Disclaimer: I don't own anything Labyrinth. If I did I wouldn't need to go to college would I?? Sorry for the long wait on the last chap. I was on vacation and didn't have a laptop. I was thinking about what I last stated and what Nu-Preacher told me. He's right. I have been selfish. Just like Sarah. I could kick myself. Please hit me over the head with this mallet.
Chapter Fourteen: Another Roadblock
The next morning I went through my usual routine and sat at my computer. I had just logged in when Screech came bursting into the room. "Crystal look in your crystal," she panted. Then she left. I bolted from my chair, picked up my crystal and called up Jareth's image. I saw Sarah walk into his throne room and stand before him. "What's she doing here?" I asked myself.
That whole day I never left my room. I just stayed in there and watched Jareth and Sarah in my crystal. They walked in the garden hand in hand. They ate lunch together. They talked and kissed. When she was alone she stayed the same. It was as if Jareth had forgotten about me. Then I saw Sarah scoot over in the armchair in the library. Jareth just shook his head and stayed standing. I smiled remembering what had happened in that room. He didn't dance with her after they ate either. In fact it looked as if he missed me. "He'll get over me now that he has Sarah," I thought to myself.
Suddenly I heard a knock on my door. I opened it to find Jartil standing there. "King Jareth would like you to eat dinner with him and Lady Sarah," he stated. I nodded and followed him to the dining hall. When we got inside he presented me and left. I sat in a chair next to Jareth and across from Sarah.
We ate in silence. After we were finished music started. Jareth stood and offered his hand to Sarah. Sarah accepted and started to dance with him. They looked perfect together and I smiled. She deserved him and he deserved her. I had no place here. I stood up and began to leave when I heard Jareth's voice say, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going back to my room. I have no place here. She deserves you. I don't. I don't belong anywhere. I can't live without a place. I'm glad you found love. I hope she makes you happy," I stated with tear filled eyes. Then I turned around and walked right into a rough hug. "Don't you dare kill yourself. I won't let you. I can't lose you. You'll always have a place in my heart," he said hugging and kissing me.
I squirmed out of his grasp and backed away. Unfortunately for me I backed right into Sarah. I turned around and received a slap across the face. Then she grabbed my shoulders and looked me in the eyes. "Stay away from him. He's mine. I will have him or your life will end," she whispered in my ear. Then it was as if nothing happened but her cold words kept running through my head over and over.
I ran back to my room, shut and locked the door. Then I sank down on the floor leaning against the door crying. I was scared to death. Suddenly I heard a soft knock on the door. "Meagan let in please. Tell me what's wrong," I heard Jareth's voice say through the door.
"No! Go away!! Leave me alone," I said through sobs. The knocking ceased and I saw a white owl fly into my room. The owl changed into Jareth and he walked over to me. He went to caress my cheek and I flinched away from him. "Hey you know I'd never hurt you," he stated kneeling beside me.
"I think it'd be better if you just left me alone okay?" I said in a shaky voice still crying.
"What happened? Why are you so scared?" he asked hugging me to him. I just cried in his arms. Then I realized what I was doing and I backed out of his grasp fearfully.
He looked at me confused and hurt. "What's going on?" he asked very concerned. I just curled into myself shaking from fear. He grabbed my chin in his hand and looked me in the eyes. "What's scaring you?" he asked
"Sarah threatened to kill me if I didn't let her get you," I stated crying. Jareth looked at me unbelieving. "She didn't say anything to you though," Jareth stated.
"That's because she made it seem like nothing happened after she said it."
"How could she? She doesn't have any magic."
"She's Sarah but she's not. It's not like she's being possessed."
After I fell asleep he went to his throne room and lie across the arms of the throne. "I'll watch Sarah more closely. Then I'll see if she's possessed," Jareth said to himself. Then he made a crystal and called up Sarah's image. He watched her and listened. "I've got Jareth playing right into my hands. Once I'm queen I'll kill that Meagan and have no one in my way," Sarah stated in a voice not her own. Jareth shut his eyes and said, "Shit this is not good. The longer she's possessed the more she becomes whoever is possessing her. I'll have to look up the spell to exorcise the spirit." Then he went to the library.
I woke up and left my room to look for Jareth. When I turned a corner I bumped right into Sarah. "Well, well, well if it isn't Meagan. I was just looking for you. I found a job for you to do," she stated. Then she approached me and placed a hand over my head. I suddenly blacked out and knew no more.
Jareth walked down the hall holding an old red book under his arm. He felt an unexplained sense of urgency and walked faster. He knew he had hours before Sarah was unsavable and he didn't know what else was bothering him. As he approached his throne room the urgency grew and he was very confused. When he opened the doors he saw Sarah holding me in front of her. "Well Jareth looks like you're here just in time for a show. I'm contemplating whether to kill her or make her my mindless slave. Which do you suggest Jareth?" she stated sneering. Jareth glared, took a deep breath and opened the book to the marked page. "Jenallie, I condemn your spirit to eternal wandering. Be gone from the body you presently occupy. I command you to leave!!" Jareth stated throwing glitter on Sarah. Sarah let go of me and went into convulsions. My knees gave out and I fainted. Before I hit the floor Jareth caught me and picked me up. Then he watched as Sarah rose into the air. Her eyes had turned white, her hair blew back from her face. Her mouth opened and a blinding white light shot out and disappeared. Jareth used his magic to lift Sarah and left the room with us.
Note: *is hit on head with mallet repeatedly* Thank you…. Sorry for being late on this chapter as well. School is a bitch.
