Ch. 9 A BitterSweet Reunion
" Mummy!" Diana heard her son, Toby, screaming. She heard footsteps running and turned to see her son crying with a bruise forming on his fair cheek.
She saw the lights flickered and the thunder roaring, but her eyes were on her son.
" Toby? What's wrong?" She asked when she saw tears falling from her son's silver-brown eyes.
" Auntie Sarah slapped me!" Toby cries.
In Sarah's bedroom, Diana and Sarah were staring intently at one another while Toby was clinging to his Mother.
" Why did you slap Toby?" Diana asked.
" He ripped a page from my book!" Sarah responded, glaring at Toby, who flinched and hid behind his Mother.
" It must have been an accident. You didn't have to slap a minor," Diana firmly says.
" You need to ground him so that he'll learn not to go to anyone's room," Sarah sneered.
" Toby's only four. He even apologized. He won't go to your room. I promise," Diana reassured.
" You know what! You two get out of my room!" Sarah shouted, looking annoyed.
" I don't like that attitude of yours, Young Lady! I am the adult in this house. You must treat me with respect." Diana sternly stares at Sarah.
" You aren't my mother!" Sarah glares.
" I didn't say I was your mother." Diana shakes her head.
" Ugh! I wish my nephew were out of my life!" Sarah shouted.
Diana stared at Sarah with mixed emotions.
In the living room, Diana looked at the cupboard underneath the stairs while her son stood not far from her, looking scared.
" Mummy! Monster!" Toby cries out.
Diana turns and looks horrified when she sees a massive creature holding her son over its shoulder like a sack of potatoes, taking him away.
" Toby! Toby! Tobbbbyyyy!" Diana screamed, chasing after them, but she felt the world around her was slowing down.
" Mummy! Please don't let the monster take me away! I promise to be a good boy! I promise!" Toby cries.
" Toby!" Diana cries out, feeling helpless as the two disappear.
" Toby!" Diana woke up from her slumber. Her eyebrows rose, and her eyes widened, sitting up. Her voice cracked, and she started to have a coughing fit.
" Here. Drink this," Lady Eleanor hands Diana a glass of water.
" Thank you," Diana stuttered. She grabs the glass of water and takes a sip. Her eyes blinked when she realized she was in a different room.
Lady Eleanor looked at Diana worryingly while Hoggle stared at her curiously.
Diana stared at the two with mixed emotions, and she screamed. She gets out of bed, but her whole body gives out, causing her to fall.
" Lady Diana!" Hoggle shouted, watching Diana fall, and he looked at her worryingly.
Lady Eleanor figured Diana would react this way since she isn't from their world.
" Toby. Where am I? Where is my Son? Who are you guys?" Diana muttered, staring at the floor with mixed emotions.
Hoggle and Lady Eleanor approached Diana. Hoggle held his hand out to Diana, who stared at it warily.
" You are at the Labyrinth in the Goblin Kingdom. My name is Lady Eleanor of the Elven Kingdom and the loyal friend and Healer of His Highness, Jareth, The King of the Goblin Kingdom," Lady Eleanor introduced herself.
Diana glanced at Lady Eleanor and looked at her with mixed emotions, finding the Elven woman mesmerizing.
" Wait a minute," Her eyes blinked, looking perplexed.
" Did you just say the Labyrinth?" She asked.
Hoggle nodded.
Diana didn't know what came of her. But she somehow had the strength to stand up, run towards the door, open it, and leave the bedroom.
" Lady Diana!" Hoggle shouted, watching Diana leave. He was about to chase after her, but Lady Eleanor stopped him.
" She has to see her child and Jareth with her own eyes," Lady Eleanor whispered.
Diana exited the bedroom and ran down the hallway of the East Wing. She looked at her surroundings frantically. Tears started to fall from her eyes, scared for her son and herself.
" Toby! Toby!" Diana shouted.
She opens the doors of the East Wing and enters the Foyer. She ran down the stairs, seeing Goblins everywhere. They stared at her with mixed emotions.
" Where is he? Where is my son? Where is Toby!" She commanded.
The Goblins remembered watching their King escort a young child to the dining room. They all pointed in the direction of the dining room.
" My Dear! Let me take you to the boy. He is with our King having a feast," Sir Didymus sat on Ambrious and rode him to Diana.
Ludo spotted the familiar woman who hit him with a baseball bat and stared at her warily.
Diana spotted Ludo.
" Scary. Woman," Ludo grunted.
" You took my son!" Diana glares. " How do you expect me to react?" She firmly says. " Take me to my son!" She demanded.
" Follow us," Sir Didymus smiled and had Ambrious guide them to the Dining room where Jareth and Toby were eating and conversing.
Ludo opens the doors to the dining room. Diana steps inside and looks forward, intently staring at her son.
" Toby!" Diana shouted, unaware that Jareth was in the room with their son.
Toby and Jareth turned their gaze to Diana.
" Mummy!" Toby smiled, looking happy to see his Mother awake. He stands and runs towards her.
Jareth held his breath when he saw Diana after not seeing her for centuries in his world. His eyes stared intently at the woman who took his heart the moment he laid eyes on her when they were University students.
' Even though it has been centuries in my world, but four years in the mundane world. Diana's beauty still takes my breath away. She may looked famished due to shutting down her body out of instinct. But her beauty is on par with all the Elven beauties I have encountered throughout my life,' Jareth internally says.
Diana held her arms out to her son when she saw him run towards her. Tears fell from her eyes, and she looked relieved when she felt him against her, causing her to wrap her arms around him immediately.
" Toby! Are you okay? They didn't hurt you?" She asked, hugging her son tightly.
" I'm okay, Mummy! Are you okay?" Toby asked, nuzzling his head against her chest.
Jareth stands and walks towards them. The world slowed around him as he approached his son and First Love. His eyes intently stared at the two individuals clinging to one another.
" Mummy is fine. Mummy is glad you are okay," Diana lovingly kissed her son's unruly blonde hair.
" Diana Richards," Jareth called out.
Diana's eyes blinked when she heard a familiar voice say her name. She lifts her head. She stares, seeing Jareth in his human form for a brief second.
" Jared Lewis," She calls out while holding her son protectively.
Her eyes continued to blink when she saw Jareth in his proper Goblin King form.
" No. You aren't my Jared. Who are you?" She asked, looking at Jareth warily.
Jareth briefly flinched when he heard Diana ask him who he was. He walks towards her and holds his bare hand out to her.
" My name is Jareth, The Goblin King. But you know me as Jared Lewis. The Father of your son, Tobias Jared Richards," He introduced himself.
Diana grabs Jareth's hand and stares at him with mixed emotions. She saw the shimmery silver-brown eyes that she often saw in her son and knew immediately in her heart that she was looking at her First Love.
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