They went back to her apartment to get her things. She didn't invite him inside so he waited just outside her door. He had , as Sarah said, 'zapped' his bike into it's parking spot at his house. He was all set. All he needed was Sarah. He had told her not to bring clothing. (He had things for her.) What was taking so long?
Sarah came out in a few minutes, a backpack slung over her shoulder.
"Ready," she murmured, staring at his hair, which looked normal once more due to the spell.
He nodded and held out his hand to her.
Sarah looked at his hand for a long moment, before finally gingerly laying her hand on his.
He smiled and the world swam. When the world finally found it's place again they were standing outside his castle. He pointed to the door with his free hand.
"My phone number doesn't work here. You'll have to yell," he said with a smirk.
Sarah pulled her hand from his and looked at the huge castle, remember well the last time she had been here.
A high pitched voice jerked her out of her thoughts. "Halt! Who goes there?"
Sir Didymus trotted out of his faithful...dog...and barked. "The King will get you for trespassing!"
A wide grin split Sarah's face. "Sir Didymus! Don't you remember me?" she asked, leaning down and patting Ambrosius' head.
Didymus peered at her for a moment before yipping with excitement. "Sarah? Is that you? Then who is this man your with? The King will be jealous he will."
"That is Jareth."
Jareth laughed and let his vision spell fall. "Well done Sir Knight. Let us pass?"
Sir Didymus sputtered for a moment before screeching that the doors should open for the King. As Jareth passed him he gave a bow.
"Welcome back your highness."
"Where's Ludo, and Hoggle?" Sarah asked, not moving into the castle.
Didymus began to slowly follow his King. "Ludo guards our lords gardens and Hoggle takes care of the interior of the castle Lady Sarah."
"I thought Hoggle was terrified of Jareth and his punishments?" Sarah asked.
Didymus looked at Jareth who was quite some way's ahead of them.
"All has changed since you left Lady Sarah," he whispered.
Didymus nodded and nudged Ambrosius into a trot to catch up with Jareth.
They had entered a huge room with tilled floors and a grand staircase heading up to three other floors. The castle had changed too. Jareth stopped and stood, watching Sarah as she caught up to him.
"May I show you your room Sarah?" he asked in a smooth voice.
She paused for a moment before answering, looking around at the castle. "All right," she murmured after a few minutes.
He led up the stairs to the third floor and turned left, going down the long hall. He reached a set of double door and opened them for her, stepping aside so she could enter.
Her eyes opened as she looked at the huge room. A large, four poster bed lay in the center, the sheets a midnight blue satin. A large window overlooked the gardens and several bookshelves were filled with leather bound novels. Several dark blue chairs lay scattered around the room and a wardrobe stood in one corner.
Jareth stepped up behind her. "Is it to you liking?" he asked quietly in her ear.
"It's very nice," Sarah murmured, walking into the room away from him. She set her backpack on the edge of the bed and looked out the window.
Jareth walked in behind her and closed the doors. pointed to the wall on the left then stopped. He frowned and created a crystal, then threw it at the wall. Where it hit, a door appeared and he looked back to Sarah.
"That's the bathroom. Sorry. I had forgotten to put a door there."
Sarah looked from the door back to Jareth with slightly wide eyes. "Oh. How long has it been since you've been here?"
He thought for a moment. "I'm not sure. I remember making the rooms first and then the doors. I guess I just forgot one."
Sarah looked at him, confused. "I meant how long has it been since you've been back here to the Underground?"
He felt his cheeks heat slightly. "Ah well...yes. I check in ever so often. I haven't been here in a few weeks but things seem to be doing just fine without me don't they?"
"Yes, but I figured you must have stuff to look into if you've been away. So you can go see to it while I look around," Sarah said, smiling as she saw Ludo down in the gardens.
Jareth raised an eyebrow. He could take a hint. "Very well. Will you join me for dinner or do I dine alone tonight?"
She would love for him to dine alone, but she didn't think that would make him at all happy and maybe if she kept him happy, she stood a chance of getting out of this place as soon as possible.
"I'll dine with you, what time?"
Jareth seemed to glow. "At sundown. Please be ready. I'll send a servant for you."
He gave her a low, graceful bow and walked from the room.
"Sorry, wrong room," Sarah said quickly, shutting the door and walking to the next door.
This room had short bunkbeds lining the walls and a few trunks shoved underneath.
It was huge. Two times the size of her room. A canopy bed with black and cream covers was up against one wall Cream colored pillows were propped up against the headboard. The middle of the room was left bare. Thick cream colored carpet covered the floor. Against one wall was a bookshelf jammed full with books. Next to the shelf was a large black leather chair, that looked very comfortable. A footrest sat at the bottom of the chair and a stack of books sat to the side. Strange pictures were hung on the walls in simple wooden frames. She looked at one that looked like a staircase that was forever going up. She couldn't help but smile. The goblin king had escher pictures all over his room.
There were two doors on one wall and one on the same wall as the bookshelf. She opened one of the doors on the bare wall to find a sunken bathtub, black marble sink, vanity mirror, and of course, a toilet. She smiled again. There was a little rubber ducky sitting next to the tub. She opened the next door to find a walk in closet stuffed with hundreds of different outfits. Not wanting to suffer through the goblin kings fashion, she opened the door on the same wall as the bookshelf and found an office. Strangely enough it looked just like the office in his club. Go figure.
She heard footsteps outside the main door of the bedroom and quickly went into the office, shutting the door behind her. She didn't know if Jareth would be angry at her intrusion, but she didn't want to take any chances. Looking around, she spotted another door and dashed through it as she heard footsteps coming closer to the office.
Sarah felt herself falling and managed to catch onto a ledge, her eyes wide. She tried to pull herself onto the ledge, but suddenly found herself lying on the bottom of it, overlooking the Escher room. She groaned and lay on the ledge for a moment, waiting for her heart rate to drop back to normal. After a few minutes, she stood and headed for the nearest door, hoping she would be able to find her way out without Jareth's help.
After ten minutes, she sat down, extremely frustrated.
"Jareth!" she shouted, looking around and wondering what door he would come out of.
"Why Sarah? How did you get in here?" his voice asked as it echoed through the room, not telling her where he was.
"I know of very few doors that lead here. I got rid of most of them. You must have found another. Good job Sarah," he said, still not revealing his location.
"Could you please just get me out of here?" Sarah asked, looking at the underside of the ledge to see if he was there.
His voice came from right behind her. "There is only one way into this room Sarah. I made sure of that. This room is mine. No one else ever comes here. So tell me again girl, how did you get here?"
Sarah turned around and found Jareth kneeling beside her. "Like you said before, I must have found another door. Now, if you won't help me, I'll just try and find that door again," she said, standing and walking away from him.
"Do you remember what happened here?" he asked looking down at her from across the huge room.
"Yes, I chased Toby while you mocked me," Sarah muttered angrily, jumping at a ledge and finding herself clinging to the edge of the circular pit in the middle of the floor. She had seen it last time she was in the room, and she had no idea where it led to, nor did she want to know.
Strong gloved hands gripped her wrists and pulled her up. He was looking sternly at her. "Now Sarah. Enough of this foolishness. If you are going to jump around in my rooms then please watch your step."
"I was watching my step," Sarah said, glaring at him as she turned and walked again towards the nearest door.
He sighed and watched as she opened the door. It lead to the same place as the hole in the middle of the room.
"Come here Sarah," he said quietly.
She turned and looked at him. "Why?"
He just held out his hand.
"Are you going to finally help me, or just stand there asking questions?" Sarah asked, hands on her hips.
He smiled and continued to hold out his hand.
She cursed under her breath and turned away from him, walking through the door.
She ended up falling down in a room with pieces of stone cut out to form puzzle pieces. Suddenly she found herself nestled in Jareths arms. He smiled at her.
"Ah. There you are. It took you longer to get here than I thought. Now then...are you ready to go back to the castle?"
"You said no tricks, on your honor," Sarah said, angrily, struggling to get out of his arms.
He didn't let go. "I didn't trick you. You did this on your own...or would you rather continue to fall he asked glancing down. As it was, they were floating in mid air and there was no bottom that she could see. "You would be falling for quite some time."
Sarah glanced down, immediately stopping her struggling. "Get me out of here please," she whispered, not taking her eyes from the bottomless pit over which she was floating.
In a flash they were back in his office. He nudged the door to the escher room closed with his foot and looked down at her, still trembling in his arms.
"If you wanted to see the caste you could have asked me," he said quietly.
"I thought you would be busy, and I merely wanted to look around."
"I see. You missed dinner. Your friends are worried." He was quiet for a moment. "You scared the crap out of me too."
"Why?" Sarah asked in confusion, looking up at him.
"Because," he said simply. "You've been gone for almost two days now. I thought you left...and you did...sort of."
"Two days," she repeated in a whisper. "But, I was only in there for a few minutes."
He laughed. "That's what you think. This isn't your world any more dear Sarah. You must be careful."
"Please put me down," she murmured, realizing she was still in his arms.
He did and stood looking at her. "Your friends are waiting for you in your room. You probably want to see them."
Sarah nodded and turned, still trembling slightly at the realization that ten minutes to her had been two days.
Jareth watched her leave the room before slumping down at his desk, his nerves frayed. He hadn't slept in nearly two days. He was so tired and his mind felt numb. He stumbled into his bedroom and curled up in the middle of his bed and slept.
Sarah came out in a few minutes, a backpack slung over her shoulder.
"Ready," she murmured, staring at his hair, which looked normal once more due to the spell.
He nodded and held out his hand to her.
Sarah looked at his hand for a long moment, before finally gingerly laying her hand on his.
He smiled and the world swam. When the world finally found it's place again they were standing outside his castle. He pointed to the door with his free hand.
"My phone number doesn't work here. You'll have to yell," he said with a smirk.
Sarah pulled her hand from his and looked at the huge castle, remember well the last time she had been here.
A high pitched voice jerked her out of her thoughts. "Halt! Who goes there?"
Sir Didymus trotted out of his faithful...dog...and barked. "The King will get you for trespassing!"
A wide grin split Sarah's face. "Sir Didymus! Don't you remember me?" she asked, leaning down and patting Ambrosius' head.
Didymus peered at her for a moment before yipping with excitement. "Sarah? Is that you? Then who is this man your with? The King will be jealous he will."
"That is Jareth."
Jareth laughed and let his vision spell fall. "Well done Sir Knight. Let us pass?"
Sir Didymus sputtered for a moment before screeching that the doors should open for the King. As Jareth passed him he gave a bow.
"Welcome back your highness."
"Where's Ludo, and Hoggle?" Sarah asked, not moving into the castle.
Didymus began to slowly follow his King. "Ludo guards our lords gardens and Hoggle takes care of the interior of the castle Lady Sarah."
"I thought Hoggle was terrified of Jareth and his punishments?" Sarah asked.
Didymus looked at Jareth who was quite some way's ahead of them.
"All has changed since you left Lady Sarah," he whispered.
Didymus nodded and nudged Ambrosius into a trot to catch up with Jareth.
They had entered a huge room with tilled floors and a grand staircase heading up to three other floors. The castle had changed too. Jareth stopped and stood, watching Sarah as she caught up to him.
"May I show you your room Sarah?" he asked in a smooth voice.
She paused for a moment before answering, looking around at the castle. "All right," she murmured after a few minutes.
He led up the stairs to the third floor and turned left, going down the long hall. He reached a set of double door and opened them for her, stepping aside so she could enter.
Her eyes opened as she looked at the huge room. A large, four poster bed lay in the center, the sheets a midnight blue satin. A large window overlooked the gardens and several bookshelves were filled with leather bound novels. Several dark blue chairs lay scattered around the room and a wardrobe stood in one corner.
Jareth stepped up behind her. "Is it to you liking?" he asked quietly in her ear.
"It's very nice," Sarah murmured, walking into the room away from him. She set her backpack on the edge of the bed and looked out the window.
Jareth walked in behind her and closed the doors. pointed to the wall on the left then stopped. He frowned and created a crystal, then threw it at the wall. Where it hit, a door appeared and he looked back to Sarah.
"That's the bathroom. Sorry. I had forgotten to put a door there."
Sarah looked from the door back to Jareth with slightly wide eyes. "Oh. How long has it been since you've been here?"
He thought for a moment. "I'm not sure. I remember making the rooms first and then the doors. I guess I just forgot one."
Sarah looked at him, confused. "I meant how long has it been since you've been back here to the Underground?"
He felt his cheeks heat slightly. "Ah well...yes. I check in ever so often. I haven't been here in a few weeks but things seem to be doing just fine without me don't they?"
"Yes, but I figured you must have stuff to look into if you've been away. So you can go see to it while I look around," Sarah said, smiling as she saw Ludo down in the gardens.
Jareth raised an eyebrow. He could take a hint. "Very well. Will you join me for dinner or do I dine alone tonight?"
She would love for him to dine alone, but she didn't think that would make him at all happy and maybe if she kept him happy, she stood a chance of getting out of this place as soon as possible.
"I'll dine with you, what time?"
Jareth seemed to glow. "At sundown. Please be ready. I'll send a servant for you."
He gave her a low, graceful bow and walked from the room.
"Sorry, wrong room," Sarah said quickly, shutting the door and walking to the next door.
This room had short bunkbeds lining the walls and a few trunks shoved underneath.
It was huge. Two times the size of her room. A canopy bed with black and cream covers was up against one wall Cream colored pillows were propped up against the headboard. The middle of the room was left bare. Thick cream colored carpet covered the floor. Against one wall was a bookshelf jammed full with books. Next to the shelf was a large black leather chair, that looked very comfortable. A footrest sat at the bottom of the chair and a stack of books sat to the side. Strange pictures were hung on the walls in simple wooden frames. She looked at one that looked like a staircase that was forever going up. She couldn't help but smile. The goblin king had escher pictures all over his room.
There were two doors on one wall and one on the same wall as the bookshelf. She opened one of the doors on the bare wall to find a sunken bathtub, black marble sink, vanity mirror, and of course, a toilet. She smiled again. There was a little rubber ducky sitting next to the tub. She opened the next door to find a walk in closet stuffed with hundreds of different outfits. Not wanting to suffer through the goblin kings fashion, she opened the door on the same wall as the bookshelf and found an office. Strangely enough it looked just like the office in his club. Go figure.
She heard footsteps outside the main door of the bedroom and quickly went into the office, shutting the door behind her. She didn't know if Jareth would be angry at her intrusion, but she didn't want to take any chances. Looking around, she spotted another door and dashed through it as she heard footsteps coming closer to the office.
Sarah felt herself falling and managed to catch onto a ledge, her eyes wide. She tried to pull herself onto the ledge, but suddenly found herself lying on the bottom of it, overlooking the Escher room. She groaned and lay on the ledge for a moment, waiting for her heart rate to drop back to normal. After a few minutes, she stood and headed for the nearest door, hoping she would be able to find her way out without Jareth's help.
After ten minutes, she sat down, extremely frustrated.
"Jareth!" she shouted, looking around and wondering what door he would come out of.
"Why Sarah? How did you get in here?" his voice asked as it echoed through the room, not telling her where he was.
"I know of very few doors that lead here. I got rid of most of them. You must have found another. Good job Sarah," he said, still not revealing his location.
"Could you please just get me out of here?" Sarah asked, looking at the underside of the ledge to see if he was there.
His voice came from right behind her. "There is only one way into this room Sarah. I made sure of that. This room is mine. No one else ever comes here. So tell me again girl, how did you get here?"
Sarah turned around and found Jareth kneeling beside her. "Like you said before, I must have found another door. Now, if you won't help me, I'll just try and find that door again," she said, standing and walking away from him.
"Do you remember what happened here?" he asked looking down at her from across the huge room.
"Yes, I chased Toby while you mocked me," Sarah muttered angrily, jumping at a ledge and finding herself clinging to the edge of the circular pit in the middle of the floor. She had seen it last time she was in the room, and she had no idea where it led to, nor did she want to know.
Strong gloved hands gripped her wrists and pulled her up. He was looking sternly at her. "Now Sarah. Enough of this foolishness. If you are going to jump around in my rooms then please watch your step."
"I was watching my step," Sarah said, glaring at him as she turned and walked again towards the nearest door.
He sighed and watched as she opened the door. It lead to the same place as the hole in the middle of the room.
"Come here Sarah," he said quietly.
She turned and looked at him. "Why?"
He just held out his hand.
"Are you going to finally help me, or just stand there asking questions?" Sarah asked, hands on her hips.
He smiled and continued to hold out his hand.
She cursed under her breath and turned away from him, walking through the door.
She ended up falling down in a room with pieces of stone cut out to form puzzle pieces. Suddenly she found herself nestled in Jareths arms. He smiled at her.
"Ah. There you are. It took you longer to get here than I thought. Now then...are you ready to go back to the castle?"
"You said no tricks, on your honor," Sarah said, angrily, struggling to get out of his arms.
He didn't let go. "I didn't trick you. You did this on your own...or would you rather continue to fall he asked glancing down. As it was, they were floating in mid air and there was no bottom that she could see. "You would be falling for quite some time."
Sarah glanced down, immediately stopping her struggling. "Get me out of here please," she whispered, not taking her eyes from the bottomless pit over which she was floating.
In a flash they were back in his office. He nudged the door to the escher room closed with his foot and looked down at her, still trembling in his arms.
"If you wanted to see the caste you could have asked me," he said quietly.
"I thought you would be busy, and I merely wanted to look around."
"I see. You missed dinner. Your friends are worried." He was quiet for a moment. "You scared the crap out of me too."
"Why?" Sarah asked in confusion, looking up at him.
"Because," he said simply. "You've been gone for almost two days now. I thought you left...and you did...sort of."
"Two days," she repeated in a whisper. "But, I was only in there for a few minutes."
He laughed. "That's what you think. This isn't your world any more dear Sarah. You must be careful."
"Please put me down," she murmured, realizing she was still in his arms.
He did and stood looking at her. "Your friends are waiting for you in your room. You probably want to see them."
Sarah nodded and turned, still trembling slightly at the realization that ten minutes to her had been two days.
Jareth watched her leave the room before slumping down at his desk, his nerves frayed. He hadn't slept in nearly two days. He was so tired and his mind felt numb. He stumbled into his bedroom and curled up in the middle of his bed and slept.