she could never quite tame but still always looked amazing in that messy way.
"Sister dear, I am sorry if you are upset. but it's not so bad. Lots of cute boys around. Good food and music." Lily walked up to her taller sister and wrapped an arm around her waist. "It's not so bad if you give it a chance. You know mom and dad don't like these things that much either. They just like dancing together is all, anywhere they can."
Harmony wrapped an arm over her sister's shoulders and pulled her in close. "Lils, you are way too perky. You really need to do something about that. How can I retain my disagreeable disposition if you insist on raining sunshine on my pity parade?"
The two sister laughed together and turning walked back inside.
They wound their way through the crowd to the table where all the attendees from The Goblin Kingdom were assigned to be seated.
Thier mother was there, alone. Staring down at the table.
Lily pushed her towards Sarah.
Harmony sighed again and reluctantly sat next to her."I'm sorry mom, Really I am. Please don't be mad. I love you." She leaned in and laid her head on her mother's shoulder and put her arm around her back.
She felt Sarah's deep sigh and her mother's arms came around her. Harmony felt her lips press against her forehead. "I know it's hard sometimes, baby girl. It took a long time for me to get used to these types of things too. I guess being here with your father makes things easier for me."
She pushed her daughter's hair away from her face and cupped her cheek.
"I love you too. More than my own life. That goes for all of you."
Lily sat down on the other side of her mother and put her arms around both of them. "See now? Everyone feels better." She said.
Harmony and Sarah both looked at Lily and then each other then all three laughed and hugged again.
"I take it my girls are all getting along again?" They heard behind them.
Sarah turned and waved Jareth over. He bent down and kissed his two eldest children on the forehead, then tilted his wife's lips to his own for a sweet kiss. The two daughters groaned and moved away.
"Jareth, I'm afraid we are as they say above, "grossing them out." Sarah mumbled against his lips.
The Goblin King chuckled. He gestured for his wife to stand, then sat and pulled her into his lap.
"Sorry my darling daughters, but it is beyond me to resist your mother's kisses. I am a slave to her lips."
Toby had come to join them at the table and rung in. "OH come on you two. Even I'm grossed out by that."
They all laughed. Toby was always the comic relief of the group.
"Sorry Jewel wasn't able to come with us Toby, but I will be more than happy to let you take me for a turn on the dance floor." Sarah said, smiling at her handsome brother.
Toby smiled a little sadly. He missed his wife. Especially now. "No it's okay. I just want this to be over so we can go home. I hate being away from her right now."
Jareth nodded understandingly. "Yes, I have been there. This last month of pregnancy is always the most difficult. My sister is well looked after by Moirah, and if anything happens she had orders to contact me here without hesitation."
Toby and Jewel were expecting their first child, a boy, in a few weeks. Jewel was having a rather hard pregnancy in her third term making it hard on Toby to even leave the castle much less the kingdom.
Lily stood up and pulled her worried uncle up with her. "Please, I want to dance. Mony will dance with us..won't you?" She gave her sister a pleading look. She just wanted to distract him from his concerns for a few minutes.
Harmony shook her head at her sister's need to make everyone have a good time despite their best efforts to be miserable.
"Alright. Let's go Uncle Toby!" She stood and followed her sister and uncle to the dance floor. He took each niece with one arm and they proceeded to do an odd 3 person waltz that made everyone stare and Jareth and Sarah laugh.
"Where are the boys?" Sarah asked her husband.
Jareth snuggled into his wife a little, as much as could be considered proper at a public function. Having her on his lap was raising a few eyebrows as it was.
"They are running rampant in the gardens with some of the other boys. Most likely planning a coup or driving the guards mad. Or both. I checked on them a little while ago and informed them to be back in 1 hour or they will be assigned bog duty for a week."
Sarah laughed at the thought. "Now you are grossing me out. If you make them do bog duty you will be hosing them down every night. Outside."
"I will make your friend Hoghead do it. He ought to be good for something." Jareth said as he took a drink of the sickeningly sweet punch and frowned, his words immediately got him an elbow to the ribs.
"Precious, if you keep attempting to cause me bodily harm I may have to punish you thoroughly when we get home." He growled into Sarah's ear.
She turned a little to whisper so no one else could hear. "Why do you think I'm doing it?"
He again growled low then took a quick look around to make sure no one was looking. Once he confirmed they were not being watched, he leaned over an licked along the outside of his wife's ear and flicked her lobe a few times for good measure.
"Naughty wench." He murmured as he nuzzled her neck.
Sarah's whole body shuddered at the touch of his tongue on her ear. "Damn right and you like it like that, Your Majesty."
He wrapped an arm around her waist audience be damned and tasted the skin of her neck, making her tremble again.
"Yes, I do."
Sarah sighed and ran her fingers through his soft hair.
"AHEM...excuse me Your Majesties?"
The two stopped their canoodling and Sarah at least had the good grace to look a bit guilty. Jareth simply turned and raised a brow in a show of impatience.
"Yes?" He asked sharply.
There stood the Elf King, Lord Eriol.
Years ago, Eriol and Jareth had been good friends. They had fought side by side in the army. Before his children had tried to Kill Sarah.
Now It was extremely difficult for the other king to even meet Jareth's eyes.
Jareth's eyes narrowed. "Lord Eriol."
"Your Majesty, I was wondering if I could speak with you about something."
Jareth nodded and removed his wife from his lap, got up and walked with The Elf King to a quiet corner. He did not notice Sarah closely behind.
"Speak." Jareth said, as his mouth tightened.
"My wife, I have had to bring her here for medical treatments. She is not well. Truthfully she has not been well since..."
He paused, not wanting to say the words.
"You see, the healers do not believe she will be able to return to our kingdom. That the trip would kill her. I do not believe she will last much longer. I was hoping if you would be able to, or at least consider, support my petitioning the court for a temporary reprieve for my son to visit his mother one last time. He has complied with every restriction, has not stepped one toe out of line or out of the kingdom..If you would..."
Jareth's stomach clenched as the man spoke. Truth to tell there was a part of him that want to say yes, but the biggest part of him could not stand the idea of his wife or children exposed to danger. He sympathized with his old friends plight and that of his wife, but his fears were hard to let go of.
"Lord Eriol, I simply cannot do such a thing. He conspired against my kingdom and almost cost me my wife and unborn child. I am sorry about your wife. Eliana is a good kind woman, but I must think of my family."
Jareth watched as the other man hung his head, defeated.
"Jareth." He heard his wife's voice behind him and turned to face her as she spoke. "May I speak to you alone please? Wait here Lord Eriol."
Jareth knew what was coming. His wife's huge heart was going to open, and she will try and talk him into it.
Sarah pulled him a few feet away. "Jareth, I think maybe you should consider letting Elsian come to Talystra. It's not like we are inviting him to dinner at the Goblin Castle or anything, it would just a brief.."
"No!" Jareth said, cutting his hand through the air to drive his point home. "Sarah, you are kind giving woman. I adore your compassion. You are far too kind at times and Elsian does not deserve it. I knew this would be coming as soon as I heard your voice. I will not relent this time. That this man even lives is a gift. Do not ask this of me. I cannot do it."
Sarah frowned at her husband. "Don't start that I'm the king so I make the rules thing with me Your Majesty. You don't want to, fine. I am The Goblin Queen. I'll do it my damn self."
She went to brush past him and he grabbed her arm and put his mouth to her ear. "Must you always defy me woman?" He hissed low.
"You are always so afraid to show that you have a heart to everyone but your family. Afraid people will think you are weak. Maybe, just maybe, people would just think you are kind as well, not weak. Did you ever think of that?" Sarah wrenched her arm away and went to speak to the Elf King.
Jareth watched with narrowed eyes as Sarah talked quietly with Lord Eriol. The other man's eyes lit up at her soft empathetic words.
He knew she was intending on going ahead and supporting such a petition on her own. She was his equal and had every right to do so. This will send the court gossips into a tizzy, The Goblin King thought to himself.
Once she had finished talking to Lord Eriol, Sarah walked back to her irked husband. "I will stay overnight in our rooms here then go to the court in the morning to give The Elf King's petition my support."
"We are to return to The Goblin Kingdom tonight, Sarah." Jareth answered tersely.
"Just go Jareth, take the children home. I will be there in the afternoon." She answered. "In fact I will go to our quarters now. I'm rather tired. I will find the boys and send them here."
She cut through to the crowd until she reached the doors. A guard opened it for her but she hesitated a moment and turned to give Jareth a long look. Finally she turned and smiled at the guards outside the door waiting to escort her.
Jareth went back to the table and downed a glass of sweet wine then collapsed into a chair just as Toby and the girls came back to the table.
The drawback of loving someone with such passion is sometimes when there was a disagreement the anger was as intense as the love. He did not regret one second of his marriage, but there were moments that he thought sometimes Sarah did. He was not an easy man to love, he knew. Then again she was as stubborn and obstinate as he. He smirked a little, at that thought.
"Where is mom?" Lily asked her father as they sat down and called for refreshments.
"She has business to attend to and will be staying until tomorrow. We will be going home soon. As quickly as Robbie and Perryn can be fetched and escorted here. Please be ready."
Lily and Harmony gave each other a long look. Their father did not look happy. This meant him and their mother had had some sort of row.
Toby cleared his throat. "Yes..well..I for one will be glad to get home. I'm sure whatever my sister is staying for is important to her."
He look at the other man's scowl and on Jareth's face noticed not only anger, but worry. However he knew now was not the time to ask.
A few moments later a guard escorted the two wayward princes to their father. The two teenage boys had been reluctant to come but Sarah had made it quite clear she was not in the mood for shenanigans.
"Dad? Mom said we are leaving?" Robbie said as they arrived at their father's side.
"Yes. We are. Gather your things children, and Tobias. Guard, please call a carriage to meet us outside and carry us to the city gates."
(Transport spells were forbidden within the city walls except with special permission, for security reasons.)
The group quickly left the hall and climbed inside 2 carriages. Toby and Jareth in one and the children in the other.
Once carriages were mobile Toby asked Jareth what was going on.
"Your sister is of course defying my wishes once again. Putting herself at risk. She is the most stubborn creature I've ever known." He told the man across from him. He explained what had happened in the ballroom.
Toby shook his head. "Jareth, that's just Sarah. You know how she is. This Elsian guy doesn't deserve it, I agree. But Sarah, she is one of those people that always has to do what she thinks is right no matter the consequences. She has always been like that. Or have you forgotten?"
Jareth had been looking out the window listening to Toby's words. When Toby finished he looked up and met the other man's gaze.
Toby was genuinely surprised at what he saw there. He saw a flash of genuine pain and fear in the king's eyes. Just for a second, then it was quickly covered up.
"There are some consequences that are too high a price to pay. Those paths lead you to places that leave scars on your soul for eternity. I do not want another."
Toby knew the story of what had happened to his sister before he had come to this world. Sarah told him privately one day several months after he had arrived. Still she had glossed over some facts that Caolin had filled in later, and Jareth's father had confirmed what Caolin had said. Jareth had been forced to sacrifice his sister to save everyone.
That The Labyrinth saw fit to save her was a miracle. Toby then understood why there were times Jareth was extremely covetous of his wife. Not jealous for Sarah never even saw any other in the same light as her husband, but fiercely protective and at times he had seen Jareth almost paranoid when they were anywhere but The Goblin Kingdom. To leave her behind now must be eating away at him.
Apparently it was. No more than 30 seconds after their conversation stopped Jareth opened the window and leaned out.
"Halt!"
Toby felt the carriage stop and heard the one behind them stop as well.
Jareth hopped out of the carriage and gestured for Toby to get out.
"Driver, my brother here will be switching carriages and escorting my children back to the Goblin Kingdom. Lord Tobias and my Eldest daughter can take them back easily. I will be returning to the Council hall."
"Jareth are you sure.." Toby started.
"Yes. I will not leave her." He said firmly.
"Okay then." Toby said. By that time Lily had opened the door to the other carriage and four heads were peeking out, listening.
Toby crowded into the carriage with his nieces and nephews. Once everyone was settled the carriage went around the other, which, as Toby watched, began to turn back towards the city center.
Harmony was the first to speak. "Those two. I can hear them now. Mom is going to have some choice words for him."
Perryn quipped, "You know what's going to happen. It's all going to end up in kissyface anyway."
Toby smiled and Perryn's sisters and brother snickered. They were used to their parents' ways. They also knew no two people adored each other more, no matter what disagreements they had.
Toby opened the window and look back one last time. The carriage carrying Jareth back was almost out of sight. He pulled back inside, lean back and closed his eyes and looked forward to getting home to his wife.
Here we go!
This story is coming rather slowly, especially for me. I do have 4 more chapters written so crossing fingers that by the time I get to posting the one I just finished I will have several more. Once I get "over the hump" as I think of it..the back half will come more quickly as I know what will be happening at that point and have the plots and such ready to go. My plan is to finish it by year's end so I have time as long as I don't let it get away from me.
Of course there will be all the juicy citrusy bits everyone loves too!
These first few chapters are not the "meat" of story, but more of a reintroduction as well as fleshing out the personalities of S&J's children for myself as well as you my dear readers.
Harmony is going to seem a little snarky but there is more to that than is revealed as of yet.
Enjoy!
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