Sarah just stared after him for a moment, but moved slowly over to the bed and flopped down when the goblin made some sort of little cough. The room was full of different energies, all swirling around, but now with Jareth gone, they started to deplete themselves. She wondered where the king had gone, but was glad for now to have a place to lye and rest.
"Excuse me Miss Sarah Miss, is there anything that Dreary can be getting you?" said the goblin servant quietly. It was so quiet that Sarah almost didn't hear it. "Come over here," said Sarah, "where I can hear you." she said with a small smile. The goblin did as commanded, and promptly came over to her.
"Miss Sarah Miss, is there anything that Dreary can be getting for you now?" the servant asked in a scared sounding voice. Her eyes stared down at the floor in the direction of her feet as she spoke. Sarah noticed that she shivered a bit while she spoke. "Well, I guess a small cup of hot tea would be nice..." Sarah said with a sigh.
At once Dreary rushed out to the hall, clapped twice, and shouted down the hall with surprising power "TEA FOR THE MISTRESS IN THE BLUE ROOM!" Then she came quietly back into the room and waited beside the door. When the tea came, there was a knock on the door, which Dreary opened, and then a tiny goblin came scuttling in with a tea tray. Dreary clapped twice and the goblin placed the tea on a table, and quickly scuttled back out.
Dreary closed the door and poured a cup of tea for Sarah and herself. Sarah took the cup gratefully,, then went over to the other side of the room, which she had not really explored yet. It was full of costumes and ball gowns and every kind of outfit imaginable. A vanity stood by another window that Sarah hadn't seen earlier, overlooking the labyrinth itself. She saw walls randomly shifting, now realizing that she could never have reached the castle without help.
She sipped at her tea, an oddly spiced yet good flavor to it. It tasted of exotic fruits, not at all the common spice tastes that were in her usual teas. It was almost as if they had known this and wanted to give her something new to try... she wondered if this was true and was startled to see that during her thoughts Dreary had quietly scuttled over and was now standing next to her.
"Be excusing me Miss Sarah Miss, but Dreary ought to be telling you to get ready for diner, it is only 20 minutes from now and Miss Sarah Miss hasn't even picked out an outfit to wear!" said the goblin in a frantic voice. Sarah was confused, she had assumed that she would be going in the clothes she was wearing, but apparently not.
"Oh... I didn't know I had to pick something out..." she said, looking around at the many different dresses and gowns. "Can it be something from these here?" She asked dazedly. "Of course it can Miss Sarah Miss, it should be!" said the goblin, taken aback that such a question would be asked.
Sarah looked around, running the backs of her hands across the different materials. The looked at a deep emerald one, but decided it would be a little too fancy. A white ball gown hung majestically in the corner, a down that Sarah would have loved to wear, but not to diner. Then she saw a beautiful crimson colored medieval style robe, with gold edging and a matching gold tasseled tie around the waist. It was perfect. She had the goblin help her put it on. It was beautiful, but the outfit looked incomplete somehow.
She had no idea what was missing, until Dreary brought over a small ruby and diamond encrusted circlet of gold to place around her head. She quickly braided her long dark hair, then put the circlet on. It was stunning. She looked towards the vanity for a moment, but then decided that her current makeup would suffice. Then Dreary led her towards the door.
They went out and down the hallway, towards the room of doors. The Dreary took out a red key from her skirts, put it in a purple lock on a yellow door against the green wall. Sarah began to laugh saying "Jareth certainly loves color doesn't he!" "Yes Miss Sarah Miss, King Jareth Sir's be loving colors, his favorite being red Miss Sarah Miss..." came Dreary's reply as they quickly jogged down the corridor.
The goblin ran out into the hallway and clapped twice loudly, then shouted "THE MISTRESS SARAH, GUEST OF THE KING." Sarah was still wondering if it was just a coincidence that the dress she had chosen had been the only red one in the "Blue Room", when she was ushered out into a beautiful dining room, painted in cream with golden swirls and borders. Massive chandeliers with crystals and hundreds of candles accompanied by numerous wall sconces lit up the room with a warm feeling of romance.
It was only after taking in the room itself did Sarah begin to take in the things within it. A long table stretched across the room, with exotic foods spilling over onto plates. It looked wonderful. There was a grand staircase on either side of the room, leading down to a beautiful ball room large enough to hold thousands of dancers. Then she realized that it DID hold thousands of dancers, all hushed and looking at her with envious eyes. They bowed down or curtsied as she wallked past them.
She was led to sit by a man with startling eyes of water and earth, and dark jet black hair. As he looked at her, he stood up and waited for her to come sit down. Then she realized that it was Jareth himself, though his hair was a different color. This seemed not out of the ordinary however, seeing as she had jusst travled to the Labyrinth and was now drinking tea with goblins.