Just Hold On: Prophecy
Chapter 16
By: AvitarGirl
Disclamer: Don't own Stargate or Labyrinth but I do own any characters that I make up on my own.
A/N: Wow this one took me quite a while. Sorry about the wait guys. It was kind hard to come up with some of it. I'm still not sure where I'm going with this.

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Jareth stared at the white tiger that was slowly approaching, and felt Sarah stiffen in his arms when she spotted it. He glanced at her and gave her a reassuring look, surprised that she had yet to pull away from him. His attention returned to the tiger.

Jareth let out a sigh mixed with irritation and spoke. "Hello Laverna"

In a flash of glitter the tiger transformed into a woman with wavy fire red hair and emerald green mismatched eyes. She was tall, slender and had the same arrogance about her that Jareth did. Her skin was pale and sparkled when the light hit it. She wore a snow white gown with black fur trimming the edges. Around her neck was a simple silver chain. Hanging from the chain was a black and silver charm in the shape of a tiger.

She walked slowly towards Jareth, with purpose and smirked audaciously. "Ah Jareth!" she pronounced his name icily. "The mighty Goblin King finally has come to rescue his mortal girl?"

Jareth counted to three before responding. "What do you want Laverna?"

Laverna looked at her nails, absently picking at them as she spoke. "It took you long enough. After all I have been taunting at them for quite some time now." She glanced up at him and smirked. "I'm surprised you didn't notice. Getting old are we?"

Jareth let go of Sarah, standing almost protectively in front of her. "Am I getting old?" he asked tilting his head to one side with a smirk. "I'm not the one who seems to have forgotten why they are here."

Laverna jutted her chin out defiantly. It seemed that no matter what species you were, you just didn't insult a woman's age.

With a sigh of irritation, Laverna spoke. "I have come to speak with you about something of high importance" she said, sounding bored.

Jareth crossed his arms over his chest. "It would have been easier to get my attention by appearing in my castle, would it not?"

"Where would be the fun in that?" Laverna smirked and glanced over at Cameron. She walked towards him slowly.

On instinct, Sam, Vala, and Teal'c moved in next to the leader of SG-1, pulling out their Zat guns.

"I believe that Jareth has already shown you how those have no effect on our kind?" Laverna said stopping directly in front of Cameron. She gazed at him with a smirk and spoke. "Oh yes I believe that my way is much more enjoyable than yours, dear Jareth."

Sarah stared at the encounter with irritation and curiosity all at once. Who was this fae woman and what did she want? Anger flushed over Sarah all at once.

Sarah moved over to the fae woman so quickly that Jareth hadn't had time to stop her. She yanked at her arm, turning the woman to face her. "You are wasting our time!" Sarah spoke angrily at the fae woman. "You are interfering in matters that do not concern you!"

Laverna smiled at Sarah, clearly angry at her. "Quite a little spitfire you have here Jareth."

In that second, the fae slapped Sarah hard across the face. "You will not speak to me in such a manner, child!"

Sarah glared at her ready to scream but was stopped by Jareth's hand on her arm. Sarah felt Jareth move to stand beside her. She glanced in his direction then quickly back at Laverna. She had seen Jareth's eyes filled with anger before, but never this much. She couldn't look at him.

Jareth's voice was quick, angry and icy when he spoke. "You will not touch her again, Laverna. If you have a disagreement then you will address me and only me."

"Very well your highness" she said mockingly. "Shall we return to your castle and discuss the dilemma there?"

Jareth let go of Sarah's arm slowly. "Very well."

In a flash, Jareth and Laverna disappeared, leaving only glitter behind.

Vala let out a sigh that she hadn't realized she had been holding and moved over to Sarah. "Are you alright?"

Sarah nodded, now moving her hand up to where Laverna had smacked her. "It still stings a little."

Vala placed a cold hand gently on the side of Sarah's face, she could feel the heat in her face. "It will probably sting for a little while longer."

"I can't believe you stood up to her like that" Sam piped in curiously. "What in the world possessed you to do that?"

What had possessed her to do that? Sarah shrugged. "I'm not really sure."

"What I wanna know" Cameron said coughing slightly. "Is why a strange immortal alien would walk over and check me out while she's yelling at someone else?"

At this both Sarah and Vala managed a laugh while Sam and Teal'c simply smiled.

"Laugh if you want" came Hoggle's voice.

Sarah turned to see the little dwarf standing beside her. "Hoggle! Where were you?"

"I wuz hidin' behind those rocks" He said pointing to a cave exit.

"I don't blame you there" Vala commented.

"Hoggle did you know who that woman was?" Sam asked bending down to his height.

"Laverna? I'd better not say anything." He said moving towards the cave exit. "We should just keep moving on, and get to the castle."

"Hoggle!" Sarah yelled, stopping the little man in his tracks.

"I ain't telling, Sarah!" He crossed his stubby arms over his chest. "It's too dangerous."

"How so?"

Hoggle sighed. "Please, Sarah, for once just trust me. I ain't gonna put you in no more danger, not if I can help it."

"Will you tell us if we need to know?" Sarah asked firmly.

"Only if I have ta tell you will I tell you." The dwarf agreed. "Now let's get outta these caves, before something else happens."

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Daniel wandered through the various hallways of the castle. What was behind that door? Why had the Goblin King been so firm about staying away from it?

He turned the corner and walked down a much narrower hallway until he came to the hallway he recognized that lead to the kitchen. He rounded several more turns through halls until he came to the one he was looking for. The door he was searching for was here somewhere, he knew, and continued wandering.

As he walked on he could hear raised voices, one of them sounding like the Goblin King, but he could not make it out to be sure.

Daniel followed the sound until he came to a door. Ironic, he thought, I was looking for this door. Slowly and quietly Daniel leaned up against the door listening in.

"We had a deal, Jareth" came a woman's voice. "You would not interfere with the for the goblin children once they come to my care and I would not interfere with your methods of the Labyrinth. You are in violation!"

"How am I interfering? I have done nothing and sent no one to your lands! Explain this to me!" Jareth responded angrily.

The woman grumbled exasperatedly. "You know of the prophecy! How can you be so blind?"

"The prophecy has nothing to do with this! You have no right to barge in when I have people running my Labyrinth, and you have no right to interfere with their run!"

"I have every right! I must protect what is mine!" the woman replied bluntly.

"You own nothing, Laverna." The Goblin King stated with disgust. "Those children are not your slaves!"

Daniel listened closely but Laverna said nothing. Prophecy? Goblin Children? What was the fae King talking about?

"I suggest you leave" Jareth said coldly. "If you continue to interfere I will be forced to take action."

"This is not over, Jareth, I assure you." Laverna spat back to him.

There was a moment of silence before Daniel heard Jareth speak again. "One more thing, Laverna. If you ever dare touch Sarah again…you will suffer greatly."

Daniel could hear footsteps coming to the door and quickly moved away out into the hall, rounded the corner and hid. He peeked out and saw Jareth walking down going in the opposite direction of him. Relieved he leaned his head back against the wall and sighed. What he heck was going on? What was this prophecy and why was that woman so determined to stop it from coming true…and what did she do to Sarah?

Daniel took another quick peek out into the hall. When he saw no one was there, he quietly went to the door. This time when he tried the handle, it opened. He peeked into the room, check to see if the woman was there. The room was empty.

Daniel quietly opened the door the full way and let himself in. Once inside he looked around the room. It was nothing extravagant about the room. It was dimly lit by a few candles along the wall. There were no windows to speak of, no hidden magical creatures or magical devices, just an old fireplace that seemed to have been out of use for a long time, and a simple round table with a single book. Daniel moved closer and picked up the book. It was a thick, leather bound book. It had no title on it's cover or on it's side. Daniel opened it, careful not to rip it apart. Surprisingly most of the pages were blank. Daniel moved to stand by on of the candles on the wall. When he did, he looked at the book carefully. Why would a room be locked with a single book inside it that was completely blank? Carefully Daniel continued to flip through the book until he reached the center. One page in the entire book had writing on it:

Five will enter

Three must go

Two must stay to face their foe

Those who stay

Must break the curse

But reaction from the Wished Away

Must come first

Two Ravens come to say the words

One is never to return

The other will fly beside the Owl

While the angry Wild Cat growls

The Wished Away will then be set free

For one of their own had been in need

Raven and Ancient side by side

Never again to break their stride

Peace will once again be found

For they were there as the world fell down.

Daniel stared and read the poem over and over. What was this? Was this the prophecy that the woman, Laverna had spoken of? What did it mean? Daniel stood and placed the book back on the table. He needed answers and he needed them soon.

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So what do you think? I'm really not sure where i'm going with this. Again it could be a while before i update this. I'm in one of those trickly spots. I will probably have a few little one-shots that i'll be posting while i try and think of what to do with this one. Anyway, please R&R...i love reading your comments:-)