Chapter Four: Mai
Sarah awoke to solid darkness. Had she heard a slight creaking of the floorboards? Well it was an old room. Maybe it was just pressure releasing itself... Or maybe not... Sarah was worried.
The creaking had a patern to it. There was silence for three seconds then a creak and then another creak. It couldn't be pressure.
Whoever, or whatever, was in her room had a tentative pace. Slow and caustious. She hadn't heard the door open...
"Hello?" Sarah asked, frightened, when the footsteps stopped.
"Oh! I am sorry miss! I didn't mean to wake you!" It was the voice of a girl. She sounded quite young. Her voice trembled with curiosity and fear rolled into one. Yet it still had a melodious sound to it. Sarah so wished she could see her. She sounded as if she was beautiful!
"That's alright... I wasn't sleeping well anyways... Wait a minute! Who are you...?Ohhh...!!!" Sarah sexclaimed, sheilding her eyes. The girl had lit a lantern and was setting it on the bedside table.
Sarah noticed, shocked, that the girl was very young, or atleast she looked it.Copper red hair framed her face, and deep chestnut eyes gleamed back at her. She looked so innocent. So pure. Like she didn't deserve to be here.
"I'm Mai." She said cheerfully. "And I stay in the room next to yours... You didn't hear the door open because I didn't go through it." She explained, as if she knew her thoughts.
"How'd you get in? Did you use magic?"
"Oh no.... I can't teleport like that... I'm a fairy... Fairies can't teleport..."
"Wait... Your a fairy?!?!" She asked shocked.
"Aye, and a fairy is what you are to..." She said.
"What do you mean 'I am to'?" Sarah asked. Suprised by the girls word usage of 'aye' she knew she was Irish, or something along the lines of it. She should have been able to tell when she saw the red hair. But seeing the girl all of a sudden was a change of her attention.
"Your a fairy... Not just any fairy though. Your a fairy child.
"What's the difference?" Sarah asked, feeling stupid. She used to know these things.
"It means that you were born a fairy. Not many fairies were born fairies."
"So... My mom was a fairy? Your crazy! My mom was human! Pure human!" Sarah argued uselesly. Part of her had known when she saw the painting that that had been of her mother. That same part of her, knew that she was of fairy blood too.
"That she wasn't deary... She was fairy through and through."
"I refuse to beleive you! Get out of my room! Leave me alone!" Sarah just didn't want to hear that she wasn't human.
"Alright dear... But why do you think your here for three months? Hmmn...? It's so we can convince you and so that you can follow through with the.... Nevermind! I've said to much Sarah mumbled to herself.already..." And with that said she walked to the back of the room, carrying her lantern, and pushed back the gold and scarlet woven tapestry that hung on the wall. She pushed it aside and it fell down behind her, and the light dissapeared.
"That was interesting..."
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In another room, Mai needed to talk to Jareth. THere plan wasn't exactly going as planned at the moment...
"So what have you found out, Mai?" Jareth asked of his close friend.
"Sire-" she started but Jareth had interupted her.
"I told you, I'm not your 'Sire'! If anything, I'm closer to being your brother..."
"Okay... Jareth... She didn't beleive me..."
"I told you she wouldn't..." He said, smirking. He knew his Sarah very well.
"Yes. That's what worries me. You know her too well. I fear it isn't healthy for you. You may have gotten her to agree to stay three months... But is that enough time?" She asked, worridley.
"If things go the way I've planned... We wont need to convince her to stay here; she'll be asking if she can stay." He smirked again.
"And what might that plan be?" She asked. He just smiled. "I know you to well... Your going to do something drastic again, aren' you?"
His eyes danced with laughter as he disapeared from the room, leaving Mai by herself in the un-used room.
A/N: I know this chapter is slightly shorter than the others but I haven't been feeling well and I fell asleep at school today and now its 9 pm and I'm still sick I'll try to add more every day or atleast every other day for all you people that eagerly await the next chapter (are there many of you?) I dont think much of my own work, that's why I ask for reveiws... So plese do reveiw and tell me what you think... thanks............ okay... people who have reveiwed recently..
1. Xaviere Jade (thanks a lot... I'll try to fix it...) 2.Draegon-fire (i apreciate you reveiwing more than once! your the only one!) 3. Hellen (more details... got it...)
Thanks again
Sarah awoke to solid darkness. Had she heard a slight creaking of the floorboards? Well it was an old room. Maybe it was just pressure releasing itself... Or maybe not... Sarah was worried.
The creaking had a patern to it. There was silence for three seconds then a creak and then another creak. It couldn't be pressure.
Whoever, or whatever, was in her room had a tentative pace. Slow and caustious. She hadn't heard the door open...
"Hello?" Sarah asked, frightened, when the footsteps stopped.
"Oh! I am sorry miss! I didn't mean to wake you!" It was the voice of a girl. She sounded quite young. Her voice trembled with curiosity and fear rolled into one. Yet it still had a melodious sound to it. Sarah so wished she could see her. She sounded as if she was beautiful!
"That's alright... I wasn't sleeping well anyways... Wait a minute! Who are you...?Ohhh...!!!" Sarah sexclaimed, sheilding her eyes. The girl had lit a lantern and was setting it on the bedside table.
Sarah noticed, shocked, that the girl was very young, or atleast she looked it.Copper red hair framed her face, and deep chestnut eyes gleamed back at her. She looked so innocent. So pure. Like she didn't deserve to be here.
"I'm Mai." She said cheerfully. "And I stay in the room next to yours... You didn't hear the door open because I didn't go through it." She explained, as if she knew her thoughts.
"How'd you get in? Did you use magic?"
"Oh no.... I can't teleport like that... I'm a fairy... Fairies can't teleport..."
"Wait... Your a fairy?!?!" She asked shocked.
"Aye, and a fairy is what you are to..." She said.
"What do you mean 'I am to'?" Sarah asked. Suprised by the girls word usage of 'aye' she knew she was Irish, or something along the lines of it. She should have been able to tell when she saw the red hair. But seeing the girl all of a sudden was a change of her attention.
"Your a fairy... Not just any fairy though. Your a fairy child.
"What's the difference?" Sarah asked, feeling stupid. She used to know these things.
"It means that you were born a fairy. Not many fairies were born fairies."
"So... My mom was a fairy? Your crazy! My mom was human! Pure human!" Sarah argued uselesly. Part of her had known when she saw the painting that that had been of her mother. That same part of her, knew that she was of fairy blood too.
"That she wasn't deary... She was fairy through and through."
"I refuse to beleive you! Get out of my room! Leave me alone!" Sarah just didn't want to hear that she wasn't human.
"Alright dear... But why do you think your here for three months? Hmmn...? It's so we can convince you and so that you can follow through with the.... Nevermind! I've said to much Sarah mumbled to herself.already..." And with that said she walked to the back of the room, carrying her lantern, and pushed back the gold and scarlet woven tapestry that hung on the wall. She pushed it aside and it fell down behind her, and the light dissapeared.
"That was interesting..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In another room, Mai needed to talk to Jareth. THere plan wasn't exactly going as planned at the moment...
"So what have you found out, Mai?" Jareth asked of his close friend.
"Sire-" she started but Jareth had interupted her.
"I told you, I'm not your 'Sire'! If anything, I'm closer to being your brother..."
"Okay... Jareth... She didn't beleive me..."
"I told you she wouldn't..." He said, smirking. He knew his Sarah very well.
"Yes. That's what worries me. You know her too well. I fear it isn't healthy for you. You may have gotten her to agree to stay three months... But is that enough time?" She asked, worridley.
"If things go the way I've planned... We wont need to convince her to stay here; she'll be asking if she can stay." He smirked again.
"And what might that plan be?" She asked. He just smiled. "I know you to well... Your going to do something drastic again, aren' you?"
His eyes danced with laughter as he disapeared from the room, leaving Mai by herself in the un-used room.
A/N: I know this chapter is slightly shorter than the others but I haven't been feeling well and I fell asleep at school today and now its 9 pm and I'm still sick I'll try to add more every day or atleast every other day for all you people that eagerly await the next chapter (are there many of you?) I dont think much of my own work, that's why I ask for reveiws... So plese do reveiw and tell me what you think... thanks............ okay... people who have reveiwed recently..
1. Xaviere Jade (thanks a lot... I'll try to fix it...) 2.Draegon-fire (i apreciate you reveiwing more than once! your the only one!) 3. Hellen (more details... got it...)
Thanks again
