The Broken Horse
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Labyrinth characters; they are the property of Jim Henson.
Author's Note: This is my first fanfic, so please be nice and tell me what you think! On with the story!
"Talking"
"Sarah thinking"
"Jareth thinking"
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Jareth was pacing his library, crystal in hand. He couldn't watch this anymore, but he couldn't tear his eyes away from the horrid sight unfolding before him.
"Sarah," The name nothing more than a whisper, yet held so much emotion. He could feel himself reaching out to her, begging her to call him. Begging her to let him help. Yes, he did love the mortal girl. Of course after their last encounter he had tried to forget her. It hadn't worked. He could never forget. Now he was helpless, watching his Sarah fight for her life.
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Sarah scrambled backwards trying to get away from the man who claimed to have loved her. She had moved in with him almost two months ago. Her home life hadn't been very good before then, anyway. Her parents had ignored her before she left for college. Then she had met Tom. They had dated for a few weeks and he told her he loved her. She knew she didn't love him back, but it was so nice having someone pay attention to her. The only person before that had been the most handsome man she had ever seen. He was the man she loved; she would love him until she died. She realized that would probably be very soon. That thought almost made her laugh.
"Sarah," came that singsong voice she had come to fear and despise, "Come here Sarah."
She shook her head, hard. It wouldn't do any good, it never did. Tonight was different, usually Tom would only hit her, but tonight he had a look in his eyes that Sarah had never seen. He looked insane.
"Sarah, I'm so disappointed in you," he was taunting her; "I haven't gotten what I want from you, Sarah."
The way he said her name made her want to scream. She had done that once and Tom had bruised her jaw so bad she could barely open her mouth, she never did that again.
Sarah was scared. Those other times she had been scared, but this was different. This was a "scared for you life" kind of scared. Some part of her mind was telling her to call out to Jareth. God it had been so long since she allowed herself to think his name. After all she had thrown his feelings back at him like they hadn't mattered. They did though, they mattered so much.
"Sarah, do you know what I'm going to do," Tom asked with an evil grin spreading across his face.
Had she ever thought that face was attractive, she couldn't remember.
"Sarah, I'm going have some fun with you," with that he reached behind his back and pulled out his pocket knife. He had threatened her with it before, but she had never thought he would do anything.
He was in front of her now and slowly, ever so slowly, opened his knife. Sarah had tears running down her face now. She was going to die. The voice telling her to wish herself away was growing louder, more insistent. Tom leaned down and kissed her. Then he stabbed her. Right in the stomach. She cried out as he twisted the knife in deeper. Looking up at him, she could see him smiling as he pulled out the knife. She collapsed on the floor.
"Sarah, don't ever deny me what I want," with that said he kicked her in her wound. She gasped. A wave of nausea swept over her.
"Jareth please," Sarah could feel the pain beginning to dull. She was losing consciousness. The last thing she saw was a snowy white owl at the window.
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Jareth broke out in a cold sweat as he watched Sarah being stabbed. There was nothing he could do if she didn't call. He was going to watch her die. Tears began streaming down his face as he collapsed on the floor. He couldn't stop watching, he had to see. He heard her cry out and he couldn't stop the shout that came for his own lips. Then he heard it. He had heard her call out to him. He dropped the crystal in his hasted to get to the window.
"I'm coming Sarah. Please just wait for me."
Author's Note: Okay so there is the first chapter. I know it is short, but I'll make for that in the next chapter. Please review! Any advice would be much appreciated! Thank you for reading!