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Summary: It's been eight years since Sarah's trip to the Underworld to save her baby brother from an accidental wish. She thinks she's finally rid of the Goblin King when he suddenly shows up, revealing that she's been wished away. But something's different about her and he intends to figure out what it is. Can he help heal her past or will they continue to hurt each other?
Warning: Jareth is totally out of character. So is Sarah.
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Last Time:
Sarah grabbed her hand pulling her towards the door. "Come on! You can me Rica and Mira, my all but blood sisters! And you can join the blood bond!"
"Blood bond?"
"It's just a saying. Basically we claim we're sisters but there's no proof except our word and the pranks against each other."
"Oh… kay."
"And Cleo's one too!"
"Who's Cleo?"
"She's a centaur! She's awesome!"
Jareth shook his head as he followed the two girls, a smile splayed across his features. Such simple things cause Sarah so much joy, he thought. He sighed heavily. It's a good thing because of all the fighting we do.
"Jareth! Hurry it up!" He looked up to find Sarah and Evie waiting for him at the end of the hall. He smiled lightly and quickened his pace, smile widening on Sarah's features making his own widen as well.
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Heal Me, Hurt MeBy: Kadasa Mori
Chapter 10 (July 1st)
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Life was good… for the moment. Currently Sarah was lounging on a comfortable maroon couch, like one of those at the therapist's where you tell all of your problems. Her friend had given it to her as a birthday joke several years ago but it had turned into the most comfortable thing on the planet. If she wasn't so afraid of falling off in the middle of the night she'd have used it for her bed instead of an actual bed.
Sarah yawned then stretched widely, feeling the warm summer air on her skin and the breeze tugging at her hair. She reached down to pet Riley… only to find Riley missing. She sat up in confusion but smiled as she spotted him, lounging in the sun on the balcony. She intertwined her fingers and stretched them high above her head.
"Good morning."
She jumped as if electrocuted and spun towards the doorway. Riley lifted his head, recognized the Goblin King then stretched lazily, relaxing. Jareth smiled at Sarah who glared at him as he leaned against the doorframe, arms and legs crossed.
Sarah scowled. "You could've knocked." He smirked and opened his mouth but she waved a hand in his direction. "I know. I know. It's my castle, I go where I want." Sliding off the couch she stretched once more before turning back to him. "What?"
He shrugged. "Just coming to see if you were up. Your siblings have decided to run to town for the day to visit their parents. They said 'We would bring Sarah but we need to water down the fact that she's human to our parents.'" Sarah frowned in confusion. Jareth shrugged. "Not many people are as… willing to allow humans down here." Sarah rolled her eyes and Jareth shrugged once more then stood straight. "As you can see, I clearly allow humans here."
"Really? I never would've guessed that in my wildest dreams dear Goblin King… arrogant jerk."
He grinned widely, fangs showing. "That I am dear Sarah. That I am. Now, unfortunately, I need to go check out an unruly bunch of trolls in the corner of my lands. That means you'll be here alone for a bit."
She waved a hand. "I'll go visit Cleo." He opened his mouth. "And if she's not there I'll visit Samuel and help him out with Scarab and Carmen. And if he's not there I'll go bother Evie. Do you want the list to go on?" He still looked uncomfortable. "Honestly Jareth. I'll be fine."
Jareth frowned slightly then nodded. "I should be back before dinner."
"Okay. Have fun." He scoffed and turned, walking out of the room as she laughed behind him.
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"Cleo!"
The centaur turned and grinned widely. "Sarah!"
Sarah laughed hurrying over to her side. "Hey! What are you doing?"
"Nothing. You?"
"Same here." Sarah watched in amazement as Cleo wore the flowers together, making a chain. "How do you do that?"
Cleo looked at her then at the flowers. "Oh… here…" She carefully showed her how to bind the flower stems together. Sarah grinned widely as she got the hang of it and began humming quietly, both just enjoying the warm summer day and each other's company.
"So Sarah," Cleo spoke after a few minutes. "Where is our darling King Jareth?"
Sarah snorted at her wording. "Goblin King left a little while ago. Something to do with the trolls."
Cleo looked at her startled. "The trolls?"
Sarah nodded. "That's what he said." When Cleo didn't respond Sarah looked back at her. She looked worried. "Is something wrong with the trolls Cleo?"
Cleo smiled slightly. "I'm sure it's nothing."
Sarah set her chain down. "Tell me."
Cleo sighed. "It's just… the trolls don't usually have contact with the aboveground. They keep to themselves… they don't exactly care for the underground inhabitants living above the ground."
Sarah frowned. "Maybe… maybe they just needed to talk to him?"
"Maybe… I certainly hope so." Cleo resumed her threading of flowers.
"Why Cleo?"
"The… the last time we had trouble with the trolls the entire underground erupted into a war… we almost destroyed the entire underground."
Sarah looked worried. "Do you think…"
"No dear Sarah." Cleo smiled gently at her. "I'm sure the Goblin King will fix it all."
Sarah looked at her flower chain. "I hope Jareth's all right…"
Cleo's eyes widened but she didn't say anything. She'd never heard Sarah say his name before, always referring to him as 'Goblin King.' She watched the human for a few moments, Sarah just staring at her flower chain in worry.
"Lady Cleopatra," a cool voice called from the trees. Sarah and Cleo turned to find the same male coming out of the trees, glancing between Sarah and Cleo.
"Hello pony!" Sarah chirped happily. "Have you come to help up make flower necklaces?"
He scowled at her. "It's not pony."
"Then what is it?" He didn't reply. "Guess it is pony."
"It's Anor."
She blinked then nodded. "That's what I said. Pony."
"It's Anor."
"That's nice pony." He almost snarled at her then turned and stomped off in the opposite direction. Cleo giggled and turned to Sarah.
"Thank you. I did not have the patience for him right now."
Sarah giggled. "Consider it repayment for all the times you helped me with the Goblin King." At the mention of Jareth she fell quiet once more.
"Sarah…"
"SARAH!" Both turned to find Carmen and Scarab racing towards them. Sarah let out a shrill cry of happiness and raced towards the chestnut stallion. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him.
"Carmen! Long time no see!"
"You too." He batted her with his nose. "Where have you been?"
"Around. Tormenting cooks and the king as well as cleaning out all the junk I've brought from home."
He nickered softly and batted her lightly once more. "Scarab and I have been lonely with only Cleo for company. She's quite boring."
"Hey!" Cleo said in protest putting her hands on her hips.
They all laughed and Sarah bent down patting Riley who'd followed after the horses. "Hello there Ri. How you doing?" He just wagged, tongue lolling.
"Cleopatra." They turned once more to find Anor walking up stiffly, jaw tense.
Sarah scowled. "What do you-"
"Cleopatra. Your father is asking for you."
Cleo froze then her eyes narrowed. "Why?"
"The trolls are acting up. He needs your help."
Cleo shot him a worried look then turned to Sarah. "Dear Sarah. I need you to stay near the castle today."
Sarah looked at her quickly. "Why? I thought the trolls were just being paranoid."
"Human." She looked at Anor. "If the trolls are drawing the attention of Lady Cleopatra's father, it's something important. Since Cleopatra seems to have connected with you, stay near the castle, or at least with someone else."
Sarah glanced at Cleo who nodded, then nodded herself. "All right." Cleo sent her a warm smile and turned, hurrying after Anor. "You'd better be here tomorrow Cleo!" she shouted before the centaur disappeared. The girl turned and waved then disappeared into the shadows.
Sarah frowned slightly then looked up at Carmen who also looked confused. Scarab was shifting nervously and taking small steps back towards the stables.
"Scarab?" She shot Sarah a look. "Are the trolls honestly that bad?"
Scarab shifted uneasily. "They… well when they get in a mood… I'd hate to be in their way…"
Sarah looked back at the dark trees. Oh Jareth… I hope you're all right…
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Jareth was currently aggravated. He rubbed his temples as the couple in front of him shouted at each other standing amidst the destruction a rouge troll had caused. It had only been a juvenile troll, 8 feet high, about 500 pounds with a 4 foot long 1 foot wide club. But it still had destroyed an entire village because a stupid fae had made the mistake of trying to attack it.
The couple let out a string of curses at each other. "Enough!" Jareth shouted and everything quieted down. "Look. I want everyone here to go to the next town and seek shelter. I will make sure the trolls are calmed down. You can move back in a few days if they have. Understood?"
They nodded and he turned, transforming into an owl and flying towards the mountains. This was Toroku's territory, the shady part of the mountain. Spotting the castle in the distance he quickened his pace. He would've used crystals to move from one place to another but Toroku had spells against such movement near his palace, a precaution against his enemies.
Spotting the entrance he dove towards it, landing lightly on the ground and transforming at the same time. The guards recognized him immediately and stepped aside as he walked in and to the throne room where he knew Toroku was. Sure enough the dark eyed man was sitting on his throne, a desk in front of him and working on something.
His gaze flickered up, resting on Jareth then back down before he paused and looked up fully.
"Jareth. What do I owe this visit to?"
"Toroku." Jareth bowed his head once in greeting. "One of the trolls on your lands just tore through one of the villages in the furthest most corner of my territory."
Toroku cursed under his breath. "Again?"
Jareth blinked then his mismatched gaze narrowed. "Again? This has happened before recently?"
Toroku rubbed his forehead, nodding then stood and walked over to a map on the war. Several blue spots decorated it. "For the past three months."
Jareth stared at the map then turned to him angrily. "Why didn't you mention this at the council?"
"I did not think it was important. After the last attack in Carkan, the trolls stopped. That was four weeks ago."
Jareth's gaze darkened even more. "But that would mean… 8 attacks in two months… that's unusual."
"Yes… I think several of their younger ones are quite rebellious… it always seems to be the same trolls responsible."
"It was only one this time… a Sirhan I believe."
"Aye. That's the one. Sirhan Sirhan. He and his little group of misbehaviors."
Jareth scowled then sighed heavily. "If this continues please notify High Council."
Toroku nodded. "I was going to as soon as it reached 10. I believe today was the 9th one."
Jareth sighed once more then turned. "I'd better go make sure the centaurs on my lands haven't heard yet. King Ambitio would not be pleased."
Toroku snorted. "He's never pleased."
"Good point." Jareth smiled slightly. "I suspect Kira will have asked you about a party soon?" Toroku snorted and waved him away. Jareth laughed. "I will see you soon." With that he turned on his heel and returned to the front of the castle, transforming into an owl and leaping into the sky.
Inside the castle, Toroku watched as he flew away then went over to the map drawing a dot and labeling it '9.' He released a heavy sigh and shook his head.
Please don't let us repeat history.
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"CAR-MEN! You jerk!"
The horse whinnied loudly in laughter and turned, hurrying from her side. Scarab stood on the sidelines giggling, several other horses watching in amusement as they grazed nearby.
Sarah pulled herself from the water trough and raced after him. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU! I'll turn you into glue and give Riley your bones to eat! And then I'll make a pelt out of your hide and a hairbrush from your mane!"
"You've though this out before haven't you?"
"Yes! Get back here!"
"No. I don't think I will!" He whinnied as he stopped dead and she skidded to avoid running into him, falling on her face.
"CARMEN!"
"Yes dear Sarah?"
"YOU! ARE! A! JERK!"
"You've already used that particular one mortal."
"SHUDDUP! COME HERE!"
"No… you know, I don't think I want to."
"You… you… AUGH!"
Carmen whinnied in laughter once more and held his head high. In doing so he didn't see Sarah grab a bucket of water and toss it at him.
"AUGH! Sarah!"
"Yes?" she asked sweetly then screeched as he charged at her. She dove under the fence and turned, grinning when he couldn't reach her. "Nah nah! Nah nah! Ha ha ha-AUGH!" She spun around to find Rica and Mira standing there, both holding empty dripping buckets. She let out a shrill cry and raced after the two who shrieked in laughter and raced away.
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Jareth took a deep breath as he landed in a clearing. He knew the centaurs were around. It just took some time to find them, get through the pleasantries, then finally get to the point of why he was there.
"Who goes!"
He sighed once more. "Lord Jareth of the Labyrinth and Goblin Kingdom."
The centaur shifted, holding a spear then nodded and turned. "Follow me."
He followed the pale brown centaur into the forest a little ways before they entered another clearing, this one huge with several small huts to keep out the rain.
"My lord Ambitio!" the centaur called, the other dozens of centaurs turning and looking. "Lord Jareth has come!"
"Fawn!" another called out. "Lord Ambitio left awhile ago! He's gone to check on our brother tribe about the trolls!"
'Fawn' glanced at Jareth. "Um… do you know when he'll be back?" he called. The other centaur shrugged.
Jareth mentally rolled his eyes and cursed. It would take him hours to find the other centaurs, if he ever found them. He needed to get back to his castle. "I'll just send him a letter explaining everything," Jareth said, then bowed. "Thank you for your help."
Fawn bowed back and nodded. "I'll tell him to expect it."
"Thank you." Jareth turned and leapt into the air, wings beating towards Goblin Castle.
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"Od uoy kaeps hsilgne? I ma morf dnuorgevoba." Sarah said.
Evie smiled. "Almost. Uoy is actually ooo-oy. Not you-oy."
"Od uoy kaeps hsilgne?"
Evie squealed and clapped her hands. "Perfect!"
Sarah grinned widely. "Thanks Evie. I'm getting better, right?"
"Everyday! This is so cool! Maybe I can teach you fairy, mermish, troll, gnome, unicorn, phoenix, dragon. There's so many! But once you have the universal language down it's so much easier for all the rest."
"Whoa…" Sarah's eyes were wide. "Unicorn?"
"Yeah. Well… you should probably get Lady Ikkakujuu to teach you. Some say she's a descendent of a unicorn that was transformed into a princess by an evil witch."
"Really?... Hm…"
Evie giggled. "And what about you Sarah? Are you a descendent of some creature?"
"I may be."
"Probably a troll."
Sarah let out a shrill cry and grabbed a pillow smacking Evie with it. "You're the descendent of a cockroach then my dear!"
Evie laughed. "Aw! Why? Cause I can survive a nuclear war?"
"No! Because when you cut off its head it runs around all crazy like!"
"I thought that was a chicken?"
Sarah blinked. "Um…" She shrugged. "Whatever."
Evie laughed. "Good job Sarah. Forget what you were speaking of entirely."
Sarah scoffed. "I didn't forget!"
"Oh? Then what were we talking about?"
"We…" Sarah blinked then crossed her arms. "Okay. So maybe I did forget."
Evie burst into giggles.
"Well you forgot too!"
"I did no such… oh wait… yes I did."
Sarah laughed and whapped her with the pillow once more. "Good job oh one who knows all!" She set the pillow aside. "Okay. Teach me how to stay, 'Carmen. You're a jerk.'"
Evie laughed. "And why would you wish to know that?"
"Because he is one. Duh." Evie laughed and grabbed the book, Sarah giggling as well.
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Sarah sat in the courtyard, watching as the Goblins chased after chickens, walked around in a daze, or just sat there, uninterested in the world around them, engulfed in only pleasant survival.
She smiled. After what Jareth told me, they deserve to be happy, she thought. But one can not help but feel jealous when their everyday problems cause so much of a burden. She sat back, feeling a saddened look arise on her face. I cause everyone so much grief…
"Female mortal?" She stirred herself from her thoughts and looked up to see a goblin sitting there watching her. "Is female mortal-king friend sad?"
She smiled slightly. "I'm all right."
The goblin blinked then said, "Female mortal-king friend okay?"
"Yes. I'm fine."
After several repetitions of the statements she barely contained an annoyed growl. "I'm. Fine." she scowled.
The goblin blinked once more. "Female mortal-"
"FEMALE MORTAL-KING FRIEND IS FINE!" she shouted.
He blinked in surprise then said, "who female mortal-king friend?"
She let out a cry of aggravation and stood, spinning and storming into the castle. As she stomped down the hall she heard an amused chuckle. She spun and scowled darkly.
"What are you laughing at?"
Jareth, who'd been sitting in a window, having watched the whole thing grinned. "I can't believe you didn't throw one through a window this time."
"I was about to but figured you'd try to break my arm again."
He blinked then his smile fell. "Sarah… I'm-"
"You should know when I'm sarcastic by now Jareth," she muttered, rolling her eyes and turning, walking down the hall. He blinked then hurried after her, falling into stride with her.
"How can I know when you're serious or not when you're always sarcastic?" he asked, smirking as her eyes flared.
"Well maybe you should start trying!" she snapped, flinging open the library doors and stalking across the room.
He blinked in surprise then frowned slightly. "Maybe I do try."
"Then try harder!"
He scowled now, eyes darkening, disappearing and reappearing in front of her. "Even if I try my hardest Sarah, nothing will ever please you will it? I try to help and all you do is yell at me to stop."
She flinched, knowing he was talking about her nightmare. "Maybe I don't want to tell you."
He scoffed. "It was probably about some boy dumping you wasn't it? Couldn't stand your temper."
Her eyes widened then narrowed dangerously. "Why you…" She didn't know she was swinging, didn't know she swung until his hand shot up and grabbed her wrist tightly, palm half an inch from her face. She blinked back her surprise then lost all anger at the dark look he was giving her.
He shoved her back. "Leave. Get out of my sight."
She looked scared for a moment then snarled back, "gladly." She growled and was about to stomp up to her room when a muffled shout reached her ears and she blinked before peering around the door.
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To all Heal Me, Hurt Me Readers and Reviewers,
First of all, good lord! It's been… (tries to count) a long time since I last updated. The reason is school. I've had a big project due basically every week as well as five times as much homework as usual. Grawr.
Woot! This chapter was actually quite fun to write! Just a note but the trolls won't be coming back immediately. They'll be back later on in the story when the plot really gets going.
To all who reviewed and those that didn't, last chapters sentences:
Fae: My name is Sarah.
French: Why? You don't like French? It's the language of love. (Roughly Translated. It's been a year since I took a class.)
I think every single person who guess got it all right! The trick to the fae is to read it backwards. I did originally have the entire sentence backwards so it would've been "Haras si eman ym" but I think I switched that to old fae instead of new fae… I think… I can't really remember… (major sweatdrop)
So congrats and a MAJOR thank you to everyone who reviewed! I'm almost at 100 reviews! AUGH! I love you ALL!
(major hugs and a billion-gazillion cookies, milk, chocolate, hot chocolate, and candy for everyone!)
So anyone know who Sirhan Sirhan is? And no, it's not a typo. That's his actual name. Anyone who wins gets extra cookies.
Next chapter there's be many new peoples coming! Many many! You'll meet a few of the more main characters of the story. What else… hm. I think that's all the major breakthroughs next chapter.
Till next time,
Kadasa Mori