A.N: Thanks for the people who reveiwed and here's a brand new chapter for everyone. Yay!
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Chapter 2 Buried Secrets Revealed
Jareth came into conscious very slowly like he was trapped in a mental haze of sorts. "W-where am I?" he asked knowing at once that he was no longer in his palace. "You're in my room," came a voice from his left.
He sat up instantly recognizing that voice from long ago. "Sarah?" he asked when he saw her. She frowned slightly, " Of course it's me, and please tell me you're not here for Toby because if you are I'm not going to let you take him again!" she snapped.
He smirked, "If I had been here to steal your baby brother do you not think that I would be in his room instead of yours." Sarah had to stop and think about that for a second. She just crossed her arms and gave him a nasty glare.
"So explain to me why you were in front of my door unconscious? I bet that in your state you would've never been able to get into Toby's room," she asked him questioningly. He blushed slightly and tried to find the words to explain to her of what had happened. "Well you see- er – my father. He …" and Jareth trailed off too embarrassed to tell her the reason for why he was there and what had happened to his powers.
She looked at him closely knowing that he was hiding something but decided to ignore it. I wonder how she got me onto her bed if I had been on the floor. It must've been hard for her to carry me. He thought smiling to himself.
Sarah saw the small smile that suddenly graced his lips and she knew that either he had lightened up or something really, really, really bad was about to happen. "What's so funny?" she asked in a slightly scared voice.
He looked up into her eyes and saw her slight frown and the confusion in her eyes. "It's just that… How did you get me onto your bed? I must've been slightly hard to carry."
Now it was Sarah who blushed and put her head down so that her hair created a curtain hiding her face. "W-well it wasn't that hard but it took me a little while to lift you off the floor." They sat in an awkward silence when Jareth decided to tell her the truth. " The truth is that I'm human now Sarah. I have no more of the Fey powers as I used to have. My father took them and cruelly sent me here," he said.
Sarah stared at him flabbergasted not knowing if she should believe him or not. He's your rival for gods sake. It's all just a lie so that he can get past your guard and steal Toby again. her conscious was screaming at her " but what if he's telling the truth. She looked up into his face and noticed a few things that she hadn't noticed before the other night. His eyes were not mismatched anymore, but a crystal blue color. Also the aura of magic that usually radiated off of his body was entirely gone.
" I can see that you're telling the truth now, but still, why would your dad take away your magic if you have no reason to be here?" Jareth felt like he was in a trapped corner. Could he really tell her why he was there, or why he still couldn't seem to get her out of his mind.
He was just about to talk when they both heard crying from the next room. Jareth exhaled heavily knowing that he had been saved by Toby. " I wonder what happened to him?" she asked no one in particular. She walked out of the room and into her brother's room, which was next door. Jareth could hear her asking Toby what was wrong. He decided to look at him before he tried to get back home thinking nothing would happen if he went into the room anyway.
When Jareth entered the room Toby, who was in Sarah's arms, suddenly stopped crying. She looked down at him and looked to where he was staring at and noticed that Jareth was idly standing in the doorway. She heard laughter coming from her arms and looked down at Toby to see that he had his arms stretched out to Jareth. "F-funny maaan!" he exclaimed. Sarah almost dropped Toby out of shock. He had never spoken before to anyoneand nowJareth shows up and he talks. (A.N: the perks of being a fey...You can make peopledo the impossible) Jareth was also surprised by this turn of events having known that Toby didn't talk to anyone, via his crystals.
There was another awkward silence and the only thing that could be heard was Toby's laughter. A half an hour later Toby had gone back to sleep and Sarah and Jareth had made their way down to the living room. They were both sitting on the couch with a wide space in between them. They were both thinking their own thoughts when Sarah heard her stomach growl. She blushed when she saw Jareth give her a smirk. "I-I'd better make breakfast."
She ran into the kitchen like her life depended on it. She's acting very different now that I'm here. Then again, so am I. He started to chuckle softly so that no one would hear him. Meanwhile in the kitchen Sarah had made breakfast and was about to bring it into the living room to see if he wanted some when she felt an evil presence around her. She shivered when a light wind blew in from the open window making her hair wrap around her face.
When she moved the strands of hair from her face she saw that a man was standing in front of her with a smirk on his face. "So you're Sarah Williams." It wasn't a question, but a statement. Sarah backed up a few steps and dropped the plate of food she had in shock at what he had said. Who is this guy? while she was thinking this the stranger advanced on her until she was trapped in a corner. "Who are you?" Sarah asked fear lacing slightly into her voice. "My name is Tory, and I am Jareth's cousin. You're going to help me with something."
Sarah couldn't help thinking that he was a bit handsome, but then again all Fey were either beautiful or handsome. He had the same kind of colored hair, as Jareth but his eyes were a dark magenta color giving him a slightly sinister look of pure evil. He was slightly taller than Jareth by a few inches and he was quite well muscled. She blushed at thinking that he was handsomereminding herself that he had just appeared out of nowhere and demanded that she help him with something.
He bent his head down to inspect her closely, as Sarah tried her best to get away from him. "You know, you seem to be quite beautiful and maybe you don't even realize what you truly are." He said coming to touch her cheek. She slapped his hand away from her face and tried to run for the door.
He was faster than her however, and he caught her before she could reach the door. " No my dear, you're coming with me." He started to squeeze a vein in her neck that would make her pass out, however he didn't anticipate the fact that she might call for help. "Jareth!" Sarah screamed before blacking out.
Jareth who had been waiting for Sarah to return heard a crash followed by her screaming his name from the kitchen. He bolted for the door and stopped dead in his tracks when he saw his cousin holding Sarah's limp body in his arms. "Tory let her go!" Jareth roared.
"Oh I'm so sorry cousin, but you see Sarah is my ticket to becoming King of the Feys. If you really want her come into my domain and see if you can get her." They both disappeared into a dark cloud. After the cloud disappeared, and Jareth could see, he noted the lack of people. Proceeding to curse his lack of power, he felt his father's presence appear behind him and he turned around to glare at him.
"Are you happy now dad! I could've stopped him if I had my powers! Sarah would be safe and I wouldn't be feeling this guilt that it was all my fault." Darres looked at his son not knowing what to do. The spell he had cast on the box would only break once Jareth admitted that he loved Sarah, and even he, King Darres former ruler of the Gobling Kingdomcould not break the seal.
" Jareth I'm going to ask you again, do you love Sarah?" Jareth turned away from his father not wanting to admit what he was about to say. " I truly don't know. All I know is that I'm going to get her back from Tory and nothing is going to stop me. Not even his pathetic excuse for a home."
Darres sighed knowing that once again his son was trying to act arrogant which he had mastered to a fault. However Jareth was also very dimwitted if he thought that he could go into the Southern Kingdom of Shadow and not get killed somewhere along the way. " Jareth you're still too stubborn for your own good. If you want to get Sarah back I'll help you, but maybe you should call Sarah's friends and some of your more loyal goblins."
"Exactly how do you presume I do that seeing as you've taken my powers!" Darres slapped his forehead in exhaustion. "Did you not listen to anything that I taught you when you were young. We are given certain powers as kings of the labyrinth. We are granted one wish in a time of need. I can no longer summon my subjects but you can, and you just have to wish it. Geez what were you doing all that time that I was there teaching you something."
Jareth looked at the ground sheepishlybutquickly regained his composureand started to say the incantation that would allow him to make his one wish. A small army of bewildered goblins, Hoggle, Ludo, and Sir Didymus were soon standing in Sarah's kitchen.
"What's are we doing here?" asked Hoggle to no one in particular. "You're all here to help us get Sarah back from my pathetic excuse for a cousin," said Jareth in a bored tone not betraying any of the emotions that were going through his head. Everyone still looked slightly confused so Jareth sighed in defeat. Looks like I'm going to have to explain everything to them. As he started to explain what had happened to Sarah she was getting an earful at the moment... and it was all about the past that she didn't want to believe in.
A.N: So? Review for me and I'll post the next chapter up by tomorrow people. Critique is welcome and I hope that at least one person will review. Here's an excerpt from the next chapter... Enjoy!
"You're not human but a Fey just like Jareth and I. You're also the heir to the Fey throne."
Sarah took a couple of steps back form him because of the initial shock. " That's not true!" she shouted to him. " But it is. Look into that mirror over there and tell me what you see."
Sarah looked at where he was pointing and saw a floor length mirror that had not been there before when she had surveyed the room. She carefully walked up to it and gasped at her reflection.
