Disclaimer: I don't own the Labyrinth I wish I did but I don't aint that sad. Also im gonna tell yall this now im using a little section from the book in here so if it sounds just a tiny bit different than the movie im sorry but the book is different than the movie. OK ENJOY REMEMBER TO REVIEW
Chapter 10 Whisper in the Winds
The next morning when Sarah woke up with a pounding head ache. As she sat up in the bed she had to register where she was. Since her room was totally transformed she almost didn't recognize it. The cool relaxing colors replacing the horribly out dated wall paper, the mounds of her secretly organized clutter gone and replaced by a more adult modern style. The only things left of her old room that remained was the shelf filled with a few certain stuffed toys, the small music box with the dancer in the ball gown that played "Greensleeves", and the small red leather bound book. Sarah got up out of the bed and walked over to her vanity. She picked up the small book and traced the golden letters with her fingers. She just stood there and stared at the book as a scene began to play in her mind of her in a room that was falling apart and she was approaching a formidable blonde man in a feathery white outfit. Sarah tried to crush the memory as it played but she couldn't stop it she just stood there and remember that which happened not to long ago.
Jareth was waiting for her with his arms folded. She advanced upon him. "Give me the child," she said.
"Sarah beware. I have been generous until now, but I can be cruel."
"Generous!" She advanced another step. "What have you done that was generous?"
"Everything. I have done everything you wanted. You asked that the child be taken. I took him. You cowered before me. I was frightening." Taking another step away from her "I have reordered time," he told her. The thirteen-hour clock had appeared, floating above his head. Its hands were whirling around. "I have turned the world upside down."
Sarah continued to advance upon him, her arms outreached. He retreated deeper into the shadows.
"And I have done it all for you," he said with a shake of his head. "I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous? Stay back!" He raised his hands as though to fend her off and took another pace away from her. In a louder voice, he repeated, "Stay back!"
Sarah's lips were parted. "Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City --"
Jareth was retreating step by step up a staircase behind the archway.
Sarah continued to advance, into the archway.
"-- to take back the child you have stolen," she repeated. "For my will is as strong as yours --"
"Stop!" Jareth raised the palm of his hand to her. "Wait! Sarah, look-- look what I can offer you." He raised his left arm and made a large gesture with his hand. A glowing crystal ball appeared in it. He spun it around in his fingers, smiled wanly, and said, "It will show you your dreams. You remember."
Sarah took another step. "-- and my kingdom as great --"
The stairs behind Jareth were descending now, and he backed slowly down them as Sarah stood above him. "I ask so little," he said, spinning the crystal. "Just believe in me, and you can have everything you want ... everything you have ever dreamed of ... your dreams, Sarah ..."
She was frowning, and had halted her advance. "... and my kingdom as great ...," she said. "Damn!" Sarah's fists were clenched white. She was thinking frantically. What were her right words?
Jareth took a step toward her. He need her belief in him. "Just fear me and love me," he told her in a gentle voice, "and do as I say, and I ... I will be your slave." He stretched his hand out toward her, and took another step back up the stairs.
Jareth's fingers were close to Sarah's face.
She stood where she was, and swallowed. "Kingdom as great ...," she muttered, " ... kingdom as great ..." She saw the crystal spinning in his fingers, and felt on her lips the warmth of his outstretched hand. She gasped, and, from some inspired recess of her mind, the words came out, blurted out.
"You have no power over me."
"No!" Jareth screamed.
Sarah stood there in total silence as the memory finished playing in her mind the book still lying in her hands. She just stood there for what seemed like forever when she felt someone place a hand on her shoulder. Sarah turned around and scream.
"Holy crap Hallye are you trying to scare me to death or WHAT?" Sarah demanded.
"Sorry hun but ive been saying your name for like the past five minutes. Dang what kinda world were you in right then?" Hallye Said to Sarah as she picked up a hair brush and began to brush her wet hair.
Sarah inwardly cursed herself for letting her mind wander to that particular memory. She thought to herself. 'That's in the past Sarah don't think about it. Its over and done with you unriddled the Labyrinth, got back Toby and beat the evil Goblin King end of story, closed book and there's not going to be a sequel. So STOP thinking about it already, its time to grow up and stop playing make believe. Your 16 in high school, you've got a great guy, good family, and great friends. Stop thinking about the labyrinth and get back to reality.' Sarah told herself. "No other world Hallye just a distant memory that im trying to forget." She smiled slightly.
Oh how wrong she was her little sequel was already playing out whether she knew it or not, and her denying it wasn't going to make it stop.
"Sarah are you ok your not sick or somthen are ya?" Hallye said with concern in her voice.
"Huh what, oh no im fine." Sarah lied and faked a smile.
"You sure? I mean your acting kinda strange, come to think of it you've been acting weirder than usual lately." Hallye said tuning to her friend.
"No really im fine Hallye really I am." She lied again.
Hallye placed her hands on her hips and narrowed her eyes. "Sarah don't you lie to me! Either you tell me what's wrong or I'll…." Hallye smiled in an almost evil grin. "I'll go down stairs and tell your dad and step mom that you and Jason have been sleeping together and you're pregnant with his love child." She said in the most serious tone of voice she could possibly have.
Sarah gasped. "They wouldn't believe you!" Sarah's mind was racketing 'what is my friend trying to get me grounded for all eternity or something I swear she better be bluffing!!!' She thought to herself.
"Oh how do you know? I guess we are just going to have to find out since you still won't tell me." Hallye started walking towards the door.
Sarah was shocked. 'Crap she's not bluffing, oh no what do I tell her I think im being harassed by a Goblin King that stole my brother and I had to run his stupid labyrinth to get him back??? No she wouldn't believe me but I've gotta tell her something.' Sarah thought then she grabbed Hallye's arm pulling her away from the door. "Fine, fine ill spills already, Geez are you trying to get me in the biggest trouble in all history or something?"
All Hallye could do was smile as she pulled her friend over to the bed. "Ok now spill your guts right now!" Hallye demanded.
Sarah sighed reluctantly and gave in. "I admit it I'm not my self lately" she paused "But to tell you the truth I don't know what's going on with me. I've just felt really weird lately I don't know why but I don't like it."
"Well that explains the whole sudden "I wanna change my room" thing, but tell me would any of this be boy related?" Hallye raised her eyebrows.
"What you mean like problems with Jason or something?"
"Well yeah or is there another guy?"
The sudden image of a tall blonde mismatched eyed Fae popped into her head and she quickly demolished the image as soon as it appeared. "NO, everything's fine with Jason and me we are great and there's not other guy I'm happy with Jason." Sarah said quickly covering up her panic.
"OK, ok no need to get all defensive I just had to ask sorry, but Sarah I do wanna know are yall two havin sex cause if yall are that might be a good reason your feeling weird you know."
"WHAT?!?!?! Lord no we're not I swear I mean gosh Hallye you know im going to wait till marriage!!!!" Sarah said astonished that Hallye even asked that.
Hallye sighed in relief. "Ok good sorry but I just had to ask that to just to make sure." Hallye hugged Sarah tightly. "I'm just glad to know that, that's not problem, but have you thought that it's just a phase maybe, and you will feel just fine in a few days. You know that's happened to me, I'm like a totally different person one day and the next I'm right as rain."
"Yeah that's what I think it is but I guess only time will tell." Sarah said but there sweet girlfriend moment was interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Sarah, Hallye you two girls up?" Karen asked peeking her head in the doorway.
"Yeah we are just talking that's all." Sarah said to her step mom.
"Great well would yall like to come down and get some breakfast there's grits, eggs and toast and Roberts almost threw with the bacon."
"Thanks Mrs.W id love to but I gotta head home. I got a babysitting job today and I really can't be late." Hallye said.
Sarah laughed and said sarcastically. "Well that should be real fun."
"Actually it will be." Hallye smiled.
"Well we wish you could stay longer Hallye." Karen said.
"I'm sorry but I really gotta go. Thanks for having me Mrs. W I had a blast. Sarah, you'll have to come stay at my house sometime soon we still gotta figure out what our Halloween costumes will be." Hallye got up and gathered her stuff then she hugged Karen and Sarah and left the house.
Karen and Sarah spent the day cleaning the house and doing some laundry while Robert did some work at home leaving Toby bored out of his poor 3 year old mind. Later in the afternoon Sarah was sprawled out on her bed reading her new book on Mythology and she was have a hard time getting in to it which was very unusual for her. Normally when she would get a new book on Mythology or Fairytales she would have to pry herself away from the book not wanting to stop till she had read the thing from cover to cover. This time she just wanted to chuck the book across the room.
Sarah closed the book and laid it on the table beside her bed then she grabbed her pillow and placed it over her head and screamed into it. She sat up and looked at the book on the table she groaned as the thought about how frustrated she was becoming.
"Well if I can't read then I guess I can always take a nap." She said as she reached over and turned off her table light and pulled a thin fuzzy blanket over her. As she laid there trying to fall asleep she knew she was in a losing battle sleep would just not come. She was getting more and more frustrated by the minute tossing from side to side trying to make sleep come but there wasn't going to be a mister sand man anytime soon. As Sarah lay on her bed staring up at the ceiling there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." she said rolling on to her side.
The door opened and sweet little Toby walked in with Lancelot in one hand.
"Hey Tob what's up kiddo?" she said getting off the bed.
"Sarah can we go outside?" he asked giving her that sweet grin she could never turn down.
"Oh sure not like I'm doing and thing important in here." She walked over to him and picked him up placing him on her hip then proceeding down the stairs and into the back yard.
She set Toby down and he ran off to play on his swing set Sarah looked around at the now slowly changing scenery. She loved it when the seasons were changing, fall and winter had to be her favorite of all the seasons. The weather cooling off the leaving turning from the full and healthy greens and the bright happy colors of the flowers now fading into rich warm tones of brown, bright oranges, cool yellow okras it was all so relaxing to her. Sarah look down at the ground and realized that she'd forgotten to grab some shoes but that didn't matter she loved the feeling of the cool dirt and soft grass under her feet she was just glad they didn't have any stickers in the grass. Going out side in the weather was wonderful especially today there was a gentle breeze so that you could hear the rustling of the leaves in the trees. She looked around and saw Toby climbing up the short latter that lead to a slide she smiled seeing him having so much fun. Sarah sat down on the grass and laid out on it she felt at peace right then which was starting to become a rare feeling for her.
Sarah had a strange feeling something was staring at her. She opened one eye and found she was right Toby was standing besides her looking at her.
"Tob is somthen wrong." She said now opening both eyes.
"No, but would you come play with me please?" he said once again giving her that sweet little smile.
"Sure, what are we playing Toby?"
"Im a knight and I need a damsel to rescue from the scary dragon." He said swinging his stick he was pretending to be a sword.
"Oh, so you want me to be the damsel in distress." Sarah started to get up.
"Yeah cause im not going to be some girl im gonna be the one to save you."
Sarah laughed. "So what am I supposed to do then." She said acting like they've never played this before.
"Sarah you know you've got to get in the tower and act like your gonna be eatin by the dragon." He started to push her towards the play set.
Sarah made her way up the stairs and up to the tower she looked down and saw Toby on the other side of the swings whirling his stick around like he was killing something.
"OH help me sir Toby help before the monster come back." Sarah yelled
"Don't worry my lady I will save the." Toby yelled back as he continued to fight his way threw the invisible obstacles.
Sarah thought that line sounded oddly familiar. She continued to act the role of damsel in distress until Toby was at his final scene with the dragon. Sarah pretended to faint and she heard Toby holler. "Hold on I'm almost there fair maiden." Then Toby delivered the final imaginary blow to the horrible dragon and ran up to Sarah's tower.
"My lady I have slain the dragon and you are rescued." He said giving a slight bow.
"Oh brave sir you are my hero." She smiled evilly. "Now to show my gratitude I will give my hero a kiss." She leaned over to Toby.
Toby's eyes widened in fear. "No, no kiss." He turned and ran out of the play set with Sarah close on his heels. "I don't wanna kiss Sar."
"Oh but I must repay you." Sarah said still chasing him.
"MOM HELP SARAH IS TRYING TO GIVE ME HER ICKY GIRL GERMS." Toby yelled
"Hahaha oh no one will save you from my kisses now Toby I'm gonna get you." She grabbed Toby and picked him up placing a nice big kiss on his cheek.
"Ewwwwww let me go." He squirmed in her arms.
"No chance you're my prisoner now." She collapsed on the ground with him still in her arms.
"I'm telling mom." He whined.
"You do and she will give you a big kiss to." She began to tickle him.
"Ah oh stop please ah stop." He said laughing.
Finally Sarah stopped and they both lay in the grass looking up at the clouds and the sky. As they laid there the sun started to set and the blues and whites of the sky now turning to light oranges and deep purples and reds and the winds began to blow gently now the slightly cool weather turning colder.
'Is….is that music she?' she thought to herself as she sat up from the patch of grass.
The wind blew a little harder and Sarah could hear the sound more distinctly now. Sarah closed her eyes listening to the wind.
'It sounds so familiar I've heard this before somewhere.' She thought her mind desperately trying to remember the familiar tune.
"Sarah do you hear that?" Toby asked his sister.
Sarah absent mindedly answered seeing as she was to preoccupied trying to remember the sounds. "Hear what Toby?"
"It sounds like music" he said to her.
Sarah didn't answer but the winds pattern changed like it was struggling to decide if it wanted to get rougher or stay gentle and sounds it was making changed to.
"Hey did you hear that the wind said your name Sarah." Toby said getting excited.
Sarah eyes shot open as she had heard the wind to. "What Tob that's impossible the winds can't say my name and it can't play music." She said as she now realized the tune the wind was playing. It was the same one that HE sang to her then in the ballroom. Sarah was starting to panic.
"But it is Sar I hear it don't you?"
"Toby, don't be silly it's just the wind it can't sing." She said trying to convince Toby. 'What?' she thought to herself. 'Why is this happening and why can Toby hear it oh my God what if he's trying to get Toby back. No, No, No I won't let that happen.' Her new found good mood being totally gone now.
"But Sarah you told me anything was possible so the wind singing could happen and it is." He said to her.
'Oh crap now what am I gonna say, me and my big mouth. Yeah say something that will crush his heart and make him cry no that's not an option ah this is aggravating.' She thought.
"Sarah, Toby time to come in supper time." They heard Karen yell.
Authors note: OK so that's chapter 10 I hope yall like it. Im SO SO SO SORRY for taking so long to update I really am but I got real busy with school and work and did I mention IM 17 NOW WHOOOOO so exciting. Gosh ive been busy Friday I had to sing the national anthem at the football game and homecoming is coming up soon I will try to update as soon as I can. Also what do yall think about having a homecoming chapter in the story of somthen huh I might do that I could be fun.
Oh by the way if some of yall don't know what stickers are they are them lil prickly things that get stuck in your foot in the grass that hurt like hex and then you gotta get them out they are kinda like splinters but these grow in the grass. I don't know what there really called but that's what we call em' in the Glorious South.
Also I still need some Halloween dance and trick or treating costume ideas I will still give a sneak peak of the Halloween chapter to the ones that give a idea.
Sarah: dance and trick or treating
Hallye: dance and trick or treating
Toby: tirck or treating
Jason: Dance
All ideas are welcome
Once again I hope yall like this chapter it was fun to write PLEASE read and review Id love yalls input the more reviews the sooner I update. Ok love yall bye oh and the next chapter I regret to say is NOT a Jareth chapter but the next one will be I promise.