A/N Wow, I had two great reviewers for my last chapter. ^_^ Shadow-girl
- yeah Jareth should have felt something but remember the link between them
is now completely severed. Dream*D*Girl - thank you, I hope the rest of
the story is just as good as the rest. And again, I must warn you of the
bad spelling and grammar, just grin and bear it.^_^.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Labyrinth or it's inhabitants.
What If II The Nightmare
By
Melissa aka Angle1 ^_^x
Sydney sat against a game stand; she was in the stupid dream again. She refuse to move from the spot she was sitting, ' I swear, if that god forsaken elephant wants to take me to that tent again, it'll have to find me first, then it will have to catch me' Sydney was finished playing games, Why was she here? She didn't remember going to bed, and why did her head hurt like she was beamed with a hammer.
She spied the elephant, it was lumbering around, looking for her. Sydney smiled, it would be a while before he found her, maybe she would wake up by then.
Three hours later, Nikko had knitted two blankets and was working on her third when she felt Sydney stirring. The knitting disappeared out of Nikko's hands as she hopped up to Sydney. She was shocked to find her whimpering in fear and tears streaming down her face. Jumping off the bed she ran to her master's room and slipped in.
" Master, Master, come." Nikko called as she jumped up on the bed. Then faster than even she could see, Jareth leapt off the bed and was dressed to moments and was down the hall. Nikko hurried to catch up to him.
Jareth flew into Sydney room and went to her side. "Sydney can you open your eyes for me?" he asked. Her only response was a quick jerk in her sleep, telling Jareth that she was dreaming. Jareth was now absolutely positive that she was having a nightmare.
Nightmares,. the enemy of a King of dreams. Nightmares were what Jareth took away, giving anyone their dreams, their heart's desire. He was positive the nightmare was what caused Sydney to be separated from him, why he couldn't feel her, or read her thoughts. But he was uncertain as to how she could have such intense nightmares every night she was here.
"MOM!" Sydney screamed in her sleep. "DAD" Jareth reached out and took her hand, but when he did he screamed out in pain. Letting her go he jumped away from her, Nikko scurried up to Jareth's shoulders and took a look at his hand. It was red, almost raw, he had been burned.
Suddenly the answer came to him, the pain, nightmares every night, red burning. Sydney was infected with a red dream and it's brother. Looking at her now it was so obvious to him that she was infected. He watched as Sydney thrashed in her sleep. Jareth could no longer feel her pain or her fear, she was completely separated from him. But pain or not he couldn't stand to see her as she was, crying out in fear.
"We have to wake her." Jareth told Nikko as he cautiously came closer to the bed.
" But how, the healer said it was up to her body to decide when to wake up, and none of us can touch her." Nikko responded, tears freely falling from her large eyes.
" I have to remove the dreams form her. It will not be easy,. first I must separate the two dreams. After that all I have to do is remove the one that is set in her mind. If I can do that she will not have to worry about the second, for it will not come if it's brother is not there." He took Nikko off his shoulders and set her down on the floor. " I want you to wait outside the door, and do not come in or let anyone else come in until I call for you alright."
" Y-Yes master" Nikko whispered and left the room shutting the door behind her. Jareth locked the door with a spell, knowing full well that Nikko would bound in at the first sound of trouble, Jareth didn't want her or any other of his goblins getting caught in the middle of a powerful force that he had never preformed before.
Jareth crawled on the bed, he kneeled, his legs straddling hers.being extremely careful not to touch her. He took a deep breath and calmed his nerves, he wasn't really sure how this was going to work, but he had no choice, he wasn't going to allow Sydney to suffer. He placed his hand on her forehead, just between her eyes, the only safe part of her body.
Almost instantly he felt his power jump from his body and into Sydney's, forcing Jareth's hand to bond to Sydney, he couldn't have let her go if he wanted. His power wrapped around her and dove inside her head. Jareth could almost feel the two red dreams, like they were two burning coals, pulsing with life. When Jareth's power reached them they shoved him back.
Jareth wasn't about to give up that easily, shutting his eyes he forced more of his power into Sydney. Calling out her name as he did so, wanting to reach her as soon as possible. His power wrapped around one of the dreams, but it refused to let go of Sydney's mind. The air in the room grew thick and heavy in reaction to his power and soon both Sydney and Jareth were gasping for air.
Jareth was being drained; his secondary power came into play and his instinct for self-preservation kicked in, causing both Sydney and Jareth to tense as his own magical power forced them apart. Gritting his teeth, Jareth refused to let go just yet, for he felt his magic pulling at the red dream. The heavy air stirred into a constant gust of wind, pulling on the bedclothes and Jareth's cape. The air was literally crackling around him, and he felt the dream move.
Suddenly Jareth wasn't in Sydney's room anymore, well he was, but he had been pulled inside Sydney's dream with her. Jareth found himself standing in a large tent with dozens of strangely made up people. And a large group of them had surrounded Sydney, who was cowering, and crying.
Sydney didn't know what to think. She had just seen her whole family taken away from her by the clowns. She had tried to help them but she was too afraid to get anywhere near the clowns. Now they had come to take her away, she wasn't going quietly though, and the clowns surrounded her to prevent another attempt to escape.
"Sydney."
Sydney looked up at the sound of her name, and couldn't believe her eyes when she saw Jareth standing just out side of the ring of clowns. Why was he here? He wasn't part of her dream, was he? No he couldn't be, he was glowing. Just like when his image had come to her when she was blind in the Labyrinth. An almost blinding radiance surrounded him, like an aura. The clowns hated the light and cowered away from him.
Something was wrong with Jareth, he looked so much worse when he had confronted Sarah and her. He was more than just drained; he looked like he was dying.
" Jareth, what's going on, what's happening?" she cried out as she dodged another clown who had tried to grab her.
"Sydney this is all just a nightmare." Jareth said, shoving away a clown that tried to stop him from getting closer to her.
" Duh, I know this is a nightmare, but why are you here?"
" You have to relax, don't show fear to these.beings. Don't give the dream any leverage." Jareth called out as he started to fade away, he was to exhaust to continue.
" What do you mean?" She asked, just then a clown reached out a snaked an arm around her. Sydney screamed and struggled to get away from the deathly white face.
" Don't be frightened, it's just a nightmare." Jareth called out one last time before he vanished completely.
" How?" Sydney didn't know what he meant. Screaming out ' I'm not afraid of you' only worked in the movies. Two more clowns knocked her in the ground and then it was a massive dog pile, with Sydney on the bottom. But for some reason Sydney was calm, she didn't struggle, yell, or panic. This was just a dream nothing could happen to her. Just as she thought this, the dream seemed to rip. Clowns where thrown into the air, the tent was in peaces. The circus music slowed down to a disturbing slow motion sound.
Jareth found himself back in his body and still pulling at the dream. But this time it was moving, Jareth felt his power wrapped around the dream like fingers, and he pulled the dream right out of Sydney's mind. Jareth saw the dream fly out the window before he blacked out, and landed on Sydney in a dead faint.
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A/N Ouch! Poor Jareth. Well just to let you know He's not dead. (Thank god) But he could have died, Sydney should be grateful for what he did for her, he could have just let it there and wait until she woke.but I don't think the he really would have done that. Anyway, everything turn after this point and no more fighting ( hopefully) Please review and thank you. See you all later Melissa aka Angle ^_^x
Disclaimer: I do not own the Labyrinth or it's inhabitants.
What If II The Nightmare
By
Melissa aka Angle1 ^_^x
Sydney sat against a game stand; she was in the stupid dream again. She refuse to move from the spot she was sitting, ' I swear, if that god forsaken elephant wants to take me to that tent again, it'll have to find me first, then it will have to catch me' Sydney was finished playing games, Why was she here? She didn't remember going to bed, and why did her head hurt like she was beamed with a hammer.
She spied the elephant, it was lumbering around, looking for her. Sydney smiled, it would be a while before he found her, maybe she would wake up by then.
Three hours later, Nikko had knitted two blankets and was working on her third when she felt Sydney stirring. The knitting disappeared out of Nikko's hands as she hopped up to Sydney. She was shocked to find her whimpering in fear and tears streaming down her face. Jumping off the bed she ran to her master's room and slipped in.
" Master, Master, come." Nikko called as she jumped up on the bed. Then faster than even she could see, Jareth leapt off the bed and was dressed to moments and was down the hall. Nikko hurried to catch up to him.
Jareth flew into Sydney room and went to her side. "Sydney can you open your eyes for me?" he asked. Her only response was a quick jerk in her sleep, telling Jareth that she was dreaming. Jareth was now absolutely positive that she was having a nightmare.
Nightmares,. the enemy of a King of dreams. Nightmares were what Jareth took away, giving anyone their dreams, their heart's desire. He was positive the nightmare was what caused Sydney to be separated from him, why he couldn't feel her, or read her thoughts. But he was uncertain as to how she could have such intense nightmares every night she was here.
"MOM!" Sydney screamed in her sleep. "DAD" Jareth reached out and took her hand, but when he did he screamed out in pain. Letting her go he jumped away from her, Nikko scurried up to Jareth's shoulders and took a look at his hand. It was red, almost raw, he had been burned.
Suddenly the answer came to him, the pain, nightmares every night, red burning. Sydney was infected with a red dream and it's brother. Looking at her now it was so obvious to him that she was infected. He watched as Sydney thrashed in her sleep. Jareth could no longer feel her pain or her fear, she was completely separated from him. But pain or not he couldn't stand to see her as she was, crying out in fear.
"We have to wake her." Jareth told Nikko as he cautiously came closer to the bed.
" But how, the healer said it was up to her body to decide when to wake up, and none of us can touch her." Nikko responded, tears freely falling from her large eyes.
" I have to remove the dreams form her. It will not be easy,. first I must separate the two dreams. After that all I have to do is remove the one that is set in her mind. If I can do that she will not have to worry about the second, for it will not come if it's brother is not there." He took Nikko off his shoulders and set her down on the floor. " I want you to wait outside the door, and do not come in or let anyone else come in until I call for you alright."
" Y-Yes master" Nikko whispered and left the room shutting the door behind her. Jareth locked the door with a spell, knowing full well that Nikko would bound in at the first sound of trouble, Jareth didn't want her or any other of his goblins getting caught in the middle of a powerful force that he had never preformed before.
Jareth crawled on the bed, he kneeled, his legs straddling hers.being extremely careful not to touch her. He took a deep breath and calmed his nerves, he wasn't really sure how this was going to work, but he had no choice, he wasn't going to allow Sydney to suffer. He placed his hand on her forehead, just between her eyes, the only safe part of her body.
Almost instantly he felt his power jump from his body and into Sydney's, forcing Jareth's hand to bond to Sydney, he couldn't have let her go if he wanted. His power wrapped around her and dove inside her head. Jareth could almost feel the two red dreams, like they were two burning coals, pulsing with life. When Jareth's power reached them they shoved him back.
Jareth wasn't about to give up that easily, shutting his eyes he forced more of his power into Sydney. Calling out her name as he did so, wanting to reach her as soon as possible. His power wrapped around one of the dreams, but it refused to let go of Sydney's mind. The air in the room grew thick and heavy in reaction to his power and soon both Sydney and Jareth were gasping for air.
Jareth was being drained; his secondary power came into play and his instinct for self-preservation kicked in, causing both Sydney and Jareth to tense as his own magical power forced them apart. Gritting his teeth, Jareth refused to let go just yet, for he felt his magic pulling at the red dream. The heavy air stirred into a constant gust of wind, pulling on the bedclothes and Jareth's cape. The air was literally crackling around him, and he felt the dream move.
Suddenly Jareth wasn't in Sydney's room anymore, well he was, but he had been pulled inside Sydney's dream with her. Jareth found himself standing in a large tent with dozens of strangely made up people. And a large group of them had surrounded Sydney, who was cowering, and crying.
Sydney didn't know what to think. She had just seen her whole family taken away from her by the clowns. She had tried to help them but she was too afraid to get anywhere near the clowns. Now they had come to take her away, she wasn't going quietly though, and the clowns surrounded her to prevent another attempt to escape.
"Sydney."
Sydney looked up at the sound of her name, and couldn't believe her eyes when she saw Jareth standing just out side of the ring of clowns. Why was he here? He wasn't part of her dream, was he? No he couldn't be, he was glowing. Just like when his image had come to her when she was blind in the Labyrinth. An almost blinding radiance surrounded him, like an aura. The clowns hated the light and cowered away from him.
Something was wrong with Jareth, he looked so much worse when he had confronted Sarah and her. He was more than just drained; he looked like he was dying.
" Jareth, what's going on, what's happening?" she cried out as she dodged another clown who had tried to grab her.
"Sydney this is all just a nightmare." Jareth said, shoving away a clown that tried to stop him from getting closer to her.
" Duh, I know this is a nightmare, but why are you here?"
" You have to relax, don't show fear to these.beings. Don't give the dream any leverage." Jareth called out as he started to fade away, he was to exhaust to continue.
" What do you mean?" She asked, just then a clown reached out a snaked an arm around her. Sydney screamed and struggled to get away from the deathly white face.
" Don't be frightened, it's just a nightmare." Jareth called out one last time before he vanished completely.
" How?" Sydney didn't know what he meant. Screaming out ' I'm not afraid of you' only worked in the movies. Two more clowns knocked her in the ground and then it was a massive dog pile, with Sydney on the bottom. But for some reason Sydney was calm, she didn't struggle, yell, or panic. This was just a dream nothing could happen to her. Just as she thought this, the dream seemed to rip. Clowns where thrown into the air, the tent was in peaces. The circus music slowed down to a disturbing slow motion sound.
Jareth found himself back in his body and still pulling at the dream. But this time it was moving, Jareth felt his power wrapped around the dream like fingers, and he pulled the dream right out of Sydney's mind. Jareth saw the dream fly out the window before he blacked out, and landed on Sydney in a dead faint.
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A/N Ouch! Poor Jareth. Well just to let you know He's not dead. (Thank god) But he could have died, Sydney should be grateful for what he did for her, he could have just let it there and wait until she woke.but I don't think the he really would have done that. Anyway, everything turn after this point and no more fighting ( hopefully) Please review and thank you. See you all later Melissa aka Angle ^_^x