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What If II The Nightmare.
By
Melissa ^_^x
Four months later:
Sydney held her breath as she slowly stepped up the stairs to the second story of her home. It felt weird being in her old home, seeing things that she had seen for the past eighteen years of her life. Photos, her mother's plants, the big leather chair that her father sat in every evening. Yet now as she looked at them it was like she was seeing it for the first time. And now she was headed up the stairs in the middle of the night, to talk to her parents.
Turning she watched as Jareth slowly and silently made his way up after her. He wore a soft cotton poet's shirt, leather jacket, pants, boots, cape, and gloves, all a deep dark black. He faded perfectly with the shadows and almost disappeared in them. If it were not for the glint of the gold talisman he wore, she would have never seen him as he followed her up the steps. Turning back around Sydney's hand went to the talisman she wore. It was a match to Jareth's, she had received it the day they were married. Sydney smiled at the memory as she slowly, cautiously took another silent step up. They were married hardly a week after the kidnapping. She had woke from her drug-induced sleep to find a battered Nikko and Jareth at her side. As soon as she was well enough to walk Jareth had announced their marriage and the next day they were married in the castle garden with many of Jareth's and Sydney's new friends gathered around. Including Nikko, Denu, and many others they had meet at the ball. Even a sour faced Alma was there. All the castle goblins popped their heads out the windows to see them.
Another smile hit Sydney as she took another step. Married almost four months, and Jareth had refused to touch her. Apparently he had taken to heart about what the healer had said about her broken ribs and how she was not to have any "strenuous activity". If it were not for his good intentions she would have strangled the healer. But consummated or not, they acted like all newly weds. Never wanting to be without each other's company and always in constant contact. Though the wait until Sydney could breath and move without pain was taxing on Jareth's sanity, he often told her he could hardly stand having to wait until she was well so he show her how much he loved her. The comment was always followed with some very graphic explanations that would cause her to blush as red as a tomato.
Jareth had to also learn to live without the mental link that had connected them for the first few days she was in the Labyrinth. Jareth now had to trust her words as the truth; this also made Sydney unpredictable to Jareth. She knew could get away with saying or doing anything without Jareth knowledge, Jareth was soon plagued with practical jokes that Sydney often played upon him. Yet Jareth did not mind, in fact he loved her unpredictable nature. The only thing that Jareth could not stand about the link being gone was the fact that he could no longer keep track of her. If she were in danger he would have no idea, so Jareth had picked up the habit not letting her out of his sight for more than a few minutes. Sydney didn't mind his obsessive behavior.she kinda liked it, and she knew that it would put his mind at ease if she just stayed around him.
Finally they made it to the top of the steps and she paused out side her parent's door. Months had past, She had been keeping in touch with Sarah and she had told her how her parents had made a frantic search for her, and how they were devastated that she was gone, feared that she could be dead. Sydney had made the decision right there and then that she needed to visit her parent and explain as best she could. Jareth had supported her decision whole-heartedly; he had even offered to turn back time so she could confront them right at the start of her disappearance. But Sydney had refused, saying it would be unfair to them. Jareth stepped up behind her and placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Sydney sighed and silently opened the door and slipped inside.
Moonlight bathed the bedroom and Jareth retreated to a corner where he disappeared into the shadows. Sydney stepped up to the bed and gently shook her mother awake. " Mother, Mom.Mom wake up, Its me, Sydney." She whispered trying to sound as normal as she could. Four months was not a very long time at all, but in that time her American accent had been shot, and the first tainting of an English accent broke though.
" S-Sydney?.SYDNEY! oh my god." her mother shouted and sat up in bed and shoved at her husband, " Wake up Jonathan, Sydney's here!" Her dad also bolted up and gazed at her. A second later they had left the bed and held Sydney in their embrace, weeping joyfully. " I'll get you brothers and sisters." Her father said as he made to leave.
" Wait.not yet, I want to tell you both something important." Sydney said, as she wiped away the tears. She had her mother and her father sit back on the bed. " I want to tell you where I've been."
" Where have you been? We've been so worried, we looked for you everywhere." Her mother said, trying hard not to start weeping again.
Sydney had been so nervous about how she was going to tell them, that she had practice how she was going to do it. But now that she was standing here facing them she forgot everything she practiced and it all came out in one long breath. " Well, I went away, not far away really and I meet someone and I had this big adventure, and almost died a few times, but everything is okay now, and now we're married, and we're very happy, and I just wanted to tell you so you wouldn't be worried."
Her parents stared for a moment, processing the jumble of words she said, but they did catch one thing that she knew would not fly by them. " You got married!" her mother shrieked. Sydney glanced at the bedroom door wondering when her mother's screams where going to wake her siblings. " Sydney Ann Karper! What are taking about, please don't tell me this is true."
" Hush Mom you'll wake everybody up." Sydney whispered. " And yes it is true." Sydney's Mother sighed and reached for the bedside lamp to turn it on. Sydney shut her eyes and waited. '5 4 3 2 and' the lamp was turned on and the room was flooded with a soft warm glow,.which chased away every shadow and reviled Jareth standing barely a foot behind her. The sudden gasps confirmed it to Sydney that they could see him. She slowly opened her eyes to see Her father standing with her mother behind him.
" Don't be afraid of him," Sydney said as she turned around and took Jareth's hand and brought him to stand next to her. Jareth's face showed calm and inquisitiveness, as he gazed at Sydney's parents.
" Who is he?" her father asked. " And what are you wearing?" her mother chimed in.
Sydney looked down at her new style of clothes, No Queen could sit at the throne with Aboveground clothes, and Jareth flatly refused to allow her to wear a dress again. So now she was wearing a mix of Above and Underground clothes. Soft blue denim pants, a blood red silk poets shirt with a little too much lace for her liking.but Jareth loved it on her so she didn't complain. Her own shoes, and a heavy blue-black cape that matched Jareth's. Her hair was let down, and tinted purple. " Mom, Dad this is Jareth, the man I'm married to."
" What!" her parents said in unison. " But how could this happen, why did you disappear? Were you afraid that we would not approve 'cause of his age?" her father asked.
Sydney looked up at Jareth, he was much older looking than she was, early- mid thirties. But considering that he was really over five thousand years old, It seemed kind of stupid to care. " Well It was a bit of a accident, I didn't mean to just run off, but it all turned out for the better." She said happily, Her parents didn't look too happy, though thankfully they believed a marriage was binding and that there was nothing they could do about it, Sydney was of legal age anyway, so it didn't matter if they fought it or not.
" How long have you been married?" her mother asked.
" Three months and two weeks." Jareth replied softly. Sydney parents seemed happy at the fact that Jareth could talk, for he had not said one word the moment he was there.
" YOU GOT MARRIED?" came a shout from the doorway.
Turning Sydney saw her sixteen-year-old brother bound into the room and about knocked her over with his hug. " Simon." Sydney tried not to wince at the dull pain in her side as her brother hugged the life out of her. " Great to see you."
" Ya think? Gosh I can't believe you went and got married, who'da thunk it?" he said as he let her go and whistled at her flashy clothes.
" Simon this is my Husband, Jareth" Sydney said turning her brother to face Jareth. Jareth inclined his head in a greeting and smiled at the boy's expression.
" Sydney you went and married some one twice as old as you. And look at the way both of you are dressed, and how did you two ever meet and Hey," he stepped up to Jareth not at all fazed by his height " what do you think your doing snatching my sister away like that?"
Jareth chuckled at the boy's need-to-know attitude. " I assure you, she asked to come."
" She DID!"
" Jareth! I did not!" Sydney punched Jareth in the arm playfully. Suddenly a chorus of shrieks came from the door and a thirteen, ten, seven, and a five year old came running thought the door and surrounded Sydney with hugs. Jareth and Simon stepped away, and gave them room.
" I never knew Sydney had such a large and happy family." Jareth said softly to Simon.
" Yeah.well." Was all Simon could say as he gazed at the happy sight.
" Jareth theses are my sisters.and this is my brother," Sydney said as she placed a hand on the seven-year-old's head. Immediately the five year old sprinted up to Jareth and wrapped her arms around his leg.
" Sydney's married, but I'm his favorite new little sister ,'cause I got him first." The child stuck her tongue out at all her other siblings.
Jareth was charmed by the child's antics and crouched down and lifted her in her arms. The five year old stared back at him with eyes as green as Sydney's and hair as blonde as his own. Jareth could easily see the child as his and Sydney's someday. " What's your name little one?" he asked her as he stepped away from the loud questions her siblings threw at Sydney.
" Jena" The girl said softly, shy now that he was speaking to her.
" You have a lovely name Jena, and you are just as beautiful as your sister." He told her. The girl smiled bashfully.
" Are you and Sydney in love with each other?" the child asked in a whisper.
" Yes.very much so." Jareth whispered back and smiled at the glint in the child's emerald eyes.
" Where did you take Sydney? We missed her and couldn't find her anywhere." The child whispered even softer, as she reached for the golden talisman that was resting against his chest, obviously trying to hide the emotion she was feeling to having her sister back. Jareth almost hated to tell her that her sister was going to go away again, and this time she might not come back.
" I.I took her to a place where she will always be happy. A place where all her dreams come true." Jareth shifted the girl so he could have a free arm and with a flick of the wrist a crystal appeared in his hand. It was a harmless crystal with only a slight amount of power in it. The child stared at it in awe as she gazed into it's reflecting surface.
" Take it." Jareth told her. The girl reached out and took hold of the crystal; it looked rather large in her tiny hands. She stared at it and quiet soon the crystal lit up with a soft pink light and slowly images were swirling around. After another moment the images sharpened and showed many animals running around.
" Wow," was all the child could say as the gazed at it.
Jareth smiled and placed a light kiss on the child forehead before placing her back on the ground. She turned to run to her parents to show off her gift but turned and looked up at him.
" Thank you." She whispered, and then she ran to her parent's side.
Jareth watched as the family talked for a few more minutes, but he was nervous, Aboveground Sydney was ageing again and every minute was another minute gone. " Sydney" he called out to her. Sydney turned and the family grew silent. " It is time to leave." He told her sadly, watching the regret play across her face. None of her family argued, something told them that what this man said goes; his word was law. So after they said their goodbyes Sydney walked to stand next to Jareth. He wrapped his arm around her, and looked over to the group of children as they stared confused at them. In a blink they disappeared.
They reappeared in the throne room, Sydney headed for her own throne and sat down, emotionally drained from the meeting. " I saw what you gave Jena." She said teasingly.
Jareth shrugged " I thought it would be nice for the child to grow up knowing her dreams and being able to see them. Besides.she reminded me of a child we could have together. " He sat in his throne and was immediately joined by Nikko, who sat silently on the arm of the chair.
" Softy." Sydney whispered to him as he sat down next to her in his own throne, She grabbed the front of his shirt and dragged him to her, staring deeply into his mismatched eyes. Jareth dipped his head and kissed Sydney until he left her breathless. Sydney sat back in her throne and sighed contently. " Déjà vu."
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A/N *sniff * so how did you like my ending?..you must tell me. I have thought about continuing YET AGAIN!! Though I have no ideas whatsoever, If you have a idea for a third part..or if YOU want to make a third part of your own, you have my permission... all I ask is that you let me know so I can read it. And again I ask you to review and answer the questions I asked at the start of the chapter. Thank you for being a part of this wonderful experience with me and I expect to see you again at my new story, which I will be posting soon. ^_^x bye..
What If II The Nightmare.
By
Melissa ^_^x
Four months later:
Sydney held her breath as she slowly stepped up the stairs to the second story of her home. It felt weird being in her old home, seeing things that she had seen for the past eighteen years of her life. Photos, her mother's plants, the big leather chair that her father sat in every evening. Yet now as she looked at them it was like she was seeing it for the first time. And now she was headed up the stairs in the middle of the night, to talk to her parents.
Turning she watched as Jareth slowly and silently made his way up after her. He wore a soft cotton poet's shirt, leather jacket, pants, boots, cape, and gloves, all a deep dark black. He faded perfectly with the shadows and almost disappeared in them. If it were not for the glint of the gold talisman he wore, she would have never seen him as he followed her up the steps. Turning back around Sydney's hand went to the talisman she wore. It was a match to Jareth's, she had received it the day they were married. Sydney smiled at the memory as she slowly, cautiously took another silent step up. They were married hardly a week after the kidnapping. She had woke from her drug-induced sleep to find a battered Nikko and Jareth at her side. As soon as she was well enough to walk Jareth had announced their marriage and the next day they were married in the castle garden with many of Jareth's and Sydney's new friends gathered around. Including Nikko, Denu, and many others they had meet at the ball. Even a sour faced Alma was there. All the castle goblins popped their heads out the windows to see them.
Another smile hit Sydney as she took another step. Married almost four months, and Jareth had refused to touch her. Apparently he had taken to heart about what the healer had said about her broken ribs and how she was not to have any "strenuous activity". If it were not for his good intentions she would have strangled the healer. But consummated or not, they acted like all newly weds. Never wanting to be without each other's company and always in constant contact. Though the wait until Sydney could breath and move without pain was taxing on Jareth's sanity, he often told her he could hardly stand having to wait until she was well so he show her how much he loved her. The comment was always followed with some very graphic explanations that would cause her to blush as red as a tomato.
Jareth had to also learn to live without the mental link that had connected them for the first few days she was in the Labyrinth. Jareth now had to trust her words as the truth; this also made Sydney unpredictable to Jareth. She knew could get away with saying or doing anything without Jareth knowledge, Jareth was soon plagued with practical jokes that Sydney often played upon him. Yet Jareth did not mind, in fact he loved her unpredictable nature. The only thing that Jareth could not stand about the link being gone was the fact that he could no longer keep track of her. If she were in danger he would have no idea, so Jareth had picked up the habit not letting her out of his sight for more than a few minutes. Sydney didn't mind his obsessive behavior.she kinda liked it, and she knew that it would put his mind at ease if she just stayed around him.
Finally they made it to the top of the steps and she paused out side her parent's door. Months had past, She had been keeping in touch with Sarah and she had told her how her parents had made a frantic search for her, and how they were devastated that she was gone, feared that she could be dead. Sydney had made the decision right there and then that she needed to visit her parent and explain as best she could. Jareth had supported her decision whole-heartedly; he had even offered to turn back time so she could confront them right at the start of her disappearance. But Sydney had refused, saying it would be unfair to them. Jareth stepped up behind her and placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Sydney sighed and silently opened the door and slipped inside.
Moonlight bathed the bedroom and Jareth retreated to a corner where he disappeared into the shadows. Sydney stepped up to the bed and gently shook her mother awake. " Mother, Mom.Mom wake up, Its me, Sydney." She whispered trying to sound as normal as she could. Four months was not a very long time at all, but in that time her American accent had been shot, and the first tainting of an English accent broke though.
" S-Sydney?.SYDNEY! oh my god." her mother shouted and sat up in bed and shoved at her husband, " Wake up Jonathan, Sydney's here!" Her dad also bolted up and gazed at her. A second later they had left the bed and held Sydney in their embrace, weeping joyfully. " I'll get you brothers and sisters." Her father said as he made to leave.
" Wait.not yet, I want to tell you both something important." Sydney said, as she wiped away the tears. She had her mother and her father sit back on the bed. " I want to tell you where I've been."
" Where have you been? We've been so worried, we looked for you everywhere." Her mother said, trying hard not to start weeping again.
Sydney had been so nervous about how she was going to tell them, that she had practice how she was going to do it. But now that she was standing here facing them she forgot everything she practiced and it all came out in one long breath. " Well, I went away, not far away really and I meet someone and I had this big adventure, and almost died a few times, but everything is okay now, and now we're married, and we're very happy, and I just wanted to tell you so you wouldn't be worried."
Her parents stared for a moment, processing the jumble of words she said, but they did catch one thing that she knew would not fly by them. " You got married!" her mother shrieked. Sydney glanced at the bedroom door wondering when her mother's screams where going to wake her siblings. " Sydney Ann Karper! What are taking about, please don't tell me this is true."
" Hush Mom you'll wake everybody up." Sydney whispered. " And yes it is true." Sydney's Mother sighed and reached for the bedside lamp to turn it on. Sydney shut her eyes and waited. '5 4 3 2 and' the lamp was turned on and the room was flooded with a soft warm glow,.which chased away every shadow and reviled Jareth standing barely a foot behind her. The sudden gasps confirmed it to Sydney that they could see him. She slowly opened her eyes to see Her father standing with her mother behind him.
" Don't be afraid of him," Sydney said as she turned around and took Jareth's hand and brought him to stand next to her. Jareth's face showed calm and inquisitiveness, as he gazed at Sydney's parents.
" Who is he?" her father asked. " And what are you wearing?" her mother chimed in.
Sydney looked down at her new style of clothes, No Queen could sit at the throne with Aboveground clothes, and Jareth flatly refused to allow her to wear a dress again. So now she was wearing a mix of Above and Underground clothes. Soft blue denim pants, a blood red silk poets shirt with a little too much lace for her liking.but Jareth loved it on her so she didn't complain. Her own shoes, and a heavy blue-black cape that matched Jareth's. Her hair was let down, and tinted purple. " Mom, Dad this is Jareth, the man I'm married to."
" What!" her parents said in unison. " But how could this happen, why did you disappear? Were you afraid that we would not approve 'cause of his age?" her father asked.
Sydney looked up at Jareth, he was much older looking than she was, early- mid thirties. But considering that he was really over five thousand years old, It seemed kind of stupid to care. " Well It was a bit of a accident, I didn't mean to just run off, but it all turned out for the better." She said happily, Her parents didn't look too happy, though thankfully they believed a marriage was binding and that there was nothing they could do about it, Sydney was of legal age anyway, so it didn't matter if they fought it or not.
" How long have you been married?" her mother asked.
" Three months and two weeks." Jareth replied softly. Sydney parents seemed happy at the fact that Jareth could talk, for he had not said one word the moment he was there.
" YOU GOT MARRIED?" came a shout from the doorway.
Turning Sydney saw her sixteen-year-old brother bound into the room and about knocked her over with his hug. " Simon." Sydney tried not to wince at the dull pain in her side as her brother hugged the life out of her. " Great to see you."
" Ya think? Gosh I can't believe you went and got married, who'da thunk it?" he said as he let her go and whistled at her flashy clothes.
" Simon this is my Husband, Jareth" Sydney said turning her brother to face Jareth. Jareth inclined his head in a greeting and smiled at the boy's expression.
" Sydney you went and married some one twice as old as you. And look at the way both of you are dressed, and how did you two ever meet and Hey," he stepped up to Jareth not at all fazed by his height " what do you think your doing snatching my sister away like that?"
Jareth chuckled at the boy's need-to-know attitude. " I assure you, she asked to come."
" She DID!"
" Jareth! I did not!" Sydney punched Jareth in the arm playfully. Suddenly a chorus of shrieks came from the door and a thirteen, ten, seven, and a five year old came running thought the door and surrounded Sydney with hugs. Jareth and Simon stepped away, and gave them room.
" I never knew Sydney had such a large and happy family." Jareth said softly to Simon.
" Yeah.well." Was all Simon could say as he gazed at the happy sight.
" Jareth theses are my sisters.and this is my brother," Sydney said as she placed a hand on the seven-year-old's head. Immediately the five year old sprinted up to Jareth and wrapped her arms around his leg.
" Sydney's married, but I'm his favorite new little sister ,'cause I got him first." The child stuck her tongue out at all her other siblings.
Jareth was charmed by the child's antics and crouched down and lifted her in her arms. The five year old stared back at him with eyes as green as Sydney's and hair as blonde as his own. Jareth could easily see the child as his and Sydney's someday. " What's your name little one?" he asked her as he stepped away from the loud questions her siblings threw at Sydney.
" Jena" The girl said softly, shy now that he was speaking to her.
" You have a lovely name Jena, and you are just as beautiful as your sister." He told her. The girl smiled bashfully.
" Are you and Sydney in love with each other?" the child asked in a whisper.
" Yes.very much so." Jareth whispered back and smiled at the glint in the child's emerald eyes.
" Where did you take Sydney? We missed her and couldn't find her anywhere." The child whispered even softer, as she reached for the golden talisman that was resting against his chest, obviously trying to hide the emotion she was feeling to having her sister back. Jareth almost hated to tell her that her sister was going to go away again, and this time she might not come back.
" I.I took her to a place where she will always be happy. A place where all her dreams come true." Jareth shifted the girl so he could have a free arm and with a flick of the wrist a crystal appeared in his hand. It was a harmless crystal with only a slight amount of power in it. The child stared at it in awe as she gazed into it's reflecting surface.
" Take it." Jareth told her. The girl reached out and took hold of the crystal; it looked rather large in her tiny hands. She stared at it and quiet soon the crystal lit up with a soft pink light and slowly images were swirling around. After another moment the images sharpened and showed many animals running around.
" Wow," was all the child could say as the gazed at it.
Jareth smiled and placed a light kiss on the child forehead before placing her back on the ground. She turned to run to her parents to show off her gift but turned and looked up at him.
" Thank you." She whispered, and then she ran to her parent's side.
Jareth watched as the family talked for a few more minutes, but he was nervous, Aboveground Sydney was ageing again and every minute was another minute gone. " Sydney" he called out to her. Sydney turned and the family grew silent. " It is time to leave." He told her sadly, watching the regret play across her face. None of her family argued, something told them that what this man said goes; his word was law. So after they said their goodbyes Sydney walked to stand next to Jareth. He wrapped his arm around her, and looked over to the group of children as they stared confused at them. In a blink they disappeared.
They reappeared in the throne room, Sydney headed for her own throne and sat down, emotionally drained from the meeting. " I saw what you gave Jena." She said teasingly.
Jareth shrugged " I thought it would be nice for the child to grow up knowing her dreams and being able to see them. Besides.she reminded me of a child we could have together. " He sat in his throne and was immediately joined by Nikko, who sat silently on the arm of the chair.
" Softy." Sydney whispered to him as he sat down next to her in his own throne, She grabbed the front of his shirt and dragged him to her, staring deeply into his mismatched eyes. Jareth dipped his head and kissed Sydney until he left her breathless. Sydney sat back in her throne and sighed contently. " Déjà vu."
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A/N *sniff * so how did you like my ending?..you must tell me. I have thought about continuing YET AGAIN!! Though I have no ideas whatsoever, If you have a idea for a third part..or if YOU want to make a third part of your own, you have my permission... all I ask is that you let me know so I can read it. And again I ask you to review and answer the questions I asked at the start of the chapter. Thank you for being a part of this wonderful experience with me and I expect to see you again at my new story, which I will be posting soon. ^_^x bye..