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Authors note: Lovely reviews! Thank you! ^_^ Your kind words inspired me to write this chapter!!! ^_^ I'll answer a few questuins in this chapter. I've also had some people email me and ask me how to pronounce Zelena. Well theres two ways, (zel-N-AH) or (zel-EE-Nah) I prefer zel-EE-nah, but your the reader, you decide! Enough chatter, on with the story!!!
"What do you mean he saved me from myself?" Sarah snapped.
"No need to get jumpy. All I meant was he brought you here, partly to teach you a lesson. You were destroying yourself by living in the mortal world. You belong here Sarah. More than any of us. Though you may not feel it, you do. Your imagination can be free here. The mortal realm was just crippling it,"Zelena paused,"Also you were a whiney brat!"
Sarah laughed "I guess I was, but I still don't understand you Zelena."
Zelena chuckled silently,"You probably never will."
"What was that?" Sarah asked.
"Nothing..."
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Jareth watched the two women through one of his many crystals. He was highly amused that they were actually getting along. He thought they'd argue until dooms day. What really struck him was how fondly Zelena thought of him. She defended him at ever chance! "Maybe it was a good thing putting those two together," Jareth thought,"Zelena's explaining everything to Sarah. Maybe now she will understand." Finally bored of listening to them, he threw the crystal high into the air and watched as it fell to the ground and popped.
He arose from his armchair and gazed out the window. He had seen Sarah stare out her window for hours, and he always wondered what she found so amusing. There was nothing she hadn't seen before, trees, the sky, the clouds, the occasional bird, he just didn't understand. He felt a cool breeze blow from the west. The sensation played on his mind. It reminded him of flying. He used to fly often. Now it seemed he rarely ever left the castle, let alone fly. He closed his eyes, and spread his arms as far as they could go to resemble wings. Suddenly his arms started sprouting pure white feathers, and his nose grew crooked and pointy. His senses heightened, and his eyes took on a glassy look. He stood up on the windowsill, and let out a loud scream, as his body fell, hurdling faster and faster towards the ground. Just mere inches away from hitting the solid earth, his transformation was complete, and he swooped his arms high, and skimmed the ground, coming up to the sky.
The air was always fresher up in the clouds. He flew threw patches of clouds, higher and higher, until the oxygen became to thin, and he had to drop elevation a bit. The wind rushed swiftly across his face. He could feel the air pushing him up from under his wings, but also the gravity, beckoning to him, to come down. He screeched loudly, and flew straight into a forest. He scanned the area for what he was looking for. He cried out in rapture as he saw a tiny mouse scuttle under a broken log. He waited, circle lower and lower, for the creature to appear. Finally, thinking it safe, the mouse scurried out. Jareth took the chance and dive-bombed the mouse. He grabbed it with his talons, and brought it high up into a tree with him. He ate it hungrily, and decided it was high time he was back to the castle. He spread out his wings, and glided into the air. He rose to a steady height, and started out home. Then out of nowhere came a piercing cry. He turned abruptly to face the sound. There, coming straight for him, was an arrow! Hew ducked quickly to the side, and watched as the arrow whizzed by him. "Close one he thought." He sped up and hurried along. But again he heard the piercing whistle of a bow, and again the arrow came towards him. This time, tired from flying,and his reflexes slowed, the arrow hit him, and went straight through his wing. A cry of pain escaped his beak, as he tumbled down to the unforgiving earth.
"HIT!" A man cried as he ran forward to catch it.
He missed badly, and Jareth hit the stone earth with a loud thump, and then all was dark.
Authors note: Yeah, yeah,yeah I KNOW! It was a short chapter. But hey, I wanted to leave a cliffhanger, and boy did I ever!! HAHA!
Authors note: Lovely reviews! Thank you! ^_^ Your kind words inspired me to write this chapter!!! ^_^ I'll answer a few questuins in this chapter. I've also had some people email me and ask me how to pronounce Zelena. Well theres two ways, (zel-N-AH) or (zel-EE-Nah) I prefer zel-EE-nah, but your the reader, you decide! Enough chatter, on with the story!!!
"What do you mean he saved me from myself?" Sarah snapped.
"No need to get jumpy. All I meant was he brought you here, partly to teach you a lesson. You were destroying yourself by living in the mortal world. You belong here Sarah. More than any of us. Though you may not feel it, you do. Your imagination can be free here. The mortal realm was just crippling it,"Zelena paused,"Also you were a whiney brat!"
Sarah laughed "I guess I was, but I still don't understand you Zelena."
Zelena chuckled silently,"You probably never will."
"What was that?" Sarah asked.
"Nothing..."
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Jareth watched the two women through one of his many crystals. He was highly amused that they were actually getting along. He thought they'd argue until dooms day. What really struck him was how fondly Zelena thought of him. She defended him at ever chance! "Maybe it was a good thing putting those two together," Jareth thought,"Zelena's explaining everything to Sarah. Maybe now she will understand." Finally bored of listening to them, he threw the crystal high into the air and watched as it fell to the ground and popped.
He arose from his armchair and gazed out the window. He had seen Sarah stare out her window for hours, and he always wondered what she found so amusing. There was nothing she hadn't seen before, trees, the sky, the clouds, the occasional bird, he just didn't understand. He felt a cool breeze blow from the west. The sensation played on his mind. It reminded him of flying. He used to fly often. Now it seemed he rarely ever left the castle, let alone fly. He closed his eyes, and spread his arms as far as they could go to resemble wings. Suddenly his arms started sprouting pure white feathers, and his nose grew crooked and pointy. His senses heightened, and his eyes took on a glassy look. He stood up on the windowsill, and let out a loud scream, as his body fell, hurdling faster and faster towards the ground. Just mere inches away from hitting the solid earth, his transformation was complete, and he swooped his arms high, and skimmed the ground, coming up to the sky.
The air was always fresher up in the clouds. He flew threw patches of clouds, higher and higher, until the oxygen became to thin, and he had to drop elevation a bit. The wind rushed swiftly across his face. He could feel the air pushing him up from under his wings, but also the gravity, beckoning to him, to come down. He screeched loudly, and flew straight into a forest. He scanned the area for what he was looking for. He cried out in rapture as he saw a tiny mouse scuttle under a broken log. He waited, circle lower and lower, for the creature to appear. Finally, thinking it safe, the mouse scurried out. Jareth took the chance and dive-bombed the mouse. He grabbed it with his talons, and brought it high up into a tree with him. He ate it hungrily, and decided it was high time he was back to the castle. He spread out his wings, and glided into the air. He rose to a steady height, and started out home. Then out of nowhere came a piercing cry. He turned abruptly to face the sound. There, coming straight for him, was an arrow! Hew ducked quickly to the side, and watched as the arrow whizzed by him. "Close one he thought." He sped up and hurried along. But again he heard the piercing whistle of a bow, and again the arrow came towards him. This time, tired from flying,and his reflexes slowed, the arrow hit him, and went straight through his wing. A cry of pain escaped his beak, as he tumbled down to the unforgiving earth.
"HIT!" A man cried as he ran forward to catch it.
He missed badly, and Jareth hit the stone earth with a loud thump, and then all was dark.
Authors note: Yeah, yeah,yeah I KNOW! It was a short chapter. But hey, I wanted to leave a cliffhanger, and boy did I ever!! HAHA!