WARNING: There is coarse language in this chapter.

*~* Lilith's POV *~*

After the firework show, Jareth tried to take me back home, but I wouldn't let him. I had to ride the ferris wheel. I dragged him back into the Jamboree and to the feriss wheel.

"Lilith, why are you so adamant about riding this?" Jareth asked as we waited in line.

"Because this is my favorite ride, now shut up."

Jareth didn't make another peep. Our turn came and we made our way into the carriage. The ride jolted up and I felt butterflies flutter in my gut.

"Lilith... I think we should talk about what happened."

I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose.

"Lilith, please. I need to know where this leaves us."

I didn't know what to say. It's not that I didn't want to be with him, it's just that I barely know the guy. He just waltzed into my bakery one day and began to flirt with me! Yeah, I flirted back, but that's just what I do! I can't go a conversation without flirting. It's not in my nature.

"I-I don't know Jareth. This is all so sudden and I have no idea what to feel about it all."

I heard Jareth sigh beside me. "Lilith, I feel something for you that I haven't felt for another in a long time. I would never do anything to hurt you. Please at least consider it."

How could I not consider this? This is eating away at my heart! I don't know what to do anymore. I just don't know... I kept thinking it over and over until I finally came to a conclusion.

"I don't see the harm in giving it a try."

Jareth grinned and crashed his lips to mine. I didn't hesitate in returning it. I've never felt more alive in my life!

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to me. He pulled me onto his lap and the carriage swayed. I felt my spine stiffen and my stomach drop. Jareth pulled away from me and gave me a confused look.

"Are you alright love? Did I do something wrong?" He asked as he brushed his knuckles across my cheek.

"Y-Yeah," I stuttered. "Just fine."

Jareth's eyes flitted across my face, then a glint of humor shone in his eyes.

"You're afraid of heights, aren't you?"

I slapped his arm and got off his lap. "I didn't think so. I wasn't when I was younger. I loved heights. This was my favorite ride. I'd lean over the edge of the carriage all the time. I guess I've changed..."

Jareth wrapped an arm around my shoulders and pulled me into him. "Changes happen. It's fine. I'll protect you. I promise." He kissed my forehead and the ride jolted to a stop. We left the carriage with Bowie in my arms and Jareth's arm around my shoulders.

We were home in a matter of minutes. Jareth quickly pecked my lips and bid me goodbye. I was soon all alone in front of the store with Bowie clutched close to my chest. I opened the door to the shop and slowly made my way through it. Even though the lights were off, I knew this place like the back of my hand. I could maneuver through it with ease. But Bowie made it kinda hard.

I was upstairs and I carefully placed down Bowie. I checked on my mother and found her fast asleep in her bed. Good. She's finally sleeping. I picked Bowie up again and walked into my room. I placed him in the corner next to my bed and quickly changed into my pajamas. I wiped away all of my makeup and threw my hair up into a ponytail. I slid under my covers, exhausted. I also haven't been getting much sleep either, but it doesn't affect me as much as it does my mother.

I stared up at the ceiling. This nagging feeling started creeping up on me. Come back Lilith... it whispered. Come home...

What is this? Why is someone calling to me like this?

Lilith... we need you... come home...

My eyes drifted close and before I could spare another thought, I was back in the Underground. I felt an unyielding rage well up inside me as I appeared in my bedroom.

"Jareth you BASTARD! I'll fucking kill you the next time I see you!" I shouted. I knew he'd hear me. He's probably spying on me with his little crystals with his stupid goblins surrounding him. I don't care if my words hurt him. He needs it. Seducing me like that... It's inexcusable!

I fumed and paced back and forth in my room. Still in my old shorts and baggy t-shirt. I didn't care though. That fae bastard was going to pay.

The temperature in my room seemed to drop by the second. Was Jareth trying to play with me? Frost began to form on the walls and the window. There was all this frost, yet I couldn't feel a single chill. In fact, it feels as if it's heating up. Yeah, I felt the chill at first, but now I feel like I'm in a furnace.

"What the hell are you doing to me Jareth?"

As soon as those words left my mouth, my door came crashing down and in came Jareth, a flurry of blonde and black.

"Lilith! Are you alright?"

He rushed to me and placed his hands on both of my arms. I shoved him away and backed away from him. "Don't fucking touch me!" I hissed at him.

For a brief moment an expression of pain flitted across his face before it was replaced with his normal look. "Listen Lilith, you need to calm down."

"Calm down?" I shouted. "What reason do I have to 'calm down'?! You fucking seduced me up there just so you could use me down here! Calm down... It's laughable."

"I'll explain everything later just please calm down before you freeze all of the Underground!"

I stopped. So I'm doing this? I looked around me and saw the frost slowly melt. "How...?"

"Why don't we go down to the library? I'll explain everything there."

He reached out to me again, but this time I let him take my arm. He led me through the twisting corridors until we reached the library. When he opened the grand doors, I was as stunned as I was the first time I had laid eyes on the place. He led me to a sofa and went to scrutinize the shelves.

"Jareth... How could I do that? I'm human. I'm not a fae like you."

Without looking at me, he replied. "You're both."

I was going to say something like "You're funny" or "No way", but it all made sense.

"I guess it makes sense," I started. "It explains why I could do that. And why I've always been so different."

Jareth stopped and looked back at me with shock all over his face. "I didn't think you'd accept it so easily," he said with disbelief clear in his voice.

I laughed. "I'm not really in the mood to go through another debate at the moment. It doesn't mean I forgive you though. What you did is not okay in my book."

Jareth sighed and turned back to his books. "I knew you weren't going to forgive me easily."

We say in awkward silence as Jareth continued to look through his books. I glanced around me at all the books, seeing if there were any that I'd like to read, when one caught my eye. I got up and pulled the book off the shelf.

The Tale of the Lost Princess

I sat back down with my book and opened it to the first page. There I found a picture of a little baby girl. She had the most beautiful violet eyes and dark brown hair. Her skin was as fair as falling snow and her lips were unnaturally red. Hmm... Just like Snow White.

"So you've found that book, have you?"

I whipped around and found myself face-to-face with the Goblin King. His mismatched eyes held a glint of humor and his lips were upturned in a smirk.

"What do you think?"

He chuckled and took the book from my hands. "I'm sorry love, but you are not allowed to read this book. It's forbidden."

I sighed and threw my hands up into the air. "Whatever! Fine! I don't even care anymore! Oh, and if you're gonna take that away from me, I want my Bowie."

Jareth gave me a weird look, but snapped his fingers. My Bowie appeared next to him and I squealed. I picked him up and hugged him to me.

"I love my Bowie!"

Jareth laughed. "I guess I did something okay in the Above?"

I gave him a glare, but let it up. I smiled and nodded. I'll cut the guy some slack. I don't know how his reason for what he did.

"You know, Jareth, you still haven't told me why the hell you seduced me up there," I said nonchalantly.

He shrugged. "I don't really know. I'm different in the Above. Everyone is. If I did have a reason for what I did, I can't remember it now. And I've noticed that you are extremely rude when you're down here. My god, you're horrible down here."

I let out a small chuckle at his remark at the end. I guess I have been a little rude. I can't help it. I feel much more free to speak my mind down here.

"Jareth, you haven't brought me back here since my second visit. Why now?"

Jareth seemed hesitant. What does he not want to tell me?

"Well, I guess I should start here. Back hundreds of years ago, humans had their own special powers. The magical creatures of the Underground and the Above cooperated and lived in harmony. In fact, there was no Underground. Just the Above. But then a war was struck and we were forced to take away their powers. And by we, I mean the separate rulers of the four big kingdoms here. The Emerald Forest of fairies, the Diamond Mountains of the dwarves, the Sapphire Springs of the druids, and finally, my Labyrinth by a lesser-used name: The Amethyst Fields of the goblins. There are fae controlling each kingdom, but before all of this, we were simply four fae brothers with extraordinary powers. We were ordered by our higher ups to take the human's powers, so we did. We created a seperate realm for ourselves and that was the creation on the Underground."

"I don't see what this has to do with anything."

"There's this thing, that when a fae mates with a human and a child is conceived, the old human powers awake within the child, so then that child has both fae and human powers. Lilith, you are one of these children."

"Yes, and? Why would that mean that I'd have to be taken down here?"

"Are you sure you want to know?"

"Uh, yeah. Now spill the beans."

"Since you have both fae and human powers, you are more powerful than over half of the strongest beings of this world, and you posses magic that this world hasn't seen in decades. There are people out there who would do anything to get their hands on you and your power. And by anything I mean anything. And I never brought you back after your second visit because I thought it best not too. I would have a lot more to explain and I honestly didn't want to waste my power on bringing you here. One day you will be here to stay, but for now, you simply need to wake up, and forget."

My body went limp and the next thing I knew I was awake and I had forgotten everything.