Like Mother, Like Daughter

By: Kryptonite

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" Jamie?" Jareth questioned the next morning, knocking lightly on the doorframe. When there wasn't an answer Jareth stuck his head to look into her room. After the draining last night Jamie was still sound asleep.

Jareth snuck in silently as he could, coming to rest on the massive bed next to Jamie. He sighed, using his long fingers to gently brush a few fair strands of hair from Jamie's eyes. He paused for a minute, his fingers lingering on the side of her face. Leaning over Jareth inched closer to Jamie, taking several moments before his lips finally brushed lightly against hers.

In an instant he was sitting up straight once more and already alighting from her bedside.

" Your majesty?"

" Coming." Jareth answered, straightening his vest and striding from the room. He never noticed Jamie's hand come to rest against her lips and the small smile that curved them upwards.

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" Sarah are we almost done?" Richard whined. It had taken some cajoling but they'd finally let Sarah and Richard into the Labyrinth. Sarah rolled her eyes and kept right on walking.

" No." She stated simply. Sarah couldn't believe that she had ever left the Labyrinth, especially not for the life she'd gotten. Of course if she'd known how everything would have turned out not twenty-two years later she never would have left.

" I have to sit down." Richard moved to sit down and noticed that Sarah didn't do the same. " Sarah I said I have to sit down."

" Good for you." Sarah commented, not remembering whom she was talking to. When she did she whipped around to see Richard advancing on her. Fear filled her eyes as she stumbled backwards. " No, I'm sorry! I didn't mean that!"

Sarah's pleas turned to cries of pain as Richard's fists rained down on her face, causing her lips to split and her nose to bleed. Jareth appeared behind Richard, pulling him off of Sarah's bleeding body.

" That is not allowed." Jareth spoke, tossing Richard into one of the walls. " As punishment-"

" Jareth." Sarah choked, trying not to swallow anymore blood. " Please. Don't." Tears streamed down her face turning red as they mixed with the free flowing blood. Jareth nodded and let Richard slump to the ground.

" If it happens again I won't refrain from turning you into a goblin in minute. Understand?" Richard nodded, feeling at the back of his head, bleeding from knocking against the brick wall.

" Jareth." Sarah tried to get his attention again but no sooner than the words were out of her mouth the handsome fey disappeared.

" You can't keep disappearing on her like that brother." Jareth turned at the sound of his younger brother's voice.

" What are you doing here?"

His brother smirked, putting his feet on the ground, they'd been draped over the arm of the throne, he stood up and walked to the window where Jareth stood. " If I had known you were entertaining guests I would have rescheduled my visit. Though I have to admit the prize this time around is rather beautiful."

Jareth turned on Malek, his brother, causing him to scramble away form his anger.

" What do you mean?" Jareth stormed advancing on the scrambling fey.

" Noth- nothing brother. Please." Malek begged as he fell to the stone. He was saved by Jamie's scream of pain. Jareth disappeared from the throne room.

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A/N: Cookies go to untouchable, AK14, BlueyChan and Moonjava.

Sorry everyone, I never meant to abandon this story for so long. I left a lot of my stories go as RL caught up with me. No, wait… RL didn't just catch up with me, it picked me up and tossed me hundreds of miles downstream… that works. But now I'm back (from outer space) LoL.

Hope y'all enjoyed this latest installment and I hope I still have a few reviewers out there.