Should You Need Us
The following morning, just after breakfast, found Sarah in Jareth's study, along with Jareth, the visiting monarchs, Cattie and Llewellyn. Belladonna sat on one side of Sarah, holding her hand, and Cattie on the other, with an arm wrapped around Sarah's shoulders.
After a few moments of collecting his, and some of his friend's, thoughts, Jareth spoke. "Sarah," he said, "After much discussion, we have decided on a couple of spells to help you overcome your addictions." He faltered, glancing to Keenan for help.
The Pixie King, as always, came to his best friend's rescue. "My Lady," he said, turning to face Sarah. "There are two spells we will cast. You must keep an open mind while we explain these to you," he said.
"And you have to trust us," Belladonna added, giving Sarah's hand a squeeze. Sarah nodded, too nervous to do anything else.
Keenan looked over to Amaryllis. "One spell we will be casting," the Dryad Queen explained, "will take three weeks to finish. This spell will slowly cleanse you of your drug and alcohol addictions. It will make you feel…weird. You will be irritable and you will probably try to convince the people closest to you that they should you bring you either the drugs or alcohol." She looked back at Keenan.
"The second spell," the Pixie King continued, "will keep you inside a designated room, for your own good. The doors will not unlock and the tapestries over the windows move only enough to allow air in. Once you are inside, there will be no escaping the room." Keenan looked towards Jareth, silently asking if he was ready to take over.
The Goblin King nodded slightly, turning to Sarah, and said, "Your meals will be served to you in this room, and your friends, Cattie, Llewellyn and I will spend time with you at various intervals."
"I can finally teach you some Underground card games," Cattie said, and Sarah smiled at her gratefully.
"The last week will be the hardest," Galvin said. "I don't know about the others, but I will return that week to help." He looked over at Jareth. "You're going to need it."
"I'll come too," Belladonna said excitedly, standing up. Looking at Sarah she added, "I've grown very attached to you in the little time I've known you. I want to help in any way possible."
"That seems to happen a lot," Jareth said, glancing at Llewellyn. Keenan saw the exchanged glance between king and servant, and smiled knowingly.
"Let's all come back," Amaryllis said. "It's been a while since we've spent much time together."
"If that's all right with you," Keenan said, looking towards Jareth.
"I have a feeling that your help in the last week will be greatly appreciated," the Goblin King said gratefully.
"Well," Galvin said, standing. ", I suggest the we cast these spells before the day gets too late."
Sarah sat in the hall across from the room the five monarchs were setting up for her, Llewellyn next to her. Even from here, she could feel the different magics mixing together.
She looked over at Llewellyn and asked quietly, "Where'd Cattie go?"
He smiled at her and said, "Many of our closest friends are servants of His Majesty's friends. She has gone to visit with them."
"Why didn't you go?" Sarah asked, pulling her legs up to her chest and running a hand through her hair.
"I'd rather be with you right now," the Feline said, earning a smile from Sarah.
After a few moments, Sarah asked, "Will I be able to see Quillan?"
Llewellyn smiled, "When you're not in a bad mood, I'll take Quillan in to see you. Now I have a question for you, My Lady. Why are you so close to him already?"
Sarah smiled. "He reminds me of my brother," she answered.
"You miss Toby greatly, don't you?" Llewellyn asked, brushing a lock hair out of Sarah's face. She nodded. "Hoggle tells me that he asks about you."
Sarah was about to respond when the door opened and Belladonna bounced out. "Come on, Sarah," the Fairy Princess said, grabbing her hands and pulling her up. "We're ready for you. Before we go in, though, is here anything you want to do?" Sarah shook her head, bewildered by the princess's energy. "Then come on," Belladonna said, and then turned to Llewellyn. "Jareth says you can come, too, if you want."
The energetic princess pulled Sarah into the room, and Llewellyn followed. The room was a lot like Sarah's, except that things were held in place by magic so the girl couldn't hurt herself. Also, there were no mirrors.
As Sarah looked around the room, Jareth conjured a crystal. Each of the monarchs touched it in turn, adding their magic to it. When Belladonna, the youngest of the monarchs and, therefore, the last to touch the crystal, added her magic, the crystal held translucent oak leaves, willow leaves, flowers and white smoke, each object symbolizing the magic of a different monarch.
Holding it up to the light, Jareth said softly, "Sarah." The girl turned around to look at him. Hurling the crystal at her, he said, "Catch!"
The crystal hit Sarah in the chest, surprisingly not hurting, yet knocking the wind out of her. Sarah felt the familiar Goblin magic as well as the Pixie, Dryad, Wizard and Fairy magics course through her veins. As the force of the magic made Sarah black out, she fell backwards and would have hit the floor, had Llewellyn not been there to catch her.