Chapter 8: Dreams

            "Toby, Toby! Are you here?"

            "Sarah." Toby saw her and ran up to her. She put out her arms and took him into her embrace. Sarah held him close and kissed his forehead.

            "Toby I am so glad that you are okay."
            "Where is the Goblin King?" Toby asked.

            "Well, you see Toby, he came and helped me, and got into a fight with another king and was wounded and well… I am sorry."

            "Oh Sarah, can we go home?"

            "I wish we could but I don't know how to get back." Sarah was really tired and thought that Toby she get to bed as well. She walked up to a goblin and asked him where they could go to get some sleep. The goblin led them to a chamber that was across from Jareth's bed chamber. As they were walking to the bed chamber Sarah looked to her shoulder and saw that Toby had fallen asleep. She rubbed the back of his head and looking around she noticed that the rest of the castle was a lot prettier than the Throne room was. It was full of lit candles and lots of tapestries. On the walls, there was even a painting of Jareth on the wall. He looked so, handsome, he even smiled which was something that Sarah had rarely seen him do.

They walked into the bed chamber. Sarah was speechless, because it was so beautiful. She had never seen anything so beautiful in all of her life. The bed was huge. You could fit seven strong built men in it comfortably. It was covered in silk sheets, and a fluffy feather blanket. There were soft fluffy feather pillows too. Sarah walked over to the bed and laid Toby in it. She watched as he curled up into a ball. She tucked the sheets around him, and went to the goblin and asked it there was a place where she could get cleaned up.

 The goblin told her that the room beside her bed chamber was a wash chamber. There was water waiting for her in the tub. She smiled at the goblin and went to the wash chamber. She placed a hand in the water to test the temperature, it was freezing. She frowned.

            "Excuse me but my water is cold, is there anywhere else I can take a bath?"

            "Ah, well the king's chamber is right across the way, perhaps his water is still hot, I will go and look."

            "Thank you kindly!" Sarah replied.

A minute later the goblin came back into her bed chamber and told her that the water was indeed was very warm. So she could take a bath in there, but to be quick, because he did not to get into trouble for letting someone use the royal tub. Sarah shook her head in agreement, and started to walk towards the door. She turned around and asked the goblin to stay there with her brother until she returned. The goblin agreed to stay there, and she left the room. She walked up to the king's door and started to turn the handle, she felt wrong going in there, what if she got in trouble too. But then she thought that he was dead and that it would be a waste to have water turn cold without anyone using it first. So she opened the door and walked into the room.

She looked at all of the great things that were in his room. Then she walked over to the vanity and looked at the brushes that were lying on the top. She picked one up and ran her finger through the bristles. She placed it down and walked over to hid bed, sat on it and then decided to lie down. It was the softest bed she had ever felt in her life too. She was so jealous. Then she pictured Jareth lying in the bed. This mad her blush and feel ashamed that she would think of something like that.

But she could not stop thinking about it. Then she pictured herself lying in his arms. She could smell his sent in the pillow case and sheets of his bed. It smelt so good. Then she realized that she was dirty and really should take her bath now. Getting up from the bed she walked into the wash chamber. She could see steam coming from the water. She quickly underdressed and tied her hair up into a bun at the top of her head.

It was a messy bun, so there were a few strands of her hair that were loose behind her neck and falling over her shoulders. She climbed into the tub, its warmth felt so nice against her aching body. As she sat down she noticed bruises on her legs and on her sides. They hurt so much. And she had not noticed earlier that her right arm had been bleeding. She grabbed a sponge from the side of the tub and began to wash herself. She just wanted to lay there forever, it felt too good. Laying her head against the back of the tub and closing her eyes, she fell asleep. She was so tired.

She had completely forgotten about the request of the goblin. She laid there in the tub for more than an hour. She was dreaming about Jareth, and about how much she actually missed him. In her sleep she even began to cry for him. Tears rolling down her cheeks, she never felt so horrible. She was dreaming that he would be alive and that he would be in the bed chamber, when she got out of the tub. She dreamt that she was in his embrace and Toby was beside them, like they were a family. Suddenly something from the other room woke her up. She could hear two people arguing…