Chapter 3
"No, no, no. What are you doing here? Get out. You have no power over me!" Sarah rambled, while backing away from Jareth, as he started to approach her.
"Now Sarah, you know that only works if I have taken something from you, such as Toby. By the way, where is that little guy? I'm sure he'd be happy to see me again." Jareth said as he stared at Sarah.
"Leave him alone!" Sarah shouted.
"Sarah, not so loud. You wouldn't want to wake Toby. That's not part of your parents plan list they gave you, now is it." Jareth said.
"How…?" Sarah questioned.
"Never mind that now. I have a proposition for you, my dear Sarah." Jareth said, walking towards Sarah.
"I won't do anything you ask of me." Sarah said defiantly.
"You would, if we brought in a certain bargain, say…Toby." Jareth said, smiling.
"I said leave him alone." Sarah said.
Jareth just ignored her plea, and continued with his plan.
"I want you to come back with me to the Goblin City. There I will keep you, and we will get married and rule together over the Labyrinth." Jareth said, "If you refuse, I will take Toby, and you will NEVER be able to get him back again." Jareth threatened.
"But that's not fair!" Sarah whined.
"Again, what is your basic for comparison?" Jareth replied.
"You can't do this." Sarah complained.
"I can. So make your decision now Sarah. Come with me, or I will take Toby with me and never return him." Jareth said, waiting for her reply.
Sarah looked defeated. She would do anything she could to protect Toby, even if it meant living with Jareth in the Castle, beyond the Goblin City. Sarah looked down at her photo of her and Toby, and picked it up; taking what might be her only memory with her of Toby. She didn't bother looking for memory pieces of Karen and her father, since they would be happy that she would be gone.
"Fine. I'll go with you." Sarah said, looking around her room for the last time.
"Good choice. Let's go." Jareth said, taking out a crystal, and grabbing Sarah's arm and disappearing from Sarah's room.
"Hurry! Hurry!" The Goblin, Meeky screeched, "We have to have Lady Sarah's room ready for when they return."
Around fifty Goblins were running around crazily, fixing the bed, rugs, closets and more in what was going to be Sarah's bedchambers.
"Good. Good. I think were done. Let's just pray his majesty will like this." Meeky said, looking around the room, with a last minute check to see that everything was in order.
The Goblins scrambled around when a cloud of glittering smoke appeared out of no where in the middle of the room. The next thing they saw was Jareth and Sarah coming into form.
"Where are we?" Sarah questioned, looking around.
"This is your bedchambers. I had Meeky and the rest of the Goblins put it together for you." Jareth said, pointing to the group of Goblins in the corner.
"Oh. Thanks. I guess." Sarah said, looking around her new room.
"Well I will let you get acquainted with your new home. I will send Meeky to retrieve you for dinner." Jareth said bowing and walking out of the room.
Sarah sighed, thinking to herself, "Welcome to your new home, Sarah Elizabeth Williams."
She walked over to her bed and fell upon its soft covers, hiding her face in the mounds of pillows piled upon it.
Sarah turned over and looked at what she believed was her closet. She got up off her bed and walked over to it. She opened the mahogany doors and gasped at what she saw inside. Ball gowns, dresses fit for a queen, and some of her regular clothing from aboveground.
She then closed the doors and walked over to the bathroom door. She opened it and looked around inside. What she saw was a huge bathtub, which by guessing could fit at least four people. A large shower stall, which she thought was odd because she didn't think the underground was that advanced, but then again, not a lot could surprise her these days, and a large counter with a full size mirror.
Sarah sighed, looking at her reflection. How much has she changed since the last time she was here? She hadn't grown too much, but her appearance was slightly different. Her hair was slightly curly with some brown highlights in it. Her skin had a light tan to it, from hanging out at the park with Toby. Her body was mostly the same, except for some curvage that was beginning to show, since she changed her clothing style.
Sarah was so lost in thought that she didn't hear the Goblin that Jareth had referred to as Meeky walk up to her.
"Lady Sarah." Meeky said, in a small, trembling voice.
"Huh?" Sarah replied, looking down to see a small girl Goblin, dressed in rags. "Oh, hi." Sarah said.
"His majesty would like you to join him for dinner now." Meeky said.
"Oh ok, just let me get dressed." Sarah said, walking out of the bathroom, with Meeky right on her heels.
"Um? What should I wear?" Sarah asked Meeky.
"His majesty requested that you would wear the yellow sundress in you closet, Madam." Meeky replied.
"Oh ok." Sarah said, turning back to the closet and opening it. She looked through the many dresses until she came across a thin yellow sundress. She took it out, and examined it. It was very pretty. It was about knee length. It was strapless and had pink flowers on it.
Sarah walked back into the bathroom and quickly changed into it. She walked out and looked at Meeky. "Well, what do you think?" She said, going in a circle.
"Lady Sarah is very pretty." Meeky replied.
"Why do you keep calling me Lady Sarah?" Sarah asked.
"Because you will be our future queen, Lady Sarah. It is the proper way to address you." Meeky replied.
"Oh, well that's very kind of you, but I'm not going to be the next queen." Sarah said, walking over to the vanity in her room. She sat down and started to put on make-up, which had become a habit for her since she left the Labyrinth five years ago.
"But my lady, his majesty has told us that you will be the next queen of the Labyrinth, or else he will take your brother Toby from you." Meeky replied, in a terrified voice.
"I agreed to come here to live here. But I refuse to be his queen." Sarah replied again.
"Ohh his majesty will not like this. Not one bit." Meeky cried.
"Well he will just have to live with it." Sarah said, standing up from the vanity. "Well let's go get this dinner over with." Sarah said walking out the door and waiting for Meeky to led her to the dining hall.
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