Chapter 9: The Rescue And Secrets Revealed
"Jareth can you take me to my room? If I go by myself, I'll fall, I'm so tired." I said after everyone had left. It was about 13 o'clock.
"Come on, I'll take you to your room." he took my arm.
"Thanks."
He nodded. I stumbled and almost fell. Jareth caught me before I fell.
"Are you all right?"
"Yes." he picked me up and I squealed. He carried me the rest of the way to my room. The door opened magically as we got to it. Jareth set me gently on my bed. I mumbled something.
"What?" Jareth asked.
"Will you stay with me? You don't have to stay the whole night, if you don't want to."
"I'll stay with you. Do you want me to stay the whole night?"
"It's up to you." I moved over giving him room. He laid down next to me and out my arm around my waist. Then he pulled me close to him. I rested my head on his chest. I fell asleep quickly.
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Lita flew out of Ashley's room, a big smile on her face. Their plan wasn't even in action, yet, but it was going to be soon. Lita went to go tell Heather what she had saw.
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I woke up with the greeting of waves meeting rocks below. I woke up entirely when I found I was tied to a not very sturdy branch . . . over the rocks! The branch was starting to give away quickly. At least it was to be a fast death. I shook that thought from my head and looked down again. I started to scream.
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When Jareth woke, his arms were empty. he produced a crystal to find Ashley. She wasn't in the castle! He heard her scream. The crystal went over to Ashley's image. She was tied to a branch which was giving away . . . and she was tied over Breakneck Falls! The branch she was tied to was giving out rather quickly . . .
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I stopped screaming. Panicking wouldn't do anyone any good. Jareth appeared.
"JARETH, HELP!" I shouted. The branch was cracking. I was getting closer and closer to the rocks . . . and to my death. He thrust his hand out to me.
"Grab my hand!"
"How can I when my hands are tied?!!?"
The branch broke and i was falling. Jareth grabbed the rope and saved me. He pulled me to safety. He set me on the ground. He untied me and put his arms around my trembling body. I cried into his shirt.
"That . . . was . . . too . . . close." I muttered. I noticed I had gotten his shirt wet.
"How did you get there?"
"I don't know. One minute I was in Dream Land and the next, I'm over rocks about to die." I tried to stand on wobbly legs, but fell back down. Jareth helped me back up and and transported us to my room. Jareth helped me sit in a chair.
"Who could hate me so much to try and kill me?" I wondered.
"Wait . . . I think I know. Who loves you enough to see that you get the man you love?"
"No one knows who love . . . except for Heather! Could she have done that?"
"Most likely. Who do you love?"
"No one important." I blushed.
"Ashley . . ." Jareth warned.
"Fine, you want to know? You! I love you, Jareth!"
"Jareth can you take me to my room? If I go by myself, I'll fall, I'm so tired." I said after everyone had left. It was about 13 o'clock.
"Come on, I'll take you to your room." he took my arm.
"Thanks."
He nodded. I stumbled and almost fell. Jareth caught me before I fell.
"Are you all right?"
"Yes." he picked me up and I squealed. He carried me the rest of the way to my room. The door opened magically as we got to it. Jareth set me gently on my bed. I mumbled something.
"What?" Jareth asked.
"Will you stay with me? You don't have to stay the whole night, if you don't want to."
"I'll stay with you. Do you want me to stay the whole night?"
"It's up to you." I moved over giving him room. He laid down next to me and out my arm around my waist. Then he pulled me close to him. I rested my head on his chest. I fell asleep quickly.
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Lita flew out of Ashley's room, a big smile on her face. Their plan wasn't even in action, yet, but it was going to be soon. Lita went to go tell Heather what she had saw.
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I woke up with the greeting of waves meeting rocks below. I woke up entirely when I found I was tied to a not very sturdy branch . . . over the rocks! The branch was starting to give away quickly. At least it was to be a fast death. I shook that thought from my head and looked down again. I started to scream.
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When Jareth woke, his arms were empty. he produced a crystal to find Ashley. She wasn't in the castle! He heard her scream. The crystal went over to Ashley's image. She was tied to a branch which was giving away . . . and she was tied over Breakneck Falls! The branch she was tied to was giving out rather quickly . . .
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I stopped screaming. Panicking wouldn't do anyone any good. Jareth appeared.
"JARETH, HELP!" I shouted. The branch was cracking. I was getting closer and closer to the rocks . . . and to my death. He thrust his hand out to me.
"Grab my hand!"
"How can I when my hands are tied?!!?"
The branch broke and i was falling. Jareth grabbed the rope and saved me. He pulled me to safety. He set me on the ground. He untied me and put his arms around my trembling body. I cried into his shirt.
"That . . . was . . . too . . . close." I muttered. I noticed I had gotten his shirt wet.
"How did you get there?"
"I don't know. One minute I was in Dream Land and the next, I'm over rocks about to die." I tried to stand on wobbly legs, but fell back down. Jareth helped me back up and and transported us to my room. Jareth helped me sit in a chair.
"Who could hate me so much to try and kill me?" I wondered.
"Wait . . . I think I know. Who loves you enough to see that you get the man you love?"
"No one knows who love . . . except for Heather! Could she have done that?"
"Most likely. Who do you love?"
"No one important." I blushed.
"Ashley . . ." Jareth warned.
"Fine, you want to know? You! I love you, Jareth!"