A/N Well here it is.the next chapter.I TOLD you I would update soon. I
want to thank Dream D and Lady Fae for the reviews...and Shadow_girl for
all her support. I will keep on the updates once a week, Unless I finally
get word installed into my computer then they will be much sooner. Sorry
for all the cliffhangers..It's just where the chapters end.plus I'm
evil..Mwahahahahah.
Disclaimer: Last I looked, I do not own The labyrinth...darn
What IF II The Nightmare
By
Melissa aka Angle 1 ^_^x
Jareth froze, not sure if he had heard her correctly.
" I-I can't do this right now." Sydney continued.
" Your body is telling me otherwise." Jareth said smoothly, relaxing and continuing his petting. Knowing full well that Sydney was hardly listening to the voice in her head, telling her to stop. But Jareth did not push his luck, whether she meant what she said or not, she told him to stop, and he would not betray her again. " Yet if it is what you want..?"
" Yes, I want you to stop." Sydney said quickly and slid out from under Jareth and in a flash hoped out of the bed. She crossed her arms in front of her and hung her head and stared at the ground. She felt very embarrassed about being caught again, enjoying herself in his company. Yet why should she feel bad about it? She had confessed her love to him, and so did he. She wanted to be happy, yet she felt she shouldn't give up on her old life. But the memory of how she felt when he had forced himself on her was still so fresh in her mind, that she was afraid that she would feel that way again.
Jareth sighed and sat up and watched as Sydney hid herself in her mind again, crossing her arms protectively around her. She was still afraid of him, and he felt terrible about that. " Sydney, I will not do anything you do not want me to, but you must stay here with me so I can protect you from the nightmare. I promise I will not try it again." He said solemnly. Sydney nodded and silently climbed back into bed and curled up next to him.
" Thank you.for understanding, that I do love you.but I'm just not ready yet." She whispered to him as she drifted off to sleep once more. Jareth sighed again and he too finally fell to sleep.
Sydney slid open her eyes slowly at first, realizing that she had yet again woken up in the bed of the Goblin King. But Jareth was nowhere to be seen; She opened her eyes a little more. Nope, Jareth was not in bed with her, she sighed in relief as she stretched and gazed at the sunlight streaming in. She was glad that she would not have to face him first thing in the morning, after what had happened last night, she would not be able to think of anything to say to him.
Suddenly Sydney felt a pair of very strong arms wrap around her and drag her out of bed, sheets and all. Pulling the sheets away from her head, she saw that Jareth was the one carrying her. " Jareth! What.what are you doing?" She shrieked.
" Nothing" Jareth replied in a devious tone that told Sydney he was up to something. He carried her into his bathroom and walked up to a huge bathtub. Sydney glanced down as it filled with steaming warm water.
" No! Jareth don't drop me in the water with my pajamas on again." She protested.
" Alright" Jareth said smoothly and Sydney suddenly felt her nightgown disappear under the bed sheets. And before she could say anything about it Jareth dropped her into the tub, keeping hold of the sheets. He laughed as he watched her sit up coughing on the water and trying to hide herself from his eyes.
" JAR-ETH, that's not fair." She shouted as she hid herself in the deep water. Glaring up at his mismatched eyes, framed by deep royal purple makeup, the color also repeated in his hair. He smiled at her as he taped his crystal handled whip against his leg. He was dressed in his usual white poets shirt, brown leather jacket, heavy cape, too tight gray pants and black knee high boots, not to forget of course, the gloves.
The sheets disappeared from Jareth's arms and returned back to the bed. He crouched down and rested his arms on the edge of the tub and stared eye to eye with Sydney, suddenly becoming very serious. Sydney hoped that she did not make him angry; she never wanted him angry with her ever again.
" Sydney, I'm going out today, and I'm leaving you alone in the castle. Whatever you do, do not fall asleep, I will not be here to protect you from the nightmare." He reached out and pulled her wet hair from her face before leaning in and kissing her softly on the cheek. " I won't be gone long." He continued as he straightened up and headed out the door, " I just need to make a visit to a certain goblin." With that he disappeared in a shower of glitter. Stunned by his sudden serious tone Sydney sat in the tub for a moment before she started to wash.
Jareth appeared miles away from the castle, he was inside the Labyrinth and in front of the dream cave. Ducking in he wasted no time. " Oswin!" he glanced around the cave, the darkness did not hinder him. " Oswin where are you, I want to speak with you!" Out of one of the corners, the large goblin appeared and meekly made his way to his King. Jareth took one look at the goblin and he knew that Oswin knew that he was in trouble.
" Your Majesty." Oswin said in a soft but calm voice.
Jareth crossed his arms and paced in front of the goblin. " Oswin.a few days ago, did a young mortal girl by any chance, come in here?"
" A mortal.girl.well uh, ..perhaps?" Oswin stuttered, the first hint of panic coming though. he stared hard at the short whip in Jareth's hand, and swallowed loudly.
" Perhaps? You mean you don't know or you're not sure?" Jareth asked sternly.
Oswin didn't know how to answer, all he knew was that he had to stall as much as he could.
Sydney had finished bathing, finished her breakfast, and was now sitting on Jareth's throne. The day was going by so slowly; without Jareth around to keep her on her toes, the castle seemed pretty boring. Nikko was sitting on the arm of the throne, telling Sydney stories to keep her entertained. But Sydney found that she could not concentrate long enough to really understand them. Her thoughts kept going back to Jareth.
Suddenly Nikko let out a terrified yelp and jumped into Sydney's arms. Looking up Sydney was stunned to see Tomas, Jareth's father standing next to her.
" Hello," Sydney offered, Tomas had not come by at all since that first day and Sydney thought that he would make his visits rarer than they already were.
" Hello" Tomas replied his voice was thick with sarcasm and an English accent, his eyes closed of all emotion. " I've come to take you."
Nikko whimpered, and Sydney held her tighter. " Take me where? To Jareth?" she allowed herself to hope, But her hopes where dashed when Tomas shook his head.
" No, I'm taking you away from Jareth." Tomas moved to stand in front of her and he crossed his arms.
Sydney was confused, away from Jareth? What did he mean? " Why?" she asked in a whisper.
" Because your not good for him!" Tomas snapped. Suddenly Sydney understood, it was the whole jealousy idea, the " your not good enough for my son," thing.
" Oh.so it's that?" Sydney sighed and sat back in the throne.
" Don't believe him Mistress, you've seen how happy you make Master." Nikko said shrilly, as she griped tighter to Sydney's clothes.
" Shut up you ungrateful little tick!" Tomas hissed, looking as if he were about to lunge after the tiny goblin. Nikko shied away and muttered an apology. Many of the castle goblins scattered and left the room,
Sydney shielded Nikko behind her and faced Tomas, her fear and anger canceled each other out so she felt numb and calm. " Look I may not be what you wanted for your son but-"
" You're the worst thing that could happen for Jareth!" Tomas interrupted, pacing wildly in front of the throne.
Sydney didn't believe a word he was saying, she knew she was good for Jareth, she had seen it herself how his mood reflected their relationship. And for the first time in a long time, Sydney felt confident in herself and Tomas was not going to talk her down. " Why! What is it about me that makes me unworthy of your son?!" Shocked, that she yelled at Jareth's father, she immediately felt a rush of pride in herself for not backing down.
Tomas turned and faced her, his eyes flashing in anger. " You are mortal, that's why I believe you to be unworthy," malice and hate dripping from his words.
" Mortal. is that all?" Sydney didn't understand why that would be a problem, Jareth had told her that she would not age a second in the Underground, and wasn't his wife mortal as well? " But your wife was mortal and you loved her."
Tomas glared at her, but surprisingly did nothing, instead he sat on the stone step in front of the throne, with his back to her. " That is exactly why." He said calmly. He laughed weakly at his sudden change of mood, " You see, the Underground has been in existence for longer than you mortals have been walking upright. And in the hundreds of thousands of years that we have been here, dozens of mortals have been kept here, and endless more brought here and trapped here." He stopped a second and gazed off at the wall. Sydney placed Nikko on the floor by the throne and persuaded her to let her go.
"Jareth's mother was no different from the others." Tomas continued. " Except that I loved her, really and truly loved her. She entered the Labyrinth and it was love at first sight you could say. Three days later, we were married and ten months later I had a son, she gave me everything I ever wanted."
Sydney was unsure why Tomas was telling her all this, but thought it best to keep him going, maybe Jareth would return before anything could happen. " So what changed all that?" she asked carefully.
Tomas's voice turned hard and unforgiving. " Rumors went around that my wife was loving another."
Sydney gasped, " Well, surely you didn't believe them?"
" I did" Tomas replied, his hard voice never relenting, " There were signs.but I refused to see them, She had shielded her thoughts and emotions from me, but I didn't worry. It was not until I had heard it from the lips of the man in question, that I believed it. My Love was giving her heart to another, she was betraying me!" he turned and faced Sydney then, his face was calm but his eyes showed extreme pain. " I could not love her, I hurt her for hurting me, though I knew it was my fault that she went to the arms of another. I had not been.as expressive with my love as I had been, no doubt she found me cold and unloving. But I did, it was just the shock that my son; still a child, had taken the throne from me. She did not have to find comfort elsewhere.
Sydney did not ask Jareth how his mother had died; it would have been heartless to do so. But she did not at all feel sorry for Tomas and so, she asked him. " Why did she die?"
Tomas swore and stood up, and grabbed Sydney by the arm and heaved her out of the throne, locking eyes with her. " I stopped loving her, that is why she died. Her only reason for being here was because I loved her, without that.she had no place here. She grew sick in a matter of months, and I refused to see her.she died in Jareth's arms."
Sydney felt ill, how did Jareth ever survive such a thing. Another, more selfish thought popped into her mind. ' If Jareth stopped loving me, would I die?'
Tomas seemed to have realized what she was thinking, for he confirmed her question. " And if Jareth ever stops loving you, then the same will happen."
' What a stupid thought, what if Jareth stops loving me, ha he would more likely stop being egotistical, and overbearing first. And besides, if I do die, then at least I would have lead a life that others could only dream about. I would have been alive for many lifetimes, it wouldn't matter if I died.' Sydney thought as she wrenched her arm out of Tomas's grasp. " That will never happen, Jareth and I have confessed our love for each other, and as much as I hate to admit it, I will never do anything to turn him against me."
" Ha so you have bent to his will have you?" Tomas sneered.
" Yes" Sydney snapped back.
" Willing to do or say anything that will make him happy?"
" Yes"
" And yet, you have yet to allow him to bed you" Tomas mocked eyeing her cruelly.
Sydney gasped, " That is none of your damn business, and how do you know. you know what? I'm not even going to listen to this anymore, and I'm not afraid of you, I'm leaving." With that Sydney turned on her heal and left the room and headed for her own.
Tomas waited a second before following her, " Big mistake my dear." ********************************************************************
A/N Whoops..another cliffhanger..sorry. Well Hmmm Tomas sure does have gull to waltz right into the castle and snatch Sydney away doesn't he? Anyway, I'm taking bets on who the character is that is getting hurt...Anyone want to take a guess? Come one guess..It could be anyone. Oh yeah, lease review... love ya'll lots ^_^x
Disclaimer: Last I looked, I do not own The labyrinth...darn
What IF II The Nightmare
By
Melissa aka Angle 1 ^_^x
Jareth froze, not sure if he had heard her correctly.
" I-I can't do this right now." Sydney continued.
" Your body is telling me otherwise." Jareth said smoothly, relaxing and continuing his petting. Knowing full well that Sydney was hardly listening to the voice in her head, telling her to stop. But Jareth did not push his luck, whether she meant what she said or not, she told him to stop, and he would not betray her again. " Yet if it is what you want..?"
" Yes, I want you to stop." Sydney said quickly and slid out from under Jareth and in a flash hoped out of the bed. She crossed her arms in front of her and hung her head and stared at the ground. She felt very embarrassed about being caught again, enjoying herself in his company. Yet why should she feel bad about it? She had confessed her love to him, and so did he. She wanted to be happy, yet she felt she shouldn't give up on her old life. But the memory of how she felt when he had forced himself on her was still so fresh in her mind, that she was afraid that she would feel that way again.
Jareth sighed and sat up and watched as Sydney hid herself in her mind again, crossing her arms protectively around her. She was still afraid of him, and he felt terrible about that. " Sydney, I will not do anything you do not want me to, but you must stay here with me so I can protect you from the nightmare. I promise I will not try it again." He said solemnly. Sydney nodded and silently climbed back into bed and curled up next to him.
" Thank you.for understanding, that I do love you.but I'm just not ready yet." She whispered to him as she drifted off to sleep once more. Jareth sighed again and he too finally fell to sleep.
Sydney slid open her eyes slowly at first, realizing that she had yet again woken up in the bed of the Goblin King. But Jareth was nowhere to be seen; She opened her eyes a little more. Nope, Jareth was not in bed with her, she sighed in relief as she stretched and gazed at the sunlight streaming in. She was glad that she would not have to face him first thing in the morning, after what had happened last night, she would not be able to think of anything to say to him.
Suddenly Sydney felt a pair of very strong arms wrap around her and drag her out of bed, sheets and all. Pulling the sheets away from her head, she saw that Jareth was the one carrying her. " Jareth! What.what are you doing?" She shrieked.
" Nothing" Jareth replied in a devious tone that told Sydney he was up to something. He carried her into his bathroom and walked up to a huge bathtub. Sydney glanced down as it filled with steaming warm water.
" No! Jareth don't drop me in the water with my pajamas on again." She protested.
" Alright" Jareth said smoothly and Sydney suddenly felt her nightgown disappear under the bed sheets. And before she could say anything about it Jareth dropped her into the tub, keeping hold of the sheets. He laughed as he watched her sit up coughing on the water and trying to hide herself from his eyes.
" JAR-ETH, that's not fair." She shouted as she hid herself in the deep water. Glaring up at his mismatched eyes, framed by deep royal purple makeup, the color also repeated in his hair. He smiled at her as he taped his crystal handled whip against his leg. He was dressed in his usual white poets shirt, brown leather jacket, heavy cape, too tight gray pants and black knee high boots, not to forget of course, the gloves.
The sheets disappeared from Jareth's arms and returned back to the bed. He crouched down and rested his arms on the edge of the tub and stared eye to eye with Sydney, suddenly becoming very serious. Sydney hoped that she did not make him angry; she never wanted him angry with her ever again.
" Sydney, I'm going out today, and I'm leaving you alone in the castle. Whatever you do, do not fall asleep, I will not be here to protect you from the nightmare." He reached out and pulled her wet hair from her face before leaning in and kissing her softly on the cheek. " I won't be gone long." He continued as he straightened up and headed out the door, " I just need to make a visit to a certain goblin." With that he disappeared in a shower of glitter. Stunned by his sudden serious tone Sydney sat in the tub for a moment before she started to wash.
Jareth appeared miles away from the castle, he was inside the Labyrinth and in front of the dream cave. Ducking in he wasted no time. " Oswin!" he glanced around the cave, the darkness did not hinder him. " Oswin where are you, I want to speak with you!" Out of one of the corners, the large goblin appeared and meekly made his way to his King. Jareth took one look at the goblin and he knew that Oswin knew that he was in trouble.
" Your Majesty." Oswin said in a soft but calm voice.
Jareth crossed his arms and paced in front of the goblin. " Oswin.a few days ago, did a young mortal girl by any chance, come in here?"
" A mortal.girl.well uh, ..perhaps?" Oswin stuttered, the first hint of panic coming though. he stared hard at the short whip in Jareth's hand, and swallowed loudly.
" Perhaps? You mean you don't know or you're not sure?" Jareth asked sternly.
Oswin didn't know how to answer, all he knew was that he had to stall as much as he could.
Sydney had finished bathing, finished her breakfast, and was now sitting on Jareth's throne. The day was going by so slowly; without Jareth around to keep her on her toes, the castle seemed pretty boring. Nikko was sitting on the arm of the throne, telling Sydney stories to keep her entertained. But Sydney found that she could not concentrate long enough to really understand them. Her thoughts kept going back to Jareth.
Suddenly Nikko let out a terrified yelp and jumped into Sydney's arms. Looking up Sydney was stunned to see Tomas, Jareth's father standing next to her.
" Hello," Sydney offered, Tomas had not come by at all since that first day and Sydney thought that he would make his visits rarer than they already were.
" Hello" Tomas replied his voice was thick with sarcasm and an English accent, his eyes closed of all emotion. " I've come to take you."
Nikko whimpered, and Sydney held her tighter. " Take me where? To Jareth?" she allowed herself to hope, But her hopes where dashed when Tomas shook his head.
" No, I'm taking you away from Jareth." Tomas moved to stand in front of her and he crossed his arms.
Sydney was confused, away from Jareth? What did he mean? " Why?" she asked in a whisper.
" Because your not good for him!" Tomas snapped. Suddenly Sydney understood, it was the whole jealousy idea, the " your not good enough for my son," thing.
" Oh.so it's that?" Sydney sighed and sat back in the throne.
" Don't believe him Mistress, you've seen how happy you make Master." Nikko said shrilly, as she griped tighter to Sydney's clothes.
" Shut up you ungrateful little tick!" Tomas hissed, looking as if he were about to lunge after the tiny goblin. Nikko shied away and muttered an apology. Many of the castle goblins scattered and left the room,
Sydney shielded Nikko behind her and faced Tomas, her fear and anger canceled each other out so she felt numb and calm. " Look I may not be what you wanted for your son but-"
" You're the worst thing that could happen for Jareth!" Tomas interrupted, pacing wildly in front of the throne.
Sydney didn't believe a word he was saying, she knew she was good for Jareth, she had seen it herself how his mood reflected their relationship. And for the first time in a long time, Sydney felt confident in herself and Tomas was not going to talk her down. " Why! What is it about me that makes me unworthy of your son?!" Shocked, that she yelled at Jareth's father, she immediately felt a rush of pride in herself for not backing down.
Tomas turned and faced her, his eyes flashing in anger. " You are mortal, that's why I believe you to be unworthy," malice and hate dripping from his words.
" Mortal. is that all?" Sydney didn't understand why that would be a problem, Jareth had told her that she would not age a second in the Underground, and wasn't his wife mortal as well? " But your wife was mortal and you loved her."
Tomas glared at her, but surprisingly did nothing, instead he sat on the stone step in front of the throne, with his back to her. " That is exactly why." He said calmly. He laughed weakly at his sudden change of mood, " You see, the Underground has been in existence for longer than you mortals have been walking upright. And in the hundreds of thousands of years that we have been here, dozens of mortals have been kept here, and endless more brought here and trapped here." He stopped a second and gazed off at the wall. Sydney placed Nikko on the floor by the throne and persuaded her to let her go.
"Jareth's mother was no different from the others." Tomas continued. " Except that I loved her, really and truly loved her. She entered the Labyrinth and it was love at first sight you could say. Three days later, we were married and ten months later I had a son, she gave me everything I ever wanted."
Sydney was unsure why Tomas was telling her all this, but thought it best to keep him going, maybe Jareth would return before anything could happen. " So what changed all that?" she asked carefully.
Tomas's voice turned hard and unforgiving. " Rumors went around that my wife was loving another."
Sydney gasped, " Well, surely you didn't believe them?"
" I did" Tomas replied, his hard voice never relenting, " There were signs.but I refused to see them, She had shielded her thoughts and emotions from me, but I didn't worry. It was not until I had heard it from the lips of the man in question, that I believed it. My Love was giving her heart to another, she was betraying me!" he turned and faced Sydney then, his face was calm but his eyes showed extreme pain. " I could not love her, I hurt her for hurting me, though I knew it was my fault that she went to the arms of another. I had not been.as expressive with my love as I had been, no doubt she found me cold and unloving. But I did, it was just the shock that my son; still a child, had taken the throne from me. She did not have to find comfort elsewhere.
Sydney did not ask Jareth how his mother had died; it would have been heartless to do so. But she did not at all feel sorry for Tomas and so, she asked him. " Why did she die?"
Tomas swore and stood up, and grabbed Sydney by the arm and heaved her out of the throne, locking eyes with her. " I stopped loving her, that is why she died. Her only reason for being here was because I loved her, without that.she had no place here. She grew sick in a matter of months, and I refused to see her.she died in Jareth's arms."
Sydney felt ill, how did Jareth ever survive such a thing. Another, more selfish thought popped into her mind. ' If Jareth stopped loving me, would I die?'
Tomas seemed to have realized what she was thinking, for he confirmed her question. " And if Jareth ever stops loving you, then the same will happen."
' What a stupid thought, what if Jareth stops loving me, ha he would more likely stop being egotistical, and overbearing first. And besides, if I do die, then at least I would have lead a life that others could only dream about. I would have been alive for many lifetimes, it wouldn't matter if I died.' Sydney thought as she wrenched her arm out of Tomas's grasp. " That will never happen, Jareth and I have confessed our love for each other, and as much as I hate to admit it, I will never do anything to turn him against me."
" Ha so you have bent to his will have you?" Tomas sneered.
" Yes" Sydney snapped back.
" Willing to do or say anything that will make him happy?"
" Yes"
" And yet, you have yet to allow him to bed you" Tomas mocked eyeing her cruelly.
Sydney gasped, " That is none of your damn business, and how do you know. you know what? I'm not even going to listen to this anymore, and I'm not afraid of you, I'm leaving." With that Sydney turned on her heal and left the room and headed for her own.
Tomas waited a second before following her, " Big mistake my dear." ********************************************************************
A/N Whoops..another cliffhanger..sorry. Well Hmmm Tomas sure does have gull to waltz right into the castle and snatch Sydney away doesn't he? Anyway, I'm taking bets on who the character is that is getting hurt...Anyone want to take a guess? Come one guess..It could be anyone. Oh yeah, lease review... love ya'll lots ^_^x