Disclaimer: I do not own Jareth, the Labyrinth, or any of its inhabitants. I do own anything/ anyone/ anyplace that I created in this fanfic… which I also own… XP nah!
I also do not own Aminta or Mikel. They were both created by Eriks leadinglady and belong to her.
Summary: It's been ten 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 chuckled and leaned over, pushing her hair from her face and wiping away her tears. "Are you all better Emmy?" Emily nodded and smiled softly, hugging Riley's neck. "Riley's a life saver isn't he?" She blinked, confused then just giggled and hugged the dog.
"I wanna hug Riley!" Bellezza cried.
"Me too!" Katrina chirped. "I wanna life saver!"
Sarah laughed and picked the dog up setting him on the ground before helping all the girls down. "All right. Everyone on the count of three, we hug Riley. Ready? One… two… three!" They all leapt at the dog whose eyes widened greatly before they all fell in a giggling mass, Riley's tongue whipping around to lick each one's face.
"What are you doing?" Sarah opened her eyes to meet a mismatched gaze.
And that how the family found them.
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Heal Me, Hurt Me
By: Kadasa Mori
Chapter 29 (August 30th)
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Sarah laughed nervously getting up quickly. "Urgh… um… hi…" She saw Kira glance at the almost empty tubs. "Uh… most of that was eaten by Riley," she announced. Riley let out a burp and she sighed rubbing her forehead. "Good timing Riley…" The girls burst into giggles, Riley wagging furiously as they still clung to him. Sarah whapped his head. "Riley. What do we say?" He barked. "Excuse me. That's right."
"Good boy Riley!" Katrina chirped.
"Good boy!" Bellezza echoed.
Emily merely giggled and pat his head.
"How the hell did you do that?" Kira asked, staring at her wide eyed.
Sarah glanced at them. "Do… do what?"
"Get Emily to laugh. It usually takes days."
"Oh… well… I told her to feed Riley ice cream…"
Kira just blinked then turned to Jareth. She pointed at Sarah and opened her mouth before she shut it and turned on her heel walking away.
Alan laughed nervously. "I think you broke her Sarah," he said before hurrying after his wife.
Sarah frowned. "What did I do?"
"It wasn't you," Jason chimed, smiling. "It's just-" Jason suddenly blinked and turned to Jareth. "Hey Jareth?"
"Hm?"
"Why do you smell like strawberries?"
Jareth jolted, eyebrow twitching before he sent the Lord of the Realm of the Sun flying through the window. He spun on his heel and stomped off. Sarah fell into a giggling pile.
Kara blinked, glancing between Sarah, the window and where Jareth stomped off. "I feel as though I missed something…"
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"Sarah?" Looking up from her book, the brunette found Kira wringing her hands. "We need to talk." She now found herself seated on a couch beside Jareth, Alan and Kira seated across from them. Kara was seated on the recliner, looking out the window, tolerating Jason seated on the armrest.
Sarah frowned, glancing between them before she relaxed into the couch. "So… what do we need to talk about?"
"They tried to drown Emily."
Sarah choked on her air, pounding her chest to get air into her lungs. "They what?!" She leapt to her feet. "That's it! Where'd they go? I'm gonna break every bone in their bod-"
Jareth grabbed her wrist and tugged her sharply back onto the couch. "We're not finished."
"We can't prove they tried to drown Emily," Alan said venomously. Sarah frowned in confusion.
Kira sighed heavily. "All we have are the before and after scenes. We were all outside for a family reunion, Alan and I arguing with his parents about them taking Emily to a special schooling because of her unusual powers, Emily playing with her sisters by the pond, everyone milling about. Suddenly, Katrina and Bellezza started screaming."
"EMMY! EMMMY!!! GET OUT OF THE WATER!!! MOMMY HELP! EMMMMY!!!"
"We raced over and found her uncle trying to pull her out. She wasn't thrashing, trying to, but too weak to. I know it takes awhile to become that disoriented… so I know she was under longer than they were screaming for her." Alan swallowed.
"We think that he pushed her under and held her there until someone noticed then pulled her out. They wanted to prove we weren't capable of taking care of our own children so someone would place them under their care. When they found out, Jareth and my parents were their official guardians… well they just complain about wanting her more."
Sarah was too busy growling under her breath to listen. "What about Katrina, Edmund and Bellezza? Did they touch them?"
"No… Emily was showing exceptional magical abilities at such an early age… they wanted to manufacture her to their will and rule the country through her. But after what happened… she lost all magical ability and stopped talking…"
Jareth held up a hand to get Kira to stop talking because of Sarah's twitching and shaking. "I... I think I need to be sent to my room," she ground out. "Before I hunt them down and hang them from the ceiling by their intestines."
Despite the weariness that had taken an effect on her, Kira scrunched up her nose and announced "ew…" Alan looked slightly sick and Jason was cackling madly. Kara whapped him for it.
Jareth grabbed Sarah's arm and they reappeared in the brunette's room. Sarah went over to her bed, grabbed her pillow and screamed into it. He waited until the tenseness in her shoulders evaporated and she lifted her face from the pillow. "What?" she growled.
"Don't… mention this to Emily."
She blinked then growled even darker. "You'd think I'd hurt the girl?!"
"I never said that… I merely mean…" He shifted uneasily. "You…" He sighed irritably and she frowned, not used to seeing the Goblin King at a loss for words. "The girls are like… lightning rods for emotions. They can tell when someone's holding something in and they get uneasy. If you try to act happy around Emily but inside you're roiling with anger and pity… she'll hide, Sarah. She did it with Kira and it almost broke her mother. Treat her normally as if you never knew."
Sarah blinked then scowled darkly. "You once told me you loved them, that they were your flesh and blood nieces. While we may not be of the same blood, she's still my niece as well, all of them are and I'll continue treating them as such until the end of days. Like I said before Jareth, I'd never hurt them. Is she any different than before I was told what happened?"
"No."
"Then why should I treat her any differently?!"
He just stared at her before he dragged her into a hug. She blinked in confusion as he chuckled. "And that's why we love you Sarah," he murmured before turning on his heel and heading for the door. "Get some sleep."
She flushed. "Don't tell me what to do you jerk!!!"
He sent her a dull look. "Go. To. Sleep." She threw a pillow at him, forcing the scowl on her face to stay there as he laughed and disappeared.
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Jareth sat at the kitchen table at lunch the next day, frowning into a cup of water. The girls were playing with Riley on the floor, Kira and Alan arguing over something yet again, Kara shoving Jason away from her while trying to eat her sandwich and read her book. Jareth wondered why she even bothered trying. But his main worry was that Sarah had yet to show…
"Let the morning start! I am here!!!" He winced slightly as she of course showed up at that exact moment.
"Sarah," Kara stated, turning a page. "Morning started several hours ago."
"Sarah!" Bellezza and Katrina cried running over, Emily not far behind.
She grinned widely at all three, ignoring Kara's remark. "My favorite-est peoples in the world!!" she shrieked, picking up all three and hugging them tightly. She suddenly frowned and looked down at them. "You know… I'm kinda hungry so…"
She walked over to Kira and awkwardly shifted, handing the blond Katrina then stealing the woman's muffin. Next was Kara and she handed off Bellezza and stole her sandwich, the strawberry blond blinking in surprise at the sudden not-food in her lap. Finally was Jareth and Emily was traded off for his water.
"Thanks!" Sarah chirped and sat down, munching on her stole goodies.
"Sarah!" Kira and Kara shouted in annoyance. Jareth merely glared at her. She grinned wickedly.
"What was that for?" Kara growled while Kira pouted over the loss of her muffin.
"I'm hungry."
"So get your own!" Kara snatched back her sandwich and resumed ignoring Jason and trying to read her book. Sarah pouted then shielded the muffin from Kira. Kira 'hmph'ed and went to the cabinet to get a new one while Sarah grinned and happily munched on it.
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Sitting in the library, Sarah tapped her black checker against her chin before moving to the right. Kira sat opposite her, frowning before she moved a red checker. Kara seated in a chair nearby, legs over one armrest, leaning back against the other one, reading.
"So Kira, how long have you and Alan been married?" Sarah asked.
Kira blinked, looking up from their checkers game, completely confused. Kara even glanced over from her book. "Where'd that come from?"
Sarah shrugged and jumped over two of Kira's checkers. "Distraction… as well as curiosity."
Kira scowled at her, then looked thoughtful, moving a checker to the right. "Well… let's see… my birthday's on April 12th… and I turned 884 this year…"
Sarah choked. "Eight-eighty-four?! As in eight-hundred-eighty-four?!"
"Yeup… yes. I know. I don't look it. See life down here is that you age at the same rate a mortal does until you turn of age, which is 21. After that you age extremely, extremely slowly. I'm 884 and I look about 30-ish right? So just say every 300 years I age ten years. Like that."
Sarah looked confused then just rubbed her forehead. "All right… so how old were you when you got married?"
"I got married when I was 567, so… this will be our 317th anniversary."
"And you haven't killed each other yet. Odd. When's your anniversary?"
"October 20th… maybe Alan will get me a diamond necklace." Kira grinned. "Would you like me to tell Jareth to get you one? For whenever your birthday is."
Sarah giggled then shook her head. "No. That's all right. I prefer emeralds or something. I mean, every time you think of a diamond you think of that huge wedding stone on a ring. Well, that's ordinary. I'm not an ordinary person so I'd go with an emerald stone."
"All emeralds?"
"Well, the wrap can be diamonds, but I'd like the main stone to be an emerald. Wouldn't it look pretty?"
Kira rolled her eyes. "Gorgeous. It'd bring out your eyes."
Sarah giggled then gasped. "Oh Kira. You're so thoughtful!"
"I know. I'm just the epitome of thoughtfulness."
Kara rolled her eyes. "You two are idiots."
They both turned, grinning wickedly. "What would you like Jason to buy you?" Kira asked.
Kara choked almost falling out of her chair. She turned, glaring darkly at her sister. "Excuse me?!"
Kira and Sarah blinked innocently. "What?" they chimed in union.
Kara's eyebrow twitched and she flopped back into the cushions. "I don't like Jason!"
Sarah rolled her eyes and turned back to the board. "Never said you did." She flushed angrily and pulled the book up in front of her face, skillfully blocking them both out. Kira and Sarah grinned at each other.
"So you never did say when your birthday was Sarah."
Sarah hopped over several checkers. "May 24th."
Kira frowned and moved a space. "May 24th? Isn't that around the time you came here?"
"Maybe." She hopped over Kira's last spot and grinned. "I win."
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"Sarah?" She turned from her balcony to find Jareth walking up. "It's dinner time."
She raised a hand and he grabbed it, pulling her to her feet and transporting them to the kitchen in one smooth movement. She blinked then scowled at him. "Lazy bum." He just smirked and led her outside where everyone sat at picnic tables. "Is today a special occasion?" Sarah asked as he led her over to a picnic table beside Jason.
He shook his head. "Kira was bored."
"Of course." Smirking, he turned as his name was called and walked over to Alan. Sarah blinked as she heard growling. She turned and found Jason glaring at something. "Jason?"
He blinked then turned to her quickly and grinned. "Hi Sarah!"
She raised an eyebrow and glanced in the direction he was then grinned slyly. "Soooo… jealous?"
He flushed. "No!"
She glanced back at Kara who was talking with someone. He had short black hair and bright gray eyes, wearing a shimmering gray shirt and khaki pants. He said something, which Kara laughed at then shyly brushed her hair behind her ear and smiled at him.
"Well… he is cute." Jason shot her a glare. She just grinned. "So who is he?"
"Her boyfriend."
Sarah's eyes widened and she choked on the sip of juice she'd just taken. "What?" she asked after getting water out of her lungs.
Jason grinned wickedly at her. "You gonna live?"
"I might…" She glanced back up at him. "You gonna live?"
He shrugged. "I might."
She sighed. "Sorry Jason."
"S'ok. She's happy. I'm happy." He frowned as he passed her a plate of food. "I get the feeling I've explained this already but I can not remember when."
"Probably when you were drunk." Sarah snorted.
He grinned wickedly. "Probably."
"Sarah!!!" Alan flopped down across from her. "Jareth tells me you two are heading back to Goblin Castle soon."
She groaned. "Yeah… well tell him I said thanks for telling me so early."
His eyes widened. "He didn't tell you yet?"
"Of course not!... wait… when did he say we were leaving?"
"…tomorrow…"
"Ugh…" Sarah groaned. "I guess I'll go pack since it's at least a day's trip through the forest…"
"Trip?" Alan asked then laughed. "No. That was planned as well." He recognized the warning signs of a Sarah-Murdering-Spree. "But we have a shortcut."
Sarah blinked, anger forgotten for the moment. "Short cut?"
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Alan grinned and pulled back the velvety curtains. "Ta da!"
In front of her sat a dark stone archway. "It's a hole," she stated dully.
He rolled his eyes. "Smart one you are. It's a portal."
She frowned. "And…"
"Portals transport you from one place to another. In this instance, our castle to Goblin Castle."
She grinned. "Really?! Let's go then!" She hurried forward.
"Only problem is… we haven't tested it out."
She skidded to a stop, a foot away from the entryway. She spun around glaring. "And you were going to tell me this when?"
He shrugged. "After you went through? The worst that could happen would be that it was actually a black hole and you were squashed into jelly very slowly for the rest of eternity." She paled. He shrugged. "But that probably won't happen. I mean we have lost some people in it but…"
Jareth scowled and strode forward. "Just go through already." He pushed her shoulder.
She gasped and let a shriek loose as she tumbled backwards. She shut her eyes tightly, waiting to be squashed.
"Sarah?" She slowly opened an eye then gasped seeing Mira and Clarica standing there, both giving her odd looks. "What are you doing?" the emerald haired girl asked.
Sarah laughed nervously then turned back to the portal. "I'm gonna kill them!" She leapt back through right into Jareth. "You!" she cried angrily. He grinned wickedly at her as she chased him in circles. "I'm gonna kill you!!!" Alan cackled. "You too Alan!!!"
"What?! Why me?!"
"For scaring me!!!"
"But it's not my fault!"
"Then whose is it?!"
"Kira's!" Kira jolted then growled darkly. "It's always Kira's fault!" She carefully handed Edmund to Evie standing nearby, picked up a heavy book and bashed it over her husband's head as he raced by. He let out a howl. "Hey! What was that for?"
"For being a jerk! It's not always my fault Alan!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
Sarah blinked and turned to Jareth who stood beside her, eyebrow raised. She scowled at him. "I hate you."
"I know."
She crossed her arms irritably. "Well that killed all the fun."
He grinned. "I live to make you miserable Sarah."
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Back in the Labyrinth, safe and sound in her bed, Sarah sighed happily, curling into her sheets. She'd awoken around two thirty and just lay in bed, relishing the familiar feel of it, unable to go back to sleep at the moment. She stretched out her legs… then blinked and looked down. There was no fuzzy golden head at the bottom of her bed, glaring at her for disrupting his sleep.
"Riley?" she called, looking around. When there was no muffled woof of annoyance she swallowed nervously and flung the sheets off. "Riley?!" He still didn't appear. She immediately shot out of her room, racing down the hallway. He wasn't in the kitchen, or in the throne room.
She checked the stable and he wasn't there either, only Carmen who'd grumbled in annoyance at being awoken. He wasn't in the library and he wasn't curled up in her den. She raced towards Jareth's room, bare feet slapping the stone. She pounded on the door. "Jareth! Jareth wake up!!!"
His door flung open, the goblin king looking worried. "Sarah? What's wrong?"
"Riley! I can't find him! He wasn't there when I was going to bed! He's not anywhere!"
"Okay. Calm down." He grabbed her arms. "When's the last time you saw him?"
"Last time… um… uh… I saw him at dinner… then when we were saying good bye…" She frowned. "I… I can't remember… He was here before I went to bed!"
He turned, pulling a shirt on and took her hand, leading her down the hallway back towards the portal. Carefully stepping through, he led her towards Kira and Alan's room, knocking on the door. Alan answered with a yawn.
"What the hell? It's like three in the morning."
"We seem to be missing a dog at the moment."
Alan blinked. "Riley? He's with Emmy." He pulled on a bathrobe, told Kira everything was alright and he'd be back in a little bit then led them down the hall. Pushing open the door, they peeked in finding the golden dog asleep beside the little girl.
Sarah silently stepped over and kissed his forehead. He opened his eyes but didn't move. "You worried me."
He woofed quietly and nudged her hand. She smiled and kissed him again before she left. Alan shut the door, walking back towards the portal with them.
"Everything okay?" he asked.
She nodded. "Just worried…"
"Understandable." He scratched his head. "But it was really weird. Emily just started crying and he suddenly padded around the corner and sat next to her, like he knew."
Sarah shrugged. "Maybe he did. He's taken a liking to her. Just… keep an eye on him… kay?"
Alan frowned slightly glancing at Jareth who shook his head before he smiled at Sarah and ruffled her hair. "Kay brat. Keep the Goblin King in line for us eh?"
She pouted and crossed her arms. "Great. Give me the impossible task."
Jareth scowled at the both of them then stuck his nose in the air and stepped through the portal. Sarah and Alan laughed before the brunette followed the Goblin King. Alan sighed and ran a hand through his hair before he turned and headed back to his room.
Sarah stepped through her doorway and 'eeped' seeing Jareth seated on her bed. He stood and held his hand out. She blinked, taking the stuffed owl she'd given him from his hand. "Now I'm only lending this to you," Jareth announced. "That's mine so you have to give it back."
She blinked again then smiled. "Thank you Jareth."
"You're welco-"
"No. Thank you."
He nodded. "You're welcome. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call."
She giggled. "Good night Goblin King."
"Good night Sarah."
She hopped onto her bed, clutching the owl to her chest and curling up. Smiling she snuggled into the pillows and shut her eyes. Jareth glanced back at her, smiled warmly then silently shut her door, leaving her to her sleep.
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To all Heal Me, Hurt Me Readers and Reviewers,
Finally! This chapter is done! I've kinda been staring at it for three days with no idea what to write. But when I saw I have 442 reviews I realized 'IT IS A SIGN!!!!!!'
So yup… and I also realized I haven't replied to a lot of reviews. Sorry bout that… I'll get around to it… sometime… but around finals, homework, projects and work I have literally no life.
So we finally figured out what happened to Emmy. What else happens… a lot of random stuffs. The portal is only there to get to different places without having them waste a day… that's what this one calls 'I'm-Far-Too-Lazy.' XD
Ryoko comes back for a bit in the next chapter!!! And so does Ms. Aminta and Mr. Mikel!!!
Till next time!
Kadasa Mori
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"Jareth!" He stiffened immediately and she frowned as he turned to look at her quickly. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Stay in here." He turned, walking away from her.
She scowled and hurried after him, almost running to keep up with his pace. "Come on Jareth! I know something is wrong. Why can't you just tell me?" He ignored her. She scowled darkly and jumped in front of him. He stopped looking down at her. "Jareth! What's the matter?"
He clenched his jaw. "A young girl has wished away her little brother Sarah. Remind you of someone?" He stepped around her and continued down the hall. She just stared after him. He stopped at the window and looked back. "Think you can keep yourself hidden?" he sneered then leapt out, transforming into an owl.
Sarah blinked then slid to the ground, looking out the window. "Toby…"
