Review shout outs

Innogen- I love the ocean, its got so many secrets to tell and forever will, Thanx for the review

ItsaCrystalNothingMore- Tezzzzzzz, they will meet soon! Just building up to it, luvz ya too chicka. Thanx for ya review hun

NuPreacher- A new Jareth race? I think we need one on earth! Trust me I wont do the predictable, ive decided! Thanx for ya review

Theshadowcat- hehe like I said before, he isn't gonna be a fae in this. For the simple reason its time for a change. I can see why people would see him as a fae, fair enough, but I think I wanna do something a lil different this time round.. anyway sorry he isn't in this chapter, will b in next tho. Thanx for the Ahhhh don't worry yourself! I aint killin no Jareth! I just said he is dying, doesn't mean he can't be saved../hint/ hint/ wink/ wink!….not sayin anything else! Thanx for the review

Rosakara-hehe thanx 4 da review hun, I like weak jarethy too!

Lyn- ok will do

White-dragon-goddess- me too! I want them re-united so badly and im the bloomin writer! It will come soon enough tho I promise! (just gotta make it a lil angsty) Thanx for the review!

Moonjava- thanx as always for the review, glad ya liked it!

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Midday soon came.

Sarah's morning at work had gotten to a slow start, mentally not physically as Semaphore Road was busy as ever with tourists this day.

She had a new Chinese ceramic stock line that had just come in, that she decided to display in the front of the shop whilst she had free time from serving and having basic chit with her customers.

The business didn't stop her however, of course, from thinking about him.

Jareth

As much as she tried to push him to the back of her mind, he kept popping up every time she glanced out the window to the clear blue sky, or whenever she saw a seagull fly past that oddly reminded her of an owl.

Somehow, she knew deep down, that that pep talk she had given herself that morning in bed wasn't going to work. By now, she just wanted to be somewhere other than work, and she knew just the place.

Afternoon came as swiftly as midday did, and then before the raven haired beauty knew it, she was shutting shop for the evening.

"At last" Sarah whispered to herself as she closed the semi-rickety door behind her and pulled out the old vintage style key that locked it. Working in her small antique shop was a lot of fun that also happened paying the bills, but she couldn't help but feeling like she was missing something. And more than ever right now she felt like being in a place she could feel a bit more whole.

So she got into her car as quickly as she could and drove home.

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Whilst walking to her front door, Sarah noted how warm it still was out, and how the sun was still lighting up most of the clear blue sky.

The girl smiled to herself and run up the narrow flight of stairs. Soon after, she bolted back down them, now changed from her previous attire of jeans and a t, to now a simple black bikini, and a snorkel in hand.

Snorkeling would help her cheer up a bit she figured. Whenever she snorkeled she felt free, like she was in a different place than earth if that made sense. It was like another world underwater, their world.

Their, being the small pod of three Bottlenose Dolphins that lived and played along her snorkeling path. Sarah felt an amazing sense of love and kindness whenever they visited her whilst on their territory, the type of feeling one has with close friends, that she knew she could always depend on. Passers by walking in the tide would often stop and laugh with Sarah as the dolphins would jump up around her, and do other amazing tricks that they didn't seem to do with or near any other swimmers.

Sarah didn't know why or how, but she knew that they were her friends.

Hiding the house key under the door mat she hurried down her concrete pathway, jumped over the small brown gate and headed down to the sand hills.

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When she got up to the top of the one large, strangely labyrinth looking, sand hill, she felt the slight sea-breeze drift around her. This brought back a sudden jolt of a memory.

Its further than you think, time is short sounded that beautiful English accent, accompanied with that distinct musky scent whirling around her senses and physical stance. She forgot to breathe.

Shaking her head back to reality, seeing a few people walking along as usual down by the shore, and a few swimming, the dark-haired girl ran down the other side of the sand hill that led to the shore.

"I've got to stop torturing myself" she absent mindedly whispered to herself, taking her flip flops off and pulling the black snorkel band over her head.

Hopping over a few bunches of seaweed, she walked over to the edge of the cool tide, small waves lapping at her feet. The water was quite cool despite the warm day.

That didn't stop Sarah however from taking that one plunge that makes one feel both exhilarated and glacial at the same time.

She walked out to where she was waist high deep, pulling the snorkel mask over her head, and plunged in. After a few moments of getting used to the temperature, she smiled at the school of whiting fish, now happily swimming around her, creating a shimmery white curtain.

It was a lot darker under the water though, than usual, as after all it was late afternoon and Sarah knew she wouldn't be able to spend as much time doing this as she usually could when she went snorkeling in the crystal clear mornings.

She also noticed she was swimming out a little too deep than she preferred, so turned to swim closer to the shore. On her way back she nearly died of shock when a whiz of grey flashed past her, making her straight away think what any normal person would, shark. But then she took a closer look around her and noticed there was another whiz of grey, and a distinct brown eyelash she knew.

Sarah smiled and stood up out of the now, shallower water, lapping under her chest.

Pulling her mask off she saw the three dorsal fins bobbing up and down around her. Then the biggest one swam right up in front of her, stopping and rearing its head out of the water so it could almost face her.

"Hey there guys, I was wondering where you had gotten too" She laughed, affectionately rubbing her hand over the largest dolphins back. The three answered her with a series of friendly squeaks and started swimming around her again and playfully jumping in and out of the water.

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Sarah had played and swam with them all afternoon until she was the only human being left in the sea, and anywhere near the beach.

It was darker now, the sky was a strange violet color, and she felt strangely disappointed that her usual dream like clouded orange world wasn't anywhere to be seen as the sun went down. She could, however, see the stars now starting to peak from the sky. At least her star, the northern star would be out at any moment.

And now her friends were acting strange. They stopped jumping out of the water and playfully swimming around her since it started getting darker. They were still squeaking at her, and it was almost as if, Sarah could swear, they were trying to communicate with her, urgently now. They were softly nudging her after every squeak, and almost standing on their heads trying to get her to listen to what they were 'saying'.

"Guys, guys, I don't speak dolphin, your gonna have to help me out here, what's wrong?" She exclaimed to the three sleek creatures that seemed to look at each other then look back at her.

All of a sudden, two of the dolphins went each side of her, turning slightly so she could visibly see their fins at arms reach. The other dolphin then started swimming away infront of them all.

"What are you guys up to…" She nervously said as the two next to her came in closer with their fins now just a touch away from her hands.

"You want me to hold onto you don't you, your going to take me somewhere?" They both flipped their tails over and over, as a yes, and Sarah swallowed hard.

She could either go back onto shore now and get out of this somewhat, strange situation, or …….go with her new found friends.

The dolphin that had sped off in front of them earlier, returned, and stared straight at Sarah, almost as if he could hear the girl's questioning and come to re-assure her she was safe.

Then she heard it, in her soul, in the water rippling around her, she heard it from the dolphin's mouths themselves.

If you should need us Sarah…………………………………

Realization dawned on her like lightening. These weren't just dolphins.

"Hoggle, Ludo, Sir Didymus?" She asked in awe at the three. They all flapped their tails again and Sarah didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Questions, so many questions were running through her head right now, like why her friends were stuck here as dolphins, why were they back in her life and where were they going to take her now. At least now she knew why she always felt that closeness with them one can only get with the truest of friends.

So, Friends won out. She grabbed onto each fin praying for those answers to be answered shortly that she had been searching for, for so long it felt now, Jareth .

All known logic went out the window, her heart won over her head, if her friends existed, he did, and that meant one thing, she was going to find him. Deep in her soul she knew this was coming and instead of turning away like her once immature self, she welcomed it. Self-assuring, she tightened her grip on her friends.

Immediately, Sarah was submerged into the water at an inhumanly speed.

Darkness all of a sudden surrounded her.

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My neck is killing me from writing this! Damn laptop/bed situation.

Ive got to get my desk set up, its right now sitting in my room in a box, un-assembled!

Well anyway, did you like it? I hope u did cuz it took me ages to write this chapter, and I re-wrote it like 5 times!

Well, ya know the drill,

RR!

Jaz