Dis: See chapter 1
Sarah laughed when Hoggle told her that,
"King Jareth is unhappy with you. Those songs you taught Sir Didymus and the goblins are giving him headaches. You aught to watch yourself."
Sarah simply responded that the Goblin King no longer held power over her and changed the subject.
The next day, Irene offered to take her to school since she was headed to check out a new day care for Toby that morning.
His last day-sitter was now in the hospital with a broken hip and leg. Apparently she fell down the stairs after putting Toby down for a nap. She didn't see what tripped her, but she believed it to be one of her cats.
"Funny that she thought her cat's hiss sounded like laughter." Sarah's father had commented after Irene had exclaimed how glad she was that Toby had still not been in the woman's arms.
The morning was crisp and clear. Sarah had turned her gaze skyward taking in a deep lung full of air.
"Oh, My heavens!" Irene's shriek of disbelief shattered the tranquility of the morning.
When Sarah's eyes sought and focused on what had her step-mother's feathers ruffled she had to stifle a laugh, managing to cover it up with a gasp.
Irene's car, which had just been washed, waxed and detailed, was covered in bird crap. Not just a couple of spots; the splotches littered the ground around the car, the windows held streaks where the fresh wet globs had landed, some were yellow-peach colored and others slightly green. A few pellets where mixed in for good measure too.
As Sarah got closer to the car the smell made her eyes burn, it was worse than walking into a cave full of bats.
"What could have done this?" Irene screeched, "Birds don't… they, not like that." She wouldn't say the word in front of Toby.
"Actually, birds of prey do." Sarah mused, knowing exactly what had done it.
"Umm, I think I'll just walk. Thanks for the offer though, Irene." and with that Sarah was jogging down the street towards the park.
"Jareth, when I get my hands on you!" Sarah raged, but her mock furry quickly turned into a chill as she heard the whispering on the wind.
"I'll enjoy that all too much, Precious."
'Game on, goblin breath, game on.' she thought as she walked the rest of the way to school.
AN: Ok, my goblin streak is spent for the night. Same rights and request as the previous chapter.