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Marjorie

Sweet revenge

Chapter 28: Victory

Sarah was trapped. The giant purple wall had move to trap her. She couldn't believe it! Her adventure in the Labyrinth was about to end like that. What a humiliating defeat!

"Jareth is going to laugh at me for years. What are my parents going to say? What will they do when they'll notice that I'm gone and not coming back? Will they look for me?"

Sarah sat against the wall and started to cry. She was stuck with Jareth forever. What will happen to her? Will he force her to be his servant? Will he send her in an oubliette to forget about her?

The clock struck the thirteen's hour. On the thirteen's ding, Jareth's vision became blurry.

Jareth grabbed Draegon's arm as he was getting up to bring Sarah back in the Castle.

"Draegon, I can't see properly."

"It's normal; you've been blind for many days. Let your eyes readjust themselves."

"No…no, it's not getting better." Said Jareth

Jareth's vision was getting blurrier and blurrier. In a matter of minutes, Jareth's was blind again.

"What is happening? How come I am blind again?" Asked Jareth.

"I have to get Sarah. We'll discuss about it later. Don't worry there must be an explication to all this."

Draegon appeared next to Sarah. She was softly crying. Draegon felt bad for her. He kneeled next to her and talked to her.

"Sarah, you have lost. I am very sorry. I am sure you did your best."

"What's going to happen to me? Will Jareth kill me? Humiliate me?"

"I must bring you back to the castle. Then you'll see what's going to happen to you."

He touched Sarah's arm and they both appeared in the throne room.

Jareth heard Draegon cough. He knew that Sarah was there. He felt deep deception. This was not how he figured his revenge to end. Him being blind, he was not as impressive as he hoped to be.

Sarah was standing in front of Jareth and Draegon. She was waiting for Jareth to speak.

Jareth stood up and looked at where he thought Sarah was.

"You lost Sarah."

"…"

"You shall coward before me as I decide what will happen to you."

She was looking at Jareth with tears in her eyes. Never in her life had she been humiliated like this.

"Tell me Sarah, what have you learned from this adventure?" Asked Jareth.

"I….I cannot win every time."

"That's right. I told you; you were not match for me Sarah. Don't tell me it was a piece of cake because everyone here knows that you have lost!" Mocked Jareth.

Sarah was trying not to upset Jareth. She was afraid that a misstep could mean death.

"Again, Sarah, what have you learned about yourself?"

Sarah didn't know what to answer. As she was thinking about it, she was looking at Jareth. He looked so vulnerable, as he was standing there, blind. She remembered how sweet he was with her when she trusted him. He was a whole different person when she was letting him be close to her.

What if she seduces him? Maybe he would spare her life. Sarah approached Jareth to give him an answer. She was so close that she could smell his sweet scent.

Jareth heard her getting closer. He had goose bumps all over him. He was trying to look like he didn't care that she was this close to him.

"I have learned to fear you, love you, do as you say, Jareth" Whispered Sarah.

They stood there in silence for a minute. Jareth was slowly realizing what he heard.

Then a loud noise came from the castle's door. Someone was banging on it with a surprising force. Jareth was about to blindly walk out of the throne room; to yell at whoever it was for disturbing such a pleasant interlude. Draegon stopped him before he could move, whispering:

"Don't move! We do not know who this is. It could be Daliusar."

Draegon decided to go and have a look. Both Jareth and Sarah stood there in silence, anxious to know who was there.

Draegon came back with a girl. She ran across the room into Jareth's arms. Sarah suddenly felt jealous. Who is she?

"She goes by the name of Sophia. She said she knows you." Explained Draegon.

"Sophia! What are you going here! Are you in danger?" Asked Jareth.

Sarah never saw such a beautiful girl. She never saw Jareth being that nice with anybody either.

Her cheeks were turning red. Jareth was not paying any attention to her. She cough to make Jareth realize that she was still there.

"Oh yeah! The mortal!"

The mortal! Jareth never called Sarah: the mortal. The sudden lack of interest from Jareth shocked Sarah. What was going on? She was afraid that Jareth might put her into an oubliette this time, now that he has someone new to think about.

"What's going to happen to me?" Asked Sarah

Jareth didn't even bother answering; he ordered some goblins to take her to her room.

The room Sarah was in was not the spacious and luxurious one she had when she woke up.

The room was ugly and it had only one tiny window. The bed was very uncomfortable and dirty. There were even rats wildly running everywhere.

Draegon was not pleased with the turn of events. He immediately spoke privately to Jareth about it.

"You cannot keep Sarah in here forever. She has to make a choice within 24 hours of your victory. You have to tell her that she can choose between life at home and you."

"I thought you were smarter than that Draegon. It's part of my strategy. I'll make Sarah jealous and she'll confess her love to me. Sophia simply appeared at the right time at the right place."

"By the way, did Sophia tell you why she was here?"

"No, you?"

"No."

Both of them walked back into the throne room to find an anxious Sophia.

They seriously were wondering why she was there.