Chapter !4: Betrayal.

Sarah stayed basically in either her room or the library for almost two weeks. Jareth hadn't come to talk to her so she just figured he was mad at her, or something. She had started to spend most of her time by herself. Dawn and Mai were searching for Aidan and had told Sarah that Jareth wouldn't allow her to leave the palace.
"What is up with everyone? It's like they all don't want to even talk to me." No one Sarah had met in the palace was talking to her really. She was just so confused about everything.
She was standing among one of the many rows of books and looking for a book on healing rituals. For what reason she didn't know. She just wanted to. It was like something was whispering in her ear, telling her to read this book and that one later on.
She had found a note book, full of blank paper. She had started to write some of teh things she learned down in it too. When she went home, she hoped that would be sometime soon, she wanted someway to remember everything she ended up learning here.

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"Oh my gods Mai! I'm so glad you found me!" Aidan screamed at his little sister as he wraped his arms around her.
Mai had decided to look inside a shack on the very most outskirts of the palace grounds. Where Jareths magic to sense people faded but his protection was still there.
"Gods Aidan! What are you doing here?! Why are you hiding?!" Mai asked.
"I... I can't do it. I can't betray Sarah. She's so sweet and innocent. Whatever she did to Jareth so long ago couldn't have been serious." He said. "I ran. That's the only thing I could do. So Jareth can't make me hurt her."
"Are you saying that the all mighty and powerful you actually feels for someone?"
"Shut up Mai!" He said. "Make sure you don't tell anyone I'm here. Not a soul! Jareth will just end up hurting Sarah more if he finds me... And he'll probably kill me too..."
"He wouldn't..." Mai protested.
"Oh yes he would. He wants his revenge on her. No matter how he has to get it." He told her.
They sat on stacks of tiles in silence for a little while.
"So where's Dawn?" Aidan asked, suddenly.
"She went to look for you on the other part of the grounds."
"Keep up the looking for me thing. Even though you know where I am. If you just suddenly stop looking for me, Jareth'll know something's up." He said smartly.
"Yeah... Good point." Mai agreed.
"Look... You should get going... If you're gone to long, people will start to wonder." Aidan said, pulling his sister into another hug.
"Yeah... Okay..." She said. "Stay safe Aidan." She told him, then shut the door.
She walked back to the palace doors and sincerely hoped that Dawn was waiting for her.
"This is really getting confusing..." She mumbled to herself.

A/N: Yeah... Sorry again for my lack of updatey-ness.... but i just cant think of where to really go from here. I dont want this fic to go on forever. and its already pretty long... I think it needs an good ending soon.... if i could only think of one.... well... if anyone has any ideas... tell me... rate reveiw... blahblahblah... yeah.... sorry its so short!

~I be Raven~