I wish: Return to the Labyrinth: Chapter 4 by d1gn17y

“So, what do we do?” She asked, not quite knowing what else to say. He just stared at her bed before making his way over to it. “Hang on…Ethan…what if, she’s not blocking you from the Underground…what if she h…”
“Don’t be stupid of course she is blocking me!”
“Listen…what if she has stripped you of your magic?” He considered this a lot until he decided to try his magic. He tried to conjure a crystal; nothing happened and he gasped. He tried to change his clothes with a snap of a finger; nothing. He hung his head as he realised that Sarah was right. “I’m…mortal…” He said. “Sarah…the Labyrinth…she can’t have it!” He said now worrying. He had never felt this emotion before. This is what like as a human would be like.
Sarah looked at him with pity and it was that moment that made her realise she had to do everything in her power to save the Labyrinth, for herself as well as Ethan.
“We will save the Labyrinth somehow, but for now you must learn to live as a human until we find a way to save the Labyrinth.” Ethan nodded, not liking the fact that Sarah had power over him, like she did over Jareth in the Labyrinth, while he was human. Sarah smiled and walked over to the bed and as if she has read his mind she said,
“I promise you…I will treat you the same, you are still the Goblin King. You have been good to me since I met you all abut six hours ago.” At this Ethan smiled and he looked at his clothes.
“I suppose my appearance must be the first thing to change, I can’t go round looking like the fae I was…if human is what I am…then human is what I’ll have to be!”
Ethan had always had fears of becoming human. From all that Jareth had taught him, being human, and deprived of fae powers was the worst thing that could happen to a fae.
Sarah watched him carefully. She knew that he didn’t want to be stuck here like this but it was the only thing they could do until the Labyrinth was safe.
“I will take you shopping tomorrow…it’s Saturday. We’ll get you some clothes and get you a hair cut!” She smiled and saw him perk up a bit. “You can stay here. I don’t want you wondering off with strangers at least you know me. You’ll make friends I promise!”
A few weeks later Ethan found him self easing into the life of a human with a new stylish haircut and a fashion sense to stop anyone in their tracks. Sarah took him out with her most places she went, including college where she got him onto her courses by pulling a few strings with her lecturers. Sarah liked having him around the house however, when they went out the house she got jealous when other girls looked at him.
Some time had past and still Sarah and Ethan found no solution to getting the Labyrinth back. Sometimes he would just talk about living his life Aboveground.
“Ethan, the Labyrinth has been handed over to you due to a former defeat, you can’t just give up!”
“Why not, I can’t get my magic back…”
“Have you not tried to wish yourself away, won’t your magic come back then?”
He shook his head. “It’s not that easy!”
Sarah thought about it deeply and then a thought came to her.
"We need Jareth, maybe he can help us?" She said without thinking but then she watched Ethan's expression turn to a shameful look.
"What if he knows about the kiss we had, and the last few months?" He asked her with a paniced tone. She shook her head with a smile.
"Be careful, your emotions are becoming very human." She laughed, "He isn't Goblin King anymore, he doesn't have the power to see that stuff anymore."
This made Ethan ease into the idea more comfortably and he nodded in agreement.
"I wish to see Jareth, right now." Sarah said into the air.