This is abominably short chapter. Forgive the cornyness of some of the dialog. I have Twenty-Two chapters written out on paper. I just need to type them up for your reading pleasure. Review.
Chapter Six: Rubbing Salt in the WoundIt was a good hour before I noticed Screech missing. Leo and I stopped and decided to wait since Screech was the only one who knew the way. It was another hour before Screech returned looking sad. She landed next to me, took a map out of the bag, and handed me the bag. "Screech what's wrong?" I asked.
"King Jareth has forbidden me to lead you anymore," she stated mournfully.
"You're going to listen to him!"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"It's for the safety of him and our world. I leave you the bag to help with certain things but I must leave you."
"Did he bribe you?"
"Yes but I didn't accept it. It was only when he told me what would happen if you left that I agreed. Farewell my friend." With that she was gone.
I was on my knees crying. "Why are you doing this to me Jareth. You stole one of my friends now. Aren't satisfied with stealing my life?!" I yelled sobbing.
"You mustn't talk like that. He always has his reasons for doing things," Leo stated patting my back.
"He's heartless and mean. He's already gotten rid of one friend. He probably wants to rub salt in the wound of loneliness. He'll take every friend and make me go crazy with loneliness and loss. I was crazy to ever think he loved me!" I yelled. I cried for a good two hours.
Meanwhile Jareth heard and saw everything through a crystal. His heart broke and he realized he was hurting me by doing this. He sent the crystal away and lay on his throne thinking. "She doesn't think I love her. She hates me for what I'm doing. I know what I have to do but I won't like it," Jareth thought to himself. Then he sent out a crystal and waited.
I had just started walking when a crystal landed in my hands. In the crystal I saw Jareth. Then I saw a tall, dark haired, female fae walk in. "I've got her playing right into my hands. As soon as I get what I want from her I'll dump her for you Jenalli," Jareth declared kissing her. I dropped the crystal and ran. Leo looked in the crystal and only saw Jareth alone, crying. Then he dashed after me. "Wait! It was a trick. Whatever you saw wasn't real!" yelled Leo galloping behind me.
"I know you're just trying to protect him. I know what I saw and it looked pretty real to me," I growled still running.
"He's good at creating illusions. What you saw was a trick." I just growled and kept running. Then I reached the Goblin City.
Well that's the end of this chapter. Sorry for the length. Review please.
