Such A Sad Love, Deep in Your Eyes Ch 20

Chapter 20: Don’t Tell Me Truth Hurts

Soon enough the trio was at the gates, which were closed by the time they got there.  Stepping backwards, Kat looked up to the top of the wall to see a couple of goblins up top on patrol.

“Hey!” Kat called out to them, “Open the gates!”

“And why should-” The one goblin started to call out before he noticed who had shouted, “R-Right away, miss!”

Jefferson watched in shock as the goblins up top scrambled to open up the gate.

“Impressive.” Jefferson told his Alice.

“Thanks.” Kat said, still looking up at the goblins. Thankfully, Jefferson had not noticed the glare she gave the goblin that had started to say no.

Once the gates were open the three headed into the city.

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Enchanted Forest

“Shh, shh!” Kat shushed the three-year-old, trying to calm her down.

“Is she alright?” Jefferson asked, worried.

“Yeah, she just fell down,” Kat commented, “But you’re fine aren’t you, Grace?” She smiled down at the little girl she was rocking back and forth.

“Y-yeah.” Grace nodded between tears.

“Aww, there’s my strong Grace.” Kat smiled as she wiped her daughter’s tears away, “Would you like some stew?”

“Uh-huh.” Grace nodded.

“Okay,” Kat gently put down Grace over by a little table that was cluttered with a tea set and stuffed animals, “You play here while mommy go gets you your stew.” She then leaned down and kissed her daughter’s forehead before standing back up and walking towards the kitchen, Jefferson following her.

“You’re amazing, you know that?” He asked as wrapped his arms around her waist.

“I just did what I saw my own mother do with my brother.” Kat shrugged, before her eyes turned sad. It had been five years since she last saw her little brother.

“You miss him and the rest of your family.” Jefferson stated, knowing how badly she missed her family.

“Yes.” Kat agreed, “But don’t forget, you and Grace are my family too.” She then turned around and kissed him softly on the lips, “I wouldn’t want to be away from you two either.”

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Underground

Jefferson had seen crazy before. He had experienced while he was in Wonderland. But never, never, did he think he has seen anything as crazy as Goblin City.

There were goblins of all different shapes and sizes running amuck through the streets, and even a couple of chickens as well. He saw a couple of cannon balls, and smaller goblins, flying through the air and striking buildings and creatures alike.

It was pure insanity.

“How are we going to get through them all?” Jefferson asked out loud.

“We walk.” Kat said, as if it was the simplest thing in the world, before walking forward.

Jefferson had expected her to get hit as she walked. Instead, to his utter amazement, the goblins started to calm down and move out of her way as she walked. There was now a clear path from the gate to a few feet in front of his wife. Not wanting to have the crowd close up again, Jefferson quickly followed his Alice, with Ludo not too far behind them.

“How did you do that?” He questioned once he got next to her.

Kat shrugged in response, “They were like that last time too.”

“I hope this means we’ll get to the castle faster.”

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Enchanted Forest

Kat was walking through the forest at the moment. She had already put Grace to bed for the night, so she decided a nice walk would be nice. Jefferson was gone for the moment; he had left to complete a job while she stayed behind to take care of Grace. She had chuckle at the thought; if her uncle had found out his hot-tempered, violent-prone niece was basically a stay-at-home-mom he would probably faint in shock. She never would have thought that she’d willingly choose to be so domestic, that is until she first held Grace in her arms.

As she walked through the forest she felt the magic that she had grown accustomed to. Unlike back home or in the Underground, there were many magic users in a very close range. Back home there was nearly none, only ones in the world being those who traveled to her world and those who were like her, though they were few and far between. In the Underground, while there were many, many magic users, most of whom were fae, they were all scattered around the huge place that was the Underground, only coming together for balls and such.

At first it was very odd, especially since one of the magical beings were fairies and no one here thought of them as pests but rather beings of pure good, something that she doubts actually exists.

Even with all the magical creatures around her, she never once told her husband that she could use magic, rarely even using it since she came to this world. One might think she was silly for it, she knew that one of their regular clients, Rumplestitskin, thought as much, but she feared he would think ill of her for the use of magic. Or worse, that she used magic on him. She knew she would never do such a thing, she hated using magic on anyone, against them sure but never had she used magic to directly affect someone. It was a fear she had ever since she started learning magic, that people would think she would control others with it.

As she felt for the magic in the air, something she tended to do as a way to stay calm, she suddenly felt two spikes of magic in the air, both from familiar sources, though only one she expected. The one she expected was Jefferson coming back through his hat, but the other…

“Why is he here?” Kat muttered to herself before running towards the source of magic. He was too close to her home for her to be comfortable.

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Underground

Within a half hour, the trio made it to the castle.  Upon entering it, the first person they saw was a short male wearing a white shirt, brown pants and boots, and a red cap. Just one look at him was all Jefferson needed to know that he was not human. For a moment, he wondered if this was the Goblin King who had his daughter.

“Hoggle!” Kat greeted happily.

Apparently not…

“Eh?” Hoggle turned to look at the trio. It was then that they saw he was chatting with an even shorter goblin, “Oh, its you.”

“Good to see you too, Hoggle.” Kat said, unfazed by his tone of voice.

“What are you doing here?” He asked.

“We’re looking for Jareth.” Kat said, and Jefferson quickly noticed the venom in her voice when she spoke the name, “Where is he?”

“His majesty is in the throne room.” The goblin answered, “I was supposed to be in council with him but he has been ignoring everyone. He was going to make me mayor.”

“Oh be quiet will ya!” Hoggle snapped at the complaining goblin, “But he’s right, I don’t know what’s happening but he is refusing all of his meetings.”

“Throne room, huh?” Kat muttered before turning, “Ludo, can you stay here, I think this should be just between me, Jefferson and Jareth.”

Ludo grunted in response but walked closer to Hoggle.

“Come on, we better go.” Kat said to Jefferson before leading him towards the corridor that lead to the throne room.

“WAIT!” The goblin cried out, “Can you remind him of his decision to make me mayor!”

Kat rolled her eyes, ignoring the goblin. She knew of him, and his feelings towards the fact that a non-goblin was the Goblin King. She just continued to walk, determined for the fight that would come once she saw the King of Goblin City.

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Enchanted Forest

Kat panted when she made it back to her home, having run all the way there. Once she caught her breathe, she looked up to see a familiar face standing right outside her home.

“Katrin.” He greeted her.

“What are you doing here,” She asked, not showing her irritation at the use of her full name, “Jareth?”