"Hello Precious." he spoke trying to appear not too eager at her call.
"help me.." Was all Sarah could manage as he waved his hands and a lamp turned on and caught sight of her for the first time. Lying in a wooden bed, covered in blankets her skin was sickly white. It wasn't till she tried to push herself upwards when he noticed her stomach extended outwards. He stood there in shook, then we started to notice the grey veins under her skin on her neck and arms.
How could she have iron poisoning? Only Fae could be poisoned by iron and when ingested like a poison it would slowly work it way through the body, burning and festering till it was either drawn out magically or they succumbed to it. Iron weapons could kill on impact. the only problem was Sarah wasn't a Fae. It only meant one thing and it blew his mind as it comes forth.
He barely thought as he yanked back the blankets and quickly picked her up. How she lasted as ever long as she had was an amazement, but it could be her mortal body slowly it down.
"Close your eyes," he told her and for once he didn't get a complaint from her. which irked him, meaning she was far worse than it seemed. It was then he felt a tiny thump against his abs and it matched the tiny jolt he felt on his wrist. He knew at that moment he must save her.
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He reappeared in middle of the ballroom
'any healer or doctor here I need you know!" he yelled as he raced by everyone, who all appeared shocked at the crumpled young lady in his arms.
There was about five far following him, including his family trying to figure out what was going on.
He kicked open the door to his old childhood chamber and placed her on his bed, and quickly made work of the buttons of her pyjamas and opening them trying to see how far the Iron had managed to spread.
"Jareth, what is happening" Deirdre his mother spoke softly.
"Sarah called me and I found her like this," Jareth spoke. "I have no idea what happened to her, whether she ingested it, or had it given to her.'
'But she is mortal, how would that affect her?"
"Because the child she carries is mine." Jareth spoke, "It lives but if we don't get it out of her soon, the iron will reach it."
"How do you know this Jareth?" his mother stood there shocked at what her son was saying, and looked at the young girl who was barely an adult in her own world.
"My birthmark is connected to the child heart beat. I can feel it." Jareth told them. One of the healers coughed. "We need space and something to lock the iron in."
Jareth created two crystal and handed them over. "I'm not leaving." looking over unconscious Sarah.
"Very well, well everyone else clears the room. sorry, your majesties we need room to work." As the High King and Queen and Amira were ushered out of the room.
Jareth stood at the head of the bed, as they removed the shirt and started the process and cut two small incisions above her chest just enough to draw out blood and put the crystal over the top.
They held her down at the light began to glow around the crystals, Jareth had his grip on her shoulders as she screamed as the iron drained from her body. Meanwhile, Jareth was freaking out in his mind while keeping track of the pulse on his wrist and trying to keep Sarah calm.
It went on far too long in Jareth opinion before he started to see the grey veins retract and disappear from her skin.
He looked her over and realized she looked much frail for how far along she should be. He never even thought of the consequences when he wiped her memories. He was a fool, a complete fool. God only knew what she must think happened. she obviously had no idea it was his, or he was sure that he would have heard from her before now.
"I am so sorry Sarah. I am a fool," he whispered as she fell asleep.
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Deirdre looked at her son as he told the entire story of how this all came to be, and how the child was connected to him.
"Oh Jareth, the messes you get yourself into."
"I barely say this qualifies as a mess, Mother. "Jareth told her. "Its an utter disaster."
"You must marry the girl," Eldron told him. "It is the only way to claim the child as heir.
Amira looked at her family. "Is anyone going to consider what Sarah may want for her life. We cannot just keep her here against her will, child or no child."
"Amira is right," Jareth spoke up. "I cannot do anything till I speak to Sarah and figure out what she wants, and most importantly to find out what she remembers.' Jareth told his family with an air of authority.
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When Sarah woke up she was confused lying in a large bed of mahogany wood with blue coverings.
She wiggled herself slightly upright and noticed gave a small gasp as she noticed that the goblin king was sleeping in a chair who opened his eyes as he heard her rustling.
"Your awake, that is a good sign," he told her as he stood up and stretched. "You called to me, I brought you down to the underground, you are at the Crystal Palace where my parents reside."
Sarah barely remembered calling to him but nodded as Jareth continued.
"Your body was being poisoned by the Iron, we had to draw it out of you, which will explain the bandages," Jareth told her. She didn't even realize that her upper half had a two small bandages.
"It won't scar so you won't have to worry about that. But you need to eat, I will call for some food." Jareth told her as she just stared at him as he rang a bell. "We have much to discuss it seems but first, you need to eat."
"How can I be poisoned by iron?" Sarah finally managed to get out still confused and bewildered of why he was being like this.
"First, you eat, you are much too frail," Jareth told her fixing her blankets and grabbed another pillow so she could set up more comfortable, and not long after a knock was at the door.
Jareth turned and walked over and opened the door, a maid came in and settled a tray on the table, before grabbing a small foldable table and placing it over Sarah lap and then placed the tray on it.
"Oatmeal, fresh berries and cream, toast with chocolate." she listed the items off to the young girl who picked up some toast and munch on it and stirred her oatmeal with her spoon.
"Precious Eat, or do I have to feed you myself," Jareth warned her and saw a look of determination defy him. Sighing and tried to be more gentle with his words. "This food will not bother you it is all made in stone wear. Not the metal of your world, it will not make you sick so you don't have to fear it, "
Sarah looked at him and ate a few more bites of toast, and picked at some fruit and cream. She stayed away from the oatmeal not liking it. She pushed the tray away and shot him a glare as he tried to object.
"Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I can eat all that, without being sick," Sarah told him.
Jareth took the defeat and moved the tray over to the bedside table and pulled a chair over to the side of the bed.
"So what do you mean by I was poisoned by iron?" Sarah looked at him.
Jareth shook his head "I believe we must start at the beginning before I explain anything."
Sarah looked at him puzzled. "What do you mean?"
"Sarah, precious- what do you remember after eating the peach and landing in the junkyard?" Jareth asked her.
"Ummm I remember dancing with you in this cinderella dress." Told Sarah who started to think about it. "Its all really blur, we were dancing and it was perfect you were singing or speaking to me, and then suddenly I felt self-conscious and you looked so angry and then I saw the clock and everything disintegrated and I landed in the courtyard.
"You will never forgive me, but in a moment of panic I made you remember what you just told me, but in truth much happened that night and I am at total fault for it," Jareth told her as he watched Sarah self-consciously stroke her stomach and looked at him with strange curiosity.
"What do you mean?" she finally asked.
"I had taken a peach from my sisters garden-"
"You have a sister!" Sarah cut him off.
"Please Precious try and contain yourself, you well probably meet her later," Jareth told her. "Anyways continuing, I meant to give you a forget stone peach to make you forget about your brother. I did not realize my sister had grown a new variety, even during our episode it never dawned on me. That way you looked that night, the way you looked at me, how sure of yourself you were, it was intoxicating." Jareth stopped for a moment. "
That peach took whatever fantasy of the Goblin King you once imagined before meeting me and made it a reality, and I as the goblin king was drawn within it with you."
Sarah looked at him. "My fantasies?" she asked hesitantly and blushed slightly.
"Yes, your darkest, most hidden desires.' Jareth nodded. "I had been a fool to grab that peach without seeking Amira out. Anyway as the peach took hold of you, you became the Queen I always believed you could be and it attracted myself to you, seeing you be that willful, confident queen." He stopped and looked at Sarah who was trying to absorb everything and trying to believe or connect any dots that might be forming in her mind.
"One minute we were dancing the next we were indulging ourselves without a care in the world as I lead you to the covered seating area."
"The chaise dream…," Sarah whispered remembering one particular dream she had dreamt.
Jareth titled his head. "What did you say.."
"I had a dream once where we were on a velvet chaise, the doctor just told me it was hormones," Sarah told him.
"No Sarah, those weren't dreams, those are your memories."
"But they are hazy, they never make sense?" Sarah questioned him.
Jareth groaned and tried to think of the best way to delicately break the news to her. "After we had finished, you fell asleep, and were mumbling and mentioned Toby, the spell must have been wearing off and I suddenly felt incredibly guilty for reasons I could not place at the time. I removed your memories of what happened and remade the ballroom scene making sure you rejected myself that time. It seems your self-conscious wouldn't let go and kept trying to make you remember what happened, by your dreams."
Sarah looked at him wide eyed suddenly terrified her dreams filling her mind slowly working themselves into place. She had slept with the Goblin King and it had been as hot and sticky as the ways she once imagined after reading a few of Irene's romance novels that she had left lying around one day.
"I took advantage of you Sarah by giving you that peach I should have known better. I may be a brute but seducing young girls is something I don't generally do, let alone impregnate them."
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Sarah suddenly looked down as it finally clicked in her brain. She was carrying the Goblin King's child, the iron poisoning, fairies were often allergic to iron in folklore.
She was about it be sick, she was going to be sick… she stumbled out of the bed, opening random door trying to find a washroom, all she found was a pot behind some screen. she grabbed it throwing up any food she had consumed.
She felt is presence come near her, holding out water she ignored
"Please, Sarah.."
"Stay away from me…" she told him while realizing she had cornered herself. "This is all a dream."
"Sarah, I would not lie to you again," Jareth told her. "Come back to the bed." they both heard the door opened and turned to look as the door opened.
"Jareth maybe I'll take over for now," Amira told him. "She might be more comfortable with a woman present." as she made her way over to Sarah.
Sarah looked at the young woman, who looked very much like Jareth, just more angelic and less glamourous.
"My name is Amira, I'm this oafs sister. How about we get you cleaned up, a nice bath?" she looked at Sarah holding out her hand as she crouches down to where Sarah was kneeling awkwardly on the floor.
Sarah looked at the offered hand, realizing this was the woman who grew the peaches but as she studied the woman she also noticed that she was also pregnant.
Sarah just nodded and stood up with Amira's help.
"Jareth just give her time to process, she had a lot to take in." Amira looked at her brother as she led Sarah to the door and across the hall to a large bathing area.
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So I hope you enjoyed it. Obviously, there is still much to discuss and figure out for the course of our couple and what Robert and Irene think happened to Sarah as she in the underground is all coming up next chapters!