9. The potion
Sarah became his queen the next day. Everyone and everything were in white. She insisted that her friends just call her by her name. She didn't want that to change. That night just let your mind do the thinking. :o) Jareth was wonderful to her. She began to learn about her powers, but she still had to master them. She could make so far just food to appear, but that was better than nothing.
Two weeks later, Cinda appeared at the castle gate. Jareth only froze her for a few days. "I want to talk to the Goblin Queen." She told the guards.
Sarah and Jareth were in the library. This was the first time she ever been in. She wore a long white shirt and of course bell sleeves. Sarah loved them. She wore her faded blue jeans and a pair of black boots. She had another of Jareth's necklace but with a smaller chain. She thumbed through the books by the fireplace. "Did you make these appear or have the goblins to steal them?"
Jareth sat by the fire. He had one leg propped up on the arm. He wore a pair of gray pants with a white shirt. "The ones from Aboveground were stolen." He answered her as he put down his book in his lap. He was reading about what the humans described how merfolk evolved. "The others came from here and a few other labyrinths that I have been to." he smiled at her. "I stole them too."
She shook her head and sighed, "You've been hanging around too long with those goblins of yours."
He stood up and placed the book down on the chair. He shook a finger at her, "They are yours too."
Sarah crossed her arms over her chest and gave him a smug look, "You had to bring that up." She turned back to the case and her eyes widened. She found a book that she wanted to read, but never got the chance. "You have The Hobbit!"
Jareth came up to her. "That was a good one." Then a bell went off. He jerked is head to the door and went through it.
Sarah followed him, "I hate when you do that." She rolled her brown eyes and grabbed the handle. She saw her hand go through it. "What?" She took her other hand and ran it through the door. Then she stepped through.
Jareth was a few steps ahead of her. "It's an illusion, my dear." The bell went off again. "Best to see what's going on." He hurried up the stairs.
As they reached the throne room, they saw Cinda standing in the middle of the room. She wore a black dress with green trim. She gave them a huge fake smile. "Ah, there you are."
Jareth came up to her as Sarah stood by the thrones. "Cinda, what do you want?" He really didn't want her there. He crossed his arms and gave her a mean look. "You are not welcomed here."
She went closer to him. Their noses were almost touching. "I didn't come to see you." She peered over to Sarah. "I came to talk to Goblin Queen."
Sarah stayed where she was. She didn't want to go near her again. She hated the fae. "What?" She said testily.
She took a step away from Jareth and slinked over to Sarah. "I heard from a little bird that there's another book very far from here."
"Not interested." Sarah said.
Cinda continued as though she didn't hear her, "It's in the north. The King of the Imps has one. He acquired it from the boy after taking his head."
"Not interested." Sarah said again with stress in her voice. She began to tap her foot.
Jareth grabbed the faerie by the wrist and squeezed tightly. "She told you that she was not interested, Cinda."
Cinda turned her head slowly and smiled at him. "You know very well that she will want to go home sooner or later, Jareth. You will lose interest in her when she begins to wrinkle up like a prune." She pulled her wrist out of his grip. "Humans still age here. She will wither away before you know it." She flapped her wings once.
Sarah looked at Jareth and said calmly, "Is that true?"
"We will talk about this later, Sarah." He turned back to Cinda. "You have over stayed your welcome, dearie." He sat down on his throne. "Leave at once or I'll make sure you will stay as a rock forever next time."
Cinda grinned at him. "Oh, don't tell me that you are plotting a way to make her immortal." She laughed. "Good luck making the awful potion that she'll have to drink." She loved tormenting him. "You will have to search all over the Underground for the ingredients." She laughed again and disappeared.
Sarah sat down on her throne. It looked liek his but th color was darker. She lowered her head and thought about what Cinda had said. She looked over to her new husband, "What is she talking about?"
Jareth sighed, "Even though now you live in the Underground, you are still human. You may have some powers that you still need to figure out. Turning human into a goblin is easy, but making them immortal in their body is very hard."
Sarah didn't realize that she would still have to go through many things in the Underground. She lowered her head. "I didn't know."
He stood up and then kneeled by her side. He placed his hand on her thigh, "I know. There is another human here that is an immortal. She had to go through what you are about to do."
Sarah looked into his eyes, "What I'm about to do?" She said. "That's a very big issue to think about. Time here is slower than my world."
He nodded, "Yes, but not much." He buried his face in her lap. "It is up to you, my dear." He raised his head and kissed her gently on the lips. "But I will look it up, just in case, so I can prepare for it. It does take some time to make."
She agreed, "Okay, Jareth. I'm going to see my friends for a while."
Hoggle was dozing off in the sunlight over by Didymus' tree. Ludo was watching a faerie hop around on some lily pads. Sir Didymus sighed as he enjoyed the warmth of the sun. Since Sarah got married, their lives have gotten a lot better. The goblins stopped messing up their homes.
Sarah popped there for the first time. She wished she was with them and there she was. She was beaming ear to ear when she saw them. "Hoggle. Sir Didymus, Ludo." She called.
Hoggle opened his eyes and saw her standing in front of him. "Sarah, how did you get here so fast?"
"Milady!" Didymus jumped off the limb he was sitting on. He bowed and took his hat off. "What an honor to see you once more."
Ludo got up and gave her a hug. "Sarah." He gave her the biggest toothy grin that she has ever seen.
She let go of the monster. "I wished to be here and I here I am."
"I see." replied Sir Didymus. "You have some of Jareth's powers then."
She nodded. "Yes, some." Then she sighed and looked depressed.
"What's wrong, Sarah?" Hoggle patted her hand and grinned. "Don't tell me that you are getting homesick."
Sarah shook her head. "No, Cinda came." She told them what the faerie said. "I don't know what to think right now." She sat down on the ground. "I thought Cinda was messing with us again, till Jareth heard her take about that potion."
"I have heard a few things that in it." Didymus said and he made a disgusted face. "You really don't want to know. Jareth will be the only one to get the items as well."
Sarah sighed again, "Figures."
"It's hard for a human to be in the Underground," the fox said as he patted her hand. "We are told to treat them rough."
She felt a tear going down her cheek and she wiped it off. "I thought my world was hard."
Jareth had found the book and was sitting at the edge of the bed in their chambers. As he read, a list appeared and a pen wrote the items down.
1 pint of phoenix blood
2 strands on unicorn hair
1 dragon scale
1 goblin tooth
1 drop of demon's tear
And a few drops from the human and the mate. He knew those were easy to get. Also so was the goblin tooth. He will have to have Sarah's help with the unicorn. He knew which dragon he would pluck the scale off of. Jade. The phoenix and demon would be tough.
Sarah entered the room and saw him sitting there. After talking to Hoggle and the others, she made her decision. "Jareth." she said slowly. "I would do anything to stay with you." She sat down beside him and leaned on his back. She played with his hair. "Is there anything I can do?"
He stood up and went over to the table. It was already prepared for dinner. He took and an empty sliver goblet and set it down. He grabbed a dagger as Sarah got up and came over to him. He caught her hand and slit her palm. She flinched as she watched him pulled above the glass. He squeezed her hand as the blood dripped in it. Then he let her hand go. He took a glove off and did the same with his. He cleaned the dagger off with a napkin and grabbed her wounded hand with his. "Just that." He smiled at her and gave her an explanation. "It's part of the potion."
She scrunched her nose. "Eew. Anything else from my body?"
He kissed her cheek, "No, but I will need you for the unicorn."
She let go of his hand and headed for the bathroom. "You're not gonna kill it, are you?" The door opened and she tapped a sphere by the sink. The water started to run and she placed her hand in it.
He came in the room, "No, they love human females. Just need to get a few hairs from it." He placed his hand in the water. "That's all."
"You can't touch it?" She asked as she looked down at her hand. It was completely healed.
He smiled at her, "I've been with the goblins too long. I carry their scent."
"Great, something else for me to look forward to." She smirked at him.
Sarah became his queen the next day. Everyone and everything were in white. She insisted that her friends just call her by her name. She didn't want that to change. That night just let your mind do the thinking. :o) Jareth was wonderful to her. She began to learn about her powers, but she still had to master them. She could make so far just food to appear, but that was better than nothing.
Two weeks later, Cinda appeared at the castle gate. Jareth only froze her for a few days. "I want to talk to the Goblin Queen." She told the guards.
Sarah and Jareth were in the library. This was the first time she ever been in. She wore a long white shirt and of course bell sleeves. Sarah loved them. She wore her faded blue jeans and a pair of black boots. She had another of Jareth's necklace but with a smaller chain. She thumbed through the books by the fireplace. "Did you make these appear or have the goblins to steal them?"
Jareth sat by the fire. He had one leg propped up on the arm. He wore a pair of gray pants with a white shirt. "The ones from Aboveground were stolen." He answered her as he put down his book in his lap. He was reading about what the humans described how merfolk evolved. "The others came from here and a few other labyrinths that I have been to." he smiled at her. "I stole them too."
She shook her head and sighed, "You've been hanging around too long with those goblins of yours."
He stood up and placed the book down on the chair. He shook a finger at her, "They are yours too."
Sarah crossed her arms over her chest and gave him a smug look, "You had to bring that up." She turned back to the case and her eyes widened. She found a book that she wanted to read, but never got the chance. "You have The Hobbit!"
Jareth came up to her. "That was a good one." Then a bell went off. He jerked is head to the door and went through it.
Sarah followed him, "I hate when you do that." She rolled her brown eyes and grabbed the handle. She saw her hand go through it. "What?" She took her other hand and ran it through the door. Then she stepped through.
Jareth was a few steps ahead of her. "It's an illusion, my dear." The bell went off again. "Best to see what's going on." He hurried up the stairs.
As they reached the throne room, they saw Cinda standing in the middle of the room. She wore a black dress with green trim. She gave them a huge fake smile. "Ah, there you are."
Jareth came up to her as Sarah stood by the thrones. "Cinda, what do you want?" He really didn't want her there. He crossed his arms and gave her a mean look. "You are not welcomed here."
She went closer to him. Their noses were almost touching. "I didn't come to see you." She peered over to Sarah. "I came to talk to Goblin Queen."
Sarah stayed where she was. She didn't want to go near her again. She hated the fae. "What?" She said testily.
She took a step away from Jareth and slinked over to Sarah. "I heard from a little bird that there's another book very far from here."
"Not interested." Sarah said.
Cinda continued as though she didn't hear her, "It's in the north. The King of the Imps has one. He acquired it from the boy after taking his head."
"Not interested." Sarah said again with stress in her voice. She began to tap her foot.
Jareth grabbed the faerie by the wrist and squeezed tightly. "She told you that she was not interested, Cinda."
Cinda turned her head slowly and smiled at him. "You know very well that she will want to go home sooner or later, Jareth. You will lose interest in her when she begins to wrinkle up like a prune." She pulled her wrist out of his grip. "Humans still age here. She will wither away before you know it." She flapped her wings once.
Sarah looked at Jareth and said calmly, "Is that true?"
"We will talk about this later, Sarah." He turned back to Cinda. "You have over stayed your welcome, dearie." He sat down on his throne. "Leave at once or I'll make sure you will stay as a rock forever next time."
Cinda grinned at him. "Oh, don't tell me that you are plotting a way to make her immortal." She laughed. "Good luck making the awful potion that she'll have to drink." She loved tormenting him. "You will have to search all over the Underground for the ingredients." She laughed again and disappeared.
Sarah sat down on her throne. It looked liek his but th color was darker. She lowered her head and thought about what Cinda had said. She looked over to her new husband, "What is she talking about?"
Jareth sighed, "Even though now you live in the Underground, you are still human. You may have some powers that you still need to figure out. Turning human into a goblin is easy, but making them immortal in their body is very hard."
Sarah didn't realize that she would still have to go through many things in the Underground. She lowered her head. "I didn't know."
He stood up and then kneeled by her side. He placed his hand on her thigh, "I know. There is another human here that is an immortal. She had to go through what you are about to do."
Sarah looked into his eyes, "What I'm about to do?" She said. "That's a very big issue to think about. Time here is slower than my world."
He nodded, "Yes, but not much." He buried his face in her lap. "It is up to you, my dear." He raised his head and kissed her gently on the lips. "But I will look it up, just in case, so I can prepare for it. It does take some time to make."
She agreed, "Okay, Jareth. I'm going to see my friends for a while."
Hoggle was dozing off in the sunlight over by Didymus' tree. Ludo was watching a faerie hop around on some lily pads. Sir Didymus sighed as he enjoyed the warmth of the sun. Since Sarah got married, their lives have gotten a lot better. The goblins stopped messing up their homes.
Sarah popped there for the first time. She wished she was with them and there she was. She was beaming ear to ear when she saw them. "Hoggle. Sir Didymus, Ludo." She called.
Hoggle opened his eyes and saw her standing in front of him. "Sarah, how did you get here so fast?"
"Milady!" Didymus jumped off the limb he was sitting on. He bowed and took his hat off. "What an honor to see you once more."
Ludo got up and gave her a hug. "Sarah." He gave her the biggest toothy grin that she has ever seen.
She let go of the monster. "I wished to be here and I here I am."
"I see." replied Sir Didymus. "You have some of Jareth's powers then."
She nodded. "Yes, some." Then she sighed and looked depressed.
"What's wrong, Sarah?" Hoggle patted her hand and grinned. "Don't tell me that you are getting homesick."
Sarah shook her head. "No, Cinda came." She told them what the faerie said. "I don't know what to think right now." She sat down on the ground. "I thought Cinda was messing with us again, till Jareth heard her take about that potion."
"I have heard a few things that in it." Didymus said and he made a disgusted face. "You really don't want to know. Jareth will be the only one to get the items as well."
Sarah sighed again, "Figures."
"It's hard for a human to be in the Underground," the fox said as he patted her hand. "We are told to treat them rough."
She felt a tear going down her cheek and she wiped it off. "I thought my world was hard."
Jareth had found the book and was sitting at the edge of the bed in their chambers. As he read, a list appeared and a pen wrote the items down.
1 pint of phoenix blood
2 strands on unicorn hair
1 dragon scale
1 goblin tooth
1 drop of demon's tear
And a few drops from the human and the mate. He knew those were easy to get. Also so was the goblin tooth. He will have to have Sarah's help with the unicorn. He knew which dragon he would pluck the scale off of. Jade. The phoenix and demon would be tough.
Sarah entered the room and saw him sitting there. After talking to Hoggle and the others, she made her decision. "Jareth." she said slowly. "I would do anything to stay with you." She sat down beside him and leaned on his back. She played with his hair. "Is there anything I can do?"
He stood up and went over to the table. It was already prepared for dinner. He took and an empty sliver goblet and set it down. He grabbed a dagger as Sarah got up and came over to him. He caught her hand and slit her palm. She flinched as she watched him pulled above the glass. He squeezed her hand as the blood dripped in it. Then he let her hand go. He took a glove off and did the same with his. He cleaned the dagger off with a napkin and grabbed her wounded hand with his. "Just that." He smiled at her and gave her an explanation. "It's part of the potion."
She scrunched her nose. "Eew. Anything else from my body?"
He kissed her cheek, "No, but I will need you for the unicorn."
She let go of his hand and headed for the bathroom. "You're not gonna kill it, are you?" The door opened and she tapped a sphere by the sink. The water started to run and she placed her hand in it.
He came in the room, "No, they love human females. Just need to get a few hairs from it." He placed his hand in the water. "That's all."
"You can't touch it?" She asked as she looked down at her hand. It was completely healed.
He smiled at her, "I've been with the goblins too long. I carry their scent."
"Great, something else for me to look forward to." She smirked at him.
