Fan Fiction ❯ Simpsons in Labyrinth ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: Simpsons and Labyrinth belong to their respective owners. I do
not own them.

Warnings: May contain spoilers for Labyrinth. And umm, language ^_^

Ratings: PG-13, to be on the safe side.



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Chapter 2.

Across the realms of time and space, laid a majestic land full of magic and wonders.
A place that was called "The Underground". Therein stood a huge castle, which was
surrounded by a small city. Around them were miles and miles of twisted and turned
walls and paths, that made up the Labyrinth.

In the castle's throne room, which was littered with goblins of every shape and size,
sat Jareth, the Goblin King. He was draped over his throne and was lightly tapping his
riding crop against his thigh.

All of a sudden, there was a sudden commotion that went through the goblins. Jareth
immediately knew that another baby was about to be wished away to his Labyrinth.

Jareth sat up straight and rubbed his hands on his temples in circular motions.

`Don't these insolent children know that actions have consequences.' He thought to
himself. `When would they learn to be careful what they wish for, because sometimes
they come true.'

He was rather tired of abducting babies and have their care takers run in to save them.
But, this condition came with being the almighty Goblin King. And he had to uphold
this title every time. He had to make the one who wished away the baby, run the entire
course of Labyrinth. At times, there were some people who were able to defeat the
Labyrinth and save the child. But at other times, there were people who weren't so lucky.
Jareth took a weary look around the throne room and observed the population of the
goblins strewn around. Most of them were born in the underground, but there were some
who had been turned into these filthy, vile creatures. Those who had been turned, had once
used to be beautiful, innocent babies. They were just unlucky that their wisher-away hadn't
been able to defeat the Labyrinth and rescue them. Jareth had hated it every time when the
small angelic child shed his or her innocent beauty and turned into this ugly creature that was
a goblin. But then again, this came with the position.

And now, another baby had been wished away. A few of his goblins had disappeared from
the throne room, and reappeared a few seconds later with the baby. And as always, the
baby was brought to Jareth.

Jareth took a look at the baby. She couldn't have been more than 1 year old. She was
wearing a blue dress that exceeded her feet. She had a spiky head of hair, and was suckling
on a pacifier loudly. She wasn't crying anymore, like she had been when the goblins had
brought her. Rather, she was looking around her surroundings, as if measuring it up.

"Hmm, Margaret Simpson. Also known as Maggie." Jareth said out loud. "I hope whoever
wished you away has a strong will to retrieve you back."

Maggie looked up at him and grabbed on to one of his hair locks that were forming his face.
Jareth smiled softly at her, and gently extracted his hair from her tiny grip.

"Well, time for me to pay a visit to your family, little one." He said to her and turned towards
the goblins. "Take good care of her and give her some milk if she starts crying."

With that, he placed Maggie on his throne, and disappeared in a shower of glitter.

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"T ake that!"

"Eat my shorts!"

"Oh no you don't. I will destroy you!!"

Homer, who was now fully dressed in his usual white shirt and blue pants, was happily
engaged in the video game with Bart. They were too occupied to notice that there
was a thunderstorm that had formed outside, and that lightening was striking the ground.

"Ohhh, you are soooo gonna die Homer!" Bart said firing his bullets at Homer's chosen
henchmen.

"Oh no, gotta save my people." Homer pressed down fiercely on his controller.

Then all of a sudden, their lights went out. Homer and Bart groaned out loud at this
predicament.

"What the hell happened? And just when I was about to beat you too." Homer
complained loudly.

"Oh no you weren't Dad." Answered Bart. "I think it might be a black out or something.
Hold on, lemme go check if Flanders' lights are on." Bart started towards the window.

He never got a chance to reach there because there was a presence that had popped out
of thin air right in front of them.

This strange looking man had an even stranger look about him. He had a wild mane of blonde hair.
He had incredibly pale skin, and his eyes were of different color. He was wearing tight clothing that
consisted of a form fitting pair of black leggings, a tight black shirt, and knee high black boots. He
was also supporting a black cape, that seemed to be billowing in the air.

"Who the hell are you, man?" Bark inquired the man.

"Yeah, and how did you get into our house?" this time Homer asked.

"You should know who I am Bart Simpson." Jareth ignored Homer and spoke to the boy.
"Weren't you the one who was reading a story to Maggie. The one where the goblins would
take away the baby if you said the right words. Well I am here to tell you that your wish has been
granted. I have taken your sister away to my Labyrinth. She is now at my castle."

"What the hell are you talking about. Maggie is upstairs, asleep in her room." Homer piped up.

"Is she really? Are you sure about that?"

Something in the man's tone made Bart run upstairs to check on Maggie. He came back a few
moments later with a dismal expression.

"She's not in her room." He announced.

"So, what this strange man says is true then. You sent your sister away to this Barylinth." Homer
was getting angrier by the second.

"Labyrinth." Jareth corrected.

"Why you little."

And once again, Homer had Bart in a choke hold.

"How :choke: am I :choke: going to :choke: explain this :choke: to your :choke: mother."

"Ack ack gack ack"

"Umm, excuse me, remember me, I am still here." Jareth, who had been ignored by Homer's
murderous rage, spoke up.

"You do have a way to get Maggie back." He informed them.

To him, this family looked very interesting. Instead of wasting time offering them their dreams
and desires, he went straight to the subject matter. After all, that is his real intention. To make
them run through the Labyrinth.

He waved his hand around, and all of a sudden all three of them were standing on a hilltop,
over looking the vast Labyrinth. Now that they had more light, their vision became clearer.
Homer and Bart had a better look of the man in the strange clothing.

"Pssst, boy. Doesn't this man look familiar to you." Homer whispered to Bart.

"What're you talking about Dad." Bart questioned.

"Allow me to introduce myself, gentlemen. My name is Jareth, and I am the King of Goblins.
You are now standing in front of my Labyrinth." Jareth spoke to the two, who were still whispering
among themselves.

"You know, doesn't he look like that has-been British rock star. You know, what's his name."
Homer said to Bart.

"Oh yeah, now that you mention it, he does look a little like him." Bart exclaimed.

Jareth had heard every word that had been passed between the father and son.

"I know what you two are thinking. And let me tell you that even though I may look like him,
there is no way that I am David Bow…"

"Sting! Doesn't he look like Sting." Homer said out loud.

Jareth was sure if he was an anime character, he would have fallen flat on his face.

"Well Mr. Sting. You better give me my baby back right now. Other wise Marge will unleash
her wrath on me." At this point, Homer voice was quivering. "And believe me, you don't want
to see that woman angry."

Jareth looked at Homer incredulously.

"Yeah, uh huh. The name is Jareth. And if you want to get Maggie back, you have to go through
the entire Labyrinth, and get to the castle at the heart of the Labyrinth. That's where you'll find her."

"No deal!" Homer said, pounding his left palm with his right fist.

"Very well. If that's the way you feel, then I'll just have to keep Maggie with me, forever. And you
get to explain to you wife how you lost your chance to save her." Jareth said, backing away about
ready to disappear.

"Uhh Dad. I don't think we have much of a choice here." Bart said looking at Jareth apprehensively.

Homer, who was shaking with the thought of Marge out for his blood, finally relented.

"Oh all right. Fine. What do we have to do?" he inquired.

Jareth pointed to a clock that was hanging on the branches of an old, died-out tree.
This particular clock went up to 13 hours, instead of just 12.

"You'll have 13 hours in which to solve the Labyrinth. Other wise Maggie will become
one of us forever." Jareth uttered the words that he had spoken quite a few times before.
But the reaction that he received from this family, was something he had never encountered before.

"What?!! 13 Hours!!" Homer, who had now taken a look at the vast Labyrinth, screamed.
"This place is huge. I demand that you give us more time than that. Give it!!" Homer shook
a fist in Jareth's direction.

"Hmm, o.k. lets see." Jareth looked at the clock and waved his hand. The small hand of the
clock moved ahead one full hour.

"Now you have 12 hours to solve the Labyrinth." Jareth said amusedly.

Homer's infamous fist, which had gotten him into trouble before, didn't fail him this time as well.

"You monster!!"

Homer was about ready to jump the Goblin King. Lucky for him, Bart had a firm hold
on the back of his shirt.

"Dad, do you want to make things worse? We already lost an hour because of your big mouth."

"I suggest you listen to the boy and start your journey." Jareth said backing away. "You have a
long way ahead of you. Such a pity." And with that, he disappeared out of sight.

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Jareth reappeared in his castle a few seconds later. He found Maggie asleep on this throne,
snoring softly around her pacifier.

He gently picked her up and placed her in his lap. He then conjured up a crystal from thin air
and looked inside to see what the Simpson men were up to. He had never encountered such
a peculiar family. Usually when he made an appearance in people's houses, they cowered in
front of him. They would get intimidated by his presence. But this family had paid him little regard,
let alone be afraid of him. He was rather amused by their antics. Oh, he was going to keep an eye
on them for the entire duration of their stay. Oh yes he was.

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"Well boy, its your call." Homer said to Bart. "Since you were the genius who made this happen,
I say you go through the Ralybinth and get Maggie back."

Homer stretched his arms over his head and crouched down in front of the tree, with his back
resting against the trunk.

"I'm just gonna take a nap here."

"It's Labyrinth. And oh no you don't." Bart exclaimed. "Don't you dare blame this on me.
I wasn't even the one who was supposed to be taking care of Maggie in the first place. You are
going to come with me and get her back. Plus, it will teach you about responsibility."

Bart wasn't about to let Homer off the hook for this one.

"Ohh, but this place is so huge." Homer who had stood back up, stomped his feet.

"Let's go!"

Bart started towards the bottom of the hill, ignoring Homer's remark. They both walked towards
the outer walls of the Labyrinth. When the reached the bottom of the hill, they found a small pond off
to the side. They also found a dwarf, who was busy relieving himself in that pond.

"Oh!! So that's where you go to take a leek. I'm about to burst here." Homer exclaimed and
ran towards the pond.

The dwarf, who had been startled when he heard Homer's voice, backed away. He was a short
little creature, in tattered clothing. He had a small pouch tied on the side of his shirt. He had a
large head, on his small body. He was looking incredulously in Homer's direction.

Ziiip. Homer unzipped his pants and proceeded to do his business.

"Oh, oh, ohhhhh that feels good." He proclaimed. "Oh yeah, almost done. No. Ohhh yeah."

The dwarf now turned towards the boy who was rubbing a hand over his eyes in exasperation.

"Oh man. It's such an embarrassment to be seen with you, Homer."

The boy said to the man, who was now finished with his business.

"Who is you?" The dwarf asked this strange company.

"I'm Homer Simpson. And this is my son Bart." Homer answered. "And who are you?"

"I's Hoggle. I's the exterminator here. It's me job to take care of pesky little creatures." He
answered them, and picked up a spray bottle from the ground. "Did ye wish away a baby?"

"Yeah. The boy here wished away his sister. And the Sting guy told us that we have to go through
the Larybinth to get her back." Homer answered.

"Larybinth? Eh, close enough." Shrugged Bart.

"The Sting guy? Oh do you mean Jareth?" Hoggle inquired.

"Yeah, him." Homer answered growling.

"Oh yeah, he's conniving guy, that one. And youse better watch out for his traps. He'll try
to trick ya once yer in there. And lemme tell ya, he does na' like ta lose. So you watch
youselves." Hoggle told them and started spraying the little winged creatures that were
flying around. :spray: 85…..:spray: 86…….

"Hmm, tricks eh. No matter. I work at a Nuclear Plant back home. And that means
that I am pretty damn smart. Too smart to fall for the Sting guy's tricks." Homer said
pointing to his head. He then noticed the small fairies and ran after them, giggling madly.

"We are so doomed!" said Bart.

"Hey look Bart. Little naked fairy. Look, look look look. Eheheheheheeee." Homer giggled
again, holding a fairy by her wings.

The fairy, who hadn't liked being captured, proceeded to bite Homer's finger.

"Ahhhhh!" he screamed. "Stupid naked fairy. You go squish now!!" and he proceeded to
smash the little creature between his palms, with a slap.

"Umm Hoggle, do you know how we can enter the Labyrinth." Bart inquired of the dwarf.

Hoggle, who had been rendered speechless observing Homer, snapped out of his stupor.

"Yeah, since you asked the right question the first time, I'll tell ya. You enter through that door.
It's right over………."

"Ohahhhhh" Homer was charging towards the majestic doors, head first.

"Owwwwww!!!" his collision with the gigantic gate hadn't budged it an inch.

He was now sitting on the ground, scratching his head, and blinking stupidly.

"…….there."

Hoggle pointed at the doors and they opened inwards. He shook his head unbelievably, looking at Homer.

"Good luck to ya both." Hoggle said. "I's sure you'll be needin' it."

"Yeah thanks for your help. Come on Dad."

Bart helped Homer to his feet, and they both entered the Labyrinth. The giant gate closed behind them
with a resounding thud.

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TBC.

Author's notes: Here's chapter 2. I tried to add the element of humor as much as I could.
Hope you all will like it. Oh, and I made Jareth out to be a good guy. Well, I love him too
much to make him out to be evil. Plus, in my point of view, he is actually a good guy, who
is forced to play a bad guy in front of others. In the movie Labyrinth, its evident how he
cared for Toby. So, I made him a good person at heart. Please read and review. And
you can offer constructive criticism if you like. Til' next time bye ^_^