Where am I? Sarah thought as she slowly came back to consciousness. She opened her eyes to see a canopy of red silk that shouldn't of been there if she was at home. Sarah sat bolt upright in the bed she was in and took in her surroundings very carefully.
The room she was in had one door probably leading outside a wardrobe, a vanity, and a bookshelf that had been filled with books that had a strange language written on the spines. Sarah slowly got out of the bed she was in and noticed that her clothes were gone and had been replaced by a silk nightgown.
" What the…" was all she could say before the door to the bedroom she was in opened to reveal the person she remembered had taken her. Sarah glared menacingly at him and was about to say something nasty to him when he held up his hand. " Save it. I've come to tell you about your past." He said. What the heck is this guy talking about? she thought. " You are born of Fey blood and you will soon take your place on the throne beside me when we go to claim the kingdom that rightfully belonged to us."
Sarah stared at Tory in utter confusion. " I still don't get what you're trying to tell me. So just start from the beginning will you?" Tory smirked at her as he felt her power flare with her annoyance. This girl is has much more fire and power than I expected. Maybe I won't kill her after all.
"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 from 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.
She looked completely different then what she would've looked like before. Her hair was raven black like when she was aboveground, but it now had silver and blue streaks through it. Her face was the same shape but her complexion was paler and had a sheen to it that only came from one who possessed fey magic. Her eyes were a gold color in her right eye and a silver fluid like color in her left. Her body was slimmer than it had been and she noticed that for some reason the fingernails on her hand were a bit longer, and she had on gloves like Jareth but they were open to reveal her fingers.
When she got over the initial shock of her much changed appearance she heard a voice coming from the mirror and she couldn't help but touch it. Sarah had to close her eyes from the intense onslaught of memories that were suddenly flooding through her head.
She saw her whole childhood flash before her eyes but also things that weren't in her childhood. Visions of people protecting a baby, then all of a sudden she was in the room in her vision and could clearly hear and see everything that was going on.
" Honey we can't keep her here, it's not safe. She's the heir to the throne, and we can't let them take her away." " You're right as the next in line to take over the Fey kingdom we can't let the others get to her." A man and woman holding a child were in their room discussing the fate of the baby, as invaders streamed into the castle.
"What about the compromise we promised to do with King Michael? We promised him that his son would marry our eldest daughter who is now dead because of these greedy Fey!" screamed the woman. " All the more reason of why we should protect our daughter." The man said.
They both spun around when they heard the sound of wood cracking. "Quickly we must send her to earth and seal her powers until she learns the truth. She will share her powers with the man that she loves. Let's just hope that power such as hers does not fall into the wrong hands." Just as they were about to transport the child to Earth the door was smashed open and a man and son about 5 years old appeared in the doorway, but Sarah could not see their faces.
" Hand over the child William or face your death." The man commanded holding up his hand. " You'll never get my daughter Darres and just to prove my point…" he threw the baby up into the air where it vanished into a glowing ball of blue light. When the light had cleared they all saw that the baby's presence, body, and aura were noticeably gone. "Where is she Williams!" shouted the man in the doorway.
King Williamjust smirked and slumped to the ground as well as the woman. " Sarah is out of your reach just like we are Darres so you can forget about becoming King. The one that she marries and falls in love with is the one who will take the crown alongside her just as the old laws say." With that said the two died right before the boy and man.
Sarah opened her eyes and she was back in the room. She sat there for a while reliving all of the things she had seen. "
Now you see that I was not lying and you are meant for me."Tory had stopped the vision short and changed it to his advantage. " How do you know all of these things?" she asked figuring out that he had been behind the illusion of the mirror but not knowing wether if it was true or not.
Clever little girl aren't you? he thought to himself after probing her thoughts to see that she knew he was behind the illusion put on the mirror. Luckily she didn't know that he had changed the visions and she didn't know if they were true or false.
." Yes I was behind the illusion of the mirror but what you saw was all true. For King Michael is my father." Sarah stared at him disbelievingly because none of this was making any sense to her. She had noticed that she could sense his aura and the feelings in them. She had sensed the truth about his father and him being the son, but she had also sensed nervousness, and barely concealed deceit. " If I am who you say I am than prove it." She said daring him to try and prove it all real.
"Close your eyes and think of something that you really want and point to the mirror." Tory said thinking that if she tried to do some magic she could at least believe him for the moment.
Sarah didn't believe him at all but she decided to try and do what he said for the momentanyway. She thought about having everyone from the Labyrinth here in the room.
When she didn't hear anything she opened her eyes and stared at the mirror. She gasped loudly because all of her friends were in there including Jareth and a person she had never met before. " What are you guys doing in that mirror!" she exclaimed quite shocked. "How should I know! But once I find a way to get out of this mirror my cousin behind you is in for a long delayed death." said Jareth.
Sarah realized that what Tory had been saying about her having magic and being a fey was true. Which onlymeant that she was really supposed to be married to him too. To shocked for words she unconsciously moved back to him until she could feel his chest pressed into her back. "Jareth I can't let you do that. He-he's my husband now." Sarah said with slight tears in her eyes.
Jareth felt like his heart was slowly being ripped to pieces from her small statement. "I really do love her," he thought, realizing that he really loved her and had ever since he saw her otherwise his heart wouldn't be acting in such a strange way. " Why do you have to marry this man Sarah?" asked Jareth's father who saw that his son would not have the capacity to speak after hearing such a shocking announcement coming from the lips of his true love.
" I'm supposed to marry the son of King Michael. For my people," Sarah said in a low voice.
Darres stood shocked by this statement and turned to Tory for confirmation. He saw the smug look on Tory's face and knew that what she said was true. "She can't be the girl. She just can't! We could never find her after the war. But perhaps, maybe destiny or the Fates really did mean for Jareth and her to be together." Darres thought to himself.
"Tory you didn't tell her did you?" he asked plainly. "I told her everything, and you know what I mean," Tory said facing Darres. He swung to face Jareth in the mirror and decided to tell him who Sarah really was just for the satisfaction of knowing that he had taken the woman Jareth loved. "By the way Jareth in case you didn't know. Sarah is the only living heir to the fey throne."
Jareth was snapped out of his reverie by that unexpected statement. But before he could speak Tory turned to Sarah and spoke in a loud voice so that everyone could hear. "Sarah that man in the mirror is Jareth's father. However he is also King Darres, remember from the vision."
Sarah turned to face Darres who was standing in the mirror and there was a slightly smug look on his face like he thought she would come straight to him after hearing Tory say his name. Suddenly something inside her stirred and awoke and she could feel power coursing through her body giving her the satisfaction of knowing that she could finally reap revenge for her now dead family.
A.N: Whew! Another chapter. Now please Review and I will try to post up the next chapter as soon as possible. Thanks for those of you who reviewed and here's another excerpt from the next chapter.
"Jareth stay here. I'm going to have to fight Sarah, and you know very well why." He finished as he saw Jareth's mouth open to ask why.
Jareth snapped his mouth shut and stared at his father with remorse, and then turned his gaze onto Sarah. A deep hurt flared briefly in his eyes before being replaced by a look of anger directed at Tory. "I may not like this but we don't have any choice. Promise me you won't get yourself killed because contrary to belief I don't hate you." His father smiled and silently patted his son on the shoulder. "I know. We'll just see what happens."
With that said he turned to face Sarah and he saw that he wouldn't get away with his life just by the way Sarah's aura was swirling around her…unless. "I accept your challenge Sarah."