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Adele made Sarah stay in a bed for a week. In the beginning Sarah didn't mind it at all. She never had to get up for anything. All she had to do was think of something she needed and Adele would come in with it 2 seconds later.

But after a while it was getting old. By the end of her fourth day Sarah was fed up. Anytime she tried to get out of bed Adele would come rushing in and tell her she was still too weak and needed rest.

She began to get very angry with Adele. Sarah knew that she only meant well but the steps she was taking were not necessary. Sarah felt fine.

Finally on her seventh day of being there, and after much yelling on Sarah's part, Adele agreed let Sarah leave her room.

When Sarah got out of bed she almost toppled over. She didn't realize how weak her legs had gotten in the past week. After a long time of hobbling and almost falling over, Sarah finally made it to the bathroom. It was okay, as far as bathrooms go. Sarah turned on the hot water and took a nice long bath. When she was finished she took a robe off the back of the bathroom door. She looked into the foggy mirror and noticed how pale she had gotten.

Deciding to ignore her complexion, Sarah headed for the closet hoping some of her clothing would be there. But nothing of hers was present. Instead there were racks and racks of beautiful gowns. Some were planner then others but all were expensive and oh so gorgeous. She so wanted to try one of them on but didn't know if she was aloud to.

A few seconds later Adele came rushing in, "My dear Sarah, I forgot to tell you. The King was unable to fetch any of your own garments. So he had these made for you. I hope you don't mind."

"No not at all Adele. I must confess I was looking forward to wearing a nice pair of jeans. But these dresses are so lovely I don't think I shall mind wearing them at all."

"Oh what a relief. The King didn't know if you would like them or not. Well anyways, would you like me to help you in to one?"

"I suppose they would be rather hard to get in to alone, wouldn't they?" Sarah was beginning to feel uncomfortable. She has never really had anyone help dress her before and the thought of someone seeing her in her underwear made her feel very awkward.

"Yes, I must say. They are very lovely but beauty doesn't come without price. They look very difficult to put on."

Sarah then took a deep breath, "Alright then. But I don't have a clue as to which one I shall wear first. Not like it matters I mean I shall be here for a month and that is enough time for me to at least wear all these dresses once. That is if I change 3 times a day."

Adele nodded "Yes that is true. But when you go down to breakfast the King shall be there. I should hope you would want to make a good first impression."

Sarah just rolled her eyes at that last statement, "Trust me, this is no first impression."

Sarah, wanting to get this over with as quickly as possible, picked out a baby blue dress with a very pretty pink floral design on it. It looked lovely on her.

Adele then led Sarah out of the room and down a long spiral staircase leading to a hallway with many mirrors. Then they went up a grand staircase and into another hallway stopping in front of 2 humongous oak doors.

"Nervous?" asked Adele before she opened the door.
"No. Should I be?"
"I don't know." Adele pushed the doors open.

In front of Sarah was huge empty room. The floors were white marble and the walls were a warm peach. Every wall, including the one Sarah just walked in from, was covered in windows. All of them displaying a different scene. One looked out onto a beach. Another was a country scene. Next to that one was a view of a city. And one was in the middle of the woods. There were more scenes, I assure you but to explain them all would make this story twice as long.

Out of all the windows in the gallery Sarah was fascinated by the one in the woods. It was actually a clearing in the woods with many flowers, a brook, and high trees surrounding it. Sarah just stared at it. In fact she stared at it so long she felt like she was there. "Wait a second" Sarah thought as she began to look around. She was there!

The funny thing was Sarah wasn't scared or worried. She was very happy and at peace in this scene. She walked up to the brook, in the middle of the clearing. It was so clear she could see her beautiful reflection in it. Sarah decided to sit down and wait by the brook. She did not know why she had to wait, or what she had to wait for, but she had a strange feeling she was suppose to.

As she began to sit down a beautiful blanket formed around the area she was in. Two plates then faded in with many utensils.
"Confused my pet?" came a very familiar voice from behind her.
Startled Sarah jumped but when she realized who it was she tried to hide her shock.
"Very lovely scene you have chosen for breakfast, one of my favorites actually." The familiar voice said. As Sarah turned around she could see the Goblin king smiling down at her. "I didn't mean to frighten you" but of course she knew he did.

As Jareth sat down there plates began to fill up with pancakes, eggs, and sausages. Sarah looked down at the food. She wasn't really all that hungry. Her appetite hadn't come back yet.

"I hope you have been enjoying your stay here Sarah. Even if it is under such strange circumstances." Jareth said glancing over at Sarah.

"I have been having a nice time except for when Adele and I disagree on certain thing. She can be quite forceful."

"Ah yes Adele. She is a lovely old lady but she doesn't like to have anything any other way but hers," said Jareth with a sigh.

"You do not know how hard I had to fight her to let me come down to breakfast." Sarah said with a little amusement in her voice.

"Well actually I do." He said while taking a sip of wine.

"YOU WERE SPYING ON ME!!" Sarah's jaw almost hit the ground.

"No my love I was not spying on you. I couldn't even if I wanted to. She put a shield around your room prohibiting me from seeing you in my crystals"

"That means you have tried."

"Well yes, of course, I wanted to see how you were doing." He said with a twisted smile.

"Oh yeah right! Well let's just stop at that. I don't want to spend 3 weeks fighting with you." Sarah then took a deep breath. "I wanted to thank you for the dresses by the way. They are very beautiful, for lack of a better word."

"Well that's good I was hoping you would like them. Toby wouldn't let me into your room to get your clothing. He said that you would get even more upset with him if we went into your room without your permission. I tried to tell him that you needed clothing but he wouldn't listen. I must say the one you have on is rather, stunning." he then looked her up and down. Sarah crossed her arms in front of her as if to try and hide something.

"Why thank you. But how is Toby? Does Aunt Carolyn know I am okay?" Sarah blurted out. She was very worried about her brother and her Aunt.

"Toby is depressed and upset with himself. He keeps telling me to tell you he is sorry for what he has done. And as for your Aunt Carolyn, she thinks you're staying at a spa for a week in order for you to straiten out your thoughts about Ryan."

"Me? Go to a spa in the middle of the school year? How did you make her believe that?"

"Well the thought just seemed to have magically popped into her head." he said with a smile. "Now that you mention school, I have all your homework for the next week, your time. It really is not all that much sense you have 3 weeks to do it."

"Oh gee thank you. What a wonderful way to say you're sorry. Instead of expensive gifts I get what every girl wants, her homework." Sarah said very sarcastically.

"Well from what I understand you are not doing to well as it is Pet! Your social life seems to have taken over your entire being. I mean partying on a Wednesday before a test! Child what were you thinking?"

"Why are you spying on me? I tried to kill you once remember? I must tell you that I am in shock that you have not turned me into a slave of some sort while I am here! Torturing me for your own little pleasure!"

"My love if I were to get any sort of pleasure from you, trust me, you would enjoy it!" Jareth said with a smug smirk on his face.

Sarah was so angry and full of rage that she wanted to hit him. But before she could Jareth swiftly grabbed her by her wrist and said, "I would not do that if I were you!" sternly yet in a playful way.

Sarah pulled her hand free. "You still have yet to answer my question!"

"And what was that my pet?" Jareth asked as he leaned back on to his elbows.

"Why are you spying on me? Better yet here is another question for you what was with the present and the note the other day?" Sarah asked as she looked him directly in the eyes.

"Sarah are you sure these are the type of question you want me to answer now?" he sounded as if he were speaking to a child.

"Yes I want the answers. What's with you spying on me? What's with the letter and the crystal!?!"

"Sarah no matter what I tell you, you seem to think you already know the answer. So instead of me telling you why don't you tell me? Why am I spying on you Sarah?"

"Because you are some psycho creep who thinks that just because he is a king he can do whatever he wants which includes watching teenage girls." Sarah said as if she knew her answer was right.

Jareth then got up off his elbows and said, "Sarah I never EVER watch teenage girls, in fact teenagers period, without a better reason then that. Yours is a confusing race of creatures. The fact is I am fascinated with you. So many people have come up against me. So many people older and stronger then you have tried to beat my labyrinth and didn't succeed. You did. That was enchanting to me. I had to figure out how."

"Oh so you told Toby the exact words that would bring me here so you could run little tests on me!?! I see how it is!"

"No Sarah that was all your doing. I would never have had you sent here!"

"MY DOING?" Sarah was shocked, "MY DOING?!? HOW WAS THIS MY
DOING!?! I never told Toby 'Hey say these words and watch me disappear.' In fact I never let Toby near that book!"

"Are you sure?" Jareth said as if he knew something she didn't.

"I am a positive. But why do you ask?"

"Because I am sure that if you looked for the book right now it wouldn't be where you left it."

"Oh really then where else would it be?"

"In Toby's room. Your stepmother Karen took it from your room. She thought that since you like it so much Toby might as well."

"That WENCH! How dare she go through my stuff!" Sarah's anger was now turning toward Karen. What a piece of work that woman was!

"Ah yes it was quite a shock to find that book in his possession. He was unable though to put two and two together. Until a few moments ago your time he had no clue I was the goblin king."

"Hmm well you can't expect that much out of Toe. He is still very young. I am just shocked he knew what was going on in the book." Sarah said.

"Well I had to explain some things to him," Jareth said as a side note.

"You helped him?" Sarah just stared at him from across the blanket.

"Well I can't help but spread my own history. You know as much as I hate the ending of that book it does get across my more fascinating features." Jareth said in an arrogant way.

"But still you helped him read that book?"

"Yes instead of playing video games and watching those dreadful cartoons he actually read a book."

"Yes fine! That's a great feat Jareth, you got Toby to read a book. But did it have to be that book?" Sarah was starting to get angry with him again. How could he be so stupid?

"Well that's the only one he asked me to help him with."

"And that's the only one that has the power to send away unwanted babies and as I found out unwanted older sisters. Jareth how could you trust him with that kind of power!?!"

"Sarah how could I have known he would actually use it? I just thought he thought it was make-believe." Jareth said in his defense.

"Half of the people, most likely even more then half the people who send their kids to you don't really know what they are doing. The more I think about it the more it makes me wonder if you actually did set this all up!"

"As much as I enjoy spending time with you I would never make you do it against your own free-will."

"Oh, and what of our last meeting? As I recall I did not have much of a choice but to spend time with you and your labyrinth!"

"You had a choice! Toby could have stayed here with me if you really did not want to go through the labyrinth."

"Yeah right Jareth okay I really don't care. As I said before I do not wish to spend my whole time here fighting with you. I am finished!" Sarah said throwing her fork down. She got up and then realized she did not know how to get out of this space.

"Finished? But you haven't taken a bight of anything!" Jareth said to Sarah as she began to closely investigate her surroundings for away out. She then surrendered.

"Yeah well I realized I don't have much of an appetite. So would you please be so 'kind' as to point me to the nearest exit?"

"Oh you haven't figured that out yet? I would think it quite easy." Jareth said trying to act innocent.

"Jareth just stop being a jerk and tell me how to get out of here!" Sarah was truly frustrated which was not a good thing in her present state and was the only reason Jareth gave in.

"Just jump into the water Sarah."

Sarah then leaned over the side of the brook. It was the same brook. She could still see her reflection in it and all she saw at the bottom were rocks. "That's no way out," Sarah said to Jareth, "Looks like your plain every day run of the mill stream to me." she then put a smug smile on her face.

Jareth then stood up, leaned over and whispered in her eat, "Things aren't always what they seem in this place."

"Grr! I know I learned that lesson along time ago. Okay, alright fine! I will do it!" Sarah then picked up part of her dress with one hand and jumped in.