He was but a corpse, and had been for twenty years. Such was his punishment, declared by the entire Underground council, for trying to take over, to be a tyrant. But now he was awake, and his body slowly reforming. He was, after all, an immortal, and could only truly be killed by iron or salt. Being turned into a corpse for twenty years was nothing.
In the dark of the night I was tossing and turning
And the nightmare I had was as bad as can be
It scared me out of my wits
A corpse falling to bits
Then I opened my eyes
And the nightmare was me!
Elric was, by birth, a Dark Elf. Like others of his kind, he had black hair and skin that was a golden tan. But his eyes set him apart. Others of his kind had dark brown or black eyes. His were silver. A color of evil. The others should have been warned. But they weren't. And so he'd quickly risin up the ranks of the council, and twenty years ago, he'd been at the head.
I was once the most powerful in the Underground
When the royals betrayed me, they made a mistake
My curse made each of them pay
But one little girl got away
Little Sarah, beware
For Elric's awake!
Twenty years ago, he'd proposed wiping out the humans of the Underground. There was a royal family for each race, and most humans had fled Aboveground upon his attempt to destroy them. But he'd gotten to the human king and queen. It was their daughter, Sarah, who had escaped. But now, she was back. He could sense it.
In the dark of the night evil will find her
In the dark of the night just before dawn
Aah..
Revenge will be sweet
When the curse is complete
In the dark of the night
She'll be gone!
But where in the Underground was she? The human kingdom of the Underground had long ago disappeared. Those humans who had remained, he had turned into Goblins. And then the Council had risen against him, stopping him. So perhaps with the Goblin King, then? It seemed a likely place. Turning, forming a dark crystal, he called up his minions.
I can feel that my powers are slowly returning
Tie my sash and a dash of cologne for that smell!
As the pieces fall into place
I'll see her crawl into place!
Dasvidanya, Sarah, your grace, farewell!
"Go and find the Princess Sarah of the humans," he told them. "She has returned to the Underground at last, and the time for my revenge is at hand!"
In the dark of the night, terror will strike her!
Terror's the least I can do!
In the dark of the night evil will brew!
Ooh!
Soon she will feel
That her nightmares are real
In the dark of the night she'll be through!
Yes, revenge he would have. Killing Sarah and eradicating the last of the human ties to the Underground wasn't all that was on his mind. Jareth, the Goblin King himself, was what stood in his way of regaining control, for it was Jareth that had led the Council in removing him from power. And by getting rid of Sarah, he would be killing two birds with one stone.
In the dark of the night, evil will find her
Find her! Ooh!
In the dark of the night terror comes true!
Doom her!
My dear, here's a sign
It's the end of the line
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...
Elric watched as the majority of his servants, tiny, evil pixies, flew out the window, though two stayed behind to serve him personally. They clothed him, fed him, made him ready. In the dark of the night, he would strike, and Jareth would not know what hit him. After all, getting rid of Sarah would make Jareth too weak to stop him.
Come my minions!
Rise for your master!
Let your evil shine!
Find her now
Yes, fly ever faster
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...
She'll be mine!
The Underground Council would bow before him once again, and this time, for good. And for the first time in twenty years, Elric smiled.
A/N-Yes, I know. I changed the lyrics a bit. Tweaked it. But I had to. And for those of you who predicted no complications, just pure fluff? Yeah, you know who you are. Never try to predict where I'm going.