"Give me the child...Through dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered. I fought my way to the castle beyond the Goblin City, to take back the child that you have stolen."
She made a dramatic pause, as the blonde girl turned to look at a snowy, barn owl that had landed on the top of a stone pillar, not paying any mind to her. She pulls at her vest, and looks up at the sky, before shifting her gaze back to the girl.
"For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great."
She looks over head as thunder ripples across the sky.
"For my will is as strong as yours, my kingdom as great." She paused agian. "Damn, I can never remember that line."
"Sarah, you've gotten that entire book memorized except for that tiny part. I've gotten my part down."
"Yeah, Anne. Because your just a goblin king. Now, the line is: You have no power over me"
Anne smirked happily, and nodded resting agianst the stone pillar.
"You got it! Whoo!" She giggled and stood up. More thunder rippled overhead as Merlin, Sarah's dog, started barking.
"Oh, Merlin." Anne and Sarah say. Anne pats his head, and sighs.
"It's ok Merlin, I don't like thunderstorms either."
Just as she finishes that sentence the chiming of the bell towers rings.
"Oh, no, Merlin. I don't believe it. It's 7:00!"
Anne sighs, "Oh, crap! Already!"
"Come on. Come on, you both!" Sarah says running towards her home. Anne slowly follows, looking back to the owl. She stares before grabbing her locket off the bench and runs after Sarah's retreating form.
The two girls ran down busy streets, as pouring rain drenched their homemade costumes. Sarah held up her long green dress as they ran faster. Anne was laughing, and spinning about in circles. Letting the rain trap in her hair.
"Anne! Come on, we are soaking wet!"
Anne smiles before running back up to Sarah. She hears her yell.
"It's not fair,"
"Oh really," Sarah's stepmother stands on the steps of the house. Her hands on her hips, only add to the anger clearly written on her face.
"I'm sorry," Sarah says back softly. Anne smiles at Sarah as she unbraids her hair non chalantly.
"Don't stand in the rain. Come on, the both of you." She offers an almost sweet smile to Anne.
"All right. Come on, Merlin."
"Not the dog."
"But it's pouring."
"Go on, into the garage."
Anne stares at Sarah, seeing the unhappiness that was glowing from her face. She sighs, before touching her shoulder.
"It's ok, let him go in there. It'll be warm, so he can dry off."
"Go on, Merlin. Go into the garage."
After Sarah said this she stormed past her stepmother, Anne following slowly.
((This will be in Anne's POV))
Anne's POV:
I followed Sarah, and smiled at her mother softly. I knew what was about to happen, they would fight then Sarah would storm up the stairs.
I was right, just a few words about Sarah and me both supposed to be having dates, instead of spending our days daydreaming, and playing about. I could hear Sarah yell,
"I can't do anything right, can I?" She then tore the flower crown of her head, and stormed up stairs. "Anne, come on."
Her father sighed, and turned to me.
"Hi, Anne. Will you be staying over?"
"If it's not any trouble sir."
"Your never any trouble, dear." I walke up the stairs into Sarah's room. She was sitting at the vanity, whispering to herself. I could hear the mumbled words that she had just recited to me, a few minutes ago. I sat on her bed, then pulled the long cape off my shoulders tossing it to the ground. I brushed the bits of debri of my red poet shirt, and pulled the black vest a bit tighter around me. I stared as her father knocked on the door.
"Sarah, can I talk to you?"
"There's nothing to talk about. You better get going, or your going to be late." She replied. I looked over at her, the displeasure was now covering her face. I continued to unbraid my hair, it feel in long ringlety curls to my back.
"Listen, we fed Toby and put him to bed. We do have to leave now, but we'll be back around midnight. You girls have fun."
"You really wanted to talk to me, didn't you? You practically broke down the door." She then came across the room, throwing herself down on the bed, nearly knocking me off in the process.
"Sarah, calm down. It's not that big of a deal, I wish my parent's were even home right now."
"Where are they now?" I heard her mutter through the pillow.
"I don't know, somewhere in the Middle East. I hate having photographers for parent's."
Sarah sat up to look at me, and I couldn't help but smile. Sarah and I became friends when my mom got assigned to take her mother's photograph. She and I were real little, and instanly connected. We soon moved in down the street and went to the same school together and everything. The love of our favorite book, just made our friendship greater I guess.
Sarah averted her eyes, and anger welled up inside them. I turned to see one of her many teddy bears, Lancelot, had been taken down. She stood up and stormed out of the room, what was I supposed to do but follow. We weren't even in the room, and I could already hear Toby crying. Sarah stomped over grabbing the bear and yelled about someone taking her away from this awful place.
I walked over to Toby, and tried to shush him, and gently held out my hand for him to take. But the loud thunder that was sounding above us, seemed to take him away from his reality. Sarah turned to him.
"What, do you want a story." I stared.
"Sarah, stop yelling. He's just scared," She didn't seem to hear me, and stared telling a story that sounded all to familiar.
I walked over to the window, and looked out it. The storm was making the sky as dark as coal, the thunder lighting it up ever so often. I turned back to Sarah, she was holding Toby.
"I wish...I wish... "
She paused lifting Toby high in her arms.
"I can bear it no longer. Goblin King, Goblin King, wherever you may be... take this child of mine far away from me!"
"Sarah! What the crap, dude. He's just a baby, he's not a bad thing that you can just wish away." I stepped towards her, taking Toby away.
"Shh, Toby. It's ok." I toke him over to the bed, and settled him down. I pulled the blanket over him, and Sarah walked over, looking down at him.
She grabbed my arm, and walked to the doorway, and said.
"I wish the goblins would come take you away. Right now." She then flicked off the light, as I stared at her.
"What?"
"You know what. You act like your life is so horrible, when it isn't. Your parent's are home, my haven't been home in three weeks. I live with a nanny, with no around. So, just please stop with yelling at Toby, yelling at everyone do you really want them to remember you as the girl that just screamed and hated them?"
Sarah wouldn't look me in the eyes, as the screaming stopped, so abruptly, that it was startling. I turned to her, fear was brimming in both of our eyes. We stepped into the doorway, the lights flickered off.
"Uh, Sarah." I reached towards her, and felt her take my hand.
"Toby? Toby, are you all right."
"Sarah," I squeezed her hand, the rain pounded agianst the window, thunder cracking over head.
"Why aren't you crying? "
We toke careful steps toward the crib. Something was moving about inside it, and didn't sound like Toby. Sarah was reaching to pull the covers away, as something moved behind me. I turned pulling my hand out of hers. I jumped as a owl was beating agianst the window.
"Toby...he's gone."
"Sarah, what did you do?" She shook her head back and forth.
"I... I don't know. I didn't mean to."
As the owl, repeatly hit the glass of the window. Sarah and I both turned to it. I looked out of the corner of my eye, something had moved, under the sheets of the bed. I turned around to find nothing there. The window burst open, as the owl flew past us both, then landed infront of us. A rush of glitter, and there he stood.
Just as I had imagined him, to be. Tall, mysterious, and dangerous all in one. A playful smirk graced his handsome features, as he stared down at us both. A pair of mismatched eyes toke us both in. He was taller than both Sarah or I, and had long blonde hair. The all black appearel only added to the fear that was rising.
"Your...Your him aren't you. The Goblin King." Sarah stated, I could see tear marks on her face. He smirked at this comment, his eyes, I couldn't look away.
"I want my brother back, please, if it's all the same."
He crossed his arms over his chest.
"What's said is said."
I grabbed onto Sarah's arm, to keep my legs from falling from under me. Now, I may sound like a little fan girl, but imagine meeting your wildest dream and him being WAY better than you thought. Yeah, that's how I feel right now.
"But, she didn't mean it!" I said, after I taken a breath. He shifted his gaze over to me, smirking.
"Oh, she didn't."
"Please," I started to say, as Sarah jumped back in.
"Where is he? "
"You both know, very well where he is." He crossed his arms back over his chest, pulling the cloak with it.
"Please bring him back. Please." The smirk seemed to grow in width, as he stepped forward.
"Please," I couldn't help but put in, I bit my lip nervously, as I twirled a strand of hair around me finger, thinking of some way out of this deal.
"Sarah...Anne... go back to your rooms... play with your toys and your costumes, forget about the baby."
"I can't, I mean. We can't."
I wanted to tell him, that they weren't costumes, but I couldn't before he started talking agian.
"I've brought you both, a gift." I stared, it was nothing more than a bubble looking disc in his hand. He moved it across his long gloved fingers, and it changed to a crystal.
"What is it?"
"It's a crystal, nothing more. But if you turn it this way, look into it, it'll show you your dreams."
Was this guy, bribing us to shut up about kidnapping? Sarah may of called on the goblins, but it's still kidnapping right?!
"But you see this is not a gift for an oridnary girl, who takes care of a screaming baby. Do you want it? Then forget the baby."
"I can't. We both appreciate what your trying to do for us, but I want my brother back."
"No we don't!" Sarah turned to me.
"Anne!"
"What! This guy is frickin bribing us, and I do not appreciate it."
The smirk on the king's face, fell. As he lifted the crystal into the air a bit.
"Sarah...Anne... Don't defy me." Saying this the crystal turned into a snake, me moved it around in his hands. I stared, taking a step back I could feel the chills rising on my skin. Snakes. I was terrified of them, more than anything. He seemed to notice this, making another serpent appear. He then threw them in our direction.
I screamed, and could feel the tears about to spill out of my eyes. I brought my hands to my throat to toss the creature away, but was shocked to find it turned into a scarf. I covered my mouth, a blush rising on my face. I couldn't believe I had gotten so worked up about that. But I had.
"Your no match for me, either of you."
"But, we have to have her brother back."
Jareth shrugged and turned, and pointed out the window.
"He's there, at my castle."
We stepped up to the window, thinking we would just see the neighborhood below us. The rain soaked street, maybe a mom or too in the kitchen by a window. But that view had been replaced by the long twisting maze of the labyrinth.
"This can't be happening." I mumbled.
"Do you still want to look for him?"
"Is that the castle beyond the Goblin City?" Sarah asked still staring forward.
"Turn back, Sarah, Anne. Turn back before it's too late."
"I can't. We can't." Why did she keep forgetting, that I was here. "Don't you understand that we can't?"
"What a pity."
"Anne, it doesn't look that far." I stared at her, then sighed nodding.
"Yeah, we can do this." I smiled, as she nodded back.
"It's further than you both think. Time is short."
I jumped when I felt his warm breath agianst my ear. I got goosebumps on my arms, and rubbed the fabric of my shirt to get them to go away. The king had now turned to an old clock that was hanging mid-air.
"You have 13 hours in which to solve the labyringht...before your baby brother...becomes one of us, forever." He toke some steps back. "Such a pity."
Sarah started to look around, then turned to me.
"The labyrinth. It doesn't look that hard. Well... come on Anne, feet." Saying this she and I started on what would be one of the hardest adventures that our young lives had ever had.
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Well... here is the first chapter. It's ok, but well... what can you do.
I hope you like it, because I literally had to stop and pause my DVD a hundred times, to get each line right, and to fight Anne in there.
So please, R&R...
Yeah Jareth!
OH! For alittle FYI, this is only the first 5 scenes... and I almost died.
I can't wait to see how the rest of this 28 scene movie turns out... :S