Disclaimer: I dont not own Labyrinth or Jareth.
Songs used: As the World Falls Down By: David Bowie
Cosmic Love By: Florence and the Machine
New Hope
Chapter 4: Dreams
For a few hours Katherine and James sat there talking. James of course was trying to convince his sister that living her would be fun, and that they could always go on an adventure. Katherine on the other hand kept saying it was foolish and it would never happen.
Looking at her brother Katherine stood up, "Well I should be going. I need to find Ray."
"But it's still night time Katherine!" James jumped up and grabbed her shoulders, "You don't know what lies in the woods, there can be dangerous creatures!"
Chuckling Katherine kissed her brother's cheek, "I know silly, but you have to understand that I'm still under a time limit and I need to know that Ray is safe." She backed away from her brother, "Don't worry about me I wont become the hunted." With that begin said Katherine turned around and ran into the darkness of the woods.
James sighed, "Jareth please let her stay safe..."
"She'll stay safe for the moment, I can't promise anything since she has taken a different route." Jareth walked into the opening.
"I know she'll be fine." James smiled at Jareth, "Growing up with her in Aboveground I know that she can take anything that comes her way!"
Jareth laughed at James, "I hope you're right because this is Underground and things aren't always what they seem." He gestured towards the castle, "Shall we?"
Nodding James followed Jareth back to the castle.
Katherine kept running until she heard a noise. Stopping in her tracks she tried to listen for direction the noise came in. After a few minutes and not hearing anything Katherine was about to take another step until she heard leaves crunch. Jerking her head in to the right she tried to see if she could make out any shapes. With no luck she looked up and saw a branch, bending her knees Katherine jumped and grabbed the branch and pulled herself up. 'Thank god for martial arts, yoga and exercising.' She climbed till she was high enough not to be seen and looked down.
If she had waited any longer Katherine wouldn't be here any longer. A repitlian man now stood where she was and seemed to be looking for her. Not wanting to be caught Katherine began looking around to see if there was a way to escape without being heard. 'Fuck! Why did I think climbing a tree was the best idea?'
Hearing more foot steps Katherine looked down and saw two more men come out, 'Just freakin lovely!'
"Where did she go leader?" The reptilian on the left spoke first.
"It seems she has caught on to us and went into hiding." The said leader spoke and began walking the direction he assumed she went.
"Now we must find her, right leader?" The reptilian on the right was trying to contain his excitement.
"Yes my faithful pets, we find her." With a smirk the leader ran north with his followers right behind him.
Katherine let out a breath that she had been holding and decided to wait, "Don't need them to come back just because I'm impatient." She looked towards the north, "Okay so new plan...let's go east...no he came from that direction, guess I'll be going west." After waiting ten minutes Katherine climbed down the tree and began running west, "I hope Ray is okay..."
Ray
Ray was walking through the woods humming. The sun began to rise and she heard her stomach growl, 'Oh yeah...we haven't ate anything since we came here.' She looked around and saw an apple tree in a field. "Wow just my luck!" Running over to the tree Ray picked an apple and sat against the tree.
While enjoying her apple, Ray didn't notice Loki sitting across from her.
"Why hello beautfiul."
"What the fuck!" Ray jumped at seeing Loki sitting there, "Where did you come from?"
"I came from the castle of course, you silly woman." Loki put his chin in his hand and smirked, "Would you like to see Katherine?"
Ray stopped eating the apple and stared at Loki, "That's a stupid question, of course I do."
Holding back his chuckle, Loki handed her a strawberry, "Do not eat this till I tell you to, understand?"
Taking the strawberry Ray raised an eyebrow at Loki, "How is this suppose to let me see Katherine?"
"Just wait and see. Now like I said, do not eat it till I tell you to." Seeing her nod Loki stood up. "Good now I must go." He jumped away and blew a kiss, "See ya soon lovely." Loki vanished.
Looking down at the strawberry Ray sighed and put it in her pocket, "Please let Katherine be safe..."
Katherine
Katherine stopped running awhile back and sighed, "I could really use something to eat right about now." She kept walking till she came across a mansion, "Huh? Why is a mansion out in the middle of nowhere?" Katherine walked up to the door to find it unlocked.
"Odd..." She walked in and felt something pulling her forward. Katherine saw that there was a painting of a man and girl dancing. Walking over to the painting she tried to get a better look until she heard music.
There's such a sad love
Deep in your eyes, a kind of pale jewel
Open and closed within your eyes
I'll place the sky within your eyes
Katherine felt the music flow through her and she began walking to a set of double doors, "Who is that singing?" She opened the doors and gasped.
There she saw Jareth singing in ballroom to a girl that looked to be fifteen. 'Was this the runner before us?'
There's such a fooled heart
Beating so fast in search of new dreams
A love that will last within your heart
I'll place the moon within your heart
She saw how the girl was looking for Jareth and smiled, "So she also liked him..." Katherine walked further into the room and felt like she was part of the memory itself.
As the pain sweeps through
Makes no sense for you
Every thrill has gone
Wasn't too much fun at all
But I'll be there for you-oo-oo
As the world falls down
Falling
(As the world) Falling down
Falling in love
Katherine began to sway as the music kept playing. She turned to see that Jareth and the girl were about to bump into each other finally.
I'll paint you mornings of gold
I'll spin you Valentine evenings
Though we're strangers till now
We're choosing the path between the stars
I'll lay my love between the stars
Seeing that they were both staring at each other Katherine put a hand over her heart. "Oh Jareth..."
As the pain sweeps through
Makes no sense for you
Every thrill has gone
Wasn't too much fun at all
But I'll be there for you-oo-oo
As the world falls down
Katherine saw that everything went black and she now was in a regular ballroom. She looked around and sighed, "That shook me to the core..." Katherine made a turn to leave until she felt someone's hand on her shoulder.
"Wait Katherine."
Slowly turning around Katherine saw Jareth standing there, "J...Jareth? How did you get in here?"
"Doesn't matter." He held a strawberry in his hand, "Hungry?" Seeing Katherine nod he put the strawberry in her hand and took a step back, 'Please eat it...let me show you, your dreams.'
Looking at the strawberry Katherine brought it to her lips and took a bite. As she swallowed the fruit she began to feel dizzy and fainted with Jareth catching her.
Dream
Katherine was standing in a ballroom but it was outside and the only light was the moon and stars. She looked down and saw that she was wearing a midnight blue dress that hugged her figure. Noticing that she also had matching shoes and jewelry Katherine looked around wondering what was going on, "Where am I?"
She began walking and saw Ray at the other end of the room wearing something similar but it was green. "Ray!" Katherine started to make her way over till the fimiliar feeling made her look over to see Jareth.
Unable to look away Katherine noticed he was wearing black that simmered when he moved. His hair was the same just with a hint of black here and there. When he moved she blinked and saw that he was gone, 'Where did he go?'
A falling star fell from your heart and landed in my eyes
I screamed aloud, as it tore through them, and now it's left me blind
Katherine looked around, 'Where is that music coming from?' She began walking towards where she last saw Jareth trying to find him.
Ray saw Katherine and tried to run over to her until Loki grabbed her hand and pulled her to his chest.
"Dance with me." Loki smiled down at her, 'I'm so happy she ate the strawberry at the same time Katherine did, now I can dance with her till this ends.'
Not being able to resist him Ray followed him and began dancing.
Katherine saw Jareth staring at her and began to walk over until someone grabbed her and began dancing with her. She glanced at the man then back to Jareth.
The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart
Looking away for a second Jareth was gone and Katherine pulled away from the man. 'Again?' She walked up some stairs and turned around looking out into the crowd.
And in the dark, I can hear your heartbeat
I tried to find the sound
But then it stopped, and I was in the darkness,
So darkness I became
Loki smiled down at Ray and he went to lean in until she turned her head, "Are you looking for someone?"
Ray looked back over to him, "Of course I am, I'm looking for Katherine." She turned back to looking for Katherine when she felt Loki spin them around, making her lose sight of her.
The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart
Katherine walked down the stairs and made her way over to the other side of the room. She was about to give up until she saw him standing a few feet in front of her.
They kept staring at each other and Jareth moved forward grabbing her hands and began dancing as the next verse began.
I took the stars from my eyes, and then I made a map
And knew that somehow I could find my way back
Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too
So I stayed in the darkness with you
Seeing Jareth and Katherine finally dancing Loki mentally smiled, 'Good now I just need to keep Ray from interfering.' He looked back down at the said girl, "You know you could try to at least have a good time."
"I know but you said that I could see Katherine and that has yet to happen." Ray glared at him, "You better not be trying to keep me from seeing her. I will kill you."
Loki truly laughed and shook his head, "Only in your dreams my love." He once again leaned in to kiss her.
The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart
Ray turned her head to prevent the kiss from happening. She was gazing into the crowd when she noticed Katherine dancing with Jareth. Ray noticed that they wouldn't look away from each other, and that Jareth was leaning in. "No!" She pushed away from Loki and ran across the room, "Katherine!"
Katherine was lost in Jareth's eyes that she didn't notice that he was leaning in until she heard Ray yell her name. Shaking her head, Katherine pulled away and looked over to Ray, "Ray!" She ran over to her friend and grabbed her hand, "Come on!"
They both ran towards the door and tried to open it. Cursing Ray looked at Katherine, "Looks like we'll have to break it down."
Dream End
Katherine nodded and they both took a few steps back and ran at the door. Breaking the door down the whole ballroom disappeared and left Ray and Katherine standing in the mansion.
"Wow..." Katherine looked around and smiled when Ray was next to her. She hugged Ray and laughed, "Glad to see you again!"
Ray laughed with her and hugged back, "Like wise!"
Back at the castle Jareth was standing on his balcony looking at the moon. He was trying to keep his anger under control from what happened.
"I was so close and her friend had to ruin it." He cursed but stopped when he heard his door open.
James walked into Jareth's room. He knew something went wrong by his body language, "What's wrong Jareth?"
Sighing Jareth looked at the moon, "Had a repeat of events, nothing more."
James stood next to the doorway leading out onto the balcony, "May I ask what you showed my sister?"
Jareth lightly chuckled while still looking at the moon.
"Her dreams."