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Summer Storms and Imaginary Kings	By : Jetredgirl Category: G through L > Labyrinth Views: 5486 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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Early the next morning, Jareth awoke to the pale light of the sun creeping in. He knew this would be a big day for Sarah. He had sent word to all denizens of the Kingdom to come to Castle Square at noon, to meet their new Goblin Queen.
Of course, a certain group of citizens were to be honored guests. It would make her happy. The gardener Hoggle got on his nerves, with his stumbling about and his cowardly ways, but he would not refuse her. At least Didymus was always a good sort, fairly smart and well behaved. The rock caller Ludo was harmless when not calling rocks, and not all that bright, but fiercely loyal to Sarah. She would need as many allies as possible in this world, and it was their tales of their Champion that made her a legend here.
Watching her sleep, he hesitated in waking her. She was so peaceful and lovely. However, they had to get up and moving so she had a bit of time to prepare.
He shook her gently. "Sarah, Sarah my love, you must awaken."
Sarah wiggled around and grumbled, snuggling closer into his side. Jareth sighed, trying again.
"Goblin Queen, it's time to wake up my girl, we have a busy day."
One green eye slowly opened and looked at him, a little smile appearing on her lips.
"You should know, NOT a morning person here." She said sleepily.
"Well, you will have to learn to be, the Queen has many duties in the morning."
"Crap." Sarah said, her voice still a bit raspy from sleep.
She sat up, yawned and stretched, and looked over at Jareth with a frown.
"I really hope you have coffee here, Your Majesty, otherwise it's going to be a loong day for both of us."
He hesitated to mention such substances would have no effect on her here, then decided not to for now. If having coffee helped her feel more awake, even if it was an illusion left over from her humanity, so be it.
"Of course, we do not grow or process it but it can be created for you through magic, by me."
Jareth produced a small crystal, then concentrated until a steaming cup of coffee appeared in his hands. "Voila, coffee!"
Sarah practically salivated. "Ohhh thanks!...gimme!" She took the cup and took a much needed drink of the bitter liquid. "Hey not bad Jareth, you could be a barista in my world." She grinned at him, as he inwardly shook his head watching her drink the coffee. "Eventually you will be able to make your own if you choose." He told her.
Changing the subject she asked "So what is on the agenda for today?"
"First." Jareth replied "We need to get bathed and dressed...no distracting me either you vixen..then go over a few small details you will need to know before we go to the square and you are presented to your subjects."
"Sounds intimidating." She said, shuddering a little. You can do this Sarah, she thought, no fear.
Jareth rose up out of bed and walked across to the vanity next to her new wardrobe, opened a drawer, and brought out a velvet box.
Walking back to the bed, still naked, he sat next to her and handed her the box. "You will need this."
Sarah sat down her coffee on the nightstand and took the box and opened it.
Inside was a necklace, the twin of Jareth's but smaller and more delicate. She touched it gently then looked up at Jareth.
"It's beautiful Jareth." She removed her locket and sat it on the stand next to the coffee.
He took it out of the box, and signaled her to turn so he could place it around her neck.
"It is the symbol of your station, it signifies you are A Keeper, and my Queen and wife."
"When do you create this? Sarah asked.
"It was created for you by The Labyrinth, after we were bonded and you were transformed."
She was amazed at this. "Really? Can I talk to The Labyrinth too?"
Jareth smirked at her. "Yes, once you learn to do it. It may choose to reach out to you before you get the chance. It is rather enamored of you already, it has been since you left the first time. In all likelihood even before that. It senses when anyone is reading the book, so it knew of you before I did."
She had a thought formulate in her mind, at his answer. "The Labyrinth changed the book, for me..and for you. It was playing matchmaker!"
Jareth got a thoughtful look on his. "That is quite possible. Why I never thought of it, I do not know. It is a trickster by nature, and it's consciousness dwells in both worlds. I wonder why it would do this."
"It knew you were lonely Jareth. It knew I was too, if it was sensing me after I had the book. After Toby was born I was terribly lonely and angry, felt like I was being shoved aside. I don't know what it was thinking about the age I was, but that has to be it." Sarah decided.
"I would think it did not realize that in your world you were still considered a child, as technically you were of age to bear children. Until very recently in human history, 15 year old girls were often wives and mothers. Age aside, it must be commended for it's taste." He replied, his smirk growing.
Sarah asked him "How old is The Labyrinth anyway?
"I do not know, Sarah, ancient before I was born. no one really knows. Once a king leaves the throne for whatever reason, it calls to another to serve. I was called."
"You have not always been The Goblin King?" She was surprised, she hadn't considered that at all.
He paused for a moment. "No, I was quite young for my kind, but a full adult, when the last Goblin King was killed."
"What?! How?!" She asked. "I thought you were all immortal?"
"There are ways we can die, Sarah, unfortunately. Iron and poisons mostly. We can also choose to cross over. Barring any perfidy committed by another, tragic accident, or simply becoming tired of our very long life, we remain."
Sarah moved to embrace him, suddenly afraid. "Be careful, please Jareth, I just found you again, I couldn't bear it if you..you.." Tears formed and fell, landing on Jareth's shoulder.
Jareth held her tightly for a moment then pulled away and wipes the tears from her face.
"My love, I am not going anywhere, and if we ever make that choice we will cross together, I swear it. I am very careful to stay away from anything that would do me in. You must believe we will be together always. If the time does come, though, you must always be strong. If I am gone and you remain, this kingdom will need you. This is one reason why I, and apparently The Labyrinth, chose you. You have an inner strength that could move mountains."
"If that happens" She said "I want you to know I could never be with anyone else."
Jareth cupped her face. "My dear, I do know, but you must promise me you would not stay alone for all your days. I would want you to find someone to make you happy again. When you are immortal, loneliness is not a fleeting thing."
"I can't promise that, I just can't." She said. She was a bit upset at herself for becoming so emotional these past few days. She was usually able to handle anything without letting it get to her so deeply that she would cry so much.
Jareth sighed, pulling her close again. "I understand you cannot think of it at this time, but I want you to know these things." He did not want to think about it either now. He had just gotten her back. The thought of losing her squeezed his heart with fear, but he shielded this from her.
Sarah sniffed back her tears, and looked up into his eyes and tried to smile.
Watching her gather her emotions together, he felt so very proud. He felt her emotions, but he knew she could handle anything that came along. This was one of the reasons why he fell so much in love with her in the first place. She would let nothing get in the way of doing what needed to be done.
"Alright! Now! No more tears this day! This is supposed to be a grand day for you my love, meeting your subjects and taking your place at my side." He declared in his firm "Goblin King" voice.
He stood up and smiled down at Sarah, offering his hand. "Let us prepare for this momentous occasion."
She took his hand and smiled back as she stood up, feeling her resolve take hold. "We are wearing clothes right?"
He lifted his brow as he looked her up and down, enjoying the view. "You know, for one who has been nude for two days, you are quite obsessed with clothing."
She snorted loudly. "Your Majesty, I've seen your wardrobe, you are one to talk."
"I must always look my best, love. King and all that." He teased back.
She laughed, all the worries and fears she had been thinking about faded to the back of her mind for now. As she crossed the room to where the side by side wardrobes were with Jareth holding her hand. Their matching pendants sparkling in the light.
"Why don't we use magic for dressing, Jareth?" She wondered.
Jareth replied "It is best if we do not use our magic for everything Sarah. Mundane activities like dressing and bathing do not need magic, unless we are in a hurry, or there is an emergency."
Sarah thought on this. "Good point, no need to get lazy, right?"
Jareth said nothing and smirked, continuing to his wardrobe. He loved the way her mind worked.
When she opened the wardrobe, she saw several lovely dresses in a myriad of colors, blue, green, red, silver and gold. Lace, velvet, satin and silk, with a couple of cotton dresses thrown in. Jareth had excellent taste, she said to herself. She also noticed the bag from aboveground sitting on the bottom, underneath the dresses, where he must have placed it for safekeeping. She really needed to figure out where she wanted to place those few pieces of her old life. She opened the bag, and picked up the box from her father, taking out the small diamond star shaped broach.
"Would it be alright if I wore this on my dress, for luck?" She asked her husband who had been retrieving clothing from his wardrobe nearby, and had stopped to watch her.
Jareth smiled softly at her, knowing she needed all the courage she could get. "Of course, love. It will be stunning."
Picking out a dress of sapphire blue silk, with Jareth choosing black leggings and jacket with a blue silk shirt to match her dress, along with his black boots and gloves, they laid the clothes out and went to bathe.
Once that was done, they dressed. Jareth helped Sarah into her dress, lacing up the back for her, then using a bit of magic to help her put her hair up with diamond and sapphire pins to set off the dress. Then he playfully had her sit while he placed the matching shoes upon her feet. Sarah giggled, enjoying this little reenactment of Cinderella.
She then pinned the broach on the dress, not needing any more jewelry than her necklace and the broach. Her hair was full of glittering gemstones as it was. Jareth had also added a little makeup to the spell when he enchanted her hair, enhancing her green eyes and brows that now arched gracefully upward. Not as severely as his, but still noticeably up from her previous brow line.
Then, finally they crossed the room, and he opened the door. She took a deep breath, and stepped out into the hallway, and into her new life.
On the way, he pointed out to her the different rooms, the dining hall, the library, the music room, his study, the solar. He opened the door to the room that would be her study once she decided how to decorate it.
He also instructed her of what she might say when greeting her subjects, and how she might compose herself. He didn't want her to change who she was, and most of the time it wouldn't matter all that much here in the castle. For all her playfulness, he knew she was well mannered and not one to be inappropriate in public. For certain formal occasions there was a set protocol to follow, and he wanted to make sure she knew what was expected.
Then Jareth stopped next to a large oak door. "First my dear, I would like you to greet some of my subjects privately. These are very special subjects with a unique place in my kingdom, and they are most anxious to make your acquaintance. I had them escorted to this private sitting room to meet with you."
Sarah started to feel a bit nervous. Special subjects? she thought. Oh my. I hope I don't embarrass Jareth. OH well..here goes! Let's go feet!
He opened the door and guided her to go ahead of him.
She went in and thought her eyes were deceiving her for a moment.
"SAWAH!" She heard, her heart bursting with joy as she looked upon her dear friends that she had missed so much.
Ludo again said"SAWAH! FRIEND!"
"My Lady!" Sir Didymus cried, hopping back and forth. Ambrosious wagging his tail and watching, tongue lolling about.
"Yer Majesties." Hoggle grumbled, his hat in his hands, his head bowed.
Sarah's squeaked a little with happiness, then she ran and grabbed all of them up in big hugs, so happy to see their faces, except Ludo who grabbed her up and squished her to himself with great enthusiasm.
Stepping back she looked at Ambrosious, and could not help thinking how much he looked like Merlin, funny she never noticed before.
After she hugged them all, she noticed Hoggle seemed not all that happy to see her.
"Hoggle?" She asked"what's wrong?"
Hoggle glanced up at her, then bowed his head again. "Well, Yer Queen now, I knows how that is. Why would ye want to be my friend now? You have..him." He gestured towards Jareth.
"You will always be my friend, Hoggle." She told him firmly, hugging him again.
Sarah looked back at Jareth, encouraging him to confirm her words with a knowing look.
The Goblin King sighed. "Hoghead, if I did not want my wife to remain friends with you, would I have had

you come here? Not that it would matter anyway, Sarah has her own mind, she can be friends with whomever she wishes." The dwarf really was frustrating, he thought to himself.
"Really Yer Majesty? Yous mean I can comes here and visits her anytime?" Hoggle said, ignoring the fact his sovereign said his name wrong, again, and probably on purpose.
"Yes, of course." Jareth told him. "In fact, I have a mind to create a Queen's Garden for my dear wife, and would like you to be in charge of it's upkeep."
Hoggle's mouth dropped open. The king must be in a very good mood these days, to promote him like that. "Yes Yer Majesty!"
Jareth rolled his eyes to himself. "Sarah, I will leave you to visit with your friends for one hour, then we must go and be ready for your introduction. I will also have breakfast sent here for all of you. You need to eat. I will dine with a few of my staff in the dining hall today. We have a few things to discuss."
Sarah walked over to him, and hugged him to her, whispering in his ear. "Thank you, my love, for this. It means the world to me."
Jareth hugged her back briefly, placed a small kiss on her nose and lips, and backed away, once again the formal Goblin King.
"Yes, well. I must not dawdle any longer. Good day gentle creatures, Sarah, remember I will return in one hour. Enjoy your visit."
Sarah and her dear friends spent the next hour talking, eating and laughing. Talking about their time together 12 years before, and what has happened to them since. She enjoyed having them all there and petting sweet Ambrosious who reminded her so much of her dear old friend.
Too soon the hour was up, and she walked her friends out the door of the sitting room, with many hugs and promises that they would all visit again soon. She watched them walk down the hall and around the corner, chatting among each other, with a smile on her face.
She heard Jareth's familiar footfalls behind her, felt his presence coming closer, and turned to smile at her new husband.

"Thank you again, Your Majesty, for bringing them to me. It felt wonderful to see them again, to know they didn't hate me."
Jareth gave her an odd look. "Why would they hate you Sarah? They have always loved you."
"They never answered after that first night, I thought they forgot me or were mad at me, or that...maybe you had punished them, for helping me." She replied in a soft voice.
"I suppose that is an understandable assumption." Jareth started. "No, I did not punish them. They served their purpose, making sure all in my kingdom knew of you and thought well of you. I am sorry the Ways had to be closed after the first night precious.. I had to do it, for all of our protection. I explained this to them at the time, but could not tell you unless you said my name, which you never did until two days ago."
Sarah understood all too well. "I wish I would have known that is all it would have taken, I really do."
Jareth stepped to her and put his arms around her, sensing her distress. "Sarah, I told you before I believe in your heart you did know, that if you called me I would have came. You were not ready. Please do not dwell on these thoughts. You are here now, with all of us. You need to stopping letting yourself become upset. I know this is an emotional time for you, but it worries me that you keep hanging on to grief and worrying about what is past."
Sarah sighed against him, and back away. "You are right, Jareth, I know. I just have to get used to all of this. I think I did know, but was afraid you wouldn't come anyway, and tried to convince myself you weren't real because of it."
Jareth, tilted her face until her face met his, and smiled into her eyes. "Well my dear, I'm afraid I am."
She smiled back. "Yeah I noticed how incredibly real you are many times now." She winked at him.
He wiggled his arched brows at her. "Now enough of that. I told you not to distract me with your womanly wiles."
Sarah pushed her face up and planted a small kiss upon him. "Oh alright I'll try to behave myself, for now. So now what?"
Jareth paused for a moment, able to sense the time with his magic. "It's nearly noon my love, let us be off. You subjects await you. It would not do for us to be tardy." He held out his arm and Sarah slipped her hand into the crook of his elbow.
As they entered the throne room, 6 taller goblins were waiting, standing at attention, with swords at the ready. They were very different than any goblins she had ever seen, Tall and lean, and she could tell they were much less childlike than their smaller brethren.
Sarah's eye widened, and she gave a questioning look to Jareth.
"Your royal guards, Queen Sarah, they will escort you when you leave the castle." He informed her.
"Guards? Is there danger?" She asked.
Jareth sent her soothing energy. "Not especially, but you are a queen, Sarah, you need to be protected. It is done with all royals. These are warrior goblins, trained to fight and kill for their rulers. They are the smallest caste of the goblin race. They are excellent at what they do. They will be 100% loyal to you alone, and protect you with their lives. The underground is peaceful most of the time, but there are those who hold malice against all royalty, and there are those that may not like that you are a human born queen. Not here in our kingdom, as you are The Champion and quite legendary here, but we will not always be here in these lands."
Sarah felt a bit unsettled at this revelation. "Oh." was all she could say.
Jareth guided her to the front of the line of guards, and they all fell to one knee and bowed to her. Saying in unison as they were trained. "We swear our fealty and our lives to you, Your Majesty the Lady Sarah, The Champion of the Labyrinth, The Goblin Queen, wife of Jareth The Goblin King, and Keeper of the Labyrinth and the Ways."
Sarah was amazed. She knew all she was here all her titles she was given, but never heard it recited back to here in such a way before. It sounds so..Royal! She thought.
Sarah said to them. "Please, stand."
They did so immediately.
"Thank you, all of you, for your service, I promise the respect is mutual." She said to them, and walked down the row taking each of their hands and smiling to them, learning their faces.
They all knew then, they would be loyal to her their entire lives, they could feel her kind energy, and good heart as she reached out to them. Their king truly chose a fine queen indeed.
Jareth then said. "Let us go to the square all. Grindle, Teagus, Feran, you will walk in front of us, elbow to elbow. The rest behind. In the same formation."
In unison again they said "Yes, Your Majesty."
They made their way to the doors, where two goblins were waiting at each door, ready to throw them open.

Sarah closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then two, and reach out through the bond and felt Jareth there. He was calm, which calmed her.
"Open the doors" Jareth commanded.
So they did.
A roar went up so loud Sarah was startled, and almost jumped back, but Jareth kept a tight hold on her and whispered. "It is fine, Sarah, these are your people now. Be calm, you are safe."
As they made their way down the steps, she saw over the heads of the guards, a sea of beings, short and tall, waving their arms and screaming. Thousands and thousands of goblins, elves, dwarves, a many she did not know of. She saw the bright hues of the fireys of the forest, and the little buzzing fairies. The Wiseman and his bird hat were near the front. She could also see Hoggle, Sir Didymus on Ambrosious, and Ludo close to the front as well. Sarah wondered if the worm was there, with his missus. That made her smile, thinking of the first creature she met inside the great maze all those years ago. Maybe she would have tea with them sometime. She also saw a few more of Jareth's kind, which surprised her..she had never seen another like him before.
Jareth held his hand up, and the roar slowly died down to a murmur.
"Citizens of the Goblin Kingdom, I present to you, The Champion of the Labyrinth, Keeper of the Labyrinth and the Ways, my beloved wife, and your new Queen, Queen Sarah! Forever may she reign!"
The roar came again, louder than before. Tears came to Sarah's eyes , she could feel all the love these beings had for her, and she felt humbled by their faith in her.
Jareth took a step back, and bowed to Sarah, kissing her hand then sweeping his other hand out, presenting her to his subjects. Then he put his hand up again, to quite the crowd.
He whispered to Sarah. "You must speak now, love. They are waiting."
"Wh..what do I say?" She asked, trembling and turning to him slightly.
Jareth looked her in the eyes. "Speak from your heart."
She cleared her throat, thinking on this. After a moment, she turned to the crowd.
"Thank you. Thank you all for coming here, and..for believing in me and giving me such a warm welcome. I promise I will give my all to being a good queen to you. I swear to you all I would give my life to protect you, and your King. This is my home now, and you are my people. I would never want to be anywhere else. I am proud and humbled to be your Queen.
She smiled then, as the roar came back a third time, the loudest one yet. She found her friends and smiled at them specifically, giving them a little nod so they would know she saw them there.
Jareth stepped forward again and took her arm.
"Beautiful precious, just perfect." He said to her, proud and smiling.
Turning to the crowd, he hushed them one last time.
"Thank you all for coming here today. There is a feast prepared for you all in the Public Gardens, please have a grand time celebrating this day, the day our Lady Sarah, our Champion, became our Queen!"
He turned them around , and following the same formation, they walked back up the steps into the castle, as the crowd continued to cheer.
Not all eyes watching were wishing for a long reign for this girl. In fact one pair of eyes, observing the introduction of the mortal born queen, was hoping her reign would be quite short, indeed.
A/N DUN DUN DUN! I have mapped out the next few chapters, adding a little plot twist and some adventure into the story. Yes, certain things I know have been done, but not by me, and I'm trying to make it fun and give our favorite couple an adventure. Jareth has to have some badass Goblin King time, he just does. No matter what happens, I can guarantee Sarah will not be a shrinking violet. She is emotional, and trying to figure everything out, but I think a little adversity will help my Sarah do that. She is used to fighting for what she wants, and what she loves. I promise also, it will only be a 5 chapter arc. I don't want to draw it out for 20 chapters on anything like that, Which means Chapter 10 will tie it up nicely and we can move on to the next plot point.
I'm having an issue as to when to capitalize "King" and "Queen." a bit. So I am trying to make it, if they are addressed or address each other or are announced, etc., it will be capitalized, and if it's a private thought towards them or each other (except in the case of Goblin King or Goblin Queen, their formal titles)it will not be capitalized..and try to keep it straight haha. I also found I have a serious problem with the word "their." every time I spell check every one is spelled "thier." LOL.
A funny: Spell check kept insisting I spelled "barista" wrong and it should be "sitarist" or "barrister," this amused me, thinking of Jareth as a sitar playing lawyer. I'm weird.
Last note(I swear!) My personal life has been put in a bit of emotional upheaval. Trying to write through it, but forgive me if chapter 6 takes a bit longer. I may need to take a few days away to deal with something.
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