*~* Lilith's POV *~*

It's been a week since I last saw Jareth. A whole week. He won't contact me, I don't see him anywhere, and when I sleep I no longer visit the Underground. This whole thing is really starting to worry me. What if someone got him? What if the council took him because he killed Jaquelyn? What if I did something wrong?

All these thoughts and more plagued me during my long and torturous week without any contact from Jareth.

But even worse is the fact that in the dreams that are normally plagued by my oh so annoying fae boyfriend, I get these... visions. Visions of blood-covered fields littered with bodies of man and beast alike. Visions of a woman laughing above the carnage with a man's head clutched in her bloodied hands. And even worse yet, visions of Jareth being tortured in a bare room. His entrails hanging loose from his stomach, his blonde hair matted with his own blood, and his fingernails hanging on only by a thin piece of flesh. Yet somehow, he's still alive.

I woke up every night from these dreams and more, some so gruesome I can't even think of them. Elle and mom are constantly asking where Jareth is and what happened at Melissa's party, but I can't bring myself to tell them. Neither know about what Jareth really is, and neither know what I really am. I can't tell them! They'd think I'm crazy!

I paced my room as I bit my nails. What am I going to do? What if I never see Jareth again? Oh God... I don't want to loose him!

Tears were now running down my face. Lately it seems as if all I do is cry. The next thing I know I'll be crying over spilled milk. Literally.

Red eyes danced through my head. Furious, crazy, blood-thirsty red eyes. The same eyes that belonged to the woman from my dreams. The same woman who told me not to trust in faes. Still don't know what she means by all of that. What does creepy vampire chick know about me? Absolutely nothing. Zilch. Nil. Nothing.

"Lilith? Hon? Can you come down for a sec?"

I wiped the tears from my face and stopped my pacing. "Yeah mom. I'm coming."

I ran down the stairs to my mother, whom was pacing in the kitchen.

"Are you alright mom?"

She shook her head. "No, I am not alright. There's some new that has recently been brought to light by some friends of mine, and now it's time that I shed some light on some things that I've been hiding from you. Well, not necessarily hiding it, but you never believed me when I told you, and I'm pretty sure you had forgot about the tale by now.

"Do you remember the tale I told you of a labyrinth and a Goblin King?"

Oh. Well, I'm slow.

"It's all true. Every single bit. I know you don't believe me, but please, for your own sake believe me for this once."

"Oh, trust me. I know you're telling the truth. I can't believe I never put two and two together. Sometimes I am so slow..."

Mom looked relieved for a brief second before confusion flickered across her features. "Wait, what's that supposed to mean? Put two and two together? What's the other two?"

Oh crap. "Oh, well uh..." Should I tell her? Would that really be a good idea? She is the woman who has raised you since you were a baby, and she's had her own experiences with the Underground and all of... that.

"Lil, you cab tell me anything. Really, I'm here to listen."

I sighed. "Fine, I'll tell you."

"A couple weeks ago, Jareth walked into the bakery as you know. But then later that night, I had this... dream. I"m not sure what to call it to be honest. In this "dream", I started off in a stony throne room with Jareth sitting in a stone throne. But he looked different. His hair was much longer, he had these markings around his eyes, and his clothes were way out of time. He showed me through his castle, which is absolutely beautiful! The library is to die for! And then my room... Oh, my room is absolutely beautiful. It's the dream room for all girls. But then the dream ended and I awoke with no memory of what had happened.

"It happened again the next night. I awoke in my bed with all the memories of my last dream. A goblin servant came in and had me enter my walk-in closet, where she picked out a long-sleeved creme colored dress for me to wear to dinner with Jareth. I went to the dining hall where Jareth and I ate while he explained the whole dream thing. It was quite interesting. I went back a few other times, and each time he explained a little more about the Underground and my predicament.

"A week ago he had gave me back all of my memories of my time in the Underground, so that's why I know everything now. And then at the party... Well, it turns out Melissa was really a jackal-headed woman named Jaquelyn. The High Council of the Underground sent her out to kill me, so Jareth killed her."

"Wait hold the phone. He killed her?"

I nodded. "He muted her then dismembered her. Right in front of me. The thing is, he showed no mercy. He enjoyed it. He wanted to walk me home, but I didn't want to be near him after that. Ever since he hasn't made any sort of contact with me. And I've been having these... nightmares. They're so awful mom! Each one is gruesome and bloody. I don't think I can do this anymore mom." I started to cry as I spoke. I can't do this anymore. I can't live this life anymore!

"It's alright hon. It'll all be alright. I'm sure everything will unfold in the end," mom said to me as she rubbed the back on my head.

All my world has been doing of late is crash and burn all around me. I want it to do something else for a change. I want it to grow and flourish. I want life to sprout in it once more. I want to be able to feel something other than the emptiness and sorrow. The pain and the fear. It's taken me over. It's time I do something for a change. I'm going to make a difference in my life. Not someone else, me.

I wiped the tears off my face and smiled. I know what I'm going to do.

"Mom, you said you can use a mirror to communicate with your friends in the Underground, right?"

"Uh, yeah. Why?"

I smirked this time. This is going to be good.

"I'm going to call the Goblin King with a mirror."

Hey guys! I just wanted to say thank you so much for 1k reads, that really means a lot to me. This is actually the first website where this book has reached 1k, even though it's been up for the shortest amount of time. I actually haven't hit 1k on any of my books in a really long time :/ Oh well. So to make this little A/N shorter, I just want to finish off by saying that I appreciate you all so much and I want to give you all a big thank you for reading this lil piece of trash ^.^ Until next time!