Labyrinth Page #12

SARAH:
I'm not mad at Ludo, Sir Didymus. I'm just upset because time

is running out and I have to rescue my baby brother.

DIDYMUS is struck to the very roots of his chivalry.

DIDYMUS:
You mean to rescue _a child_?!!

SARAH:
The goblin king took him, and I've only got ...

She takes out the watch. The hour hand is on the 5.

SARAH:
... five hours to get him back.

DIDYMUS yells across to LUDO.

DIDYMUS:
Is this your quest, too, my brother?

LUDO:
Save ... baby.

DIDYMUS is overwhelmed.

DIDYMUS:
Then I shall join you, lady. I am at your service, upon my

sword.

He bows low before SARAH and she smiles.

SARAH:
I happily accept your fealty, Sir Didymus.

HOGGLE frowns with displeasure at this latest development.

HOGGLE:
This is all well an' good, Missy. But we still got one little

problem.

They all look across the fissure at LUDO.

LUDO:
Ludo ... friends.

HOGGLE:
Yes, yes. We're friends. Very nice. What's that got ta do

with us gettin' over there without a bridge?

LUDO:
Rocks ... friends.

HOGGLE:
We're wastin' our time, Missy. Let's you an' me go find

another ...

He is interrupted by LUDO bellowing, which is followed by a

sympathetic rumbling. Suddenly rocks pile in from both directions

until there is a pile in the fissure high enough for them to walk

across.

LUDO:
Rocks ... friends!

SARAH (laughing): They sure are, Ludo!

She skips happily across followed by a sullen HOGGLE. DIDYMUS

whistles and is quickly joined by a tail-wagging SHEEPDOG. SARAH

gasps, he is the spitting image of her own MERLIN.

SARAH:
It's ...

DIDYMUS:
Ambrosius! My noble steed.

SARAH laughs and shrugs. Nothing surprises her in the labyrinth.

52EXT:
FOREST - NIGHT

The edge of the forest. From here you can see the castle in the

distance, just across the dry, cracked plain. The sky is full of

stars. SARAH, HOGGLE, LUDO and DIDYMUS are sitting around a fire.

DIDYMUS:
What will you do after we save the child, my lady?

SARAH:
Take him home, of course! That is, if I can figure out how.

DIDYMUS:
What is your kingdom like? Do you have many knights to

defend your honor?

SARAH:
Not even one.

DIDYMUS:
It cannot be! What bitter place is this that does such

dishonor to my lady?

SARAH:
It's a place where ... where nobody really sees me.

LUDO:
Ludo ... see ... Sarah!

SARAH:
(laughs) I know you do, Ludo. (she turns to Didymus) And

thanks to you, Sir Didymus, I finally have a knight.

He bows graciously. HOGGLE, who has been watching this scene, feels

rejected and miserable. He gets up and wanders away from the fire.

After a moment, SARAH follows him.

SARAH:
Don't you feel like resting?

HOGGLE:
I ain't tired.

SARAH:
Me neither. What I am is hungry.

HOGGLE winces but SARAH doesn't notice. SARAH looks back at LUDO and

DIDYMUS. LUDO lies on his back snoring loudly. DIDYMUS dozes against

AMBROSIUS' side.

SARAH:
They're both wonderful, aren't they?

HOGGLE:
They're alright.

SARAH:
They're more than that! They're loyal and strong ... and with

their help I'm going to beat Jareth!

HOGGLE shakes his head sadly. SARAH speaks as an afterthought.

SARAH:
And yours, too, of course.

HOGGLE:
I ain't no fighter ...

She shrugs that off and wanders away to look out at the castle.

HOGGLE goes through agony for a moment, and then makes a decision.

HOGGLE:
Missy ... if you're hungry ...

He holds out the peach that JARETH gave him: the world's most

delicious looking peach.

SARAH:
Oh, great!

She happily taken the peach and bites. It takes everything HOGGLE has

to not put his hands over his ears. She takes another bite and then

stumbles.

SARAH (laughing): Everything's dancing ...

She looks up at the sky, exhilarated.

SARAH:
Even the stars are dancing!

HOGGLE turns and walks back to the fire. SARAH stumbles about as she

gazes happily at the sky.

53INT:
CASTLE - NIGHT

FREDDIE is leading the GOBLINS on a merry chase. He crawls around the

room, pulling things off shelves. A GOBLIN is on his hands and knees

in front of JARETH polishing his boots. JARETH kicks the GOBLIN and

sends him flying across the room. This makes FREDDIE laugh and he

pulls a book off the shelf and throws it. It hits a GOBLIN on the

head. JARETH scoops up FREDDIE and puts him in his cradle. He sits

down next to him.

JARETH:
Little goblin-to-be, I have something to amuse you.

He waves his hands in front of FREDDIE and suddenly beautiful

crystalline balls appear in them. He runs them over his fingers like

so many coins, their molten light so dazzling that FREDDIE kicks up

his legs with excitement. And WE CAN SEE that at the end of his

pajamas are two wizened goblin feet! JARETH laughs and flings the

balls into the air and they turn into bubbles, beautiful, mesmerizing

bubbles.

JARETH:
Soon, little one. Very, very soon ...

And they both watch the bubbles as they fly out the window and over

the labyrinth, coldly beautiful against the darkening sky.

54EXT:
FOREST - NIGHT

SARAH's hand opens slowly and the half-eaten peach falls to the

ground. She stares out into the sky, mesmerized. The bubbles are

approaching; dazzling, dancing bubbles. And then she hears music,

haunting, spell-casting music. The bubbles come closer and WE CAN SEE

that each one contains a TWIRLING DANCER, a DANCER just like the one

in SARAH's music box. She gets up and follows them.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

HOGGLE watching from the woods.

HOGGLE:
Damn you, Jareth! (He turns and begins to walk away) And damn

me too!

ANOTHER ANGLE:

A bubble, with SARAH inside it, floating through the sky. She appears

enchanted, and she begins to twirl, just like the OTHER DANCERS.

55EXT:
BALLROOM - NIGHT

A giant bubble, with a magnificent ballroom inside it. Tiny bubbles

rush to join it. In one of them is SARAH.

56INT:
BALLROOM - NIGHT

The music changes and now SARAH is inside the ballroom. It is a

magnificent spectacle with all the beauty and decadence of an 18th

Century Venetian ball. Magnificently dressed DANCERS swirl to the

music in an incredibly opulent setting. But when you look closer you

sense decay just beneath the surface; things are threadbare, faded.

The GUESTS wear masks that are elegant parodies of goblin faces,

giving them all a slightly sinister look. And there is something very

provocative about all of them; the WOMEN have bare shoulders and

daring decolletage, many of the MEN have their shirts open to the

waist. Some of them lounge against the wall indolently and there is

the feeling that the party has been going on all night. In this

setting SARAH is the picture of innocence. TWO WOMEN snickering

behind their fans as SARAH approaches, and she is suddenly terribly

self-conscious. How plain She feels amidst all this! She looks into

one of the many mirrors that line the ballroom and sighs at her

image. Then suddenly she sees something in the mirror that makes her

gasp.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

The mirror, and in it the reflection of a resplendent JARETH dancing

with a particularly exotic-looking WOMAN. SARAH whirls around, trying

to get another glimpse of JARETH. She is so intent on trying to see

him that she doesn't notice that she is being stared at brazenly by a

YOUNG MAN leaning against the wall. He moves next to her and whispers

something into her ear. She hurries away, shocked; and the YOUNG MAN

throws back his head and laughs. And JARETH sees the whole thing.

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