Sarah was now standing in a dark tunnel with a pin hole of light ahead of her. This dream seemed a lot more vivid then the others. She could feel the cold on her face.
The light was getting closer now. It was so bright. When she finally reached the end Sarah realized she was in part of the garden.
She had never seen this part before. Everything was different shades of purple, right down to the bricks in the path. Sarah knew it was the right garden though for up ahead she could see Hester.
She ran up to her as fast as she could. Hester was up in a tall tree trying to spray a sleeping fairy a few inches out of her reach.
"You up there," Sarah yelled. The sound echoed in her head, "I need your assistance!"
"Hold on Sarah," Hester whispered while concentrating on the fairy, "I can almost reach it."
"Excuse me? Maybe you didn't understand. GET DOWN FROM THERE RIGHT NOW!" Sarah's voice boomed. The fairy then woke up and flew away as fast as it could.
"Sarah! Why did you have to go and do a thing like that for?"
"I am your superior. You do as I say! Now get down here!"
Hester's jaw dropped, "Never! How dare you say such a thing like that to me! And to think I felt sorry for you because you had to deal with that wench Adele!"
"You will get down here or I will take this matter to the king!"
Sarah was trying to figure out why she was saying such mean things to Hester. She was a good person. She never said a cross word to Sarah. Yet here she was yelling at her.
With the threat of Sarah complaining to Jareth, Hester climbed down. "What do you want your Royal Pain in My Ass?" Hester said with a curtsy.
"I will ignore that last comment if you tell me how to get out of here without going through the castle or out the main gate."
"Are you running away?"
"No I am not. I shall be back. I just don't want anyone to know I am gone. I am trying to get away from Adele."
"Oh? Really? Just Adele? You know the whole goblin community is talking about you? How you and Jareth were getting it on last night."
"Excuse me! There was no getting on with anything and if you don't get on with telling me the way out you won't be getting on with your job any more. Got it?"
"Alright! Gees! When did you get this high and mighty attitude? Just walk back that way take a right at the bench and then a left at the bronze statue of a dragon. To the dragon's right there should be a little gate. Got it? Can I get back to work now?"
"Yes you can. Do not tell anyone that we have spoken? Got that?"
"Yes I do. Good bye!" Hester then strode off down the opposite way.
Sarah walked on. She knew that it was a dream and that SHE would never say such things to Hester. It still bothered her though. She thought that as soon as she woke up she would have to run and apologize to her.
Hester's directions were right on the money. She found the dragon statue and right next to it was a door, a tiny door, but still it was a door.
When she got through it Sarah was over whelmed by an aroma she knew all to well, "Serves me right" Sarah thought, "with the way I treated Hester I deserve to not only be by the Bog of Eternal stench, but thrown in!" Her body wasn't acting that way though. She was cursing left and right. Saying words Sarah didn't even know she knew.
She started walking. There is not much to say about it. She walked for what seemed to be hours. Sarah almost fell in once but caught herself on some rocks. It began to get dark. Sarah felt hungry. But her body kept forging on until she reached the bridge.
The oldest and most unstable bridge Sarah had ever come across now lay in front of her. She looked at it from all angles while trying to figure out why she was doing so. Sarah then charged at the bridge, running as fast as she could. Making it across before it even had the chance to buckle, "I wish I could run that fast in real life!" Sarah thought.
Sarah then began her long walk again in unfamiliar territory. Sarah thought her mind was making all this up since she knew she had eaten the peach a little while after she got off the bridge. She passed the occasional creature which she just sneered at and kicked whenever they got in her way. She climbed down a mountain side and into the garbage dump just outside the Goblin City. A smile crept across Sarah's face. She could feel it.
"Excuse me!" Sarah yelled to the garbage, "I need to speak with Ono. Can any one tell me where she is?"
A pile of garbage then began to move in front of her. "I am Ono. How can I..." when it faced her, Sarah realized it was the old woman who tried "helping" her the last time she ran the labyrinth. "Oh it is just you."
"Hey you agreed to help me! Now you better follow threw with your promise!" Sarah said.
"I have helped you so far haven't I?"
"Yes but still I have some questions that need asking in a more intimate setting."
"Alright, fine, you can come inside. I will answer your questions. But understand this is the last time I will help you."
"I understand. I am now in your debt. Your help will do me more good then you know."
"Well come inside and be quick about it. People should not see such a high class person in this area. It could cause rumors and ruin your reputation!"
Sarah stepped into the building and woke up. She ran for the toilet. But nothing came up for there was nothing in her stomach. It was dark now.
"Damn! Adele let me sleep! Well I just can't sleep anymore tonight. If she comes in to wake me and the first thing I do is puke... that would not be good."
Sarah knew she could not even think of things she need because Adele would come in and see how sick she was.
"I have to come up with ways to keep myself awake," Sarah thought. You would think that wouldn't be hard since she slept all day. But her body seemed to be worn out. She tried reading but, even with the most exciting book every time she blinked her eyes just seemed to stay shut. She tried a warm bath. That just made her relaxed and even more tired. She tried a cold bath. Sarah felt uncomfortable but still sleep was pulling her in. She looked at the clock, "It is 4a.m... what could I do from now till sunrise? I could go for a walk! Yeah no one is really awake right now!"
Sarah slipped on some socks and a robe and walked out the door. The hallway was dark and lit by torches mounted on the walls. Winding her way threw corridors Sarah hadn't seen before she actually found it quite stimulating. There were paintings and tapestries with all sorts of stories. Down one hallway Sarah found a huge likeness of Jareth which made her laugh. Down the opposite end of that hallway seemed to be a statue in progress. It was a huge marble slab with a couple of marks in it with a goblin sleeping just at the base of it. Sarah decided to be quite so as not to wake it up.
When she stepped into a marble hallway she almost slipped because she only had socks on. But this gave Sarah and idea. She looked down either side of the hallway trying to figure out which way was the longest. Sarah decided on the right side and began to run as fast as she could. When she got up to a pretty good speed she began to skid across the floor. She was having a real good time with it until she realized she was about to hit the end of the hallway. Not only the end but a suit of armor, and she was showing no signs of slowing down. Sarah began to yell. Not like it would do her any good at this point.
She curled up into a ball, waiting to hit it and cause a big mess and a lot of noise. But she never did. She passed through it as if it was a ghost. Sarah body slowed down very quickly since carpet was now under her instead of marble.
"Sarah? Is that you?" a voice said coming from the direction of what appeared to be a bed.
Sarah got up as quickly as she could, "Jareth!?!"
