To My Readers,
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Chapter 9: Everything has a cost
Jareth was intruded from a very good dream the next morning with a loud banging on the door. He slowly got up and threw the door open.
"What the hell do you want, if you fools don't stop ill throw you all in the bog of eternal stench!" he screamed
Niallan stood in the door way with a wide grin across his face. "Ah dear brother I see your awake."
"You, YOU I should strangle you. How dare you disturb me like that!" Jareth was now furious.
"Jareth do you not remember you're the one that requested an audience with me so here I am, and for goodness sake put some clothes on." He said strolling into the room.
"THIS is MY castle and I can wear what I want brother!" he said as he walked over to his massive closet.
"Yes, far be it for me to keep you from walking around stark naked, and showing everyone how blessed you are." He said rolling his eyes.
Jareth pulled on a pair of his signature gray tights and a white poet shirt. "I went to see Conary yesterday." He said as he sat in a chair.
"Yes and how did it go?" Niallan said curiously.
"He gave me this." Jareth handed him the old worn box.
Niallan opened it "Is this what I think it is dear brother?"
"Yes, I can easily control Sarah when she uses that." Jareth said smiling.
"How will you get her to use it?" He said handing the box back to Jareth.
Jareth put the box away and crystal appeared in his hand with an image of Sarah at school talking to Hallye.
"I….well I don't know yet. I think it would be the perfect, well anniversary gift, but I don't know how I would get her to accept it. She would never take it willingly if she thought it was from me." He said sadly.
"You don't know how to get her to accept it, but I do Jareth."
Jareth immediately perked up hearing that. "Dear brother don't keep me in suspense tell me of your idea." he said leaning to his brother.
"Gladly but…" He paused.
"But what Niallan I thought you were going to help me!" He said angrily.
"I am, but everything has a cost my brother." Niallan smiled evilly.
"What is it you want?" He said glaring at Niallan.
Niallan took the crystal from Jareth's hand and gazed into it.
"Oh you will find out soon enough what I want Jareth." He smirked at Jareth.
"If you have any thoughts about wanting Sarah then you're sadly mistaken, she's mine got it?" Jareth stood up ready to attack just at the thought of someone wanting Sarah.
"Don't worry I don't want your mortal. I have much bigger things in mind, things that could possible benefit you." He said handing the crystal to Jareth.
Jareth relaxed and sat back down with a sigh of relief. "I'm almost as afraid as I am intrigued by what you're going to ask for."
He chuckled. "Trust me, in the long run you will be glad for what I want, it will help you immensely."
"I only hope your right Niallan. Now what is your idea for getting Sarah to use it?" He said anxiously.
"Well my idea is make her think it's a gift from one of her close friends or from her boyfriend maybe. You said she had one didn't you?" He said leaning back in his chair.
"YOU RIGHT!" He jumped up and began to pace around the room. "She accepted that ball of fuzz from him so why wouldn't she accept this. I could just twist his mind a bit or place the thought in his head to give it to her or…." He paused for a second to think. "Ah YES I know exactly what to do."
Jareth sat back down in the chair and told Niallan of what he planed to do with the gift and how to get her to accept it.
"Jareth, dare I say you're a genesis. An evil and cruel genesis but a genesis none the less. So my dear brother when do you think you will put this plan into action?" Niallan said
"Not at any time soon. I still want her so confused that she wont know what to do when I get her." Jareth chuckled
"I take it you have more tricks to play on your little mortal then?"
"Yes, but soon my tricks will become much worse and drive her to the breaking point." He smiled evilly.
"But what if she knows you're the one doing these things to her?" he asked
"Then all the better, if she knows she will be even more tempted to summon me even if it is by accident. A summon is still a summons by accident or on purpose."
"You know mother would throw a dire conniption fit if she knew what you are doing." He said standing up
"Well we know that mother is the one that believes in courting properly and things like that." Jareth said.
"She keeps thinking that you're never going to get married and settle down. She's even begun to use a term that those mortals use quite often." He said as he walked over to the window. "Playboy I believe it was?"
"Playboy you say oh that's too funny" he laughed "A playboy is one that is a man who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments. Seeing as I do have responsibilities being this kingdom and Sarah is who I am attached to. The only thing that is true is the life of pleasure part."
"Well you are right there, and speaking of Sarah what is she up to now?" He said turning to Jareth.
Jareth produced a crystal in his hand and the scene that played before them was of Sarah packing up all her old childhood toys and other things.
"WHAT is she doing?" Jareth said shocked
"By the looks of it, it seems she's trying to convince herself she's grown up."
"I know that much, but what the hell does she mean some memories are best forgotten. I was generous and all she can be is ungrateful. How dare she I swear I could ring her little neck!"
Jareth stood up in a rage and chucked the crystal across the room shattering it against the far stone wall.
"It looks like your tricks have had an unexpected reaction. I thought she would become paranoid by them always looking over her shoulder and such, but it seems she's just playing them off as a tick of the mind." Niallan said.
"She will soon know that it's not just a trick of the mind. I just looks like I will have to take a more drastic approach in my plans. Something a little more forceful." He said thinking.
"And what is it pray tell that you have in mind dear brother."
"This Halloween dance that is coming up is going to serve very well for my plans. Sarah won't know what hit her." Jareth smiled
"Oh, this is going to be very fun."
Jareth walked over to where he set the old box. He opened it and put the contents in his hands.
"This isn't quite presentable enough for a gift." He waved his hand over the object and it completely transformed.
"Very nice, she would have to be mad not to accept it."
"Mad or incredibly smart." Jareth said coolly.
Jareth and Niallan sat in silence for a while before there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." Jareth ordered and a small ugly little goblin came in to the room quivering.
"There's someone here to see you your majesty in the throne room." He said
"Fine ill be in there in a minute." He said motioning for the goblin to leave.
Jareth got up with Niallan behind and they made there way threw the twist and turns of the corridors, hallways and stair cases galore before they finally made it to the throne room. The cold stone room was unusually quite aside for the few goblins running around. Jareth sat on his throne accented with rams horns and Niallan stood beside the throne. He motioned for a goblin to let in the visitor.
A small creature hobbled into the room with a look of anger on his face. "YOU, if you so much as thing about hurting Sarah ill, ill." He stopped not know what he would do.
"Ah so my favorite traitor is here to see me. What would you do Hogbrains if I did something to Sarah?" He questioned raising a eyebrow at the dwarf.
"IT'S HOGGLE and I don't know what Ids do but ids do something. There are rumors everywhere that yous is bringing Sarah back and yous is set out on revenge." He fumed
"And so what if it is? I don't think you in any position to stop me now are you Hogwart?" He said coolly
"AH why cant yous just leave Sarah alone shes never done nothing to ya!" he yelled
Jareth stood up and marched over to hoggle. "Now that's where your wrong, and I wont leave her alone till I'm good and ready to." He said staring down at the dwarf.
"I'll warn her ill tell her that your planning something don't think I wont. I mights be a coward but I'll protect her from you if I can." He shook his small fist angrily.
"And that is were we are in the same boat. I cant get her unless she summons me and you cant see her unless she summons you. I can guarantee you she will be calling me long before she does you" He chuckled
"She's my friend she will call me, and why in her right mind would shes call you?"
"Let me show you."
Jareth tossed Hoggle a crystal. As hoggle looked into it he saw a scene play of Sarah and Hallye in Sarah's room when they were packing up all of her old toys. Hoggle looked up at Jareth with a unbelieving look on his face.
"Just watch and listen." Jareth said and pointed to the crystal.
Hoggle stood there and heard the conversation between the two girls.
"Sarah hun you ok?" Hallye asked laying her hand on Sarah's shoulder.
"Yeah im fine, all this stuff is just old junk." Sarah said.
"No, Sarah this stuff inst just junk these things all have memories and I know this is hard. You can say its junk all you want but you know its not." Hallye said.
Sarah picked up a stuffed animal that reminded her of a crazy creature that tried to take off her head. "Hallye some memories are best forgotten."
The images in the crystal went blank and hoggle's face was emotionless.
"You, you" he stammered "This aint real it's a trick." He threw the crystal across the room.
Jareth smiled "I assure you its real that happened just earlier to day. It seems she's trying to forget everything about her little trip here."
"I don't believe you I wont believe you." He stomped his small foot.
"Don't believe me then but you heard the word right from her mouth. "Some memories are best forgotten." She thinks were better off forgotten, that Your better off forgotten. I don't think a real friend would do that."
"I….I have to go now." Hoggle choked out trying to hold back the tears. He turned around and left the castle.
Jareth sat back down on his throne. "THAT was possibly in the category of magnificent, and dare I say it sounds like you broke his heart." Niallan said.
"That was entirely the point dear brother. Now when Sarah comes back she wont have any of her dear little friends to help her or comfort her. Also I cant just have him spouting off my plans to Sarah that would ruin everything. " Jareth said leaning back in his throne.
"Now what will be your next plan of action to take on the girl?" Niallan asked.
A wicked smile developed on Jareth's face. "For that you will just have to wait and see."
Author's notes: OK so what did you think?????? IM SO SORRY that it took me so long to update but with school starting, the concert, and homework, and church ive just been so busy. Also I was major stumped on this chapter I wasn't sure what to write but then something came to me lol.
By the way the concert ROCKED WHOOOO Puddle of mud, Chris Daughtry, and Nickleback ROCK.
I don't like school just to let yall know my junior year is so hard. I hate Spanish I don't understand why they make us learn another language and make us have a test EVERY DAY, and my Geometry teacher don't like me she so got it in for me.
So ON ANOTHER NOTE!!!!!
I still need ideas on the costumes. Theres still a sneak preview to all those that help me please don't let me down.
OK so I hope yall liked this chapter please review please I enjoy them lots So to my dear readers I love you all ill try to update soon or at least before next Saturday cause its gonna be my BIRTHDAY im gonna be 17 YAY im excited. I think im gonna get the actual the Labyrinth: the Novel by A.C.H. Smith can yall believe it that's like the only thing ive asked for all year lol.
Ok ill update soon once again please review. Love ya
