Disclaimer: I own nothing in this except Tarrick and the plot, everything else is not mine!!!
Sarah walked cautiously through the streets of the Goblin City. She had been there only a few days before, or at least a few days to her, but according to Tarrick it had been years since she had been there. But however long it had been she was sure that the goblins would not have forgotten her that easily. She had caused a lot of destruction, of which there was no apparent signs of now.
"How do I get myself into these situations?" she asked herself. Every street she turned down was exactly like the one that she had come from. "Its not fair! Why me?"
"Dunno? Wha' you asking me for?" said a strange, high-pitched voice, sounding almost like nails scratching over a blackboard.
Sarah whirled round, searching frantically for a face to go with the voice. "Who said that? Where are you?"
"In a place you cannot see! I am up the tallest tree!" The voice called to her with a laugh.
"There are no trees. Only streets!" Sarah whined as she frantically looked up and down the cobble-stoned streets. "Show yourself to me."
"Nope, you gotta catch me first."
"How can I catch you, if I can't see you?"
"Dunno, that be your problem, not mine. Catch me quick if you wanna get outta here."
"But I can't see you!"
"Then you be stuck 'ere forever my girl. Such a shame!" The voice grew faint as its speaker moved further away from Sarah. Running from street to street, she tried to follow it, "Please help me!" The voice continued to fade, and the more she tried to follow the more she just ended up getting herself lost. "Argh! I hate this place!" She lost it, the voice had completely disappeared.
"Then why did you come back?" Sarah didn't have to turn around to know that it was Tarrick.
"I told you why?"
"No you told me it had nothing to do with me, that it was between you and Jareth."
"And that is the way it will stay! I'm not playing your game Tarrick. I will find my way out of here, on my own. I learnt once before the unfairness of this place…"
"And yet you continue with your 'It's not fair' whining. Trust me Sarah, the time will come when you will need to call on me, and when that time comes will be begging to take my quest."
"I would rather die!"
Pulling a knife from thin air, Tarrick held the point just inches from her throat. The golden handle, encrusted with jewels of all sizes and colours, was gripped tightly in his hand. The blade, made of pure silver held by her throat. "I don't quite believe it. But it is something I would love to see." His voice was full of contempt. Saying nothing Sarah stared at the blade, slowly taking a step forward, and another, and another, until the blade point was lightly piercing her flesh. Ready to take another step forward, Sarah looked up into Tarricks eyes, holding them with an icy stare. Fear filled his eyes, and his hand shook. "Stubborn to the last." Taking the blade into his grasp, he threw it up into the air. As it returned to the ground, the knife turned itself into a golden bird, with feathers the colour of all the bright jewels, and a beak as silver as the blade, and as sharp. It soared through the sky easily as if it had always been a bird. Sarah watched as it disappeared.
"I would rather see you suffer for your foolishness. The labyrinth awaits you, Sarah. But be warned, there are greater perils than the 'Bog of Eternal Stench'. A lot has changed since you were here and sooner or later you will need my help!"
"Never!"
Tarrick moved closer, grabbing Sarah tightly by the arms. "We will see."
"Let me go!"
"Gladly!"
Pushing her backwards, Tarrick disappeared, as did Sarah's surroundings. No longer in the Goblin City, Sarah was deep in a dark wood. "You can't do this!" She screamed as she regained her balance. Tarrick's voice filled the air around her, though he was nowhere to be seen. "I believe I just have. Work your way out of this one, Sarah!" His cruel laugh rang from between the trees, making the leaves quiver. When it finally died Sarah found herself lost and alone once again.