The Holiday Series
A/N: I got this idea this morning when I woke up, and it being Easter I thought I would add it. I hope you like it. I rated this T to be safe.
Chapter One- Easter
Jareth and Sarah stood in their bed chambers, Jareth stood in front of a mirror, and Sarah is behind him, helping him into something.
"This is crazy, why do I have to wear this?" he says as he helped Sarah
She giggled "you promised, when we had children, I could pass along my aboveground customs"
"I am king; I shouldn't be dressing up like a rabbit" he told her pouting
"Jareth, you look cute, our daughter will love it" she told him smiling
"How come we didn't do this last year?" he asked curiously
"Mandy was a year old, too young for this, but now at two. She's older, so she will understand this holiday better" she tells him
Jareth looked at himself in the mirror "okay I have the costume on, I am done"
She laughed at him "you're forgetting the head"
Jareth turned to look at her horrified "this thing has a head?"
"Yes" she smiled fondly at him and placed the head on top of his
He looked in the mirror "I look like an idiot"
"No, you don't just think of Mandy" she said
"Fine, this is all for Mandy" he told her but he wasn't happy
He looked at her "I can't even see out of this"
"I'll help you" she took his hand and couldn't help but laugh
"You better not be laughing at me" his voice took on a menacing tone
"Of course not your majesty" she told him trying to hide her laughter, but he heard it in her voice
"I better get something for doing this" he tells her
"Don't worry Jareth, I will make it up to you" she tells him
She led him out to the back yard in the garden; they could smell flowers, as soon as they walked outside and she took Jareth to a bench and sat down. She saw Mandy standing with Hoggle, she wore a pink gown, her golden blonde hair in ringlets cascading down her shoulders, a satin bowed headband laid on top of her head, and she held an Easter basket in her right hand. She had a big smile on her face.
Sarah walked up to her "Mandy honey, are you ready?"
"Yes, mama" she told her excitedly
Sarah took her by her left hand and led her to Jareth sitting on the bench.
Mandy looked up at her mother confused "who is this?"
"This is the Easter bunny, you sit on his lap, and Hoggle will take your picture" she told her
Jareth heard that and turned to Sarah sharply, even though she couldn't see his face, she could tell that he was giving her a not so happy look.
She picked Mandy up and put her on Jareth's lap, Sarah walked back to stand with Hoggle, who held a camera.
"Smile" Sarah said
Mandy smiled widely, Hoggle took the picture, the picture instantly came out of the camera, Mandy got down off Jareth's lap, and she walked over to her mom sadly.
"Where's papa?"
"Your father will be here soon, I am going to walk the Easter bunny out, you stay here with Hoggle" she told her
Mandy nodded her head
Sarah helped Jareth off the bench, and walked behind high bushes, she helped him change out of the suit, also helped him straighten his clothes and his hair, she handed the suit to a goblin walking past them. They went back to join Mandy and Hoggle.
Mandy dropped her Easter basket and ran towards them, she grabbed her father so tightly around the legs almost knocking him down, and Sarah had to put her hand on his arm to steady him.
"Daddy, you missed the Easter bunny" she said as she looked up at him
"I'm sorry honey" he replied hugging her
"Mandy, sweetie get your Easter basket, we have eggs to find" Sarah said
"Yay" Mandy cheered she let go of Jareth's legs and ran for her basket
"Eggs, what kind of eggs?" Jareth asked confused
"The ones you refused to decorate with me last night, so I had to ask Hoggle for help" Sarah told him
He remembered and says "oh those eggs"
They both watched Mandy grab her basket and started walking around with Hoggle, looking for eggs. Jareth and Sarah walked behind them, they saw Mandy's face light up every time she found an egg. Mandy ran over to them her basket full of eggs, showing her parents, Hoggl close behind her.
Sarah looked inside the basket "Hoggle how many eggs did we hide?"
"Twenty" he tells her
"Mandy you have two more to find" she tells her daughter
Mandy's face beamed, and she ran to look for more, Hoggle followed her. Jareth and Sarah watched their daughter excited over looking for eggs. Jareth wrapped his arm around Sarah.
"This is what I always wanted my kids being excited over the holidays, just like I was" she told him
Mandy ran back over to her parents "I found them all mommy"
"Good job honey" Sarah praised her
"Daddy would you like and egg?" she asked as she held up her basket to him
Jareth smiled and took a blue egg out of her basket; he bit into it "it is crunchy"
Sarah laughed hysterically at him, he frowned at her, not sure what he did wrong. She noticed his face and stopped laughing; she started breath heavily then calmed down and talked "you're supposed to peel the shell first"
"Oh" Jareth said and started peeling
"Yeah, like this daddy" Mandy said proudly holding up her peeled egg to her father
"Very good honey" he told her
A goblin came towards them "dinner is served"
Jareth looked at Sarah "dinner, what is for dinner?"
"I had the cook made what I usually eat for dinner" she told him
"And what is that?" he asked
"Ham" Sarah said
Jareth thought for a moment "I don't think I ever ate that before"
"No, you didn't, I had to show the cook how to cook it" she told him
"Then let's go eat" he said
Jareth, Sarah, Mandy, and Hoggle followed the goblin in to the dining room.
They sat down; joining them was also was Sarah's family from the above, his family and her friends Sir Didymus and Ludo.
They were all passing food to each other and eating and talking. Jareth was keeping his eye on Sarah, watching her put food on Mandy's plate, and cutting up her meat for her, he was finally happy, he got the woman he loved and beautiful daughter, he hopes someday to enlarge his family.
Sarah then put food on her plate, everyone was eating, but she noticed Jareth wasn't eating he was looking at her "is everything okay?"
"It's fine" he told her and started eating
She smiled at him, she was happy that her life was good, she had a man that loved her, and she loved him; she had a daughter that she loved. She watched jareth and noticed that he seemed to enjoy the ham and the other food.
"Happy Easter Everyone!" Sarah shouted out
Jareth held Sarah's hand "I love you"
"I love you too" she replied they kissed each other quickly and continued to eat.
The End (till next chapter)
A/N: this might be a little rushed, I had to write this while I was cooking dinner, and having family over. So hopefully it is still good. Please favorite or review. Sorry but next chapter won't come out till July 4th, 2012, since that is the next holiday I believe.