Ch7

The first things Sarah wanted to do after she got back to her room, was scream! While in Jareth's study it seemed that all of her anger was pent up somewhere deep inside. Too deep for her to tap while talking to Jareth.

"That's just like him," Sarah yelled, "to make it impossible for you to accuse him of anything or yell at him for it!" Sarah wanted to throw something, anything! Just so she could vent her rage. Like a wild woman she lunged after the books on the shelf and began throwing them across the room. When she had enough of that her pillows were her next victims. She threw one of the pillows and it landed on her desk. Noticing that stationary and a pen had been placed out for her, so she could write to Toby, at that her anger subsided.

All she wanted to do now was comfort her little brother. Sarah sat down at the desk and tried to write a letter to him. But nothing she could think of fit. Things like, "Dear Toe, don't be a dork." or , "Dear Toby, stop blaming yourself. Don't be stupid." didn't seem appropriate. At that Sarah decided that addressing the matter head on was not the way to go.

"Maybe just the action of me taking time to write a letter to him would calm him down." Sarah thought.

She crumpled up the piece of paper in front of her and started a new letter:

Dear Toby,
Hey kido! I just wanted to let you know that I am having a good time here. I get to play dress up all day because of the pretty dresses they gave me. I miss you bunches though. But don't worry I will be back before you know it. Give Aunt Carolyn a hug for me will you?

Love Your Big Sister,

Sarah

Satisfied with her work Sarah folded up the letter and placed it in a gold colored envelope she had found. With that task done and after the long day she had, all Sarah wanted to do was go to sleep. Her homework could wait.

Sarah got up and went over to her closet to get a T-shirt or some kind of night gown. But as she looked she could find nothing, "For the love of God all I need are some pajamas!"

At that Adele came rushing in with what appeared to be a silk baby blue night gown. She handed it over to Sarah, but before she could say thank you Adele yelled, "What did he say to you!?! Hmm?"

"Nothing that concerns you Adele. Just something that needed to be settled between us. That is all." Sarah tried to be as level headed with her as possible. Last time she argued with her she got stuck running down a long hallway.

"How dare you Sarah! Anything that concerns you concerns me! You are my charge!" Adele's face was beginning to turn red. The look in her eyes frightened Sarah. Something was wrong with her. Sarah just could not put her finger on it.

"Adele, if Jareth would have wanted you to know he would have let you stay. But seeing as how he didn't trust you with the information, I am afraid I can't tell you."

"YOU CAN SARAH! AND YOU WILL!" she looked as if she was about ready to pounce on her.

"What has gotten into you Adele? Why are you acting this way?" Sarah yelled.

At that the rage in Adele's eyes was gone, "I am just protective of you is all. I helped nurse you back to health. I guess it is my maternal instincts making me want what's best for you."

"Even with that said I can not tell you what Jareth and I talked about. I am sorry Adele." Sarah said.

Adele now looked as if she was about to cry, "Well if this is all the thanks I get for helping, maybe I should resign."

"Don't do this to me, Adele! I told you I can't tell you. You are very much appreciated even though your ways of keeping me safe are quite drastic."

Adele was back to normal. No sign of sadness or rage. "Well I wouldn't want anything to happen to you. The king seems very fond of you. Because of that I have made it my mission to keep you safe."

"Well thank you Adele. As I said you are greatly appreciated. Please do not resign. But I must ask you to leave. I am very tired."

Adele bowed her head and left. Sarah took a long hot shower, put her night gown on, and brushed her teeth. She then settled into bed.

Even though she was very tired Sarah could not get to sleep. Her mind was racing with so much information. "Why can't anyone else remember the labyrinth being destroyed? Was Jareth speaking the truth?" She thought, "And what is with Adele? She has been acting so strange. How she rapidly changes from one emotion to another. Is that normal? Or is it because of something I did?"

Many hours had gone by and finally Sarah went into a trance like sleep. Not a full on sleep. More of half awake, half asleep type deal. But she still had a dream.

She dreamt that she was in an oubliette. There was a fire burning with a pot boiling over it. The liquid inside seemed to be what Sarah could only describe as being greenish red. There were hairs floating around it as well. Whose, she didn't know.

Sarah was sitting on a stool just beside it. Aside from the fire the only other source of light was a candle on a table in front of her. She realized her hands seemed to be cleaning something. It was a ring on her finger. Not just any ring but the one she gave to the "Wise Man" in the labyrinth after he gave her useless information.

Sarah's hands kept working on cleaning off what seemed to be the liquid from the pot. She then studied the ring on her right ring finger. It sparkled and shined like new. Satisfied with her work she took the ring off. The dream was gone. Sarah was now awake.