A/N O.k. next chapter, not as long as the last, but longer than the
others. Jareth gets a little daring in this chapter, and things really
start to pick up after this. PG-13 for language and certain.situations ~_^.
Though not much of that in this chapter.
What If II The Nightmare
By
Melissa AKA Angle 1
Jareth sat on the windowsill, looking down at the pursuit going on in the garden. Nikko was screaming with laughter, as Zeus chased her down. Sydney was not far behind, calling out for them to be careful. Nikko was able to break away when she dove into the mini Labyrinth. The dog was lost in seconds, so was Sydney. Zeus put his nose to the ground in an attempt to sniff Nikko out.
" Hey not fair! " Sydney shouted as she weaved her way in and out trying to find both Nikko and Zeus.
The shouts, the laughter, the barking, these were all new and comforting sounds to Jareth. The dull hoom and gloom of castle life was slowly fading away as everyone grew more and more accustomed to Sydney. Jareth was relived though, to see her doing well for last night the strangest thing had happened to him.
Jareth ran his hand across his stomach, wondering. He had woken up in the middle of the night to find himself in pain. Not anything big, it only lasted a moment, but he had never been in any kind of physical pain before. His first thought was to go to Sydney; she might have been in trouble. But when he focused on her thoughts he found that she was awake and only slightly disturbed and was already falling back to sleep. Then he thought that maybe if was an after affect from granting her first wish, but he had granted many wishes before. He'd be damned if he was going to ask his father on the subject, .no, he would figure this out for himself.
Sydney had finally found her way out of the mini Labyrinth and was now sitting on a stone bench waiting for Zeus and Nikko to come out. She squinted up at the late afternoon sun and sighed, the days now seem to fly right on by. The first day she was here, the day seemed to last for.well, thirteen hours, now it only lasted what seemed like ten. She had seen neither hide nor hair of Jareth sense they came out to the garden. Though she had a feeling he was watching them.
Sydney sighed, the sound of Nikko's laughter, and Zeus's barks went on and on. They did not look like they were coming out of the mini Labyrinth any time soon and she was growing very restless.
" Man.I wish there was something to do." She slapped her hand over her mouth when she realized what she just said. And a moment later Jareth stepped out behind a nearby tree.
" Restless are we? " he drawled, with a smile, crossing his arms.
" Oops, sorry, I didn't mean it." Sydney gasped; she stood up off the bench and walked over to him.
" Oh, you didn't" he said, his smile growing wider.
" Boy...déjà vu." She sighed.
" What? "
" Never mind "
" You obviously meant it, or I wouldn't have come here. What's the matter? " Jareth guided Sydney back to the bench where they sat.
" I'm.. I don't know. A little bored. I think, I can't seem to relax. It's like I should be doing something."
Jareth nodded, " Well there's not much for you to do around here just yet,.but I think we can bring your attention to something else for awhile." And before Sydney could ask, Jareth wrapped both arms around Sydney, and in a blink, she found herself sitting on the steps in front of her quarters. " Couldn't we have walked?" She asked as she dusted the glitter off her.
Jareth let her go and tilted his head to the side and flashed that same arrogant yet beautiful smile. "Yes but. this way I can put my arms around you." Sydney's laughter came out a little chocked and she blushed furiously.
" Well. a-all you had to do was ask. " 'Hello! Why are you flirting with the Goblin King? Don't fall for him, your in a prison remember that, I should be acting like I am' Sydney thought as she suddenly jumped to her feet.
Jareth followed, "Would you have agreed?-"
" No!" She was suddenly dreading ever wanting the same old Jareth back. " So what are we going to do?"
" I thought it was about time I showed you around the castle." Jareth took her arm and lead her down the steps and into the throne room. Then though an opening that looked a little familiar to Sydney. Up another flight of stairs and the entered the Escher room.
" Hey! I remember this place, but it was different then. It was all in peaces." Sydney said as she gazed about the hundreds of stairways.
" Yes. Sarah had to find her brother in this." Jareth let go of Sydney's arm and stepped on a diagonal step, and much to Sydney's surprise 'though why should I be surprised' Jareth started walking along the steps, completely defying the law of gravity. "Though Sarah had to obey reason." He said as he started walking upside down, his hair stayed put, as if he was still right side up.
He disappeared, and reappeared standing next to Sydney, she jumped. " Perhaps later I'll let you run around upside down and every which way." He smiled again and lead her back to the throne room and up past her own room and to a pair of doors. They were elegantly carved doors, with a horned goblin face adorning it. Jareth took hold of the horns and pulled, slowly opening the doors.
Sydney slipped inside as Jareth turned and shut the doors behind him. The room, was obviously Jareth's room. The first thing that caught Sydney's eyes was a extremely large bed. It had to be at least nine feet wide by eleven feet long. It appeared to be a canopy bed, but closer inspection showed that the back satin cloth was suspended from the ceiling and flared out at the corners of the bed, giving the illusion of four posts.
Sydney slowly walked over the huge bed, her mouth gaping open.
"What the.why. why would you have such a big bed?" she whispered, then broke into a snicker. " What do you have big sleep overs or something?" She ran her hand across the satin sheets that screamed sin. The top was of a glittering silver, the other blood red, the pillows were deep blue. And surprisingly not a hint of leather anywhere.
Jareth leaned on a writing desk and crossed his arms. The desk was the only other piece of furniture besides the bed and a small bedside table. There was no wardrobe, Sydney figured that was because he used magic to create his clothes, and there was not a single mirror in the room. He obviously was very confident about how he looked.
" People around here would have.as you say, sleep overs." Jareth said choosing to look up at the ceiling instead of at Sydney. "But that sort of activity in the castle ended when I came into power."
Sydney suddenly understood. "Oh.OH!. really? Did you ever .participate in that sort of.activity?" 'Why the heck am I asking him that kind of a question for!'
"It was expected, I was the Son of the King. Though I felt no pleasure in it, almost as if I was jaded, nothing we did was right." Jareth said, a blush slowly began to work its way up Jareth's neck and to his face. He had not expected nice, young Sydney to ask such a question.
A wide smile showed itself and Sydney snickered louder " Uh- huh expected. ya right, sure it was expected of you. Jaded doesn't seem to fit you."
Jareth, still blushing locked his gaze onto Sydney, " As I recall, you haven't been a perfect pure little angel yourself." He started an agonizing slow walk towards Sydney, who had lost her smile and was finding the floor very interesting. Jareth stalked over to her, like a tiger to his prey. Sydney was suddenly very aware of the look Jareth was giving her, almost as if her wanted to devour her. She felt like a little animal facing an almost dangerous predator. The atmosphere suddenly changed from an easygoing tour, to a heart-pounding wait, as he came closer to her.
' Not a pure angel huh ? Liar, I've done nothing of the sort, pervert' Sydney thought confidently to her self as she studied the floor. Jareth kept walking until he was literally face to face with her. All he needed was a tiny push and they would be touching.
" Now that I think about it, we never did get to continue our conversation from the other day." He whispered to her, his face held an emotionless mask, yet his mismatched eyes sparkled.
The sudden memory of the moment back in the Labyrinth when they were going to kiss each other, flooded back into her memory. Jareth must have realized this, for a low laugh started from deep in his chest. Again, the sound brought goose bumps to Sydney's skin and she felt as if her knees where about to give out.
There was no touching of skin, or slow advances, there was no warning at all. The second Sydney looked up to respond, he grabbed her face in both his gloved hands and held her still as he placed a desperate kiss on her lips. Shocked, Sydney gasped, allowing Jareth to deepen the kiss. She tried to scream, but it came out as a whimper. He slid one hand to the back of her head to hold her still, and wrapped his free arm around her and held her tightly against him. His power surged around him and engulfed Sydney, making her fell as if she was floating , their hair flutter softly, as if they were in a small breeze.
Sydney had never felt anything like this before. Her entire body was alive, as if every nerve was exposed. Her mind didn't want to work, instead all she wanted was to melt forever in his kiss and forget everything. Her eyes slid shut as Jareth tilted his head to deepen the kiss even more. She breathed in his earth and leather sent and just let her self go.
No sooner did she do this, when Jareth broke the kiss, pulling away so he could see her face. Sydney looked up to see Jareth glassy eyed and dazed, looking down at her exact same expression. Sydney realized that she had a death grip on the back of Jareth's leather jacket, as if she was trying to hang on for dear life, she immediately let go. Jareth, on the other hand, didn't want to let go so soon.
"You...were..giving in to me.why is it now you let go, and pull away?" He panted in a husky yet still arrogant voice.
Sydney didn't know how to answer that. She was not supposed to be having the best time of her life here. She was supposed to be miserable, as if she was in prison, she shouldn't be making out with the warden.
Jareth's heated look quickly faded away, and he slowly loosened his grip. " I am sorry, my emotions pass quickly, and it appears that the moment has left us." He finally let her go. Jareth cursed the blood of his father that ran thought his veins. He wanted that kiss; he would have stopped at nothing to get it. But now that he kissed her, he was satisfied, and he had little need to continue. But the mortal half of him was far from satisfied, oh no, not at all.
Unknown to Sydney, Jareth was fighting a small war within himself. Part of him wanted to continue; the other was scolding him to get under control. Finally he reluctantly swallowed his needing, and escorted a dazed and confused Sydney to the dinning room for dinner. Sydney slowly came out of her stupor, and was surprised to see Jareth acting like nothing at all happened. Sydney on the other hand was blushing so much she was probably glowing, yet she calmed herself, taking deep breaths and shoved the felling of his kiss away. Just as they were to be served, Nikko and Zeus bounded into the room also. Zeus sat obediently next to Sydney. She petted the dog and gave him a strange look.
"Jareth, is.this really Zeus? I mean he doesn't seem the same." She looked up at Jareth as he sighed.
" In a way, yes it is Zeus.however.as I said before he is your memory of him, understand?" when Sydney shook her head he continued. " How is he different to you?"
Sydney again looked down at the dog, " Well, its like he's a little too perfect, you know, like he's to obedient, like. he knows exactly what I want him to do, even before I tell him."
Jareth nodded, " He is exactly what you wanted him to be like, your fondest memories of him was when he was a perfect pet, and that's how he turned out." He too looked down at the dog just as Nikko was setting a bowl down for him, he immediately started eating, waging his tail furiously.
Sydney didn't know whether or not she liked this idea, true, she had her pet back, but it wasn't the same. He wasn't really Zeus, maybe that's what happens when you wish for some thing that's dead. She started to regret wishing for him, she didn't want to remember him this way.
"What are you thinking?" Jareth asked her, noticing that she had yet to touch her food and was sitting staring off into space.
Sydney snapped back to reality, " nothing," she sighed, hopping that Jareth wouldn't push the subject, and he didn't.
***************************************************************** A/N So what do you think? Is Jareth taking liberties? Should Sydney push him away or take it with a grain of salt. ( meaning she can't do any thing about it)? I need to know, I could always change my story to fit demands, so let me know.
O.K. I know I posted three chapters the first day and only one Monday and probably only this one today, but hey I wanted to post this one yesterday but my computer wouldn't let me on FF.net so I couldn't. * Slaps computer* between typing this story, answering e-mails, reading and reviewing other stories. All on the two hour limit on the computer (dad says so) I can't really put up more than that. But hey, one chapter a day is better than one a week or one every two weeks right? But on Friday I'm allowed three hours so I might just be able to put up another three, or at least two. Of course I start collage on Monday so my time will be reduced, BUT I will post as often as my computer will let me O.K.
So review and let me know what you think, give me feed back Please * grabs computer* Must. know...what.you want.
Melissa ^_^x
What If II The Nightmare
By
Melissa AKA Angle 1
Jareth sat on the windowsill, looking down at the pursuit going on in the garden. Nikko was screaming with laughter, as Zeus chased her down. Sydney was not far behind, calling out for them to be careful. Nikko was able to break away when she dove into the mini Labyrinth. The dog was lost in seconds, so was Sydney. Zeus put his nose to the ground in an attempt to sniff Nikko out.
" Hey not fair! " Sydney shouted as she weaved her way in and out trying to find both Nikko and Zeus.
The shouts, the laughter, the barking, these were all new and comforting sounds to Jareth. The dull hoom and gloom of castle life was slowly fading away as everyone grew more and more accustomed to Sydney. Jareth was relived though, to see her doing well for last night the strangest thing had happened to him.
Jareth ran his hand across his stomach, wondering. He had woken up in the middle of the night to find himself in pain. Not anything big, it only lasted a moment, but he had never been in any kind of physical pain before. His first thought was to go to Sydney; she might have been in trouble. But when he focused on her thoughts he found that she was awake and only slightly disturbed and was already falling back to sleep. Then he thought that maybe if was an after affect from granting her first wish, but he had granted many wishes before. He'd be damned if he was going to ask his father on the subject, .no, he would figure this out for himself.
Sydney had finally found her way out of the mini Labyrinth and was now sitting on a stone bench waiting for Zeus and Nikko to come out. She squinted up at the late afternoon sun and sighed, the days now seem to fly right on by. The first day she was here, the day seemed to last for.well, thirteen hours, now it only lasted what seemed like ten. She had seen neither hide nor hair of Jareth sense they came out to the garden. Though she had a feeling he was watching them.
Sydney sighed, the sound of Nikko's laughter, and Zeus's barks went on and on. They did not look like they were coming out of the mini Labyrinth any time soon and she was growing very restless.
" Man.I wish there was something to do." She slapped her hand over her mouth when she realized what she just said. And a moment later Jareth stepped out behind a nearby tree.
" Restless are we? " he drawled, with a smile, crossing his arms.
" Oops, sorry, I didn't mean it." Sydney gasped; she stood up off the bench and walked over to him.
" Oh, you didn't" he said, his smile growing wider.
" Boy...déjà vu." She sighed.
" What? "
" Never mind "
" You obviously meant it, or I wouldn't have come here. What's the matter? " Jareth guided Sydney back to the bench where they sat.
" I'm.. I don't know. A little bored. I think, I can't seem to relax. It's like I should be doing something."
Jareth nodded, " Well there's not much for you to do around here just yet,.but I think we can bring your attention to something else for awhile." And before Sydney could ask, Jareth wrapped both arms around Sydney, and in a blink, she found herself sitting on the steps in front of her quarters. " Couldn't we have walked?" She asked as she dusted the glitter off her.
Jareth let her go and tilted his head to the side and flashed that same arrogant yet beautiful smile. "Yes but. this way I can put my arms around you." Sydney's laughter came out a little chocked and she blushed furiously.
" Well. a-all you had to do was ask. " 'Hello! Why are you flirting with the Goblin King? Don't fall for him, your in a prison remember that, I should be acting like I am' Sydney thought as she suddenly jumped to her feet.
Jareth followed, "Would you have agreed?-"
" No!" She was suddenly dreading ever wanting the same old Jareth back. " So what are we going to do?"
" I thought it was about time I showed you around the castle." Jareth took her arm and lead her down the steps and into the throne room. Then though an opening that looked a little familiar to Sydney. Up another flight of stairs and the entered the Escher room.
" Hey! I remember this place, but it was different then. It was all in peaces." Sydney said as she gazed about the hundreds of stairways.
" Yes. Sarah had to find her brother in this." Jareth let go of Sydney's arm and stepped on a diagonal step, and much to Sydney's surprise 'though why should I be surprised' Jareth started walking along the steps, completely defying the law of gravity. "Though Sarah had to obey reason." He said as he started walking upside down, his hair stayed put, as if he was still right side up.
He disappeared, and reappeared standing next to Sydney, she jumped. " Perhaps later I'll let you run around upside down and every which way." He smiled again and lead her back to the throne room and up past her own room and to a pair of doors. They were elegantly carved doors, with a horned goblin face adorning it. Jareth took hold of the horns and pulled, slowly opening the doors.
Sydney slipped inside as Jareth turned and shut the doors behind him. The room, was obviously Jareth's room. The first thing that caught Sydney's eyes was a extremely large bed. It had to be at least nine feet wide by eleven feet long. It appeared to be a canopy bed, but closer inspection showed that the back satin cloth was suspended from the ceiling and flared out at the corners of the bed, giving the illusion of four posts.
Sydney slowly walked over the huge bed, her mouth gaping open.
"What the.why. why would you have such a big bed?" she whispered, then broke into a snicker. " What do you have big sleep overs or something?" She ran her hand across the satin sheets that screamed sin. The top was of a glittering silver, the other blood red, the pillows were deep blue. And surprisingly not a hint of leather anywhere.
Jareth leaned on a writing desk and crossed his arms. The desk was the only other piece of furniture besides the bed and a small bedside table. There was no wardrobe, Sydney figured that was because he used magic to create his clothes, and there was not a single mirror in the room. He obviously was very confident about how he looked.
" People around here would have.as you say, sleep overs." Jareth said choosing to look up at the ceiling instead of at Sydney. "But that sort of activity in the castle ended when I came into power."
Sydney suddenly understood. "Oh.OH!. really? Did you ever .participate in that sort of.activity?" 'Why the heck am I asking him that kind of a question for!'
"It was expected, I was the Son of the King. Though I felt no pleasure in it, almost as if I was jaded, nothing we did was right." Jareth said, a blush slowly began to work its way up Jareth's neck and to his face. He had not expected nice, young Sydney to ask such a question.
A wide smile showed itself and Sydney snickered louder " Uh- huh expected. ya right, sure it was expected of you. Jaded doesn't seem to fit you."
Jareth, still blushing locked his gaze onto Sydney, " As I recall, you haven't been a perfect pure little angel yourself." He started an agonizing slow walk towards Sydney, who had lost her smile and was finding the floor very interesting. Jareth stalked over to her, like a tiger to his prey. Sydney was suddenly very aware of the look Jareth was giving her, almost as if her wanted to devour her. She felt like a little animal facing an almost dangerous predator. The atmosphere suddenly changed from an easygoing tour, to a heart-pounding wait, as he came closer to her.
' Not a pure angel huh ? Liar, I've done nothing of the sort, pervert' Sydney thought confidently to her self as she studied the floor. Jareth kept walking until he was literally face to face with her. All he needed was a tiny push and they would be touching.
" Now that I think about it, we never did get to continue our conversation from the other day." He whispered to her, his face held an emotionless mask, yet his mismatched eyes sparkled.
The sudden memory of the moment back in the Labyrinth when they were going to kiss each other, flooded back into her memory. Jareth must have realized this, for a low laugh started from deep in his chest. Again, the sound brought goose bumps to Sydney's skin and she felt as if her knees where about to give out.
There was no touching of skin, or slow advances, there was no warning at all. The second Sydney looked up to respond, he grabbed her face in both his gloved hands and held her still as he placed a desperate kiss on her lips. Shocked, Sydney gasped, allowing Jareth to deepen the kiss. She tried to scream, but it came out as a whimper. He slid one hand to the back of her head to hold her still, and wrapped his free arm around her and held her tightly against him. His power surged around him and engulfed Sydney, making her fell as if she was floating , their hair flutter softly, as if they were in a small breeze.
Sydney had never felt anything like this before. Her entire body was alive, as if every nerve was exposed. Her mind didn't want to work, instead all she wanted was to melt forever in his kiss and forget everything. Her eyes slid shut as Jareth tilted his head to deepen the kiss even more. She breathed in his earth and leather sent and just let her self go.
No sooner did she do this, when Jareth broke the kiss, pulling away so he could see her face. Sydney looked up to see Jareth glassy eyed and dazed, looking down at her exact same expression. Sydney realized that she had a death grip on the back of Jareth's leather jacket, as if she was trying to hang on for dear life, she immediately let go. Jareth, on the other hand, didn't want to let go so soon.
"You...were..giving in to me.why is it now you let go, and pull away?" He panted in a husky yet still arrogant voice.
Sydney didn't know how to answer that. She was not supposed to be having the best time of her life here. She was supposed to be miserable, as if she was in prison, she shouldn't be making out with the warden.
Jareth's heated look quickly faded away, and he slowly loosened his grip. " I am sorry, my emotions pass quickly, and it appears that the moment has left us." He finally let her go. Jareth cursed the blood of his father that ran thought his veins. He wanted that kiss; he would have stopped at nothing to get it. But now that he kissed her, he was satisfied, and he had little need to continue. But the mortal half of him was far from satisfied, oh no, not at all.
Unknown to Sydney, Jareth was fighting a small war within himself. Part of him wanted to continue; the other was scolding him to get under control. Finally he reluctantly swallowed his needing, and escorted a dazed and confused Sydney to the dinning room for dinner. Sydney slowly came out of her stupor, and was surprised to see Jareth acting like nothing at all happened. Sydney on the other hand was blushing so much she was probably glowing, yet she calmed herself, taking deep breaths and shoved the felling of his kiss away. Just as they were to be served, Nikko and Zeus bounded into the room also. Zeus sat obediently next to Sydney. She petted the dog and gave him a strange look.
"Jareth, is.this really Zeus? I mean he doesn't seem the same." She looked up at Jareth as he sighed.
" In a way, yes it is Zeus.however.as I said before he is your memory of him, understand?" when Sydney shook her head he continued. " How is he different to you?"
Sydney again looked down at the dog, " Well, its like he's a little too perfect, you know, like he's to obedient, like. he knows exactly what I want him to do, even before I tell him."
Jareth nodded, " He is exactly what you wanted him to be like, your fondest memories of him was when he was a perfect pet, and that's how he turned out." He too looked down at the dog just as Nikko was setting a bowl down for him, he immediately started eating, waging his tail furiously.
Sydney didn't know whether or not she liked this idea, true, she had her pet back, but it wasn't the same. He wasn't really Zeus, maybe that's what happens when you wish for some thing that's dead. She started to regret wishing for him, she didn't want to remember him this way.
"What are you thinking?" Jareth asked her, noticing that she had yet to touch her food and was sitting staring off into space.
Sydney snapped back to reality, " nothing," she sighed, hopping that Jareth wouldn't push the subject, and he didn't.
***************************************************************** A/N So what do you think? Is Jareth taking liberties? Should Sydney push him away or take it with a grain of salt. ( meaning she can't do any thing about it)? I need to know, I could always change my story to fit demands, so let me know.
O.K. I know I posted three chapters the first day and only one Monday and probably only this one today, but hey I wanted to post this one yesterday but my computer wouldn't let me on FF.net so I couldn't. * Slaps computer* between typing this story, answering e-mails, reading and reviewing other stories. All on the two hour limit on the computer (dad says so) I can't really put up more than that. But hey, one chapter a day is better than one a week or one every two weeks right? But on Friday I'm allowed three hours so I might just be able to put up another three, or at least two. Of course I start collage on Monday so my time will be reduced, BUT I will post as often as my computer will let me O.K.
So review and let me know what you think, give me feed back Please * grabs computer* Must. know...what.you want.
Melissa ^_^x