Who am I?
By Silver Space
Authors Note and Thanks: I know I haven't updated but that thing called school kind got in the way. Well I want to thank all off my Reviewers and thank my lucky stars that I have such a wonderful Beta reader. Now enjoy the next chapter.
Sarah sat in her room doing her homework quietly. As she worked on her theater analysis she wondered.
"Is Jared right and I am looking at this play as if it were my own life? I have so much in common with Christine."
As Sarah sat at her desk starring off into space, Jareth watched her through one of his crystals. In all honesty he was very sorry to hear about how her life had turned out. With her father dead there really was no one to protect her from Karen. He had known upon his first glance of Karen that while she was a good person, she was no dreamer and really didn't tolerate other dreamers. Karen thought that is was right to be a dreamer when you're younger, but not to stay that way. A person must come to face the reality of things.
The other thing that plagued his mind was what to do about young Toby. He had his sister's heart, that of a dreamer. Jareth honestly wanted some way to help him out, keep his dreams alive. He sighed. That would all be taken care of in time, Toby was in no danger yet. He was still young enough to keep some hope. Turning his attention back to Sarah he smiled. She was very beautiful and he wished that she might be the one intended to be queen. But alas it looked as if he was to spend many more years alone. The one who was born with that mark was lost. Her mother had run off with her daughter and had not been found for many years. It was rumored that she had fled aboveground to become an actress and to keep alive the minds of so many dreamers who were loosing their gift due to the extremely harsh world that they lived in. She had taken off saying that if her daughter was truly the intended one she would find her way back to the Underground.
Sarah, in the mean time, had given up on getting any more work done for now, and had taken off to the mailroom. She had a letter for Toby to mail and with any luck she would have at the least some junk mail waiting for her. After dropping off her letter she walked a few steps to her box, unlocked it, and to her great surprise found a real letter and a package envelope. No return address was to be found on either.
"That is strange" she thought but with a shrug, took it and went back to her room.
Jareth watched this and wondered not for the first time who exactly Sarah's mom was. Now he decided that he would have to find out the next time he visited her. For there were a very select few who could call him to them at will, and they were only the strongest of the dreamers in her world.
Once Sarah got back to her room she looked again at the strange mail that she had received. It was mail from New York of all places. She didn't know anyone in New York. Her mother had quit communicating with her years ago, and anyway she had never made it to New York. Besides that she was out west somewhere traveling with small shows. The big spotlight hadn't stayed with her long enough to keep her as a huge star. With a slight shrug she opened up the letter first.
Dear Sarah,
I know that I haven't contacted you in years and I am very sorry for that. I honestly had some very pressing issues that I had to deal with and couldn't talk to anyone. When I left you and your father, it wasn't just for the theater. I also had to leave because of some family issues. I sent your father news of what was going on and asked him not to tell you. At the time you were very young and would not have understood all that was happening.
After I got the family matters settled, I found out that your father had remarried and was very happy. I did not wish to intrude on that. Writing to you now doesn't make up for my past hurts I did send some things to your father to keep safe for you until you came of age. In our family that age is 21. Yes, traditionally women come of age at 18, but in our family it is 21. There is much else that I should explain but I hope that your father has talk to you a little. I have sent along with this package other documents that you should read over they will explain the family items that your father gave to you. I announced many years ago that I wished nothing to do with the inheritance of the family, and everything that should go to me be passed to you, my daughter, instead. I will be in contact with you as often as I can and wish to get to know the daughter that I have had to miss. Keep your dreams and go after them.
Love your ever-caring Mother.
Sarah sat in silence for a long time after reading over the letter. It was the fame that had taken her mother away from her and her father, but also family matters. She had had no idea that she would ever be able to come back to them. That was why her father hadn't remarried or even dated for years after her mother left.
Glancing back at the letter she wondered what things had been left to her. She had all ready turned 21 a couple of months ago. It was time to get some answers from her step-mother. She would look at the documents later after she had brought into her possession the things that had been left to her. Not to look at, but to keep them away from Karen. Sarah had never really gotten along with Karen but she, always attributed it to that their spirits were so different. She hoped that it had just been forgotten and put away with some of her father's things after he died. She also desperately needed to talk with Jareth. This was interesting, and she wondered how much he knew, and hoped he could come with her as a friend to help her face down Karen. It was always better when a friend was along.
"Jareth?" she called out
He appeared in a burst of glitter and she smiled
"Yes Sarah, you called?"
"Yes. I just got a letter from my mother. She explained much of why she had to leave us. Family and the stage called her. I think she just wanted to see if she could make it big and bring us along but didn't want to bring a big burden with her as a struggling actress."
Jareth raised an eyebrow at the news of family matters. There had been a big deal with one of the minor royal families and their wayward daughter. Something about being happy where she was and not wanting to have the family powers and such passed to her, but rather to her daughter when she came of age.
"That is interesting to hear Sarah. Did she mention anything else about your family. As far as I knew you had never met any of your mother's family."
Sarah nodded a bit.
"No I have never met them and it would be nice, but I think they are in another country, and it is very hard to get there."
Jareth nodded, thinking at the same time that Sarah had more of a history about her than either of them knew about.
"Did your mother have anything else to say about her family, Sarah?"
"Umm she only kinda mentioned she left some things in my father's possession for me to inherit upon my 21st birthday. Karen never said anything about him leaving me anything except the money."
Jareth remained straight faced, but inside he gasped a little. The coming of age for his people was 21. Could Sarah possibly be the missing child? She had certainly found her way back to the Underground.
He nodded.
"It would be interesting to find out whose family you are a part of, and where you fall in the line of inheritance."
Sarah nodded in agreement. "I did want to ask though if you would accompany me home tomorrow, so I can face Karen. Things seem to be a bit smoother when I bring a friend with me. I need to find some answers to the questions that my mother's letter brings up. I am afraid that I can only find them by going through what is left in my father's office."
"Of course, I would be happy to accompany you and find these things your mother mentions." His eyes fell on the other package she had received. "What is in the other package?"
"Oh just some papers from my mother that I need to look over. I do first want to have what ever it is that I was to have on my birthday."
Jareth nodded.
"If you have time we could do this right now."
Sarah looked at the time.
"That would be perfect. Then I can see Toby off to bed too."
"Then let's go."
With that he wrapped an arm around her waist and they were gone, leaving only a small trace of glitter.