Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer. Not mine if you recognize it
A/N: Jareth runs such an old- fashioned kingdom. But the aboveworld is moving on, even if he is not. Not my best fic, I had some trouble getting it to flow, but hopefully it's still entertaining! Please R&R!
Jareth stood in front of the girl, spinning a crystal between his fingers.
"It's a crystal. It will show you your dreams," he let his voice trail off at the end, an enticing lilt to his voice. Curiously, the girl peered at it. Biting her lip, she tapped her finger against the edge. Jareth's smile grew; he'd got this one, he was sure of it. No sitting up for thirteen hours tonight, he was going home for a nice long soak. Her critical voice interrupted his musing's.
"Is this even hi-def? How many Mb per second does it get? It doesn't look like it would get the best connection." Jareth's brow furrowed, his lips pulling together in a tight line. Was she insane? He didn't feel right taking the child on an insane girl's wish- she may very well have spoken the word's by accident.
"I don't see an outlet… where's the USB port? Is it wireless?" Expectantly, she waited, her narrowed eyes staring up at him. Frown deepening, Jareth regarded the girl with a careful eye.
"You are insane." He said it as he said everything, with absolute certainty. He sighed. It wouldn't be right. Reaching a decision, he left in a flurry of wings.
Later that night, Jareth was sprawled in his throne, tapping his riding crop absently against his thigh. He was still thinking of the girl. She hadn't seemed crazy, but the words coming from her mouth had been nonsense. With a flash of insight, he remembered hearing something similar while observing his Sarah. Hadn't she mentioned increased Mb's? And something about wireless, wireless…. With a frustrated growl, Jareth rose from his throne, intending to figure out just what exactly was going on. Unfortunately, his stride was broken when his foot connected with a sprinting goblin. With a flick of his wrist, Jareth created a crystal which expanded and surrounded the goblin. Jareth was not in the mood for mindless yapping, and the crystal would and record all sound for his later review. Frantically, the goblin waved a book high in the air. Jareth smirked, enjoying the goblin's antics as it tried desperately to be heard. His amusement vanished as he saw the note attached to the book. 'From Alice'. That was the name of the 'insane' girl. Wrenching the book from the goblin's grasp, he hurriedly read the title.
'Computers for beginners' was announced in large letters across the front. Curious, he opened it. On the first page, a hastily scrawled note was written. It read:
'Sorry, Goblin King, but it's the whole world that's gone insane this time.'
Over the next few years he came to see that she was oh so right.