A/n * tears running down face* I don't believe it..I've become what I
hate...A slow updater.. * NOOO* * sniff* If you all can find it in your
hearts to forgive me then I will be eternally grateful. It will not
happen again, for a good friend of mine, A fellow FF.net author, As reviled
to me,.the first two pages of her new story. And I have to say I am
jealous. She has also challenged me, so I am finishing up this story as
soon as I can so I can get cracking at my new story as well. Must not fall
behind now can we?
Many thanks to my reviewers, I would thank you all individually, but I am in a hurry and cannot * Sorry*.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Labyrinth,..Or I would be there right now.
What If II The Nightmare
By
Melissa aka Angle1
Sydney and Jareth eventually got dressed for the rest of the day and headed down to the dinning room, for they had yet to eat, even Jareth was starving. Nikko, as well as the other goblins were so excited to see the Goblin King awake and well, that they threw a party amongst themselves and the castle was soon over run with the rowdy goblins. Jareth was in a state of euphoria, he hardly let Sydney out of his sight and he always kept contact with her. Whither it be by holding her hand or just reaching out to move a strand of loose hair from her face. The contact also reassured him that Sydney was really here with him, for he still could not " feel" her, he even tried to talk to her in her head, and she showed no reaction to his words.
He cursed himself for not noticing the red dream sooner, for not protecting Sydney like he swore he would. But even with the mental connection gone, Sydney was closer to Jareth now than she had been the first five days she was with him. Jareth was so happy that his true feelings were out, that he joined in the party with the goblins.
Sydney sat on Jareth's throne and laughed until she was weak from it. The goblins pranced around all day, and at the moment were putting on a ridiculously funny skit or play. Jareth played a part in it as well, thought Sydney wouldn't really call it playing. Jareth was acting as a King; a very mean short tempered one at that. Waving his short whip around and shouting curses and orders. Sydney could see that this fictional king was not too far off to what Jareth use to be like. Even Nikko explained to her that Jareth was very similar to this at a point in his life, but had grown out of it, and now he was happier now that She was around. Nikko thanked her greatly for making her King happy. Though the King Jareth was playing was mean and uncaring, the antics of him and his goblins were too funny for the play to be serious.
Jareth took the game well and didn't complain at all at being made the beast of the story. And he got his revenge on Sydney for laughing at him, by sneaking up on her and catching her in a mind shattering kiss that caused the whole room to whoop and shout at them. Sydney would have died at all the attention, but it was all in fun, and she hardly noticed them anyway, after being kissed like that. Though the feeling left her quickly when she looked out the window at the setting sun. The night was coming fast and she was tired, but she feared going to sleep. Would the dream return to her? She didn't know, and she didn't want to ask Jareth when he was finally so happy and carefree. Jareth and the goblins sang many songs of the Underground, and Sydney just loved to sit back and listen to his smooth English tinted voice. She didn't want to ruin this moment for anything.
Tomas could not understand his son; he had been watching the dance and the whole removal of the red dream and the partying later that day with a crystal. His son had just witnessed the pure panic and pain that the mortal brought upon him, yet Jareth did not send her away as soon as he knew she was awake. No doubt about it, his son was stubborn.and very much in love with the girl. He hated to hurt his son so much, but he never knew that Jareth would have the stamina to remove a red dream and bounce back in a matter of hours. He was very proud of him, and also very angry.
Thomas knew that he could not waste anymore time, with the link between them gone, the girl was extremely vulnerable. If Jareth did not send the mortal way tonight, then tomorrow he will send her away for him, for good!
An hour later Jareth lounged in his throne, one leg draped over the arm of the chair, with Sydney resting in his arms. He gazed around at all the goblins as they slept off the party that had swiftly caught up to them. Many slept where they fell and so the ground was littered with them. Sydney had fallen asleep, but he was reluctant to put her to bed. The day had been one of the happiest days of his life and he didn't want it to end. But it did, and he was the only one awake, even the castle guards had partied themselves out.
He looked down at Sydney in his arms and thought about her life here. Sure it would be a lot better now that they knew they loved each other, but in her nightmare she was calling for her mother and her father. Jareth had never really stopped to think about Sydney's family, or her life above ground, or how much she must miss them. For the first time Jareth contemplated sending Sydney back Aboveground. She would be happy there, with her family, and safe. But as Jareth looked at her sleeping form, a wave of possessive love washed over him and he knew that he could not live without her by his side, nor would he want to.
Sighing, he effortlessly lifted Sydney and carried her to her room, careful not to tread on any of the goblins. When he reached Sydney's room he paused, he didn't want to leave her alone, the dream would return. He instantly made up his mind and carried the sleeping mortal to his own room. Using his power, he again dressed her in the soft nightgown and placed her down on his bed. When he did, Sydney's eyes snapped open and she sat up so quickly that Jareth almost got knocked over.
"Jareth.." She said in a groggy voice, as she rubbed at her eyes. " What are you doing?" she yawned.
" Hush Love your going to stay here with me so I can protect you." He said as he gently pushed her back on the bed and pulled the sheets up to cover her.
" But what about.you know, that tradition you have here?" she said, stifling another yawn. Even in the dim glow of the hovering light Jareth could still see the tint of her blushing.
" That doesn't matter right now, you don't have to worry about it." he reassured her as he undressed and climbed into bed and curled up next to her. Sydney closed her eyes and turned away slightly, knowing that if she caught a glimpse of his naked body she wasn't going to be able to not worry about it. But when she felt his slight weight on her, acting as a shield, protecting her, she was asleep again in a second.
Jareth on the other hand was not at all tired, having slept half the day. But he could also not fall asleep because thousands of thoughts flew around in his head. Most having to do with how she got infected with a red dream in the first place. She could have gotten infected while she was Aboveground. But that sort of thing was very rare and almost impossible. Could she have been at the Dream Cave when she was wandering the Labyrinth? If she was infected there, where was Oswin the goblin in charge of the dreams and nightmares? Why wasn't he there to stop it?
Jareth slowly lifted himself off Sidney, sat up and leaned up against the headboard of the bed. Oswin was an extremely loyal goblin; Jareth could find no reason for him to do something to hurt a mortal intentionally.would he? Though Oswin was a servant of his father before he was a servant to him. Jareth's head snapped up as a revelation came to him. If Sydney was infected, the other half of the nightmare would have to have been let free, unless it was a rouge dream, but that was rare. If his father had gone to Oswin to tell him to release the other half, his father had looked a Sydney strange at their first meeting; he must have known that she was infected. If his father had demanded the dream to be set free, Oswin was so loyal to his father, that he would have done it in a second.
Jareth looked down at Sydney as she slept peacefully. She breathed in soft sighs that drove him crazy, and he felt his blood start to heat up. He didn't want to wake her, it was near midnight, but the question was burning in his mind so much that he had to have it answered. He reached out and ran his hand across her cheek and wrapped a curl of her hair around his fingers. She was so peaceful now, he ached just to know how she was really doing, wondering if her would be able to ever repair the link between them. "Sydney.wake up Sydney." He said softly. Sydney's eyes slid open for a second, then closed again as she stretched, rubbing up against him. Jareth's already hot blood started to boil, and his mind was suddenly clouded. But he shoved the feeling away and concentrated on the question at hand. " Sydney are you awake?" he asked again, slightly amused with himself for ignoring the obvious intimacy of the moment. Sydney yawned again and opened her eyes.
" Yes.I'm awake, this better be very important." She snapped, but her groggy voice cut out all the bite that was in her words. Jareth smiled, remembering that she wasn't in the best of moods when she was woken up.
" It is, I have a very important question for you." He sat up in bed making sure that the sheets where covering him. Sydney sat up too, waking up further.
" Alright.what is it?" She said puling her hair away from her face, stifling another yawn.
" Sydney, when you were in the Labyrinth, did you find a cave?" he watched as she processed the question, then she nodded.
"Yes I found the. Dream Cave, I think it was called that." She looked up at him, "Why?"
" Did you see all the little green dreams flying around?" Jareth continued without answering her own question. Sydney nodded. "Did you see a red one?"
" A red one.no, I don't think I did.why?" Sydney scooted up closer to him wondering what got him so riled up in the middle of the night.
Jareth knew that she would not have remembered seeing a red dream; it would have erased all memory of itself. " Was there a goblin there?" He continued.
" A goblin.yes. Yes there was, I remember because he was very strange, he had big, big eyes and he sat on a stack of huge books and never talked to me, except at the beginning when I asked him what the cave was." Sydney saw that her answer did not at all make Jareth happy. He sat glaring hard at her, but not directed at her, Sydney could tell that he was glaring at something in his mind. "Why?" she asked again.
Jareth literally seemed to snap out of his trance and smiled at her. " I believe that was were you got infected with those dreams that are haunting you."
" Oh. what are you going to do about it?" she asked. Wondering if she really wanted to know the answer.
" I think I'm going to pay a certain goblin a visit..tomorrow. " His gaze changed and Sydney suddenly felt very nervous. Jareth was angry, his father was the one who started this whole thing. He caused Sydney's fear, his pain, and their link between them to separate. But at this very moment he didn't care about them, he cared about the young woman sitting next to him, and how the very sight of her bedraggled look set his heart on fire, and his blood to boil once again. " But right now I'm just going to stay right here.with you." He reached out, caught Sydney around the waist and leaned back, dragging her on top of him.
" Jareth!" she protested, but found the situation too inviting for her to really argue. Instead she relaxed in his arms and placed a kiss low on his neck.
Jareth's heart just about exploded in his chest, she really and truly wanted him. Jareth rolled trapping Sydney beneath him and claming her with a kiss. Sydney's Nightgown had hiked up reviling her bare legs; she could feel Jareth's strong bare legs against hers as he shifted between her legs. Sydney gasped in both pleasure and fear. Even though this was the right moment, even though her body was crying out for him, even as she plunged her hands into his soft long hair, and his hands roamed her body, gently bring her to a heated fever that matched his. Even with everything as it should be; she was still afraid of him.
" Jareth, stop." She muttered half-heartedly.
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A/N Alright there you go, Now My next chapter WILL be up By next Tuesday or before, NO LATER. Shadow girl,.I chat with you almost every day..It is up to you to keep me in line and make sure I update...Being that you live only a few miles from me, You better come though with any threats you may say ^_^ .
Anyway, so how was this chapter???? Hmmm The story is just about finished *o* . What's going to happen??? I can tell you this Tomas ( no shadow girl, not my vampire friend Tomas, Jearth's dad) Tomas is going to cross the line and hurt a very important person in the story.Who?? You'll just have to wait and see. * Ducks Objects thrown at me* Please review. ^_^x
Many thanks to my reviewers, I would thank you all individually, but I am in a hurry and cannot * Sorry*.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Labyrinth,..Or I would be there right now.
What If II The Nightmare
By
Melissa aka Angle1
Sydney and Jareth eventually got dressed for the rest of the day and headed down to the dinning room, for they had yet to eat, even Jareth was starving. Nikko, as well as the other goblins were so excited to see the Goblin King awake and well, that they threw a party amongst themselves and the castle was soon over run with the rowdy goblins. Jareth was in a state of euphoria, he hardly let Sydney out of his sight and he always kept contact with her. Whither it be by holding her hand or just reaching out to move a strand of loose hair from her face. The contact also reassured him that Sydney was really here with him, for he still could not " feel" her, he even tried to talk to her in her head, and she showed no reaction to his words.
He cursed himself for not noticing the red dream sooner, for not protecting Sydney like he swore he would. But even with the mental connection gone, Sydney was closer to Jareth now than she had been the first five days she was with him. Jareth was so happy that his true feelings were out, that he joined in the party with the goblins.
Sydney sat on Jareth's throne and laughed until she was weak from it. The goblins pranced around all day, and at the moment were putting on a ridiculously funny skit or play. Jareth played a part in it as well, thought Sydney wouldn't really call it playing. Jareth was acting as a King; a very mean short tempered one at that. Waving his short whip around and shouting curses and orders. Sydney could see that this fictional king was not too far off to what Jareth use to be like. Even Nikko explained to her that Jareth was very similar to this at a point in his life, but had grown out of it, and now he was happier now that She was around. Nikko thanked her greatly for making her King happy. Though the King Jareth was playing was mean and uncaring, the antics of him and his goblins were too funny for the play to be serious.
Jareth took the game well and didn't complain at all at being made the beast of the story. And he got his revenge on Sydney for laughing at him, by sneaking up on her and catching her in a mind shattering kiss that caused the whole room to whoop and shout at them. Sydney would have died at all the attention, but it was all in fun, and she hardly noticed them anyway, after being kissed like that. Though the feeling left her quickly when she looked out the window at the setting sun. The night was coming fast and she was tired, but she feared going to sleep. Would the dream return to her? She didn't know, and she didn't want to ask Jareth when he was finally so happy and carefree. Jareth and the goblins sang many songs of the Underground, and Sydney just loved to sit back and listen to his smooth English tinted voice. She didn't want to ruin this moment for anything.
Tomas could not understand his son; he had been watching the dance and the whole removal of the red dream and the partying later that day with a crystal. His son had just witnessed the pure panic and pain that the mortal brought upon him, yet Jareth did not send her away as soon as he knew she was awake. No doubt about it, his son was stubborn.and very much in love with the girl. He hated to hurt his son so much, but he never knew that Jareth would have the stamina to remove a red dream and bounce back in a matter of hours. He was very proud of him, and also very angry.
Thomas knew that he could not waste anymore time, with the link between them gone, the girl was extremely vulnerable. If Jareth did not send the mortal way tonight, then tomorrow he will send her away for him, for good!
An hour later Jareth lounged in his throne, one leg draped over the arm of the chair, with Sydney resting in his arms. He gazed around at all the goblins as they slept off the party that had swiftly caught up to them. Many slept where they fell and so the ground was littered with them. Sydney had fallen asleep, but he was reluctant to put her to bed. The day had been one of the happiest days of his life and he didn't want it to end. But it did, and he was the only one awake, even the castle guards had partied themselves out.
He looked down at Sydney in his arms and thought about her life here. Sure it would be a lot better now that they knew they loved each other, but in her nightmare she was calling for her mother and her father. Jareth had never really stopped to think about Sydney's family, or her life above ground, or how much she must miss them. For the first time Jareth contemplated sending Sydney back Aboveground. She would be happy there, with her family, and safe. But as Jareth looked at her sleeping form, a wave of possessive love washed over him and he knew that he could not live without her by his side, nor would he want to.
Sighing, he effortlessly lifted Sydney and carried her to her room, careful not to tread on any of the goblins. When he reached Sydney's room he paused, he didn't want to leave her alone, the dream would return. He instantly made up his mind and carried the sleeping mortal to his own room. Using his power, he again dressed her in the soft nightgown and placed her down on his bed. When he did, Sydney's eyes snapped open and she sat up so quickly that Jareth almost got knocked over.
"Jareth.." She said in a groggy voice, as she rubbed at her eyes. " What are you doing?" she yawned.
" Hush Love your going to stay here with me so I can protect you." He said as he gently pushed her back on the bed and pulled the sheets up to cover her.
" But what about.you know, that tradition you have here?" she said, stifling another yawn. Even in the dim glow of the hovering light Jareth could still see the tint of her blushing.
" That doesn't matter right now, you don't have to worry about it." he reassured her as he undressed and climbed into bed and curled up next to her. Sydney closed her eyes and turned away slightly, knowing that if she caught a glimpse of his naked body she wasn't going to be able to not worry about it. But when she felt his slight weight on her, acting as a shield, protecting her, she was asleep again in a second.
Jareth on the other hand was not at all tired, having slept half the day. But he could also not fall asleep because thousands of thoughts flew around in his head. Most having to do with how she got infected with a red dream in the first place. She could have gotten infected while she was Aboveground. But that sort of thing was very rare and almost impossible. Could she have been at the Dream Cave when she was wandering the Labyrinth? If she was infected there, where was Oswin the goblin in charge of the dreams and nightmares? Why wasn't he there to stop it?
Jareth slowly lifted himself off Sidney, sat up and leaned up against the headboard of the bed. Oswin was an extremely loyal goblin; Jareth could find no reason for him to do something to hurt a mortal intentionally.would he? Though Oswin was a servant of his father before he was a servant to him. Jareth's head snapped up as a revelation came to him. If Sydney was infected, the other half of the nightmare would have to have been let free, unless it was a rouge dream, but that was rare. If his father had gone to Oswin to tell him to release the other half, his father had looked a Sydney strange at their first meeting; he must have known that she was infected. If his father had demanded the dream to be set free, Oswin was so loyal to his father, that he would have done it in a second.
Jareth looked down at Sydney as she slept peacefully. She breathed in soft sighs that drove him crazy, and he felt his blood start to heat up. He didn't want to wake her, it was near midnight, but the question was burning in his mind so much that he had to have it answered. He reached out and ran his hand across her cheek and wrapped a curl of her hair around his fingers. She was so peaceful now, he ached just to know how she was really doing, wondering if her would be able to ever repair the link between them. "Sydney.wake up Sydney." He said softly. Sydney's eyes slid open for a second, then closed again as she stretched, rubbing up against him. Jareth's already hot blood started to boil, and his mind was suddenly clouded. But he shoved the feeling away and concentrated on the question at hand. " Sydney are you awake?" he asked again, slightly amused with himself for ignoring the obvious intimacy of the moment. Sydney yawned again and opened her eyes.
" Yes.I'm awake, this better be very important." She snapped, but her groggy voice cut out all the bite that was in her words. Jareth smiled, remembering that she wasn't in the best of moods when she was woken up.
" It is, I have a very important question for you." He sat up in bed making sure that the sheets where covering him. Sydney sat up too, waking up further.
" Alright.what is it?" She said puling her hair away from her face, stifling another yawn.
" Sydney, when you were in the Labyrinth, did you find a cave?" he watched as she processed the question, then she nodded.
"Yes I found the. Dream Cave, I think it was called that." She looked up at him, "Why?"
" Did you see all the little green dreams flying around?" Jareth continued without answering her own question. Sydney nodded. "Did you see a red one?"
" A red one.no, I don't think I did.why?" Sydney scooted up closer to him wondering what got him so riled up in the middle of the night.
Jareth knew that she would not have remembered seeing a red dream; it would have erased all memory of itself. " Was there a goblin there?" He continued.
" A goblin.yes. Yes there was, I remember because he was very strange, he had big, big eyes and he sat on a stack of huge books and never talked to me, except at the beginning when I asked him what the cave was." Sydney saw that her answer did not at all make Jareth happy. He sat glaring hard at her, but not directed at her, Sydney could tell that he was glaring at something in his mind. "Why?" she asked again.
Jareth literally seemed to snap out of his trance and smiled at her. " I believe that was were you got infected with those dreams that are haunting you."
" Oh. what are you going to do about it?" she asked. Wondering if she really wanted to know the answer.
" I think I'm going to pay a certain goblin a visit..tomorrow. " His gaze changed and Sydney suddenly felt very nervous. Jareth was angry, his father was the one who started this whole thing. He caused Sydney's fear, his pain, and their link between them to separate. But at this very moment he didn't care about them, he cared about the young woman sitting next to him, and how the very sight of her bedraggled look set his heart on fire, and his blood to boil once again. " But right now I'm just going to stay right here.with you." He reached out, caught Sydney around the waist and leaned back, dragging her on top of him.
" Jareth!" she protested, but found the situation too inviting for her to really argue. Instead she relaxed in his arms and placed a kiss low on his neck.
Jareth's heart just about exploded in his chest, she really and truly wanted him. Jareth rolled trapping Sydney beneath him and claming her with a kiss. Sydney's Nightgown had hiked up reviling her bare legs; she could feel Jareth's strong bare legs against hers as he shifted between her legs. Sydney gasped in both pleasure and fear. Even though this was the right moment, even though her body was crying out for him, even as she plunged her hands into his soft long hair, and his hands roamed her body, gently bring her to a heated fever that matched his. Even with everything as it should be; she was still afraid of him.
" Jareth, stop." She muttered half-heartedly.
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A/N Alright there you go, Now My next chapter WILL be up By next Tuesday or before, NO LATER. Shadow girl,.I chat with you almost every day..It is up to you to keep me in line and make sure I update...Being that you live only a few miles from me, You better come though with any threats you may say ^_^ .
Anyway, so how was this chapter???? Hmmm The story is just about finished *o* . What's going to happen??? I can tell you this Tomas ( no shadow girl, not my vampire friend Tomas, Jearth's dad) Tomas is going to cross the line and hurt a very important person in the story.Who?? You'll just have to wait and see. * Ducks Objects thrown at me* Please review. ^_^x