5. Cinda's Visit
Jareth wasn't really expecting that type of answer so quickly. He thought that she would have hesitated and then answered 'yes'. He wondered what changed her mind. He placed his hands on his hips. "Well, now, my dear, what's with this change of heart?"
Sarah lowered her head. Then she looked up at him, "I'm sorry the way I acted three years ago. I was more worried about Toby and my ass in trouble with Dad."
He looked at her with full concern. She has grown up, he thought. "Let's not dwell on this right now." He took her by the arm and held her hand. "You want to see the rest of the castle or go to the garden?"
She blinked and sighed. What is this feeling have toward him now, she thought. He has this awe and I can fight it. "The castle would be fine."
Jareth smiled, "Very well." He took her upstairs.
She followed him and wondered how long he's been here. "Jareth, how long have you ruled the Goblin City?"
He stopped at an entranceway and turned to her. He stared into her brown eyes and sighed, "Way too long, Sarah." He placed a finger on his chin and thought about. "Centuries no less." He went to the right and replied, "No sense showing you this room."
Sarah nodded, "Yes, I think it does look familiar." They both peered into the Escher room. In her mind, Jareth's voice echoed. She heard him singing, "How you turned my world, you precious thing."
He paused. "There's really nothing much to look at. The goblins are just about every room with their loud belches, and nasty habits." He turned and looked around the hall. "It would be best if we just go to the garden." He pulled her close to him as six guards came down the hall.
Sarah's heart was racing as Jareth took one step back into a doorway. In a blink of an eye, the brown stones of the castle melted. They were surrounded by different shades of green. There were trees of every kind imagined around them. A small pond was at the right. She looked up and the sky was blue. Jareth let go of her and he walked over to a bench made out twigs. She felt a tiny pain in her heart. It was like she didn't want him to let go. The air was sweeter than honey. There were arrays of flowers at every corner. Tiny faeries were flying around. Some were dancing on lily pads. "This looks more like a fairytale."
Jareth sat down, "This is my realm. Hardly anyone comes on this side of the Labyrinth." he watched her kneel down and lightly touched a pink rose.
She didn't know what the rose would feel like here, but it was soft like in her world. "Well, I didn't." She placed her hand on her knee and got on her feet. She looked over to him, "Is this," She motioned her right hand to the garden. "Your softer side?" She let out a small grin on her face.
He laughed, "Now, what brought that on?" He rose to his feet and went closer to her. "The last time you were here, I had to show my bad side. I did everything for you. It's been a long time since I had a challenge." He walked behind her as the wind blew and the faeries giggled. He gently wrapped his arms around her waist.
Sarah turned her head toward him. She was about to say something, but stopped. Her mind and heart were racing wildly. She didn't know what do, but her heart was telling her to listen.
He leaned in her ear and said softly, "Listen."
The faeries flickered around the trees and sang sweetly. It was almost angelic. They stood there in silence and watched them dance. The faeries flipped around and then they dashed away.
Jareth looked up and saw the sky growing darker. "Damn, not again." He let go of Sarah. "Stand behind me."
She stared up into the sky, "What's going on?" She asked. She saw the clouds twirling almost like they were forming a tornado. It began to thunder as the wind blew hard.
"Just do as I say, Sarah." Jareth said sternly as he pushed her behind him. He waited to see who was coming, but then he knew whom it was.
Sarah placed her hand on his shoulder and saw a blinding light come down from the sky. It landed in front of them as a pair of pair of black and green dragonfly wings came out of the light. They were wrapped around a female figure. She rose up as a trail of long green hair cascaded down to the ground. Her skin was pale as the moon. She wore a see through dress that was solid green. It went down to her feet and was split on both thighs. It was sleeveless. She had a tattoo of a dragon on her left leg. Her eyes were a deep green. Her nose was tiny on her face. She wore a green and black feather crown and her point ears stuck out of her hair. Sarah recognized her at once. "The stained glass." She whispered.
Jareth jerked his head back toward Sarah. "What stained glass?"
"I thought I smelled a human in your Labyrinth." The faerie said in a high angelic voice. She sniffed the air again. "But I can't smell another." She glanced over to Sarah's face. "Ah, so she has returned."
"What do you want, Cinda?" Jareth finally said.
Cinda took a few steps back and acted like she was hurt, "Ah, why the rudeness, Goblin King?" She laughed at the last part. "That's not a way to treat a guest in your realm."
Jareth took a step forward, "Sarah is a guest here. You are not." He placed his right hand behind him and made a crystal.
Sarah looked down at it and watched him flicked his wrist. The crystal turned into another bubble and went back to the castle swiftly. She turned her eyes over to the female fae.
Cinda took out a black lace fan and covered her face. "And what are your plans for this little one?" she closed the fan and pointed it to Sarah. "Going to show her a good time and then turn her into a goblin!" She laughed again.
"What I do in my realm," He said fiercely. "Is my business."
Sarah heard something in the distance. It sounded like an army was coming. The goblins, she thought. She took a step back and watched Jareth talking to this weird faerie. Things aren't always what they seem, she thought.
Cinda rolled her green eyes. "I thought you would say that, Jareth." She walked slowly over toward Sarah.
Jareth darted in front of Sarah and raised his hand. Another crystal formed in his hand. "Stay away from her."
The fae busted out laughing again. She sounded like a banshee. "Oh, I think I figured it out." She tapped her fan on her chin a few times. "Yes, I do know." She smiled evilly at him and then stared into Sarah's eyes. She shifted her eyes back to Jareth. "You want her to be your queen." She said slowly.
Sarah's heart jumped. She felt tightness in her throat. Her mouth suddenly became dry. "Jareth, is that true?"
He turned toward her and said, "Sarah."
Suddenly a trumpet blared in the air. The goblin army jumped out of the bushed and yelled. Sarah counted at least twenty of them. There may be more.
Cinda laughed as she rose in the sky, "Oh, is that the best you can do, Jareth?" She snapped her fingers once and the clouds above her roared. Sarah ran to Jareth and grabbed his waist. The wind blew madly around them as the goblins tried to hold their ground. A dragon's head appeared out of the clouds. It was like the one in the stained glass. The full body appeared and it was flapping its wings. The dragon was causing the wind. Cinda landed on its back and said, "Thanks for the laugh, Jareth. We will meet again soon." Just in an instant, the sky became clear like it was before and the faerie was gone.
Jareth wasn't really expecting that type of answer so quickly. He thought that she would have hesitated and then answered 'yes'. He wondered what changed her mind. He placed his hands on his hips. "Well, now, my dear, what's with this change of heart?"
Sarah lowered her head. Then she looked up at him, "I'm sorry the way I acted three years ago. I was more worried about Toby and my ass in trouble with Dad."
He looked at her with full concern. She has grown up, he thought. "Let's not dwell on this right now." He took her by the arm and held her hand. "You want to see the rest of the castle or go to the garden?"
She blinked and sighed. What is this feeling have toward him now, she thought. He has this awe and I can fight it. "The castle would be fine."
Jareth smiled, "Very well." He took her upstairs.
She followed him and wondered how long he's been here. "Jareth, how long have you ruled the Goblin City?"
He stopped at an entranceway and turned to her. He stared into her brown eyes and sighed, "Way too long, Sarah." He placed a finger on his chin and thought about. "Centuries no less." He went to the right and replied, "No sense showing you this room."
Sarah nodded, "Yes, I think it does look familiar." They both peered into the Escher room. In her mind, Jareth's voice echoed. She heard him singing, "How you turned my world, you precious thing."
He paused. "There's really nothing much to look at. The goblins are just about every room with their loud belches, and nasty habits." He turned and looked around the hall. "It would be best if we just go to the garden." He pulled her close to him as six guards came down the hall.
Sarah's heart was racing as Jareth took one step back into a doorway. In a blink of an eye, the brown stones of the castle melted. They were surrounded by different shades of green. There were trees of every kind imagined around them. A small pond was at the right. She looked up and the sky was blue. Jareth let go of her and he walked over to a bench made out twigs. She felt a tiny pain in her heart. It was like she didn't want him to let go. The air was sweeter than honey. There were arrays of flowers at every corner. Tiny faeries were flying around. Some were dancing on lily pads. "This looks more like a fairytale."
Jareth sat down, "This is my realm. Hardly anyone comes on this side of the Labyrinth." he watched her kneel down and lightly touched a pink rose.
She didn't know what the rose would feel like here, but it was soft like in her world. "Well, I didn't." She placed her hand on her knee and got on her feet. She looked over to him, "Is this," She motioned her right hand to the garden. "Your softer side?" She let out a small grin on her face.
He laughed, "Now, what brought that on?" He rose to his feet and went closer to her. "The last time you were here, I had to show my bad side. I did everything for you. It's been a long time since I had a challenge." He walked behind her as the wind blew and the faeries giggled. He gently wrapped his arms around her waist.
Sarah turned her head toward him. She was about to say something, but stopped. Her mind and heart were racing wildly. She didn't know what do, but her heart was telling her to listen.
He leaned in her ear and said softly, "Listen."
The faeries flickered around the trees and sang sweetly. It was almost angelic. They stood there in silence and watched them dance. The faeries flipped around and then they dashed away.
Jareth looked up and saw the sky growing darker. "Damn, not again." He let go of Sarah. "Stand behind me."
She stared up into the sky, "What's going on?" She asked. She saw the clouds twirling almost like they were forming a tornado. It began to thunder as the wind blew hard.
"Just do as I say, Sarah." Jareth said sternly as he pushed her behind him. He waited to see who was coming, but then he knew whom it was.
Sarah placed her hand on his shoulder and saw a blinding light come down from the sky. It landed in front of them as a pair of pair of black and green dragonfly wings came out of the light. They were wrapped around a female figure. She rose up as a trail of long green hair cascaded down to the ground. Her skin was pale as the moon. She wore a see through dress that was solid green. It went down to her feet and was split on both thighs. It was sleeveless. She had a tattoo of a dragon on her left leg. Her eyes were a deep green. Her nose was tiny on her face. She wore a green and black feather crown and her point ears stuck out of her hair. Sarah recognized her at once. "The stained glass." She whispered.
Jareth jerked his head back toward Sarah. "What stained glass?"
"I thought I smelled a human in your Labyrinth." The faerie said in a high angelic voice. She sniffed the air again. "But I can't smell another." She glanced over to Sarah's face. "Ah, so she has returned."
"What do you want, Cinda?" Jareth finally said.
Cinda took a few steps back and acted like she was hurt, "Ah, why the rudeness, Goblin King?" She laughed at the last part. "That's not a way to treat a guest in your realm."
Jareth took a step forward, "Sarah is a guest here. You are not." He placed his right hand behind him and made a crystal.
Sarah looked down at it and watched him flicked his wrist. The crystal turned into another bubble and went back to the castle swiftly. She turned her eyes over to the female fae.
Cinda took out a black lace fan and covered her face. "And what are your plans for this little one?" she closed the fan and pointed it to Sarah. "Going to show her a good time and then turn her into a goblin!" She laughed again.
"What I do in my realm," He said fiercely. "Is my business."
Sarah heard something in the distance. It sounded like an army was coming. The goblins, she thought. She took a step back and watched Jareth talking to this weird faerie. Things aren't always what they seem, she thought.
Cinda rolled her green eyes. "I thought you would say that, Jareth." She walked slowly over toward Sarah.
Jareth darted in front of Sarah and raised his hand. Another crystal formed in his hand. "Stay away from her."
The fae busted out laughing again. She sounded like a banshee. "Oh, I think I figured it out." She tapped her fan on her chin a few times. "Yes, I do know." She smiled evilly at him and then stared into Sarah's eyes. She shifted her eyes back to Jareth. "You want her to be your queen." She said slowly.
Sarah's heart jumped. She felt tightness in her throat. Her mouth suddenly became dry. "Jareth, is that true?"
He turned toward her and said, "Sarah."
Suddenly a trumpet blared in the air. The goblin army jumped out of the bushed and yelled. Sarah counted at least twenty of them. There may be more.
Cinda laughed as she rose in the sky, "Oh, is that the best you can do, Jareth?" She snapped her fingers once and the clouds above her roared. Sarah ran to Jareth and grabbed his waist. The wind blew madly around them as the goblins tried to hold their ground. A dragon's head appeared out of the clouds. It was like the one in the stained glass. The full body appeared and it was flapping its wings. The dragon was causing the wind. Cinda landed on its back and said, "Thanks for the laugh, Jareth. We will meet again soon." Just in an instant, the sky became clear like it was before and the faerie was gone.
