She Thought It Was Over...
Plot Summary: Sarah, after eating the enchanted peach, awakens to find herself in a bubble shaped like a ballroom. She dances with the Goblin King, and then continues on her quest to eventually destroy him. This is where my story leaves off, I don't want to give too much away because then you won't read it.
Jareth tossed his head back and laughed, a harsh sound that startled the birds in the trees overhead and caused them to abandon their perch in fright. Sarah stood before him, her eyes still glassy and fixed in space. She remained frozen in time, her elegant features fixed in the same expression of awe. One of her stagnant hands grasped the branch of a decomposing tree, and the other held the deliciously dangerous peach that would be her downfall. Circling like a bird of prey, Jareth took long strides around Sarah, admiring his handiwork. She thought she had beat him at his own game and won back her baby brother. He knew this because he had watched her pathetic dream of beating him in one of his glowing orbs.
Sarah was about to find out how wrong she was.
Jareth's gloved hand spun in the air and pulled forth from it a glittering crystal, glinting maliciously in the filtered sunlight streaming through the towering trees around them. Tossing it in the air above Sarah's head, it shattered and rained down silver dust.
Sarah blinked, and slowly melted out of her stupor. Her lips moved silently as no words would come from her mouth. Her eyes darted about her frantically, and realizing where she was, tears sprang forth from under her eyelashes. She stepped back from the tree branch that had previously supported her weight, and discovered that she was still holding the cursed peach. She dropped it hastily to the forest floor as if it had bit her. Looking at Jareth, she tried once again to make her throat work.
"Why?" she croaked, a pitiful sound that only made her feel weak before Jareth's stoic countenance.
"Why?" Jareth mocked. Stepping around her again in wide circles, Jareth's eyes locked with her's. "Because Sarah, life isn't fair."
I took an extended break from writing fanfiction because of the sheer fact that I was too busy. Now that I have more time on my hands, I found myself wanting to start reading and writing it again. This is my first attempt at a fanfiction story in a long while, so please be kind in what you say about it. I know I'm rusty. This is just a feel for what I want to write, and I need as much criticism as possible. Give it to me straight. Thanks! LadySorrow