The following morning Jareth arose with the sun, and stretched his wings to full span. All Jareth could think about was Sarah. She consumed his mind. Every thought, and every emotion. He had to gather himself if he was to make his debut with Sarah. Jareth took off from his branch and flew a block or so down the street where he could morph back into Jerry. "Perfect! This looks to be a suitable spot. Now let's see, Sarah has school at seven thirty so she should be leaving soon." Jareth said to himself. Walking down the sidewalk he planed his every move, he was calm, calculated. He was, after all, the goblin king. He finally reached Sarah's home just as she was opining the door. All of the blood from Jareth's body suddenly felt as if it had dropped to his feet. Breathing heavily, Jareth thought to himself as he ducked behind a tree. What is wrong with me? Why do I feel so strange? I feel as if this were the first time I had laid eyes on her." Jareth peered from the side of the tree, making sure that he was still unseen. "But maybe this is. Before I saw her as a young girl to make my princess. Now she seems not as a child but a worthy adversary. She defeated me once, will she be able to do it again?" Jareth could barely move. It was as if his feet became a part of the sidewalk. Out of the blue, Bryan appeared from the other house.
"Hey buddy what's up!" Bryan yelled as he skipped down the stairs of his front porch. Jareth felt the hair on the back of his neck stand on end.
"Shut up you toad. Shhhhhh. What is wrong with you?" Jareth said.
"What do you mean? Ah man your crazy. Here let's go meet up with Sarah she is waiting for me to give her a ride to school." Jareth stirred a little.
"I…uh." Bryan interrupted, "Let's not keep her waiting; she can get a little testy if you know what I mean."
"No-I cant. I should really wait here."
"What? No way man! You're coming with me! No friend of Sarah's is left behind."
Bryan grabbed Jareth by his shoulders and began to walk him over to Sarah. "Hey Bryan what took you so…" Sarah and Jareth's eyes connected. She couldn't look away. It was as if her body wasn't listening to her anymore. A rush of emotions took over Sarah, excitement, and confusion. Jareth knew what she was feeling he could read her body like a book. He decided he would take his first opportunity.
"Do I know you?" Sarah said very quietly.
"Hello Sarah. My name is Jerry. You probably don't remember me but we met a long time ago."
Bryan was lost at this point. "Hey not to ruin the mood or anything, but we need to get to school."
"Listen Bryan I think I need to walk today." Sarah said.
"Um. Ok, are you coming Jerry?" Bryan asked.
"No,I believe I will walk with Sarah. We have much to talk about."
"Hey whatever floats y'alls boat." Bryan reached into his pocket to grab his keys and got into his car. "Don't be late!" he said with a large smile. Bryan drove off.
Sarah and Jareth's eyes were still locked as Sarah moved in closer. "Where did we meet?" She asked.
"Sarah will you join me in a walk?" Jareth began to circle her until he was side by side, their eyes still unbroken.
"Yes but where did we meet?" She asked again.
"That is of no concern. Let us start from the beginning."
As if in a trance, she answered "Sure I'd like that." Jareth had his opportunity and he was taking full advantage of it. The longer she spent time with Jareth the stronger his spell would become. Jareth and Sarah walked in a comfortable silence until they reached the park. This was the perfect place to be. There was no one around and nothing to bother them. There were trees as far as the eye could see, a lake with a fountain and birds chirping in the distance. Jareth and Sarah sat on the bench next to the lake. The mood was perfect, and Sarah was feeling the effects of Jareth's undeniable charm. They sat and talked for hours, time seemed to disappear and Sarah fell deeper and deeper into Jareth's trap. Jareth leaned in close to Sarah, "Will you join me tomorrow night?"
"For what?" She asked. Jareth ran the back of his hand gently down Sarah's neck, softly touching it's base.
"Join me tomorrow at the ball. It will be your night and only your night."
"Yes I would love to." As Sarah began to breathe heavily she closed her eyes. Suddenly Jareth leaned in and began to gently kiss Sarah's neck. It sent cold chills down her body, when suddenly as her eyes closed she saw Jareth's face. She pushed back in a startled motion. "I have to go Jerry, but I will see you tomorrow, right?"
"I wouldn't miss being with you for the world." He replied. Sarah smiled shyly and began walking away. Laughing very surreptitiously, "She can feel it is me but she doesn't choose to resist me." Jareth could feel Sarah was close to giving in to him but something held her back. He couldn't figure why she pulled away. Sarah finally reached her house and ran up the stairs ignoring Bryans attempt to gain her attention. Sarah ran up to her room and lay on her bed.
"Oh god who is this guy? Why does he know me so well? Why can't I resist him? He feels so warm and it's like when I'm near him all the world disappears. I haven't felt like this since…. Wait can he be? No impossible, I defeated him. He wouldn't come back for me, not after I denied him. But if it was could I refuse him this time?" Sarah rolled to her back and put her hands through her hair. "If it was him would I want to deny him?" Sarah was still feeling the goblin kings spell on her, and she liked it, deep down where she was afraid to look, Sarah knew she belonged to the goblin king. "No it couldn't be." Sarah sighed softly. She slid off her bed and headed to her bathroom. "I'll take a bath. That will clear up my head. A bath always does the trick."
Sitting in the old oak tree Jareth perched in his true form, one leg dangling, and laid back. Jareth again couldn't help but feel that pull to her but he distanced himself from her, he wouldn't make the same mistake as he did the first time. He was going to weave his magic slowly and much stronger. From Jareth's fingertips a small clear bubble formed. Rolling it back and forth toying with the little sphere Jareth pondered, "I know what will help in my pursue for Sarah's heart." He looked into the little sphere, "Bribl!" With a jump, Brible looked around for where the voice was coming from.
"Your highness? Bribl no see. Fliget."
"Never mind that you dolt! I need you to go to my thrown and retrieve the necklace for me."
"Yes Bribl go Brible get for your highness. Fliget." Brible ran over to Jareth's thrown and retrieved the necklace that was housed inside a glass dome "What Bribl do now your highness? Fliget."
"Put it in the sphere you twit." After a few seconds a small clear bubble appeared and Bribl placed the necklace inside. Then the bubble popped into thin air with the piece of jewelry inside of it. Jareth was still rolling his glass bubble between hands when he stopped. Slowly the bubble formed into the necklace he sought after. "This ought to do the trick nicely. This necklace will amplify my spell. I will give this to her tomorrow at her ball." Finally after relaxing on his perch for a while he finally morphed back to his owl form and waited for the next day.