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In Times of SorrowChapter 2
Urgent Moments
The rain had stopped, but the night was still so deathly quiet. No crickets chirped, even the leaves on the trees didn't rustle in the wind as the Goblin King appeared in a dazzle of glitter into Sarah's room.
Jareth glanced around the room and his heart stopped dead as he found her….
"Sarah?" He whispered as he reached out to touch her pale face. "SARAH!" The cry escaped his lips as he lifted her into his arms and cradled her against him. "Sarah, please open your eyes, please look at me," Jareth pleaded while rocking back and forth on his knees with her limp body in his arms. A single tear slid down his cheek and fell on Sarah's lips as the proud Goblin King cried for his beloved.
Suddenly there was a flutter, a small gasp of air, and Sarah slowly opened her eyes. "Jareth?" Her voice was faint and weak as she looked up at him from half-closed eyes. "Jareth, you came. You're finally here," Sarah lifted her arm to touch his face and saw and remembered… the blood.
Blood seeped steadily from Sarah's arm where she had slit her wrist, and she looked at it with wide-eyed amazement. Sarah looked up at Jareth with tears brimming in her eyes, " Oh, Jareth…. I'm so sorry. But I'm so tired, so very tired…" the last words were barely a whisper as Jareth placed a kiss on her cheek, "Don't worry, you will be fine, I promise you that."
And with that Jareth stood and vanished with Sarah clinging to him, and all that remained was a small touch of glitter in a smear of blood on the floor.
In the Goblin Castle: goblins go running frantically as Jareth appears in a flurry of glitter and sparks holding Sarah in his arms. Jareth scans the room quickly and calls out, "Gobit!" A small shabby little goblin with green shorts and a patched jacket quickly stands up and replies, "Yes, your majesty!"
"Gobit, you must go the south entrance as quickly as you can and fetch Leon the healer. Bring him here at once; tell him that it is a dire emergency! Speed is of the essence here, I trust you for you are my fastest messenger, so go quickly!" Jareth glared at the little goblin who swallowed hard and said, "I'm on my way sire!" And Gobit sprinted from the room and down the hall with all the speed he could muster.
"In the meantime," Jareth addressed the rest of the goblins present, " I will need clean water and bandages, bring them to my chamber, and do it quickly or I'll cast you all into the BOG!" As goblins scatter in search of their master's demands, Jareth slowly carries Sarah down the hall and to the master chamber's door.
Kicking open the door with his foot the couple enter a dimly light room that is simply exquisite. The walls are covered with tapestries of royal purples and blues, a fire burns and cackles in the hearth, and a large four poster bed lounges in the center of room.
Gently laying Sarah on the bed Jareth smoothes a strand of hair from her forehead, as three goblins come single file into the room carrying clean bandages and water sprinkled with rose petals, with a basin to pour the water in. Without even taking his eyes off of Sarah Jareth addressed the goblins, " Place them on the table and leave us." The goblins bow and leave quickly closing the door quietly behind them.
Gobit sprinted down the steps from the Goblin Castle, skirting past the giant guard he called to the gates, "Urry up and op'n ee gates! Urgent Message froum 'es Majusty!" The goblins atop the gate walls swung the door open.
"What's the message?" cried one of the guards. As Gobit sped through the gates he called back, "Message for Masta Leon not u goodlehed!" The goblin looks at his companion, "Well that was rude wasn't it?" The other goblin just nods in agreement.
In the master chamber Jareth is pacing the floor while Sarah lays asleep on the bed. Her bleeding has slowed but still hasn't stopped and her face is pale. Jareth paces back and forth twirling a crystal in his fingers lost in his own thoughts;
What is going on? Sarah would never do this! Why would she try and take her own life? I don't understand! Sarah! You're so strong, so defiant; you would never surrender like this!
Jareth finally stopped pacing and looks at Sarah lying in his bed fast asleep. Walking up to the bed he sits beside her and runs his fingers across her face, "Sarah, if you give up and die…" he leans down and whispers in her ear, " I'll never forgive you."
It is getting late in the Underground, the sun is beginning to vanish below the horizon turning the sky into a spectacular show of deep reds and oranges that vanish to deep purples and fade into light blues. The fairies are dancing in the field with the fireflies twinkling amid the grass and flowers and all is calm and peaceful, but then there is knock on door of the Leon the Healer's House.
The knock is fast and urgent as Leon opens the door to find a little Goblin with his hands on his knees gasping for air. Leon ushers the little fellow in and says, "Come in little one, what are you in such a hurry over." The little goblin sucks in a few deep breaths and begins, " Masta Leon u must come quick, 'es Majusty has just showd up wid dis gurl and she's urt sumthang awful! 'Es Majusty askus dat u comes quick! Plez MASTA LEON 'URRY!"
With that said the little goblin sinks to his knees while Leon begins grabbed his medicines. "Don't worry little one, we'll get to castle soon enough," Leon reassures the goblin, patting him on the head Leon asks, " And what is your name?"
The little goblin stands up and holding his head in the most dignified manner for a goblin and says, " Me name is Gobit!"
DEL: Okay! Wheww! Pretty good chapter I might say…….
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