Hey guys! I am so so so sorry for not updating for two weeks. I literally had no motivation to write, I had a really bad writers block and literally couldn't think of anything to do with the story. The awful thing is I kept stressing about getting a chapter up because I hadn't updated in so long. Then, I wrote the whole chapter on Saturday and was about to post it and the page accidentally refreshed and deleted the whole thing. So I had to rewrite all of it. ANYWAY, thank you all so so much for all of the follows and favorites and reviews. It makes me so flipping happy. Okay, so here is chapter four. OOO, PS: If this story is any way like any other story it's pure coincidence as I loathe plagiarism.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Labyrinth in any way, shape, manner, or form. All rights go to Jim Henson, Lucasfilms, and anyone else who had a say in making the film.
Love Without Your Heartbeat
Chapter 4: Everything Is New Here.
Sarah awoke in the massive bed sometime in the late morning, she had no concept of time here in the Underground. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and sat up. Surprisingly nothing in the room had changed over night which is quite unusual for this dimension.
The room was lit by the large ray of sunshine coming through the glass balcony doors. She rolled out of the bed and decided that a nice bath or shower would do her good. She wasn't sure when Jareth would be back, maybe any second.
The floor was cold on her feet as she walked to the door that Jareth said was the bathroom. She stepped inside and couldn't believe her eyes. There was a large claw foot tub in the far corner of the room, it was large and had dozens of bottles containing mystery liquids surrounding it. There were also dozens of small lit candles floating around the room that gave the bathroom a sweet scent. A toilet sat to the right of the room, and a large sink was to the left of the room.
Sarah walked over to the large tub and began to draw her bath. The water started to pour of the nozzle, steam rising from the liquid. She skimmed the water with her hand, it was nice and hot, just the way she liked it. Sarah looked over the large amount of little bottles, she picked one up and lifted the top off to sniff. It smelled of warm vanilla, and brown sugar. She poured the contents of the small vile into her bath causing bubbles to form on the top of the water.
She slipped off her clothes from the day before and climbed into the bath. The warm water hit her skin and already began to calm her down. She rested her head on the back of the tub and closed her eyes. She had already been through so much, and she knew that living here wasn't going to be all peaches and cream.
Peaches.
Ever since Sarah ran the Labyrinth, she had always been wary of any kind of fruit. Especially peaches. Jareth had given her the enchanted peach that put her into a power hallucination. She tried to avoid them for the most part, but every so often she would take a bite of the fruit hoping that it would bring her back to that dream. It never did though.
After laying in the tub for what seemed like hours, Sarah decided to finally wash her hair and her body. She cleansed her black locks with some sort of soap that smelled like some sort of fruit, and she washed her body with something that smelled of blackberries.
She then drained the tub and stepped out, her feet hitting the tile. She grabbed a robe that was hanging on a hook on the wall and wrapped it around herself. For all she knew Jareth could be out in her room waiting for her, and she didn't want him to see her naked. That would not do.
She opened the door to go back into her room and heard a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" She asked nervously, praying that it wasn't Jareth.
"Eldrin, I'm here to help you dress for breakfast with his majesty Lady Sarah." a small petite voice said on the other side of the door.
"Come in Eldrin." Sarah replied.
The door opened revealing a creature. She was very very very small, and her ears were pointed, she almost had the face of a human.
"I'm Eldrin, an elf maid hired by his majesty to help you dress, and to get ready my lady." the small creature said, with a small smile on her face.
"Well hello Eldrin," Sarah said kneeling down to shake her hand, "nice to meet you, you know you don't have to call me lady."
"No my lady, his majesty said that is your title. So that is what I call you. Do you have a dress you'd like to wear this morning my lady?" Eldrin asked.
Sarah hadn't really thought about it.
"No, I haven't. Let me go look." Sarah replied to the young elf.
She walked over to the large wardrobe next to the bed, and opened it up. It revealed to her dozens and dozens of dresses. When Jareth said he had clothes for her to wear, he wasn't kidding.
They were all made out of the softest fabric Sarah had ever felt in her life. She came across a dress that was midnight blue, and long sleeved. The fabric felt velvety. It had a sweetheart neckline, and the dress was long enough to touch the floor. It had intricate gold detailing along the bodice. It was absolutely gorgeous.
"This one." Sarah said grabbing the dress out of the wardrobe and presenting it to Eldrin.
"Perfect Lady Sarah, now just sit down here on this stool so I can tie the corset." the elf said gesturing to the vanity chair.
Eldrin went to work and started to tie the corset, and help her put the dress on. Sarah had never worn a corset before, it felt like she was suffocating. After the elf woman finished dressing the young girl, she went to work on her hair and her makeup.
The elf did a simple yet elegant hairstyle, half up half down and paired it with a sapphire clip. Sarah's make up was also very simple and neutral. It made her stunning.
"His majesty should be here any moment for you my lady." Eldrin said with her hands crossed in front of her.
Only a second later a knock was heard on the door.
Eldrin walked across the room and opened the large mahogany door for Jareth.
The Goblin King walked into the room, Sarah kept forgetting just how handsome he really was.
Today he was dressed in black leggings paired with his black boots, and a black poet shirt that revealed a large piece of his chest. His signature amulet hung around his neck. His wild blonde hair was styled as normal along with his makeup.
She wanted to run up to him and tell him to make love to her right there, but she couldn't. She had to keep her composure.
"Like what you see my precious?" Jareth said, a smirk on his face.
Sarah knocked out of her trance, ignoring his flirtatious comment.
"So, we're going to breakfast?" Sarah asked, standing up from the vanity stool.
Jareth looked at the young woman in awe. She looked like one of his world and he could just see her sitting next to him, ruling beside him. It was so close yet so far.
"Yes, we are." He replied to Sarah.
He offered out his arm, and she took it in return.
"Have a good day Eldrin!" Sarah said to the elf before they left the room.
"You too my lady." The elf said curtsying.
The pair walked out of the room, and down the long corridor.
"So, Mr. Goblin King, I have a few questions for you." Sarah said breaking the silence.
"What would that be love?" Jareth responded.
"Why is there a door in my room leading to your chambers?" Sarah blurted out, "and don't call me love."
The King was taken aback by her question. What was he supposed to say to her?
"Why not love?" he said clearly trying to get a rise out of her, "Oh look, we've arrived to the dining hall." Jareth said avoiding her question completely.
What's up with him? Sarah wondered.
They walked over to the large table, Jareth pulled Sarah's chair out for her, she sat down. He then sat in the chair next to her.
"You didn't answer my question." Sarah said, pushing her question on Jareth.
"Why do you need to know so badly?" Jareth responded with a growl.
"Because!" Sarah shouted, "I'm going to be here for the rest of my entire life, I think I'm entitled to some answers."
That was his Sarah, always stubborn and always got what she wanted.
"Fine then, if you must know so badly you stubborn girl, it's in case of emergency, you're new here to the Underground and if anything were to happen I want you to know you're safe." He said to Sarah answering her question. Even though it wasn't the truth.
"Oh.. well thank you. That's very kind." Sarah responded. After hearing his reason she felt bad for raising her voice at him.
With a wave of Jareth's hand, a buffet of breakfast foods appeared on the table in front of them.
Sarah's eyes became wide, there was enough here to feed an army!
There were eggs, bacon, sausage, bagels, pancakes, waffles, coffee, orange juice. Everything you could ever want for breakfast.
Sarah loaded her plate full with food and dived right in. She hadn't eaten since she had gotten ice cream for her and Toby yesterday in the afternoon.
Toby.
How her heart ached to be able to bring her brother with her. But she couldn't. It wasn't the right thing to do.
Jareth was amused at the rate Sarah was eating. She stuffed bite after bite into her mouth. But he couldn't blame the poor girl, she probably was starving. Mortals tend to go hungry very quickly.
Sarah then shoved the last bite of pancake into her mouth, at this point she was incredibly full and the thought of eating another bite made her want to throw up.
With another wave of a hand, the table was clear and looked exactly as it did when they arrived.
"Now Sarah, I have to go take care of my duties but I brought you some company." Jareth said to Sarah as he stood up from the table.
"Who did you bring?" Sarah asked. She didn't know who would be here for her, and who could ever keep her company in this large castle.
"Why don't you go back up to your chambers and look?" Jareth said, helping her up.
She took his arm again, and he escorted her back to her chambers. She opened up the large door only to find her three closest friends in the entire world.
"LUDO! HOGGLE! SIR DIDYMUS!" Sarah screamed running to them.
She hugged Ludo first, "Sawah fwiend!" the beast exclaimed wrapping his long arms around her back.
Next was Sir Didymus, she knelt down and hugged the furry little creature, "Hello my lady, nice to see you again!"
Last was Hoggle, Sarah never thought there would be a day she would see her loyal companion again.
"Hoggle!" Sarah shouted and hugged him the tightest, "Hello.. Sarah." Hoggle said to the young girl engulfing him in a hug.
Jareth stood in the doorway, looking at how happy she was to be reunited with her friends.
Sarah turned back to look at the king, and ran into his arms and pressed her face against his chest. She didn't hesitate to inhale the scent she loved so much.
Jareth was obviously surprised by the young girls actions.
"Thank you." she whispered.
His muscles relaxed and he allowed his arms to slip around her small body.
"You're welcome precious."
XOXO
Okay! So I hope you liked this chapter and I plan to have an updating schedule now to keep my on task, and on track. I plan to update every two days. You guys can hold me to it too, every two days I promise.
Also, I've become so infatuated with Mr. Bowie these last few months. Gosh I just love him desperately and I am PRAYING this beautiful man comes on tour again so I can finally get to see him in concert. That would be the coolest thing ever. If you love DB, what's your favorite song? I love all of them but right now I'm really loving 'Life On Mars?' and 'Under Pressure' with Queen. OOO, also I've been liking at the moment 'Young Americans' You all should tell me yours!
Now onto replying to reviews:
Jetredgirl: I did have a good time, thank you very much!
Princess of Nightmares: You totally do make me smile so thank you very very much! Haha, I'm glad I described Jareth to your liking, and gosh I know, I'm totally jealous of that room myself. Also, I did bring in Hoggle and friends, I hope you liked how I incorporated them into the story.
Natzone: Thank you for actually helping me out there. I am trying to improve on my writing. I can't make any promises that the grammar is better but I sure hope so, also thank you so much for saying that you liked it! It really does mean a lot to me.
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Guest #2: Here is the next chapter, hope it was what you expected.
