Whelp, here is another chapter! I hope you all enjoy. I apologize for it taking to long to get out! I hope all your summer vacations are coming along great!
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~Ravyn~
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Sarah watched the moon begin to take its place in the sky. Jareth had left her to take care of something. She had been to busy watching the night come into full play.
Ton lay at her feet, and she felt the others in various positions around her and in the castle. They were letting nothing get by them. It amazed her how they could be so loyal.
But there was more to this than what they were letting her know. And she figured that facing a Goblin King down without any knowledge was enough for one lifetime.
" Okay Ton. What are you not telling me?" Sarah questioned turning to the large wolf. Ton looked back up at her with large eyes.
There is more on the line than even Jareth knows chosen.
Sarah cocked a dark brow; it rose into her hair like a bird taking flight.
" How is that?"
You are fighting to keep your right not only as the Princess, soon to be Queen if Jareth has his way, but the right for us to be yours. If Silver wins she will not only have you head, but ours as well. She will make sure than the last of Keaton's line falls.
Sarah closed her midnight eyes and sighed. " That's horrible."
That is life Lady. Demon said softly as she walked in. She muzzled Ton's neck and sat next to him. The only way to destroy your enemy completely is to take it out while you can. You as well must not leave any of her inner circle alive.
" Inner circle?" Sarah questioned, her dark brows raised in worry.
Her chosen companions. We are your inner circle. We are the ones who will call on for the defense of your loved ones. The Pack as a whole only fights to maintain peace. We fight for your protection. Slider whispered in Sarah's mind, her voice as soft as the wind. It was the most the graceful wolf had ever spoken in her mind.
We are willing to die for the right cause, Lady. Shadow's gruff voice told her, as he to strode onto the balcony. Rip and Raider filled the remaining spots and they circled her, with Ton facing her head on.
Ton looked at with his soft blue eyes and Sarah could have sworn he was smiling.
Learn why the Monqu are so feared and our kind is hunted like dogs.
Sarah watched in amazement as Ton through his head back and howled at the moon. Soon the others blended their voices in harmony to each other.
The air shifted around them, almost as if the moonlight became a tangible breathing force. It reminded Sarah of when Keaton had left for the dancing moonbeams when she first arrived at the place of shadows.
Sarah blinked when Ton began to grow. His form shifted into something of stronger build, higher in stature. When he was done, his nose was even with her shoulder blade.
" Oh." Sarah whispered. Her eyes where wide with shock as she starred at the huge wolf in front of her.
" Do not fear." Ton's voice said softly, no longer speaking mind to mind. Another one of the points that caused Sarah to expand her eye size.
" We are large for a reason. We fight the demons that no other will. We tangle with the dark things. Your Jareth knows of those dark things, but as our Princess you will be forced to fight those same demons." Demon said softly, her voice a low mummer.
"We will help you." Slider said softly.
" And we will fight for your right as Princess." Rip whispered.
" For you are the true bearer of Moonlight." Raider promised.
" And we bow to you." Shadow promised. They all drooped to one knee before her.
Sarah frowned down at them." You will not bow before me, and you will be my friends." Sarah searched her dim memory and found what she was looking for. " Chase the moonbeams my friends. Ton will be pack leader, and Shadow will be my second in that."
Ton bowed his great silver head." It will be as you wish."
Sarah sighed, and they all felt as one the calling and the challenge. Sarah turned and squared her shoulders. " It is time."
~*~
The wolves stood in vast numbers around the Labyrinth. Their coats blended in into the night until all there was were eyes of dark yellow and some blue. The moonlight reflected off their eyes strangely.
Ton lifted his head and sniffed the air. They where waiting for the blood hunt. He could feel it. Hopefully it would not be Sarah he would be hunting, but Silver's pack.
Silver moved into the moonlight and was flanked by five large wolves, all dark Grey in coat, and each held the same angry yellow eyes of Demon. They moved with precision that spoke of the loyalty of their group.
" We can beat them." Demon hissed from his left. " And I want the big one."
Ton felt a twitch of amusement. " I am taking the big one."
Demon gave her lover a look. Slider snorted from behind them and they all looked ahead again.
Sarah stood next to Jareth who looked like he wanted to simply destroy the entire race of Monqu. Ton prayed the Sarah won this fight, because if it came to Sarah or innocent blood on his hands, Ton knew that Jareth would wipe out the packs first.
" Silver, what do you wish." Sarah hissed at the Monqu, her dark eyes flashing. Her face was a mixture of insolence and rage, a look that he had seen on a certain Goblin Kings face more than once.
" I wish to challenge you to a Moon weave. The winner takes the pack." Silver hissed.
Sarah looked at the wolf. Even transformed she was only half the size of Ton. And she wanted to rule. The forms behind her were as large as Ton though. Her power backing.
Wolves depended on size, speed, and skill to survive. If Silver won then the pack would not longer be ruled by the Alpha male. It would be something else. The laws would change.
" I agree." Sarah told the wolf.
Silver howled in laughter and turned. " But where do you think you are going?" Sarah demanded?
Silver turned in surprise. " If I weave, so do you."
" So be it.
~*~
Silver looked at the large brute that stood next to her. " You remember the rules?"
" Even if you fail and she wins she must die anyway. There will be a split second after she finishes the weave that she will be vulnerable. If we charge we can rip her throat out."
Silver nodded in satisfaction. The human whelp would die, no matter what.
~*~
Sarah felt the eyes of a thousand wolves on her. It was disconcerting to say the least. She knew her pack was around her, and she knew Jareth was not far, but somehow she had to do this on her own.
Closing her eyes Sarah waited. She knew she was missing something, some key that she needed. Trying to remember seemed to be the hard part.
Something in the air around her shifted. Keeping her eyes closed Sarah attempted to feel it. It fell through her fingers like water. So that was the reason moonlight was so hard to move and shape. It was like moving water.
She knew.
Raising her arms Sarah 'felt' for more moonlight. Raising her voice with the hands Sarah began to stir both air and light. Sarah heard Jareth gasp somewhere behind her.
Opening her eyes she starred at the face of Keaton. His eyes burned with intensity and something else. Respect. The golden wolf turned to the packs and howled upward. The night began to dance as the weave took place. Moonlight lifted her dark strands of hair and pulled it upward.
It danced in her vision and blinded her. She could hear the sounds of wolves howling around her. Sarah felt a wet nose touch her face and a whispered 'well done'. And then there was silence.
Sarah opened her moonstruck eyes and saw a shadow learch in front of her. Demon was the first to move, and she moved like lightning. Hitting the thing throat Demon wrestled the larger form to the ground.
Ton sprung next, as did Slider and Rip. Shadow and Raider held their positions, guarding the still dazed Sarah.
For Sarah it was like someone had opened her eyes to a whole New World. Moonlight was visibly seen to her gaze, and it was individual strands. Looking at the fighting wolves, Sarah looked up at silver.
Raising her hand Sarah used the moonlight as a weapon. It wrapped around each wolf until they screamed and fought for breath.
" You would kill me at my moment of weakness Silver?" Sarah demanded.
" Yes. You should have died in that fire."
" So it was you." Sarah mused. She looked at the wolf and felt pity for her.
" I would spare you, and your goons, except you would poison others with your hate, and my children would be in danger. I can not allow that." Sarah squeezed her hand.
Turning to Ton Sarah weaved a crown of Moonlight. " You are the Alpha male of this pack, and the packs under you. You bow only to me."
Turning back to the packs Sarah whispered on word. " Go."
Once all the packs had left she turned back and fell into Jareth's arms.
" Its over love." He whispered.
Demon smirked at Ton and the others once they had shifted back to their normaly forms. I told you I would get the big one!
~*~
Sarah laughed in Jareth arms as he swung her around the dance floor. It had been two weeks since the weave incident, and she was dancing with Jareth at the ball his mother had finally gotten aranged. She had threatened to sick some very foul things on him if he did not come.
Two weeks had been kind to Sarah. Her eyes really did hold the stars now it seemed. For once daylight fell her eyes glowed with the hidden moonlight just out of touch. Her dark locks held a little more warmth to them as well.
" Having fun dearest?" Jareth asked her softly, not caring who heard.
It had broken some of the single women's hearts when they learned that Jareth had taken a lover. And had chosen her to be his bride.
Sarah smiled up at him. " Why would I not be?"
" Things moving to fast for you?" he gently supplied.
" Not at all. And if you don't kiss me instead of yapping so I can formally take my claim on you, I might get a little jealous of those glances you keep getting."
Jareth raised his brows. " That goes both ways," before he leaned down and took her lips in his.
Titinia smiled to her husband. " How long till we get grandbaby's?"
He gently shook his head. " How about we dance?"
Sarah and Jareth spun under the glitter, for once completely happy.
No there will be anepilogue! I am sorry this took so long. And a thank you for the lone review who emailed me, demanding more! You know who you are! You guys know the drill. REVIEW, REVIEW, and REVIEW!
