Chapter 15- Ce n'etait qu'un reve
"Adina!" Master Beggar yelled upon noticing his friend was gone. He whirled around trying to see her, but only saw Jareth in front of him, arms crossed. "What did you do to her?" Master Beggar accused, glaring ferociously.
"Not a thing. She needed to learn a lesson, that's all," Jareth countered, pulling out a crystal and throwing it around.
"You won't do nothing to her!" Master Beggar all but commanded, watching the crystal glide through the air.
"Come now, Hogbrain! What makes you think I'd hurt her?" He stopped tossing the crystal and grinned at Hoggle. "Miss Adina is quite safe................"
Adina awoke, not sure where exactly she was. One second with Master Beggar, the next here, wherever here was. She glanced around, and noticed she was on a large bed, overlooking a large banquet hall. Nicely dressed lords and ladies sat at a long table, eating, drinking, talking, and laughing. They were clad in ball clothes and grotesque masks. So far, none of them had seen her.
Adina climbed off the bed, to realize she was wearing a ball gown as well- a beautiful robin's egg blue, and had equally stunning jewelry on to match. A flight of stairs greeted her, and she slowly went down them. As Adina walked toward the table, the guests stood, and two civilly dressed goblins pulled a chair at the table's head out for her. She sat, and saw at the other end was a male- Faerie, perhaps?- smiling at her.
He wore a deep red coat, a black shirt with a ruffled ascot, and matching red trousers. Streaks of red and black were in his otherwise blonde hair, and a cicle pendant hung from a black cord around his neck. Adina shook her head, thinking him familiar.
Apparently the guests were done eating, for they -and her admirer?- stood, and headed to another room. She found herself standing in there as well. 'Sing something for us,' they mouthed, weaving around each other to leer at her. Adina swirled to find the red and black 'admirer' next to her, and he nodded approvingly.
Music began playing from what seemed out of the air, and Adina found herself singing, in an unfamiliar voice, with her admirer joining in-
'Hear my cry in my hungering search for you
Taste my breath on the wind
See the sky
As it mirrors my colours
Hints and whispers begin
I am living to nourish you, cherish you
I am pulsing the blood in your veins
Feel the magic and power of surrender to life
Every finger is touching and searching
Until your secrets come out
In the dance, as it endlessly circles
I linger close to your mouth........'
Adina was about to sing the refrain again when the guests burst out laughing in unison, at her and the man standing beside her. In a rage, she brought her hands together and clapped once, loudly. Everything began spinning, and she felt herself flying, then falling.
Adina landed unceremoniously on a bed of moss. She gasped aloud in response to the dream(though she knew it wasn't), then collapsed in a heap.
So! Hope you liked this chapter. It was fun to write, with a dreamy air to it. The song is the title from Riverdance. Oh, and isn't Jareth wicked for playing with Adina's mind like that?