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Chapter 10
Kiss the Tears Away
As the Festival ran down Sarah's sore feet walked back to the cottage driven by the thoughts of that bed and its yellow cream quilt with matching plush pillows. She could never remember a time when she had both danced and laughed so much. Barely able to drag her feet another step Sarah approached her current home away from home with a thankful sigh.
Once with in its warm inviting walls she collapsed upon the bed still in the red bodice and skirt. Off in the depths of rare and precious sleep Sarah slipped away.
It couldn't' have been more than a few hours till her mind drifted back to flames and screams. It was that one cry in particular again. That painful excruciating plea for help that had filled her mind every second of everyday. Sarah imagined her loved Toby being burnt alive as he cried out for her to take him away from the pain over and over again as though it was all a broken recorded. Tossing and turning she felt that helplessness consume her as it had that night.
Waking sweaty and crying she climbed out the bed gasping for not so much air but life. Reaching franticly for a water pitcher she splashed the coolness upon her tear-stained cheeks, finally beginning to calm herself. Sarah's heart slowed from frantic ripping out of her chest speeds to normalcy as she approached the mirror. Removing the skirt and bodice she was left in front of a reflection of a hollow shell of herself in a mere chemise draped all the way to the floor. Her hands pulled the garment lose so it fell half way off shoulders. Her alabaster skin was absolutely beautiful until she removed her hand to reveal scars of carnage and pain.
They said, when she woke up in the hospital the next day that she had gone into to a state of shock running into the flames in reply to "cries" nobody else could hear. By the time they could actually get a strong enough grip on her she was left with severe burns. All that remained on the surface from her pain were the scars. Her hands delicately began to trace them as tears rolled down her emotionless face.
Looking up at her scars in the mirror her newly vivid green eyes were shocked to see two reflections in the mirror. He approached her, starring as he came out of the shadows. With her eyes locked on his she was startled and saddened as a tear of blood rolled down his pale skin. In compassion Sarah immediately wiped it away to only find the smear to drop from her fingers as a withered Rose pedal. Saying nothing he moved closer to Sarah, kissing her scarred skin. Her eyes closed at his intimate touch. Sarah opened the green jewels to find her scars to be gone in the reflection but yet upon glancing down the rough texture they still remained.
As she turned questioningly to Jareth her voice came out as more of a sob then an actual question, "I don't understand." His mismatched eyes glowed warmly at her and for the first time ever they actually looked understandingly at her.
As though he could see right into her very mind he went on to say, "It won't stop haunting you until you allow it to be forgotten Sarah."
Falling into his strong arms she mumbled out between her sobs, "I miss him so much though, Jareth."
With a mere whisper of his breath the candles were smothered and Jareth cradled her through a restful nights sleep in his arms.
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