Never go THAT way
So we meet again. Thank you to everyone who R&Red. Sorry I am too tired to send personal shout outs. Just know that I read every one of them and enjoy them.
Enjoy the next part...
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"Ludo?" Sarah yelled. "Where are you?" She pushed a veil of green out of her way. "If you jump out and scare me, we are never talking again." Sarah added under her breath.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
"What was that?" Sarah whirled around. "I need to adjust my attitude." She whispered. "This isn't bad. There is nothing going on."
"Yeah!"
"What's going on?" Sarah ran.
"Ha. Ha. Ha."
"Yahoo."
"What do you want?" Flaming dancing creatures surrounded Sarah. "Who are you?"
"We're out to have a good time." One responded.
"That's nice, but who are you?"
"Don't have no problems."
"No problems."
"Ain't got no suite case."
"No suite case." They were singing. Sarah gabbed one by the arm to get its attention. She screamed and let go. Burns blistered on her palm.
"We're the fireys. The chilliest bunch in the land."
"We don't look like much."
"But we sure are chilly, chilly."
"Chilly down with the wild."
One took off its head. "Don't lose your head." The head began to laugh. "When things get wild." It tossed its head.
Another caught it, "Chilly down, chilly down with the wild gang."
A third pulled out the eyes from the head. "Roll 'em!"
"Snaked eyes." The head was reattached to its owner. He picked up the eyes and swallowed the eyes. They appeared in their sockets.
"Ah!" Sarah jumped away from them. "Your not chilly at all. I have burns!" She yelled.
"Hey lady!" They circled around closer. "Shake your pretty head. Tap your pretty little feet."
"Okay." Sarah followed their lead. "Do you know the way to the goblin city?" She asked while dancing.
"No. Good Times. Bad food," they sang. "Where you going with a head like that?"
"The castle." Sarah responded.
One firey jumped on her. "Lets take her head off!" Everywhere the firey touched her burned.
"It doesn't come off!" She screamed and wrenched off the firey.
Another one jumped at her, "Hey it don't come off!"
"Of course it doesn't." Sarah began running from the flaming menaces.
"She's right." The fireys circled around her. "I know what we can do, take her head off."
"Yeah lets take her apart!" The fireys pulled on her arms stretching her in opposite ways. One was tugging on her head again. Her burns were getting burned. Sarah kicked the ones at her feet. She freed one hand and pulled the head off the nearest firey head and threw away.
"Hey lady that's his head." Sarah continued throwing head until all the fireys were searching around for their heads.
"Hey lady, that's against the rules to throw other people's heads."
"You're only allowed to throw your own head." The heads were still talking even through they were disconnected. Sarah ran.
"Hey someone stop her!"
"I quit!" She screamed behind her.
"You can't quit."
"Who gets to throw your head?"
"The game isn't over!"
"Leave me alone." Sarah tripped, but scrambled back up. "Hoggle!"
"We get a free throw."
"Don't you want us to take off your head?"
"Get a saw."
"Let us take off you arm."
"An ear. Take off your ear."
"You don't need two ears."
Sarah hit a wall followed close by the fireys. There came a whistle from above. Sarah looked up. Hoggle was above her and dropped a rope. "Climb." He yelled. "Go away!" Sarah climbed quickly away from fireys. Hoggle pulled Sarah over the last part of the wall.
"Hoggle thank goodness you came to help me." Sarah hugged the dwarf. "I'm so happy I could kiss you."
"No!" Hoggle cried and squirmed away. "Don't kiss me." Sarah laughed and gave the dwarf a quick kiss on the cheek before he got too far away.
Sarah stood and they began to walk away when the stones beneath them gave away. Sarah screamed, and latched onto Hoggle. "Hold on."
"No." Hoggle yelled.
"Oh my god." Sarah yelled in his ear. They slid down a slimy tunnel through cobwebs and low hanging vines. The tunnel opened reveling large moss covered gray trees. Their roots were raised up at and seaweed clothed creatures lounged in the dips of the roots. The trees sat in green-filmed covered water. High grass sprouted up hiding whatever was moving around under the surface. There was a thick yellow haze rising up off the water. The air was tinges the same yellow. "Hoggle, were are we? Sarah asked.
"The bog." He whispered.
"With the kelpies?" Sarah asked.
"Yes and much worse." Hoggle said. "We need to get to the path."
"Hoggle what is that in the water?"
"Livers."
"Why are there livers floating in the water?" Sarah asked warily. "Do I want to know?"
"The Each Uisge won't eat the liver, nor will the kelpies." Hoggle answered. Sarah shuddered. Sarah stood from the base of the tunnel slide and began inching along the wall. Hoggle followed her.
"Why do we need to stay on the path?" Sarah asked trying to distract herself.
"Because that's the only place that a kelpie can't attach to you." Hoggle stared at the bog beneath them. "And why did you have to go and do a thing like that for?"
"Do what?" Sarah asked. The ledge they were slinking across on dissolved under them. Sarah jumped and made it to the other side but Hoggle slipped and slid down the wall. He was immediately besieged by beautiful white horses and porcelain skinned maidens. Sarah jumped down into the middle and pulled on Hoggle's arm.
"I'm stuck they won't let go." He cried. "Get to the path." Hoggle ordered.
"What about you?" she cried.
"Just go."
"Raahar!" Ludo dropped from the sky, and the things holding Hoggle scattered.
"Ludo, get up quick!" Sarah ordered. She tried to drag Ludo and Hoggle to that path.
"Sarah get away from that." Hoggle got in between her and Ludo.
"It's okay, that's Ludo he's a friend." Sarah got in between the two and put her hands up
"Ok." Hoggle back off. The kelpies were hovering around the path. "Just follow the path Sarah, they can't come on."
"Pretty horsy." Ludo took a step towards the kelpie. "Horsy friend."
"Ludo! No." Sarah grabbed his arm. "Horsy mean." Ludo's shoulders sagged, but he listened and came back to the path. They followed the twist and turns for a while Hoggle leading. Birds roared down at them but didn't move from their perches.
"Why'd you have to kiss me?" Hoggle snapped.
"Because you deserved it." Sarah answered.
"You shouldn't have gone and done a thing like that." Hoggle mumbled. "Look there's the bridge, we're almost safe." They began to run for it. A tall dark man with seaweed tangled in his long dark curls. Sarah nearly swooned at the sight of him.
"Hello." His voice was like honey sweet and enticing. He was wearing a crisp white linen poet's shirt. The ties on the neck hung loose revealing rich olive skin that had threads of green running in it. Sarah noticed his long dark brown loose pants that brushed the ground gently and his bare feet.
"Hello." She whispered. Her breathing was becoming more labored. Sarah wanted to run her hands through his hair and down his toned chest. Sarah blinked and mentally slapped herself. She was better than this. He smiled at her and Sarah's knees gave out. Gentle arms caught her and lift her back to her feet. Sarah looked up and stared into his beautiful seaweed green eyes. Sarah sighed.
"You must be Sarah." His lips were full and perfect; Sarah watched his scrumptious mouth, as he spoke not hearing what else he said.
"Back on Each Uisge." Hoggle growled. "She's a runner."
"She's the most beautiful runner ever." He whispered lustily. Sarah caught herself before she moaned. Sarah pulled away from Each Uisge.
"Why are you on the path. Hoggle I though you said we were safe." Sarah asked confused.
"No from him." Hoggle grumbled.
"He's right, Jareth doesn't control me, unlike the rest of the bog inhabitants." Each Uisge said. The words slid down her spine and Sarah's eyes fluttered. She stepped towards him. "You look tired, dear Sarah. You're welcome to my bed, should you need to rest." He motioned with his hand. Draping moss curtains parted revealing a comfortable looking bed with multiple cozy pillows calling to her. Sarah yawned. "I will make it my personal responsibility to make sure nothing and no one bothers you."
"Um – um." Sarah stuttered.
"Sarah, remember you are fighting against the clock." Hoggle warned. He stepped in between Each Uisge and Sarah. Each Uisge offered his hand to Sarah.
"It's just off the path." Each Uisge moved around Hoggle and stepped in close to Sarah. Her head automatically tipped up and her mouth parted. She wanted everything that his lips promised.
"Yes." Sarah whimpered.
"No. Sarah stay back." Hoggle commanded. "Ludo, grab her." Ludo picked Sarah up and away from the Each Uisge.
"Ludo put me down. I am so tired. It'll just be for a short time." Sarah squirmed desperate to get back to the Each Uisge.
"Sarah." Each Uisge cried sounding broken hearted.
"Please Hoggle, Ludo. Let me go." Sarah reached out for Each Uisge desperately. They caught hands and he pulled her free of Ludo and wrapped his arms around her possessively.
Each Uisge gave a evil laugh. "Come Sarah."
"Jareth!" Hoggle yelled.
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The goblin king hadn't been paying attention to what had been happening to Sarah. He'd been too busy picking out his outfit for his next encounter with Sarah. His head snapped around when he heard Hoggle yelling for him. "What now?" He snapped and conjured a crystal. He gazed at the crystal and roared when he saw Sarah in the arms of Each Uisge. Jareth stormed out of the castle.
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A barn owl appeared in the bog, and changed into Jareth the Goblin King just as Each Uisge was leading Sarah to his bed.
"Each Uisge. Let. Her. Go." He said through clenched teeth.
"She's come willingly." Each Uisge responded shortly.
"She doesn't know what she agree to." Jareth snapped.
"Too bad." Each Uisge said over his shoulder.
"Fine. You're going to regret this if you don't let her go." Jareth said with a smile.
"What can you do to me?"
Jareth called a crystal. "This."
Jareth threw the crystal at Each Uisge and it exploded in his face. "No." Each Uisge howled. He turned into a black, skin and bone horse his true form with red glowing eyes. Hoggle rushed and dragged Sarah back onto the path. Each Uisge dove into the film covered water and disappeared.
"Thank you," Hoggle responded. Jareth gave a sharp nod, transformed and flew away.
Sarah rubbed her eyes, "Hoggle what just happened?"
"Nothing, at least not yet." He answered. "Come on we're almost there." Sarah, Hoggle and Ludo began again for the bridge out of the bog.
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The end. Hope you liked it. R&R please and thank you. Two in one weekend – be excited and we are getting closer to the peach scene. I'm going to bed now.
3. Jordyn
