Chapter 11... Yes, I do update a lot. I'm afraid that if I don't, I'll lose interest and stop writing. :-P So I'm gonna keep updating and hope that I stay on track. R&R!

Oh, and just something I thought was funny. I thought I was using the word "spread" too much, so I decided to plug it into the thesaurus. (Wow I'm smart) And you know what it gave me? Spread: Widen, stretch, swell, expand…mushroom. Where the HECK did it get mushroom?! Computers are so weird…Ok, there's my rant for the day. Go ahead and read. ^.^;;

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"Wh…whoa." That was all Lindsay could say as she stepped into the humongous maze. Her head swung left and right, trying to take it all in. It seemed to go on for miles in both directions. "It's…big."

"Yes, I know it's big," Dragon said impatiently. "What did you expect? Some rat trap?"

"No…but not something this…huge!"

"Well, don't stand there all day with your mouth hanging open. We have a destination, if you recall."

She nodded numbly. "Let's go."

"I was hoping you'd say that."

"Do you know the way?"

Dragon laughed. "No, but I've got a fair idea."

Lindsay was suddenly wishing the doors hadn't shut behind her.

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Sarah stared at Jareth, feeling his eyes bore into hers. They were set and determined, but also showed a little sign of something…something more. Something she couldn't quite place, for it was quite unnatural on the Goblin King's features.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Her voice was barely above a whisper.

A slow smile came to Jareth's face. "I am looking upon you no different than I always have."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't ask so many questions. Someday you might get an answer that you don't want to hear."

"Don't taunt me, Jareth."

"Wouldn't dream of it."

Quiet swallowed them up as the longest staring match seemingly in history commenced. And it didn't make Sarah feel any better to have the Goblin King's nose practically touching hers.

Finally, she tore her eyes away. "Jareth," she said softly, "why are you doing this to me?"

"Sarah…" He reached forward and grabbed her hand, gently caressing its top with a gloved thumb. "Why do you think I'm doing what I have?"

Her first reaction was to yank her hand away, but something kept it right where it was.

"If I knew, I wouldn't be asking, now would I?"
He chuckled, and dropped his forehead against hers. "No, you wouldn't be."

Oh my gosh…Sarah's cheeks burned bright red. "J-Jareth," she stammered. "I-I-"

"Shh…" He slid an arm around her waist. "About what I said before; the world WILL fall down around you at one point or another…It happens to us all…But I'll be there for you; all you have to do is call my name."

Even though she had gotten a full night's sleep, her eyelids started to sink, encouraged by the warmth of Jareth's embrace. "What's happening?" She wondered aloud. "Jareth, what are you doing?"

"I believe I offered you your dreams on several occasions," he murmured. "And now it's time I think I fulfilled that promise." Carefully taking one hand off the slumping girl's back, he conjured another crystal ball. Within it, people twirled and danced, happily whiling the night away.

From the back of her mind, Sarah thought she could hear the music starting up again. But somehow, this time it seemed closer…more distinct…

Jareth slowly rocked her back and forth. The orb slowly rolled from his fingertips and made a portal in front of them.

He drew a deep breath.

"There's such a sad love, deep in your eyes, a kind of pale jewel, open and closed, within your eyes…"

Without missing a word, he swept a now asleep Sarah into the crackling hole in space and time.

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