The Meeting
Disclaimer: The characters aren't mine, (Sadly) and the only reason that I am using them is so that I can continue after the movie. Please don't sue me.
Summary: Josephus finally finds Sarah and brings her back to Jareth's castle to be at his side.
Hey all. Sorry that I got this chapter out really late, but I got caught up with the Holidays and got backtracked. I return with many ideas for future chapters, but it's nice to hear from you also. If you have any ideas, and I decide to use them in the future, I will give you full credit, and you can reap the benefits. :)
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Sarah fell asleep still waiting for Jareth, wondering why he wasn't responding. She had sat up for most of the night, calling out his name every once in a while, waiting for any sign that he had heard her, but none came.
She kept her eyes closed and put her hands up to her forehead. She groaned as she began to rub her temples, to ease the pounding headache that she had. She rolled over to look at what time it was and groaned again when she saw that it was only about 8:45.
She rolled back the other way to find a man sitting in her desk chair, fast asleep. She screamed at the stranger. He woke with a start and jumped out of the chair, knocking it over onto the ground.
"Who are you?" she screamed as she pulled her bed sheets closer to her. "What are you doing in my bedroom?"
"Are you the lady Sarah?" he asked her, hoping that her answer would be yes. Sarah ignored his question and repeated both of hers. "Who are you and what are you doing in my room?"
"You must be her. Jareth said that you were a very stubborn girl. If you'll forgive me, my name is Josephus and I am Jareth's father. I am here because..."
Sarah cut him off by saying, "His father. You don't look anything like him. How can I be sure that you are who you say you are?"
Josephus paused. He didn't think that she would ask him a question like that, so he didn't have an answer ready.
"We don't have time to ask silly questions. I need you to come with me now." he said as he grabbed her hand and dragged her out of her bed.
"Well it's obvious that you are his father, you also have the same stubbornness that he has. Where are you taking me?" she asked, trying to release her arm from his grip.
"I need you to come with me right now. Jareth is in trouble and he needs you." he said.
"Wait," Sarah said, yanking her arm from his grip. "What kind of trouble? What is wrong with him?"
Josephus again grabbed her arm and said, "There is no time to explain, but I need for you to come with me to his side and be there with him."
Sarah had a hard time letting all of this sink in. "He's in trouble. He's in trouble." The words kept repeating in her mind. "Allright." She said. "Take me to see him."
Josephus nodded, Then said, "You might want to close your eyes. The journey usually makes people dizzy or sick to their stomachs."
Sarah closed her eyes and wrapped bother her arms around one of Josephus's arms. Even with her eyes shut, she could feel the movement and she still got a little nauseous. Finally, she felt her feet hit the ground. She opened her eyes and immediately wished that she hadn't.
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Jareth was lying in the bed, drenched with sweat. His eyes were closed and his breathing was shallow and raspy.
Hoggle, who had been at the bedside the entire time, looked up to see Josephus with Sarah at his side. He stood up and said, "Your Majesty. I'm glad to see that you found her."
He then moved over to Sarah, who had not taken his eyes off Jareth's body, and took her hand in his and said, " It's good to see you again, Sarah, even though I wish the circumstances were better."
Sarah finally took her eyes off Jareth and stooped down to give Hoggle a hug. "Yes, Hoggle. It's good to see you, too." She looked at Jareth's still form again and said, "What happened to him?"
Hoggle looked at Josephus and said, "You didn't tell her, Majesty?" Josephus only looked at Sarah, then at the ground.
Hoggle looked at both of them and said, "Well then, I will give you some privacy so that you can talk." And with that, he turned and walked out of the room.
Sarah finally said, "Can you please tell me what is going on now?" Josephus nodded and led her towards a chair.
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"Jareth and I have been talking about how he should have an heir to his throne soon, and I assumed that he would've wanted to take one of the princesses from another Kingdom in the Underground as his bride, but his heart belonged to you." Josephus said.
"Not long after he visited you, a War broke out between my Kingdom and the Warlock Kingdom. There had been tension for a long time, and it finally escalated to battle. It was on the field that he told me that he had gone to visit you and asked you to help him by producing an heir. The fool has never been good at asking for favors, and tends to blurt things out. He told me that you didn't take it very well at first, then you said that you were unsure and gave you some time to think about it.
He paused, then said, " We would've carried on our conversation further, but we were attacked and had to put the conversation aside and fight. Jareth said that he heard your calls and was torn between leaving to go be with you, or staying and fighting with me. While he was thinking, he was stabbed twice."
Sarah gasped at this, then said, "But he'll be allright, won't he? I mean, he is immortal, right?"
Jareth swallowed, then said, "Yes, my dear, he is immortal. But let me continue the story." Sarah was silent, and Josephus continued.
"I was fighting when all of a sudden, I noticed that Jareth wasn't around. I was wondering where he could've been when I heard him call me mentally. I rushed to his side and saw that he was injured. He told me that you had been calling him, and that he was going to rush to your side, when he began to feel dizzy. I asked him what had happened, and he told me about how he had been stabbed."
"I knew that something was wrong and had to get him back here immediately, for the daggers that the warlock soldiers were using had been coated with a powerful potion that could kill even the most immortal being. No one knows how the spell from the potion can be broken."
Josephus looked down at his hands as he said, "I brought him back here as fast as I could, and as we kept moving, he got weaker and weaker. He kept mumbling your name, saying that he had to go and see you, but he was pretty out of it. I took it upon myself to bring you to him when he said that he loved you. And that's why your here." He finished, looking up to see tears streaming down her cheeks.
"How....How long does he have?" Sarah asked him. Josephus took her hands in his and said, "I wish I could tell you, my dear, but it's different for everyone. He could go at any time."
The two of them sat like that for the longest time in silence, Josephus looking at Sarah, and Sarah looking down as the tears streamed down her cheeks. Finally, Josephus called for Hoggle to enter the room and asked him, "Has anything happened in the time that I was gone?"
Hoggle hesitated, then said, "Maybe I could talk to you in private about that, Your Majesty..."
"NO!" Sarah said. "No!! No more secrets. Don't talk around me. I want to know, also. Please tell us."
Hoggle cleared his throat, then said, "I thought you would've checked on him by now. He has gone into a state of unconsciousness. He stopped mumbling things not long after you left, then blacked out. I am very sorry."
He looked at both of the and said, "Is that all?" Josephus nodded, and said, "Yes, Hoggle. You can go know." And with that, Hoggle walked out of the room.
Josephus looked at Sarah once again and said, "I am very sorry, Sarah, but I am afraid that I will have to leave, as well. I have been gone for a long time, and I don't know how my troops are doing. I will return as soon as possible to see both of you."
Sarah moved over to him and wrapped her arms around him, saying, "Yes. Please hurry. And thank you for bringing me here. You don't know how much I appreciate it." Josephus smiled to himself and said, "I can see that you two were meant for each other."
The two of them separated, and Josephus moved to Jareth's bedside while Sarah moved to the window and looked out.
Josephus bent down and gave Jareth a kiss on his sweaty forehead, then said, "Please come back to us, Jareth. Sarah is here for you now. I have brought her here for you. But you have to wake up and see her." When Jareth gave no sign of response, Josephus sighed.
"I will be leaving you now, Sarah," he said. "Please take care off my son while I am away." She nodded, still looking out the window, and he vanished into thin air, leaving her alone in the room with Jareth.
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Okay. Let's all get our hankies out, wipe our eyes, and blow our noses. A small tearjerker for you saps out there. I felt that the story needed to use the people that weren't main characters. I was also thinking of introducing a new character next chapter, maybe someone along the lines of Jareth's mother? :)
Tune in for the next installment. (I promise I will write it and post it faster.) But if you could be so kind as to leave a little contribution in the review box, that would be great.