The next couple of chapters will take me a while because I want to do them right and they're a bit vague at the moment plus I've got GCSEs starting in less than three weeks. My teachers are piling on homework and my parents say I need to revise; I spend too much time on Fan fiction and so on.
Chapter 3: Things aren't what they seem…
It hadn't been long before Sarah entered the garden part. It had changed like everything else. Cub ran off and she followed at a fast jog. Suddenly he stopped dead in front of an opening in the hedge. Sarah shook her head at him as she jogged past. SMACK! Her body hit something hard and she collapsed onto the floor winded and groaning in pain.
"What the…?" She put her hand out, expecting empty air but it came into contact with an invisible wall.
"Ha, ha!" She called out sarcastically, "Nice Jareth!" Rubbing her head she got to her feet. 'In the first Labyrinth solid appearing walls were really gaps so why shouldn't a gap really be a wall in this one?'
"Stupid Sarah," she hissed and glanced down at Cub. "Well you did try to warn me I suppose…"
Cub began to whine loudly and cowered behind her legs.
"What's up now?" Sarah asked, "I'm not mad at you." She was beginning to feel a bit drowsy. Was the air shimmering?
"Ow!" Sarah felt sharp teeth bite her hand but couldn't see what had done it.
Cub snarled and opening his wings he flew up by Sarah's face. He appeared to catch something in his mouth. Shaking his head once he dropped whatever it was and swooped by Sarah's head grabbing another. (Oh yes. Cub can fly.)
"What's going on?" Sarah looked around her wildly. Cub landed lightly on one of her shoulders, his bat-like wings keeping his weight off her. He touched the side of her head briefly. Flapping around her other side he touched that as well. Sarah felt like the world had snapped into focus. She put her hands to her mouth, stifling a scream. The air was packed with fairies. She remembered seeing a huge cloud of locusts on a documentary once. How they'd completely covered everything in sight. It was like that but much worse. Sarah saw a lot of the fairies were clinging to her clothes. Biting her lip she struggled not to start hyperventilating or to run away flapping her hands and screaming. Anyway that wouldn't work. She'd run straight into the swarm. Thankfully her hair and face were free. Cub was flying around her head. Snapping up any fairies that got too close. There were already some lying immobile on the floor. Sarah saw Cub starting to fly lower, he was tiring, and after all he was only a cub but now the problem was the fact that the fairies were closing in.
Sarah did try. Honestly she did. She swatted away as many of them as she could before the magic they carried on them began to take effect again. She slipped into unconsciousness.
I'm not so sure about this chapter. Tell me what you think.
Moonjava: Thank you for always being the first to review
Lady-Seoh-Phoenix: Next chapter is here
Harik: Thanks for the constructive criticism. I think you're right about having Jareth speak French. I think I wrote it when I was in a very French mood.
lyn: Here's more
Miss Mary Lou: More violence! What are you? Obsessed? I hope this chapter satisfied you. If not…tough!
Solea: I love puppies too, but I love wolf cubs more.
jumping-jo: Thank you!
Angela: Updated as soon as I could.
Gi Xian: Cute? I am not cute! I am vicious. (Snarls unconvincingly).
sparkling silver angel wings:I want to learn how to balance a crystal too.
ItsACrystalNothingMore: I am sure your work does not suck and just to prove it I am going to read it.
Lady of the Labyrinth: Pie says hi back. Yeah you canhave Cub if you like. He keeps chewing up my slippers (Scowls)
