Chapter 25: A Reason To Decieve
A frenzied moan escaped from Jareth's throat, as he rocked his powerful hips against her. Sarah could feel his throbbing erection pressing into her body, and knew it was only a matter of time now. She wanted so desperately to give in to his desires, but she knew it was wrong. 'This isn't how it's supposed to happen. Not like this...'
"Oh Sarah... I want to take you right here and now..."
"J-Jareth," She panted between gasps. "Please stop this. You know we shouldn--"
"Ssshhh... " He placed a leather finger to her lips to quiet her. "No one ever has to know. I am in pain at the moment, and I desperately need you to relieve it for me. Please." He never was above begging. At least not for her...
He let out a heavy predatory groan as she bit and sucked at his thumb which he had dangled near her lips so invitingly. Without thinking, he took hold of her hand, and slid it slowly down his body to the enormous bulge in his pants. She instinctively stroked him, much to his obvious delight. Sarah felt him get even harder beneath her hand. She noticed that Jareth's breath was coming out in short ragged gasps at this point, and his eyes were dark with passion. Unexpectedly, he pressed a hand against her head, and began pushing her down toward his hips. She went slowly, leaving a trail of innocent little kisses in her wake.
When she was low enough, Sarah began trying to figure out how to remove his pants. He grew impatient quickly, and nearly ripped them off of himself, freeing his glorious member for her inspection. She ran her hands over the silky shaft, causing him to almost spasm beneath her innocent grasp.
Letting his instincts take over, Jareth fell back onto the bed with a heavy sigh. He let out a desperate groan as he felt her tongue lick across the top of his manhood, sending waves of pleasure throughout his body. Sarah knew all too well what he wanted her to do. While inexperienced though she may be, she was not stupid, and certainly not a child. Using her tongue to torture him a little more, she licked over his excessive length; first on one side, then the other. Slipping her lips over the swollen head, she allowed them to linger there for a moment. Before she could go on, she felt his hand tangle in her hair, and pull her away from him.
"Stop, stop it! I cannot take it any longer, Sarah," His eyes now fell to meet hers. "I should go now, before we do anything further." And, when she continued to kiss in light circles just above his waistline... "If you do not stop that, little girl, I cannot be held responsible for my actions."
Mumbling something about how she'd show him what a "little girl" she was, she took him into her mouth quickly, before he could do anything about it. She had never even dreamed of doing anything like this, but she did not want to spend the entire night in regret, making vain attempts at sleep while trying to imagine what would have happened if she had continued. No, she was just curious enough to want to find out for herself... And she did want to learn more about him... Here was a perfect oppurtunity.
Jareth could not believe his fiery little Sarah was actually doing this! He gasped and moaned each time she sucked. When her mouth neared the very tip of his member, he actually let out a small whine to let her know that her stopping was not appreciated. It felt exquisite, the feel of her warm mouth wrapped around him; he was in a state of complete bliss. When Sarah paused long enough to glance upward at him, she saw that he didn't even notice. The King's eyes were rolled back in his head, and he was thrusting his hips wildly for her to continue. He was almost beastial in his desires to have more of her. He felt Sarah's hands gently massaging his inner thighs as she continually applied suction to his shaft. That had always been a turn-on for him, for as long as he could remember. But he knew that he would never be finished; not until he had her once and for all.
He abruptly stood up, and fastened his pants, while backing away from her. Sarah's confused emerald eyes stared back up at him, but she still could not understand why he was leaving. Soon, Jareth was gone from the room, while a very confused, not to mention hot-and-bothered Sarah curled up alone, in her new bed.
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Sindel was the one who woke her up, although at first Sarah had been surprised to see that it wasn't Mallory standing before her. The short slip of a girl wrapped her arms around Sarah in a friendly embrace and squeezed her hard before finally letting go.
"I believe a happy little reunion is in order," Sindel cried excitedly.
"What's so happy about it? I am no longer here as a guest, but as his slave! This is so unfair..."
Pretty blue eyes blinked up at her. "Not to worry, Sarah. I'm certain that it won't be all that bad. You'll see."
"Where is he?"
"Where is who?"
"Jareth!" Sarah was losing her patience now.
"What about Jareth?"
"Just tell me where Jareth is, please." She had forgotten how careful she had to be when she worded her questions while in the Goblin Kingdom. At first she had found it amusing, but at the moment it was just frustrating!
"He is busy with a new wished away child," Sindel straightened her lavender colored skirt gently while conversing with Sarah. "But he said to tell you that he will see you at dinner. Until then you have been given no orders for today." She finished up wih a sad little smile.
'Oh, I'll show him all about orders...' Sarah silently promised herself. "Well, then can you tell me what's become of my friends since I've been gone? And I need to get out of this stupid dress! It makes me feel so cheap!"
"I'm afraid I cannot do much about the dress. Jareth said he wanted to see you in it at dinner, and he has given me nothing else for you to wear. I'm sorry... As for your friends, I don't know much, but I do know that he turned that Craig boy into a Goblin."
"His name was Carl, not Craig. How could Jareth do that to my best friend?"
"Come with me. I'll take you to the dungeon to see him. There are others down there as well. Maybe you'll know some of them?"
So Sarah followed the blonde all the way to the dungeon, without even bothering to fix her hair or do her makeup. At the moment she didn't much care what she looked like. She saw what she could only assume to be Carl, since the small Goblin still vaguely resembled him. he creot up to the bars, showing that he wasn't afraid of her. She saw Steph lying on a tiny filthy cot in the corner, with her back to the cell.
"Carl, what happened to you?" Tears threatened to fall, as her eyes became glassy.
"Who you?" He asked meekly, in a somewhat shifty voice.
"I'm Sarah, your best friend. Don't you remember me?"
Sindel put a reassuring hand on the girl's shoulder to get her attention, shaking her head sadly. "He won't remember much about his life before being turned. That's the way things work down here. Sarah I-I'm so sorry..."
"Squelch have pretty best friend," The mosquito-esque creature chirped. "Squelch like."
Sarah knelt down next to the bars. "Is that your name? Squelch?"
The little creature shook his head enthusiastically.
"My lady," Came a familiar chivalrous voice from just behind the little Goblin. "So nice to see you again. 'Tis a shame that it must be under such unfortuitous circumstances."
"Sir Didymus!" She cried, as she recognized the little fox-dog. "How I've missed you! But how did all of you end up in this dungeon? What did Jareth do to you? Did he lock you up just because you were my friends?"
"Nay! It is because we conspired aganst him, and he had no other choice but to imprison us for treason. We joined in an effort to track you down for him against his wishes, and we have yet to be sentenced. And what has become of you, fair maiden? You appear to be most... disheveled."
"He's made me his slave. Well, not really Jareth, per say, more like one of his friends sold me back to him as his slave. I hate it here! I just wanted to go home, and now look at what's happened!"
"Sarah..." Sindel spoke to her very carefully and gently. "We should go now before Jareth catches us in his dungeon. We're not supposed to be here."
She hesitantly agreed, and said her quick goodbyes to her old friends, promising to get them out as soon as she could. When she and Sindel decided to go out to the gardens, she looked around to see a very "garden" than when she'd left. All of the flowers were wilted and neglected, yet they still clung to their stems, just barely hanging on. It was nothing compared to Xander's amazing gardens, back in his kingdom.
"What happened to Jareth's garden?"
"He killed everything, saying that he preferred the company of dead things to that of living ones. Feel free to look around if you want, but please don't leave the garden until I return. I almost forgot, I have to feed the prisoners. I'll be right back."
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Without leaving Sarah any room to protest, the servant rushed back into the castle. She darted hurriedly up the stairs that led to the royal kitchen. It was filthy, as usual.
"Are the servant's dishes prepared?" She asked one of the Goblins who worked as a cook. "I'm to be feeding them today."
"Yeah, here ya go." An large, annoyed pig-like Goblin grunted at her. Sindel certainly didn't want to anger him. But... She had to get some food for Sarah too.
"And could you please make something else for me as well?"
"Sure thing, toots. What is it you want?" Good. At least he wasn't as mean as he looked. Although, she realized, he was still glaring at her as if he despised her. Where was Nilda? She usually was the oen to make the food around the castle. Strange...
"I need something that a mortal girl would really enjoy. It's a friend of mine, and she's been through alot today. Could you make something that would cheer her up?"
"Not a problem. Be ready in a minute or two."
Sindel remembered an order she'd been given earlier. She'd been told not to feed Jareth's new slave; she was to starve until dinner. But that just seemed so unfair... "Oh, and please don't mention any of this to Jareth. I'm going to be in enough trouble as it is."
"For you, sweetie, anything."
"Um, yeah. Thank you..."
Sindel continued rushing down to the dungeon and she nearly stumbled as she entered the small series of steps that led downward. Cursing her luck, she presented the food to the trio of unlucky prisoners; slipping three small plates of food between the bars. The gray matter on the plates looked like a mixture between gruel and slop. And to top it off, they were not allowed any water with their meals. No wonder none of them seemed hungry!
She didn't have much time to dwell on it, as she turned quickly to go to back out the way she had come. But she stopped cold when she caught sight of the reason she had almost tripped on her way in. The Goblin King was leaning leasurely to one side of the doorframe, glaring at her menacingly.
"Sindel... You know I despise it when people go against my orders. Especially when they are so simple. You would never do that to me, would you, my girl?" He used one hand to lift her chin.
"No, your Majesty. I was only feeding the servants as you ordered me to."
"And you left the new servant wench all alone? What a pity, is that not the very thing that I directly ordered you not to do?"
"But you also instructed me to feed the prisoners, which I have done. And you told me not to bring her down here, so that's why I had to leave her..."
"Wrong!" He brought a dark hand back as if to slap her, but then thought better of it. "I told you to never, ever, under any circumstances leave the girl alone! And yet it would seem even that is now a failure. And we both know that you could have very well brought her down here with you! You did so earlier, what's wrong with now?!"
Sindel found that her chest was getting tight, and it was hard to speak. "But Jareth, I-I..." She slowly realized what was happening to her. He wasn't going to slap her, he was using magic against her; using his powers to choke her with invisible hands.
And still he ranted on. "You are never to use my name directly like that again! I am your Master, not some simpleton you can betray on a whim! Listen carefully... Sarah has escaped, and is now running rampant through my Labyrinth. Should anything happen to her, I am holding you personally responsible!!!"
He left her, and she crumpled to the cold stone floor, gasping for air. Sindel's hands went to her throat; she knew she was going to have a bruise there. What a mess she'd gotten herself into this time... But Jareth's orders had not been fair, nor had they been exactly clear to her, either. He had said not to let Sarah of her sight, and yet he had also stated that she had to feed the servants, but that Sarah was not allowed to go anywhere near the dungeon! Now how was she supposed to go about doing that? But Sindel didn't have much time to think now, she had a mess to fix.
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Xander woke up, and stretched his arms above his head luxuriously. The girl was out of his hair, the payment arrangements had been made, and everything had gone perfectly according to plan. Jareth had explained that he would have some of his Goblins deliver exactly half of his vast kingly fortune directly to Xander in only one day's time. And that day had passed so slowly for him, but now it was finally gone!
With a soft grunt, he rose from the bed and climbed into the clothes Mallory had laid out for him last night. He walked over to his window to look at his glorious kingdom. Or what was apparently left of it...
His hand flew over his heart as he hurriedly muttered an old Unseelie prayer. His kingdom now lay in ruin! It looked like a ghostly wasteland that no one could ever want. All that stood untouched was his castle. Xander quickly teleported to the opposite side of his castle just outside the gate. he saw that there was a small portion of his kingdom that had been left untouched, but not much of it. It looked like something bad had happened, but he had no idea what. Only he remembered a threat that had been given to him by a certain Queen...
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When he was summoned to Demona's palace it was like a breath of fresh air. Xander was expecting to gain an new ally now that she knew of Jareth and Sarah's fondess for one another. But he could not have been more wrong...
The Queen of Darkness sat high atp the silver throne, looking down with a cold vengeance that she normally would reserve for her more formidable enemies. "I trust you have recieved my summons..."
"Why else would I be here?" Xander firmly stood his ground against her.
"Watch your tongue, or it will be removed so that I can watch it for you," It was not an idle threat, he knew. "If you want me to stop sending my wolves to destroy your kingdom, then I expect some form of restitution be made to me."
"Restitution? For what?! I have done you no wrong, Demona."
"Oh, but you have indeed. Surely you remember the little matter of the girl you so willfully gave over to my nemesis?"
"No, you have no right to her!"
"I have a right to whatever I wish, you imbecile! That human girl was my rightful property, and you stole her from me. You are lucky that I allow you to walk as a free man!" Her voice suddenly changed from harsh to caressing. "Xander..."
"Yes?" His eyes lit up expectantly.
"Did I neglect to mention that I also have intercepted the payment that was made to you by the High King in exchange for the wench?"
Xander was becoming panicked now, and it showed through. "You what?!"
"That's right, and you won't be paid on ounce of the King's gold until you return her to me. Do you understand the situation now? Or do I need to make myself... more clear?" Without warning, she flashed her black mirror at him so he could see what was inside it.
"N-no, I'll go. I'll get her back for you, Demona... I'm sorry! Please, I'll-I'll do whatever you want!"
Whatever he had seen in the Queen's mirror had made him a very frightened man. He had gone from a bright-eyed strong individual to a sniveling whelp in mere moments! A fact that did not go unnoticed by Daemon... He despised the way in which his wife was handling the situation. He had always wanted to be on top; to be one calling all the shots. Why did the cards always fall into her hand? It was maddening... And that was what had happened to Xander, the Queen's mate realized with a sneer. He got simply been driven mad from gazing into her mirror. It had happened before, although he couldn't place where or when.
They continued their conversation while Daemon stood obediently at his Queen's side; his face empty of emotion. "So Xander..." Demona continued. "Do you now understand what it is you have to do?"
"Yes, my Queen. I will fetch the girl for you. She will be yours, which is in your right. I appogize for interfering with your plans. The deed will be done at once."
"You are dismissed."
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Author's Notes: Well, I hope this chapter was worth the wait! My attention has to be shared between two very different stories now. My new story, Goblin Planet, is going great! I love it! Even though only ONE person has ever yet to give me an yreviews for it, and that was notwritten. Thanks again notwritten for sticking by me once again! Anyway, if you like this story (or even if you didn't) you should go check it out, b/c it is TEN TIMES better than Dare To Dream. it is based on the assumption that it is the furture and Sarah is an astronaut. Lol. I know that sounds insane, but it actually made for a very good plot. It's not as dumb as it sounds, and it has some very interesting viewpoints in there! I highly reccemend it!
In other news, I really like this story too but it's not as great as I had hoped. Goblin Planet (the full title is "Goblin Planet: Journey Through the Catacombs") is only going to be about 10, 11, or 12 chapters long, depending. Okay I guess that's not really other news, but... Yeah.
I hope I get more reviews for this chapter (particularly the first part, I worked really hard on that! I slaved over a hot Goblin King all day just to make that scene more realistic for you!) Lol I am joking of course. Um, I think... Anyway, R&R and somebody PLEASE read my other story, it's way better than this one, I promise!
-Kaline Reine