SCENE 7: A TWISTED MASQUERADE

At the ball: The most glorious and exquisite masquerade that could ever be seen.

Gold stairways. Large cream velvet drapes speckled with gold dust. Dome-shaped

building. Everybody dressed fancily in some of the most peculiar but wonderful costumes you have ever seen. But nobody, I said nobody could compare to Sarah. (This Sarah beats the original Labyrinth's Sarah's ass.) Imagine, let's start from top to toe, a delicate but eye-blinding tiara sat exquisitely on top of her neatly tamed bun. Her make-up was fresh and simple but made her complexion smooth and effortless. Her lips dazzled when she looked towards the light with an excessive amount of skin coloured lip gloss. Her dress, her frock, her garb, her attire (okay I'll stop looking through the thesaurus) was shaped perfectly around her body. Not that…that stupid humongous white mess she wore on the film. No, this dress was for a lady and even though only sixteen, Sarah sure did look older. She stood at the top of the stairs looking around at all the eccentric-looking people. Her gracious face started to look rather scared and nervous. What was she doing here. She felt like an outcast but something inside her told her to go into the ball. Slowly she made her way down the golden staircase, her dress flowing as she walked. When she got down the steps Lord whatshisface, oh yeah, Lord Dickery was there to greet her.

'My my miss, you sure do look beautiful in that attire.'

'Thankyou Lord..erm.'

'Come along girl' he linked his arm with hers and they walked over to a group of

"people". He introduced them to Sarah and then left her on her own. 'Jareth should be lingering around somewhere' he said before he walked off.

The song that was currently playing suddenly changed. The music was now a soft

harmonious melodic tune. Wait, Sarah knew this song. Oh no déjà vu. Sarah tried to walk away but she did not want to. It's like the song put her in a trance. Or maybe she just wanted the same moment to happen again. She walked around, her eyes flickering around the room. Knocking in to people who laughed hysterically behind their face masks. She felt out of place. Why was she here. What about Toby. Why was she in a ball again. All the memories of the experience the dodgy peach gave her last year came swamping back to her. She felt dizzy, she didn't know where she was until……(GASP!!!!!!!!!!!!! - well we were all expecting it, even Sarah, but we gotta add suspense). A man in a mask. As the line sung 'There's such a sad love' the man unveild himself under his mask. Oh My God oh my god oh my god oh my god. Its………………………………...JARETHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry). There he was, more wonderful than he had ever looked before. Those beautiful eyes engrossed in make-up fixed on her, and her even more, nah, even less beautiful eyes were fixed on him. But wait…where'd he go. Oh no. Sarah chases after him looking everywhere but it's like he had just disappeared into skinny air. She looked and looked. Darting and dashing all about the place like a crazy chicken being chased by a fanatical farmer. Jareth knew she was chasing him. He saw her darting and dashing all about the place like a crazy chicken being chased fanatical farmer. He laughed as she darted and dashed around like a…. okay okay. His laugh was a laugh that said "you want me and your just making it obvious now so you can't hide and act like you don't feel anything anymore." After what seemed like years of searching Sarah finally found Jareth. She was quite jealous actually because he was leaning on a bunch of females. But he didn't care about them. He walked towards her, eyes to eyes and took her hand hoping to dance with her and make her forget all her troubles. But wait!! She pulled away, she ran…..ooh that's different…..he ran after her. She ran faster. Now both of them were darting around like crazy headless chickens and what made it worse was her clumpy heels, she was a wobbly crazy headless chicken knocking over tables and chairs. She did not look so graceful anymore. She tried to find an escape, but there was none. She could hardly see anything. Lots of laughing and screaming people just blocked her way. The noise was getting louder, Sarah felt dizzy, she was almost going to faint, it was all too much, people were crowding her, her head was spinning round and round, she couldn't take it anymore, she was about to collapse until……a hand reached for her shoulder. Sarah gasped. All of the noise stopped. Everything was calm. The atmosphere was as dead as a doorknob Sarah turned around. It was … Jareth. She faced him.

'Sarah…stop running' he calmly said. 'You wanted to be brought back here, you

wanted this to happen. I have done exactly what you have asked for, how much more generous can I possibly get.'

'Generous!!' she yelled. 'You have done nothing that's generous, you have confused

and manipulated me.'

Jareth shouted angrily. 'You have confused me and yourself. At first you ask for your

brother to be taken. Then you want him back. Then you change your mind. Then you want him back again and you say you're confused. That child doesn't even know who or where he is anymore and neither do I."

Sarah looked around. They were no longer at the ball. They were back in the castle

like some sort of teleportation had took them there without noticing. Lord Dickery came walking up to Jareth.

"Jareth!!" he yelled. "How could you make a mess of my ball like that, it had to be

cancelled because apparently that girl caused havoc, knocking tables over, troubling my guests…and running about like…like a chicken. How could you let her do this. You have let me down, you have let my guests down but most importantly you have let Mrs. Witchhazel the caterer down. You should be disappointed."

Lord Dickery walked off, Sarah shook her head in confusion and then continued to

say….'Well maybe I don't know what I want. Maybe I did want Toby to be taken so I could come back to the labyrinth. Maybe……maybe there is something missing inside me.'

'Like what?' he asks hopefully.

'Like…..like……'

He leans towards her. 'Like…

And it happens. They kissed. Do you want me to describe it or do you want to leave

it to your imaginations. Knowing you, you probably want the whole grimy description. Fine. So the kiss was just a light touch at first. Both of their eyes closed. She could feel not only his lips but his whole entire soul. His spirit flowing through her body. Better than she ever imagined it to be. It felt like true love. After the first fire up the kiss now got more passionate and deep. I don't know what the hell was going through Jareth's intricate mind but I know for a fact that Sarah's mind was flying and her heart was jumping. Her whole body was pounding it's a surprise she didn't start doing the chicken dance. In fact they did, they both started flapping their arms and bobbing their heads clucking together. (Okay no they didn't.) She felt his mouth gripping onto hers. His hands moved up from her waist up her back and then they grasped her face. To Sarah - this was ecstasy. (not the drug…no…no actually, yes yes, the drug.) - How was that for a description, eh. When they'd finally finished their fiery embrace. They calmed down and looked at each other. In fact they stared and stared at each other for hours not even moving a muscle. I think they were so shocked of the event that just happened. (Or maybe the video has just been paused. Okay…I'll press play. Right then.)

So they'd just finished kissing an' all that when in walked a girl. A girl who looked

about eighteen. You could even say she looked prettier than Sarah. Jet black long layered hair. Black jeans and a white dress-type jumper. High-heeled boots. She was a similar height as Sarah but her frame was smaller and more athletic. She had a stern looking face.

'Jarrrrretthhh' the girl shouted. 'Who the hell is this.'

Jareth jumped back in surprise "Jett" he said.

"Jareth. I leave you for a couple of years and then come back to find you smooching

with some girl. Explain yourself" demanded Jett!

Jareth looked shocked. Who'd have thought a girl could get Jareth tongue-tied.

"I didn't know you were coming back."

"Well guess what Jareth, I am back, so you better start grovelling."

Sarah was totally lost "Jareth who is this" she asked.

Before he got a chance to answer Jett replied "Oh forgive me, allow me to introduce

myself (such a cliché). I'm Jett, half witch, half fae, and oh yeah I'm Jareth's girlfriend."

(Dern dern derrrrrrrrnnnnnn)

"What"?!? Sarah gasped.

"Look Sarah" pleaded Jareth, "I can explain"

"I can't believe you!!" Sarah shouted. And before he could explain himself she ran

off upstairs to her dormitory and she didn't come out all night. Oh no.