Chapter Three: What's in This Room?
Sarah and Dawn ended up talking for hours after Sarah had gotten her bath. They drank tea, shared stories and told secrets.Sarah was really glad she had a friend. She wasn't what you would call popular at school. Sure she only had two years left, but two years could feel like a century if you had no friends. Sarah's only friends were her dog, Merlin and the stuffed animals and toys in her room. Now she didn't even have them.
"So....? Are you homesick yet?" Dawn asked.
"No... But I do miss my stuffed animals and my dog, Merlin."
"You don't miss your mom? Your dad?"
"I always miss my mom... She left when I was little...(* did sarah's mom die or did she leave?) So I always miss her. My dad is always out with my step-mom... so I rarely see him anyways. With school and all, I'm never home when they are... Except sometimes on weekends... but then I'm normally up in my room or at the park..."
"Do you have any siblings?" She asked. They had talked all night but hadn't really touched on the subject of their personal lives.
"Yeah... A brother who's almost four (how old was Toby in the movie?) And a sister that's going to be one in a few days now..."She trailed off... She wouldn't be there for the party...
"What're there names?"
"My brother's is Toby, and my sister's is Marie... Toby's the one that I wished here two years ago...What about you? Did you have any siblings?" SArah asked, then instanly regretted it. She had been here for atleast a century, probably more, all her direct relatives would be long gone.
"Yes..." She said and her eyes changed from moss green to a sea green. "Several... A sister named Merribeth, she was 15. A sister named Lila, who was 13. A brother named Mykal who was 9. A brother named Jakob who was 5. A sister named Rowan, who was 2, she's the one I had wished here..." She said... then added after reforming her emotions and making sure she wouldn't cry, she added, "And my twin sister, Eve."
"Oh... I'm sorry... You had such a big family that you left behind... I'm sorry..."
"It's alright... really it is..." Forcing herself not to cry in front of her newest friend, she rushed out of the room, begging forgiveness and telling Sarah that she should go look around.
"Okay... I'll go look around now..."
With that, Sarah set out on her own... She was suprised that Jareth hadn't shown his tempermental face yet. She walked down the main hall way that led from her room to the throne room... figuring that Jareth would most likely be there she turned in the opposite direction...
She walked down the hall, made a left, a right a left, another left, a right... She let her feet lead her. She saw some very interesting pictures...
One picture in paricular caught her eye. It looked like a teen-aged version of her real mother. But it couldn't be her, it was just a coincidence. The only time she actually remembered seeing her mom was in old pictures.
Sarah had every detail on her mothers face memorized. She had spent hours... just sitting in her room, looking at pictures of her mother. Her father had told her it wasn't healthy. She didn't care. He had tried to throw them away, or hide them. But when SArah had found they were missing, she fell into a deep depresion (or so he thought) She didn't eat when they were home and when she did eat, she left no traces of it. so naturally everyone thought she was starving herself. Her father gave her back the pictures and everything went back to normal.
The girl in this picture had long light brown hair... and most oddly to Sarah, she had wings.In her hand, she held the worm that Sarah had talked to the first time she had visited the Labyrinth. She was seated on a large mushroom, in the middle of a lush forest.
"Oh... No... How am I going to find my room again?" Sarah thought out loud.
She continued walking, just picking hallways, stopping only when one of the many pieces of art work caught her atention.
She came up to a very intricately carved door. Hmmm... I wonder...? To go in... Or not to go in...? That was the question....In... she decided on a sudden impulse.
She turned the handle and the door opened with a creak...In the room, that she thought would be empty, was no other than.... Jareth himself. He wasn't really doing anything. Just sitting at a desk signing sdome papers he hadn't even read. (his mind kept drifting towards a certain person.)
"Oh... Sorry!" Sarah said quickly and shut the door, almost before the words were out of her mouth. She wasn't even sure he had heard her.
"Sarah?" Jareth had re-opened the door to talk to her. "Are you lost...? Yes, you would be." He said answering his own question. "Now tell me Sarah. Did you walk her knowing where you were going? Or did you let your feet lead you?" He said his voice full of amusement.
"I let my feet lead me..." She told him.
"That's funny..." He laughed.
"What's funny?"
"Oh... Just the fact that your feet have led you to my bed chamber. The room I come to to escape all of my pesky advisors. I really didn't think you would show up here. I thought that one day you would probably show up in my study and that you would end up in the library a lot once you found it..." He trailed off.
Sarah stared at him blankly. "Oohhh... You're not happy... What can I do for you...? What would make you happy right now...?"
"If I was back at my home I'd be happiest." Sarah told him. "But I know that you aren't going to let me go home so soon. So I'm going to ask you for a painting that I saw today."
"Yes... I have many pictures... I knew that some of them would catch your eye. Which one?" He asked, still amused. His little pet learned fast.
"I saw one of a fairy, in a forest..." She said. "I'd like that one."
"Interesting..." He mumbled to himself, unaware that he had spoken out lout. "Fine. It's yours. I'll have a soldier carry it to your room later."
"Thank-you..." She said shocked. She really hadn't expected him to say yes.
"Your welcome." Come, let's walk together..." When she started to refuse he added, "I'll lead you to your room."
"Okay..." She sighed...
"So... You found out about Dawn's sister...? She's very tempermental on that subject. She's still in her room, crying."
"Do you know so much about all of the people who live here?"
"No... But Dawn is like a sister to me... I've known her so long... I can trust her with anything."
"Oh..." She was walking with a man she basically hated more than any other at the moment and all she could say was 'oh'.
Sarah felt as if the trip back to her room was taking a lot longer than the walk she had taken earlier.
"Well, here you are..." He said after a few very long minutes of silence and walking.
"Thanks." He opened the door for her and once he was sure he wouldn't hit her with it, he shut the door and used his magic to teleport to the throne room. He could have done that wiht Sarah, and gotten there so much faster. But he had wanted to walk with her.
"Wow..." Sarah exclaimed. "He wasn't kidding when he said he's get it in here." The fairy painting and a few others similar to it with the same girl in them were all now hung in her room. Breathless, she lay down on her bed and fell asleep. She needed a nap. She hadn't gotten any real sleep last night.
A/N: Okay... Thank you all you wonder full people who reveiwed for me... don't be afraid to reveiw twice if you have something new to tell me or any ideas for future chaptes or ideas or something... I want to give credit to the people who did reveiw... maybe more people will reveiw after this... maybe some people will just be glad they got mentioned... ok in no special order... the people who reveiwed for me are..... 1. draegon-fire 2.JemStar13 3.Trapped In Icy Flame 4.LadySnape13 5.Serpintine If i missed u i'll get u in the next chapter.
Sarah and Dawn ended up talking for hours after Sarah had gotten her bath. They drank tea, shared stories and told secrets.Sarah was really glad she had a friend. She wasn't what you would call popular at school. Sure she only had two years left, but two years could feel like a century if you had no friends. Sarah's only friends were her dog, Merlin and the stuffed animals and toys in her room. Now she didn't even have them.
"So....? Are you homesick yet?" Dawn asked.
"No... But I do miss my stuffed animals and my dog, Merlin."
"You don't miss your mom? Your dad?"
"I always miss my mom... She left when I was little...(* did sarah's mom die or did she leave?) So I always miss her. My dad is always out with my step-mom... so I rarely see him anyways. With school and all, I'm never home when they are... Except sometimes on weekends... but then I'm normally up in my room or at the park..."
"Do you have any siblings?" She asked. They had talked all night but hadn't really touched on the subject of their personal lives.
"Yeah... A brother who's almost four (how old was Toby in the movie?) And a sister that's going to be one in a few days now..."She trailed off... She wouldn't be there for the party...
"What're there names?"
"My brother's is Toby, and my sister's is Marie... Toby's the one that I wished here two years ago...What about you? Did you have any siblings?" SArah asked, then instanly regretted it. She had been here for atleast a century, probably more, all her direct relatives would be long gone.
"Yes..." She said and her eyes changed from moss green to a sea green. "Several... A sister named Merribeth, she was 15. A sister named Lila, who was 13. A brother named Mykal who was 9. A brother named Jakob who was 5. A sister named Rowan, who was 2, she's the one I had wished here..." She said... then added after reforming her emotions and making sure she wouldn't cry, she added, "And my twin sister, Eve."
"Oh... I'm sorry... You had such a big family that you left behind... I'm sorry..."
"It's alright... really it is..." Forcing herself not to cry in front of her newest friend, she rushed out of the room, begging forgiveness and telling Sarah that she should go look around.
"Okay... I'll go look around now..."
With that, Sarah set out on her own... She was suprised that Jareth hadn't shown his tempermental face yet. She walked down the main hall way that led from her room to the throne room... figuring that Jareth would most likely be there she turned in the opposite direction...
She walked down the hall, made a left, a right a left, another left, a right... She let her feet lead her. She saw some very interesting pictures...
One picture in paricular caught her eye. It looked like a teen-aged version of her real mother. But it couldn't be her, it was just a coincidence. The only time she actually remembered seeing her mom was in old pictures.
Sarah had every detail on her mothers face memorized. She had spent hours... just sitting in her room, looking at pictures of her mother. Her father had told her it wasn't healthy. She didn't care. He had tried to throw them away, or hide them. But when SArah had found they were missing, she fell into a deep depresion (or so he thought) She didn't eat when they were home and when she did eat, she left no traces of it. so naturally everyone thought she was starving herself. Her father gave her back the pictures and everything went back to normal.
The girl in this picture had long light brown hair... and most oddly to Sarah, she had wings.In her hand, she held the worm that Sarah had talked to the first time she had visited the Labyrinth. She was seated on a large mushroom, in the middle of a lush forest.
"Oh... No... How am I going to find my room again?" Sarah thought out loud.
She continued walking, just picking hallways, stopping only when one of the many pieces of art work caught her atention.
She came up to a very intricately carved door. Hmmm... I wonder...? To go in... Or not to go in...? That was the question....In... she decided on a sudden impulse.
She turned the handle and the door opened with a creak...In the room, that she thought would be empty, was no other than.... Jareth himself. He wasn't really doing anything. Just sitting at a desk signing sdome papers he hadn't even read. (his mind kept drifting towards a certain person.)
"Oh... Sorry!" Sarah said quickly and shut the door, almost before the words were out of her mouth. She wasn't even sure he had heard her.
"Sarah?" Jareth had re-opened the door to talk to her. "Are you lost...? Yes, you would be." He said answering his own question. "Now tell me Sarah. Did you walk her knowing where you were going? Or did you let your feet lead you?" He said his voice full of amusement.
"I let my feet lead me..." She told him.
"That's funny..." He laughed.
"What's funny?"
"Oh... Just the fact that your feet have led you to my bed chamber. The room I come to to escape all of my pesky advisors. I really didn't think you would show up here. I thought that one day you would probably show up in my study and that you would end up in the library a lot once you found it..." He trailed off.
Sarah stared at him blankly. "Oohhh... You're not happy... What can I do for you...? What would make you happy right now...?"
"If I was back at my home I'd be happiest." Sarah told him. "But I know that you aren't going to let me go home so soon. So I'm going to ask you for a painting that I saw today."
"Yes... I have many pictures... I knew that some of them would catch your eye. Which one?" He asked, still amused. His little pet learned fast.
"I saw one of a fairy, in a forest..." She said. "I'd like that one."
"Interesting..." He mumbled to himself, unaware that he had spoken out lout. "Fine. It's yours. I'll have a soldier carry it to your room later."
"Thank-you..." She said shocked. She really hadn't expected him to say yes.
"Your welcome." Come, let's walk together..." When she started to refuse he added, "I'll lead you to your room."
"Okay..." She sighed...
"So... You found out about Dawn's sister...? She's very tempermental on that subject. She's still in her room, crying."
"Do you know so much about all of the people who live here?"
"No... But Dawn is like a sister to me... I've known her so long... I can trust her with anything."
"Oh..." She was walking with a man she basically hated more than any other at the moment and all she could say was 'oh'.
Sarah felt as if the trip back to her room was taking a lot longer than the walk she had taken earlier.
"Well, here you are..." He said after a few very long minutes of silence and walking.
"Thanks." He opened the door for her and once he was sure he wouldn't hit her with it, he shut the door and used his magic to teleport to the throne room. He could have done that wiht Sarah, and gotten there so much faster. But he had wanted to walk with her.
"Wow..." Sarah exclaimed. "He wasn't kidding when he said he's get it in here." The fairy painting and a few others similar to it with the same girl in them were all now hung in her room. Breathless, she lay down on her bed and fell asleep. She needed a nap. She hadn't gotten any real sleep last night.
A/N: Okay... Thank you all you wonder full people who reveiwed for me... don't be afraid to reveiw twice if you have something new to tell me or any ideas for future chaptes or ideas or something... I want to give credit to the people who did reveiw... maybe more people will reveiw after this... maybe some people will just be glad they got mentioned... ok in no special order... the people who reveiwed for me are..... 1. draegon-fire 2.JemStar13 3.Trapped In Icy Flame 4.LadySnape13 5.Serpintine If i missed u i'll get u in the next chapter.
