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Sarah was pacing her room and was close to a panic attack. She looked at her clock, it was 7:20, in 10 minutes she would be walking down the clear crystal staircase on Jareth's arm. All she could think about was any klutzy things she might do.

"What if I trip down the stairs? What if I get food on my face? What if I mess up our dance? What if I do something stupid?" Jareth could hear her troubled thoughts and went to her.

"You okay?" He asked popping in on her bed.

"No," she answered with a smile," I'm flipping out more than a gymnast on steroids." Jareth laughed and Sarah plopped down onto the bed next to him. He put his arm around her shoulders.

"I remember my first ball. I tripped down the stairs. Nobody remembered though because I reordered time." He said with a smirk.

"Yeah, well unfortunately for me, I don't have magic." She said annoyed that he had to bring that up.

"I realize that, love, but you have me. Anything embarrassing happens to you and I will work my magic and we will be the only two who remember."

"Thank you." She said and smiled.

"Anything for you. Don't you know that?" He asked with a smile. She smiled back and he kissed her. "Well, we should be on our way to the ballroom." She gave him a sad smile.

"Can't we be 'fashionably late?'" she asked hopefully. He laughed and pulled her up.

They walked to the ballroom doors slowly. Sarah was really freaking out and the corset wasn't helping. She could barely breath in it. Damn thing! She thought bitterly.

Jareth and Sarah got to the doors and Jareth looked at her. "You'll do fine." He assured her and kissed her on the cheek. The doors then opened.

"Ladies and gentlemen," the announcer started, "It gives me great pleasure to introduce King Jareth and Lady Sarah!" All eyes were immediately on them. This made Sarah very nervous. Jareth led her slowly down to a the platform half way down the staircase.

"Kings and queens, duke's and duchess', lords and ladies, I am honored that you all have come tonight to honor this great holiday. Please enjoy the food, drink, décor, and each others company." Jareth said and everyone clapped. He continued to lead Sarah down the stairway.

At the bottom of the stairs, Natalia and Shane were waiting for her.

"Sarah, congratulations you didn't fall down the stairs!" Natalia said. She was wearing a deep red velvet flowing gown that fit her perfectly.

"I'm surprised." Shane said from behind her. He seemed shy and Sarah soon found out why. She looked at him and he was wearing the same type of pants and shirt as Jareth except his were the same color as Natalia's dress.

"I'm surprised they got you to wear those!" Sarah exclaimed. Shane rolled his eyes and Sarah laughed.

"Well, she does have a pretty laugh." A beautiful blonde girl said coming up behind them. She was wearing a peach colored dress and had green eyes. "I'm Sierra, Jareth's ex-fiancé. I hear you've taken up my spot. Good luck! I remember when we were at that stage, couldn't get his hands off me!" She smiled and winked at Sarah as she turned to walk away.

"I see the slut has entered the building," Kaylin said coming up behind them. "Sarah, this is Kariya, my best friend."

"We've met. Hi again." Sarah said sweetly. Just then the music started. It was a slow and intimate beat.

"Dance with me?" Jareth asked Sarah. She nodded and he led her out. Natalia and Shane didn't have to say anything before they were dancing.

"Kariya, would you like to dance?" Tristan asked. She nodded and got the biggest smile on her face. She had the biggest crush on Tristan for 3 years. Kaylin laughed.

"Milady, may I have this dance?" Heathen asked coming in front of her. Heathen was the king of the dwarves and extremely handsome. He had brown hair, brown eyes, wasn't overly tall, and had a great body.

"Heathen, by law I am allowed to dance with the lady whenever I wish to. Well I wish to dance with her now." King Morlin, Kaylin's ex-boyfriend said. Even though the courtship had ended, the law stated that one who has courted another may dance with their former courtier if they had been intimate, and these two had been intimate once. Kaylin sadly followed him onto the dance floor.

"You seem uncomfortable." Jareth told Sarah, the concern evident in his voice.

"This corset is going to be the end of me." She said obviously in much pain and discomfort.

"Ah, you should have told me sooner. There are ways around everything." He said with a smile. He ran his hand down the tie of her corset and immediately her pain was eased. She kissed him on the cheek and smiled as they continued to dance.

"We need better music, that's all there is to it!" Natalia complained. All this classical stuff was making her sick.

"Well, I do have the stuff to plug up a mp3 player." She said with a smile.

"And I have a mp3 player." Natalia smiled back as Shane led them towards the door.

"You are looking delicious tonight Kaylin." Morlin whispered in such a way that made her lean into him. "After the ball, what do you say to coming back to my castle and producing an heir?"

Luckily before Kaylin could answer, she realized what he was doing. "You jerk! How dare you try and use your magic to seduce me!" She smacked him across the face and pushed him away. Everyone around her gasped which caused all eyes to become focused on her.

"You hit me?" Morlin stated shocked.

"Oh, so your not as dumb as you look?" Kaylin said livid mad. This made Morlin rush forward and hit her face with such force that she was thrown to the ground. Jareth, Tristan, Heathen, Sarah and Kariya all ran over to her. Heathen, Sarah and Kariya all got to the ground to help Kaylin up.

"How dare YOU come to MY castle and disrespect MY sister this way? I want you out of my castle NOW!" Jareth yelled at the troll king.

"This isn't over Kaylin. I will get you somehow!" Morlin said fading from view.

"Kaylin, are you okay?" Heathen asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay. My face hurts a little. I'll live though." She said standing up. "Now, how about that dance?" She said smiling at Heathen. He led her onto the dance floor and soon everyone was acting like it never happened, except Jareth.

"Jareth, what's wrong? You seem so tense." Sarah said as they danced. She could tell Jareth was upset because he won't look into her eyes, or even look at her for that matter.

"He just threatened my sister." He said, finally looking at her.

"It was an empty threat, just like the ones Melony gives and I give Toby constantly. Don't worry about it. She's here, she's safe, she looks like she's having fun, just worry about tomorrow, tomorrow."

"Why do you always know what to do?" He asked her with a smile.

"Because I got skill." Sarah said and they laughed.

"Excuse me doll, bit can I have this dance with Jareth for old times sake? It was always our song." Sierra said coming up behind them.

"Actually Sierra, Sarah and I were talking…" Jareth started but was cut off by Sarah.

"No, no it's okay. I have to go find Natalia and Shane anyways." She said with a smile.

"Thanks doll. By the way, are you wearing a corset?" Sarah, though confused, nodded. "You can't tell." She said and smiled as she and Jareth began to dance.

If I had my way, nobody would be able to tell you were a girl! Sarah thought bitterly. Sarah looked over at the door and saw Natalia motioning for her to go that way. "What are you doing?"

"Well, it just so happened that Shane had the wires to set up a mp3 player, and I just so happened to have a mp3 player." Natalia said with a wink. Sarah laughed understanding what she was saying. "So in about 30 seconds, a play list of very interesting songs will be coming on.

They walked back into the ballroom and right on time the music started playing. It was Toby Keith's 'I wanna talk about me.' Sarah, Natalia, and Shane all sang.

"She certainly does have an odd taste in music." Sierra said snottily.

"It looks like everyone else has a different opinion." Jareth said watching everyone bobbing their heads, tapping their feet, or dancing. Sierra had to pick her jaw off the floor. Sarah saw Jareth looking at her and she walked over to him.

"Come on babe, join the club!" She said grabbing his hand and walking him over to Natalia and Shane. When they got there, they noticed that Kaylin, Tristan, Kariya and Heathen were joining the group.

The next song was a personal favorite of Sarah's. The first verse reminded her of her own life when her mother had left.

As the song ended, the food was being brought out and Jareth pulled Sarah over to the long dining table that had just appeared.

"Milady," he said pulling her out a chair. She smiled and sat down. Next to her sat Natalia, then Shane, the Kariya, then Kaylin, and then Heathen. On the other side of Jareth sat Sierra.

"Sarah," Natalia whispered. She held an ex-lax in her hand. Sarah nodded and smiled so Natalia passed it to Shane, who passed it to Kariya, who passed it to Kaylin. Kaylin closed her eyes and nodded at Sarah. She knew she had used magic to put it in her food.

The next hour should be fun for them.

MORE WILL COME TOMORROW COMPLIMENTS OF D-ROCK!