Disclaimer: I do NOT own 'Labyrinth' if I did a lot more things would have happened between Jareth and Sara XD
Summery: Sarah has fallen gravely ill and is ordered by Jareth to wish herself to the underground, but things are not always what they seem in this place, a great evil has taken root with in the labyrinth and Sarah and Jareth's link with this strange and marvelous land is about to be strained, as well as their link to each other.
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The Princess of sand
The woman smiled stepping forward as he opened his duel colored eyes, she looked just as he remembered her, her skin was darkly tanned her hair long and black was done up in a simple ponytail her eyes a sharp crimson. She wore simple clothing under her thin robes a deep brown top of torn linen and a pair of black leggings tied around her waist was a crude ropes o sand reeds attached to it, was a sheath carrying the sword of the royal family of the sandstone kingdom.
"So, your highness, or can I call you Jareth now that we are closer in age?" she still had an air of arrogance, but she was much more subdued then when he had last seen her
"Dear child, you are no closer to me in age then you were one hundred years ago." He said with a smirk she grinned and drew her blade
"Maybe but I am the rightful ruler now, I have every right to call you what I wish considering you trespassed on my land, and needed saving that almost cost us a very good man." She said, he nodded
"I see, you're angry at me then? Dear cousin?" She shook her head
"Arrogant prick, your different, a long time ago if I had drawn this blade on you, you would have attacked with that sissy ball of yours." She said with a laugh he frowned
"Now that's hardly a nice thing to say my dear." She frowned herself then sliding the gleaming blade back in its sheath and sitting on the bed beside him her arms crossed
"You are an unbelievable idiot, and I say that as family, not as a fellow ruler who just saw you lose to a bunch of worms." She said evenly He sighed a weary smile on his face
"I'm going to the dark tower." He said simply and she looked at him her eyes wide
"What in the realms of the underground would compel you to go to such a place filled with dark and malevolent magics? It's because of that damned tower that the sand worms have taken up home at our walls, only magic shields keep them out of this place... if this is what's happening so far away from the tower, what makes you think you can get to it with out being killed by monsters?" she said sounding a little worried
"We may not be close but you are family, I won't let you go off and die with out a good reason." She said firmly looking away from him and crossing her arms, he smiled
"Thank you but I have to go as soon as I can, she's there... they captured her." Talanordra looked at him a slight smile on her face
"The human woman right? The one my advisors told me was there, she is ill with the L strain right... it's not natural, I can tell you some things but you need to rest a bit, your friends are safe, you'll all be escorted to the main hall we'll talk there, for now you need rest you took a good blow when the sand worm hit you, and your all rather dehydrated." She said evenly standing her hand resting on her blade, he frowned she was worried about something
"What is it?" he asked one royal eye brow arching questioningly as he watched her walk to the door
"The sand worms aren't the only things acting strange, some of my people have become alarmingly violent... they're in holding tanks for now... but I don't know what else, I can do for them... apart from stopping them from injuring anyone." She said sounding more then a little worried, he smiled
"I'm sure as soon as that tower is destroyed they'll come to their senses." He said she shook her head
"It's not that simple... not for me." With that she pushed back the curtain covering the door and walked out leaving Jareth to ponder her meaning while he rested his head.
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Sarah shifted a low moan escaping her as she sat up one hand holding her head the shadows were warping but oddly as she sat there for a moment trying to slow her mind down enough to think strait they seemed to calm down to oddly moving smoky looking shadows
"W-what was that you showed me?" she asked rubbing her eyes as a tear slid down her face
"I showed you your dear Jareth, now when ever he is awake you will be asleep so you can watch what he's doing, all he's going though to get to you, your such a bother to him, think about it..." Lavera was speaking in a kind voice, her tones turning to silk as she spoke
"You have only ever caused him trouble... you left him when he basically declared his love for you... you claimed to love him, but is that what someone in love does? Don't you think it would be better to just forget about him? After all those years you caused him pain what right do you have to beg his help when you're ill." She said evenly Sarah gasped softly, what if Lavera was right? What right did she have to ask his help and cause him problems after all the trouble and pain she had caused him?
"That's right, what about that boy from before, didn't you love him, you were never searching for Jareth, you were just looking for something that doesn't exist." She whispered so softly Sarah had to strain to hear her unknown to the girl a soft white mist was forming around her, slowly taking the shape of a beautiful woman that embraced her.
"Searching... for something that dose not exist?" she said softly, it felt like ice was wrapping around her, cold fingers running along her skin as she sat confused on the bed of silken sheets
"I'm always in his way... do I really deserve him?" she murmured as one of the woman's hands slipped past the skin over her heart a soft smile on her ghostly lips as she stroked the core of Sarah's power as if it were delicately spun glass
"No you don't, you don't deserve anything, because you are human, nothing but a girl of insignificant worth." Sarah closed her eyes, it felt as if the woman were speaking directly in to her ear in her heart, she felt the cold grip her tighten as misty fingers closed on a golden orb deep within her.
"Allow me to take care of him, you can still be with him but you won't be a burden to him, you can sleep and watch him forever." Her eyes grew hazy as she gazed into the swirling darkness of the room
"Allow you... to take care of him..." she breathed, slowly the haze took shape his form his beautiful face, his arrogant stature, the way he had treated Toby
"YOU BASTARED WHY THE HELL IS TOBY HERE!" Lavera yelled as Sarah's angry magic snapped out at her spirit and drove her back in to Sarah's mind the vision and the misty woman vanished and Sarah frowned
"What are you? Stupid? I'll never give up on Jareth I love him with all my heart and soul and no crazy dead mirror girl is going to keep me from him, no matter what I'll find a way to break free from this place and then Me and Jareth will work together to stop you and Heloise." She said firmly Lavera grumbled
"You can't do much if he's awake my curse has been set now as he awakens feel your strength leave you and enter the world of your dreams." Lavera snapped, even as she spoke Sarah's eyelids grew heavy as Jareth stirred within the sand kingdom his sleep disrupted by her shear will
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Jareth's eyes slowly opened, the wave of magic that had crashed though him still had his body tingling with residual effects out side people were moving around many sounding concerned as they spoke in hushed voices
"What was that wave just now?" "The pulse of magic has sent the crystals on overdrive, we have to calm them before the shields fail." "The priests are they ok?" He pushed him self up as the curtain was pulled back
"I'm glad to see you are awake your highness, I've been sent to collect you." The solider was young but already looked battle hardened
"What's happened?" Jareth asked, though he already knew, Sarah's powers had been released on a huge scale,
"A pulse of magic hit the city and the protective crystals reacted to it, apparently it was a surge of protective energy, we have yet to locate the source, The princess will tell you more when you arrive at the war room." He explained Jareth nodded and pulled off the covers with a flourish and stood following the young soldier out.