Ugh! Another sleepless night. I bet you I'm an insomniac. I figure I have three hours till I fall asleep…but enough about me because I'm boring. Okay, well… I have a few things to tell you too… There's going to be a sequel! I'm so excited! You have Peacelightvictory to thank for one or two of the ideas I'm using! You're going to LOVE IT! Let's get on with the story…..wait! I OWN NOTHING…you know what I own. R&R! Oh yeah….in this chapter, there are only four days before the ball!

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Cut, Sew, bandage finger. Cut, sew, bandage finger.

This was an on going pattern.

'Okay Lila, you can do this. Cut the fabric, double whip stitch.' she thought.

Lila had been doing this for days and she still couldn't get the hang of it. The fabric blue and pink fabric would slide everywhere, the thread wouldn't go through the needle, and then she would ruin half of the white fabric with crimson colored blood.

"Hey! How are the dresses coming out?" Violet asked from the doorway

"Well, we can wash the blood off of the white cloth, and then we can find something gold to fit in the center, and then they should be finished and ready to amaze the higher Fay!"

Violet came in and watched. The dresses were half done and they already looked fabulous.

"Well, I think you will look smashing in this pink Violet! It will match your hair." Lila said cheerfully.

"You know I think the Kin-" Violet was rudely interrupted

"Lila, as strange as it seems you have a visitor." he said.

Lila shrugged. She wanted to remind the goblin of his manners but now, didn't seem like the time. In the mean time her curiosity flared, she wanted to see who it was so badly.

She ran as fast as she could down the corridors and then she found the study door open.

"I heard I have a visitor! Who is it?" Lila yelled excitedly. She was practically jumping out of her skin.

Jareth glared. It was the glare he gave when he was under pressure and then someone annoyed him. The irritation this time was Lila.

"Sit. Let's talk." he said

Lila sighed. This was another trick. In the past few days, the king had been very stressed out and the only way to avoid yelling; was to play tricks on people. The tricks were nasty.

"I don't have a visitor do I." Lila said, her shoulders fell and then she heaved out a sigh.

"Can I help you sire?" she asked politely. The enthusiasm was completely stripped from her voice.

The king glared at her again.

"Lila, someone important had come to see you. I sent him here. I want to two to see each other again."

The door behind Jareth's chair opened.

Lila couldn't believe who she was seeing. Was it a dream? Was this really happening?

"Little sister! You've grown!" he cried.

The next few minutes went by in a blur. There were tears from Lila, hugs from her brother, and a ton of glaring from Jareth.

"Goodness! You look like you have been working all day! What has happened to you?" Lila's sibling asked

She looked at her shoes. This was not something she wanted to answer.

"I uh….work here." she said in a voice that could barely be heard.

Unfortunately her brother had extraordinary hearing skills and he heard everything she said.

"What? You cannot be serious! You have been here for a month! Working! I cannot believe this! Wait till father hears about this little 'adventure'" he hissed.

The word 'adventure' came out of his mouth as if it tasted awful to say.

His blue eyes seemed to turn red with rage. I frightened her to death.

"I…I was just….here helping Jare- The goblin king." Lila mumbled.

"Oh, so now you're calling him by his first name now! Only a month and he already has you wrapped around his finger! I can't believe mother wanted you to marry this…this…abomination of a king or whatever he is!" He yelled.

He turned to Jareth. His eyes were now the color of blood, and it wasn't very appealing.

Jareth got stood up from his chair. He wanted to choke the prince.

"Prince Riley! She was in perfectly good care, I made sure. And I thought I told you not to bring up the marriage situation!" Jareth yelled

"I thought I told you that I didn't want you to marry my sister, and I wanted her back home before anything like this happened!" Riley screamed back.

Lila stood in the back of the room. She wanted them to stop fighting. They were both acting like five year olds. All of the yelling and screaming and then the punching, and then Riley and Jareth's blood on the floor, and then something totally unexpected.

Lila felt warm hands on both of her wrists, and then she was pulled backwards through the wall.

Lila had been taken through the walls by two small but strong goblins.

They bound her hands with rope and then they lead her to a secret room, that no one, not even the goblin king himself knew about.

"Stay here missy!" the one yelled.

"Yeah, kingy won't know where you are! Then he will love us again!" the other one yelled louder.

Lila's facial expression must have been priceless to the other goblins because, they all began to laugh and roll on the floor.

Ale flew everywhere, chickens and their eggs were all over the floor, and to make matters worse she was chained to a wall.

"What has gotten into you? The king doesn't love me!" Lila yelled.

She felt twenty pairs of eyes staring at her.

"What do you mean he doesn't love you? Kingy walks around his room all day mumbling about you! He wonders what will happen to him if he lets you go. He wonders if his hart will be smashed into tiny microscopic pieces when you decide to leave with your parents. He even asked me to find him an outfit that he thought you would like him to wear at the ball! You think he doesn't love you!" one said sounding angry.

"I heard him tell you weeks ago that he loved you, and all you did was smile about it! You should be lucky that he has arranged marriage with you! I think once he sees your gone, He'll go back to talking and needing us again." another one chimed in

Lila felt warm tears escape from her mismatched eyes. She would rather clean out the castles garbage cans, than be stuck here.

For the first time in weeks she had wished she was out of the dreaded castle and city.

She wished Jareth would come and save her. Maybe Riley and him would notice that she was missing and then go and look for her.

This could have been her last chance.

Yay! It's finished! R&R…tell me what you think, BTW thanks Peacelightvictory for some ideas! I'm using one for this story and one for the sequel! Enjoy!