Chapter 35 (written when won't let me upload documents, and while watching the same Robbie Williams concert on TV which I've seen twice… live…)
The Christmas chapter! (Maybe one of two… maybe…)
Sarah was annoyed
She lay alone in a snow covered clearing near the Hogwarts border, undisturbed, unnoticed.
"What the hell am I going to do?" She yelled, throwing her arms down beside her, her hands clenched.
"About what?" Jareth asked, suddenly appearing.
She screamed angrily.
"Go away; it's none of your business!" She said, sitting up and throwing a snowball at him.
"Well I can tell when I'm not wanted." He said, miffed.
"I wish you would do that more often." Sarah muttered, flopping backwards into her former position. "Christmas is tomorrow," She continued. "What am I going to give him? I have to give Jareth a present, and not one of those desire balls… Something good, and original. Even though he did take my baby brother away from me, and make me run his labyrinth to get him back… he's taught me how to use my magic. He gave me my magic in the first place! I can't repay him with some crappy crystal ball thing he could make himself."
Sarah sat up suddenly
"I have an idea." She said, before running back towards Hogwarts.
CAN I KICK IT? YES, YOU CAN! MMM, I LURVE ROBBIE!
Sarah rushed into the Hospital ward, looking frantically for Anastasia… who was nowhere to be seen.
"Where is she?" Sarah said angrily
"Who?" A tired voice asked.
Sarah pulled back the curtains on the bed, and discovered the person she had been looking for.
"You. Why are you sleeping in one of the beds? Aren't they for sick students?"
"Maybe. I was tired, and there's no one here except grumpy bums over there." She said, pointing at the bed Colin was in.
Or rather, had been in.
"You know he's not here anymore." Sarah said.
"YAY! Maybe he got better and decided to leave."
"Maybe he got fed up with being ignored and decided to leave," Sarah muttered under her breathe.
"What?" Anastasia said.
"I said, yeah, maybe you're right… Anyways, I have a problem." Sarah said, sitting on the end of the bed that Anastasia was in.
"Ooh girl troubles! How can I help?" Anastasia said excitedly, changing into pyjamas.
"That's odd…" Sarah said, looking at her inquisitively.
"What's odd?" Anastasia asked,
"That's exactly the same outfit he wore." Sarah said
"Are you talking about my brother again? He was always jealous of my pyjam… wait a minute. You have a problem concerning him, don't you?" She asked, even more excitedly. So much so, that she was jumping up and down on the bed.
"Well… it's just that it's Christmas Tomorrow, and he's helped me a LOT this year, what with teaching me and stuff, and he also helped me make gifts for all of my friends… "
"I know what this is." Anastasia said. Sarah didn't notice
"I guess I could say he's more than a teacher, more than a friend even…," she continued
"You're in love with him."
"What? NO, you're crazy!" Sarah said. "I don't think I can stay in a room with crazy people, so I'd better be going…" Sarah said quickly, getting up to leave. Anastasia stopped her, grabbing her wrist.
"You do love him." She said in wonder. "Someone actually likes my egotistical, evil, horrible, detestable brother of mine."
"He's not that bad." Sarah said
"In his spare time, for pure enjoyment Sarah, he takes children from their homes and makes their siblings run a labyrinth in 13 hours. No one told him to do that, he just does that. Does that sound evil to you?"
"Well, maybe a little. But it does teach them a lesson. I mean, look at me! I totally don't obsess about myself, and I've accepted Toby… albeit Karen and I have become more estranged, but she never liked me in the first place…"
"Stop making excuses, girl!" Anastasia said. "You know you've fallen for the fool. I have no idea why… but there isn't anything wrong with it. What's the matter with you?"
"If anyone found out about this, then Jareth would lose his job, and I'd probably be kicked out of school. I'd never live it down. He probably doesn't like me anyway…"
"Who doesn't like you?" Jareth asked from the doorway.
"Umm" Anastasia said
"I… I've got to go. See you Anastasia, thanks for your help." Sarah said, running out the door.
"Sarah, wait!" He called, running after her.
"Jareth, I've got stuff to do, I'll talk to you later." She said.
"But I've got your… "He stopped, then said softly. "I have a Christmas present for you."
DANCE LIKE YOU JUST WON THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS…
It was Christmas morning. The trees had all been decorated, presents placed around their bases, and the students had all slept peacefully through the night.
All except one.
Sarah Williams had spent the entire night tossing and turning, trying to decide what to do.
'Ok, so I am in love with my dark arts professor, who also happens to be my tutor… who stole my baby brother away, who frequently drinks, who's I don't know how many years older than I am, and who is the king of a place that is pretty much… mythical. I've sure got a detention now…' Sarah thought.
She turned to look out the window, where the sun was slowly rising, and sighed.
"May as well get up." She said, and looked at her watch. It was 6:14am. "Maybe not." And flopped onto her bed again.
But sleep still would not come.
"Fine then, come on Numy, let's go for a fly." (Because Numy hasn't been mentioned for a while). The puppy yapped, and leapt onto the windowsill, tail wagging eagerly as Sarah pulled on jeans, a jumper and her new black jacket.
"Up, up and away, eh?" She said, jumping out the window on her broom, followed by her puppy.
As she flew, Sarah still thought about her problem. She didn't even register where her flight was going, until she realised she'd been going in circles in one area for quite some time.
"Why am I here?" She said, slowly coming to a land. It was somewhere she had never been before. When she was flying, she'd been pulled down into the Forbidden Forest, and was alone in a clearing. Even Numy was nowhere to be seen. The trees towered above her, dark and foreboding.
"Hello? Is there anyone out there?" Sarah heard a branch snap
"I am here." A voice said.
" Westley Wixdinger?' Sarah said.
"The one and only." He replied, bowing. "But I'm afraid that you're stay here will be quite short, and we must be leaving soon."
"We? Leaving? I don't know what you're talking about." Sarah said nervously, reaching for her broom.
"Oh, you won't be needing that." Westley said, silently sending the broom flying through the air.
"Say, does this rag smell like chloroform to you?" He asked, throwing a damp rag at her face.
Sarah fell to the ground unconscious.
AHAHA, THAT'S MY FRIENDS FAVOURITE LINE… CHLOROFORM FILLED RAGS FOR EVERYBODY!
"Ok Hogfish, this is her room." Jareth said as he lead Hoggle, Ludo and Didymus up to Sarah's dorm room.
"Oh my God, what the hell is th…" Someone cried from behind, until Jareth silenced her with a crystal ball.
"My name is Hoggle, Your highness, Hoggle" Hoggle whispered angrily
"Whatever. Now, she's probably asleep, so let's go in there and wake her up." Jareth said cheekily. He opened the door and cried
"MERRY CHRISTMAS SARAH! I have a surprise fo… Where is she?" he asked, noticing the empty bed.
"Her brooms gone." Hermione said.
"My Lady?" Didymus asked, riding in on Ambrosius.
"Sawah?" Ludo asked, picking up the bed and looking under it for Sarah
"Where is she?" Jareth asked, whirling around to face the students who had been disturbed from their slumber by his visit.
"I don't know… we don't really…" someone replied, who was interrupted by him again
"Where. The hell. Is. She?"
CHAPTER 35'S ATHOR'S NOTE… YAY!!!!!
Hey all!
So chapter 34 is totally finished but isn't letting me… or my friends for that matter, upload any documents, so I wrote you this in its place…
Ummm
I don't really have much to say…
I went to an anime convention today… and another tomorrow. I dressed up as Chii from Tsubasa, and went around all day calling my friend master, because she was dressed as Fai.
Tomorrow (because it's a weekend long thing…) I am wearing my totally awesome Pirate Jacket… with some boots… and my loverly Labyrinth poets shirt, and a vest… and jeans… YAY!!!
And yeah… I think that may be it
I was going to buy the Saiyuki Reload box set as well, but it turns out it's $140… although, that's about $23 a disc, and on their own they're, like, $29… will try and talk my parents into it… ;)
There is a quote from there in here too, yay!
Here's your Saiyuki quote for today!
Hotel Clerk: I know, I have an idea. How about I lay a bunch of blankets on the floor for you guys and you can all sleep together.
Genjo SanzoSha GojyoGokuCho Hakkai: Sleep together?
Your Queen, who thought of a better name, but can't remember… Queen of the something funnies… who's feet hurt, and who is covered in long blonde hairs from my wig (because my hair is a completely different colour to the one I needed, lol!)
PS!!!!!!!!!!
WC1,614 words!
PSS!!
the word count above is exactly the same as chapter 33, which I "edited" so that I could post these two chapters for you guys... now it's probably longer... XD