Underground Pleasures

Underground Pleasures

Disclaimer: I dont own Sarah, Jareth or any other character from the film including the Labyrinth itself. Tho spoog is mine :3

I'm going to keep updating regularly, so anyone thats reading this, no worries.
Oh and i understand things are going slowly, SORRRYYYYY i'll try and get to the labyrinth bit faster... i cant stop waffling :o !!

Again, please review. It all helps with my development, thanks!
Oh and i will be editing with revised versions once i get a chance to toothcomb it.

Chapter 4 - Memories & Pain

After the ordeal in the auditorium Sarah gathered her bags and walked outside into the sunshine. It really was a beautiful day, the warm sun was beating down on her face, a cool breeze mingling through her hair and sweeping stray strands across her face. A small smile escaped her lips. Sarah inhaled deeply, catching the colourful scent of the wild flowers growing in the grounds.

Heaving a large sigh she slumped next to a nearby oak tree and rested her head against its impressive trunk, staring into the clouds. She was angry with herself, she never used to be weak, her will was so strong before but now…. Since that day she just felt like a cowardly child. In her head she may have defeated the labyrinth but it defeated a part of her. It took her confidence and self reliance….. her self belief. She needed to know the truth, was it all real or was her head just desperately grasping at a fantasy she thought she wanted to be real. She thought back to the friends she met, a small dwarfish man….. what was his name…. Hogpot?… no that wasn't right… "Argh" Sarah threw a stone out of frustration. "I wish the Goblins WOULD take me away someday"….. "anything has to be better then this."

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A small grey goblin cocked his head to the right, a nasty toothy grin spreading across his face. He turned to his fellow miscreants, "Ahhhhh did yous hear that siiiire, she wants us to take her away Sunday, I think that can be arranged". The goblins cackled and crooned among themselves, a large green goblin by the name of Spoog stood and proceeded to relay the information to his master, Spoog wasn't as stupid as the other goblins and knew VERY well who had made the request. A large dirty smile spread end to end across his grubby wrinkled face before falling over his left foot and landing on a chicken.

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Sarah spent the rest of the day sitting and doodling lazily throughout her lessons, she couldn't muster any concentration with the thoughts of Jason on her mind. She felt hot and flustered, butterflies grumbling inside her stomach making her feel sick. Thoughts of going home ill started to feel like a very good plan.

"Briiiiiiiiiiiiiing"

The bell for final lesson called out to Sarah. Now was the time. Throwing her back pack over her shoulder Sarah shuffled towards English period. It was finally time to get this over with, she looked round the doorway there appeared to be no sign of Jason. Sarah crept through the door and sat at her desk in the corner of the room trying to look as invisible as humanly possible, hiding behind her English text books. By the time lesson started there was no sign of the vain egotistical Adonis, maybe he wouldn't be gracing the room with his presence after all. A momentary wave of relief rushed through Sarah like a shock of adrenaline.

Pulling through the whole lesson without a whisper she finally embraced her freedom and made her way out of the classroom as quickly as her long legs would carry her. Walking towards the gate Sarah noticed an ambulance waiting out front of the school building, letting her curiosity get the better of her she wondered over to see what was going on. Edging around the side of the large stone pillar entrance Sarah peeked around to see what was happening. Lying on a stretcher was Jason, his arm was slinged to his chest and his face sported a large black bruise around his eye. Sarah couldn't help but let out an incredulous giggle, she couldn't believe what she was seeing. Plastering a smug look to her face she decided to pass the ambulance on her way home, who cared if it would take an extra 30 minutes. Swaggering along she shot him a glorified look, who cared if it made him hate her more, this was her moment. But she didn't receive the response she had hoped for, Jason just stared at her with cold blank eyes, as though all the life had just been sucked out of his soul. His hair was matted and plastered to his face with sweat, on closer observation his shirt was ripped and stained with blood. Sarah froze. She'd seen this once before six months ago.

She had once fancied a library nerd named Luke, they had always been friends since childhood and spent a great deal of time together. Until one day rumour had it that Luke was going to ask Sarah to date him, she was so excited, he would be her first boyfriend. A few days later while sat in math class a note landed in front of her 'Meet me in the library at 4:30 this afternoon, don't be late!'. This would be the moment Sarah had always waited for, except Luke didn't show up. The next day the class was informed Luke had suffered an attack, it looked like a severe beating/animal attack. Luke wouldn't talk and no one ever found out what happened to him. The next week he and his parents moved away. That was the end of it.

Today a victim of what appeared to be the same assault sat in front of her, frozen in fear and blood.