Thanks to everyone who has reviewed!! I'm glad you like it. You should
hear me squeal with delight every time I receive an e-mail tell me I got
another review. Jareth has taken to wearing ear-muffs when I'm on the
computer. :]
I don't really HAVE to put disclaimers before every chapter, do I? Hmph. Hope you all had a happy Christmas! Oh yeah, and a Merry New Year to All!
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Sarah was really in a bad mood now. Not only did she not get to finish reading up for her English report, which meant she would have to stay up extra late tonight, but she had been interrupted by the one person she had hoped to never see again in her life. On top of that she had been dropped out of the sky, scared out of her wits, threatened, and finally, gotten a sore rear from sitting on a skinny branch for the last 30 minutes. Sarah glanced at her watch. Oh great. Her first class at school started in five minutes. Joy. Now she was REALLY having a great day. There was nothing for it, not unless she truly wanted detention her first day back at school. "It's not that bad, what you have to do," she told herself, "it's childish to refuse to ask him for help.." She wasn't convinced at this though. The LAST thing she wanted to do was to see HIM again, especially at her own invitation. He might not go away if actually summoned.
"But he disappeared!" she argued with herself, "he left as I asked him to! How can I call him back?"
"Ah," her mind answered, "you REALLY think that he just up and left? Just like that? Just because you asked? Seriously, Sarah! Anyways," her mind continued to argue internally, "isn't refusing to call him just placing importance on him? If he means nothing to you, then you wouldn't care what he thought of you if you called him. By caring what he thinks about you, you automatically imply that you care about him."
This decided her. The last thing she wanted was to be thought to care about HIM. Anything but that. She screwed up her courage and thought dark thoughts at the other half of her mind as she opened her mouth,
"Jareth. Could you show up again please?" Sarah asked the air around her. She waited a few seconds. Nothing. "Not going to be that easy, huh?" she thought to herself grimly. "Jareth, please. I. I. just show up will you??" Sarah could've sworn that the air around her was smirking. "Oh. alright! I need your help ok? Does that make you happy??" her voice rose to a shout as Jareth still wasn't showing any signs of appearing, "I NEED YOUR HELP, YOUR ROYAL TIGHTNESS!!! SHOW UP WHY DON'T YOU???"
Jareth gathered himself together to appear by Sarah. He could have waited a little longer and drawn this extremely entertaining ordeal out indefinitely. The temptation to do so was very strong, but Jareth knew when to fold, and as he had already gotten her to say that she needed him, he wasn't going to push his luck, or her patience, any further.
"Sarah, there is no need to scream."
Sarah whirled around as best she could on the branch. "Why can't you show up like normal people?" she snapped, though in her mind she was relieved. She had almost believed that he wasn't going to show, and the thought had scared her a little.
"Because, I don't wish to."
"One doesn't always get what they wish for in this world." Sarah retorted in a singsong voice, echoing Jareth's words from before. "You of all people should know that." Sarah didn't mean to be so sarcastic, but she was rather ticked at herself for being afraid that Jareth wasn't going to show up. She felt betrayed by her own self that any part of her could feel relief at the sight of Him, no matter how much his presence was necessary.
Jareth's face tightened in anger briefly before smoothing out again into his usual, casual expression. "I wouldn't test my temper if I were you, Sarah. It is notoriously volatile. Besides, I believe you called me here because you needed something from me?" he asked pointedly.
"Yes, I did." Now that she had said the words once, they were easier to admit a second time, "Because of your SUPREME stupidity, I am currently stuck in a pine tree about 50ft. off the ground! I would REALLY appreciate getting to class sometime within, say, the next week, ok? So do you think maybe you could do something about this predicament you got me in?" Sarah's voice dripped with sarcasm.
"Yes." Jareth replied calmly.
"Yes what?" Sarah asked, exasperated.
"Yes, I could do something."
Sarah sighed in relief and readied herself to be magic-ed. When nothing happened for several seconds, Sarah eyed Jareth, who was leaning casually against the trunk, questioningly.
"Well?" she asked impatiently.
"Well what?" He replied in his most innocent tones.
"Aren't you going to do something?" Sarah queried, bewildered.
"No, why should I?"
"Because you said you would!!!"
"No, I didn't"
Now Sarah was beginning to become frantic. "Yes you did!! I heard you! Just now! You said that you could-do-something-for me." Sarah's voice slowed to a halt as she realized what she had said.
"Precisely, Sarah. You asked if I could do something. I agreed that, yes, I could, but I never said that I would. You should learn to be more precise in your wording."
Sarah rolled her eyes. This was soooo like Jareth, "Alright, then, Mr. Precision! WILL you do something about getting me to class on time?"
Jareth appeared to think for a moment, purposely drawing out Sarah's suspense until he saw signs of her growing angry again. "I will." He finally answered.
Here Sarah sighed with relief but her breath caught in her throat as he continued,
"But on one condition."
"Great great great. A condition!! Shoulda known! This IS Mr. High and Mighty King of the Goblins, after all. Ah well, at least ask him what he wants, girl. Asking doesn't mean you have to agree." She said to herself.
"What is the condition?" she asked, her voice sounding the way a deer would look as it stepped out onto a busy road, fully expecting a car to come careening out of nowhere and take away it's ability to cross roads, permanently.
"Nothing really, a trifle. Truly a very simple thing." Jareth dramatically began, but Sarah cut him off.
"Yeah, yeah. I've already heard the whole, 'but if you turn it this way.' junk, and I'm NOT interested. Drop the preliminary sales pitch, ok?"
"Fine." Jareth said, a little miffed, "All I ask is that you allow me complete freedom in how I get you down, and you do as I say without question."
"I do NOT think so! Do you think I am that stupid?? You'll just whisk me away to that stupid maze of yours!" she mentally winced at calling the Labyrinth a 'stupid maze', it was like calling a da Vinci a child's drawing, "No thank you! I prefer my current surroundings to THAT."
Jareth's eyes sparked at the 'stupid maze' quip, but his voice remained calm. "Sarah, I swear to you, the last thing that I'll do is take you away to my Labyrinth! Do you honestly think that I would wish you back there after the destruction you caused? It will take days to rebuild the bridge over the bog alone! Not to mention the absolute carnage and desolation in the city itself!" a note of sarcasm entered his voice, "No, I think in this case I can promise that I will NOT take you away to the Labyrinth if you agree to my conditions."
"You promise? Truly?" Sarah asked with obvious disbelief.
"Yes. I give you my word of honor as a gentleman and a king." He said seriously.
Sarah snorted a little at the 'gentleman' part, but little it pass without comment. "And you won't take me anywhere else besides my school?" she squinted at him in suspicion.
"Yes. Again, I give you my word of honor."
"I'll show up immediately at class? On time?" Sarah was still extremely doubtful.
"Yes and yes, Sarah!" Jareth was beginning to sound a little exasperated.
"And I won't have any extra spells cast on me to make me do things I wouldn't want to?"
"Yes, of course, Sarah! Why all the questions? Don't you trust me?"
Sarah looked at him as if he had just asked her if she thought the sky was green, "Actually, in a word, NO. Very adamantly no! When have you ever given me cause to trust you?!?"
"Sarah," Jareth admonished, "tell me of a single time that I lied to you. Just one."
Sarah thought for a moment, and then realized that for all his insinuations and implications, he had never actually lied to her once. For instance, he never actually SAID that Toby was going to become a goblin if she didn't reach him in time, just that he would become "one of us." Whatever that meant. She had just assumed. She was beginning to realize that she had just assumed a lot of things. This realization didn't help her mood any, but she admitted grudgingly, "Well. I suppose you haven't." she eyed him warily and took the dive.
"Alright, I agree."
"Good, then give me your hand."
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Oh, aren't I evil? smirk
Ok, sorry about the long wait. This will be all for while though. I'm going off to Disney World (no, I'm not getting paid to mention the name, so don't sue) for about 2 weeks. The next post will be when I get back. Oh, BTW: I'm looking for downloads of any labyrinth sound clips. can someone direct me to a working link or something? All the ones I've checked didn't work. pout Oh, and here's Jareth. He wanted to say something.
Jareth: hops out into the light with his arms and legs tied and tries to speak through his gag "MMMmMmmPHhhhmmm!!!"
Dune: "What? We couldn't hear you."
Jareth: "mMMMmmMMMrrmmmTtPHHHH!!!" tries to hop closer but falls down and rolls out of sight, his gruntings still audible but distant
Dune: "oh well, I guess it wasn't that important. See you all later!!!"
Hugs and Peaches!!
~Dune~
I don't really HAVE to put disclaimers before every chapter, do I? Hmph. Hope you all had a happy Christmas! Oh yeah, and a Merry New Year to All!
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Sarah was really in a bad mood now. Not only did she not get to finish reading up for her English report, which meant she would have to stay up extra late tonight, but she had been interrupted by the one person she had hoped to never see again in her life. On top of that she had been dropped out of the sky, scared out of her wits, threatened, and finally, gotten a sore rear from sitting on a skinny branch for the last 30 minutes. Sarah glanced at her watch. Oh great. Her first class at school started in five minutes. Joy. Now she was REALLY having a great day. There was nothing for it, not unless she truly wanted detention her first day back at school. "It's not that bad, what you have to do," she told herself, "it's childish to refuse to ask him for help.." She wasn't convinced at this though. The LAST thing she wanted to do was to see HIM again, especially at her own invitation. He might not go away if actually summoned.
"But he disappeared!" she argued with herself, "he left as I asked him to! How can I call him back?"
"Ah," her mind answered, "you REALLY think that he just up and left? Just like that? Just because you asked? Seriously, Sarah! Anyways," her mind continued to argue internally, "isn't refusing to call him just placing importance on him? If he means nothing to you, then you wouldn't care what he thought of you if you called him. By caring what he thinks about you, you automatically imply that you care about him."
This decided her. The last thing she wanted was to be thought to care about HIM. Anything but that. She screwed up her courage and thought dark thoughts at the other half of her mind as she opened her mouth,
"Jareth. Could you show up again please?" Sarah asked the air around her. She waited a few seconds. Nothing. "Not going to be that easy, huh?" she thought to herself grimly. "Jareth, please. I. I. just show up will you??" Sarah could've sworn that the air around her was smirking. "Oh. alright! I need your help ok? Does that make you happy??" her voice rose to a shout as Jareth still wasn't showing any signs of appearing, "I NEED YOUR HELP, YOUR ROYAL TIGHTNESS!!! SHOW UP WHY DON'T YOU???"
Jareth gathered himself together to appear by Sarah. He could have waited a little longer and drawn this extremely entertaining ordeal out indefinitely. The temptation to do so was very strong, but Jareth knew when to fold, and as he had already gotten her to say that she needed him, he wasn't going to push his luck, or her patience, any further.
"Sarah, there is no need to scream."
Sarah whirled around as best she could on the branch. "Why can't you show up like normal people?" she snapped, though in her mind she was relieved. She had almost believed that he wasn't going to show, and the thought had scared her a little.
"Because, I don't wish to."
"One doesn't always get what they wish for in this world." Sarah retorted in a singsong voice, echoing Jareth's words from before. "You of all people should know that." Sarah didn't mean to be so sarcastic, but she was rather ticked at herself for being afraid that Jareth wasn't going to show up. She felt betrayed by her own self that any part of her could feel relief at the sight of Him, no matter how much his presence was necessary.
Jareth's face tightened in anger briefly before smoothing out again into his usual, casual expression. "I wouldn't test my temper if I were you, Sarah. It is notoriously volatile. Besides, I believe you called me here because you needed something from me?" he asked pointedly.
"Yes, I did." Now that she had said the words once, they were easier to admit a second time, "Because of your SUPREME stupidity, I am currently stuck in a pine tree about 50ft. off the ground! I would REALLY appreciate getting to class sometime within, say, the next week, ok? So do you think maybe you could do something about this predicament you got me in?" Sarah's voice dripped with sarcasm.
"Yes." Jareth replied calmly.
"Yes what?" Sarah asked, exasperated.
"Yes, I could do something."
Sarah sighed in relief and readied herself to be magic-ed. When nothing happened for several seconds, Sarah eyed Jareth, who was leaning casually against the trunk, questioningly.
"Well?" she asked impatiently.
"Well what?" He replied in his most innocent tones.
"Aren't you going to do something?" Sarah queried, bewildered.
"No, why should I?"
"Because you said you would!!!"
"No, I didn't"
Now Sarah was beginning to become frantic. "Yes you did!! I heard you! Just now! You said that you could-do-something-for me." Sarah's voice slowed to a halt as she realized what she had said.
"Precisely, Sarah. You asked if I could do something. I agreed that, yes, I could, but I never said that I would. You should learn to be more precise in your wording."
Sarah rolled her eyes. This was soooo like Jareth, "Alright, then, Mr. Precision! WILL you do something about getting me to class on time?"
Jareth appeared to think for a moment, purposely drawing out Sarah's suspense until he saw signs of her growing angry again. "I will." He finally answered.
Here Sarah sighed with relief but her breath caught in her throat as he continued,
"But on one condition."
"Great great great. A condition!! Shoulda known! This IS Mr. High and Mighty King of the Goblins, after all. Ah well, at least ask him what he wants, girl. Asking doesn't mean you have to agree." She said to herself.
"What is the condition?" she asked, her voice sounding the way a deer would look as it stepped out onto a busy road, fully expecting a car to come careening out of nowhere and take away it's ability to cross roads, permanently.
"Nothing really, a trifle. Truly a very simple thing." Jareth dramatically began, but Sarah cut him off.
"Yeah, yeah. I've already heard the whole, 'but if you turn it this way.' junk, and I'm NOT interested. Drop the preliminary sales pitch, ok?"
"Fine." Jareth said, a little miffed, "All I ask is that you allow me complete freedom in how I get you down, and you do as I say without question."
"I do NOT think so! Do you think I am that stupid?? You'll just whisk me away to that stupid maze of yours!" she mentally winced at calling the Labyrinth a 'stupid maze', it was like calling a da Vinci a child's drawing, "No thank you! I prefer my current surroundings to THAT."
Jareth's eyes sparked at the 'stupid maze' quip, but his voice remained calm. "Sarah, I swear to you, the last thing that I'll do is take you away to my Labyrinth! Do you honestly think that I would wish you back there after the destruction you caused? It will take days to rebuild the bridge over the bog alone! Not to mention the absolute carnage and desolation in the city itself!" a note of sarcasm entered his voice, "No, I think in this case I can promise that I will NOT take you away to the Labyrinth if you agree to my conditions."
"You promise? Truly?" Sarah asked with obvious disbelief.
"Yes. I give you my word of honor as a gentleman and a king." He said seriously.
Sarah snorted a little at the 'gentleman' part, but little it pass without comment. "And you won't take me anywhere else besides my school?" she squinted at him in suspicion.
"Yes. Again, I give you my word of honor."
"I'll show up immediately at class? On time?" Sarah was still extremely doubtful.
"Yes and yes, Sarah!" Jareth was beginning to sound a little exasperated.
"And I won't have any extra spells cast on me to make me do things I wouldn't want to?"
"Yes, of course, Sarah! Why all the questions? Don't you trust me?"
Sarah looked at him as if he had just asked her if she thought the sky was green, "Actually, in a word, NO. Very adamantly no! When have you ever given me cause to trust you?!?"
"Sarah," Jareth admonished, "tell me of a single time that I lied to you. Just one."
Sarah thought for a moment, and then realized that for all his insinuations and implications, he had never actually lied to her once. For instance, he never actually SAID that Toby was going to become a goblin if she didn't reach him in time, just that he would become "one of us." Whatever that meant. She had just assumed. She was beginning to realize that she had just assumed a lot of things. This realization didn't help her mood any, but she admitted grudgingly, "Well. I suppose you haven't." she eyed him warily and took the dive.
"Alright, I agree."
"Good, then give me your hand."
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Oh, aren't I evil? smirk
Ok, sorry about the long wait. This will be all for while though. I'm going off to Disney World (no, I'm not getting paid to mention the name, so don't sue) for about 2 weeks. The next post will be when I get back. Oh, BTW: I'm looking for downloads of any labyrinth sound clips. can someone direct me to a working link or something? All the ones I've checked didn't work. pout Oh, and here's Jareth. He wanted to say something.
Jareth: hops out into the light with his arms and legs tied and tries to speak through his gag "MMMmMmmPHhhhmmm!!!"
Dune: "What? We couldn't hear you."
Jareth: "mMMMmmMMMrrmmmTtPHHHH!!!" tries to hop closer but falls down and rolls out of sight, his gruntings still audible but distant
Dune: "oh well, I guess it wasn't that important. See you all later!!!"
Hugs and Peaches!!
~Dune~