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"Well?" Sarah asked.
"This is amazing!" Alexander said falling into an armchair. They had made it to Philadelphia in a little over three hours. They were Sarah's private suite they had booked at the hotel. They would be staying for a few weeks so they could rest and get in contact with the record company.
He looked over the music and lyrics for "As the World Falls Down" again. "How did you come up with this so fast?"
"A magician never reveals her secrets. So when are we going to start practicing?"
"Tomorrow. Right now I want to get this to the band. I want you to get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be a big day."
Sarah flopped down on the bed. It felt good to lay down on a real bed.After staring at the celling for an hour she walked over to the vanity and sat down. She unpacked some of her things while thinking about the Goblin King would react to her using that song. She had used bits of some of his songs before bout only a line or two here and there. She went through some of the drawers looking at the stuff in there. (A/N: you know how hotels always stick free stuff where you won't see it, like in end table drawers and stuff.) She froze. In the top right hand drawer was a crystal. She stared at it contemplating what to do with it. 'What's it doing here?' she thought. 'Is it safe to touch?' Not knowing what else to do, she summoned all her courage and picked it up.
"Hello Sarah."said a voice from behind her.
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'That stupid girl! Even some of the Goblins have figured it out' The Goblin King was pacing in his study. It was only an hour ago he had seen Sarah face to face for the first time in five years. Her scream was still fresh in his head. He cursed himself. He shouldn't have scared her so. Someone knock on his door."Enter." he said. A goblin opened the door timidly.
"Yer majesty…the girl..." he started.
That's all the further he got. The king had already vanished.
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"Hello Sarah."
She shivered. His voice sounded so cold. And to think she once fancied him being in love with her!
"What do you want?" she asked shakily.
"Oh now why so frightened?" he asked. She just stared at him. He sighed. "The reason I'm here is out of pure curiosity. I'm puzzled as to why you screamed when you saw me last night." He stood there waiting for her to respond.
She didn't answer right away. In fact, even she wasn't sure why she had been so afraid and was still.When they had last encountered hadn't she been furious? Then she remembered that she had been afraid that he would be angry with her. She had defeated him after all, he probably wanted revenge. Finally she answered "You scared me." For a second there was pain flashed in his eyes. Then they were back to their normal mask of arrogance.
"Why should I scare you? I can do you no harm.Or do you not remember your last words to me?" She shrugged. He sighed. "Well since you won't tell me I guess I'll have to find out for myself." He closed the distance between them leaving only a few inches. She gasped at his sudden closeness. He stood like that for a minute letting her calm down a bit. Then slowly so as not to frighten her even more he gently place a gloved hand on each side of her temple holding her face in his hands.
She was trying so hard not to lose what little strength she had left so she wouldn't collapse against him. She closed her eyes concentrating on the pieces of her one song Julia wanted her to work on.
'Good.' he thought. 'She relaxed a bit.' He closed his eyes and slowly prodded her thoughts and memories. He didn't stop to look at any of them until he found the one he wanted. It was from a couple days after she had defeated him. He smirked after looking at it. 'She's close but it's for a completely different reason.'he thought. He opened his eyes to have startling green ones starring back at him. They stayed like that for a few minutes. Then she broke the silence.
"What did you just do?" she asked in a whisper.
Just then someone knocked at the door. Sarah stiffened at the sound. "Sarah?" it asked. It was Ethan. 'Not now.' she thought wearily. Ethan was a friend who wanted more than friendship. No matter how many times she rejected him he still thought he had a chance. Even though the Goblin King scared the crap out of her, the thought of dealing with Ethan right now gave her a headache.
"It seems you have some company," Jareth said. "In that case I bid you farewell. For now." Before she could tell him he could stay, he was gone. She sighed and braced herself. 'Time to deal with idiotic man number two.' She thought.
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Second chapter posted today. That should keep you all happy for a while. I'm going to go work on chapter four after I finish checking my email. R&R!