It's only forever
During a fight Toby wishes Sarah into Underground. Still angry at her he refuses to try his luck in the labyrinth. This leaves Sarah trapped in Underground forever. However this is not the end to Sarah's woe. After a visit from Jareth's sister, she discovers there may be something about her that Jareth is keeping a secret.
Chapter 1- Everything I have loved
I throw my hands up at Toby in an innocent gesture. Shit, if I had known he would react like this I would never have agreed with Ash.
"Toby, I'm sorry. I didn't think it would affect you this much." I say to him honestly.
"You said you would be here for me and now you won't be." He yells. Jeez for a 6 year old he sure can yell.
"I will still be here for you. I will still come when you call, it just might take a few minutes." I reply. "Toby I'm just moving in with Ashley, you remember Ashley, my friend." My only friend, I add silently.
"No, stay here," Toby throws Lancelot at me.
"Hey, don't take this out on Lancelot. Besides there's nothing you can do about it." I tell him. I've already packed up half my stuff.
"That's not fair. I wish the Goblin King would take you away right now." He screams at me. My heart stops and my breath catches. I glance down at myself and see that I am near transparent.
"What did you do?" I ask him before he disappears and all I see is black.
I can not see myself or what is in front of me. Everything is black. Is this what happened to Toby four years ago. I imagine him, begging the Goblin king to give me back. I feel whatever I was standing on give way and I start to fall.
The sensation is familiar to me. I did this before when Jareth gave me the peach. A shiver runs through me as I remember the hold he had on me. Surely after four years those feelings would be gone. As I fall I think about the years following my time in the Labyrinth. I had finished high school and was studying to be a drama teacher in High schools. It was at college that I met Ashley, my best friend. We had instantly clicked and did everything together. I had also met Chad at college. We have been going out for about two years and he is just amazing.
As I think about Chad, I start to fall faster and finally land face first on a cold stone floor. I look up and find myself in the middle of a throne room surrounded by goblins. I look at them, searching for a face I know.
"Where am I?" I say to myself in a whisper. My guess is its Jareth's castle.
"Sarah, surely after four years you remember this place." His words echo my previous thoughts.
"Jareth take me back." I say, turning around to face him. I tense up when I find his face inches from mine. His eyes gore into mine and I know he's trying to guess what I'm thinking.
"I can't take you back my dear." He says to me, a smirk playing on his lips.
"What do you mean? Toby will beat your labyrinth, just like me." I say crossing my arms. Come on Toby get me out of this place. As soon as I finish the goblins start to laugh. Jareth included.
"Sarah, you don't understand do you. You're brother didn't bother to try my labyrinth. You're stuck with me forever." He smiles wickedly at me his odd eyes shining with glee.
"No." I cry gripping my necklace Chad gave me. The goblins continue to laugh.
"You monster. You despicable vile beast." I yell at him. The room goes silent and I know I've overstepped something. I look around and find every goblin in the room glaring at me.
"Sarah, I think you need to calm down." Jareth says to me. The words sound warm but I know they are anything but. "Come." He holds his hand out to me.
I take it and am instantly showered in darkness. A few seconds later I open my eyes and find myself in a stone room. It has a large cream coloured four poster bed. The bed is larger then any other one I have seen. The room also has a lounge space and an open fire space. The room is fit for a king. A goblin king. I turn to him and find his eyes to be cold and furious. Be careful, a small voice says in my head.
I push that voice away.
"Why me?" I ask him, my mouth in a small line. "What do you mean my brother didn't bother?"
He raises his arm and grabbing both of mine pins me to the wall. "I will start answering your questions when you start showing respect to your king." He says coldly, his face inches from mine.
"Fine, just answer my questions." I reply only giving into him to gain information.
"What were they?" he seems slightly distracted by my clothes. I'm wearing a short denim skirt with knee high boots and a nice shirt. I was going to go out with Chad tonight, not mess around with the Goblin king.
"Why am I here? Why isn't Toby looking for me? What has happened at home?" I ask, wiggling to get out of his grip. Instead he holds me tighter.
"This is your home now." He sneers.
"But what about Dad, Ashley or Chad?" I ask him.
"They have all forgotten you." He says wearing a triumphant smile.
"No." I gasp out. How can I be so quickly forgotten? "What about my possessions?"
"They are here. Sarah I have done everything to make this home for you." He says removing his hands. I slide down the wall, no longer relying on him to hold me upright. "It's only forever." He smiles down at me.
I glare up at him, my anger suffocating common sense. "Forever? If you think for one minute that I am staying here forever then you sir are sadly mistaken." I scream at him. I stand up and punch a pillow on the bed. The tears start to fall before I can stop them.
"Sarah..." Jareth says to me softly. I feel the bed give way as he sits next to me. I feel his arm around my shoulders.
"No don't touch me. I hate you. You took me away from everything I have ever loved." I say shrugging his arm off me.
"Everything?" He asks me.
He leans into me and I feel his lips brush mine. He gives me a chance to say no but my body has taken over my mind. I connect our lips and it seems to take him by surprise. His tongue pokes mine tenderly and I automatically moan. I nip his lower lip and feel his breath become ragged. I slowly become conscious of my hands moulding his uncontrollable hair and of his arms picking me up and laying me on the bed.
Chad never kisses me like this. I freeze, Chad. I'm never going to see him again. Jareth continues to kiss me, though he's now moved to my neck.
"What's wrong baby?" he asks in between kisses.
"I, I want..." I want him to keep doing exactly what he's doing. However another part of me, properly the smart side, wants him to stop.
"Stop." I cry out, trying to move him. The original fire and heat has gone. He continues to move down only stopping just before my breasts.
"Never say that I have taken you from everything you love, when you took the only thing I have ever loved when you left." He says before vanishing.
Love? He doesn't love me...I hope. I crawl under the covers of the bed and quickly fall asleep.
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Jareth watched Sarah fall asleep. She did have feelings towards him. And he thought it was a safe bet that they were similar, if not the same as the ones he felt towards her. She had kissed him. He hadn't influenced her in any way. She looked so peaceful when she slept. He clicked his fingers and she was instantly dressed in pyjamas, boxer shorts and a singlet. The way she was laying it made her breasts appear fuller then usual and Jareth felt the urge to kiss them.
"Not thinking of her again are we brother?" A sly voice said from the shadows in the room.
"Sister, what a surprise" He said bitterly. His sister showing up was never a good sign. "What are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to see how my dear little brother was going, is that so bad?" She asked pouting and appearing innocent.
"You, the queen of witches, wanting to know about your brother's wellbeing, I don't think so. Why are you really here?" He asked harshly.
"I come with a warning; do not treat the human as you did the others. She is not as fragile and has powers that would be greatly appreciated among my kind and I will happily accept her should you try anything." Her eyes grew red as she warned him.
"Goodbye Jaleela" He said, flicking his wrist. She vanished in a cloud of black smoke. Why would he treat Sarah like the others? She was different.
And trapped here forever.