Ok I've been put into a really angsty mood, so BE PREPARED!!! I wanted something heart wrenching, so here we go! R&R! J/S!!!! Oh, and sorry there hasn't been anything on Lindsay and Dragon for a while. That'll come next chapter. And yes, this one's kinda a songfic, so the song part is kinda cheesy. Taken from Limp Bizkit's "Behind Blue Eyes". :-P
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"Jareth!" Sarah gasped. She faltered, stumbling backwards onto her bed. Didymus reached out to steady her, but she was already sitting heavily under the canopy. Hoggle gave her a concerned look, but her focus was all on Jareth.
"My lady, I'm sure Jareth is fine!" Didymus said. "Besides, what can you see in that little crystal anyway?" He looked sideways at it. "I can't see anything."
Sarah looked up briefly. "Can't. . .see anything?"
"No. Nothing at all."
Hoggle considered, then cleared his throat. "Sarah's probably da only one who can see them. Jareth did design this crystal just for her, ya know."
Once again Sarah had tuned them out, staring intently into the orb. Bryan had just aimed another blast of goblin magic at the King, the crackling energy swirling around his hand.
"No, Bryan, don't!" Sarah said in a strained whisper. Her hands held the crystal so tightly it left steamed streaks on the cool surface. "Please!"
"What's happening?" Didymus demanded. "Is Lord Jareth in trouble?"
"Since when've ya been concerned about dat?" Hoggle muttered.
Sarah opened her mouth to answer, but a knock at the door stopped her.
"Sarah? What's wrong? Is someone in there with you?" Her father's voice rang through the door, demanding and forceful. Sarah was suddenly glad she had turned the lock when she had entered.
"No, dad!" She called back. Then she turned to her friends and hissed, "Hide!"
Didymus and Hoggle scrambled to find a hiding place, then finally settled on under the bed. Sarah frantically heaped stuffed animals overtop of them.
"Sarah, I'm coming in."
Click.
"NO DAD!!" Sarah whirled around. . .
And the crystal crashed to the floor.
Both father and daughter stared at the shattered pieces; one in surprise and one in agony. Sarah fell to her knees, trying to scoop up all the broken crystal. No, Jareth! What's happening to you?! Oh, God, why did this have to happen now. . .?!
"Sarah," her father asked in a tense voice, "what was that?"
Feeling the sharp shards digging into her skin, she looked up. "It was. . .my new window prism. It was brand new!" Tears were forming in her eyes, but they weren't from the pain in her hands.
Richard put his hands on his hips. "There's no need to cry over something as trivial as that. We can always get you a new one."
Like he** we can. . . "Just. . .leave me alone!" Sarah picked up one of her teddy bears and threw it at her father. "Get out!"
Richard looked ready to reprimand her, but at the look in her eyes, turned instead and stormed from the room, slamming the door behind him.
Sarah sank back to the floor. "What do I do now?!" She demanded of no one. Didymus slid out from under the pile of stuffing and glanced cautiously around the room. "My lady, what happened- The crystal!"
"Forget the crystal!" Sarah shouted, frustrated. "What happened to -" Then her eyes lit up. She got to her feet and ran down the hall toward her parents room.
Hoggle dug himself out and looked after her. "Sarah!" He called. "Where're ya goin'?!" He started to chase her, but Didymus restrained him with a strong hand.
"We can't go out there! This isn't our world, Sir Hoggle!"
Sarah rounded the corner and charged into the room where her stepmother lay in bed sleeping.
Karen sat bolt upright in bed. "Sarah! What are you-"
But Sarah wasn't listening. She ran to the crib where Toby lay, crying with the sudden disturbance. Scooping him up roughly, she held him high over her head.
"I wish the goblins really would come and take you away!" She screamed. "RIGHT NOW!"
Lightning cracked outside. Sarah lowered her baby brother, looking wildly for the Goblin King. Karen ran over to her, reaching for her son.
"Sarah! What do you think you're- AH!" Sarah pushed her back. Karen stumbled, clutching at the bedpost. "Richard!"
An owl swooped into sight outside the window. It hovered uncertainly, berated by the wind, then fell to the ground. Sarah screamed, threw her brother to Karen, and tore out of the house.
The owl had transformed into the handsome (well sorta you know) blond Goblin King, who was now lying in a heap on the freshly watered lawn. Blood seeped from deep gashes that seared all over his body, dying his skin and clothes a deep crimson. Sarah ran to him, threw her arms around his neck, and sat down next to him.
"Jareth!" She panted, wiping blood from his face. "Dear God, please! Say something!"
Jareth groaned. Then one of his blue eyes flickered open, focusing blearily on the panicked girl beside him. He managed one of his trademark smirks. "Hello, Sarah."
"Oh, thank the lord!" Sarah put her head down onto his, cradling his chin softly. "What did Bryan do to you? I thought you were stronger than him!"
"So did I," Jareth muttered. "But something went horribly wrong. And I have no idea what it is." He turned and hacked up a mouthful of blood.
Sarah waited for him to finish, then turned his head to face her. "What can I do?"
Blue eyes stared into hers, pained but determined.
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
"Next time, I WILL kill him," he murmured. Then he let his head drop back against her lap. "But first, I must rest."
Sarah's heartbeat shot through the ceiling. The evil she had once felt radiating off him was gone now, replaced by cold emptiness. As she looked down at him, she began to realize. . .the evil had never really been there at all.
And no one knows
What it's like to be hated
To be faded to telling only lies
"Jareth," she said softly. "Why did you come to me? This time and the last time?"
He laughed, red flecks flying from his mouth. "What have I told you since the first time I met you?" He asked. "I told you that all you had to do was love me, and I would give you the world. You just chose not to believe me."
But my dreams they aren't as empty
As my conscious seems to be
She sat in silence, his head gently resting in her lap. Blond hair lapped at her bare arms, but she ignored it. Different thoughts held her mind right then.
Jareth's eyes fell shut again. His hand held softly to hers.
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free
As she let him rest, her thoughts traveled back to her first visit to the Labyrinth. The memories of Ludo and Hoggle were all well and good. . .but the dance with Jareth stuck out like a sore thumb, nagging at her. She could still see herself running. . .running away from the Goblin King. His pained expression mimicked the one he wore now, as he struggled with the wounds that covered his body.
Was I to blame. . .?
To feel these feelings
Like I do, and I blame you!
Tears fell onto his face, though they were not his own. The trickled down his cheeks, washing some of the blood away with them. Jareth looked up at her. "What is it?"
"I'm so sorry," she choked out. "I was such a jerk."
"It was nothing," Jareth assured her, though his eyes said otherwise.
No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain woe
Can show through
"Jareth, tell the truth!" Sarah sobbed. "I want you to tell me what you were feeling when I ran from you!"
The Goblin King was silent. Then he looked away. "Well, Sarah, if you want to know the truth, then it's the truth I shall give you. When you ran away from me. . .I really DID feel my world falling down. You didn't defeat me at the end; oh no. It was then that I knew I was done with you." He swallowed. "And that was a first for me."
No one knows what its like
To be mistreated, to be defeated
Behind blue eyes
Sarah stared down at him, tears still streaming like rain down her face. "I wish I knew how to apologize," she whispered.
Jareth chuckled then coughed. "You can't fix emotions with glue, Sarah."
No one knows how to say
That they're sorry and don't worry
I'm not telling lies
"I know. . .I know." Sarah looked away.
Jareth reached up a hand and wiped away one of the sparkling drops. Sarah started, then relaxed under his touch, cupping his hand in one of her own.
"Let me get us somewhere where we can both rest. I'll heal fast. . .as long as you're with me." When she nodded, Jareth used the last bit of magic and transported them away.
No one knows what its like
To be the bad man, to be the sad man
Behind blue eyes.
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Dragon watched the whole ordeal from his castle in the demon world. "So it has begun," he murmured. Then he stood. "It's time to pay that little goblin a visit. . .this can be used quite to my advantage."
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Well??????????? What did you think????????? Good songfic? Bad songfic? R&R!!!
