hi! welcome to chapter 7! i wish i had more reviews, because i am saddened. I told my mom about David Bowie's "REALITY" tour and asked if i could go. In Anaheim. I live in San Diego and Anaheim is a two to three hour drive from my house. she laughed in my face. I told my dad and he laughed even harder than my mom did. not only do i not get to go(i was expecting not to) but i got laughed at. pweese make me feel better. Pweese?
Diaclaimer: I own nothing! see! i have proof! *empties pockets* all i have is a dvd, and im getting a crystal....
Chapter 7: The war begins
Rating: PG-13
~*~
Sarah had practiced with her crystal for pretty much the whole night and got about two hours of sleep. The next day she was awoken exeptionally early to practice yet again. Sure, she was used to it now, but she'd gotten sick of breaking things as she progressed. She had some breakfast, served by Jareth, trying to spend as much time with him as possible before the second war Underground. After breakfast she rested for a bit, sitting in Jareth's lap with her head rested on his chest, and his gloved hands stroking her darkbrown hair. She sighed in happiness, not wanting this moment to end. She moved her head up to face him,"Jareth?"
"Hmm?"
"I just wanted to tell you, that if we fail, if my powers weaken at battle, if death overpowers me", Jareth didn't like where this was going until she finished,"I just want you to know that I'll always love you, and never, ever, think otherwise."
He smiled and dipped his head to meet her lips. "I love you Sarah, and I promise we will not lose, we are going to win, understand me?" She nodded. With a small smile Sarah took one of Jareth's gloved hands and gracefully slipped it off. She smoothed her warm, shaky hands over the top and laced her fingers in his. He greatfully stroked hers back. Sarah was so surprised at how light and smooth they were, not to mention the warmth. However, they SHOULD be, being in gloves all the time. She took his long slender hand and began kissing each of his fingertips. Jareth thought this electrifying pulse in his hands was worse than the pulse Sarah felt when she first held the crystal. Only, this pulse was a good pulse. Even if each finger quivered at the loss of her mouth as she moved to the next. When the kisses were finished she took his hand and placed his palm on her cheek before resuming her place on his chest. He stroked her cheek gently and watched the happiness on his love's face. The happiness he thought he'd never, ever see. Jareth suddenly had a craving for her mouth and moved in to kiss her. She accepted, and Jareth was not the least bit surprised this time. Their mouths became one as it deepened. Sarah opened her mouth more to let Jareth explore into it deeper. Jareth broke the kiss after a few long moments and then they touched forheads and rubbed nose to nose like Eskimos. She closed her eyes and shuddered at his breath on her face. They kissed once more, only halfway through it was broke when she heard a loud BOOM and the walls rattled. Sarah clung to Jareth for dear life. Her eyes suddenly shown fear as she looked outside the window and saw explosions in the distance. Jareth turned to her,"They will be arriving soon, you must change into this", he flicked his wrist an some clothing appeared on the bed, Sarah looked at it, half startled,"Remember, you defeated a Fae once,"he started, waiting for her reply. Sarah changed the emotion in her eyes from fear to confidence,"I can do it again", she said. She had to be brave for Jareth, but she noticed he was having a hard time with it himself. She stroked his cheek. "Jareth....I'm..", she hated to admit it,"I'm scared, please, don't leave me...". Jareth looked down at her shaking figure. Oh, how he wanted to help! His expression calmed,"Ok, my love, I will stay, but I can't stay for long, remember, you must do this yourself", he said, kissing her forhead,"I trust you".
Sarah kept looking out the window, then back at Jareth, he wished she'd stop looking so desperate. He didn't remember ever seeing her so....terrified. he quickly ran to the bathroom with the gown she had to wear. She set it down and fumbled for a brush. She felt a soft breeze and looked down to find that the gown was already on her. It was a blackish purple that had spagetti straps, and it formed every curve of her body and from the knee down it was loose and beautiful, it had a v-neck that showed a little cleavage, but not so much that it was appauling, and it was silk. Her hair was in two braids to the side and the bottom was closed with black bands with diamonds in them. She wore a silver tiara on her head and a silver necklace with a black stone in it. Blue and red swirls moved around inside. "Fae magic", she smirked,"Jareth, Jareth, Jareth, what will I ever do with you?", she looked over at the toilet and on it was a black cape. She put it on and added some glitter to her eyes. She practiced conjouring the crystal in her reflection before resuming her presence in the room. Jareth looked up at the future queen before him. The dress was beautiful enough but it was angelic on her. She walked over and set her head on his shoulder. He held her, keeping his gaze out at his Labyrinth. He looked down at her, and was just about to remove himself from her soft embrace. Sarah caught this and tightened her grip. Jareth sighed and rubbed her back. Sarah couldn't let go. Her mind kept telling her to face her fears but her body had other plans. She clung to him tightly, especially after the walls started to shake again. Jareth pulled from her grasp.
"Sarah, listen to me, you must fight", he said slowly and clearly.
"I know....", she said, looking up at him and then out the window.
"Come."
She followed him to a large balcony. "Large" is actually an understatement, it was HUGE. Enough to fit 30 people. Before Sarah took her first step she felt a warm hand on her shoulder. At first she thought Jareth, but when she looked at it, she saw long fingernails with silver chrome polish. She looked up and saw Diamond.
"Good luck to you, my friend. You are a very lucky woman, you know that? Jareth is lucky to have you, and I bid you all the luck in the world."
After Diamond finished her little speech Sarah felt like she had more backup. Unexpectedly she lunged forward and hugged her. Diamond hugged back, and slowly the two separated, Diamond placed a hand on her cheek,"I trust you, Sarah, I do".
Oh, lord. She promised herself she wouldn't cry. She felt the tears coming, wiped them really fast and turned her back to Diamond and Jareth. She walked forward to the edge of the balcony and gasped at the sight. Moroviel's allies, in similar attire to their leader, wandered every corner of the Labyrinth. The whole maze was full of blackness. She heard something that sounded like a dragon. She looked up and saw Moroviel in the air, on the back of a black, winged dragon. It had red eyes that pierced into her soul. Sarah froze at the evil beast. Dragons were a childhood favorite of hers. She used to have books about them, and statues. This was nothing she pictured a dragon would be. She gulped slightly and conjoured her crystal and looked into it. She looked up and heard an ear shattering cackle as Moroviel conjoured up her own crystal. A black crystal. She swirled it in her hand with a devilish grin, and heard her say,"Poor Sarah! You fool. This kingdome will be mine", she started, only now she changed her voice to a mocking tone,"And now you don't have your precious Jareth to save you!"
Sarah filled with sudden rage, and she remembered what she did to Jareth. Beause of her she almost lost Jareth forever. She shut her eyes and the crystal did its stuff. A beam of white light emurged from the crystal and aimed at Moroviel. But just then she used her crystal and a beam of black light emurged from her own, blocking Sarah. Two lights, from two crystals, from two forms of magic, were linked together each one trying to make it to the other side. It was like a game of Tug-O-War to Sarah. Sarah felt beads of sweat line her brow and thought she wouldn't make it. She closed her eyes and imagined everything. Sarah and Jareth's first kiss, the dinner, the ballroom dance with "their" song, his breath on her face, Diamond, the horrible thing Moroviel did to them.....
As she thought this her body filled with rage, and she used every bit of her power to grow stronger. She yelled out and the black string of magic was shrinking. Sarah filled with hope as the black light only shrunk to one foot long. She could feel Moroviel's power weaken, her skin paled. No one in the kingdome dare move, or speak. They just looked up at the female duo fighting in the middle of the whole Labyrinth. With one, final frantic yelp, Sarah used all the magic she had and finally the whole line of light was white, the blackness was gone totally. Suddenly the feeling in Sarah's legs gave out and she collapsed. Jareth managed to catch her in time before her sensitive scull slam dunked the hard marble. Sarah looked up and saw Moroviel's pupils were gone. Her skin paled, and to her disgust, it melted away. One last scream came from her lips as her whole body disinigrated and when all was gone. There was nothing left but a skeleton. Sarah fainted in Jareths arms, and he looked up to see the whole army, even the dragon, dissapear in a puff of black smoke. The Labyrinth suddenly could breath again and it shone as bright and beautiful as ever. Jareth smiled, kissed Sarah's brow and lifted her with ease. Diamond walked over to Jareth, and covered her mouth with a few fingers. She was starting to cry. A sight Jareth thought he'd never see. She kissed him on the cheek,"Congradulations, my dear, dear friend. I with the best of luck to both of you. Now...you are going to attend?"
"Of course", he said,"Anyway, Sarah should be awake in an hour or so, I'll be sure to let you know. Diamond nodded and Jareth exited the balcony.
He set Sarah down on her bed, covered her up and stroked her hair. "I love you Sarah, no evil, no force, no magic could ever change that", he said in her ear. He couldn't believe it. Sarah....his Sarah...had just saved the Labyrinth, had saved all the races, had saved Jareth. Because after all, Jareth was part of the Labyrinth, if the Labyrinth died...he would die with it. But that is not the case here, Sarah had saved him, this MORE than makes up for his broken heart. He kissed her brow once more before leaving. He made sure the first faces she saw when she woke up were Sir Didymus, Ludo, and of course, Hoggle. She hadn't seen them in such a long time. She walked to his throne room and called the trio. Sir Didymus, Hoggle and Ludo entered the room and all three bowed, Didymus was first to speak,"My leige, why didst thou call upon us?", he asked in a very polite voice.
"I'm sure you all saw Sarah save the Labyrinth from Moroviel", Hoggle winced at the name,"She's in her bedchambers, I'd like the first faces she sees when she wakes up to be you three", he said, making note of each one. Ludo looked up excitedly,"Sarah back?"
"Why, yes, Sir Ludo, my brother, she is indeed, we shall flee to her bedside and comfort her as she awakens. Ambrocious!", he yelled suddenly at his "steed". The raggy dog rushed out from behind a plant and allowed Didymus to mount him. Didymus led the way to Sarah's room, Ludo being the slowest. Jareth smirked slightly. He didn't know why she considered those foul things 'friends', but he respected her wishes and will allow them to visit in the future. Jareth sat in his throne and watched his love slumber. He sighed in happiness. He'd also grown a liking to Toby, after all, without him, he would never have found Sarah. He amused himself by twirling the glassy orb in his hands. He heard someone enter the room but he already knew who it was. Diamond slowly and gracefully walked to the tiny balcony in Jareth's throne room. She gazed out at the Labyrinth, bedaffled at all its glory. To think, a young girl, a mortal even, would be the fate of the Underground, and saved it. She smiled. She heard Jareth approach her,"So..", she smirked,"I'm guessing I did a good job, eh?".
"Better than imagined," he said,"Your terrific"
"I know I am", she said, half kidding.
Jareth sighed in admiration. Not one time in his life has he ever been so happy. So in love......and so was Diamond.
~*~
Sarah felt slightly groggy, and turned to her side once or twice before trying to adjust to the light around her. She was in her room. She remembered everything about the magical duel. All she remembered, however, was that her magic had killed the black magic, and then she fainted. She rubbed her temples as she looked around, she spotted the three figures in the room.
"Hoggle!! Ludo!! Sir Didymus!!", she shreiked, never happier to see her friends again.
She threw the covers aside despite her slight dizziness and hugged Hoggle. No, lifted him off the floor, spinning in a circle, kissing him on the forhead THEN giving him a hug. She put a surprised Hoggle down and ran over to hug her beastly friend, Ludo. "Ludo miss Sarah", he said, returning her embrace. "Oh, I missed you too, Ludo! Ambrocious!!", she yelped as the adorable canine rushed over and let her pet him. "Sir Didymus!", she said, leaning down to give her fox friend a hug. "My lady", he exclaimed, bowing to her as if she was queen of the world,"I am so happy to see you, as you may have alreay guessed, Moroviel is dead", he said, all three shuddering at the name. Sarah couldn't believe it. Well, it was pretty obvious, if Moroviel had won she would either be imprisoned or dead. She didn't care. As long as Jareth was ok. She heard a small knock on the door, then it opened. It was Diamond, in the same lavendar/periwinkle gown. She gave her a hug,"Oh, Sarah, I couldn't be happier for you. You did it! The Underground is safe for eternity, all because of you", she said. Sarah felt proud of herself. She looked at her palm and conjoured up the crystal. The crystal that saved the Underground. Her mother's crystal. In her mind she said 'thank you'.
*Your welcome....*
Sarah looked at it disbelief. That sounded like her mother. Grant, she never met her, but she'd know that voice from a mile away. She smiled at it and then banished it. She looked up at Diamond,"I think there's one more person who hasn't congradulated you yet......"
Sarah didn't need to guess. Diamond allowed the three to say goodbye to Sarah before all of them left. One second later someone else entered. Jareth. They stood across the room from eachother for a few moments, before Sarah ran up to him as fast as her legs could carry her and clung to him. Jareth gripped her waist tightly, refusing to let go. She buried her head in his chest and repeated his name over and over. "Shh...shh...Sarah, its ok, its over now", he said gently.
Sarah really wasn't sad. Just happy. And that made her cry. Her wet tears dampened his poet's shirt, but he didn't care. He grasped her face gently and made her face him. She looked into his eyes, they were loving and happy. So were hers, but they were red and puffy from crying. He wiped them off with his thumb and pulled her face to his. This kiss was the most passionate he'd ever experienced with Sarah. Just the fact Jareth was here and alright made Sarah cry more. She didn't sob but her breaths were slightly ragged, and her tears dampened Jareths cheeks. He moved away regretfully. She looked at him longingly,"Jareth, I want to stay. I don't want to go Aboveground, all there is up there is pain, and thats all it's been giving me. My step-mother hates me, Toby is too young to remember me, and my dad is on Karen's side now, but here....", she started, stroking his cheek,"This is all I've ever dreamed of. Here I have my only friends, here I have all my fantasies, but most importantly, here I have you, my love, my life"
Jareth was overjoyed. She wanted to stay! He pulled out a gold ring with a ruby inside it and it was heart shaped, the heart was lined with tiny diamonds all the way around, he slipped it on her finger, before Jareth had a chance to speak, she pressed her finger on his lips.
"You already know my anwser, love", she said. Before he could protest she moved upward to his mouth. Kissing him was like living all over again. She closed her eyes, smelling him, touchig him, tasting him. Fate brought them together, and she was thankful. Jareth loved Sarah so much, and she was finally his queen. The day he's been waiting for. At last.
*song lyrics, end chapter*
Once all alone I was lost in a world of strangers
No one to trust, on my own I was lonely
You suddenly appeared
It was cloudy before, but now it's all clear
You took away the fear
And you taught me by sharing your love
You are the sun
You make me shine
Or more like the stars that twinkle at night
You are the moon that glows in my heart
Your my daytime, my nighttime, my world
You are my life
Now I wake up everyday with this smile upon my face
No more tears
No more pain
Cause you love me
You helped me understand
That love is the anwser to all that I am
And I'm....I'm a better man
Cause you taught me by sharing your life
You are the sun
You make me shine
Or more like the stars that twinkle at night
You are the moon that glows in my heart
Your my daytime, my nighttime, my world
You are my life
~*~
woohoo! i think this was was exeptionally good despite the cheesy battle scene. it just REEKED pure cheesy goodness didnt it? and about the song, that was Micheal Jackson's "You are my Life" on the Invincible album. i love that song so much and i thought it fit in what Jareth thinks of Sarah. dont you think? review please! then you can find out who Diamond's in love with!
xoxo
~Stacy
Diaclaimer: I own nothing! see! i have proof! *empties pockets* all i have is a dvd, and im getting a crystal....
Chapter 7: The war begins
Rating: PG-13
~*~
Sarah had practiced with her crystal for pretty much the whole night and got about two hours of sleep. The next day she was awoken exeptionally early to practice yet again. Sure, she was used to it now, but she'd gotten sick of breaking things as she progressed. She had some breakfast, served by Jareth, trying to spend as much time with him as possible before the second war Underground. After breakfast she rested for a bit, sitting in Jareth's lap with her head rested on his chest, and his gloved hands stroking her darkbrown hair. She sighed in happiness, not wanting this moment to end. She moved her head up to face him,"Jareth?"
"Hmm?"
"I just wanted to tell you, that if we fail, if my powers weaken at battle, if death overpowers me", Jareth didn't like where this was going until she finished,"I just want you to know that I'll always love you, and never, ever, think otherwise."
He smiled and dipped his head to meet her lips. "I love you Sarah, and I promise we will not lose, we are going to win, understand me?" She nodded. With a small smile Sarah took one of Jareth's gloved hands and gracefully slipped it off. She smoothed her warm, shaky hands over the top and laced her fingers in his. He greatfully stroked hers back. Sarah was so surprised at how light and smooth they were, not to mention the warmth. However, they SHOULD be, being in gloves all the time. She took his long slender hand and began kissing each of his fingertips. Jareth thought this electrifying pulse in his hands was worse than the pulse Sarah felt when she first held the crystal. Only, this pulse was a good pulse. Even if each finger quivered at the loss of her mouth as she moved to the next. When the kisses were finished she took his hand and placed his palm on her cheek before resuming her place on his chest. He stroked her cheek gently and watched the happiness on his love's face. The happiness he thought he'd never, ever see. Jareth suddenly had a craving for her mouth and moved in to kiss her. She accepted, and Jareth was not the least bit surprised this time. Their mouths became one as it deepened. Sarah opened her mouth more to let Jareth explore into it deeper. Jareth broke the kiss after a few long moments and then they touched forheads and rubbed nose to nose like Eskimos. She closed her eyes and shuddered at his breath on her face. They kissed once more, only halfway through it was broke when she heard a loud BOOM and the walls rattled. Sarah clung to Jareth for dear life. Her eyes suddenly shown fear as she looked outside the window and saw explosions in the distance. Jareth turned to her,"They will be arriving soon, you must change into this", he flicked his wrist an some clothing appeared on the bed, Sarah looked at it, half startled,"Remember, you defeated a Fae once,"he started, waiting for her reply. Sarah changed the emotion in her eyes from fear to confidence,"I can do it again", she said. She had to be brave for Jareth, but she noticed he was having a hard time with it himself. She stroked his cheek. "Jareth....I'm..", she hated to admit it,"I'm scared, please, don't leave me...". Jareth looked down at her shaking figure. Oh, how he wanted to help! His expression calmed,"Ok, my love, I will stay, but I can't stay for long, remember, you must do this yourself", he said, kissing her forhead,"I trust you".
Sarah kept looking out the window, then back at Jareth, he wished she'd stop looking so desperate. He didn't remember ever seeing her so....terrified. he quickly ran to the bathroom with the gown she had to wear. She set it down and fumbled for a brush. She felt a soft breeze and looked down to find that the gown was already on her. It was a blackish purple that had spagetti straps, and it formed every curve of her body and from the knee down it was loose and beautiful, it had a v-neck that showed a little cleavage, but not so much that it was appauling, and it was silk. Her hair was in two braids to the side and the bottom was closed with black bands with diamonds in them. She wore a silver tiara on her head and a silver necklace with a black stone in it. Blue and red swirls moved around inside. "Fae magic", she smirked,"Jareth, Jareth, Jareth, what will I ever do with you?", she looked over at the toilet and on it was a black cape. She put it on and added some glitter to her eyes. She practiced conjouring the crystal in her reflection before resuming her presence in the room. Jareth looked up at the future queen before him. The dress was beautiful enough but it was angelic on her. She walked over and set her head on his shoulder. He held her, keeping his gaze out at his Labyrinth. He looked down at her, and was just about to remove himself from her soft embrace. Sarah caught this and tightened her grip. Jareth sighed and rubbed her back. Sarah couldn't let go. Her mind kept telling her to face her fears but her body had other plans. She clung to him tightly, especially after the walls started to shake again. Jareth pulled from her grasp.
"Sarah, listen to me, you must fight", he said slowly and clearly.
"I know....", she said, looking up at him and then out the window.
"Come."
She followed him to a large balcony. "Large" is actually an understatement, it was HUGE. Enough to fit 30 people. Before Sarah took her first step she felt a warm hand on her shoulder. At first she thought Jareth, but when she looked at it, she saw long fingernails with silver chrome polish. She looked up and saw Diamond.
"Good luck to you, my friend. You are a very lucky woman, you know that? Jareth is lucky to have you, and I bid you all the luck in the world."
After Diamond finished her little speech Sarah felt like she had more backup. Unexpectedly she lunged forward and hugged her. Diamond hugged back, and slowly the two separated, Diamond placed a hand on her cheek,"I trust you, Sarah, I do".
Oh, lord. She promised herself she wouldn't cry. She felt the tears coming, wiped them really fast and turned her back to Diamond and Jareth. She walked forward to the edge of the balcony and gasped at the sight. Moroviel's allies, in similar attire to their leader, wandered every corner of the Labyrinth. The whole maze was full of blackness. She heard something that sounded like a dragon. She looked up and saw Moroviel in the air, on the back of a black, winged dragon. It had red eyes that pierced into her soul. Sarah froze at the evil beast. Dragons were a childhood favorite of hers. She used to have books about them, and statues. This was nothing she pictured a dragon would be. She gulped slightly and conjoured her crystal and looked into it. She looked up and heard an ear shattering cackle as Moroviel conjoured up her own crystal. A black crystal. She swirled it in her hand with a devilish grin, and heard her say,"Poor Sarah! You fool. This kingdome will be mine", she started, only now she changed her voice to a mocking tone,"And now you don't have your precious Jareth to save you!"
Sarah filled with sudden rage, and she remembered what she did to Jareth. Beause of her she almost lost Jareth forever. She shut her eyes and the crystal did its stuff. A beam of white light emurged from the crystal and aimed at Moroviel. But just then she used her crystal and a beam of black light emurged from her own, blocking Sarah. Two lights, from two crystals, from two forms of magic, were linked together each one trying to make it to the other side. It was like a game of Tug-O-War to Sarah. Sarah felt beads of sweat line her brow and thought she wouldn't make it. She closed her eyes and imagined everything. Sarah and Jareth's first kiss, the dinner, the ballroom dance with "their" song, his breath on her face, Diamond, the horrible thing Moroviel did to them.....
As she thought this her body filled with rage, and she used every bit of her power to grow stronger. She yelled out and the black string of magic was shrinking. Sarah filled with hope as the black light only shrunk to one foot long. She could feel Moroviel's power weaken, her skin paled. No one in the kingdome dare move, or speak. They just looked up at the female duo fighting in the middle of the whole Labyrinth. With one, final frantic yelp, Sarah used all the magic she had and finally the whole line of light was white, the blackness was gone totally. Suddenly the feeling in Sarah's legs gave out and she collapsed. Jareth managed to catch her in time before her sensitive scull slam dunked the hard marble. Sarah looked up and saw Moroviel's pupils were gone. Her skin paled, and to her disgust, it melted away. One last scream came from her lips as her whole body disinigrated and when all was gone. There was nothing left but a skeleton. Sarah fainted in Jareths arms, and he looked up to see the whole army, even the dragon, dissapear in a puff of black smoke. The Labyrinth suddenly could breath again and it shone as bright and beautiful as ever. Jareth smiled, kissed Sarah's brow and lifted her with ease. Diamond walked over to Jareth, and covered her mouth with a few fingers. She was starting to cry. A sight Jareth thought he'd never see. She kissed him on the cheek,"Congradulations, my dear, dear friend. I with the best of luck to both of you. Now...you are going to attend?"
"Of course", he said,"Anyway, Sarah should be awake in an hour or so, I'll be sure to let you know. Diamond nodded and Jareth exited the balcony.
He set Sarah down on her bed, covered her up and stroked her hair. "I love you Sarah, no evil, no force, no magic could ever change that", he said in her ear. He couldn't believe it. Sarah....his Sarah...had just saved the Labyrinth, had saved all the races, had saved Jareth. Because after all, Jareth was part of the Labyrinth, if the Labyrinth died...he would die with it. But that is not the case here, Sarah had saved him, this MORE than makes up for his broken heart. He kissed her brow once more before leaving. He made sure the first faces she saw when she woke up were Sir Didymus, Ludo, and of course, Hoggle. She hadn't seen them in such a long time. She walked to his throne room and called the trio. Sir Didymus, Hoggle and Ludo entered the room and all three bowed, Didymus was first to speak,"My leige, why didst thou call upon us?", he asked in a very polite voice.
"I'm sure you all saw Sarah save the Labyrinth from Moroviel", Hoggle winced at the name,"She's in her bedchambers, I'd like the first faces she sees when she wakes up to be you three", he said, making note of each one. Ludo looked up excitedly,"Sarah back?"
"Why, yes, Sir Ludo, my brother, she is indeed, we shall flee to her bedside and comfort her as she awakens. Ambrocious!", he yelled suddenly at his "steed". The raggy dog rushed out from behind a plant and allowed Didymus to mount him. Didymus led the way to Sarah's room, Ludo being the slowest. Jareth smirked slightly. He didn't know why she considered those foul things 'friends', but he respected her wishes and will allow them to visit in the future. Jareth sat in his throne and watched his love slumber. He sighed in happiness. He'd also grown a liking to Toby, after all, without him, he would never have found Sarah. He amused himself by twirling the glassy orb in his hands. He heard someone enter the room but he already knew who it was. Diamond slowly and gracefully walked to the tiny balcony in Jareth's throne room. She gazed out at the Labyrinth, bedaffled at all its glory. To think, a young girl, a mortal even, would be the fate of the Underground, and saved it. She smiled. She heard Jareth approach her,"So..", she smirked,"I'm guessing I did a good job, eh?".
"Better than imagined," he said,"Your terrific"
"I know I am", she said, half kidding.
Jareth sighed in admiration. Not one time in his life has he ever been so happy. So in love......and so was Diamond.
~*~
Sarah felt slightly groggy, and turned to her side once or twice before trying to adjust to the light around her. She was in her room. She remembered everything about the magical duel. All she remembered, however, was that her magic had killed the black magic, and then she fainted. She rubbed her temples as she looked around, she spotted the three figures in the room.
"Hoggle!! Ludo!! Sir Didymus!!", she shreiked, never happier to see her friends again.
She threw the covers aside despite her slight dizziness and hugged Hoggle. No, lifted him off the floor, spinning in a circle, kissing him on the forhead THEN giving him a hug. She put a surprised Hoggle down and ran over to hug her beastly friend, Ludo. "Ludo miss Sarah", he said, returning her embrace. "Oh, I missed you too, Ludo! Ambrocious!!", she yelped as the adorable canine rushed over and let her pet him. "Sir Didymus!", she said, leaning down to give her fox friend a hug. "My lady", he exclaimed, bowing to her as if she was queen of the world,"I am so happy to see you, as you may have alreay guessed, Moroviel is dead", he said, all three shuddering at the name. Sarah couldn't believe it. Well, it was pretty obvious, if Moroviel had won she would either be imprisoned or dead. She didn't care. As long as Jareth was ok. She heard a small knock on the door, then it opened. It was Diamond, in the same lavendar/periwinkle gown. She gave her a hug,"Oh, Sarah, I couldn't be happier for you. You did it! The Underground is safe for eternity, all because of you", she said. Sarah felt proud of herself. She looked at her palm and conjoured up the crystal. The crystal that saved the Underground. Her mother's crystal. In her mind she said 'thank you'.
*Your welcome....*
Sarah looked at it disbelief. That sounded like her mother. Grant, she never met her, but she'd know that voice from a mile away. She smiled at it and then banished it. She looked up at Diamond,"I think there's one more person who hasn't congradulated you yet......"
Sarah didn't need to guess. Diamond allowed the three to say goodbye to Sarah before all of them left. One second later someone else entered. Jareth. They stood across the room from eachother for a few moments, before Sarah ran up to him as fast as her legs could carry her and clung to him. Jareth gripped her waist tightly, refusing to let go. She buried her head in his chest and repeated his name over and over. "Shh...shh...Sarah, its ok, its over now", he said gently.
Sarah really wasn't sad. Just happy. And that made her cry. Her wet tears dampened his poet's shirt, but he didn't care. He grasped her face gently and made her face him. She looked into his eyes, they were loving and happy. So were hers, but they were red and puffy from crying. He wiped them off with his thumb and pulled her face to his. This kiss was the most passionate he'd ever experienced with Sarah. Just the fact Jareth was here and alright made Sarah cry more. She didn't sob but her breaths were slightly ragged, and her tears dampened Jareths cheeks. He moved away regretfully. She looked at him longingly,"Jareth, I want to stay. I don't want to go Aboveground, all there is up there is pain, and thats all it's been giving me. My step-mother hates me, Toby is too young to remember me, and my dad is on Karen's side now, but here....", she started, stroking his cheek,"This is all I've ever dreamed of. Here I have my only friends, here I have all my fantasies, but most importantly, here I have you, my love, my life"
Jareth was overjoyed. She wanted to stay! He pulled out a gold ring with a ruby inside it and it was heart shaped, the heart was lined with tiny diamonds all the way around, he slipped it on her finger, before Jareth had a chance to speak, she pressed her finger on his lips.
"You already know my anwser, love", she said. Before he could protest she moved upward to his mouth. Kissing him was like living all over again. She closed her eyes, smelling him, touchig him, tasting him. Fate brought them together, and she was thankful. Jareth loved Sarah so much, and she was finally his queen. The day he's been waiting for. At last.
*song lyrics, end chapter*
Once all alone I was lost in a world of strangers
No one to trust, on my own I was lonely
You suddenly appeared
It was cloudy before, but now it's all clear
You took away the fear
And you taught me by sharing your love
You are the sun
You make me shine
Or more like the stars that twinkle at night
You are the moon that glows in my heart
Your my daytime, my nighttime, my world
You are my life
Now I wake up everyday with this smile upon my face
No more tears
No more pain
Cause you love me
You helped me understand
That love is the anwser to all that I am
And I'm....I'm a better man
Cause you taught me by sharing your life
You are the sun
You make me shine
Or more like the stars that twinkle at night
You are the moon that glows in my heart
Your my daytime, my nighttime, my world
You are my life
~*~
woohoo! i think this was was exeptionally good despite the cheesy battle scene. it just REEKED pure cheesy goodness didnt it? and about the song, that was Micheal Jackson's "You are my Life" on the Invincible album. i love that song so much and i thought it fit in what Jareth thinks of Sarah. dont you think? review please! then you can find out who Diamond's in love with!
xoxo
~Stacy