Marcus
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Summary: As Jareth recovers, Sarah arrives at the Warlock Kingdom, where she meets Marcus, and learns some new things about Jareth that she didn't know before.
Hi all! I was finally able to write another chapter now that school is done for the year. I had a hard time deciding how I was going to continue after the last chapter, but I had this idea and sat down to write. I ended up sitting for four hours in front of my computer, putting the finishing touches on it. Feel free to leave feedback on the way out. It will be greatly appreciated!!
Enjoy!!
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Hoggle opened his eyes to see that he was lying on the floor. He sat up and was instantly hit with a wave of pain surging through his head. The last thing he remembered was walking into the throne room, sitting in the throne, and thinking about Jareth when he heard a loud noise.
He remembered seeing warlock troops invade the city, and was about to alert the guards, when everything went black.
Hoggle's thoughts went immediately to Sarah and he stood up and began to run to her room, despite the throbbing pain in his head.
He opened the door to see the room was deserted. He saw Jareth's empty bed and thought that they had taken both of them. He was about to turn around and run to the guards when he heard a moan.
Hoggle ran to the side of the bed to see Jareth sprawled on the floor, a large gash on his head with blood trickling down the side of his face.
"Your Majesty," Hoggle said. "You're alive. How did this happen? How do you feel? Where has Sarah Gone?"
"Well, besides my throbbing headache and feeling extremely tired, I feel fine. As for Sarah, she traded her freedom for my life, and now she is being taken to Marcus to be his bride." Jareth said. "And now, I have to go and rescue her."
"But Jareth, your in no shape to go anywhere." Hoggle said, as he helped Jareth to sit up on the bed. "You have been lingering between life and death for days now. You just expect to waltz out of here and over to the Warlock kingdom, burst in, defeat Marcus, and save Sarah?"
"Yes, Hoggle," Jareth said. "I have to. She told me that she loves me. Those words will give me the strength to make it through."
"At least take me and some troops with you." Hoggle said. "With them behind you, it will be easier to defeat them.
"Yes." Jareth said. "I will take you and some troops with me. You go and prepare the guards, and I will call my father and let him know what is happening."
"Yes, Jareth." Hoggle said, and he rushed out the door to prepare the troops.
Jareth looked around the room. It was messy. There was uneaten food on the table, and clothing draped over the backs of chairs. Jareth walked over and picked up a garment of clothing. He brought it to his nose and inhaled a scent that he could only describe as Sarah. He closed his eyes and pictured her beautiful face. The thought of anything happening her nearly brought tears to his eyes.
Jareth put the garment down and closed his eyes and proceeded to try and communicate with his father.
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Sarah felt a wave of pain surge through her arm as she was thrown into the cell. The door slammed shut behind her, leaving her alone. She stood up, rubbed her shoulder, and looked around the cell, but there was not much to see.
It was a dark and musky cell that had one window which provided the only light. Sarah moved over to the light and looked out.
She saw what she assumed to be the Warlock City. It was a dark, disgusting place. It looked like there was no life at all.
Sarah turned and sat down on the floor, still rubbing her upper arm. She was almost positive that her shoulder was sprained, and she cursed when she felt the shock wave of pain hit her. She laid down on her good arm, curled into a ball, and cried until she fell asleep.
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Josephus looked around at the battlefield. The fighting had been over for a few hours, and on the field lay many bodies of both goblins and warlocks who had been slain.
It had been a long battle. For a while, it was hard to determine who was going to defeat the enemy. But, for some strange reason, the warlock troops retreated, leaving the goblins alone on the field.
Now, Josephus and many goblins began to tend to the wounded. Josephus was using his powers to heal one of the soldiers when he heard Jareth's voice.
"Father, can you hear me?"
Josephus answered his son, "Jareth, your alive. How are you feeling?"
He heard Jareth say, "I am feeling fine. A little tired, but okay. Father I need you to help me. Sarah has been kidnapped by Marcus, and I need your help in rescuing her."
"Sarah kidnapped?" Josephus asked. "How did that happen?"
"She traded her freedom for my life, and is now in the warlock kingdom." Jareth said to him.
"What am I supposed to do, Jareth?"
"Gather as many soldiers as you can, and meet me at the gates of the Goblin City."
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Sarah awoke to her cell door opening and a bright light filling the room. Sarah sat up and covered her face with her good hand, since she couldn't raise her bad one.
She saw a figure standing in the doorway of her cell and tried to get a glimpse of his face, but the light was to bright.
"Who are you," she called out to the figure. He moved forward into the cell and the door slammed shut behind him. Sarah moved her hand and tried to look at the figures face, but the light from the one window wasn't enough.
"Who are you," she repeated to the figure.
"You shouldn't address your future husband with such hostility, my dear." the figure said. As if on cue, torches that had been long burnt out began to glow as the flames rose. Sarah now was able to see the figures face.
Marcus was a tall man, taller than Jareth. He had long, jet black hair which he had tied up in a ponytail. Sarah looked at his face and saw that he had piercing green eyes, a slim nose, and defined cheekbones.
"My lady Sarah," he began, "I hope that you understand why I have placed you in these accommodations for now, and I hope that you will be able to forgive me."
"No, I don't understand. And now I think that my shoulders is sprained because of it." She stood, holding her bad arm in her good one. "Why am I down here?"
"It's purely for your safety, my dear." Marcus replied. "I am sure that Josephus and a few of his soldiers will come here and try to free you while at the same time, defeating me. So, I have placed you in this cell so that they won't find you very easily."
Marcus moved towards Sarah and said, "It's a terrible tragedy about Jareth though. I heard that he was hanging on by a thread, so I sent Darren to finish what one of my soldiers had started. He told me that Jareth is now lying dead in his bed, while you have made a very foolish agreement to trade your freedom for his life. Darren still would've killed him if you hadn't agreed."
He began to move towards her in the cell as he said, "I apologize that you had to see him die, my dear. I'm sure that we can figure out a way for you to forget about it and him in time."
Sarah froze. Darren hadn't killed Jareth at all. Jareth had just regained consciousness as Sarah was taken from him. Marcus obviously didn't know that and Darren had lied to him. Sarah thought that she might as well play the part of a grieving woman and used her acting skills to bring about some tears.
"Why did you have to kill him?" she asked Marcus, sobbing. "Why couldn't you have just let him die peacefully?"
Marcus said, "The goblins and the warlocks have been on bad terms for a long time now, and it all started with Jareth." He paused and closed his eyes, as if reminiscing.
Sarah waited for him to continue. When he didn't, she asked, "Please tell me. I'm not following."
"Jareth and I grew up together when our fathers ruled the kingdoms. We had been best friends for years. As we became adults, we began to notice the opposite sex more, and we both ended up falling for a fairy princess. Her name was Diana."
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Jareth waited at the gates with a bunch of guards who were ready to attack when Josephus and his troops arrived. Josephus dismounted his horse and ran over to give Jareth a big hug. He had never been so happy to see his son alive, after the last time that he had seen him.
"Jareth, how are you feeling, my son?" Josephus asked him while examining the large gash on his head that had begunto heal itself through Jareth's magic. Jareth smiled and said, "Not quite healed, but I am getting there. I am missing my bride though. We have to get her back, father. I don't know what he will do to her."
"I agree with you 100 percent," Josephus said. "Let's go now. You can finish healing on the trip."
And with that, they headed off towards the Warlock Kingdom.
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"Diana knew that we were both madly in love with her, and she led both of us on for a long time. Although neither of us knew it. After a few years, my father wanted to retire as king and it was my time to take over his position as king of the Warlocks, and he suggested that I find a bride to rule as my queen. I told him that I wanted Diana to be my bride, and he gave his blessing."
"That night, I went to see Diana to ask her if she would marry me. When I arrived, I saw that Jareth was already there with her, surprisingly for the same reason. It was his time to find a bride also, and he was there to ask her. She confessed that she had been cheating on both of us with the other one for a while. But under these circumstances, she realized that the time had come for her to make a decision."
"She went and chose Jareth over me. I will never forget it. I was so full of rage that I demanded that we fight for her. Jareth said that it was a stupid idea, and that he had won, fair and square, but I could see that he didn't love her the way that I did. He just wanted to make me mad. I swore to him that we were enemies from that point on, and that I would see to it that I would be responsible for his death."
Sarah was stunned. Jareth was already married? She couldn't believe what her ears were hearing. She wanted Marcus to continue and said, "What happened after that?"
Marcus moved over to the window of the cell and looked out. "They were married, of course. Jareth inherited his kingdom. I didn't want to inherit mine until I was happily married, but my father died not long after this incident, and I was forced into it. I have been unhappy ever since, and planned for complete destruction of Jareth, Josephus, and the entire Goblin Kingdom for the past few hundred years."
"Marcus," Sarah said. "What happened to Diana?"
Marcus sighed. "She died not long after they were married. I don't know what the cause was, but I'm sure Jareth grew tired of her and disposed of her or something like that."
"He stole my one true love away from me. He killed me that night, so many years ago. I vowed that I would do the same to him if he ever found another true love."
He turned away from the window and faced Sarah. "Which is why you are here now, my dear. I heard one of my soldiers say that Josephus said that you were watching over Jareth as he was lingering between life and death. I took that as my opportunity and sent Darren to finish the job and bring you back here."
Sarah didn't know what to say. She was shocked beyond belief. She felt incredibly sorry for this man, but she didn't want to marry him when she knew that Jareth was still alive.
Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a loud blast come from outside the window. She and Marcus both peered out of the tiny window to see that the city was being attacked by Goblins. Marcus laughed.
"What did I tell you? I knew that Josephus and his troops would be here to rescue you."
He turned and headed for the door. Sarah began to follow him. He opened the door, turned around again and said, "You will stay here."
"No, I want to go with you." She said, as she tried to push him out of the door. She knew that Jareth was with the troops, and she had to see him.
"I am sorry, my dear, it isn't safe for you to go. You have to stay here and wait until I return. After that, we will be married. By the end of the day, you will be my wife."
"No!! I will not marry you!! Please let me out of here!!" Sarah screamed at him. Marcus gabbed both her arms and Sarah screamed at the forgotten pain in her shoulder as he flung her to the other side of the cell. Sarah hit the wall and crumpled to the floor in a ball. She grabbed her injured arm and held it to her.
"Bastard!!" she screamed at him, "I will never marry you!! I would rather die!!"
Marcus thought about what she had just said to him and got an evil idea. "Very well, that can be arranged. In fact, we'll have a ceremony for it. And the guest of honor will be Josephus. After he sees you die, he will follow in the same manner."
With that, he turned and walked out of the cell, slamming the door behind him. Sarah just stared at the door, clutching her injured arm, and let the tears fall from her face.
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Well, I finished another chapter. I might have the next chapter be the last one, but I am still debating. In the meantime, any feedback that you have is appreciated and accepted with loving arms.