Never fear, The Goblin King will always be evil. (Emerald Skye don't worry
your pretty little head.) But I can't guarantee anything. Whenever I write,
it just kind of runs out and then I look back and am shocked because that
was not how I planned it. In chapter four I never planned for Jereth to
have Hoggle, it just worked so well. Hehehe. Anyway, here's chapter five.
Chapter Five
Does Jereth really have Hoggle? Sarah kept asking herself the same question over and over again. She began to get a headache from thinking too much. She looked around the room.
It was beautiful really. Any other time and she would have been fluttering around touching all the sparkling objects. But now it felt like a grimy prison cell. She wanted to run, to throw open the door and make a mad dash, but if she did, Jereth would no doubt torture Hoggle. Thoroughly depressed, she flopped on the huge canopied bed and buried her face in her hands.
"Oh dear, you're squishing me." She cried a little voice. Looking down, she saw Tilly climbing out of her vest pocket. "Oh my, but that was a close one. You heard what the king said, there are no locks on the doors, and you're free to leave. Let's go." The spider pushed. Sarah shook her head.
"I can't, he has my friend Hoggle. He'll kill him if I leave." Sarah buried her face again and wept. Tilly stroked her cheek.
"Don't you worry my dear, Tilly will think of something. Just you wait. I'll go talk to some of me friends and well gat a plan together." She declared and quickly scurried up the wall.
Sarah didn't feel any better about what Tilly had said. Infact she felt worse. Her body was drained from running for so long and crying had made her tired as well. She aloud her head to touch the soft pillow, and before she knew it she was asleep.
A loud knocking woke her. Groggily, she lifted her head. "Who is it?" No one answered. Sarah forced herself to climb out of bed and open the door. A short, fat goblin woman looked up at her and held up a silky green dress. She grunted and shoved it towards Sarah.
"No I'm not taking that." She pushed the dress back at her, only to get it shoved towards her again. "I said no."
"I think you mean 'yes' Sarah." An icy voice said from behind the door. Jereth pushed the door open further. His sinister presence made her heart flutter unnaturally.
"I don't want the dress." Sarah said hotly. She stood with her chin high to show her courage.
"Oh, but Sarah, I do believe Hoggle would want you to wear the dress. Her lips drew back in an angry scowl. She ripped the dress from the goblins claws. And slammed the door, but Jereth put his foot in the way, stopping it.
"When you're finished dressing, come down for dinner. And if you don't show, you know what will happen." His mocking laughter echoed down the hallway.
Twenty minutes later, Sarah was escorted into gargantuan dinning room. She kept her head high, and looked Jereth in the eyes as he stood to greet her.
"My, my you look stunning." He snapped his finger at one of the goblins in the corner and yelled. "Show the lady to her seat." The monster squealed and jumped to do its masters bidding. It pulled out Sarah's chair, and once she was seated it roughly pushed her forward until the table was digging painfully into her stomach. She glared at the monster and righted herself.
Food was set before them, brought out on huge silver platters. Sarah's stomached lurched when she saw a roasted goblin with an apple in its mouth. In truth she was starving, but she couldn't bring herself to consume a goblin.
"What's wrong my dear? You look a little piqued." Jereth asked. He used a big knife to lop off the goblin's fat leg. "You must try some of the fairy pudding. It's delicious."
"I think I'm going to be sick." She declared, covering her mouth with her hand.
"Sarah, I believe you know what will happen if you do not eat." He said pushing the goblin leg onto her plate.
"You'll hurt Hoggle I know."
"No," He laughed. "You'll become a skinny little ragamuffin and I'll be forced to use you for fire wood. Now eat."
Sarah looked down it her plate. She pulled some of the chard flesh off the bone. Her stomached cried 'yes' but her brain cried 'no.'
Jereth watched her forcibly putting the meat to her lips.
...................................................................................................... Will Sarah eat it? Find out in Chapter six.
Chapter Five
Does Jereth really have Hoggle? Sarah kept asking herself the same question over and over again. She began to get a headache from thinking too much. She looked around the room.
It was beautiful really. Any other time and she would have been fluttering around touching all the sparkling objects. But now it felt like a grimy prison cell. She wanted to run, to throw open the door and make a mad dash, but if she did, Jereth would no doubt torture Hoggle. Thoroughly depressed, she flopped on the huge canopied bed and buried her face in her hands.
"Oh dear, you're squishing me." She cried a little voice. Looking down, she saw Tilly climbing out of her vest pocket. "Oh my, but that was a close one. You heard what the king said, there are no locks on the doors, and you're free to leave. Let's go." The spider pushed. Sarah shook her head.
"I can't, he has my friend Hoggle. He'll kill him if I leave." Sarah buried her face again and wept. Tilly stroked her cheek.
"Don't you worry my dear, Tilly will think of something. Just you wait. I'll go talk to some of me friends and well gat a plan together." She declared and quickly scurried up the wall.
Sarah didn't feel any better about what Tilly had said. Infact she felt worse. Her body was drained from running for so long and crying had made her tired as well. She aloud her head to touch the soft pillow, and before she knew it she was asleep.
A loud knocking woke her. Groggily, she lifted her head. "Who is it?" No one answered. Sarah forced herself to climb out of bed and open the door. A short, fat goblin woman looked up at her and held up a silky green dress. She grunted and shoved it towards Sarah.
"No I'm not taking that." She pushed the dress back at her, only to get it shoved towards her again. "I said no."
"I think you mean 'yes' Sarah." An icy voice said from behind the door. Jereth pushed the door open further. His sinister presence made her heart flutter unnaturally.
"I don't want the dress." Sarah said hotly. She stood with her chin high to show her courage.
"Oh, but Sarah, I do believe Hoggle would want you to wear the dress. Her lips drew back in an angry scowl. She ripped the dress from the goblins claws. And slammed the door, but Jereth put his foot in the way, stopping it.
"When you're finished dressing, come down for dinner. And if you don't show, you know what will happen." His mocking laughter echoed down the hallway.
Twenty minutes later, Sarah was escorted into gargantuan dinning room. She kept her head high, and looked Jereth in the eyes as he stood to greet her.
"My, my you look stunning." He snapped his finger at one of the goblins in the corner and yelled. "Show the lady to her seat." The monster squealed and jumped to do its masters bidding. It pulled out Sarah's chair, and once she was seated it roughly pushed her forward until the table was digging painfully into her stomach. She glared at the monster and righted herself.
Food was set before them, brought out on huge silver platters. Sarah's stomached lurched when she saw a roasted goblin with an apple in its mouth. In truth she was starving, but she couldn't bring herself to consume a goblin.
"What's wrong my dear? You look a little piqued." Jereth asked. He used a big knife to lop off the goblin's fat leg. "You must try some of the fairy pudding. It's delicious."
"I think I'm going to be sick." She declared, covering her mouth with her hand.
"Sarah, I believe you know what will happen if you do not eat." He said pushing the goblin leg onto her plate.
"You'll hurt Hoggle I know."
"No," He laughed. "You'll become a skinny little ragamuffin and I'll be forced to use you for fire wood. Now eat."
Sarah looked down it her plate. She pulled some of the chard flesh off the bone. Her stomached cried 'yes' but her brain cried 'no.'
Jereth watched her forcibly putting the meat to her lips.
...................................................................................................... Will Sarah eat it? Find out in Chapter six.