AN: I told you I'd be posting another chapter immediately after! :) sorry that it's kinda short... there's another dream in the next one, though, so now was the only time I could cut it off without making it like last chapter! that was probably the longest thing I've ever posted!
Three hours later, we sat back to admire our handiwork.
Despite everything, it was actually straight. I laughed in amazement and looked at the two people next to me. They grinned at me. We set it up and put some of the books on there before stepping back to look again. Everything was in place, so I moved to make some dinner for all of us.
"Don't bother making anything for me, Pet, I have to leave," Jareth said from behind me.
I jumped a foot and spun around automatically, glaring at him. "Don't do that to me!"
He smirked, produced a crystal, handed it to me and walked out the door. I simply stared after him as he tossed a, "Goodbye, Precious. I'll see you tomorrow!" over his shoulder.
"He's got it bad. I told you so."
I glanced at Leslie, noted her smug posture, and turned back to dinner, finishing fast. I ate as quickly as I could and headed for my room.
"Uh-uh! Where you think you're going?"
"To bed. I can't deal with a play-by-play analysis of the last three hours, followed by the same for the five hours before that!"
"Oh, come on! If you don't want to talk about that, just tell me so! I was curious as to whether or not you regained any more memories!"
"Oh, sure, 'cause that's all you wanted to know…"
"No it's not. But I respect your privacy… for now."
I laughed. "Yea. I remembered something else."
"What?" she bounced over to the couch dragging me with her.
"I remembered the second verse to that song, and I remembered something I had forgotten about that night."
"What is the second verse?"
I shook my head, "I don't think I should tell anyone, not now that I have the tune. Does that make sense? Almost like it should never be sung, except by the person who wrote it."
"I guess… and the best way to do that is make sure no one ever hears both the tune and the lyrics?"
I nodded.
"Alright," she sighed, "but you can still tell me about the other thing, right?"
I told her.
"Wow. What does that have to do with anything?"
"I don't know. I guess I forgot more than I know, and it all feels like the same night, because I have no blank spots anywhere else in my head."
"You know, that story sounds a lot like that book you were always carrying around with you. What was it called?"
I shrugged, not really sure what she was talking about.
"It was some kind of play…."
"Yea," I answered, memories starting to resurface, "a red book."
"Something about a maze…"
"Labyrinth," I corrected her absentmindedly.
"Yea! That was it!"
"What?"
That was the name! Labyrinth!"
I sunk down into a memory, one played out in a park with Merlin.
"Give me the child! Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle, beyond the Goblin City, to take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me!"
Finishing my speech, I took a bow and looked over at Merlin, grinning. Suddenly, the clock tolled. I was late! I had to get home or Karen would give me hell! It started to rain and I raced home through the downpour, making it home just in time to be scolded and get into a fight with Karen. Pouting, I stomped up to my room to get dressed in something dry. My dad knocked on the door a few times before I heard the front door slam and I knew that they had left, finally.
My eyes alighted on an empty shelf and anger surged through me, "someone has been in my room again!"
The memory ended and I stared into the distance for a minute.
"Sarah! What happened? Another memory?"
I explained it to her. "I think it is all tied in with that book and that night... But I still don't know what would have made me forget," I frowned, "it's not like anything traumatizing has come up so far…"
"Maybe we should get to bed and sleep on it. We can talk more at lunch, yea?"
"Okay," I yawned and turned for my room.
"Sarah! Don't forget these!" she smiled mischievously and tossed me the last two crystals he had given me.
Blushing slightly, I retired to my room and fell into bed, once more asleep before I landed.
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