Chapter 20

Goblin Prince

Jareth gently laid Sarah on the giant four poster bed and summoned his personal team of physicians.

Sarah groaned louder.

"Majesty, what... in the name of the underground?" an elderly man in shock sputtered.

"Corbin, I didn't ask you here to gawk!" Jareth growled as two identical younger elves came in.

"Of course Majesty, Dallis, fetch my things, Dallin, fetch water and fresh linen. Quickly now!" Corbin ordered, and moved towards the large bed and began pushing Sarah's robe open.

"Have you no respect for a lady's decency, Corbin?" Jareth scolded "I should have your head for such disrespect to your queen." Jareth snapped coldly.

"What in the name of the great ones is going on in here?" an elderly woman exclaimed, coming into the room, followed closely by Dallis and Dallin. "Oh my skirts and garters! You poor dear." the woman exclaimed rushing to Sarah. "Will you allow me to touch you, miss..."

"Sarah." Sarah told the woman.

"Majesty?" The woman asked.

"Yes Cammy, you may proceed." Jareth said.

"Now wait one moment!" Corbin protested.

"Don't you 'wait one moment' me you old goat!" Cammy replied pointing to the large doors of the bed chamber. "Now out! The lot of you."

Sarah groaned loudly as another contraction wracked her small form.

"No, Jareth, ... please ... let Jareth stay, ... please." Sarah pleaded.

"Alright." Cammy replied as Jareth strode over and sat down on the bed next to Sarah.

"I don't want to be alone." Sarah whispered.

"You will never be alone, love, I promise." Jareth replied softly.

"The babe's coming early, majesty." Cammy said looking up from her position at Sarah's legs.

"How early?" Sarah asked in a panic.

"A month and a half early." Cammy said solemnly.

"Is there a way to delay the babe's birth until its full term?" Jareth asked.

"No, the contractions are too advanced to stop now." Cammy said shaking her head.

"Oowww!" Sarah moaned grabbing her belly, she starts to push.

"No, no don't push, don't push dear, you're not ready." Cammy said.

"God I want to push, I want this baby out of me!" Sarah growled.

"I know my dear, but the membrane hasn't ruptured yet." Cammy sighed.

"Remember your breathing love, feather breathe through the pains." Jareth urged.

-12 hours later-

"Good. Your doing good. And it looks like your fully dilated, so let's get started shall we."

Half an hour later.

"That's it Sarah, that's it, one more push!" Cammy said.

Sarah closed her eyes and pushed down with all her strength.

"There we go!" Cammy said as a tiny baby slid into her hands. "Majesty, you have a son." Cammy said as she gently laid the softly mewling child into Jareth's arms.

"How precious you are to me, my son, so small, yet so full of life." Jareth murmured placing the tiny babe on Sarah's chest. "He's beautiful Sarah."

"He's so tiny." Sarah whispered stroking the baby's back, the tiny babe yawns and opens his eyes and sees his world for the first time and turned mismatched brown and green eyes to the faces of his father and mother. "He looks just like his daddy."

"Cradle his head, careful now." Cammy instructed as she set the baby into Sarah's arms.

Jareth watched as the tiny blond head of his son took Sarah's breast into his mouth and suckled, oh how he dreamed of this day, longed for the day he would see his beloved Sarah, holding their child, nursing their child. Now that day was here.

"What shall we call him Sarah?" Jareth whispered.

"I like the name Lee." Sarah whispered.

"Lee Ballarn, I like that." Jareth smiled and kissed her forehead gently.

-two days later-

Lee lay cradled in Sarah's arms in a white christening gown, a soft white blanket was wrapped around him, Sarah was dressed in a velvet gown with belled sleeves in a rich wine color. Jareth wore a cream colored poet's shirt wine colored vest, and black breeches tucked into his signature black boots. Jareth stood and gently took Lee from Sarah and everyone in the ballroom fell silent.

"Honored guests, two days ago at 13:27 in the evening, her majesty Queen Sarah blessed the Goblin Kingdom with an heir. I present to you all Crown Prince Lee, Heir to the throne of the Goblin Kingdom." Jareth said proudly as the large room erupted in loud cheers. Lee begins to wail from the noise.

"Shhh, hush now little one, hush. It's alright, daddy's here, shhh." Jareth cooed as he cradled Lee in his arms. "That's my boy." he murmured as Lee quieted and drifted off to sleep.

yay! now if only I could get my astronamy & meterolagy project and carrer projects finished

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