Once everyone was out of the dark oubliette, they were in a tunnel that stretched for miles. "Nows lady I am ordered to takes ya backs to the beginning" Hoggle said with a sigh. "What!" She thought, she had come too far to just be brought to the beginning again. "But, I need to save my brother and sister, who knows how much time I have left!" She shouted at the dwarf.
There was no way that she was going back and the dwarf knew it. Hoggle remembered how Sarah had given him jewelry in order for him to take her as far as he could, but could he really do this to the poor girl before him? She didn't seem to even be wearing jewelry. He knew that Jareth would not be happy with him for allowing her to pass, but at the moment he truly didn't care. "Alright I takes ya as far as I can" her proclaimed.
Savannah lit up with joy. He was going to help her and she desperately needed assistance. "Oh thank you!" She said giving the creature a hug. Ludo joined in and picked both of them up. Hoggle enjoyed the attention, but he didn't want them to know that. "Put me down!" He shouted. Ludo quickly released Hoggle and he smacked into the ground. He gently placed Savannah on her feet and said "Sawannah friend". "Yes Ludo and Hoggle's to" she gave with a smile. The dwarf had a number of friends now, thanks to Sarah and his new friend Savannah. "Yeah yeah" he said with a humph.
"So now where do we go" the girl said realizing she was still in a tunnel. Hoggle looked left and right "Did we go left or right?" He thought to himself. The last time he was down here he was helping Sarah and he didn't have much time to think because Jareth released the cleaner on them. Well since the cleaner clearly wasn't there Hoggle had time to figure out the way. They went left he remembered. "This ways" he said pointing. "Okie dokie lead the way" claimed Savannah following closely behind Hoggle.
It felt like they had walked a ways when Hoggle remembered that he and Sarah pushed down a wall in order to find the ladder leading above. "Ah crap!" He said "We's gots to find the damn wall" he then began pushing on all the walls he came across. It had to be one of them. Savannah quickly got what he was saying and began doing the same. Ludo looked confused, but he tried anyways. They had no luck. None of the walls moved.
They all sat down to take a break. "What do we do now?" Asked Savannah. Hoggle really had no idea what to do. Savannah could see this on his face, so she stood and continued to push the walls. She couldn't just give up now. She stopped and leaned against a wall only to fall flat on her back. Letting out a cry. Hoggle and Ludo ran to her and helped her back up. "Sawannah ok?" Questioned the orangish beast. "Yeah" she said rubbing her lower back. "Here we are!" Said Hoggle walking to the ladder. Savannah took one look at the ladder and then at Ludo. How in the world were they going to get him up that thing? "What about Ludo?" She said grabbing the beast arm. "He can make it up" assured Hoggle.
Well she trusted him so she guided Ludo to the beginning of their exit. They all began to climb listening to the creaking of ladder. Savannah reached up to find that the handle that was supposed to be there was not there at all. She slide down only to be caught by Ludo. "Thanks". "I'ds tolds thems to fix that's after tha first time!" Hoggle said looking down at the girl. He just easily climbed over the hole, but he didn't think she would be so careless to ignore it.
They were so close to the surface and then finally they were there. Savannah let the sun kiss her face and she smiled showing her pearl white teeth. "Ahhhhh" she said with pleasure "it's good to be out of the dark". She looked around at the new landscape and realized that they were in a hedge maze now. Everything was lush and green. It was definitely bursting with growth. At least this part of the maze had a warm feeling to it.
Savannah stepped back only to run into an old man. "I'm so sorry!" She said beginning to turn and as she did she noticed that this man had some weird bird thing on his head. "Watch where you are going young woman" the man said and whatever was on his head looked at the girl and whistled. "Look I said I was sorry!". Both the man and his bird hat thing sat on a marble chair. "All is forgiven" he proclaimed and the bird said "Yes forgiven". She just began to ask "Can you tell me where we are...". The man was already asleep. "Thanks for the help" she thought. Hoggle did nothing but huff at the man and said "Wells come on!"
Savannah was getting tired. Her feet were hurting and she was developing a headache. They had been walking for who knows how long and came across nothing but hedge. Ah! A dead end. They all turned to find that the labyrinth had once again changed on them. She hated that about it. Then she thought about the last time she was corned off. No matter what, there was always a solution to the puzzle. She was right and once she turned she found two doors with ugly faces on them. "Hey look!" She said signaling the other two to join her. "Ludo remember these" The beast said smiling. Savannah eyed them wearily. One had a ring through its ears and the other had a ring in his mouth. She walked up to the one with the ring in his mouth and looked at it cautiously. Had it just blinked! Then someone shouted at her in an angry tone "How many times do I have to tell you people that it's very rude to stare!" They all looked at the knocker with the ring in his ears. "Oh! We're sorry" Savannah said in shock.
Now the one with the ring in his mouth was mumbling at her. "Sorry I can't hear you!" She shouted. Ludo then grabbed the knockers ring and yanked it out of his mouth. "Ahhhhhh thank you!" The knocker replied. Ludo then looked back at Savannah with a grin. "Good job Ludo!". "So...um...how do we get in?" She questioned the goblin. "Knock and the door will open!" He replied. Well ok that sounds easy. She took the ring from Ludo's hand and attempted to place it back in the knockers mouth. The knocker quickly shut it and mumbled "mum mum". "Oh come on! I don't have time for this! I'm on a limited schedule here!" She said in frustration. The knockers mouth remained closed and she was beginning to get ticked off.
Ludo once again helped her and covered the knockers nose. She knew what the beast was doing, so she waited until the knockers mouth flew open gasping for air. Shoving the ring back into its mouth. The knocker knew that the trick worked on him every time. Savannah then knocked and surely the door opened. She walked in only to be closed off from her friends as the door slammed shut with a bang. "Ludo! Hoggle!". Banging on the door didn't help at all...she was alone once again.
Jareth's Point of View
Finally he got her alone again. He marveled at her lonely and frightened look. Was she really scared? After all she had been through? She was a peculiar little mortal. Everything about her fascinated him. He threw the crystal away. And drew another one. In it he saw the Fire Gang dancing around and acting like idiots as usual. He yelled at the crystal and the feathery creatures all halted and listened. "You know what to do" he questioned into the ball. All the creatures shook their dismembered heads in agreement. Good his plan was working well and now with Ludo and Hoggle out of the way nothing could possibly enter fear with his scheme. Well unless those block heads messed it up, but he put enough fear into them to know that they wouldn't dare to.
"Not long now my dear, and you will be mine" he said glancing up at his clock. She had five hours to retrieve her brother and sister, but he already knew how to get her to stay. It was actually quite simple once he thought about it and there would be no way she could deny him. He was full of triumph and he knew that no matter what he had won. Laughing he yelled at one of his goblins to fetch his coat.
Savannah's Point of View
"Where am I?" She thought to herself. As far as she could tell she was in a lush green forest. The trees were not like the tree she had climbed. These trees actually looked like trees. Their bark was ruff, but it's leaves felt as soft as silk. She continued walking as she heard a crack from a little ways behind her. "Hoggle...Ludo!" She quietly yelled. There was no reply, but the cracking sound grew louder and closer. Savannah began to run and with her luck she tripped over one of the trees roots. "Are you kidding me!" She shouted looking back on the wound. It wasn't bad, but it certainly didn't feel good. She stood up and continued. The cracking had ceased, so she relaxed a little and slowed her pace.
From out of no where this creature popped out. "What the hell is that!" She asked herself. It didn't look like anything she had ever seen, but it didn't surprise her because most of the stuff in the labyrinth was foreign to her. Well at least it was alone...then another one popped out and another. She spoke too soon. "Heyo!" One yelled. "Well aren't you pretty" said another. And before she knew it they were all singing. "Great!" She thought "Now I'm in a musical!" They continued to sing. They were taking their freaking body parts off! They tossed their heads at each other and laughed like that was normal, but after a few seconds she didn't mind it because she found them harmless-stupid-but not dangerous.
Once they were finished they decided to jump on her. "Do yo head come off?" One questioned. Then another one interrupted him and said "We can't play now! Remember what da boss said!" And with that they were all on her. With all the weight Savannah fell to the ground. "Harmless" she heard her conscience tell her with sarcasm. One came up to her as the others held her down holding a shell. She tried to dismember their arms, but it was no use. They were strong even though they were small. The one holding the shell lowered it to her mouth and said "Drink dis". Did he honestly think she was an idiot? She turned her head in disgust. "Well lady I didn't wanna do dis" he sighed. Then the rest of them tilted her head back and in came the liquid. She did her best to spit it out, but the monster held her mouth shut forcing her to swallow. Whatever it was it tasted like crap and she instantly wanted to throw up.
The world then began to spin. The trees became blurred and all she could say was "What was in that!" Before she lost consciousness. When she awoke she was in a cave. The only light was illuminating from a crack in the caves roof . Her head was throbbing and she was still tired from the drug. If anyone messed with her she could have surely killed them. She tried to stand, but noticed that she was tied with vines. "You think you can hold me with mire vines!" She said laughing. She pulled and tugged, but the vines were not moving. She huffed at the thought of how much time remained. "How could this get any worse!" She shouted in rage. "Trust me my dear it could be worse" she heard a voice say in the dark. She feared to open her eyes knowing who's face she would meet.