Sara was sound asleep and dreaming when Jareth checked on her just before retiring to his own chambers for the night.
"Sleep well, my love," he whispered as he kissed her forehead. He pulled the covers up over her a little more and left the room.
Her dreams were soothing that night.
"Sara, my beautiful granddaughter." Sara opened her eyes to look at the woman in front of her. "You look just like your mother. She was also very beautiful. It's a shame she's not here to see how beautiful you have become."
"Jareth thinks she is more beautiful than I could have been." A second woman had joined the first. It was Lindarel, Sara's mother. "I have to agree. Especially when I saw her in the royal blue gown she wore at Court."
"Sara, do you love the Goblin King?" The first woman had to have been her grandmother, Lillian.
"More than life itself, Grandmother. More than anything Underground or Above."
"Don't let him forget that. There will be trials to come. Fae will try to take him from you and you from him. You have to be strong together. You have to marry as soon as possible. They won't even stop then. They will have a harder time separating you then."
"And don't forget you can call on us anytime, dear. Just call us. We will come to you. Nothing can stop us from helping you when we can."
"We have to go now. We will talk to you more later. We promise." With that, they were gone.
Sara bolted awake from her dream. She slipped her robe over her shoulders and stepped to her window. She allowed the transformation to come over her and flew off to think about what her mother and grandmother had said.
Jareth walked into Sara's room to see that she was now gone. There was a single eagle feather sitting on the window ledge. He knew then that she had gone flying again. Like him, she went flying when she needed to think about something.
He left her room holding the feather, knowing that she would be back.
When Sara returned to the castle, she lit on the ledge of Jareth's window and turned back. She was enjoying watching him sleep for a few minutes before crossing the room and getting under the covers with him. She curled up close to him and wrapped her arms around him. In his sleep, he grasped her hands with one of his and held them as they slept together.
Jareth was awakened to a great pounding at his chamber door the next morning. He reluctantly pulled himself out of Sara's embrace and put his robe on before stumbling to the door.
"What is it?" he growled at the goblin standing there.
"The Lady Sara is gone, Majesty! She's not in her room and we've searched the whole castle except here!" The rotund goblin in the hallway was obviously not happy with being the one chosen to deliver such bad news to the king, being as he was trembling and expecting to be dropped into the Bog at any moment.
That's why the poor creature was amazed when Jareth started laughing. "You fool!" Jareth chuckled. "The Lady Sara is not missing. She's here with me." He pushed the door shut in the creature's face and turned around, laughing to see Sara sitting up in his bed. The sleepy look in her eyes drew him closer. "Good morning, my beautiful love." He bent his head and brought his lips to hers in the first real kiss they had ever shared.
When her lips parted beneath his, he slipped his tongue between them to gently stroke the inside of her mouth. She tasted so sweet. He felt her practically collapse beneath him and followed her to the bed where he wrapped his arms around her.
"I can't believe how wonderful that was!" Sara whispered later as they lay on the bed in each other's arms.
"I can. I always pictured it to be that way between us. I love you, Sara. More than life itself."
"I feel the same. I can't explain it. You are the only one I've ever wanted. Ever needed." She took a deep breath. "No other guy even looked at me after that night. None of them wanted anything to do with me. Of course, I had never been popular. But that night changed me. Made me want to stay isolated within my own little world. I didn't want any friends. Much less boyfriends."
"I didn't want to live after you left. I only wanted you to come back. Part of me wanted to track you down and drag you back here to stay with me. I knew I couldn't though. I knew the rules of going Above. I could only go when called for. Seelie Court would have dismissed it if I had broken the rules to bring you back. They thought it would bring back the Goblin King that I used to be. That Fae doesn't exsist anymore. He died the night you defeated the Labyrinth."
"We were meant to be together. Mother said that one day I would find the man who was destined to be mine. She told me that when I was just seven years old. She had called me from Los Angeles." Sara's eyes misted over. "I understand now why she left us but that was the last time I was able to talk to her while she was alive."
"My love, she watches over you even now." Jareth held her a little tighter and she was more than grateful for the strength he gave her.
"When should we marry, Jareth? It should be soon. I don't want to wait too long."
"How about two months from now?" He paused. "We should invite Karen and Toby to the wedding."
"Karen hates me."
"Not after our little talk. I told her about what was going on. She now realizes that everything that's happened has been for the good. She realizes that she was wrong to treat you that way. We came to a bit of an understanding. I told her that she would not be excluded from the wedding. I want her to see the beauty of the Underground and the place where you will be living until time deserts us." He kissed the top of Sara's head. "But now we need to go administer our kingdoms."
"Thankfully, soon they'll be one kingdom and we can take care of them both from here. I hate leaving your arms in the morning."
"I just want you to always remember that I love you and no one will ever be able to drive us apart."
Sara though about what her grandmother had said. "I hope you're right about that."
"Sleep well, my love," he whispered as he kissed her forehead. He pulled the covers up over her a little more and left the room.
Her dreams were soothing that night.
"Sara, my beautiful granddaughter." Sara opened her eyes to look at the woman in front of her. "You look just like your mother. She was also very beautiful. It's a shame she's not here to see how beautiful you have become."
"Jareth thinks she is more beautiful than I could have been." A second woman had joined the first. It was Lindarel, Sara's mother. "I have to agree. Especially when I saw her in the royal blue gown she wore at Court."
"Sara, do you love the Goblin King?" The first woman had to have been her grandmother, Lillian.
"More than life itself, Grandmother. More than anything Underground or Above."
"Don't let him forget that. There will be trials to come. Fae will try to take him from you and you from him. You have to be strong together. You have to marry as soon as possible. They won't even stop then. They will have a harder time separating you then."
"And don't forget you can call on us anytime, dear. Just call us. We will come to you. Nothing can stop us from helping you when we can."
"We have to go now. We will talk to you more later. We promise." With that, they were gone.
Sara bolted awake from her dream. She slipped her robe over her shoulders and stepped to her window. She allowed the transformation to come over her and flew off to think about what her mother and grandmother had said.
Jareth walked into Sara's room to see that she was now gone. There was a single eagle feather sitting on the window ledge. He knew then that she had gone flying again. Like him, she went flying when she needed to think about something.
He left her room holding the feather, knowing that she would be back.
When Sara returned to the castle, she lit on the ledge of Jareth's window and turned back. She was enjoying watching him sleep for a few minutes before crossing the room and getting under the covers with him. She curled up close to him and wrapped her arms around him. In his sleep, he grasped her hands with one of his and held them as they slept together.
Jareth was awakened to a great pounding at his chamber door the next morning. He reluctantly pulled himself out of Sara's embrace and put his robe on before stumbling to the door.
"What is it?" he growled at the goblin standing there.
"The Lady Sara is gone, Majesty! She's not in her room and we've searched the whole castle except here!" The rotund goblin in the hallway was obviously not happy with being the one chosen to deliver such bad news to the king, being as he was trembling and expecting to be dropped into the Bog at any moment.
That's why the poor creature was amazed when Jareth started laughing. "You fool!" Jareth chuckled. "The Lady Sara is not missing. She's here with me." He pushed the door shut in the creature's face and turned around, laughing to see Sara sitting up in his bed. The sleepy look in her eyes drew him closer. "Good morning, my beautiful love." He bent his head and brought his lips to hers in the first real kiss they had ever shared.
When her lips parted beneath his, he slipped his tongue between them to gently stroke the inside of her mouth. She tasted so sweet. He felt her practically collapse beneath him and followed her to the bed where he wrapped his arms around her.
"I can't believe how wonderful that was!" Sara whispered later as they lay on the bed in each other's arms.
"I can. I always pictured it to be that way between us. I love you, Sara. More than life itself."
"I feel the same. I can't explain it. You are the only one I've ever wanted. Ever needed." She took a deep breath. "No other guy even looked at me after that night. None of them wanted anything to do with me. Of course, I had never been popular. But that night changed me. Made me want to stay isolated within my own little world. I didn't want any friends. Much less boyfriends."
"I didn't want to live after you left. I only wanted you to come back. Part of me wanted to track you down and drag you back here to stay with me. I knew I couldn't though. I knew the rules of going Above. I could only go when called for. Seelie Court would have dismissed it if I had broken the rules to bring you back. They thought it would bring back the Goblin King that I used to be. That Fae doesn't exsist anymore. He died the night you defeated the Labyrinth."
"We were meant to be together. Mother said that one day I would find the man who was destined to be mine. She told me that when I was just seven years old. She had called me from Los Angeles." Sara's eyes misted over. "I understand now why she left us but that was the last time I was able to talk to her while she was alive."
"My love, she watches over you even now." Jareth held her a little tighter and she was more than grateful for the strength he gave her.
"When should we marry, Jareth? It should be soon. I don't want to wait too long."
"How about two months from now?" He paused. "We should invite Karen and Toby to the wedding."
"Karen hates me."
"Not after our little talk. I told her about what was going on. She now realizes that everything that's happened has been for the good. She realizes that she was wrong to treat you that way. We came to a bit of an understanding. I told her that she would not be excluded from the wedding. I want her to see the beauty of the Underground and the place where you will be living until time deserts us." He kissed the top of Sara's head. "But now we need to go administer our kingdoms."
"Thankfully, soon they'll be one kingdom and we can take care of them both from here. I hate leaving your arms in the morning."
"I just want you to always remember that I love you and no one will ever be able to drive us apart."
Sara though about what her grandmother had said. "I hope you're right about that."