Okay then, here we are again! Chapter 3 is in existence!

Pip and Jareth were having a smashing time, until Pip heard something.What's going to happen now?


Chapter 3

"Jareth? Are you there?" Pip called to the empty throne room. Jareth had been gne for quite some time now, and Pip was beginning to worry. Not to metion, she was bored out of her mind. Having explored the entire throne room from top to bottem, she was becoming increasingly more and more wear from looking at the same things over and over. "Jareth!"

"What is it darling?" The Goblin King said, reappearing right behing Pip in a cloud of smoke. Pip coughed, covering her mouth with her hands.

"I wish you wouldn't do that." Pip said sullenly, frowning over her shoulder at him as she coughed.

"Sorry love." Jareth said lightly, drawing a finger down the side of her face as she smiled at him. He so loved to see her smile. For some reason, it made him feel happy inside. "Is that all you called me for, to tell me off?"

"Oh, no it wasn't." Pip said, sitting up a little straighter in his throne. "I'm bored."

"You're bored, already?" Jareth sniggered slightly as she looked up at him, impatience etched in her face. "Well, would you like to see the prisoners?"

"What prisoners?" Pip asked, excited. Jareth walked around the throne to stand in front of her offering her his hand, which she took eagerly. "You have prisoners here? In the castle?"

"Yes, I do. Just caught them in fact, snooping around. You were right." Jareth said, leading her down the halls and stairways to the dungeon.

"I knew I heard something!" Pip said happily, skipping behind him as he led her still lower. She shivered in the cold, trembling in the dark. She hated the dark, it had always scared her, ever since she was a small child and her mother had been killed at night in a car crash. Jareth senced her feelings, slipping out of his kingly decorated coat to pull it around her shoulders, placing an arm around her waist and pulling her closer to his warm body.

Pip smiled even as she blushed pink at how close they were. He was the King of the Goblins, a complete stranger to her, but she feel so safe and protected having him close to her. She leaned into his body a little more, his leg brushinf lightly against hers as they walked. Something about him drew he in, and somehow, Pip felt she never wanted to be let go.

"Here we are. These are the three troublemakers you heard Pip, my dear." Jareth said, stopping to point into a dismal looking cell in the wall. There sat three things, all of them strange and new to Pip, just as the Goblin King beside her was still strange and unknown to her. The smallest one was on a dog like you might ride a horse, dressed as a knight. It was a fox, Pip realized, laughing to her self quietly so not to hurt its feelings, if it had any. The next biggest thing was a gnome or something wierd like that. It was slouched against the floor, snoring heavily. The biggest thing was freaking huge, or so Pip thought. It looked dangerous, like a wild animal, and Pip was silently glad it was in a cage. "What do you have to say for yourselves then?"

"My dear, look at thee! Thou must be the lady Pip!" The fox said in a weird British accent. Pip was taken aback. Could they all talk then? "My name, gently lady, is Sir Didymus."

"Well then Sir Didymus, how did you know my name was Pip?" Pip asked, dropping to her knees beside the cell door.

"Why, my lady asked me and the others to come find you, of course." Sir Didymus said bravely, waving his staff.

"Who is your lady and why did she want you to find me?" Pip asked, backing away slowly. Jareth put an arms around her to pull her back protectively against his chest, and she pressed her back against him, still backing away from the cage. "What do you want with me?"

"Sarah." The larger beast moaned suddenly, looking out the bars at Pip. "Sarah send Ludo, find Pip."

"Sarah sent you to find me?" Pip asked, confused. She looked up at Jareth, who shook his head showing he was as confused as she was. As soon as Pip looked back at the cage however, Jareth frowned, worried that Sarah would ruin everything again just like she had before, tearing his heart to bits.

"Sarah wanted us to bring you home, Pip." The gnome said, looking up at her. "She's worried about you being here."

"Why?" Pip asked, leaning forward away from Jareth. He held her tightly still, unwilling to let her go. Pip didn't notice, she was soaking in all the information these strange wack jobs were throwing at her with difficulty and had no room in her brain to think of anything else.

"Because of Jareth, of course!" The gnome snorted. "Don't you know what he is?"

"Yeah, the Goblin King. He brought me here, because I wanted to come." Pip said happily, smiling back at the Goblin King. He didn't smile back, lost in his own thoughts. "I came of my own free will, I don't need a rescue."

"You came on your own?" The gnome said, shocked. "He didn't force you to come here with him or anything?"

"Come now Hogbrain!" Jareth boomed suddenly, making them all jump. He strode froward, pulling away from Pip as he went. "That's enough!"

"What do you mean, force me?" Pip asked, scared. He hadn't forced her, so why did the thing think Jareth had? "What do you mean?"

"It's Hoggle!" Hoggle shouted at Jareth, sticking his tongue out at him before turning to Pip. "Sarah thought he kidnapped you to get even with her."

Pip's face went pink, but she didn't answer right away. They all looked at her, even Jareth, waiting for her reply. She had her eyes closed, standing there with her fists balled up. She opened her eyes suddenly, rushing over to the cage. Jareth moved out of her way as she went, stepping back.

"Why does everything always have to be about Sarah? Sarah this, Sarah that! I'm sick of it!" Pip yelled, kicking the cage door in her anger. Hoggle and the others in the cell pressed themselves back against the wall in fear as Pip ranted. "Why does she think everything has to do with her? The one time I'm actually happy, for once in my life, she sends you here to take me away and ruin it all! She's so selfish! She thinks it's like no one could ever care about me or my feelings. Well, Jareth does, he brought me here because I wanted to run away from that place. Sarah always got all the attention, I was just the crazy girl's friend, but not anymore! He cares what I think and feel, and you can tell Sarah that! I'm never going back there!"

Pip turned and ran down the hall and up the stairs, everyone fully aware she had no idea where she was going. Jareth ran after her, stopping in the middle of the hall to pick up his coat. Pip had dropped it in her haste to get away from her memories of home that Hoggle had brought up, all her hard feelings she felt about Sarah.

(Jareth POV)

I ran after her, listening intently for any sound that might tell me where she went. I didn't want to use my magic to pop up in front of her, it seemed to scare her which was the last thing I wanted. Running back into the throne room, I saw her. Pip had fallen to her knees before my throne, her head resting on her arms in the seat of it, crying. It was a bitter sweet sight for my heart. I haed to see her cry so, but I was strangly glad to see her there all the same. I went to her, putting my arm about her shoulders.

She stopped crying suddenly, turning around to look at me, tears still shimmering against her skin. Her arms flew up around my neck as she leaned into me, and I knelt there before her in shock for a moment before putting my arms around her. She cried into my shoulder, her tears falling thick and fast as I held her tightly, gently stroking her hair.

"So Sarah ruined your life as well." I grimmaced. Pip pulled back from me slightly.

"Oh no, I was just so uset before. I didn't mean any of it!" Pip said sadly, wanting me to believe her. "I was jsut so angry back there."

"No, I think you meant it, as do I. Sarah ruined my life and crushed my heart, I understand what you're going through." I said quietly, wipping Pip's tears away with one black gloved hand. She hiccuped slightly, laughing at herself. I laughed to, hlding her tightly.

"It looks like we both have one thing in common then." Pip said, resting her head on my chest.

"What's that darling?" I asked, unsure of what she meant.

"Sarah messed with both or lives." Pip said weakly. "We both suffered at her hands."

"I guess you're right." I said, smiling as I pressed my face into her hair. Maybe this girl was just want I needed.

(End POV)


Oh so cute! Pip and Jareth are so sweet together! To see if they end up together though, you'll have to wait till next time! Until then, ta ta!