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Though extremely angry, Sarah decided it best suited her plan to serve the Goblin King his supper with as an accommodating an attitude as she could muster. So Sarah, drawing on her imagination, became the King's serving wench, seeing to his every need before he even asked. The Goblin King's plate and goblet stayed full with Sarah at his elbow.

" Dropped your fork, Your Majesty? Here, " Sarah said, placing a new fork in Jareth's now bare hand more quickly than if he'd conjured one himself.

For Jareth's part, he was more than satisfied at Sarah's submissiveness. The girl was finally beginning to understand she was here to please him! The irritation he'd felt with her earlier was melting, and after Sarah served him a brandy from the decanter on the trolley, Jareth allowed her to serve herself supper. The Goblin King propped his boots on the table once more, and leaned back in his chair. Jareth sipped his brandy and stared at Sarah unabashedly.

Sarah tried a few bites of the meal, but found she was too nervous to eat. She pushed her food around her plate, jittery and lost in thoughts of executing her plan. Oh, but His Majesty was making it so easy for her! Almost too easy! Did he suspect what she was planning? Sarah snapped out of her reverie and looked across the table to take a glance at the Goblin King, to see if she could read anything from his face. Sarah blushed, for she could easily read the Goblin King's face, as he was clearly leering at her.

" I'm done." Sarah announced, and pushed her plate away. " May I please have my suitcase now? "

The Goblin King swiped at the air swiftly. When his hand froze, Jareth had a crystal poised on his fingertips. Jareth tossed the shimmering orb onto Sarah's bed. Suddenly, there lay Sarah's suitcase, in all it's Samsonite (R) splendor. Sarah rushed to it.

Sarah pressed the latches open and began tearing through her suitcase. " First, I'm going to change into something that fits! " she declared, and pulled the curtains closed around her bed. When she reappeared from behind the curtains, Sarah was wearing a thin white cotton dress that reached her knees. She held a brown paper bag in one hand.

" Sarah, you're beautiful. " Jareth complimented.

" I was going to wear this to the dance we have at summer camp." Sarah confessed, blushing a bit. Sarah peeked into the bag she held. Perfect! Everything she needed to carry out her plan was right there. Sarah found herself beginning to tremble with the thought of actually going through with what she had in mind. She walked to her window -seat and sat, her back against a corner. The moonlight streamed in the window behind her.

" Okay, here's the candy I promised I'd share with you, Goblin King. " Sarah said, shaking the bag, then spilling the contents out beside her. Jareth rose to join her, taking his brandy and the decanter it came in with him, and sat opposite Sarah with the candy between them.

. Sarah chose two small bags, and with her teeth, tore them open. " Here, give me your hand, Goblin King " Sarah said. She could hear how jittery her voice sounded, and wondered if Jareth noticed. If he did, Jareth didn't remark on it, and obediently held out his hand. With trembling hands, Sarah placed what appeared to be an enormous red gem on Jareth's smallest finger.

" Why, Sarah, you're trembling! Anticipation? " Jareth teased.

Sarah snatched her hands away as if she was burned. She didn't answer the Goblin King, and placed a similar jewel on one of her fingers.

Jareth brought the jewel closer to his face to examine it. " What is this ? " he asked Sarah.

" It's a Ring Pop ( TM ) . " Sarah replied.

" And what does it do, Sarah? " Jareth inquired further.

" You lick it or suck on it. It's sweet. " Sarah explained.

" It's not a prank? " Jareth questioned.

" No!" Sarah chuckled, " This is just for fun. The next candy will be a prank."

The Goblin King popped the jewel-like part of the ring in his mouth and tasted. " Interesting. " he remarked and took the ring off. "So, where's this prank candy?"

Sarah tore a little packet open with her teeth. Jareth had reached for his brandy and had just brought it to his lips when Sarah moved forward and poured the entire contents of the package into Jareth's drink. Jareth's drink spattered over his face as the granules in the packet exploded the instant they touched the liquid. Sarah laughed.

" Pop Rocks (TM) ! " Sarah giggled. When Jareth glowered a bit at Sarah, she retrieved clean napkins from the trolley. "Oh, now don't be cross! You said you'd allow me to play these pranks! Here, close your eye. You have one stuck on your eyelash. " Sarah plucked the dangerous little piece from Jareth's lash and dabbed at his face with the cloth. Jareth looked somewhat pacified.

" Now open your mouth, and try this, Your Majesty! " When Jareth complied, Sarah placed a piece of candy on Jareth's tongue. " Just suck on it, and see what happens."

A strange look crossed the Goblin King's face. His mouth was filling with foam! Sarah squealed with laughter when Jareth spat the offending piece of candy out into a napkin. " This is disgusting! " he pronounced.

" Maybe, but it's not as mean as the Goblin Stew was! " retorted Sarah. " Now, I'm going to give you some candy you might like better. Ready? " Jareth nodded, already losing interest in Sarah's little pranks. Sarah took a deep breath and plunged ahead.

" This HAS to work! It just HAS to! " Sarah thought to herself.

Sarah brought out a large dark brown bag of candy and tore it open. She poured the colorful contents out between Jareth and herself. " These are some of my most favorite candies.They're called M & Ms (TM). They're candy on the outside, and chocolate on the inside. Here, have some, Your Majesty! "

" Do they do anything? " Jareth asked suspiciously, watching as Sarah picked through the colored candies and separate green-colored candies from the rest of the colors.

Sarah gave a nervous little giggle. "Well...I don't know if it's true or not.."

" Yes? " Jareth prompted.

Sarah covered her face with her hands, pretending to cover a blush. " All the boys say it's true..."

" What's true? " Jareth questioned, a little intrigued now.

Sarah leaned close to the Goblin King and in a stage whisper said " The boys say the green ones make people...um...what's a good word? Um...amorous! " Sarah turned away, pretending embarrassment at having revealed such a naughty secret.

Jareth chuckled and scooped up the tiny pile of green candies Sarah had made, and had Sarah take some, and popped the rest in his mouth. " We'll see if these boys you mentioned are right. " he said, and gave Sarah a lascivious wink. Jareth reached out for Sarah. " Let's test them out now."

" Nooo! " Sarah said hastily, " I have a better idea. Let's play a game. It's - it's called Lollipop Kisses. Please say you'll play! " Sarah entreated.

" Do I have to win your kisses? " Jareth asked, placing his hand underneath Sarah's chin and sensuously stroked it with his thumb. Sarah nodded vigorously, her eyes wide. Jareth sighed. " The price of desiring one so young, " he thought to himself. " Very well, Sarah. I'll play your game. How do you play Lollipop Kisses? "

Sarah reached into her paper bag and brought out a plastic bottle. She covered the label with her palm, unscrewed the child-proof container and spilled out the contents with their dark green candy coatings.

" All right, these are the rules, Goblin King, " Sarah began, quickly making up something that sounded like real rules. " I'm going to give you one of these green ones for every letter in our names, OK? If you can swallow it all, I'll give you a kiss. But you have to swallow it all at once, understand? "

" I understand. " Jareth said a trifle impatiently.

Sarah nodded her dark brown head, and plucked a dark green one from the pile for every letter of J-A-R-E-T-H and S-A-R-A-H. Eleven pills total. Sarah held them out to the Goblin King, her heart pounding so hard that she believed it would burst from her chest.

Jareth smirked as he took the pills from Sarah and put them all in his mouth and swallowed them with the aid of a large gulp of brandy. Jareth then reached over and took Sarah into his arms.

" I've won. I've earned my reward. " he told Sarah simply.

Sarah tried to wriggle out of the Goblin King's arms, but he held her fast. " Don' t you want to try it again? " Sarah asked, trying to delay Jareth.

The Goblin King answered Sarah by giving her an electrifying kiss. The terrified girl's only response to the kiss was the frantic yet silent chant that repeated itself over and over again in her head." Work, dammit! Work! Work! Work! Work! "

Suddenly, the Goblin King released Sarah and winced. Sarah wiped her bruised lips of the unwelcome kiss and looked into the Goblin King's face. To her great joy, he was clearly experiencing a great deal of discomfort!

" What's wrong? " Sarah asked, trying to sound concerned.

" I've never felt like this before. I have a nasty metallic taste in my mouth. It started when you gave me those dark green candies " answered Jareth, clutching at his stomach and grimacing.

" It was only ferrous sulfate! " Sarah told Jareth innocently.

Ferrous sulfate? Ferrous sulfate? The words sounded somewhat familiar to Jareth, like the words were from some ancient mortal tongue. Jareth doubled over and dropped to the ground as the pain became more intense. Ferrous...?

Realization broke like the dawn in the Goblin King's mind.

" Oh, gods, Sarah! You've fed me IRON! " cried Jareth in horror, as he curled into a ball from the pain.

" That's right, Your Majesty! " laughed Sarah. " You won at Lollipop Kisses, and this is your real reward, SUCKER! "

Sarah sped for her vanity and retrieved the wish-crystal from the basket of ribbons, then Sarah rushed to her bed and got her suitcase.

" Little fool! Do you think you're going to leave just like that? Remember, I put a stipulation on that wish-crystal that you can't return to home to your family! " Jareth hissed.

" I remember what you said, Goblin King! Who said I was going home to my family? I'm going to summer camp! "

Sarah held the wish-crystal aloft and sang out " I wish to go to Trout Creek Camp, RIGHT NOW! "

" Sarah!" pleaded Jareth; who had managed an agonizing crawl towards the girl, " Sarah, I beg you! Summon the goblins! Please don't leave me like this! "

" Bye-bye, Goblin King! " Sarah chirped, wiggling her fingers in a parting gesture as a bright light emanating from the wish-crystal shone on her before magically transporting her to her Aboveground destination.

" NOOOOOO! " screamed the Goblin King.

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The next morning, members of the goblin housekeeping staff were sent to straighten Sarah's room. They were fully recovered from their hangovers of the previous day, and in good spirits, sharing stories of the recent Goblin Stew Feast. Upon entering Sarah's room, the goblins found a dead, glassy-eyed barn owl in the middle of Sarah's floor. The owl was placed in the trash receptacle of the housekeeping cart, and the goblins went on to finish with their work.

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