Beware the Purple Moon
Chapter 1 The wish
Author's note, this is actually my first story on fanfiction so let me know if it is good, Please R&R
Strange thoughts moved through Sarah's mind, horrible things had been happening to her lately, that is, every time her stepmother was near her…
A few weeks ago it had started, at first she had gotten food poisoning, and one day while she was showering cleaning liquids had been left out and open and a towel was pressed to the door. The fumes had spread quickly, before she had had the sense to open a window, she had nearly passed out before being able to drape a towel around her body and open the door, falling into the hallway, water still dripping from her skin, her stepmother had walked by, giving her a dark look.
Sarah now slept with her door locked, for fear she would be murdered as she slept. It was on one such night that she lay under her covers, her heart hammered in her chest every time she heard a floorboard creak. Sarah screamed when she heard the door handle jiggle, letting out a relieved sigh when she heard Toby's voice, "Sawa, I'm scawed!" He called
Sarah opened the door and looked down at the two-year-old boy that stood before her. His hair blond hair curled gracefully around his forehead, blue eyes shining, his face was thin, and babyish, "It's okay Toby, let's go sit out on the balcony and I'll tell you a story."
Toby's eyes lit up instantly, "The one about the goblin king, Sawa?"
"Of course," Sarah said, walking outside, child in arms.
It was a beautiful night, the stars shone brightly around a full moon in a cloudless sky. The trees were green, flowers blooming everywhere. Noises caught Sarah's attention and before she had time to react she, and Toby, were shoved off of the balcony, two stories up. Sarah turned her body around so that Toby wouldn't be the one that hit the ground, she would. There was a scream of rage above as Toby became visible to the person on the balcony. Sarah and Toby screamed, as the ground grew closer, Sarah clutched Toby tighter in her arms, closed her eyes, and braced for impact.
She hit the ground on her right leg, gasping as it crumbled beneath her, she hit her head, and before darkness overtook her she saw a white owl hovering above them. Sarah held Toby tighter still and closed her eyes.
When Sarah awoke she and Toby were in a white room, a cast covered her leg and a bandage was wrapped around her forehead. Her stepmother slept in the only colored thing in the room, a chair, a little red book fell from her hand, Sarah gasped, she recognized the worn leather covering as that of the Labyrinth.
Sarah's voice came out, barely above a whisper, "What were you doing in my room!" It wasn't a question, but more of a demand.
Her stepmother's eyes snapped open, she jumped, looking at Sarah, and put on a falsely worried face, "Sarah, dear, you're alright!"
"Don't fool around with me, Karen, I know it was you that pushed us!" Sarah cried.
"Oh, but I didn't push you," She said, "You were aiming for suicide and tried to take Toby with you!"
"Liar!" Sarah spat, "you've been trying to kill me for weeks, it started of f innocently enough with the food poisoning. Why, Why don't you want me?"
Her stepmother chuckled, "You do have a vivid imagination, don't you Sarah?"
"Why were you in my room?" Sarah asked.
"I found one of your old diaries, Sarah, the one from two years ago," She continued as if she hadn't heard Sarah, "Telling about your journey through the labyrinth, strange words for Toby to have been kidnapped by, I mean- I wish the goblins would come and take you away-"
"Stop!" Sarah cried, "Or I'll wish for Jareth to take Toby back!"
Her stepmother glared at her and at the same they both said, "I wish the goblin king would come take Sarah/ Toby away!"
"To bad it's not real, Sarah, it would be nice to be rid of you."
Hot tears filled Sarah's eyes, "Just answer me one question," She said, "Why do you hate me so?"
"Because your father loves you more than he does me, he sees you as he saw your mother… I do not like being second best to you!" With that Karen left the room.
Sarah's tears spilled over her cheeks, blurring her vision and making her oblivious to what was going on around her, the shadows began to move and a white owl appeared in the window. Sarah coughed quietly and pulled the blanket to her chin, tears fell over her face as she drifted off again.
Jareth flew into the room and changed back to his human form. He wore a snow-white loose fitting shirt over his midnight blue tights and black boots. His hands were gloved in white silk, and as always his hair was wild and unruly. His eyes were mismatched in color, one was an icy blue, and the other was a pool of brown mud.
He walked over to Sarah's bed, he slid his hand over her cheek, still glistening with tears, "Dearest Sarah," He whispered, "it looks like at last your stepmother has spoken those hated words, and you the same, finally you shall be with me in the labyrinth forever!"
He ran his hand through Sarah's hair and sighed, "you're very lucky that you survived that fall. Such a foolish, and yet, brave thing you did to save the boy's life, but nearly at the cost of your own…" He quickly moved his hand as she moved, disappearing beneath the blanket, "Hurry!" Jareth said, "Get them back to the castle before that bitch shows up again. Later on take her to the Oubliette and you and the other goblins punish her for what she has done to Sarah…"
"Yes sir!" The goblins called out together.
