Sarah slammed her fists into the wall, pieces crumbled away but the wall remained as strong. She remembered that not everything was as it seemed, casting an eye around she looked for a less obvious means of escape. Her 'powers' were not as tuned as Jareth presumed they would be. In fact, to Sarah they seemed non-existent. She slid down the nearest wall and sat. She wanted to cry, but she couldn't allow Jareth to see her weakness. But to her, her weakness wasn't the only thing she didn't want him to see.
Jareth had remained focused on her for what seemed like minutes, but in reality had been several hours. Sarah hadn't left the quad and was now hungry and scared. Jareth wanted her, he had originally just wanted Toby but Sarah was intriguing. He wanted her to be his queen. He hated himself for leaving her like that, but he knew that eventually, when he took her away, she would want him. He would be needed.
Sarah had waited patiently for Jareth, she was now the queen, how could he desert her. Now, she was angry and would do anything for a meal. Hot tears fell involuntarily from her eyes. She wiped them away with a quick sweep of her hand. She tried to fight them, but knowing she would fail, reluctantly gave in, she let them fall, as they wanted. Like her emotions, they were beyond her control.
Jareth saw this and a stray tear dripped out of the corner of his eye. He couldn't take it any longer, so what it's against all the rules for a fae to fall for a mortal. He waved his hand and disappeared.
When Jareth appeared in the quad he looked at Sarah, who sat hugging her knees, her face red and blotchy from the tears. He remained invisible; he couldn't look at her like this. It pained him. He left; he knew however that she hadn't noticed his presence at all. She had tried to use her 'powers' but they didn't help, they did nothing.
Jareth arrived in Sarah's bedroom and saw everything in its correct place. He walked across the floor and looked at a scrapbook that lay opened. He saw a newspaper article on Linda Williams; he assumed (correctly) that she was Sarah's mother. He saw the vague resemblance. Jareth produced a crystal and placed it on the bed. With that he left.
Sarah began to feel strange, the quad melted away around her. In its place was her room. It looked identical to her room at least. She ran towards the door, opening it she saw the hallway. Everything was normal.
"Some dream." she said smiling. She looked at her bed and noticed a huge bouquet of unusual flowers. She gasped, they were beautiful, and she had never seen such flowers. One large lily type flower was randomly changing colour. She picked them up and smelt their exquisite fragrance. A card fell onto the floor, where it remained unnoticed by the recipient. Sarah replaced them on the bed and left the room. She returned with a water filled vase, which she set on her dresser. She picked up the flowers and placed them in the vase. Standing back she admired them. On the floor she observed a glint of gold light. She approached it and noticed that it was a card. She settled on the chair and opened the envelope. Glitter fell from it as she withdrew the card. She opened it and began to read.
'il mio amore per te e l'amor che muove il sol e l'altre stele. My love for you is the love that moves the sun and all the other stars....'
'How romantic' Sarah thought
'Sarah, I shouldn't be writing this, but I love you. I will face all consequences for my actions, but will you be my queen.
Jareth'
As Sarah read the signature, she felt torn. She wanted him, but he had tortured her, put her through absolute hell. She sighed, unaware of the owl that sat watching at the window.