Chapter 2

Faith delivers us from sad yesterdays and sends us towards happy tomorrows.

The early fog of April was rising from the behind the labyrinth. Sarah felt herself in the most comfortable position. Tiny rays of the sun would squeak through the large red cloth that covered the outside world. She moved from her left fetal position to her right and pulled herself into the silky pillow. It's sent her mind into frenzy, as if she were to awake in forest of vanilla and lavender. Thoughts of last night beamed into her head, and how those smells would have gotten into her pillow.
"No!" Sarah screamed, as she realized where she was. Jareth opened the door with a calm posture and with a very devious smile on his face.
"Good Morning, Sarah. "He said sat down at the foot of the bed. Sarah couldn't even express the irritation she felt. "What am I doing here?" Sarah said sitting back against the wood headboard.
"You looked like you were in a dreadfully need of help Sarah and I was the only one who could really help you." Jareth said with no emotion.
"Jareth you took me to the Underground without my permission!" Sarah said lifting herself to argue at Jareth. Still feeling the after effects of her drinking she became dizzy and had to lie back down.
"That's not true Sarah I did ask your permission and you said I could take you."
"I WAS DRUNK! You used me and knew that I would have said no under any other situation!" She said getting her balance but failed when she couldn't find the strength again.
"Sarah, I took you from a world that was killing you. I know how strong you are, but last night you looked..." Jareth's eyes changed and filled with emotion. "You looked very miserable. And I couldn't see you be depressed." He sad with a voice that was unwavering.
"Well thank you Jareth for you concern but this none of your business. I'm fine." Sarah sad finally getting her strength and standing up. But her feet neglected her and she falls to the floor. Looking upward Sarah looked at the magnificent mismatched eyes of the Goblin King. He had a look of alarm in his appearance and the start of mistiness in his eyes.
"I'm just fine!" She screamed regaining her balance and standing. She looked at herself in one of the full-length mirrors that stud in the room. She looked like crap; no worse then that, crap was last night; she was a hand full of shit in a bucket. She turned to him who was now looking though the now open window.
"Jareth? Do you think I could take a shower?" She said trying to forget the yelling episode just a minute ago. He turned around and smiled.
"Of course." He grinned back at her. Ten minutes later Sarah was taking a shower trying to wash away all the grime and filth. She felt recharged from the water and when she stepped out, Sarah stud all in her naked glory looking around for a towel.
"Where the hell is a towel?" She said looking around the very huge marble bathroom.
"Here you are my lady." Said a miniature voice below Sarah. Sarah was startled when she saw the tiny female goblin that wasn't even as tall as her knee.
"Thank you."
"My name is Maya. I'll be your servant. His majesty wishes you to speak with him later in the gardens. Okay?" She said with a smile. Maya gave Sarah a sundress, which made her feel as if she was going picnicking in a fairy tale. The dress was a combination of yellow, pink, and purple; it had a deep V neckline showing a large amount of her breasts which she didn't quite enjoy showing.
"That's just how women dress around here." Said Maya as she pointed to a door. "You'll need to go out that door to get to the labyrinth. Have a lovely day." She said with another smile. Sarah walked through the door and saw four other doors that lead to four different gardens.
"Can see that the labyrinth isn't the only maze around here." She said with a giggle. After nearly four hours exploring the gardens Sarah had named each garden according to the flower that inhabited it. But she sat down in her favorite garden. She named it Jumo's Garden, because there were miles of irises. She sat down a on a petite stone bench admiring everything she had to see. "I'd thought you'd be in this one." Said a gentle voice behind her. She got up to face the Goblin King. He gasped as he saw Sarah's wild hair blowing from the wind. Her complexion was clearer and her eyes sparkled liked they used to.
"I've been thinking." She paused. "About my drinking problem. And I admit I do have a problem." He sat down besides her keeping the stare strong.
"What made you come to this topic?"
"Well the fact that I can't remember a lot about last night and..." Sarah paused. She took a breath.
"My father just died yesterday, and my first thought in my head was saying I need a drink. He died in his sleep. I never got to say goodbye." Sarah said with her eyes starting to tear. Jareth took a handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Sarah.
"Thank you." She said now trying to dry her eyes. "And then you come along in my time of need. This was something I never got to thank you for by the way." She said handing him back his tissue looking up at Jareth.
"Want to help you Sarah. If you only let me." He said placing his hand on hers.
"But I've done it by myself before."
"And look was it's gotten you now. Sarah please, let me help you quit for good."
"I guess two people is better then one." Sarah said with a smile.

Over a series of weeks, Sarah and Jareth meet in her favorite garden. They talk about all the things that make Sarah drink and try to undue all of her deadly perpetual habit. After spending six months in the Underground Sarah is happy and no longer feels the need to drink. On morning Jareth reeves a little letter with Sarah's signature. He opened it and he read it.
"Dear Jareth, I would love if you would join me at a private dinner.
Love, Sarah"
Love, did she love him? He did love her. But he had tried to "pop" the question for two months now. But he couldn't find the strength to ask. Maybe this would be the best time to ask her to marry him. Jareth arrived early to the dinning room. It looked plain. He took four crystals from know where and throw them around the room. Candles, a dinning table appeared from the crystals.
"Better." He said as he wipes his hands as he turns around. Then he stopped. Sarah was standing at the doorway. Her dress was deep red and it went passed her feet and traveled a few inches behind her. Her hair was in a firm bun and had string gold earrings hanging down to her collarbones. Her face was a beaming ray of tan and her lips had a color of a rose that no rose could compare. Jareth could not breathe as much as move. He opened his mouth but found no words. She smiled and looked down as her gown.
"That bad ha? I should change."
"No! I mean." She smiled at him further and giggled. "You look perfect. Would you like to sit down?" he said lifting a chair. She sat down letting him push her chair in and waiting for him to sit down. She then came eye to eye with Jareth. He looked dashing. His hair was uneven but gave a golden shine to the room. He wasn't wearing his traditional black, but had a smidgen of green that matched one of his eyes.
"What would like to eat tonight?" He asked.
"I hadn't thought about it. Surprise me." Sarah said with a grin. Jareth gave a smirk. A crystal appeared and went around the table and magically made food appear. Sarah's eyes were used to the magic Jareth did and liked when he used it in a romantic way.
"I was too mystified by you beauty to tell you that you look so beautiful." Jareth said serving a bottle of red wine for himself and gave Sarah her usual water or tea. Her face blushed and looked down at the dress that took her four hours to decide on.
"Well thank you Jareth. Your option really matters to me." She said with a smile. Being with him made her want to be beautiful for him. She took her wine glass full of water and raised it up to the middle of the table. He met hers and made a kink sound.
"To your new life."
"To my new life. Here." He took a sip of his drink and looked at her.
"I wanted to talk to you about that. About you staying here,"
"You haven't changed you mind have you? Sarah said placing her glass down and giving Jareth worried glance.
"No, no but what I wanted to talk to you about where you might stay." He said taking a fork in his hand and started to eat.
"OH? I thought that I would be able to stay here?" Sarah said not touching her food.
"Well you can but I thought you might what to start a new life and maybe move into the fae city and settle down and marry or something." It took her sometime to realize what he had just said about settling down and "marring"? She really loves him in secret but why had he referred her to go and marry someone else?
"I don't think I could settle for anything less than prince charming." She said with a coy smile. Jareth thought that he should move his move now. He's knees were shaking but went to kneel in front for Sarah. Her smile was gone when she saw him there in front of her.
"Sarah I'm in love with you."
"And I with you Jareth."
"That's why, for a while I've been thinking how much I love you." He stopped and paused. "Will you marry me? Not just be my queen of my kingdom but the queen for my heart." He lingered with eagerness for her answer. She sat there shocked.
"Yes, I would love to marry you!" She said with a beam. She reached for him and he lowered his mouth on his. She deepened the kiss when she put her hands around his neck. He pulled back and took a breath.
"Sarah I will love you for all of eternity. Eternity."
"I know. And I will love you for eternity." He gave her electric kisses down her neck.
"I have a part you that will always be in my mind and heart. And I don't want to every let you go." He said coming back to her mouth. He cupped her face. "I wanted to give you this too." He pulled out another crystal, which faded into a golden necklace.

The wedding was long and beautiful. It was held in a garden full of purple roses and puddles were falling like rain. A month had passed of Sarah waking up next to Jareth.

She watched his steady breathing. She touched his face with her finger. His eyes shot up and grabbed her hand and kissed it.
"Good morning, sweet." He said. It was her pet name. 'Sweet'. The door opened and a goblin walked in shining a light into their room.
"Your Majesty you are needed in the main hall. The elders are here, and waiting." He said with a bow. Sarah was used to goblins coming in for her husband, and wasn't bothered by them. Jareth got up, dressed and kissed Sarah before he left out the door. Less then two minutes later Maya walked in.
"Good morning madam. How are you this morning?" She said bring in a tray of food. Sarah waited to give her answer but rushed for the bathroom. "Madam, are you feeling well today?" Sarah tried to tell her no but failed. A moment later it stopped. Maya was standing next to her holding a towel.
"Maya, What day is it?" "The fourth madam, why?" Sarah looked hard at her. She new she could be, but was she? "Maya I need you to get the fae doctor. But don't tell anyone where you're going. This is to be a secret. Understand?" "Yes mum." She left and then returned with a tall fae and in his hands was a black bag. "Your majesty when I heard you sent for me I hurried over as soon as possible.
Now what is wrong?" He asked stepping up to her. "My womanly cycle didn't come this month and I'm wondering if I'm pregnant." Sarah said looking at the doctor. "Well you majesty that can be done by a simple test. Now." He said taking out a small mirror. He put it up to her stomach and looked at it very close. "I should be seeing something. There it is." "Where?" Asked Sarah. "There." He took the mirror down from her stomach and showed her the reflection. It was the picture of a tiny tadpole looking thing. "That's your baby, your majesty. Should I tell the King?" Sarah was brought back to reality. "No. I wish to tell him myself. And I don't want you to speak of this to anyone. Do I have both of your words on that?" She said to the doctor and Maya. "Yes." They both said. Before the doctor left he told her that she would need to come see him next week for a better examination and to have a better look at the baby. She said goodbye and told Maya that she was going right now to tell Jareth the news. She went down the hall; which she had memorized by now and reached the door, which read: "Still in Progress." Sarah was glad Jareth had such an old house with old doors because she could see through the keyhole. Closing one eye she peeped into the large courtroom. Jareth was in the center yelling about something she couldn't hear. There were about thirty fae woman with their hands tied behind their backs on their knees. Jareth had his hands pointed down toward them. Sarah thought that they must have done something wrong and he was defending them. Just then a fae guard came from somewhere and handed Jareth a long sward. He took the sward and pointed at one for the shaking Fae Woman. Sarah opened her eyes in shock. Jareth sliced the rope of all the fae's and made them stand up. Sarah let out a breath. Jareth was now handed an Ax. He took it in his hand and flexed his arm muscle. With one slice one body part went flying, then another and another. Blood was scattered on the marble floors and there was tiny screams coming into the hall where Sarah watched the horrible crime. She burst into the courtroom seeing a room full of goblin and fae men applauding Jareth's actions.
"STOP! STOP IT NOW!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. Jareth's attention switched to Sarah who was almost slipping on all the blood that was on the floor. When there were no more screams. All the women were dead. Sarah walked up to Jareth with tears in her eyes.

"What have you done?" Sarah said to the man she thought she knew. Jareth felt the tension in the room. He could not bow down to his love to please her; he must show fear to everyone in his kingdom.

"I am king and will kill for a reason or for no reason! These are my creatures and I decide wither they live or die!" Jareth said wiping the blood off his sword onto a cloth fae gave him. Pulling herself from Jareth, she ran from the room and down the hallway. She could still hear the cheers from the courtroom when she entered the room with full out ears. Sarah placed her hand over stomach where her child was. After a long time she vowed she wouldn't let Jareth touch or see their baby until he changed. He was so kind to his subjects, and would never hurt them just for any reason when she was around. She would leave him and go somewhere he couldn't find her.

"Sarah? Sarah? Jareth walked into their room with the intention to explain to Sarah that being a king meant that he had to show a tuff side. He looked around for her looked where she was. Maya walked out from behind the bed. "Hello your majesty." "Maya, do you know where Sarah is?" "Yes sir. She is in the bathrooms." "Thank you." He said leaving the room. Jareth went into the steamy bathroom. Which was more like a bathing house in old Roman times. He couldn't see Sarah in the lake-like bath but move around one of many the pillars that held up the all-marble area that was in his way of view. "Sarah?" He said with a cool and sly voice he viewed this as one of her cutie games and thought she would have forgiven him. He saw a bench that had a miniature parchment and a tiny necklace he had given her on their wedding night. He picked up the note and read.

Jareth, I feel that I can no longer stay here. Do not search for me. I might come back, but let me go. -Sarah-

He couldn't believe what he had just read. She had left him. Why? A rage grew into Jareth. He would not let her go and leave him. He would find her and bring her back. But it would be fourteen years before he would see Sarah again, and his child.