Here it is- the very last chapter of Goblin Babe- I really hope you've all enjoyed reading this and that it has lived up to your expectations

I would like to thank everyone who had reviewed. And now without further ado...

On with the show...

Epilogue

There was a great hullaballoo in the Goblin Kingdom that day- every Goblin made his or her way to the castle beyond the city. The place hadn't changed a bit in the eight years since King Jareth had taken the 'Girl who ate the peach' as his Queen- besides, that is, the increased cleanliness of the city and castle.

In the antechamber at the outside the throne room thirteen year old Jae paced nervously

"Cheer up Jae-Fae" her little brother sneered the nickname. "If you mess up there's always me"

"Mother should never have told you about that male inheritance thing that happens in the Aboveground Kai" Jae told him shortly. "You've been a royal pain ever since"

The eight year old prince glowered at her.

Before he could make a counter argument the doors to the throne room flew open and a magical fan fair started up.

"That's my cue" Jae slipped behind a regal façade

"Break a leg" Kai told her. "And I mean that literally"

With a virtually imperceptible movement Jae summoned a crystal and threw it over her shoulder- it hit Kai squarely in the chest and he vanished; nothing was going to spoil this for her- especially not her bratty self centred little brother. She strode across the threshold and into the chamber.

That evening the crowned princess of the Goblins sat in the window of her bedchamber rolling a crystal over her hand- the ceremony had gone without a hitch; even though her mother hadn't been best pleased at discovering that Kai had been banished to an oubliette so he wouldn't interrupt. Her father however, had laughed it off- even if he claimed that some of the mayhem she caused was sending him prematurely grey.

On impulse she stood up on the window ledge and threw her self into the air- she felt the change happened automatically and she moved herself into an up-draft relishing in the feeling of the wind in her white and golden feathers.

Now she understood why her parents would take off for flights at random intervals- the freedom the avian form granted was marvellous. This was something she could hold over Kai until he himself turned thirteen- she flew on; over the labyrinth knowing that the morning would herald the start of Queen-craft lessons- but for now Jae the Barn owl would just enjoy her flight; no responsibilities, simply the wind in her feathers and the kingdom she was to inherit one day far below her- life was sweet.

The End

WMH: Why am I never in any of your stories?

Myra: Oh, um- Just say the line then we will talk this over. Ok

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