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Sarah stood looking at the woman.
She looked like something you'd see from the little mermaid, except she had legs, knew how to walk well and she could talk. Sarah admired her green dress that appeared to be sparkling in the sun, similar to veridan and light amber fish scales. Then Sarah noticed something familiar about her. Her eyes had the same lashes as Jaive, except a bright green color with turquise blue. Her hair looked as though it was soft seaweed with blue, purple, pink, and green highlights all through it.
"Hello? I asked you what were you doing at the bottom of the lake?" She looked to be slightly annoyed by Sarah not answering her question, placing her hand on her hip and looking intentely on Sarah.
"Something grabbed me and pulled me under." Sarah looked at the lake to try to catch a glimpse if the thing was still in the water.
"Oh, you mean the water nymphs?" Sarah looked again
"I guess so" She said to the woman trying to remember her mission and stuck wondering how much longer she had left. There was something she knew about this woman, though she was certain she had never seen her before. Something aching in the back of her mind kept telling her she had to ask the woman a question-but what?
"Are you ill-uh, whatever your name is?" The woman showed the concern a mother would show a child in her eyes. She reached out and held the back of her hand lightly against Sarah's forehead.
"Sarah. Sarah is my name." The woman looked around for a second.
"Sarah. Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. Why is that name so familiar?" She got a puzzled look on her face and closed her eyes tightly.
"Great Titan! It's you!" The woman said backing away pointing an accusing finger in Sarah's direction. Sarah became confused. Just a second ago, the woman was taking care of her and suddenly she was afraid of her.
"Little Nancy Etticoat in a white pettycoat, and a red nose. The longer she stands the shorter she grows. What is she?" Sarah wondered about what she meant. Suddenly Jaive's words hit her like a ton of bricks.
"When the toller wants admission, you better pay the cost. Without their information - all will be lost."
Sarah thought for a second. She knew what she meant now. Sarah figured that this woman would ask her a riddle, and she would have to solve it to get her name. Seemed easy enough to Sarah, but before she could say anything, the woman touched Sarah's shoulder.
An imidiate blue glow began to form around Sarah and she found herself underwater in a golden-barred cage. But why was she here? And to add to her confusion, she could breathe. "What's going on!" She screamed out into the water. She could hear rushing water and she always had a fear of the water and especially of the ocean. Too many unknown things and her worst experience was when she was 6, and that was when she almost drowned. Sarah began to breathe heavily and she looked around her.
"Let me out of here!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. The only answer she got was the woman repeating the riddle.
"Little Nancy Etticoat in a white petticoat and a red nose. The longer she stands the shorter she grows, what is she?"
Sarah panicked and looked around. The water was so dark off in the distance, she couldn't think without without worrying what was going to show up. A dark shadow went over her and went into the darkness. Sarah looked around, above, and below the cage. Then while she was looking one way, something rammed into the other and went back to the darkness. At first, Sarah thought it was her imagination. At least until she looked over and saw the bar bent inwards.
"Help me please!" Sarah screamed to the woman. The woman stood next to the water hearing Sarah's scream covering her ears.
"Jaive, please let me help her. I can't stand doing this!" Jaive stood arms crossed, against the tree on the shore.
"She'll live." Jaive said unconcerned. Sarah panted and continued looking around her. There were humongous shark-like things swimming around and the only thing keeping Sarah from them was the cage, which wasn't going to last very long. Sarah looked around her thinking quickly.
'Let's see, um, it can't be a person because it won't grow shorter the longer they stand. Um...think Sarah, think!' She scolded to herself as the sharks rammed the left side of the cage again causing the sides to split and part to scratch Sarah to the point of blood shed. Sarah screamed silently. As the sharks smelled the blood through the water, they began banging the cage every chance they got. Sarah tried her best not to think about them but she concentrated on the riddle.
"Um...I think I remember this one! What is it?!" She no longer bothered to talk to herself in her mind, what's the use if she was going to die anyway?
Jareth still sat at the window, his throne laid vacant basking in the warm sunset's glow. He stared outside wondering if his heart still longed for Sarah. The goblins muffled whispers hung in the air made it seem heavier. It was as though the goblins knew what was on his mind. The goblins when the last time their king had made the sunset stay so long in the Underground. His mind was wandering around the Underground, weighing consequences if he really did let Sarah back into his heart, but always considered how lonely he would be if he didn't.
He rolled a crystal into his palm and held it infront of him. He concentrated as much as he possibly could and formed a picture of Sarah. Sarah began to panic. Her eyes looked furiously around her hoping there would be somekind of clue laying around. Jareth moved his hand to his head as he dropped the crystal out the window.
All the goblins stopped and one spoke above them all.
"Sire, are you alright?" A little creature stepped forward that had no arms, but two big feet with brown shoes. Jareth moved his knees to his chest and rubbed his eyes. His silver eye shadow moved to the outter part of his eye.
"No, It's alright. I'm fine Ridder. Thank you." Jareth wasn't sure what was happening to him. But although it was oblivious to him, his goblins saw it already.
Jareth's strong heart was breaking.
And that's where we'll stop for a while. Thank you to my reviewers. Log on next time to find out what happens to Sarah, what Jareth decides, and what the answer is to that damn riddle! Don't forget to review!