Sarah woke when she heard Jareth yell, "I will not risk killing of a part of Sarah!"

Sir Didymus replied, "If you don't attack Cassandra now you may as well kill Lady Sarah yourself. Look at her she is dwindling away much faster than she was before. We know exactly where Cassandra is. Go there and end this all now!"

"While Cassandra has that ring on her finger she has a part of Sarah inside of her. If I kill her now that part of Sarah will die. She will forever be weak and have a shorter life because of it."

"Well what do you suggest we do? Time is short," Sir Didymus said anger rang in his voice.

There was a silence while Jareth thought.

"Find away to remove the ring," Sarah chimed in. Her voice was noticeably feeble. She had a headache and felt severely nauseas and was coldbut knew she had to fight it if she was going to be of any help.

Jareth turned toward Sarah. She looked so pale and fragile. He quickly came to her side, "Oh Sarah, are you alright? Is there anything I can get you?"

"I'm okay Jareth. But Sir Didymus is right. We must confront Cassandra now. We need to end this. I don't know how much more I can take. We must confront her, save Toby, and find away to get the ring before you kill her."

"But how? That's the problem," Jareth began to sink deep into thought as he placed a hand on Sarah's head a stroked her hair.

Sir Didymus was getting impatient, "Your Highness we must come up with a solution quickly."

"I KNOW! You constantly reminding me of that is not helping," He looked down at Sarah, "We shall be going now, you need your rest. If you need anything just…"

"No!" Sarah interrupted, "You are not keeping me out of this! I am going to be part of the planning and execution of this operation. You need me Jareth and you know it."

"I do need you Sarah. That's why I can't have you involved in this. Its too dangerous. I need you to stay here where it is safe."

"That's not what I meant and you know it. Cassandra has most likely brainwashed Toby against you. If you fight her I know she will not shy away from using him and a shield. If I am there maybe I can get Toby to come back to his senses."

Jareth knew she was right, but didn't say anything to that affect. All he said was, "We need a stronger plan."

"If only we knew how powerful she really is," Sir Didymus said.

"When it comes to magic I imagine she is quite powerful. I just don't think she knows how to use it correctly."

"What do you mean?" Sarah asked.

"I know her type. She steals powers from other creatures, almost exactly like she is stealing your life away from you. She probably just had to tweak her spell a little. Judging by how daring she is, I am guessing she's gotten hold of some pretty powerful magic."

"But if she knows she has powerful powers, what makes you think she doesn't know how to use them?" asked Sir Didymus.

"Well it takes many years to just control your powers. Through trial, error, practice, and just getting older, powers get stronger. As they get stronger you have to work a little harder to control them. The strengthening of powers, naturally anyways, is a gradual thing. Because of that you are given the time to get to know everything your powers can do. Think about it, it has taken me 1,250 years to get where I am. Cassandra, however, probably went from having limited magic to endless power in a very short amount of time. Because of that she will never be able to fully understand it or control it. Still that doesn't mean she can't use them," Jareth said.

"But at least we know her weakness," Sir Didymus replied.

"Jareth if Cassandra has as much power as you think she does, how hard do you think she would have to concentrate to use them?" Sarah asked.

"Very hard, I don't think she would be able to focus on anything else," he sounded a little confused at her question. Looking at Sarah he could tell she had thought of something, a smile was breaking across her face. Thinking back on what was said he knew exactly what she was getting at, "That's it Sarah!"

"What?" Sir Didymus was now the only confused one.

"If Jareth can keep Cassandra preoccupied with using her powers she might not notice if I slip in to get Toby," Sarah said.

"But what about the ring?" Didymus asked.

"The ring is not my primary concern. I am more concerned about getting Toby back safely. If anything should happen to him, I don't think I would ever be able to forgive myself," Sarah said.

"Well if that is the plan of action, we need to act now. Lady Sarah are you sure you have the strength to do this?" Sir Didymus asked.

"Let me worry about that Didymus," Sarah said as she began to prop herself up on the bed, "Jareth are you ready."

Jareth was very concerned, "Sarah, are you sure this is what you want?"

"Saving Toby to me is more important than saving myself. If it wasn't for me he wouldn't be in this mess."

There was a sort of awkward silence after that. Sir Didymus, concerned with how little time they had, stepped in and said, "Very noble My Lady, very noble indeed. Now if you can get ready quickly I shall take you to where she is hiding," Sir Didymus then left the room.

"Alright," Sarah said as she tried to get out of bed. She was so weak, that if Jareth had not been sitting next to her, she would have fallen to the floor.

Jareth placed her back on the bed, "Jareth, I have to go with you in order to make this plan work. You can't leave me behind."

Jareth conjured a crystal and turned it into a goblet, "I know. Drink this it might give you enough strength."

She took the cup. Inside was a disgusting brown liquid that she didn't even want to smell. She held her nose and swallowed. Before she was even finished Sarah started to feel better. When the glass was completely empty she placed it onside of the bed and got up. "Thank you Jareth," she said, "Let's go."

"I don't think you will want to leave just yet," Jareth said.

"What? We have very little time too…"

"It's just that you might want to be a little more properly dressed," Jareth said.

Sarah looked at her clothing. She was still in pajamas. "I guess you are right Jareth. Do you have anything I can wear?"

"How about this?" Jareth asked as she touched Sarah on the shoulder. The pajamas she was wearing quickly faded into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Hiking boots also appeared on her feet.

"It works," she said.

"Ready?" Jareth asked as he took Sarah by the hand.

"Ready," She said.

At that, they disappeared.

A/n: Muahahaha...it took me a whole year to be able to say this...really a year...but I finished writing this story! Isn't that exciting? Well I am kind of depressed because I liked writing it and won't have anything to do with my free time any more. But anyways there will be 3-4more chapters, depending on whether I want to combined two of them or not,that I will post oneevery couple of days.

Lhiata: I'm veryflattered to hear that you like my story so much. I am sorry if I am putting you through any pain by delaying the publishing of the other chapters.

sparkling silver angel wings: I love the ballroom scene too!

SnapeMoment: Do not apologize for Severin...he does have a right to voice his opinion;)

theshadowcat: I hope my story does not disappoint you.

Vampirehelsing: No worries...more is on the way