Chapter16

In Fevered Dreams

"Time to wake my lady." Prudence said. "My lady?" Prudence said drawing the blankets back. "Oh my lord! Master Jareth!" Prudence called hurrying down the hall to Jareth's chambers.

"Prudence, what-" Jareth said opening his door.

"It's My Lady, there's something very wrong!" Prudence said as Jareth rushed past her to Tk's room.

"Oh gods." Jareth gasped throwing the blankets off of Tk and turning her over onto her back and pushing her hair away from her face. "Prudence, do you know of an old man by the name of Ismay?"

"Ismay, your majesty?" Prudence replied.

"Yes! Do you know of him?" Jareth yelled.

"Yes, sir." Prudence trembled.

"Get him, NOW!" Jareth yelled. "Come on Tk, come on baby, come on open your eyes baby."

"... Jareth ..." Tk rasped.

"I'm here baby, I'm here, stay with me Tk, keep talking ok." Jareth urged.

"... cheeks burn ... face feels hot ... and head hurts ..." Tk murmured as an elderly man appeared, just as Rosie came through the door followed by Drome then Prudence.

"Alright let's have a look, oh lords!" Ismay said in horror as he took some items from his leather satchel. "Jareth lie her down flat." Ismay instructed.

"Will she be alright Jareth?" Sarah asks as she ran a cool rag down Tk's cheeks.

"I wish I knew. What Tk has is a rarity in the race of fae, it's like scarlet fever in the aboveground except not as contagious, it affects the head mainly. This isn't the first time she's been struck by this, this is the third."Jareth whispered. "It first struck her when she was 7 then again at 349 all the healers said it was a miracle she even survived the first time let alone the second. After that second time we never thought she'd get it again."

"Miss - miss sick?" a little goblin said, signing the word sick.

"Yes, she's sick." Jareth said and signed at the same time to the little goblin who then scurried out and came back a few moments later with something in its hand.

"This help Miss - miss, make sick go away." the little goblin murmured shyly putting a crude necklace of amethyst chips into Jareth's hand.

"Thank you Tilly, I'm sure this will help her get better, run along now." Jareth said as the little goblin hurried out. "Amethyst, is widely used in the underground because of its ability to aid in healing cranial injuries and problems relating to the skull, eyes, brain, nervous system, the senses
top of spinal cord, brain stem, pain center, nerves and the like." Jareth finished.

Trenton sat in a near-by corner doing a card trick for Rio.
"Is this your card?"

"No"

"Is this your card?"

"No"

"Is this your card?"

"No"

"Is this your card?"

"No"

"Is this your card?"

"No"

"Is this your card?"

"Yeah! How did you do that?" Rio asked in mock amazement.
"You're an ass." Trenton sighed.

Unknown to everyone Tk's mind had slipped away to dreams.

'Little one you must wake now.' A soft almost angelic like voice cooed, a light breeze ruffling Tk's bangs where she lay curled up.

'Don't want to..' Tk murmured.

'I know you don't wish to wake, but you must your kingdom and your people need you.'

'I can't, I'm too little.' Tk said in defeat.

'Though there's no one there to guide you, no one to take your hand but with faith and understanding, one day you'll understand.'

'How?' Tk asked.

'In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn, you will find your place beside the ones you love, all the things you've dreamed of, the visions that you saw, the time is drawing near now, it's yours to claim it all. Child of fae look to the skies lift your spirit set it free one day you'll walk tall with pride child of fae, a fae in time you'll be. Now go and return to the land of the awake.'

"Jareth..."Tk murmured.

"Welcome back Tk." Jarethwhispered.

I got chapter16 up! wow! Considering my brain's been running on empty lately!

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