(A/N thank you for the reviews promise will try and make this interesting
as I can)
Sarah was never sure how time was moving she just knew that it must be since she was getting weaker. So time therefore had to be moving or she would have remained in the same state. Sarah had probably been trapped now in the kitchens for a few weeks. Her day was long and arduous; she only had two hours for sleep, which she spent on the floor of the kitchen. The food was even worse than the working hours, she had one meal a day and it consisted of what looked like vegetables from the bin. Luckily though she could lean her head down and catch water from the tap at the sink she worked for a few hours, so she never went thirsty. Unfortunately though she spent most the day in pain since her bladder ached all the time and sleep deprivation was taking a major toll on her.
Sarah was sure she would have gone mad by now if she had not acquired herself a friend. Cuthbert was a young man not a goblin who had came with Aurora's entourage of servants. He had been trapped in the gnome kingdom and was made a kitchen slave too. Cuthbert was a gentle soul with dark brown floppy hair and soft blue eyes. Although he seemed unable to harm a fly, hard graft had built him into a bit of an Adonis. His back was broad and his muscular arms bulged from his shirt sleeves, he would often hold Sarah up while she worked so she could take the weight off her blistered feet when he was on his breaks.
Cuthbert had been smuggling her extra food and helping her out whenever he could get away from his duties. He was not bound by magic to one task obviously the Gnome people had more faith in their servants. Cuthbert had informed her of who Aurora was and how she was to marry Jareth.
Sarah had felt a big pang of jealousy when she realised that Jareth was getting married. Sarah had been curious she wondered why Aurora would want to bring her back to the Labyrinth.
So when Cuthbert came to see her that night in her sleep time Sarah slapped herself awake so she could talk coherently to him. Cuthbert arrived looking slightly muddy but holding several big red vegetables to show for it. Handing them to Sarah he sat down beside her in the corner of the kitchen Sarah had picked for her bed tonight and put a friendly arm over her shoulders. Sarah loved it when he did this because it made her feel slightly safer and little more normal.
Sarah waited a few minutes while Cuthbert gave her the low down on the happenings of the castle that day. They where only a few days away from the wedding and the castle was pandemonium. Sarah felt her minutes ticking by but did not want to see rude so she waited to ask.
When Cuthbert paused in his speech Sarah gently asked her question. "Cuthbert why am I here, why does Aurora want me here so much?" Cuthbert paused and looked away seriously and replied in his Scottish accent "Sarah she is aggrieved by you, you did something she needed magic to do." Cuthbert paused and then looked at Sarah directly "She does not hold his favour as you did".
Sarah knew she was blushing she didn't need a mirror, she could feel it. "So basically you're telling me that bunny boiler has me down here so I won't distract Jareth"
"I never knew she boiled bunnies" Cuthbert looked shocked and horrified since he had a great affinity for animals.
Sarah smiled realising Cuthbert had missed out on a lot of movie culture since he was taken when he was only four years old. "No, that's not what I meant, oh never its silly anyways".
"One more thing, how can I bother Jareth when I was in the other world anyways?"
Cuthbert looked at Sarah again his blue eyes seeming to search for the answer then he spoke "Well from my experiences here Sarah it seems that when two people are destined, they have a connection, like a string that attaches them forever. They can feel that person; the only way it breaks is through death."
Sarah blinked "Nah, I don't love Jareth and I hardly think I meant to be with him!" as Sarah said this a worse thought crept into her head. "You say it can only end with death right?" Cuthbert nodded "She is going to kill me! If I am dead then it ends this loopy mixed wired connection!"
Cuthbert pulled his arm off her shoulders and hung his head in his hands then looked up at Sarah "She can't do that, you're my friend!" Looking into Sarah scared eyes Cuthbert realised he would have to stop this and save her. Even if it meant he was left alone again with the goblins.
Standing up Cuthbert offered his hand to Sarah his eyes looking determined "Sarah we have to get you out of here!"
Sarah blinked and slipped her hand into his and was hoisted to her feet "But how?"
"Sarah it's very risky that's why I haven't suggested this before but if she is going to kill you then we have to get you away from this castle!"
Sarah was suddenly stuck with a thought "why have you never escaped before now?"
Cuthbert's face looked pained "When I discovered it, it was too late for me the world has changed so much since I came here. We age slowly here but earth keeps right on going. When I looked at the world I was scared so I stayed here with what I knew."
Sarah blinked, the time differences had never occurred to her she had taken for granted that time was the same here as it was there. "What year was it when you left earth?"
After a long pause Cuthbert said "1634 was the year of our lord" Sarah gasped, it had never occurred to her that Cuthbert could be so old.
"Yes its strange to think, you see there is a wise woman sympathetic to us slaves who sent me back, when I realised how long I had been gone I wanted to come back. My castle was gone, my family everyone. I wished myself back at least here things don't seem to change much."
Sarah quickly went and embraced Cuthbert tightly, words were not needed between them Cuthbert squeezed Sarah's sides and smiled "come on we should get you home before like me you find yourself out of time".
Jareth was bored, Aurora lay slumbering by his side in his bed. Jareth looked at her; she was truly a beautiful creature. Her dark hair drew ornate dark circles and patterns over her porcelain like skin. All the same Jareth was bored; he would not be affected if she was here or not. Jareth climbed from the bed naked closing the curtains of the four-poster bed behind him. Bending down he picked up his cast aside robe and slid the silk garment over his shoulders and stalked to the balcony window of his bedroom.
Waving his hand before it the doors opened and he stepped out in the warm night air of his kingdom. Placing his hands on the edge of the rail he looked over at his beloved maze the moonlight bathing it with a mystical aura. Jareth's hawk like eyes took in every detail, every goblin hopping around doing his duty, every little bird singing. Jareth noticed a group of fairy pests forming a beautiful pattern in the night with their fairy glows.
Jareth felt longing, longing for a challenge for something different for a time when a rather mouthy young girl defied him. Jareth felt a pain stab his heart when he thought of Sarah captured eternally in her icy death repose. He loved her; he had watched her before she called him and fallen for her. Jareth loved the feeling of her defying and denying him at every turn but he had not wanted her to end their game so seriously. She had cast him away from her with those words of hers; he did not like to be bested in the end.
Holding his hand up a crystal rolled up the back of his hand to his finger tips. Spinning it around he looked into it and saw the ball night when he and Sarah had danced. She had been too young to cope with the forbidden feelings she had felt, she was not ready for such an adult situation with him. In truth he had not been expecting the feelings he felt at the ball. He had entered it in jest with high spirits, teasing and luring her around the room but when they danced things had changed. He had felt something different.
Sneering at the past Jareth became disgusted with himself and hurled the crystal over the balcony. His eyes followed its descent to see it shatter at the bottom of the castle wall but much to Jareth's shock when it hit the ground it bounced. Bouncing three times the crystal then rolled away quickly as if off to find someone. Jareth had not realised it but he was leaning so far over the balcony that he was close to tipping over. Quickly he hurled himself over the balcony and turned into a white barn owl and chased after the crystal to see what was drawing it.
Sarah was never sure how time was moving she just knew that it must be since she was getting weaker. So time therefore had to be moving or she would have remained in the same state. Sarah had probably been trapped now in the kitchens for a few weeks. Her day was long and arduous; she only had two hours for sleep, which she spent on the floor of the kitchen. The food was even worse than the working hours, she had one meal a day and it consisted of what looked like vegetables from the bin. Luckily though she could lean her head down and catch water from the tap at the sink she worked for a few hours, so she never went thirsty. Unfortunately though she spent most the day in pain since her bladder ached all the time and sleep deprivation was taking a major toll on her.
Sarah was sure she would have gone mad by now if she had not acquired herself a friend. Cuthbert was a young man not a goblin who had came with Aurora's entourage of servants. He had been trapped in the gnome kingdom and was made a kitchen slave too. Cuthbert was a gentle soul with dark brown floppy hair and soft blue eyes. Although he seemed unable to harm a fly, hard graft had built him into a bit of an Adonis. His back was broad and his muscular arms bulged from his shirt sleeves, he would often hold Sarah up while she worked so she could take the weight off her blistered feet when he was on his breaks.
Cuthbert had been smuggling her extra food and helping her out whenever he could get away from his duties. He was not bound by magic to one task obviously the Gnome people had more faith in their servants. Cuthbert had informed her of who Aurora was and how she was to marry Jareth.
Sarah had felt a big pang of jealousy when she realised that Jareth was getting married. Sarah had been curious she wondered why Aurora would want to bring her back to the Labyrinth.
So when Cuthbert came to see her that night in her sleep time Sarah slapped herself awake so she could talk coherently to him. Cuthbert arrived looking slightly muddy but holding several big red vegetables to show for it. Handing them to Sarah he sat down beside her in the corner of the kitchen Sarah had picked for her bed tonight and put a friendly arm over her shoulders. Sarah loved it when he did this because it made her feel slightly safer and little more normal.
Sarah waited a few minutes while Cuthbert gave her the low down on the happenings of the castle that day. They where only a few days away from the wedding and the castle was pandemonium. Sarah felt her minutes ticking by but did not want to see rude so she waited to ask.
When Cuthbert paused in his speech Sarah gently asked her question. "Cuthbert why am I here, why does Aurora want me here so much?" Cuthbert paused and looked away seriously and replied in his Scottish accent "Sarah she is aggrieved by you, you did something she needed magic to do." Cuthbert paused and then looked at Sarah directly "She does not hold his favour as you did".
Sarah knew she was blushing she didn't need a mirror, she could feel it. "So basically you're telling me that bunny boiler has me down here so I won't distract Jareth"
"I never knew she boiled bunnies" Cuthbert looked shocked and horrified since he had a great affinity for animals.
Sarah smiled realising Cuthbert had missed out on a lot of movie culture since he was taken when he was only four years old. "No, that's not what I meant, oh never its silly anyways".
"One more thing, how can I bother Jareth when I was in the other world anyways?"
Cuthbert looked at Sarah again his blue eyes seeming to search for the answer then he spoke "Well from my experiences here Sarah it seems that when two people are destined, they have a connection, like a string that attaches them forever. They can feel that person; the only way it breaks is through death."
Sarah blinked "Nah, I don't love Jareth and I hardly think I meant to be with him!" as Sarah said this a worse thought crept into her head. "You say it can only end with death right?" Cuthbert nodded "She is going to kill me! If I am dead then it ends this loopy mixed wired connection!"
Cuthbert pulled his arm off her shoulders and hung his head in his hands then looked up at Sarah "She can't do that, you're my friend!" Looking into Sarah scared eyes Cuthbert realised he would have to stop this and save her. Even if it meant he was left alone again with the goblins.
Standing up Cuthbert offered his hand to Sarah his eyes looking determined "Sarah we have to get you out of here!"
Sarah blinked and slipped her hand into his and was hoisted to her feet "But how?"
"Sarah it's very risky that's why I haven't suggested this before but if she is going to kill you then we have to get you away from this castle!"
Sarah was suddenly stuck with a thought "why have you never escaped before now?"
Cuthbert's face looked pained "When I discovered it, it was too late for me the world has changed so much since I came here. We age slowly here but earth keeps right on going. When I looked at the world I was scared so I stayed here with what I knew."
Sarah blinked, the time differences had never occurred to her she had taken for granted that time was the same here as it was there. "What year was it when you left earth?"
After a long pause Cuthbert said "1634 was the year of our lord" Sarah gasped, it had never occurred to her that Cuthbert could be so old.
"Yes its strange to think, you see there is a wise woman sympathetic to us slaves who sent me back, when I realised how long I had been gone I wanted to come back. My castle was gone, my family everyone. I wished myself back at least here things don't seem to change much."
Sarah quickly went and embraced Cuthbert tightly, words were not needed between them Cuthbert squeezed Sarah's sides and smiled "come on we should get you home before like me you find yourself out of time".
Jareth was bored, Aurora lay slumbering by his side in his bed. Jareth looked at her; she was truly a beautiful creature. Her dark hair drew ornate dark circles and patterns over her porcelain like skin. All the same Jareth was bored; he would not be affected if she was here or not. Jareth climbed from the bed naked closing the curtains of the four-poster bed behind him. Bending down he picked up his cast aside robe and slid the silk garment over his shoulders and stalked to the balcony window of his bedroom.
Waving his hand before it the doors opened and he stepped out in the warm night air of his kingdom. Placing his hands on the edge of the rail he looked over at his beloved maze the moonlight bathing it with a mystical aura. Jareth's hawk like eyes took in every detail, every goblin hopping around doing his duty, every little bird singing. Jareth noticed a group of fairy pests forming a beautiful pattern in the night with their fairy glows.
Jareth felt longing, longing for a challenge for something different for a time when a rather mouthy young girl defied him. Jareth felt a pain stab his heart when he thought of Sarah captured eternally in her icy death repose. He loved her; he had watched her before she called him and fallen for her. Jareth loved the feeling of her defying and denying him at every turn but he had not wanted her to end their game so seriously. She had cast him away from her with those words of hers; he did not like to be bested in the end.
Holding his hand up a crystal rolled up the back of his hand to his finger tips. Spinning it around he looked into it and saw the ball night when he and Sarah had danced. She had been too young to cope with the forbidden feelings she had felt, she was not ready for such an adult situation with him. In truth he had not been expecting the feelings he felt at the ball. He had entered it in jest with high spirits, teasing and luring her around the room but when they danced things had changed. He had felt something different.
Sneering at the past Jareth became disgusted with himself and hurled the crystal over the balcony. His eyes followed its descent to see it shatter at the bottom of the castle wall but much to Jareth's shock when it hit the ground it bounced. Bouncing three times the crystal then rolled away quickly as if off to find someone. Jareth had not realised it but he was leaning so far over the balcony that he was close to tipping over. Quickly he hurled himself over the balcony and turned into a white barn owl and chased after the crystal to see what was drawing it.