hey everybody! welcome to chapter 6! enjoy it so far? good! when this story is finished im probably going to make a sequel(depends on readers comments :), and then more Laby fics! i hope the last chapter didnt suck so bad, and ill try my best to keep the chapters long. i mean nobody wants a short sucky chapter, right? no offence to anyone. :D once again, PG-13 to be on the safe side.
Chapter 6: Love will find another way
Rating: PG-13
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Sarah woke up and found herself in a bathroom. Her bathroom. She looked around groggily, she had a splitting headache. She gently rubbed her temples,"Mmmm.....ouch, I hope I'm well enough for the ball", she said to herself,"I wonder what time it...oh my gosh! I've been sleeping for 8 hours!", she yelled when she noticed the clock by the sink. She rushed out and dressed. She saw a soft ball of light on her desk and she thought it was Hannah, so she walked over, looked down and saw the little light moving around in the air. It wasn't Hannah, it was a fairy. A beautiful fairy, actually. She had light pink hair shoulder legnth with glitter in it, she wore a white dress that half looked like Sarah's princess costume she used to wear in the park with Merlin. And in the centre of her forehead was a pink stone. Looked like an Opal. Remembering her ordeal with fairies before, she tried to swipe it, but it dodged all her blows,"Miss! Miss! I won't bite, I promise!", she shrieked. Sarah stopped trying to hit it and it took a deep breath, "Lady Sarah, I am sent by Diamond! She is in peril! I heard her distress calls and came to her side, Sarah, my name is Opal", she said,"I am one of Diamond's friends, and she needs your help! No time to explain now, m'lady, but you need to get your crystal".
~Flashback~
Diamond was being forced into the chair to watch his male companion suffer at the loss of his beloved. Diamond just cried and Moroviel laughed at her weakness,"I'm going to round up my armies and catch this castle! This kingdome will belong to ME!!", and with a cold laugh she dissapeared. Diamond just shut her eyes,"Opal, I need you!"
~End Flahback~
Opal explained only how Diamond got trapped by Moroviel, and she needed her crystal to set her free, but Sarah was lucky to get thet much info out of her. Sarah remembered where her crystal was, and she was about to go get it when Opal pulled her back,"M'lady, the crystal in the room is now a decoy, however, being its bearer and all, you can conjour it yourself without trying to find the doors", Opal said. Sarah looked at her for a while, confuzed. But when she looked down at her hand, there it was. The crystal of power. She didn't know how it happened, but she didn't care. She banished it so she wouldn't have to carry it with her. I mean, after all, she could conjour it, right? The anxious pixie led Sarah in and out of hallways, an paths and such until they came upon a darkpurple door with a golden nob. There were crystals and dragons engraved into it. Sarah has been through the whole castle before and never has she seen this door before. She slowly made her way inside after Opal gave her the 'coast is clear' signal. She walked in and saw many scattered hard back books about dark magic, the only light was a few candles, there were no windows, the whole room looked like an out-of-date library. She looked around for a moment and adjusted to the light she had until she spotted a sobbing figure sitting on a chair. It seemed as if she was strapped there with somehting invisible because all she could move was her head. Sarah rushed over,"Diamond! Oh my gosh, what happened??", she said gently, trrying to calm her friend. Diamond managed to calm herself and explain what happened with Moroviel, her 'roles', her plot, but she focused mostly on what happened to Jareth.(A/N: I'd explain the whole thing again, but I'm too friggin' lazy to type it). Sarah couldn't believe her ears. Poor Jareth! She hoped he would listen long enough to explain it to him. Sarah was almost on the verge of tears when she said,"Come on, Diamond, lets get you out", she said, and she conjoured up her crystal. She closed her eyes and let it do its magic. She opened them in time to see a beam of light cut away the strong force holding Diamond in the chair and she stood up,"Thank you, Sarah, Moroviel is back with her army, she should be back soon, so we must hurry".
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Jareth was in his chambers, weak and heartbroken. His Sarah...his lovely, beautiful Sarah...didn't love him anymore. He locked himself in, refusing to anwser any doors, and if any goblin dare knock they'd be thrown head first into the Bog. Jareth shut up all his windows, trying to make it as dark as possible, not wanting to feel any light. His pillows were damp with tears, his eyes were red and stinging. It seemed whenever he managed to stop, the memories would be more visible and he would break down again.
On the way to Jareth's chambers, Sarah was trying to figure out how she would persuade Jareth into believing her. She didn't know she would be able to handle rejection as bad as Jareth recieved, but she would try. Diamond was giving her a number of suggestions, and just to be safe, Sarah used her crystal to create an invisible sheald around the whole castle so Moroviel wouldn't be able to enter the castle until the actual day of battle. Sarah wouldn't trust her as far as she could throw her. As they neared Jareth's room, the hallways seemed darker, more colder, and this scared Sarah a bit. Opal stayed back in the room keeping watch for Moroviel but what she was really doing was hypervenalating. Diamond stopped in front of Jareth's room. All around them was darkness accept for two burning candles on either side of the top of the door. Diamond knocked on the door slightly,"Jareth? Jareth its me, Diamond", she said gently. Jareth shot his head up. He used a spell on his face to take away the redness in his eyes, and the cracking in his voice before he went face to face with his friend, he opened the door,"Diamond, what a nice surpri--", he stopped speaking in his tracks when he saw Sarah there. Sarah sighed noticing the look on his face,"Jareth, I know it's going to be hard to believe, but that wasn't me at the ball", she said, slightly pleadingly.
"Oh really? Sure looked like you."
"Jareth listen to me! I never even went to the ball, I was getting ready when Esmarelda walked in, she gave me a sleeping potion and she shut me in my bathroom. It turned out she was Moroviel in costume. Esmarelda was Moroviel, Jareth. She made herself look, sound, and walk like me. She pretended to be me, and acted as if I didn't love you so she could get to your kingdome faster. Diamond was held prisoner, and while trapped, she jogged the sleeping potion so I'd be sleeping for 8 hours at the least. It worked, and her little fairy friend came and told me what happened, so I went and set her free with my crystal, and she told me what Moroviel did with you, and here we are", Sarah said quickly, hardly taking a breath. Jareth tried to believe her, he wanted to, but he couldn't.
"Sarah, or....whoever you are, I'm afraid I do not believe your story, and I think you know where the door is", he said, walking to his desk, sitting down and pretending to write something. Diamond reached for her hand,"Come on, Sarah", she said, not wanting to anger or hurt Jareth any further. But Sarah pulled from her grasp,"Leave us, Diamond, I will let you know when your assistance is required". Diamond took the hint and left, poofing back to Moroviel's private room to check on her hyper little friend Opal. Sarah took a step forward,"Jareth...", but he ignored her. Half of him longingly wanted to take her in his arms, but a little annoying voice in the back of his head told him to ignore her. Sarah called him once more, no avail. This time though, tears took her and she called his name a little weaker before breaking down herself,"Jareth..."
And she cried. Jareth heard her ragged sobs and wanted to comfort her, but then the annoying voice was back. She calmed down a bit, and had a plan, a plan to get him back. She calmed her voice as best she could and sang,"In a perfect world..one we'd never know....", she sang softly waiting for a reply. Jareth ignored the voice and sang back,"We would never need to face the world alone", he sang in reply. "They can have the world", she sang back, more hopefully. "We'll create our own", Jareth sang. "I may not be brave or strong or smart...." "But somewhere in my secret heart..", then they sang the chorus together,"I know love will find a way, anywhere we go, we're home if we are there together, like dark turning into day. Somehow we'll come through now that I've found you. Love will find a way....I know love will find a way".
Sarah pulled his face away from his desk and made him look into her eyes, and she kissed him deeply, and if Jareth tried to pull back in anyway besides taking a breath, she would tighten her grip. Sarah saw a look of forgiveness in his eyes,"Believe me now?", she asked innocently.
"I don't know how I couldn't, my love, I am sorry".
"Jareth, you've nothing to be sorry about, I'm the one who should be sorry, I mean, I've broken your heart one too many times, I do not deserve to be forgiven....."
"Don't you talk like that, don't you take all the blame for this. We have eachother again, and that's all that matters"
"Right", she said, a tear trickling down her face. Jareth wiped it and looked into her eyes. She just latched his lips onto his as if that was the only substance keeping her alive. In a way, it was. As their souls met and danced, all the light in the halls began to pour from the windows. The curtains in Jareth's room pulled themselves down allowing the two soul mates bathe in the warm sunlight. Sarah broke the heart melting kiss after a few long moments and drowned herself in his embrace. Jareth closed his eyes, thinking he should have known the Sarah in the ballroom wasn't the real Sarah. The same person yet so different. He should have trusted her more, but as long as she was in his arms, nothing mattered, nothing. She suddenly looked up at him, slightly frightened,"Jareth, what are we to do about Moroviel?"
"Not we, love. You.", he said.
"Me? I thought I would be fighting side by side with you....", she said, on the verge of tears again.
"I'm dreadfully sorry, my love, if I could help you I would, but I'm afraid I cannot help you fight, you must do that yourself", he said, a look of concern and love in his eyes,"I've only the power to train and prepare you, after that, your on your own"
She knew deep down he was right. She really had to do this on her own, even though she hated to admit it. Instead of fearing, she decided to compare it to her Labyrinth quest. "If I can beat the Goblin King I can beat his foe", Sarah thought to herself. Jareth smiled slightly at her couragiousness. He sensed the pride in her thoughts. He drew her in for another kiss and and told her a few more things,"Sarah, you need to practice with your crystal more, word has reached my ears that Moroviel's army is armed and ready, hitting the Labyrinth tomorrow morning instead of a few days", he said, hearing the slight gasp under her breath,"Which means you have to be full and ready by morning". Sarah sighed, another night of lacking sleep. All the sleep she's had lately have been uneasy or she was unconcious. Oh well. Hopefully she would defeat Moroviel, be happy with Jareth and all of this will be a fond memory. *Hopefully.*
Jareth took his leave knowing Sarah would be safe practicing on her own. He felt uneasy leaving her after that heart-splitting episode, but he conjoured up a crystal in his throne room and didn't take his eyes off it for one second. He was very VERY pleased with her progress. She is more confident now, and she's her old stubborn self again, never letting anything get in the way of her goal."That's my girl...", he said quietly to himself. She'd destroyed numerous(sp?) things, her crystal was responding to her demands properly, and the more things she broke, the more hope she had. The Goblins were doing this and that in the throne room, trying to avoid being slapped or kicked by their King. Oddly enough, he seemed to be in a relatively good mood, not kicking or punching the goblins around, all he was doing was grinning inside of one of his crystals. Figuring it would be unwise to ask what was inside, no matter what the King's mood, they continued about, acting as if they didn't see the crystal. After a long three hours of practicing, Sarah stopped to take a breather, and a much needed nap. Jareth watched her slumber, when he heard the creaking noise of a door opening. He looked up abruptly and saw a beautiful female figure with pointed ears. She wore a lavendar gown that was very tight, and the top layer was a see-through periwinkle, loose and halter style, creating a beautiful low neckline, the whole thing covered her front but her back was totally exposed from the neck and shoulders to lower waist. Her long hair was in a high bun and to top off the beautiful outfit on top of her head was a wreath of white flowers. Around her neck was a star shaped diamond, glitter shimmered the features on her face and her emerald eyes sparkled. It was Diamond. Looking as beautiful as ever. Jareth rose from his throne,"My lovely Diamond".
"Jareth..", she said, taking a few steps towards him. He did the same, and he opened his arms letting himself embrace his good friend.
(A.N, this isn't a romantic scene, just a little hug between friends!)
"Thank you, Diamond, you have given me the gift of love. The gift of Sarah. You have give us both hope, and the things you've done for us are beyond anything I could do for another, I am greatful beyond all thats imaginable. Please, I need to repay you in some manner", Jareth pleaded.
"Well............."
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woo! i hope you like this new installment! i have SO much inspiration now, since i got the Labyrinth collectors edition! its the BEST! a lithograph of Sarah and the Fireys, some of Brian Froud's original artwork, and lots of bonus features! wee! *huggles dvd*
"Please, leave a controbution in a little box!" hehe, oh, and by the way for future chaps, you wont get to see what Jareth does as a favour for Diamond until chapter 8! ahahah! oh, cliffies, dont ya just love em?
xoxo
~Stacy
Chapter 6: Love will find another way
Rating: PG-13
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Sarah woke up and found herself in a bathroom. Her bathroom. She looked around groggily, she had a splitting headache. She gently rubbed her temples,"Mmmm.....ouch, I hope I'm well enough for the ball", she said to herself,"I wonder what time it...oh my gosh! I've been sleeping for 8 hours!", she yelled when she noticed the clock by the sink. She rushed out and dressed. She saw a soft ball of light on her desk and she thought it was Hannah, so she walked over, looked down and saw the little light moving around in the air. It wasn't Hannah, it was a fairy. A beautiful fairy, actually. She had light pink hair shoulder legnth with glitter in it, she wore a white dress that half looked like Sarah's princess costume she used to wear in the park with Merlin. And in the centre of her forehead was a pink stone. Looked like an Opal. Remembering her ordeal with fairies before, she tried to swipe it, but it dodged all her blows,"Miss! Miss! I won't bite, I promise!", she shrieked. Sarah stopped trying to hit it and it took a deep breath, "Lady Sarah, I am sent by Diamond! She is in peril! I heard her distress calls and came to her side, Sarah, my name is Opal", she said,"I am one of Diamond's friends, and she needs your help! No time to explain now, m'lady, but you need to get your crystal".
~Flashback~
Diamond was being forced into the chair to watch his male companion suffer at the loss of his beloved. Diamond just cried and Moroviel laughed at her weakness,"I'm going to round up my armies and catch this castle! This kingdome will belong to ME!!", and with a cold laugh she dissapeared. Diamond just shut her eyes,"Opal, I need you!"
~End Flahback~
Opal explained only how Diamond got trapped by Moroviel, and she needed her crystal to set her free, but Sarah was lucky to get thet much info out of her. Sarah remembered where her crystal was, and she was about to go get it when Opal pulled her back,"M'lady, the crystal in the room is now a decoy, however, being its bearer and all, you can conjour it yourself without trying to find the doors", Opal said. Sarah looked at her for a while, confuzed. But when she looked down at her hand, there it was. The crystal of power. She didn't know how it happened, but she didn't care. She banished it so she wouldn't have to carry it with her. I mean, after all, she could conjour it, right? The anxious pixie led Sarah in and out of hallways, an paths and such until they came upon a darkpurple door with a golden nob. There were crystals and dragons engraved into it. Sarah has been through the whole castle before and never has she seen this door before. She slowly made her way inside after Opal gave her the 'coast is clear' signal. She walked in and saw many scattered hard back books about dark magic, the only light was a few candles, there were no windows, the whole room looked like an out-of-date library. She looked around for a moment and adjusted to the light she had until she spotted a sobbing figure sitting on a chair. It seemed as if she was strapped there with somehting invisible because all she could move was her head. Sarah rushed over,"Diamond! Oh my gosh, what happened??", she said gently, trrying to calm her friend. Diamond managed to calm herself and explain what happened with Moroviel, her 'roles', her plot, but she focused mostly on what happened to Jareth.(A/N: I'd explain the whole thing again, but I'm too friggin' lazy to type it). Sarah couldn't believe her ears. Poor Jareth! She hoped he would listen long enough to explain it to him. Sarah was almost on the verge of tears when she said,"Come on, Diamond, lets get you out", she said, and she conjoured up her crystal. She closed her eyes and let it do its magic. She opened them in time to see a beam of light cut away the strong force holding Diamond in the chair and she stood up,"Thank you, Sarah, Moroviel is back with her army, she should be back soon, so we must hurry".
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Jareth was in his chambers, weak and heartbroken. His Sarah...his lovely, beautiful Sarah...didn't love him anymore. He locked himself in, refusing to anwser any doors, and if any goblin dare knock they'd be thrown head first into the Bog. Jareth shut up all his windows, trying to make it as dark as possible, not wanting to feel any light. His pillows were damp with tears, his eyes were red and stinging. It seemed whenever he managed to stop, the memories would be more visible and he would break down again.
On the way to Jareth's chambers, Sarah was trying to figure out how she would persuade Jareth into believing her. She didn't know she would be able to handle rejection as bad as Jareth recieved, but she would try. Diamond was giving her a number of suggestions, and just to be safe, Sarah used her crystal to create an invisible sheald around the whole castle so Moroviel wouldn't be able to enter the castle until the actual day of battle. Sarah wouldn't trust her as far as she could throw her. As they neared Jareth's room, the hallways seemed darker, more colder, and this scared Sarah a bit. Opal stayed back in the room keeping watch for Moroviel but what she was really doing was hypervenalating. Diamond stopped in front of Jareth's room. All around them was darkness accept for two burning candles on either side of the top of the door. Diamond knocked on the door slightly,"Jareth? Jareth its me, Diamond", she said gently. Jareth shot his head up. He used a spell on his face to take away the redness in his eyes, and the cracking in his voice before he went face to face with his friend, he opened the door,"Diamond, what a nice surpri--", he stopped speaking in his tracks when he saw Sarah there. Sarah sighed noticing the look on his face,"Jareth, I know it's going to be hard to believe, but that wasn't me at the ball", she said, slightly pleadingly.
"Oh really? Sure looked like you."
"Jareth listen to me! I never even went to the ball, I was getting ready when Esmarelda walked in, she gave me a sleeping potion and she shut me in my bathroom. It turned out she was Moroviel in costume. Esmarelda was Moroviel, Jareth. She made herself look, sound, and walk like me. She pretended to be me, and acted as if I didn't love you so she could get to your kingdome faster. Diamond was held prisoner, and while trapped, she jogged the sleeping potion so I'd be sleeping for 8 hours at the least. It worked, and her little fairy friend came and told me what happened, so I went and set her free with my crystal, and she told me what Moroviel did with you, and here we are", Sarah said quickly, hardly taking a breath. Jareth tried to believe her, he wanted to, but he couldn't.
"Sarah, or....whoever you are, I'm afraid I do not believe your story, and I think you know where the door is", he said, walking to his desk, sitting down and pretending to write something. Diamond reached for her hand,"Come on, Sarah", she said, not wanting to anger or hurt Jareth any further. But Sarah pulled from her grasp,"Leave us, Diamond, I will let you know when your assistance is required". Diamond took the hint and left, poofing back to Moroviel's private room to check on her hyper little friend Opal. Sarah took a step forward,"Jareth...", but he ignored her. Half of him longingly wanted to take her in his arms, but a little annoying voice in the back of his head told him to ignore her. Sarah called him once more, no avail. This time though, tears took her and she called his name a little weaker before breaking down herself,"Jareth..."
And she cried. Jareth heard her ragged sobs and wanted to comfort her, but then the annoying voice was back. She calmed down a bit, and had a plan, a plan to get him back. She calmed her voice as best she could and sang,"In a perfect world..one we'd never know....", she sang softly waiting for a reply. Jareth ignored the voice and sang back,"We would never need to face the world alone", he sang in reply. "They can have the world", she sang back, more hopefully. "We'll create our own", Jareth sang. "I may not be brave or strong or smart...." "But somewhere in my secret heart..", then they sang the chorus together,"I know love will find a way, anywhere we go, we're home if we are there together, like dark turning into day. Somehow we'll come through now that I've found you. Love will find a way....I know love will find a way".
Sarah pulled his face away from his desk and made him look into her eyes, and she kissed him deeply, and if Jareth tried to pull back in anyway besides taking a breath, she would tighten her grip. Sarah saw a look of forgiveness in his eyes,"Believe me now?", she asked innocently.
"I don't know how I couldn't, my love, I am sorry".
"Jareth, you've nothing to be sorry about, I'm the one who should be sorry, I mean, I've broken your heart one too many times, I do not deserve to be forgiven....."
"Don't you talk like that, don't you take all the blame for this. We have eachother again, and that's all that matters"
"Right", she said, a tear trickling down her face. Jareth wiped it and looked into her eyes. She just latched his lips onto his as if that was the only substance keeping her alive. In a way, it was. As their souls met and danced, all the light in the halls began to pour from the windows. The curtains in Jareth's room pulled themselves down allowing the two soul mates bathe in the warm sunlight. Sarah broke the heart melting kiss after a few long moments and drowned herself in his embrace. Jareth closed his eyes, thinking he should have known the Sarah in the ballroom wasn't the real Sarah. The same person yet so different. He should have trusted her more, but as long as she was in his arms, nothing mattered, nothing. She suddenly looked up at him, slightly frightened,"Jareth, what are we to do about Moroviel?"
"Not we, love. You.", he said.
"Me? I thought I would be fighting side by side with you....", she said, on the verge of tears again.
"I'm dreadfully sorry, my love, if I could help you I would, but I'm afraid I cannot help you fight, you must do that yourself", he said, a look of concern and love in his eyes,"I've only the power to train and prepare you, after that, your on your own"
She knew deep down he was right. She really had to do this on her own, even though she hated to admit it. Instead of fearing, she decided to compare it to her Labyrinth quest. "If I can beat the Goblin King I can beat his foe", Sarah thought to herself. Jareth smiled slightly at her couragiousness. He sensed the pride in her thoughts. He drew her in for another kiss and and told her a few more things,"Sarah, you need to practice with your crystal more, word has reached my ears that Moroviel's army is armed and ready, hitting the Labyrinth tomorrow morning instead of a few days", he said, hearing the slight gasp under her breath,"Which means you have to be full and ready by morning". Sarah sighed, another night of lacking sleep. All the sleep she's had lately have been uneasy or she was unconcious. Oh well. Hopefully she would defeat Moroviel, be happy with Jareth and all of this will be a fond memory. *Hopefully.*
Jareth took his leave knowing Sarah would be safe practicing on her own. He felt uneasy leaving her after that heart-splitting episode, but he conjoured up a crystal in his throne room and didn't take his eyes off it for one second. He was very VERY pleased with her progress. She is more confident now, and she's her old stubborn self again, never letting anything get in the way of her goal."That's my girl...", he said quietly to himself. She'd destroyed numerous(sp?) things, her crystal was responding to her demands properly, and the more things she broke, the more hope she had. The Goblins were doing this and that in the throne room, trying to avoid being slapped or kicked by their King. Oddly enough, he seemed to be in a relatively good mood, not kicking or punching the goblins around, all he was doing was grinning inside of one of his crystals. Figuring it would be unwise to ask what was inside, no matter what the King's mood, they continued about, acting as if they didn't see the crystal. After a long three hours of practicing, Sarah stopped to take a breather, and a much needed nap. Jareth watched her slumber, when he heard the creaking noise of a door opening. He looked up abruptly and saw a beautiful female figure with pointed ears. She wore a lavendar gown that was very tight, and the top layer was a see-through periwinkle, loose and halter style, creating a beautiful low neckline, the whole thing covered her front but her back was totally exposed from the neck and shoulders to lower waist. Her long hair was in a high bun and to top off the beautiful outfit on top of her head was a wreath of white flowers. Around her neck was a star shaped diamond, glitter shimmered the features on her face and her emerald eyes sparkled. It was Diamond. Looking as beautiful as ever. Jareth rose from his throne,"My lovely Diamond".
"Jareth..", she said, taking a few steps towards him. He did the same, and he opened his arms letting himself embrace his good friend.
(A.N, this isn't a romantic scene, just a little hug between friends!)
"Thank you, Diamond, you have given me the gift of love. The gift of Sarah. You have give us both hope, and the things you've done for us are beyond anything I could do for another, I am greatful beyond all thats imaginable. Please, I need to repay you in some manner", Jareth pleaded.
"Well............."
~*~
woo! i hope you like this new installment! i have SO much inspiration now, since i got the Labyrinth collectors edition! its the BEST! a lithograph of Sarah and the Fireys, some of Brian Froud's original artwork, and lots of bonus features! wee! *huggles dvd*
"Please, leave a controbution in a little box!" hehe, oh, and by the way for future chaps, you wont get to see what Jareth does as a favour for Diamond until chapter 8! ahahah! oh, cliffies, dont ya just love em?
xoxo
~Stacy