Ch 3~ Now What?


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9/7 Dear Diary,

A few days ago, the day after my last entry, I was so frightened that I have just now brought myself to writing what happened. After the storm I saw a perfect crystal in the middle of my room. It was the exact same crystal Jareth always had. I thought he had finally come to make me pay for the destruction I had caused so foolishly, or to try to win me, to have me come back to his castle and help him rule over the goblins.

~Sarah stopped writing and chewed on the end of her pencil, trying to place what she felt into believable words. Something that said what she felt exactly without sounding too corny. What could she write? She wasn't even sure what she felt. Sarah closed her diary and walked around her room, looking at all her old toys lined on the shelves. I'm still a child, she thought. What could I be feeling for Jareth? Is it a simple schoolgirl crush, feelings caused by guilt, or something deeper, more meaningful?

Sarah left her room and walked down the stairs, glancing at her reflection in the mirror. She almost expected to see the goblin king gazing back at her as if they were in the ballroom all over again. In her mind she heard him singing to her. He cared for me, right? She thought to herself. I thought I could hear it in his voice, see it in his mismatched eyes.

Opening the back door, Sarah walked out onto the porch and gazed up at the full moon. It seemed almost crystal, hung above like a looking glass for him to gaze down upon her. She walked around the small backyard, feeling the cool grass against her bare feet, wondering what it would be like to wander the goblin kingdom bare foot, or atleast the castle.

A chilly breeze picked up and chased her back into the house. In her room, Sarah sat down on her bed and looked out the window.

"Oh Jareth," she said. "I wish you would come and take me away." She lay back and pulled the covers over her, ready for sleep, even if it was filled with dreams of the Labyrinth.

What Sarah didn't know was that deep in the castle the goblins woke up again.

"She said the words!" one of them cried gleefully. As the goblins cheered and celebrated, one ran to their king to wake him.

"She finally said the words, sire!" it exclaimed.

"Good," he replied. "Go prepare a room for her." When the messenger was gone, the king of the goblins allowed a smile to spread across his face. "Finally," he said.

~Well, what do you think?~ =)