It's Far From Over Chapter 5

Chapter 5

I only own Meep

Sarah's P.O.V


"Meep, does this have anything to do with my friends?"

"Where are they Meep?"

"Tell me!"

"In the dungeon in Castle beyond Goblin City."

"What!" Sarah shrieked. Meep flinched at her voice.
"Sarah?"  Her father called from downstairs, "is everything all right honey?"
"Um yeah everything's fine. I... um... couldn't understand something from my History notes." It was a stupid lie but it was the only thing she could come up with.
"Do you want some help?" Her Father shouted.
"No!" She quickly yelled back, "I mean... um don't worry I think I worked it out now."
"Well ok if you're sure."
Sarah let out a sigh of relief, the last thing she needed was for her father to walk in with Meep sobbing on the floor.


She whirled back round to see Meep crawling under her bed.
"Oh no you don't!" she lunged forward grabbing the small Goblin by the leg.
"No! No! Meep no wanna see Lady, mad!" the Goblin wailed.
"Meep! Please I need to know what happened." Meep Shock his head
"No King only order Meep to tell Lady that friends in dungeon. King say nothing about telling anything else! Meep don't wanna be punished!" He moaned.
"Wait you were ordered to tell me?" Meep refused to answer.
"Please Meep just tell me why they are there. That's all I'm asking."
Meep hiccupped and then looked sadly up at her.
"They in dungeon coz they help Lady!"
"What? They can't be locked up for that! It isn't Fa-"  Sarah stopped short. She had promised herself not to use the phrase again. Life wasn't fair but you play the hand you're  dealt. Her friends had been unjustly throne into prison for helping her and she damn well wasn't going to let a certain Goblin King get away with it. It was her fault her friends were in this mess so it was her duty to get them out of it.
"Meep I want to see the Goblin King, NOW!"
Meep stared up at her like she had gone mad.
"Why?" He squeaked
"Because his fight is with me, not my friends. If he wants to be a sore loser fine, but i will not stand by and let him hurt innocent people... I mean goblins!"
Meep gazed up at her, eyes wide with awe.
"Lady would risk anger of King for friends?"
"Yes" Sarah nodded. Meep shook his head in disbelief
"Then Lady very brave," Sarah smiled, "or very stupid." Sarah rolled her eyes. Although Meep did have a point, it sounded brave but was it really a smart thing to do? Yes she thought, I have to save my friends!
"How do I talk to him?" Sarah asked. Meep Blinked up at her.
"Wish." he said
"You mean all I have to do is make a wish?" Meep only nodded and began to crawl back under the bed.
"Where are you going?" she called after him.
"Meep hide, me no wanna see." came his muffled reply.


Sarah turned away from the bed and straightened her shoulders. Right, I can do this she thought and closed her eyes.
"I wish to speak to the Goblin King!" she said clearly then opened her eyes. Nothing happened. No lightning or thunder, no glitter, no arrogant Goblin King. Darn! What went wrong?
"Why didn't it work?" Sarah asked turning back to glare at space under her bed.
"Lady forgot ending." The barely audible voice came from deep under her bed; he must be hiding under some of her old blankets as well.
"Ending?" she questioned but Meep gave no reply.
What does he mean? She wondered. What ending? When I wished Toby away I... Oh! Realisation hit her.
"I wish to speak to the Goblin King," Sarah took a deep breath, "right now!"
This time Sarah knew it had worked, the lights in her bedroom began to flicker and the atmosphere in the room changed as if the air was now charged with electricity.
"Well this is a pleasant surprise." A male voice drawled from behind her, she spun around and came face to face with the Goblin King. He was dressed much the same as he had the first time they had met, full Goblin armour and dark cloak. Only this time the effect was different this time without the wind wiping his hair and cloak around it made him seem less frightening although his dark apparel and sharp piercing mismatched eyes still intimidated her.
"Goblin King." she replied, only a light tremor in her voice.


She noticed with dread that the Goblin King stood between her and the door meaning that if things went badly she wouldn't be able to escape. He obviously guessed what she was thinking.
"Not thinking of leaving are you Sarah?" he asked slowly taking two steps forward and cocking his head to one side. Sarah brought her chin up.
"No I'm not going to leave."  She replied, glad when her voice came out steady.
"No, because that would be rude after you summoned me here."  He grinned at her showing his slightly pointed canine teeth. She narrowed her eyes, was he laughing at her.
"What have you done with my friends?" She demanded folding her arms and glaring up at him. He sighed and tugged at the glove of his left hand and leisurely stepped closer to her.
"You know very well what I've done with them; otherwise you wouldn't have called me here tonight."
"So you really are that much of a sore loser then?" she asked glowering at him. To her anger he laughed.
"Come now precious, how does me punishing my disloyal subjects make me a sore loser? If anything it makes me a wise monarch, can't have my subjects believing they can get away with betraying their king now can I? I'd have a revolt on my hands."
"You're only doing this to get back at me for beating you!" Sarah hissed.
"Oh Sarah if I wanted to get back at you for besting my Labyrinth I would do something far worse than lock your friends up. Although I must say that I am pleased that their imprisonment has led me to have another audience with you, I had hoped it would." He smirked, lifting a leather encased finger and running it down her cheek. She flinched back at the unwanted contact.
"I thought you said you locked them up to set an example?" Sarah spat.
"Oh I did, but I was well aware that their incarceration would have other benefits." He whispered stepping even closer.
"What other benefits." She growled between gritted teeth.
"Now really precious, you don't expect me to tell you what they are, do you?" He laughed and reached out and caught a few strands of her hair between his fingers. Quickly she stepped back, uncomfortable with how close he had gotten, the lock of hair sliding out of his grasp.
"Stop calling me that and let my friends go they only did what any decent person would do!"
The Goblin King regarded her for a few seconds before replying.
"It goes both ways you know."
"What does?" Sarah snapped.
"The whole having no power. I may have no power over you but you have no power over me therefore, I can call you whatever I like and I don't have to release your friends."
Sarah pondered this for awhile then a grin spread across her face.
"I could always wish for you to release them! You have to grant a wish." Sarah said triumphantly, although her triumph quickly died as she saw the look of glee on his face.
"You could yes precious, but wishing always comes with a price. Your wish to get rid of Toby required you to complete my Labyrinth in order to get him back. And your wish tonight has granted me access to you if only a small amount."
"What!?" Sarah gasped
"So by all means make your wish but it will be costly, perhaps I'll take young Tobias in exchange?" he continued tapping his finger on his chin in contemplation.
"No! You can't have him, I won him back!"  Sarah said franticly.
"Then I guess you friends will have to stay where they are... such a pity."
"You can't do this! They did nothing wrong!" Sarah cried
"They defied their King, Sarah, so it is perfectly in my right to punish them as I see fit!" He snapped back.
There has to be another way? Sarah thought I can't make a wish because then he'll get Toby, oh what am I going to do? There's got to be something?
"I'll run the labyrinth for them." She said desperately. He shook his head.
"You didn't wish them away." He said simple gazing down at her a smile playing on his lips.
Grrrrrr I'd love to slap that smug look right off his face! Sarah thought.
"What can I do to get you to release them?" she asked almost immediately regretting it as a look of triumph flickers across his face.
"You really want your friends released?" He asked arching an eyebrow.
"Yes!"  She said, exasperated.
"I'm willing to offer you an exchange." He whispers edging closer to her.
"What kind of exchange?" Sarah asked warily
"Well I'll let your traitorous friends go in exchange for something I consider much more valuable." A smile played across his lips.
"What do you want?" Sarah asked, praying that he wasn't going to ask for Toby.
"You."