Ok Jareth has been very out of character through this, not very Grrrr (Technical term of course!) so in this chapter he will be! I hope!
I have my laptop to myself for today!! Wow! So I might get a few chapters out to you all today!
Maybe…
Anyway, enjoy and R&R as usual pleeeeeease!
NJEverlove!
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"Your taking him aboveground?" Amy said confused. Sarah had told her about their trip to attack her apartment with colour but Amy just couldn't understand it.
"Yes, I am." Sarah said simply. She was sat on the balcony in her room looking out over the Labyrinth watching Toby as he ran through it with the Goblins.
"But…why?"
"Ive told you a million times now, Toby wants to see London so we're gonna decorate my flat while we're there, you've seen it Amy, its too bare for me."
"So your planning on going back there then?!" Amy suddenly said angrily. Sarah jumped and looked at her friend.
"You cant ask me to give up my life aboveground just because you did Amy." Sarah said back. She rose from her seat on the balcony and walked into her room.
Amy followed. "Excuse me! You left your life because of London so you cant say anything like that to me!"
Sarah span round, her hair flinging in all directions. "I left my life because of you Amy!" She snapped. "I left because I thought you were dead, and I didn't want to go back and be asked about you. Everything I did, everywhere I went would have reminded of you and I couldn't cope. Moving away meant a fresh start. No one else knew me, I reinvented myself and tried to move on. Don't you dare blame that on me Amy! Don't you dare! That was you!"
She ran out of the room, down corridors and stairs, suddenly finding herself at the escher room. It was the perfect place, no one would see her crying. So she started running up the stairs, finding different places to sit where no one would find her. She kept moving higher, her curiosity getting the better of her, and before long there was only one set of stairs with a door at the top. She walked slowly up the stairs and opened the door, looking through it before she stepped through. It was dark, but there was a small light coming from the corner. She followed the light and found it was coming from a crack in another door. She pushed it open and walked out onto a flat area in the roof of the Castle. As she walked over to the wall at the edge and gasped as she looked over the side. She could see every point of the Labyrinth, every twist and turn, every dead end. Everyone and everything within the Labyrinth. It was truly a magical thing to see.
"And I thought only I knew about this place." Said a voice from the shadows. Sarah jumped back but relaxed when Jareth stepped towards her. "What's wrong my love? You look troubled."
"Just something Amy said. We had an argument and I got really mad at her, I said some pretty nasty things that I don't think I meant."
"We all have arguments, its natural. It'll be fine." He pulled her close and pressed a gently kiss on the top of her head.
Sarah smiled and pulled away. "You frightened the hell out of me before by the way. !" She said with a playful whine to her voice.
"Oh dear! I shall have to kiss you better!" He said playfully, grabbing hold of her and pulling him towards her.
"Nope, not gonna work this time." She pulled her arm free of his grip and slipped past him to the door, sticking her tongue out at him as she went through it back into the escher room. Jareth followed as she ran down the stairs, but stopped as she got closer to the edge.
"You remember when we were at Amy's." She said casually, looking over the edge at the stairs below her. "And I jumped. Why didn't I float like I did here when I came for Toby?"
Jareth quietly moved closer and took her hand in his. "Because my magic doesn't work properly there. I can do basic things, like transporting myself. But everything else is blocked." He pulled her back gently and looked at her. Her eyes seemed different. Lighter. "Sarah are you feeling ok?" He asked.
"Yes. Im feeling fine." She stopped and looked around her. "Where am I?"
"Sarah look at me." Jareth turned her around and noticed that again her eyes looked different. Instead of the usual chocolate brown that he loved so much, they were red. "Are you feeling ok?" He asked again, worriedly.
"Yes. Im feeling fine. Im feeling brilliant." She pulled her hand free from his and began walking towards the edge again. He tried to stop her, but her hand slipped straight through his.
"Sarah! Sarah listen to me, you have to stop!" He called to her, stepping in front of her. She walked past him, ignoring everything he was saying. He couldn't stop her.
As she took a step away from the edge she began to float slowly down into Jareth's arms. Jareth held her close and tried to think of what was happening to her. She struggled in his arms wanting to be free so he stood her in front of him, never letting go of her. She shook her head suddenly and fell towards him. He stopped her and brought her head up to look at him. Her eyes were back to normal, but he was still worried. "Sarah?"
"Yes?" She mumbled quietly, feeling very sleepy. She fell again as her knees buckled under her weight and Jareth caught her.
"Come on, you need to sleep." He whispered softly into her hair as he transported her to her room. He laid her gently on the bed and pulled the covers over her, kissed her and left the room. He was heading towards his study when Wyatt appeared in front of him. Since they were children there had always been a link between them, a way of getting out of trouble without being noticed. When other Fae were only able to call each other through saying their name, Jareth had always been able to call his brother by just thinking his name, and the same with Wyatt. It had got them out of many problems, and was about to again.
"I came as soon as I could. What's wrong?"
"Im not sure. Something is happening with Sarah."
"What do you mean?"
They had reached the study now, where they could talk with no one listening in. "I don't know what's happening. She said she had a fight with Amy and then…"
"When?" Wyatt interrupted, his face full of confusion and concern.
"Well it wasn't that long ago, she came to the terrace at the top of the castle and then she started acting strangely, and her eyes were red. She tried jumping from right at the top in the escher room and would have killed herself had I not stopped her. And then she was herself again and was sleepy."
"Red eyes?! Amy has been with me all day. Where is Sarah now?"
Jareth turned to look at his brother. "But then…?"
"Then something is happening. Where is Sarah!?"
"I took her to her room." Jareth said, already ready to transport himself there.
But Sarah was no where to be seen. In her place on the bed, was a single long stemmed pink rose.
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I don't know where the pink rose stuff came from, it just sounded good! New character in the next chapter! R&R or you wont find out what happens! Well maybe you will, I like updating so yeah you probably will!!
Love you all!
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