A/N: It's me again ^_^. I'm back with another chappy, chappy, chapter. Caffeine, got to love it. I'm running on two days no sleep and I'm writing for all of you. Hope you like it and review!


Chapter 4: Dreams of Blood and Men


Maya was dreaming. She knew it was a dream. She always knew it was a dream. Her dreams were never flights of fancy like most peoples were nor did she have nightmares. They were always of the present or the future. Things that were happening in the now or that were going to happen soon.

She was walking down a long corridor until she reached two huge double doors. She couldn't go inside but she could hear what was being said. So she did the only thing she could and she listened.

"What are you doing here?"

"I need your help."

A cold laugh rang through the doors and Maya shivered at the power that was just in the voice alone. That laugh was like an icy kick to her stomach... harsh, freezing and brittle.

"Give me one good reason I should help you? Do you have any idea what I have gone through since you took her away from me!" An inhuman growl echoed filled with pain from the room. Maya wanted to cry from the sound of it. It spoke of great loss and an even greater heart ache. Maya wanted to reach out to that voice.

"I do now..." came the second voice, soft and holding great sadness in it.

"Silence! I sense that we are not alone!"

The harsh voice sliced through the air like a knife. Maya waited with bated breath for the powerful voice to catch the intruder. Suddenly an icy hand wrapped around her neck from behind. She could feel it squeezing and freezing, yet she couldn't see her attacker. Grabbing the thumb she managed to pry the hand off her. Whirling around, gasping for breath, she had just enough time to see her attacker's eyes before her world faded to black. Her last thought was that she knew those eyes...

Maya awoke with a start. What the hell was that! She had had those types of dreams before but she never had been noticed, let alone attacked! She frowned, thinking about those eyes. She knew them. It was right there, just beyond her reach. She just knew that those eyes belonged to that voice.

That harsh, icy cold voice.

The one that made her shiver but not with fear. It was something else. That growl... that voice... those eyes... why were they all so familiar?

She felt her throat and winced. It hurt! Dashing from the bed to the bathroom, she tripped over Sarah.

"OW! Hey what.." Sarah shot up as something landed on her. Looking down, she saw it was Maya. It was the look in Maya's eyes that had her wide awake. Something was definitely not right.

"Maya, what's wrong."

She watched as Maya shook her head and then bolted to the bathroom. She followed close behind not wanting to leave her friend alone. Malachite had been woken up by the ruckus and was right behind her. Sarah stared in shock at what she saw when Maya pulled off her shirt. Malachite growled behind her before pushing his way past her to Maya. Sarah couldn't move. There around Maya's neck was a large welt that looked like a hand print. Sarah couldn't believe what she was seeing and from the looks of it she wasn't the only one.

"Maya... What just happened? I know that wasn't there when we went to bed," Sarah said slowly.

It had been almost thirty days since the court date and she was still waiting for Karen to get all of her shit packed up and out of her and Toby's home. Granted that Karen was court ordered to leave with in 24 hours but Sarah had given her a month just to be nice. They had been staying at Malachite's since Karen wasn't allowed near them and he was nice enough to offer. This however...

Maya looked from Sarah to Malachite. Sarah looked as bewildered as she felt and Malachite looked mad enough to kill. She sighed and put her shirt back on. This had never happened before. It was kind of twisted but... she had felt...when he had put his hand on her... the feel of his hand... it was... It was the hottest thing she had ever experienced. She wasn't into sex, hell, she was still a virgin and yet... The feel... his hand on her skin. Her skin still tingled from the touch. Looking into his eyes made her want to grab him and bite him... Hard... Hard enough to draw blood. She wanted to lick, nip, suck and BITE him everywhere!

She had never felt this way before. What the hell was wrong with her?! Her teeth were literally pulsing at the thought of sinking them into...Well hell, the only thing she saw was his eyes, but she did have one hell of an imagination. Snapping out of her fantasy, she realized that she had zoned out for a few minutes.

Malachite watched the expressions that were crossing Maya's face. He could read her like a book normally but a few of these expressions he was unsure of; like the dreamy look that her eyes held just a moment before and now shame. He moved forward and opened his arms.

Sarah decided to give them a bit of time so she went to make a strong pot of coffee.


"What was that?"

"Hmm... a woman. In spirit form. She won't be spying on us again."

"You're sure, brother?"

"You may have dreams, but I have sight! You dare doubt me!"

"Not at all, forgive me."

In a room, on a throne, sat a man. His harsh silverly blue eyes studying the younger man before him. It had been 13 years since he had laid eyes on the now mature man. He had grown up, the man noticed. Such a short time to one of their kind and yet... His silver eyes grew gentle as he gazed upon the youth. The sadness in the youth's eyes told a story he knew all to well. He sighed. There was only one reason for the boy to take a chance and risk his head by coming here.

"What have they done now?"


Maya stirred after a while. Rising out of his arms as she read the question in his eyes. Walking out to the kitchen, she took the offered cup from Sarah and sat down at the table. When they took a seat she began.

"I dreamt of a two men in a room. They were talking, then one of them noticed an intruder..." Taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly, she looked up. "That intruder was me. The man sensed me. He was so powerful, he grabbed me by the throat and all I got a chance to see were his eyes... silverish blue. They seemed so familiar somehow, but that's not the strangest part. I..."

Her voice broke as she looked away from their eyes ashamed, "The moment he tou... touched me, I... I was aroused. I... I... I wanted to... to... to fuck him... hard and fast and... and that was when he had his hand around my neck. When he was choking me I wanted him to screw me." She looked back to their faces searchingly. Malachite's face was one of shock but Sarah...

Sarah gazed understandingly at Maya. She knew exactly how Maya had felt. After she had her dream about the Labyrinth she had to buy a toy for all the sexy dreams afterword. However, Maya never seemed really interested in sex or men for that matter. She knew that Maya didn't think of Malachite that way. She just chalked it up to one of life's mysteries.

"Jem, sweetheart," Sarah croon making the man next to her groan in frustration and Maya choke on a small laugh.

"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that stupid name?" He growled playfully.

"About another thousand. Why don't I take this one and you go back to bed?"

Sarah snickered at speed of Malachite's retreat. Obviously, when it came to girl talk (and he knew it was coming to that) he wasn't going to stick around, even if his life depended on it. When he shut the door, she turned to Maya.

Maya was more than slightly amused at Malachite's retreat. The fact that he didn't even put up the normal fight at Sarah's nickname for him was a sure sign of his desperation to avoid this talk.

"Maya... What do you know about sex?"

"Not much," Maya grimaced. "I never bothered to learn much other than the birds and the bees."

"Okay, then I want you to listen to what I'm going to tell you." Sarah said with a serious expression that had Maya sitting a little straighter. Maya nodded to show that she was willing to listen to the younger girl.

"I don't want you to ever be ashamed for feeling aroused, there's no reason to be. It's completely natural. There really isn't much that is taboo when it comes to sex or making love."

"But he..." Maya began shutting up as she watched Sarah's eyes flash a dark angry green.

"You're a strong woman. It's only natural that you would be attracted to a strong, dominant male. You've NOTHING to be ashamed of! Hell, I'm in love with a Goblin King who isn't even real!" Sarah growled out, finally admitting the truth.

Maya looked at her young friend, feeling the truth behind her words. It was true that she was a strong woman. She would defend the ones she loved until her last breath...

"I think I understand, Sarah, different strokes for different folks, right?"

She grinned as Sarah snickered, "Right!"

"Thanks for slapping some sense into me."

"Well, someone had to and it sure wasn't going to be Jem-baby." Sarah snorted still thinking about how he had high-tailed it out of the room. She never had seen the lazy man move so fast. She didn't even think he could! She watched as Maya grinned evilly.

"Oh, are we going to have fun with him."

Maya thought about what Sarah had told her. For being only eighteen she had a really good head on her shoulders. She decided that if the Goblin King was real, then he would be a lucky man indeed. She thought back to the walk in dream state.

That man was powerful... she could feel the power radiating from him even from the other room. Not like her own power. Hers was very faint and almost non-existent.

She could sometimes feel it there, beneath her skin, a very slight thrum. It was in her blood and was powered by her heart. Maybe that's why it was so faint... she hadn't had a reason to use it. Closing her eyes, she let her rambling thoughts guide her way to back to sleep.

*Dream State*

Maya gasped at the sight that lay before her. Sarah was on the floor, blood everywhere. Rushing over to her friend, she felt a faint pulse. Glancing quickly around her, she didn't see Toby anywhere. All of a sudden she was sinking in the puddle of her friend's blood. Bloody arms were coming up out from the puddle, grabbing at her and trying to pull her down. She could hear cackles and whispers as she struggled to fight them off but they were to strong, there were too many.

Glancing down, she saw that her friend had disappeared.

Hearing something, she looked up just in time to see a flash and something hot seared through her chest. There were screams to be heard, some of which were not her own.

Then the world exploded.


A/N:

Well, that's it for this chapter! Hope you liked it and will review! Lemons will be along sometime in the near future. Isn't that right Elizabeth.

"Bite me!"

No, but I'm sure I could get Jareth to...With all those lovely sharp teeth... On second thought we better leave him for Sarah! Well, review if you want more!