Chapter 8
"Say what you will, it is better to be left than to never have loved at all."
-William Congreve
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The group reached the castle that afternoon, thanks to Jareth's directions. A healer tended to his wounds, while the girls and Toby got hot baths and clean clothes. After dinner, Jareth gave them all a tour, since Shenya had not been there in seven years.
Sarah sat in her room with Toby at her feet, telling stories about the Labyrinth. At the same time, Shenya and Jareth were in his study, discussing what to do with the rebellious goblins.
Jareth wanted to torture or kill them, Shenya was intent on leaving them in the Bog or an Oubliette. They agreed to leave them with the Fireys for a month. Jareth also presented the idea of Dirpeck being her slave, and Shenya replied that she would have to think about it. Such was their first day at the castle.
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"Toby, you want Sarah and Jareth to get together, don't you?" Shenya asked the nine-year-old over the phone.
"Yes, what are we going to do, though?" Toby asked.
"I know of a plant, called Dreamweed. If we can get Sarah and Jareth to eat some, they'll dream about each other. It grows in fruit, so I can give you a banana to goive to her. Make sure she eats it." Shenya explained.
"Okay, meet me at the front steps at three-thirty sharp," Toby said.
"That was Shenya. She says she can pick me up after school tomorrow," he explained to his mom.
"Okay. Are you going to be late? Sarah's coming tomorrow, you know," Karen shouted from the kitchen.
"I won't!" toby called.
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Toby covered the banana in chocolate and froze it when he got home. After dinner, he gave it to Sarah.
"Oh, my favorite." Sarah said and took a bite out of it. " This tastes strange," she sadi, stumbling up the stairs and laying on her bed.
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Sarah found herself in a knee-long blue skirt with greenish-white roses swirled on it, with a matching spagetti-strp shirt with strings for a back.
She was on a beach, watching the waves. She turned around to see Jareth, looking as confused as she felt.
Hey it's only a dream, I can do what ever I want.' Sarah thought.
Stupid bananas! I don't even like bananas! But I did it for Shenya. Stupid dreamweed! Now I'm stuck in a dream with Sarah!' Jareth thought.
Jareth was taken completely by surprise when Sarah rushed over and kissed him. He kissed back, and one thing led to another. . . . #
Sarah woke abruptly. She looked at the clock, and when the lightning flashed, she could have sworn that the clock had thirteen numbers on it. But no, that was impossible. This wasn't the Underground.
It was six-thirty-three in the morning. Sarah got up and walked over to Toby's room. he was sitting up, wide awake, staring at the clock.
"What was on that banana?" Sarah asked her brother.
"Choclate. I froze it onto the banana. Shenya said it would get you and Jareth together," Toby explained.
"How?" Sarah inquired.
"She said it would make you and whoever ate the other one be in the same dream. It's stuffed with some kind of weed from the Underground." Toby said, picking up a comic to read.
"Omigod," Sarah said, shocked. She ran over to her room, flopping on her bed, sobbing. "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" She moaned. The other banana had gone to Jareth, and because she had thought it was a dream, she had acted on her feelings, and . . . She was in trouble, she realized. If Jareth ever found out the dream was real, which he was bound to do sooner or later, Sarah didn't know what would happen. She looked over at the window and shrieked.
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Jareth had woken at exactly ths same time as Sarah. He suddenly decided that Sarah and he need to talk. He dressed and changed into his owl form, flying to perch on the brach outside her window. He watched her cry for a while before he got bored.
Eventually, Sarah looked up and shrieked. Jareth changed to his fae form.
"Are you going to let me in, or am I just going to be sitting out here all night?" Jareth asked.
"Oh, please do, almightly goblin king," Sarah replied sarcastically. Jareth jumped in nimbly and sat down on the bed beside her.
"You /do/ know that the dream was rewal, do you not?" jareth asked.
"I know," sarah said slowly. "Why?"
"I think we should talk about it."
"I don't." Sarah leaned over and kissed him slowly. he kissed back.
"I love you," Jareth said softly.
"I love you, too," Sarah replied, looking into Jareth's eyes.
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A/N: It's about time! I was originally going to have them get together when Shenya and Didymus was collecting firewood, but it didn't fit in.
Replies:
MorganLeFay99- On Dirpeck . . . I made up the name. On the the movie, it's the one that says "Listen" when Sarah's telling her story. I wasn't really going to take a month. It's fun to put you people on edge once in a while though.
Draco's daughter- I was joking! I'm so sorry i made you cry. I DID get a lot of reviews though.
wings- I can't kill Dirpeck. If I did that, he'd have an easy way out of suffering. What's his new nick name?
The group reached the castle that afternoon, thanks to Jareth's directions. A healer tended to his wounds, while the girls and Toby got hot baths and clean clothes. After dinner, Jareth gave them all a tour, since Shenya had not been there in seven years.
Sarah sat in her room with Toby at her feet, telling stories about the Labyrinth. At the same time, Shenya and Jareth were in his study, discussing what to do with the rebellious goblins.
Jareth wanted to torture or kill them, Shenya was intent on leaving them in the Bog or an Oubliette. They agreed to leave them with the Fireys for a month. Jareth also presented the idea of Dirpeck being her slave, and Shenya replied that she would have to think about it. Such was their first day at the castle.
#
"Toby, you want Sarah and Jareth to get together, don't you?" Shenya asked the nine-year-old over the phone.
"Yes, what are we going to do, though?" Toby asked.
"I know of a plant, called Dreamweed. If we can get Sarah and Jareth to eat some, they'll dream about each other. It grows in fruit, so I can give you a banana to goive to her. Make sure she eats it." Shenya explained.
"Okay, meet me at the front steps at three-thirty sharp," Toby said.
"That was Shenya. She says she can pick me up after school tomorrow," he explained to his mom.
"Okay. Are you going to be late? Sarah's coming tomorrow, you know," Karen shouted from the kitchen.
"I won't!" toby called.
#
Toby covered the banana in chocolate and froze it when he got home. After dinner, he gave it to Sarah.
"Oh, my favorite." Sarah said and took a bite out of it. " This tastes strange," she sadi, stumbling up the stairs and laying on her bed.
#
Sarah found herself in a knee-long blue skirt with greenish-white roses swirled on it, with a matching spagetti-strp shirt with strings for a back.
She was on a beach, watching the waves. She turned around to see Jareth, looking as confused as she felt.
Hey it's only a dream, I can do what ever I want.' Sarah thought.
Stupid bananas! I don't even like bananas! But I did it for Shenya. Stupid dreamweed! Now I'm stuck in a dream with Sarah!' Jareth thought.
Jareth was taken completely by surprise when Sarah rushed over and kissed him. He kissed back, and one thing led to another. . . . #
Sarah woke abruptly. She looked at the clock, and when the lightning flashed, she could have sworn that the clock had thirteen numbers on it. But no, that was impossible. This wasn't the Underground.
It was six-thirty-three in the morning. Sarah got up and walked over to Toby's room. he was sitting up, wide awake, staring at the clock.
"What was on that banana?" Sarah asked her brother.
"Choclate. I froze it onto the banana. Shenya said it would get you and Jareth together," Toby explained.
"How?" Sarah inquired.
"She said it would make you and whoever ate the other one be in the same dream. It's stuffed with some kind of weed from the Underground." Toby said, picking up a comic to read.
"Omigod," Sarah said, shocked. She ran over to her room, flopping on her bed, sobbing. "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" She moaned. The other banana had gone to Jareth, and because she had thought it was a dream, she had acted on her feelings, and . . . She was in trouble, she realized. If Jareth ever found out the dream was real, which he was bound to do sooner or later, Sarah didn't know what would happen. She looked over at the window and shrieked.
#
Jareth had woken at exactly ths same time as Sarah. He suddenly decided that Sarah and he need to talk. He dressed and changed into his owl form, flying to perch on the brach outside her window. He watched her cry for a while before he got bored.
Eventually, Sarah looked up and shrieked. Jareth changed to his fae form.
"Are you going to let me in, or am I just going to be sitting out here all night?" Jareth asked.
"Oh, please do, almightly goblin king," Sarah replied sarcastically. Jareth jumped in nimbly and sat down on the bed beside her.
"You /do/ know that the dream was rewal, do you not?" jareth asked.
"I know," sarah said slowly. "Why?"
"I think we should talk about it."
"I don't." Sarah leaned over and kissed him slowly. he kissed back.
"I love you," Jareth said softly.
"I love you, too," Sarah replied, looking into Jareth's eyes.
#
A/N: It's about time! I was originally going to have them get together when Shenya and Didymus was collecting firewood, but it didn't fit in.
Replies:
MorganLeFay99- On Dirpeck . . . I made up the name. On the the movie, it's the one that says "Listen" when Sarah's telling her story. I wasn't really going to take a month. It's fun to put you people on edge once in a while though.
Draco's daughter- I was joking! I'm so sorry i made you cry. I DID get a lot of reviews though.
wings- I can't kill Dirpeck. If I did that, he'd have an easy way out of suffering. What's his new nick name?