Skipped the Lady to the Master's Gate
Written by A Lady Grinning
Disclaimer: Jim Henson owns everything here. Except Jareth's body. That's all mine. ::smirks:: . . . I wish. Oh, and the story's title is derived from lyrics from the song "The Maze" from the musical "The Secret Garden."
Prologue: The Final Words of the Goblin King
"Give me the child . . ."
*What, you have the notion that reciting the lines of a play written by Yours Truly will solve you this Labyrinth? Quaint, my dear, but hardly the right path to take. But perhaps I shall play along with this little charade for a bit longer. There is, after all, one minute and forty-seven seconds left to pass before I win. And you do have that impenetrable, irresistible air of confidence about you. To crush that now would be beyond cruelty.*
"Sarah . . . I have been generous up until now. But I can be cruel."
Incredulity. "Generous! What have you done that's generous?"
*Oh, Sarah . . . I told you not to defy me. And I know that you have not forgotten that. Have a taste of your Goblin King's wrath.*
"Everything! Everything you've wanted, I have done. You asked the child be taken, I took him. You cowered before me, I was frightening. I have reordered time. I have turned the world upside down, and I have done it all for you . . . I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?"
*A bit too obvious, perhaps?*
"Through dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here, to the Castle Beyond the Goblin City . . . For my will is as strong as yours, and my--"
"Stop. Wait. Look, Sarah. Look what I'm offering you--your dreams."
" . . . And my kingdom as great . . ."
"I ask for so little. Just let me rule you, and you can have everything that you want."
*She pauses. Do you need more rehearsals in the park, Sarah?*
"Kingdom as great . . . Damn! I can never remember that line . . . !"
"Just fear me. Love me. Do as I say, and I will be your slave."
*No one could resist that offer. Not even you.*
"Kingdom as great, kingdom as great . . . You have no power over me!"
Jareth laughed as the clock began to announce the hour of thirteen.
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Written by A Lady Grinning
Disclaimer: Jim Henson owns everything here. Except Jareth's body. That's all mine. ::smirks:: . . . I wish. Oh, and the story's title is derived from lyrics from the song "The Maze" from the musical "The Secret Garden."
Prologue: The Final Words of the Goblin King
"Give me the child . . ."
*What, you have the notion that reciting the lines of a play written by Yours Truly will solve you this Labyrinth? Quaint, my dear, but hardly the right path to take. But perhaps I shall play along with this little charade for a bit longer. There is, after all, one minute and forty-seven seconds left to pass before I win. And you do have that impenetrable, irresistible air of confidence about you. To crush that now would be beyond cruelty.*
"Sarah . . . I have been generous up until now. But I can be cruel."
Incredulity. "Generous! What have you done that's generous?"
*Oh, Sarah . . . I told you not to defy me. And I know that you have not forgotten that. Have a taste of your Goblin King's wrath.*
"Everything! Everything you've wanted, I have done. You asked the child be taken, I took him. You cowered before me, I was frightening. I have reordered time. I have turned the world upside down, and I have done it all for you . . . I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?"
*A bit too obvious, perhaps?*
"Through dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here, to the Castle Beyond the Goblin City . . . For my will is as strong as yours, and my--"
"Stop. Wait. Look, Sarah. Look what I'm offering you--your dreams."
" . . . And my kingdom as great . . ."
"I ask for so little. Just let me rule you, and you can have everything that you want."
*She pauses. Do you need more rehearsals in the park, Sarah?*
"Kingdom as great . . . Damn! I can never remember that line . . . !"
"Just fear me. Love me. Do as I say, and I will be your slave."
*No one could resist that offer. Not even you.*
"Kingdom as great, kingdom as great . . . You have no power over me!"
Jareth laughed as the clock began to announce the hour of thirteen.
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