Hey there my candi-coated kiddies if you know me from my last account than you remember this story, well its been through some major drafting and revising but im glad to have ch1 up and readable so enjoy
~summary~
*The bubble popped soundlessly in her hand not even lightly grasping it. An example of the Goblin kings fragile heart breaking as he stood before her.*
~Eyes closed and heart wide open her soul screamed and she had time to cry one more tear in her own world.~
With two sides to every whole heart and more than can be seen or known all anyone can hope for is a chance to hold on through the storm.
Luring Out Vindictive Emotions
By: Raechel A.G. Sabey
The bubble popped soundlessly in her hand not even lightly grasping it. An example of the Goblin kings fragile heart breaking as he stood before her, eyes wide with the shock of her rejection. Seconds past and turned into minutes finally his mind processed fully what had happened. His eyes slanted shut in anger as he let out calm slow breathes suddenly his eyes shot open and he glared at her.
He glared hard and long at her as he waved his hand and they appeared back in her living room.
Jareth turned minutes ticked by before he spoke, his voice no louder than a shaky whisper "love and rejection are not good friends dearest Sarah…"he paused and tilted his head back "and revenge is always their union." Slowly he began to dematerialize and just as she could see no more of him. she heard 'such a pity'. His last words to her vibrated and echoed off the walls of her house, sounding just as they had the first time and the only thing that came to her mind was something she had heard years ago as a child.
'As it begins so shall it end'
That had been about a year ago but fear still ran through her body every morning. She would wake every day and run to Toby's bedside to make sure he was still there and every day he was happily snuggling into Lancelot. It was no different this morning, after sitting by his crib till he awakend, Sarah smiled at him and he giggled up at her. His beautiful smile was filled with one the few emotions,as a baby, he knew, love. Today was Toby's 2nd birthday and Sarah was determined to make sure everything was perfect for him. She pulled him lovingly into her arms and walked downstairs preparing for the two-year olds party while Karen and her dad left to get the decorations and ingredients. Sarah had decided to make Toby's cake from scratch this year. With a smile on her face, Skillet blaring from her Walkman and Toby settled on her hip she begun work for the party
Down in the underground (no pun intended), Jareth smirked as he unceremoniously dropped the decaying book in his hands onto the wonderfully crafted large wooden desk below. Leaning back in the air to stretch like a cat, he called forth one of his goblins "Fabien" his deeply smooth voice bellowed. A small intelligent looking creature resembling a fox/weasel mixed-breed instantly appeared in the doorway. "Yes? your majesty. What can Fabien do for you?" it said, its own voice resembling that of a wise old fool. Jareth rotated in the air so that its seemed as if he were lying on his side one arm propping his head the other drooping over his stomach. "I have compiled a list of laws, it is on my desk, I need you to prepare everything for a trip to the aboveground. I have some business to attend and I need you to come with as my emissary. I wish to leave by noon." the king of goblins drawled with boredom. With a nod and a puff of smoke the goblin was off.
Finished with his minor obligations Jaerth left the athenaeum. He grinned as thoughts of what would come to pass at noon danced about in his mind. At last within his own quarters Jareth walked toward his personal lavatory and began to draw himself a heated bath. As he sat in the cistern of his personal lavatory he mused about how he had watched that stupid wench throughout her daily life, watched as she laughed with her friends, watched as her life became steady and comfortable. How He sat and watched as every night she called back her goblin friends and laughed happily with them and how she occasionally bought them gifts from her world. He still had scars from the searing pain she'd dealt him when she broke his heart upon her last hour in the labyrinth. Shaking the thoughts from his mind as he got out of the bath Jareth told himself that she would never again have the chance to hurt him like she had and yet above all things he would have his own vengeance upon her heart.
Sarah panted as she ran down the stairs into the kitchen; standing up straight she pulled the cake out of the oven and set it in the fridge to cool. Sarah went into the living room to begin putting up decorations and laying baby games on the floor. Since eight o'clock that morning, when her parents left to pick up some of Toby's playmates for the party, she had been running around preparing things and making sure that everything in the house was one-hundred percent baby proof. Luckily she had been able to get Toby down for a nap somewhere between then and now. Looking around the room once again she smiled everything was perfect. Taking a quick glance at the clock Sarah grinned and headed back into the kitchen 11:35 perfect! now all that's left is to ice the cake and I'll have an hour to relax before dad and Karen get home with a hand full of soon to be sugar induced little munsters, a-booya! . Glancing around the room one last time to make absolutely certain that nothing was amiss she turned off the lights and went upstairs.
Sarah popped her head around the corner into Toby's room and let out a breath of relief when she saw his beautiful golden curls poking out from under his blanket. Leaving his door open just a crack she went into her room and plopped face down onto her bed with a huff of exhaustion taking care of a baby's second birthday is hard she thought he probably won't even remember it. Sarah reached her head to grab and nuzzle her pillow, with a smile on her exhausted face she purred into the heavenly soft mush of pigeon feathers.
"Having a long day, Sarah?" With a shout of surprise Sarah fell off her bed, landing roughly on her arse. Putting her hands on the bed she lifted herself onto her knees and looked in the direction the voice had came from and sure enough, bright as day, there stood the Goblin King in all his mysterious glory leaning against her door as if he were some common teenage boy. Hey I don't remember closing my door shaking her head she stood up and brushed herself off okay so not the point. Looking up at the Goblin King it finally hit her as to who exactly was leaning against her bedroom door in broad daylight, and a wave of fear swept through her oh no please don't be here for Toby. Clearing her throat Sarah met his gaze and tried to put on a brave front "Why are you here Goblin King?" she asked as if she were merely annoyed by his presence and not downright terrified.
Jareth smirked who does she think she's fooling she reeks of fear. A Mock-hurt expression replaced his smirk and he waved his finger back and forth as if he were gently scolding a child "tsk tsk tsk now Sarah is that anyway to greet a guest" his fake expression faded and was once again replaced with his cocky smirk. Sarah's eyes slanted in anger "you are no guest in this house Goblin King" she growled testily rage flaring behind her hazel eyes "Now. What. Do. You. Want." Jareth sighed in boredom and picked at the dirt under his fingernails one arm crossed lazily over his stomach. If this weren't a serious situation he'd almost look like a hazy high school delinquent Sarah thought. Suddenly she felt an insistent tugging on her shirt hem, looking down she wasn't all that surprised to see one of jareths many goblin subserviants at her feet well more like knees at that moment. A blush smeared across her face as she realized she was still on her knees jumping up she smoothed out her shirt and pant legs, head lowered to cover the splotch of red on her face.
The smallish goblin handed Sarah what seemed to be a hand written scroll of something. As she looked over the scroll the small goblin began to speak "actually the king is here on business Ms. Williams" Fabien hopped onto her bed and waited for a response. Confused Sarah placed the scroll on her vanity table and sat in a chair next to her bed, now at eye level with the creature, "business? What kind of business . . . um . . . what's your name" she asked warily "Call me Fabien, Miss, and the king is here to discuss the issues concerning your triumph in the labyrinth."
Sarah just continued to stare at Fabien as if he was speaking gibberish. "I still don't understand" she muttered hopelessly after a few moments. Fabien huffed irritably and pointed toward the scroll "read the third sentence out loud please" grabbing it off the desk Sarah began to read aloud. "If a wisher should want to run the labyrinth in an attempt to save said child he or she alone must get to the center by his or her own natural abilities within the allotted thirteen hours" looking up from the scroll she shrugged her shoulders "but I did that already" she queried hands on her hips "and I won" a smug grin crossed her face as she looked toward the goblin king "so what's the problem?"
Fabien sighed "Ms. Williams the law states that you must complete the labyrinth 'alone', you were in fact, not only accompanied by not one but four acquaintances, but they also proceeded to 'help' you the entire way through the labyrinth and you are therefore are in violation of the law." Sarah jumped up from the chair nearly knocking it over and stared wide-eyed between the little goblin and Jareth. "Wait, so what does that mean, do I go to jail or something? Are you going to take Toby away? You cant do that its, its, ITS NOT FAIR!" Sarah dropped herself heavily down on her bed, her face in her hands ready to burst into tears. Jareth laughed cruelly finally moving away from his spot against the door to sit next to Sarah with one arm draped around her shoulder (for the slow ones that's an insult to injury).
Jareth continued to laugh at her misery as Fabien explained the rest of the nerve-wrecking news to her. "Now, now lady there is more than one way to solve this dilemma" he said, almost caringly, grabbing the scroll from her and fixing his glasses he continued "the law states that you can either rerun the labyrinth properly, relinquish the babe to the king-" Sarah chocked on a sob "or, you can provide the king with a replacement child." Fabien finished reading off the scroll and looked up at the girl "so what'll it be Miss?" wiping at her tears Sarah shook out of Jareth's grasp and stood up, one hand holding her chin and the other in her pocket she began to thinking to herself.
After a few moments Sarah looked up at Jareth who had stopped laughing and was lying on his back sprawled out across her bed both arms resting beneath his head "well?" he asked eyebrow raised. "I wont give you Toby" she said hesitantly "and I can't risk running the labyrinth, if I lose and you take Toby I'd never forgive myself " she bit her lip to keep from crying "but I don't have another child to give you, I'm not sure I'd be able to even if I did." Her eyes met Jareth's cold uncaring ones and she almost broke down in tears. Fabien piped up suddenly "Well!" he said as if annoyed "One way or another Miss you are hereby indebted to the king and the penalty for not paying the debt is your very life" Jareth scoffed and closed his eyes. Arms crossed over her breasts Sarah sat back down in her chair and looked at Fabien determined.
"What" she began nervously "what about me" Jareth's eyes popped open and he stood up abruptly towering over Sarah "and why, do you think, I would want you" he asked menacingly. "well what I mean is that I'm only fifteen and um legally I'm still a child, so what if I took Toby's place." She said hopefully "and you could turn me into a goblin or something" she added quickly hoping it would convince him.
In the single moment that Sarah's eyes met Jareth's and his lips quirked into his signature smirk her world went black and she realized her mistake. Lying there feeling as if she were floating caught in the final recess between conscious and sleep everything and everyone Sarah had ever known flashed before her eyes then flickered and died out, Eyes closed and heart wide open her soul screamed and she had time to cry one more tear in her own world.
I hope you all enjoyed I've personally always envisiond jareth as a cat peson
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