A Princess and a King





Disclaimer:everyones mine except Jareth*snaps fingers* but I would love to have him.





The young vision of beauty passed through the dark forest unafraid and calm. Her locks of silver, which cascaded down to her lower back, shimmered when she moved. Her eyes were bright and alert, clever cunning and intelligence hid behind those crimson eyes. She wandered through the forest passing trees and bushes, the stray branches seemed to bend away as though trying not to scratch her. She walked for a while before a white owl suddenly swooped through the trees and landed on a branch near her.

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Her eyes quickly fell upon the bird as though startled to see it so close but then the girl smiled, a clever and somewhat mischievous smile, and walked toward it. The animal did not fly away nor did it seem alarmed at her presence but looked at her with its large eyes as though watching her every movement. As she strode towards it her lips parted and she spoke to it, "Jareth, look at you, reduced to an owl all because of a young girl.and a baby. It's quite pathetic really." She crossed to the other side of the owl and it turned it head to watch her. "Now what if a hunter were to enter this wood and shoot you down-" but she was interrupted by a confident, royal voice inside her head. "What of it? I cannot die! I am Jareth, Goblin King-". This time the girl interrupted him; "You are a snowy owl.nothing more, nothing less" The owl remained silently watching her. She looked at the creature focusing her intense crimson hued eyes upon it while saying, "Goblins are running amok in our world, they are beginning to realize they have no lord." "But they do," the voice replied in a rather insolent tone, "I am still their lord!" she looked at the owl somewhat sarcastically "they do not believe you are at full strength, which you are not, some even think you are dead." The voice simply laughed "Ha! I cannot be defeated, not by a young, niave teenager anyway!" The girl looked at him, "but you were defeated, just not killed. You were allowed to continue living, if you call THIS living!" "That is quite enough disrespect-" She cut him off again, "Disrespect?" she laughed, a light hearted laugh that would be enough to melt any mans heart, but she knew this was not any man, "Disrespect you say? Ha! Do you know to whom you speak Jareth? And do you know what she went through to get here? Of course you don't, and if you don't start being a bit more civil towards her, she will leave you in the state you are in now!" She glared at the feathered animal, her crimson eyes burning into him. _______

And a short pause a soft sigh echoed through her head, " My apologies m'lady, I've just been in this form too long, I forget myself." She smiled and spoke in a much softer, kinder tone, " I will not let you forget yourself, I have come to return you to your true form" The owl stiffened slightly, as much as an owl can, and fixed its large eyes on her, more alert and listening then before, "then why haven't you yet?" She sighed "I meant to as soon as I found you, but we started talking, and you started being arrogant as usual " He did not reply to this, he only remained silent for he truly wished to have his real form back and didn't want to argue any more. She was not surprised by his silence, she merely smiled. She passed in front of the owl and when she turned back again a charming, tall, handsome man stood in its place. The man was silent a moment as he looked at his hands, his feet, his body then smiled brightly. He laughed mirthfully which surprised the girl greatly, then he surprised her fully when he rushed towards her and picked her up, spinning around with her raised above his head. She let out a small yell and shouted, "Put me down!" He set her down with surprising gentleness but her face was stern, maybe even angry "What do you think you were doing? Your not even supposed to touch a king's daughter let alone lift her up, even if you are a king!" She began brushing herself off as though he got her dirty. He looked at her still smiling though she was scorning him "I'm just so happy!" He replied. "That's quite funny, you happy." She retorted grumpily.

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"Exactly what is that supposed to mean?" He asked. "It means," She retorted sarcastically "that the animals say that ever since that Sarah ordeal you haven't been happy, they say you love her.is this true Jareth?" He was silent a moment looking at her before regaining his arrogant composer "I? Love a human? The idea itself is ridiculous.of course I do not love her." She looked at him shaking her head "Oh Jareth, it is not only unwise but against our laws to fall in love with humans.especially humans from the Aboveground!" He looked sharply at her "I told you I am not in love with her" she sighed heavily "You cannot fool me Jareth. He seemed to growl slightly "If you'll drop the subject I will give you this." He made a clear crystal orb form in his hand and held it up to her. She rolled her eyes a bit "Your kidding right? You cannot tempt me with those, if not for me you would not have that ability. I am the true generator of the crystals, I gave you the power as a gift have you forgotten?" A clear crystal appears in her hand as well balanced on her finger-tips. "I have not forgotten" He replied with a slight groan.

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Big Kiss and huggles to Addie aka Jareth_Goblin_King who unknowingly helped me with ideas for this fic.