"Where are we now?" Sarah looked ahead of her and saw nothing but a long,
dimly-lit hallway that seemed to go on forever. Scattered wooden doors
spotted the otherwise gray stone walls. Behind her was the same.
"My castle," Jareth stepped up and stood next to her.
"Oh." Sarah walked the closest door on her right and went to open it.
"I wouldn't do that if I-" Jareth stated to warn her, but she already turned the knob and took a step into nothing.
"GAHHH!" Jareth grabbed the back of her shirt and pulled her back out of the room and onto solid floor. "What the HELL was that?!?"
"I tried warning you."
"But what was it?"
"A very long drop."
"Oh." She looked back through the doorway. There was nothing there. Not even and indication as to how far out it went, or how deep the abyss was. "You can open the next door."
"Good plan." Jareth closed the door Sarah had chosen and walked to the door across the hallway. This one looked exactly like the last, and Sarah wondered how he could tell the difference between all of them. He opened the door and held it for Sarah. "Ladies first." Cautiously, she stepped through and looked around her.
"Wow."
"Like it?" Jareth stepped in and closed the door behind him.
"Yea. Yea. I do." Around them was a field like she had never seen before. The sky hung low and sky and clouds seemed to mix and swirl into each other like a painting. They stood at the top of a small hill, and at the bottom was a thin stream, small enough to step over. Everything was covered in flowers and green. Suddenly, everything seemed a whole lot happier, everything was calmer. Sarah didn't remembered ever feeling so at peace. "Is this. in your castle?"
"It is." Jareth smiled at Sarah, who wasn't paying him attention, but walked down the hill and to the stream. He followed her.
"The fish are really.shinny" She couldn't think of anything else to say about it.
"There's more then just fish in there."
"Huh?" She kneeled down to get a closer look. "Oh.OH!" She pointed into the clear water, looking up at Jareth, "Are those . little mermaids?"
"In a way. They're really closer to fairies."
Sarah cupped her hand into the water, picking up water-fairy. "They're s cute." She smiled gently at it, and in turn it sat in her hand, looking up at it's captor. "Y'know. I almost expected it to bite me."
"Why?"
"Last time I tried to pick up a fairy," Sarah started, placing the fairy back in it's home, "it bit me."
"Then why pick one up now?"
"Actually, I don't know. I guess I can't help it."
Jareth chuckled.
"What?"
"Nothing."
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The two of them sat under the one tree within view of the hill and talked. They had been for hours.
"So, you don't even know what's behind some of those doors?" Sarah found it ironic that she had been chatting with someone who had (more or less) tried to kidnap her brother half a year before.
"Well, I don't know how to unlock some of them. It's not as if I didn't try." Jareth was finding himself quite pleased to be talking to Sarah for so long. Talking leads to friendship; and friendship leads to other things.
Sarah looked down at her watch. "Ahh. I have to be home half an hour ago." She jumped up, paused, and looked around. "How.do you get out of here?"
"Through the door of course." Jareth gestured and part of the landscape opened. He stood up and stroked her cheek. "Sarah.." She didn't move. She couldn't. "You know Sarah, I love you. I have since before you went through my labyrinth."
Sarah stood silent, astounded, and speechless. She said nothing when Jareth's hand moved and raised her chin. And she didn't nothing when he leaned down a bit, and kissed her. Nothing but close her eyes and think of something to do.
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Note from me, the author. ^_^ Hi!!! Meaghan here. How you like the story so far? I'm just gunna write here a bit 'cause I'm bored. First off, Happy Christmas everyone! And well, happy Chanukah, and Kwanzaa, and Yule. I got the kewlest thing for the holidays! There was a notebook in Hot Topic with the little blue work and it says "Allo. I said allo.", and my mom bought it for me. 3 Okay. That's enough for me for this chapter. I'll try to get the next chapter up within a week. ~MF 12.25.03
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"My castle," Jareth stepped up and stood next to her.
"Oh." Sarah walked the closest door on her right and went to open it.
"I wouldn't do that if I-" Jareth stated to warn her, but she already turned the knob and took a step into nothing.
"GAHHH!" Jareth grabbed the back of her shirt and pulled her back out of the room and onto solid floor. "What the HELL was that?!?"
"I tried warning you."
"But what was it?"
"A very long drop."
"Oh." She looked back through the doorway. There was nothing there. Not even and indication as to how far out it went, or how deep the abyss was. "You can open the next door."
"Good plan." Jareth closed the door Sarah had chosen and walked to the door across the hallway. This one looked exactly like the last, and Sarah wondered how he could tell the difference between all of them. He opened the door and held it for Sarah. "Ladies first." Cautiously, she stepped through and looked around her.
"Wow."
"Like it?" Jareth stepped in and closed the door behind him.
"Yea. Yea. I do." Around them was a field like she had never seen before. The sky hung low and sky and clouds seemed to mix and swirl into each other like a painting. They stood at the top of a small hill, and at the bottom was a thin stream, small enough to step over. Everything was covered in flowers and green. Suddenly, everything seemed a whole lot happier, everything was calmer. Sarah didn't remembered ever feeling so at peace. "Is this. in your castle?"
"It is." Jareth smiled at Sarah, who wasn't paying him attention, but walked down the hill and to the stream. He followed her.
"The fish are really.shinny" She couldn't think of anything else to say about it.
"There's more then just fish in there."
"Huh?" She kneeled down to get a closer look. "Oh.OH!" She pointed into the clear water, looking up at Jareth, "Are those . little mermaids?"
"In a way. They're really closer to fairies."
Sarah cupped her hand into the water, picking up water-fairy. "They're s cute." She smiled gently at it, and in turn it sat in her hand, looking up at it's captor. "Y'know. I almost expected it to bite me."
"Why?"
"Last time I tried to pick up a fairy," Sarah started, placing the fairy back in it's home, "it bit me."
"Then why pick one up now?"
"Actually, I don't know. I guess I can't help it."
Jareth chuckled.
"What?"
"Nothing."
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The two of them sat under the one tree within view of the hill and talked. They had been for hours.
"So, you don't even know what's behind some of those doors?" Sarah found it ironic that she had been chatting with someone who had (more or less) tried to kidnap her brother half a year before.
"Well, I don't know how to unlock some of them. It's not as if I didn't try." Jareth was finding himself quite pleased to be talking to Sarah for so long. Talking leads to friendship; and friendship leads to other things.
Sarah looked down at her watch. "Ahh. I have to be home half an hour ago." She jumped up, paused, and looked around. "How.do you get out of here?"
"Through the door of course." Jareth gestured and part of the landscape opened. He stood up and stroked her cheek. "Sarah.." She didn't move. She couldn't. "You know Sarah, I love you. I have since before you went through my labyrinth."
Sarah stood silent, astounded, and speechless. She said nothing when Jareth's hand moved and raised her chin. And she didn't nothing when he leaned down a bit, and kissed her. Nothing but close her eyes and think of something to do.
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Note from me, the author. ^_^ Hi!!! Meaghan here. How you like the story so far? I'm just gunna write here a bit 'cause I'm bored. First off, Happy Christmas everyone! And well, happy Chanukah, and Kwanzaa, and Yule. I got the kewlest thing for the holidays! There was a notebook in Hot Topic with the little blue work and it says "Allo. I said allo.", and my mom bought it for me. 3 Okay. That's enough for me for this chapter. I'll try to get the next chapter up within a week. ~MF 12.25.03
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