WOoOops

By Anne Parkington

So . . . where did we leave off? Oh yes!! Jareth, Baz and Hoggle are all 3 sheets to the wind, so Sarah, Ewan and Nicole are going to pass the time by consulting the mysterious Ouija board!! OOOOO!! Lights flicker, every one freaks, but then realizes it's just my muse, Rocky from RHPS messing with the light switch ANYWAY-yeah, so that's what's going to happen, so . . . enjoy!!

-Chapter 9-

Sarah dragged out a card table from the closet and set it up, draping a cloth over it. She dimmed the lights and they all pulled up chairs to gather around their gateway to the mystical world.

"OH! Isn't this EXCITING!?!" Nicole squealed tugging on Ewan's arm.

"Eh, I don't really believe in this kind of stuff . . ." Ewan said, peeling her off him.

"SKEPTIC!" Sarah said accusingly. "If something horrible happens, I'm blaming it all on YOU!"

"What?!" Ewan asked, surprised.

"Like . . .if Nicole was possessed by a spirit . . . "

"WHAT?!" Nicole squeaked.

"Y'anno, like in the Exorcist! I'm blaming it on Ewan, because he made them angry by not believing in them." Sarah declared.

"And who is this 'them' anyway?" Ewan leaned back in his chair and folded his arms.

"The spirits of course."

"Of course, how silly of me." Ewan rolled his eyes.

"Shhhh! You're blocking the freedom!" Sarah snapped, indicating for Nicole to place her fingers on the eye.

"Blocking the freedom." Ewan raised an eyebrow. "You really buy into this stuff don't you?"

"Well, with a friend like Jareth it's hard not to believe in magic and stuff." Sarah shrugged and placed her fingers on the eye.

"First we have to ask if they're there." Sarah said. Nicole nodded.

"Right. Are you there?" Nicole asked.

They watched with breathless anticipation as the eye moved slowly to the YES on the board.

"Ohh! GOODIE!!" Nicole said, clapping her hands. "I want to ask a question!" She said putting her hands on the eye.

"Shoot." Sarah said.

"Who will I, Nicole Kidman, marry?" She nudged Ewan when she said this, who looked at her with a disgusted expression on his face."

The eye began to move.

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"Maybe it's some foreign guy!" Nicole crooned.

"SHH!" Sarah hissed.

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"Not?" Nicole asked. "What the hel-" but it started moving again.

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"HEY!!!" Nicole gasped in horror at the Ouija.

"Ha ha!!" Ewan cried triumphantly. Sarah stifled a giggle.

"This is NOT fair!" Nicole yelled, but then glanced at Ewan and Sarah.

"Yeah, like, who'd want to marry stupid ol-Ewan McGregor anyway?" She said, changing her tone.

//numerous hands from the readers go up.\\

"SHUT UP! Sarah, you ask a question!" Nicole snapped.

"Which one of us will have the messiest divorce?"

"They placed their fingers on the piece and watched as it moved to every letter.

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"Now THAT'S not fair. My marriage won't mend messily."

"Speaking of marriage, aren't you already married to Tom Cruise?*" Sarah asked.

((*A/N: Remember, they got divorced AFTER Moulin Rouge came out, and this is during filming, and See, the Ouija sees all! It predicted Tom and Nicole's divorce!! ALL HAIL!!))

"You ARE?!!" He exclaimed in disbelief.

"Well, yes and no. well yes, mostly yes. . . okay, all the way yes. . . But. . . I . . . it doesn't mean I cant CHEAT on him!"

"Errrr, that's nice Nicole. Why don't you ask another question?" Ewan asked, inching away.

"Uhhh, will Moulin Rouge make Tons of cash?"

Sarah, Nicole and Ewan watched as it traveled daintily to each letter.

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She rolled on the floor, still holding her breath.

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Not if you don't replace the green fairy, you idiot. FINISHED!! Nicole let out her breath and panted heavily.

"We have to replace the green fairy!!" She said franticly.

"We CAN'T replace her, though! We'll just have to get her back to life." Ewan replied.

"How?"

"Ask the Ouija." Ewan suggested.

"I thought you didn't believe in this stuff." Sarah said, grinning.

"Well. . . just ask!" Ewan said.

"Okay. . . " Sarah placed her hands onto the eye and asked:

"How do we bring the green fairy back to life?"

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"OF COURSE!" Sarah shrieked, jumping up, knocking the Ouija board and it's piece across the room and scaring her company to death.

"What!?!" Ewan asked surprised.

"The book of the dead! It's in Egypt, and it will bring her back to death, we just need to find the green fairy's body, do you think it's still there?"

"I bet, but. . . we can't go until Jareth, Baz and Hoggle sober up."

"Right, well, we should get some sleep and go in the morning." Sarah suggested. They nodded and found their own spots on the ground.

But the Ouija wasn't happy that it was thrown across the room. . .

---The next Morning-----

Baz walked into the room and looked upon the three sleeping on the floor. He groaned; his head hurt so much. He walked over to Ewan and lightly kicked him in the ribs.

"God, Nicole, don't. . . "Ewan opened a bleary eye. "Oh, hello, Baz. Feeling better I suspect?"

"Yes, quite. What are you doing?"

"Trying to sleep." Ewan laughed. He stood up and walked over to Sarah, and shook her.

"Sarah, wake up!"

"Nicole!" Baz hollered into Nicole's ear. She rolled over in her sleep and snored at him.

"NICOLE!!" Ewan screamed from across the room, making Sarah jump.

"Jesus CHRIST, Ewan!" Sarah snapped angrily, standing up.

"Sorry, Sarah." Ewan grimaced. Nicole fluttered her eyes open and stared into Baz's.

"You don't look like Mickey Mouse." She moaned sleepily.

"Oh! Good!" Baz put his hand on his heart. "I was beginning to get worried."

"Wake up, Nicole, we have a big day ahead of us." Sarah said to the sleepy red head. She turned to Baz.

"Where's Jareth?"

"Taking a shower, he should be out any minute. What's up with this 'big day' thing?" he asked.

"Well, we asked the Ouija, and it said that we had to bring the Green Fairy back to life, by going to Egypt and reading from the book of the dead."

"Oh. Radical." Baz yawned, looking out the window.

"Good morning." Jareth said, striding into the room, his hair wrapped in a turban of towel.

"Good morning." Nicole ((who had finally woken up.)) Baz, and Sarah said.

"Good morning E-Wan!" Jareth said, pointedly at Ewan, who was putting on his shoes.

"Oh, hey." Ewan said, absently. He was trying to make the bunny ears with his shoe laces.

"Nice shoes." Jareth picked one up.

"Thanks." Ewan put his hand out to get it back, but Jareth yanked it away.

"I'm not done looking at it."

"But. . . I need it." Ewan pouted.

"Too bad. I think this shoe would fly very well."

"What?!" Ewan asked, his eyes growing wide with fear.

"Yes. Quite a lovely flying machine." And with that he threw it out the window. Ewan watched in horror as his shoe disappeared forever. He crumbled on the ground and sobbed.

"Oh, Poo, Jareth!" Sarah scolded. "I know you have to do wicked things to people before you're yourself in the morning, but why did you have to pick on Ewan's shoe?"

"I'm sorry. What was that I heard about Egypt?"

"Oh, yes, we have to go to get the book of the dead." Sarah informed.

"Alright." Jareth said nodding.

"WAIT! What am I supped to do?! I only have one shoe!" Ewan said miserably.

"You can borrow some of mine." Jareth said, running up to get a pair of boots. Ewan sulked.

*Well, that's all for chapter 9. . . read and review!!