Disclaimer: jade is mine; as well as among other new characters, so I have no rights to Jareth and the Labyrinth…unfortunately… (Sigh)
Last Time:
"Can I, Uriel" thought the Goblin King. "Can I really? Let us both hope that I can." Sitting back in his chair, "Jaden is…"
"Zaynon…" whispered Jade hating the feel of the name on her tongue and lips; a shiver ran up her spin as she gripped her throbbing finger further.
The already shocked Jade felt even more shock and fear fill her core as Zaynon laid down soft yet forceful kisses across her cheek, to her quivering lips. It was then as Zaynon, the Lord of Darkness began to ravage her mouth did Jade finally overcome her shock.
Snatching away her lips as much she could, Jade acted upon the first thing that came into her head.
"Don't think Jareth is just keeping you under his protection just to keep you from me."
"Yes…those were his exact words…" trailed Jade in thought as she looked up at the clear azure sky. "Jareth…what are you hiding from me?"
This Time:
Chapter 9- Two Brothers, Two Motives
The young girl of eighteen sat silently in a daze, never hearing her friends come up to her asking her what happened. She didn't answer just sat there; the hauntingly gorgeous face of Zaynon starring back at her from her mind's eye.
"Jade come on! Snap out of it," pleaded Sheera as she kneeled before the girl.
A strange fox standing on his hind legs dressed in knightly attire came up to the thief's side. "Is the maiden alright?"
Crow laid a hand on Jade's shoulder; no reaction. "I don't know Sir Didymos; she's completely out of it."
"Maybe the little Miss gots a spell cast on 'er," said Hoggle as he stood behind the fox knight.
Sheera shook her head. "That's highly unlikely; who would cast a spell on Jade anyway, if it could be done? She hasn't done anything to anyone!"
Crow furrowed his brows in thought. "Maybe it's just because she's human and with Jareth or the possible fact that Jade is Sarah's daughter. There are some fae that took Jareth's defeat rather hard; Uriel for example."
"Sarraa?" growled out the large brown fur covered beast. "Ludo want to see Sarraa," and he moved forward on large feet.
"This isn't Sarah Ludo, this is Jade; Sarah's daughter," said Sheera smiling up at the kind yet strange beast. Turning back to the girl though was when the thief noticed the black piece of cloth wrapped around her finger, with a silver insignia sown into it. Sheera's eyes grew instantly wide with shock and fear and the sight of the snake with bat wings. "Crow her finger!! Please tell me that isn't what I think it is!?"
Crow looked at the kneeling teen and drew his eyes to said finger. The harpy's molten gold eyes found the symbol and narrowed to furious slits and became hard and cruel. "Zaynon…" he seethed with surprising venom.
At the sound of the single name of the Lord of Darkness, Jade came to from her hypnotic like gaze. Her green-blue eyes took in the assembly of people and creatures. "Is something wrong?"
"Jade," stared Crow as he kneeled down closer to Jade to look her straight in the eyes as he gripped her shoulders. "I need you to be straight with me…did you see Zaynon?"
She nodded her head ever so lightly as her eye remained unfocused, yet stared none the less straight at the harpy male.
"What was he doing here? What did he do to you!?" There was a nervous strained silence as Jade bowed her head mournfully. "Tell me Jade!!"
"H-he came…for me…" she looked up at her new friend with a devastated expression what twisted his heart. "He healed my hand and…and…"
Sheera kneeled by the young girl with assurance in her azure eyes. "What is it Jade; you can tell us?"
Jade summoned little strength she had left; she felt so drained of all energy. She took a large breath of clean air to calm her frayed nerves that had yet to heal from the last encounter with the fae lord of darkness. Her greenish blue eyes trailed back to Crow as held back tears sparkled in the dying sunset.
"He kissed me…he stole my first kiss…" the woman-child cried out and dove into Crow's arms as she let devastated tears fall. "I was supposed to be kissed by the guy I love, not some demonic fae!!"
Crow hugged Jade closer as she cried into his strong chest. "Oh, Jade…" he thought, his heart going out to the girl. Sheera too strived to comfort the weeping human young girl, just barley a woman; the thief stroked her hair softly like a mother would. Soon thought the salty tears dried up and the small sobs seized.
"Is the young maiden alright?" asked the one eyes fox knight.
Jade looked up with puffy red eyes to the talking fox standing at Crow's shoulder. "Sir Didymos…," trailed Jade whipping away the remnants of tears.
The knight blinked with his single brown eye as he cocked his head to the side confused. "Do I know you my lady?"
She shook her head spraying more tears over her friends as she sat herself back. "No, but you knew my mother; Sarah Williams."
"Ah yes, Lady Sarah, a gorgeous maiden. I must say you are a spitting image of her ravishing beauty; how is Lady Sarah?"
Jade chuckled at the formal talk. "She's fine; she's a well known actress like she had hoped to be."
The fox nodded in agreement. Jade tried not to feel offended by the knight after saying how much she looked liked her mother. He didn't know her so he didn't know how much it bothered Jade. So she let her eyes take in the giant fur ball standing hunched over behind the stretch of Crow's wings. The cute yet beasty creature brought a smile to the young girl's face.
"Ludo!"
Ludo cocked his head, his large floppy ears perking up at Jade giggle. "Sarraa?"
Shacking her head, Jade let the raven tresses fall about her face. "Not Sarah, Jade; I'm Jade."
"Jade," he said trying out the name, and coming out correctly. "Hello Jade."
"Hello Ludo," she said with a smile and her eyes sparkling. The raven haired girl turned to the grumpy Hoggle and sweetly smiled. "Hello again Hoggle, how have you been since the last time I saw you?"
"Been fine," grumbled the dwarf crossing his arms before his chest. "Are you alright missy, Lord Zaynon ain't known to be gentle."
"I'm fine now, thank you," she whispered back a tear leaving her eye. "Thank you; all of you…I'm just furious that my first kiss was stolen. That bastard is dead when I get my hands on him!!"
Crow and Sheera laughed at the irate girl as her green eyes sparkled with emerald flames. Crow lined forward and whipped away a stray tear. "I'd worry about Spiky first though."
"How come?"
"You can't hide anything from Jareth, when it involves his elder brother," stated the auburn haired thief. "He's able to sense dark magic and darkness in general at all times; you're probably radiating dark power right now."
Crow narrowed his warm gold eyes, startling Jade with the sudden change. "You smell of ashes and decay as well. Jareth is defiantly going to catch that. He's not going to be happy about this either, anything involving his brother and he gets all bent out'a shape."
"Drama-queen," sighed Jade, closing her eyes feeling rather defeated at the moment. "I really don't want to face Jareth right now. He and Zaynon look too much alike for my comfort." Jade shivered as the diamond hard, cold golden eyes stared back at her.
"Sorry girly, you're going to see the king in a few seconds when he comes through those gates," said the harpy shrugging. "We'll stay and help though, that should be comforting."
"What!?" cried Jade, as she grew more nervous and fearful.
The gate doors instantly opened, and there he was, the King of Goblin Castle. A soft smile was on his pale pristine face as he spoke with the elf lord, Uriel. The instant though Jareth stepped into the courtyard, he grew rigid as his mismatched eyes snapped open. As if turning in slow motion to look over the scene before him. Jareth took in the assembly of fae and mystical creatures and the single human girl that radiated dark power that only on possessed.
"Zaynon," seethed the Goblin King with such venom and rage that made anyone want to quiver in fear.
Jade turned to look at the cruel Goblin King and he instantly read the expression that was placed on her flawless face. It was an expression of dread, fear and nervousness. "J-Jareth…" she whispered out in a small crock.
The fae king strode forward with large strides with a burning rage in his mismatched eyes. Jade stumbled to her feet and clasped her hands behind her back, while keeping her head bowed. Her ebony mane hid the majority of her face, and she was grateful for it.
"Jaden explain," Jareth snapped out as he watched the innocent human girl visible flinch from his austerity.
She shuddered refusing to look Jareth in the face, so she strained her eyes on his black booted feet. "I-I don't know you're-"
"Do I look like an idiot!!? I know he was here, so tell me now!!"
Jade flinched again, but took a deep breath, swallowing the lump of nervousness in her throat. Raising her eyes she looked the Goblin King the face. "I don't know why he came; he just appeared out of nowhere. I-I tried calling for you, but he stopped me…"
Jareth crossed his arms before his chest eyeing Jade, knowing she was hiding something. "Zaynon doesn't show himself unless he has a motive behind it. Tell me Jade why he came, and why you reek of his dark magic? I won't ask again."
Jade heard the warning in his voice if she disobeyed. Straightening she brought forth her wounded finger, holding it delicately as if something would suddenly happen. "He healed me…"
Jareth snatched Jade's wrist and brought it closer to his face to examine. He removed the dark cloth and saw the deep angry gash across the paid of Jade's pointer finger. "Hmm…" he thought aloud and looked to the girl. "Let me guess, the Murder Me Not Flower."
Jade only nodded.
"Where?"
With surprising quietness Jade let the king to the small space between the two evergreen bushes. She kneeled down with ease to the edge of the pathway to get a better look, but to her astonished eyes, the strange deadly flower wasn't there. She moved branches around but still found the whole plant gone. Looking up at the man that stood above her she grew even more nervous.
"It's not here…"
The fae king stiffly nodded. "Go to your chambers, I'll speak with you later."
"You can't just order me around," snapped Jade annoyed at how Jareth just assumed she would follow every single order he gave her. "You have no power over me!!"
The platinum blonde narrowed his eyes at the comment, but remained silent. Conjuring up a clear crystal sphere, Jareth flung it at Jade's feet before she knew what had happened. As the smoke and glitter began to settle, there was no young Jade standing there. She had been forcefully transported to her room.
Coughing and wheezing from the smoke and glitter, it took some time for Jade to notice that she was no longer in the courtyard garden. Opening her eyes she took in the boxes piled high full of her stuff. Seeing that she as forcefully placed in her bedroom, Jade seethed with overwhelming rage.
"Jareth, you bastard," she yelled as she dove for the chamber door only to find it locked. "Argh!" she yelled again in frustration as the teen ran to the balcony to yell down at the snobbish Goblin King. Yet just as she reached the balcony the wood panels swung shut roughly nearly flattening Jade's perfectly straight nose. "JARETH YOU ASSHOLE!!!!! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!!!!"
Down in the courtyard Jareth sighed deeply as Jade's irate insults and threats filled the castle grounds.
Crow chuckled, "Dinner is not going to go well."
"Let's just hope someone keep his temper under control, so some girl gets put back in a damp dirty cell till she almost dies from a fever," snapped Sheera arms crossed over her chest, and one booted foot tapping the cobblestone in an irritated manner.
The Goblin King remained silent; he had no words to throw back at the individuals he called his close friends. So he took up glaring to make up for his lack of words, which only earned him triumphant grins from the pair. Turning to the silent elf lord Jareth sighed before he began specking.
"Uriel, I'm afraid we'll have to cut this visit short. My attention is being drawn somewhere else."
The pale gorgeous else crossed his arms. "So some deranged human female is more important then you best friend? I feel so unappreciated."
"Uriel…you know there's more behind this then just Jade."
The elfen nobility huffed reluctantly. "Fine, but I'll be back soon; the ball plans need to be made." With a bowing and a smiling face, Uriel transformed himself into a Red-Tailed Hawk and flew to the west.
Crow, Sheera, and Jareth all sighed in relief.
"God damn I hate that guy," grumbled Crow adjusted his wings in a gesture of discomfort. "Uriel's such a fruitcake."
"That's because he is a fruitcake Bird-Brain," snapped Sheera as she rapped a knuckle against the harpy's apparently hollow skull. The auburn haired thief turned to her King. "So, Jareth, how do you plan on fixing this one ha? I'm mean with Jade plotting to kill you; things might not go over very well."
"It won't be as bad as you think," chucked Jareth. The Goblin King turned to take in his glittering dark castle. The raging cries of a rampaging teenage woman-child chilling the whole castle residence. "She's just overreacting."
"Sure doesn't sound like it," smirked Crow, nowhere near convinced.
Jareth waved the comment away with a gloved hand, and looked at all his subjects that remained where they were; Ludo, Hoggle, and the fox knight saying nothing. "Tell me what happened here, and I'll let you all go about your business. I want to know exactly what happened between Zaynon and Jade."
Crow ruffled his dark tresses awkwardly. "To put it simply Jareth, your elder brother forced himself on our little girly; kissed her till she couldn't breathe no more."
"HE WHAT!!!!?"
Crow grew far more serious as he looked at his king. "He forcefully kissed Jade; if you want detail go ask her." The harpy brightened as he looked at his other companions. "Let's go people, let's pray that our King comes out'a this alive." Sheera laughed at that as the group of fae and mystical creatures walked into the castle.
The blonde haired and mismatched eyed male gazed up at the castle, once again sighing deeply. "This has been a long day," he commented aloud conjuring a sphere, to drop it at his feet transporting him to Jade's personal chambers.
As the cloud of glitter silently settled, there was Jade, pulling rough on the balcony doors. Once finding the pulling wasn't doing the job she reverted to smacking her open palm against the wood of the door. She was desperate to get out, and the rage the teen was radiating was more then enough to make Jareth worry.
"Maybe I should've listened to Crow," Jareth thought.
Jade rattled the handles again. "Argh! When I get my hand on that arrogant bastard, he is so dead," she seethed with surprising venom. "I'm going to cut off that gorgeous hair of his, then gut him slowly and painfully, finally carving that shriveled up heart WITH A SPOON!!!!"
"My dear Lady Jade, I didn't know you liked my hair that much?" chuckled Jareth enjoying seeing the girl suddenly stiffen like a board. "Those other threat though…they seem a bit sadistic for one such as you."
The eighteen year old swiftly spun to face the male fae. Raging emerald fire burned in Jade's eyes as she glared at the Goblin King. Her hands where balled into white knuckled fists and she growled at Jareth. The Goblin King swore as he saw the ebony mane raise on end as if Jade was a hissing cat. Jade was as unbelievably fascinating, as she was deadly at that very instant. The platinum blonde couldn't, yet wouldn't dare stray his eyes from the irate beauty before him.
"GOOOBLINNNNN KIIIIIIING!!!!!!" She droned out his title in a half growl and yell, that drove shivers up his spin. "YOU'RE MINE!!!!" and the petite human girl leapt at the towering majestic man.
(A/N: should I stop here? Naaa, I'll be nice and keep going :D)
Jade leapt at Jareth with the rage and agility of a feline. Her curtain of hair flew behind her in a inky blue wave, as the swirling spheres set in her face burned with emerald fire. This young woman that had thrown herself as the Goblin King had an undying goal to shred Jareth to ribbons with her ebony painted nails. As she flew through the air as she dived for her opponent, Jareth couldn't look away. He was transfixed on the beautiful deviant woman that was the perfect image of a fighting spirit. In what seemed like slow motion, the pair collided as Jade's momentum forced Jareth back and causing him to loose his footing; they plummeted to the dark planked floor of the bedroom.
Jade straddled the bewildered Jareth, who starred up at the irate girl with wide mismatched eyes. The rave haired woman flattened her hands on both of the sides of the fae's head, with a loud smack filling the chamber air. She glared down at the proclaimed cruel Goblin King with inhuman lividness, as she lined down closer to Jareth's face.
"Stop treating me like a child!!! I'm old enough to take care of myself, so I don't need you giving me orders and sending me to my room!!!!"
"You're certainly acting childish," stated the man rather calmly, which only irked Jade more and it was clearly visible on her face.
She growled again, which earned her a smirked from her victim. "I have every right to act the way I am!! You spelled me into my room; locked me in and demanded I stay! How do you expect me to act!!? Like I said before, you're not my mother or some kind of parent; you're not even a guardian, so keep your orders to your servants!!!!"
Jareth just let a sinister and mischievous laughter rumble in his chest as the feline growling she-cat grew nervous. "Oh I beg to differ, Jade." Then before the young girl knew what happened, she was rolled over and now she lay on her back, with a triumphant Goblin King straddling her and pinning her down. "I expect all my residence of my Kingdom and castle to take my order or requests with out question."
Jade snarled up at the fae male. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I don't take orders well, if you haven't noticed."
"I did notice," he said playfully lining down closer to his prisoner.
Jade struggled against the hands that were as strong as iron. "Let me up Jareth," she snarled through clenched teeth still struggling even if she knew it was fruitless. "Or something bad might happen."
The platinum blond lined down closer to the young teen hoping to find the cute innocent glow of Jade's cheeks; there was none. "And why would I do that my dear? Why should I bee afraid of a weak little hell-kitten like you?"
"Because," she said narrowing her burning green eyes. "This might happen!!"
It was Jade's turn to surprise her opponent, and she did. Bring up her knees, the woman-child pushed off the fae male with the sheer power of her strong legs. Jareth went flying off of her to land harshly on the wood floor. With her quick reflexes, Jade leapt to her feet, and went to stand before her bed with it protecting her back.
"Come now Jareth, you're going to have to do better then that," chuckled Jade evilly placing a hand on her right hip. She was silently hoping that she was taunting the dominating male to the point where he was furious.
So watching the man raise slowly to his feet, it was clearly written in his frame; he was absolutely furious. Once standing, Jareth's icy blue and black stare fell on Jade; she grew stiff with its intensity. Jade took a step back only to feel the bed's footboard and blankets caressing her legs. She couldn't move, nor look away from the striking man before her. The young teen felt her heartbeat speeding up with adrenalin, to ear her heart's rapidity in her ears.
The Goblin King's mismatched eyes burned intently with rage, but along with something else Jade could not name. His silvery hair hung in his face giving him an animalistic appearance, yet fascinatingly sexy look as well. Jade's heart pounded in her chest, to echo painfully in her ears, so it was all she heard as well as her heavy breathing.
The majestic man strode forward slowly only to speed up at he came nearer.
Jade tried to move, but her body wouldn't respond to her commands. Her mouth didn't open, her mind remained blank except of the man coming at her with such intensity it was frightening. Soon Jareth was in a run and with a single leap, he pounced on the unmoving, and wide eyed Jade. Once more Jade found herself on her back, with Jareth pinning her down; this time they were sprawled across the foot of her bed. Her feet tangled helplessly over the edge of her bed's foot, inches from the floor. Her slim pale wrists captured in the fae King's iron grasp, as he pinned them down into the feather blankets.
For a time Jade just starred up at the fae in utter shock. The outcome she expected was more along the line of a yelling match. She however did not expect to be pinned down on her own bed starring up at the man she had admired for years.
Jareth too was shocked, more shocked his own actions. Never had anyone been able to make him loose his temper or self-control. Then came along the girl he had watched for years, to be swept away by his brother right into his own arms. Now starring down at her gorgeously surprised face, Jareth took in the pale flawlessness of her face, the rosy kissable lips, the burning emerald green eyes tinged with soft blue. The Goblin King felt something swell up inside him, a feeling he thought he'd never feel again.
Jade overcame her shock, to have anger take its place. "Get off me you jerk! You weigh a ton!!!" The truth however, was that Jareth wasn't really on top of Jade. He was kneeling on his own knees some good five inches above Jade.
Jareth line down closer to the point where his nose nearly touched his captive's, "If that's so, perhaps you prefer to be on top?"
"Huh?!" gasped Jade as she turned the deepest scarlet, from her hairline to neck. Soon though the raven haired teenager overcame her surprise and swallowed deeply before burst out again. "Jareth, you perverted fae! Get off of me before I get really seri-"
The passionate pressure of a kiss stopped Jade's threat. Jareth took absolute dominance over Jade as he kissed her deeply and long. A gloved hand loosened on her wrist to trail to the delicate curve of her neck to pull Jade's face closer to his own. The kiss deepened further as Jareth ran his tongue across a rosy lip; he asked for entrance, and it was slowly granted. The tension in Jade's body slowly ebbed away as the kiss continued. The blissful kiss seemed to last forever, yet not nearly long enough to either of them. However, Jareth slowly withdrew, and took pleasure in hearing the girl beneath him sudden gasp for breath.
Jade lifted her lids half way as if she was, and she very well could have been from the way Jareth had kissed her. "So different from his brother," she thought, blinking to clear her dreamy eyes. "Why'd you do that?"
"I wanted to know what my elder brother lusted after, and now I know," Jareth whispered in a husky voice as he stroked Jade's flushed cheek. "Jade, you truly are amazing."
The raven haired young woman couldn't find words to say as she stared up at the man. The Goblin King was said to be cruel and angry, but he was also compassionate and strong. So to replace her lack of words, Jade simply smiled a pure, full loving smile.
"What do we have here? This wasn't what I expected at all," said a voice from the doorway.
Both Jade and Jareth stiffened, and then spun their heads to the door. Standing there with broad smiled on their faces was none other then Crow and Sheera. Jade's blush came back ten-fold, as she flushed a million shades of red from hairline to below her slim fitting dress's neckline.
"O good god, could this get any worse," Jade thought panicking.
While Jareth's thought along the lines of, "I wonder how far that blush goes."
Sheera chuckled gleefully like a little school girl. "And here we were worrying that Jade would beat Jareth into submission…"
"When we found that our dear Goblin King finally conjured up some back bone, and put the girly in a position of submission," laughed the harpy male clutching his sides from hysterical laughter.
Sheera glared at the idiotic harpy that had no tact what so ever. "I wasn't going to say that…" a small smile spread across her face, as she turned back to the pair that was still lying motionless on the bed. "But it works none the less."
Jade sick of being made fun of; sick of being so nervous and more then a little annoyed that the Goblin King still was above her with a wrist still his gloved grip. Her temper was heating up again, as she began to struggle once again. "Will someone get this lug off me before I do something I know I won't regret!!!?"
It took some time for Sheera to understand, but the paling faces of both Crow and Jareth, she assumed what the comment meant; it was blankly obvious. Crow rushed over and pulled a startled Jareth off of Jade, as Sheera helped the teenager up. Awkward silence fell over the room as no one spoke for a time. Sheera looked to Crow as he looked to the thief for help. Jareth watched Jade intently, who intently stared at where her feet met the floor; her dark man blocking her fair face.
"Dinner will be ready in a bit, so…why don't we get you ready Jade," and taking hold of the younger woman's hand, Sheera led her away.
Crow clapped a hand on his friend and King's shoulder, shacking Jareth from his daze. "Come on man, we need to get you ready too," and the two gentlemen left the girl's bed chambers an the awkwardness it held inside.
A/N: yea, done! sry its taken so long but I've been busy with stuff…aka Christmas shopping. However, I'm done with that stupid paper, so I will hopefully be updating a little more often now. So that's all I really have to say; hope to have some reviews…HOPING PPL, DON'T DISAPOINT ME!!!!
P.S.- MERRY CHRISTMASS EVERYONE….this BLAZE is out!!!