A Prophecy Speaks

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Chapter 34 –or- Goodbyes

Sarah had not been able to sleep. She had sat up all night in the chair next to the balcony and stared at the night sky over the Labyrinth. She alternately cried and tried to meditate as the hours had gone by. Mostly she had just stared at Jareth, asleep in their huge bed. He looked tall and lean, muscular and graceful. His blonde hair spilled onto the pillow and looked silver in the moonlight. She refused to believe he would die in this war. He would come back to her.

Sarah smiled slightly as her thoughts shifted to the three little devils moving around inside her womb. A dream had come to her of three children. Two boys, and a girl holding hands in front of the gates of the Labyrinth. One boy had Jareth's pale blond hair, and his mother's eyes. The other boy had black hair with white streaks, and his father's eyes. The girl was a redhead, with streaks of black and white running through her straight locks. Her eyes were like glowing orbs. Sarah suspected she was being fed a vision. In about two weeks she would be able to tell if the vision struck true.

Sarah sunk into the chair and stepped into herself. The babies floated below her in complete bliss.

"Little ones, wake up," Sarah told them. One by one she felt their minds stir. She started feeding them pictures. A picture in her mind of what she looked like, and pictures of their father, so they would know him when they saw him. Jareth the first time he came to her room to challenge her. Jareth when he danced with her, Jareth when he was defeated. Jareth when she had accepted her marriage proposal. Jareth when she had told him she loved him. Their marriage ceremony. She wanted them to know, needed them to know. These images would tell them things they could never learn.

After a few minutes she stepped back out of her mind and saw that the sun was starting to rise. She really hated to wake him, but putting off his departure would do nothing. She went to her dressing room and pulled off her robe and nightgown. She replaced it with a soft gown of green gauze with gold ribbon and sent a crystal to Agee for their breakfast.

Sarah walked to the bed and caressed Jareth's cheek with her hand, the golden ribbons at her wrists trailing over his chest. He sighed and opened his eyes.

"Time to get up. Breakfast is on its way", she told him. Just then Agee walked in with a cart bearing two trays. She curtsied and immediately left.

Jareth rose from the bed and put on a dressing robe. Sarah stared out at the sunrise as he sat down to breakfast. She did not tell him of her vision. It pained him enough that he was leaving her while she was pregnant, no need to upset him more.

"Sarah come eat," Jareth told her. She knew he was trying to sound nonchalant.

Sarah sat down at the table and nibbled on a piece of a sweet roll. Jareth handed her a cup of coffee prepared just as she liked it.She welcomed the caffeine boost after the long night. Jareth looked at her with concern in his eyes.

"Sarah, are you okay?" Jareth asked her.

"I just did not sleep well. Stress more than likely," Sarah told him.

Jareth knew the best course of action would be to keep calm. Getting hysterical at this point would do nothing for either of them. He was going to war, and he expected to win, but there were always risks. His lovely wife knew that, he didn't need to remind her. He only had to get dressed and command his army, and they would move. They could not wait any longer, he planned to be well out of the Goblin City by nightfall.

Jareth left the room after breakfast to go see to a few last minute goodbyes. He gave little Aaron a kiss and a big hug, and a crystal sphere to play with.

"Remember me little one," he told the redheaded boy.

He went to see Queen Carla and found her in her sitting room, drinking an iced beverage.

"Take care of my Queen, Your Majesty", he told her.

Princess Cara was sitting in her room doing embroidery. He knew it was a past time she hated, she more than likely just needed to keep her hands busy.

"Cara, watch out for Toby and Aaron. If there is trouble I want you to take Aaron and hide. Promise?" Jareth asked her. She let out a sob and hugged him tight at the waist. He patted her hair and tried to soothe her. She was a scared little girl.

"Cara, Sarah will take care of you. And you will see your mom and dad as soon as it is safe for you to come home. Be good,", Jareth told her.

Toby was in the garden practicing fencing with an instructor. Toby came over to him with a grim face.

"Your leaving today," Toby said glumly. Jareth nodded.

"Take care of your sister. She needs you. I am proud of you," was all Jareth said before he fiercely hugged the boy and went to make sure all was ready for departure.

Everyone gathered outside the southern gates of the Goblin City to see Jareth leave. He was not wearing armor yet, but he definitely looked like a man going to war. His standard flew above them near his horse. A maze etched on a field of green, with a crystal sphere in the middle.

Jareth stood in front of Sarah and knew there were no words to express what he was feeling, no way to describe the pain at all. He felt like he was being ripped apart as he looked into her eyes and saw the love and desperation within them. She rose up on her tiptoes and kissed him once. He looked at his subjects and at his castle once before looking back at his wife.

"I love you. I will come back to you. I may even be back before the babies are born," Jareth told her.

"I love you. Make sure that you do come back, or else I will have to hunt you down in whatever hell you have been put in and kill you again out of sheer spite," Sarah said quietly before she quickly kissed him again. She still had that spunk he loved.

"My subjects, today we ride to help overthrow Nogrod the Usurper, the evil dwarf king! He has slaughtered many and thinks he is going to be Overking of the Underground. I will never allow that to happen! I take most of our force with us to Crimsonfire City and onto the border, but those that are left here have the important job of guarding the queen, the labyrinth and the city. I will depend on you to keep our kingdom intact. I ride today, and I take your good thoughts with me. Good luck!" Jareth gave a little speech before climbing onto his horse. They marched out of the city and then out of sight as Sarah stood at the castle, thinking of her husband and the troubles that lay ahead.