Chapter 12: I am such a fool

Jareth sighed and walked back to his throne room. He was so depressed. Holding a crystal he looked at Sarah and Toby, back in Toby's room. He saw that Toby was happy to be home, but Sarah looked so upset. Jareth shut his eyes and had the crystal vanish. He could not stop think about the day before, and how she went to him, when she was upset; how every time she looked at him, she to put on a smile. He tired to remember the feeling of having her in his arms. *What a fool I am!* He thought to himself.

            "How could I have been so blind? She was, suppose to stay here, only her brother was suppose to go back. Why did I have to mess up everything?" He said aloud.

He heard a knock at the door to his throne room.

            "Come in!" He ordered.

A goblin servant came in and bowed.

            "Your Highness. I have a letter for you. Shall I read it?"

            "Yes…go ahead." He waved him on.

The goblin, untied the ribbon, unrolled the letter and read it.

           

            Dear King of the Underground, this is the King of the Dark-ground.

            I am writing because, there is news that the king of the Half-ground is dead. And I need

            to know, who you are going to pick to be the new king. The voting should be in a couple days.

             Where should we have the meeting? Please write back a reply.

                        Sincerely, the king of the Dark-ground, King Roth.

The goblin rolled the letter back up and handed it to Jareth.

            "Hum, this is a problem that I completely forgot to think about. Thank you. You may leave now." He waved him on to leave. The goblin bowed again and left the room. Jareth took some parchment paper and a quill. He wrote are letter of reply to the King of the Dark-ground, telling him that he the voting will proceed in a week. That right now there are some things that he needs to attend to. He rolled it up and tied it with a red ribbon. He called the goblin into the room, and told him to deliver the letter to him immediately. The goblin bowed and left the room, out of the castle and to the Dark-ground.

Jareth got up from the throne and walked over to the window, watching the goblin leave. Then he went to his bed chamber and decided to go to bed, because in the Aboveground it was night time and Sarah would be in bed. This way if he fell asleep then her could see her in his dreams.