THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO JESS BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONE THAT TOLD ME TO KEEP IT GOING

Terri woke up thanking god it was Friday. She would be going to Jenna's party tonight with Toby and she was completely ecstatic. She could walk much better on her ankle now and didn't need the wheelchair.

It was a pretty nice day out but there was a little wind. She went over to her closet and pulled out a brown tank top, put an orange and brown, open front, sweatshirt on, put on a brown, off-white, yellow, and orange knit scarf on, stuck on some jeans and a pair of converses. She decided to go without makeup today and still looked really good.

She walked out to grab a peach and noticed Jareth in his Goblin King clothes. She rolled her eyes and sighed.

"Don't worry I am only going Underground to make sure everything will be ready for the dinner tonight." He said knowing what she was upset about.

"Oh, yeah, about that, me and Toby can't make it. We both are going to Jenna's party tonight. Sorry, I forgot all about it." Terri said sadly.

"It's okay. I just wish you would have told me sooner." He said a bit annoyed with his daughter. She did this all the time, waiting until the last minute to say she couldn't go.

"I'm sure you and Sarah will do fine on your own. Ta doll." She said walking outside to meet Toby for their daily donut run.

She went outside and Toby, surprisingly, wasn't there. Instead there was a note on his door for her.

Terri,

Meet me at the bushes across the street from the school.

Toby

Terri started walking for the school. New York was a pretty cold and frightening place without Toby there to make her feel safe. She felt as though everyone was looking at her and everyone seemed to have a threatening look.

As she was walking towards one of the more dangerous parts of her journey to school, she began to grow very nervous. Even though she had her magic, if she was in the presence of iron it wouldn't do her any good. For some unknown reason Toby made her feel safe.

She stuck her hands in her pockets to see if she had any money so that she could just catch a bus to the school. Just her luck, there was nothing. She walked past an alley that was filled with homeless hobos, poor children, and starving animals. She used her magic to make a dozen peaches appear next to a woman before continuing to walk past.

She was constantly looking over her shoulder until she could see the school. Someone jumped out from behind the bushes and grabbed her around the waist and put a hand over her mouth. It pulled her into the middle of the bushes where there was a sort of a fort like thing. From inside you couldn't see out and nobody could see in.

"Terri, it's just me." She heard Toby say. She was so relieved. She turned around to see the entire gang there.

"What are we doing?" Terri asked.

"Skipping school. We're all going to see The Grudge." Jenna told her.

"I don't have any money." Terri said.

"I have 3 movie passes good for 20. That should be able to get us all in." Ally said with a smile.

"I have 10 so that should be enough for food." Josh said.

"Looks like you have this all planed out." Terri said and Kim nodded with a laugh.

"Well, when are we going?" Terri asked.

"In about an hour after classes have started." Toby told her and Terri nodded.

"Now all we need to do is make up some excuse for us not being here and forge some notes." Lance said.

"I got it covered." Terri said with a smile. A note formed in front of each of them, which looked exactly like his or her parents handwriting.

"Thanks." Josh said. They sat in the little fort for about an hour before heading to see the movie.

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About 10 minutes after Terri had left, Jareth headed for Sarah's apartment. He wasn't going to go through all the trouble if Sarah wouldn't come without Toby.

He was about to knock on the door when suddenly, "Hey Jareth." Mark yelled coming out of his apartment.

"Hello Mark." Jareth said trying to hide his annoyance.

"You know Jareth, you really are dead sexy." He said licking his lips and looking Jareth up and down.

"Uh… thank you for that Mark. But I'm not um…" he waved his hand in the air.

"Gay, I see. Well I still thought you should know. Bye." He said walking into his apartment again. "Well, he's not gay." He said to the others. They were all trying to find out who this man was. It had been years since someone had moved into their slightly off balance habitat.

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Jareth was shocked that Mark had said this; nonetheless he knocked on Sarah's door. She opened the door clad in nothing but a pair of soccer shorts and a green tank top with a robe untied over it.

"Oh! Jareth! How uh… nice of you to drop bye." She said pulling her robe closed. Sure she didn't care about the others seeing her like this, she'd known them for 8 years. But Jareth was different. Not only were they both pretty interested in one another, but he intimidated her.

"My apologies." He said turning his head away as she tied her robe closed.

"Don't worry about it. Come in.," she said opening the door all the way and stepping to the side so he could walk in. "So what brings you here?"

"Well, first off, Mark just hit on me." Jareth said still in a state of shock.

"Oh, they are probably just trying to figure out anything they can about you, that's all. They do it with any guy that has ever asked me out on a date." She said with a smile.

"Secondly," Jareth started, "were you aware that Terri and Toby are going to a girl named Jenna's party tonight?" He asked her.

"Oh, yeah. I remember Jenna. She and Toby used to be hooked up." She said with a smile. "She really is the sweetest girl. You don't have to worry about anything happening while Terri is around her, if that's what you're wondering about."

"No, actually, since they are going to be out tonight, that leaves the two of us alone together at dinner this evening. I wanted to make sure that this wouldn't change your decision about joining me."

"Oh god no! Seriously, I could care less if Toby and Terri were there or not. I agreed to join you before you even mentioned that they would be joining us." Sarah said and that immediately made Jareth smile.

"Okay then, I'm off to the underground to make sure everything is ready." Jareth said with a smile.

"Oh, Jareth!" Sarah yelled before he faded away from view. "Do you think that I could catch another ride to Kelly's house today. My car is going to be in the shop for a while." She asked shyly.

"Of course. What time?"

"Around 10:30-ish." She answered him.

"See you then, and Sarah," this time he called for her.

"Yeah?"

"Whenever you need anything, don't hesitate to ask me." He said with a sly smile. Sarah laughed as he blew her a kiss while fading away.

Scene Change-

"I knew he liked her." Nikky said looking into her rose. They had the same ability as Jareth's crystals, only she used roses.

"Who likes who?" Jesse asked.

"Jareth likes Sarah, the only one to beat his labyrinth." Nikky said smiling at her husband.

"That's obvious. You know why he is really up there don't you?" Jesse asked.

"His castle is having a few things done to it." Nikky said and Jesse shook his head with a smile.

"He's up there to win her heart and have her become his queen." Jesse told her with a smile. Nikky laughed because she knew he was right. Jesse was Jareth's best friend and he told him everything.

"I hope everything works out for him. Terri seems to be interested in Toby as well." Nikky said with a smile.

"Nikky, you didn't." Jesse said annoyed. Nikky always popped in to see how things were doing so he saw no reason for her to have to spy on them through her roses.

"I didn't, I told Terri I was there, well, I showed myself to her." She said with a smile.

"Your crazy." Jesse said.

"Yeah, but you love me." She said kissing him hard on the lips.

"That I do." Jesse said picking her up and heading towards their chambers.

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"Jesus, my sister is such a sleaze." Kalina said looking through her mirrors.

"Not exactly. She only sleeps with Jesse." Jofen pointed out.

"Soon she's going to produce an heir that she doesn't want and have to give it over to Jareth." Kalina said disgusted with her sexually active sister.

Orlin was practicing his swordplay with one of the most talented sword instructor in the underground. It just so happens that she was a woman and struck Orlin's interest. Orlin had been secretly with Katrina for a few months now and told her everything.

She didn't look like much of a threat, but looks are deceiving. She had dirty blonde hair that was naturally crimped. She had soft eyes and was a very beautiful woman. Beautiful, but deadly.

After their lesson, Orlin told her why he needed the extra swordplay now.

"I don't want to," he said, "but my mother and father are making me so that they can take the throne." He said spilling his heart out to her.

"Then don't do it." Katrina told him. "They can't make you do anything you don't want to do."

"Katrina, if I don't do this, they will kill me for sure." Orlin said looking into her eyes. "I don't want to kill my half sister and I don't want to kill the king of the goblins."

"Then come with me to Chalking. It's the safest place for you. It will block your image from her mirrors and anything else she may try."

Katrina was leaving for Chalking in 2 months, the same amount of time Orlin had before he was to go and kill the goblin king and his heir. Katrina was going to Chalking because so many were out to kill her and take up her title as most powerful sword master. In Chalking, nobody cared who you are, were, or what you have done. All they care about is that you are now one of them and they will protect all members of their magical island.

"Katrina, if I do that then they will go after them." He told her. Orlin was a great person, despite the way his parents were.

"Then warn the Goblin King and the Goblin Princess. They will consider you a hero and you will also be protected by the magic of his kingdom." Katrina told him.

If someone was considered a hero by a kingdom, a small amount of its power was used to keep you safe.

"Please think about it. I don't want to see you hurting." She told him honestly.

"I will think about it and get back to you by the time we both must leave." He said kissing her on the lips and walking out of the practice room.

SORRY FOR THE DELAY EVERYBODY! I HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON MY UNTITLED STORY AND HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT LATELY. I GOT MY LETTER YESTERDAY TELLING ME I GOT ACCEPTED INTO HARFORD TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL SO I SHOULD HAVE MORE FREE TIME NOW.

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