Chapter 2
"Jareth"
The Goblin King gave a wicked smile as he heard Sarah's whisper of his name.
"Well, its time." Jareth said, as he looked at the group of Goblins that surrounded his feet.
Jareth watched as all the Goblins snickered around him and started talking amongst themselves about his plan of bringing Sarah, the one and only human, who had defeated the Labyrinth and their King.
"Silence!" Jareth yelled, startling all the Goblins into dead silence. "Be sure her room is ready for when I return with her." Jareth said as he stood and produced a pure clear crystal, with Sarah's sleeping form inside.
He dropped the crystal to the floor and it shattered into a glimmering glitter smoke and he disappeared from the sight of the Goblins.
"Sarah, get up, it's time for dinner!" Sarah's father said up the stairs towards his daughter's room. "Sarah." Her father waited there, waiting for a response. Finally, he was fed up and marched upstairs to her bedroom door. He banged on the door as hard as he could. "SARAH, GET UP THIS INSTANT!" He yelled through the door.
"Wha? Oh, I'm up, I will be down in a minute. Just let me get dressed." Sarah replied as she got up out of the bed and walked towards her closet.
"Well hurry up. And next time I call you, don't ignore me." Sarah's father said, as he walked back downstairs.
"Excuse me, I didn't hear you." Sarah said quietly to herself.
Ever since her father had married Karen 6 years ago, he had gone on a mean streak towards her. It seemed she could do nothing right to please him. She got an A in school, he would yell at her, telling her she should have done better. She stays home with Toby, while Karen and he go out to fancy dinner parties, then comes back and yells at her on how she didn't take care of Toby right. And the list goes on from there.
Before he had married Karen, her father treated her like she was the only thing in his world. He would take her ice skating, to the movies, and would even pay hundreds of dollars to go to a play that Sarah was dying to see. But that had all changed once he met Karen.
Sarah finally gave up on hope that her father would return to normal. Now she just thought about the future, in which she could move out, start a life and a family of her own. She thought, "He wouldn't miss me at all. He's probably praying for the day that I move out. And he can shut me out of his life forever, and forget that he even has a daughter."
Sarah put on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, and walked out of her bedroom, in which she thought of as a safe haven, and downstairs, where she could hear her so called family, chattering away.
Once she entered the kitchen, it became dead silence. Karen and George looked at Sarah with displeased looks. "Finally," Sarah's father said "could have taken you any longer to get down here." He said, going back to his food.
"Sorry" Sarah said, looking down and walking to her place at the table.
"Excuses, Excuses." Karen said, pouring herself another glass of wine.
Sarah looked at this. Karen was the only person she knew who would drink wine with anything.
Sarah took her slice of pizza in her hands and started to eat a bite of it, but not before she was scolded by Karen, yet again.
"Do not eat with your hands Sarah. Use your knife and fork." Karen complained.
Sarah sighed and put down her slice and picked up her knife and fork, cutting off a piece of pizza and eating it.
"Sarah, after dinner, Karen and I are going to the theater. You will stay here and watch Toby. Make sure you do everything on the list we will provide for you." Her father commanded.
"Yes sir" Sarah replied. "Of course. As usual. Doesn't think that I might have plans, not that I do, but it would be considerate to ask first." Sarah thought to herself.
"Come on Toby; let's get you ready for bed before we leave." Karen said, getting up from the table and taking Toby with her, followed by George. "Sarah, clear the table and wash the dishes." Karen commanded as her, George and Toby went upstairs.
Sarah sighed and gathered everyone's dishes and utensils and walked over to the sink and placed them in there. She turned on the water and started to wash the dishes and she heard Karen and her father walking downstairs, dressed up for their evening of fun.
"Sarah, we left the list on the coffee table in the foyer, be sure to follow it." George said.
"Yes sir." Sarah replied. "Goodbye." Sarah said, but the reply she got was the door closing.
She went back to cleaning the dishes, as tears started coming down her face.
All Sarah wanted was the normal family she read about in stories.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here." said a sly voice behind her.
Sarah froze and dropped the plate into the sink and heard it shatter.
"Oh God no. Please no." Sarah said as she turned around to see the same face from her nightmares.
"Oh yes, we meet again sweet Sarah." Jareth said.
A/N: Well???? What do you think so far??? Tell me!!! Also, give me some ideas. I like putting other people's ideas into my stories