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Your Eyes Can Be So Cruel

Chapter 7: Masque

I was sitting in my room when Jareth walked in, tossing a box onto my bed.

"Get ready." He said. "We're going to a masque." I didn't bother arguing with him, I just bowed as he left the room. Once he had gone, I walked over to the box, untied the ribbon, and opened it. Inside was a gorgeous dress of green and silver. I pulled it out, walked over to the mirror, and held it up. There were two 'v' shapes that started three inches down from my collar bone and parted in the middle at my hips. There was a silver lining that went all along the edges. The white sleeves started in the middle of my upper arm and overlapped the part of the sleeve that clung to my arm. Three inches down was a small silver band, then the sleeve puffed out to another silver band just under my elbow. The sleeve then fell loosely down to cuffs. I walked back over to my bed and laid the dress down carefully. Looking in the box I saw a pair of silver strappy heels. I shrugged.

I don't wanna know what he's planning. I smiled and ran into the bathroom to get ready.

I knocked on her door, anxiously tapping my foot. Sarah had bitten the peach and I was running out of time.

"Come in!" Elizabeth called from inside. 'About time…' I pushed open the door and walked in to see Elizabeth sitting on her bed, dress bunched up over her knee and tightening her hoe. She stood up from the bed, smoothed her dress out, flicked a strand of hair out of her face and bowed.

"Your Majesty." My eyes widened. I couldn't believe how beautiful she looked. The deep green and silver dress fit her nicely. She had done her hair in sort of a half ponytail with glittering pins holding it. Her makeup was simple, some eye shadow, liner, and mascara to bring out the brilliant copper that was her eyes. She stood up and looked at me.

"Are you okay..."

Jareth shook his head and offered his arm to me, which I gladly took. Next thing I knew, we were standing in a huge ballroom. Between the glittering cornices of the ballroom hung many chandeliers; where the wax, dripping for a hundred years, had formed stalactites. The silk covering the walls had faded, bubbles floated all around and there was a cushioned pit in the center of the room.

"Jareth, where are we?" I asked, looking around me in awe.

"At a masque inside a huge bubble." He said, smiling. I watched the dancers move in a ring around the room. The women wore dressed that were low cut and had bare shoulders. Most had their hair up high and were wearing long gloves. The men wore silken shirts that were open to the waist and tight velvet breeches. Each person had a mask, though not the normal ones. Their masks seemed to be modeled after goblins.

"Here." Jareth said as he handed me a simple white mask.

"Thanks." I looked into the side of the bubble and adjusted my hair over the string of the mask. When I turned around Jareth was no where to be found. Looking around I saw him standing with a group of girls who were begging him to dance with them.

"Excuse me, m'lady," a voice to my right said. I looked to see a pair of gorgeous green eyes twinkling at me behind a black mask. "Would you care to dance?" I nodded and took his hand. He led me to the dance floor and twirled me in a circle with the other couples. Soon after, I saw Sarah walk into the room. Her gown was silvery, the color or mother-of-pearl, with puffed short sleeves. She was wearing a glittering diamond necklace that matched her dress and her hair was strung up with silver clips and ribbons. She looked so…innocent. I watched as Jareth danced past her, a half-drunk woman in his arms. Sarah saw him in the mirror and whirled around, expecting him to still be there.

"Is something wrong?" I looked up at the man I was dancing with and smiled.

"No, nothing's wrong."

"Excuse me," Jareth said, tapping the man on the shoulder. "May I cut in?" The man nodded and Jareth stood there, holding his hand out to me. I took it and he twirled me in a circle before placing a hand on my waist, pulling me closer, and waltzing me around the room. I watched him while we danced and noticed that he never looked at me. I didn't bother looking around to see what he was staring at. I knew it was her…Eventually, he stopped right in front of Sarah, who was looking at him.

There's such a sad love,

Deep in your eyes,

A kind of pale jewel,

Open and closed

Within your eyes,

I'll place the sky,

Within your eyes.

Sarah stared at Jareth and I. She was looking from my hand in his, his hand on my waist, then back to Jareth's intense eyes staring back at her.

There's such a faded heart,

Beating so fast,

In search of new dreams,

A love that will last,

Within your heart,

I'll place the moon,

Within your heart.

As the pain sweeps through,

Makes no sense for you,

Every thrill has gone,

Wasn't too much fun at all,

But I'll be there for you,

As the world falls down.

Falling in love…

I'll paint you mornings of gold,

I'll spin you valentine evenings,

Though we're strangers till now

We're choosing a path

Between the stars

I'll lay my love

Between the stars.

I looked at Sarah and then to Jareth.

"Go…" I whispered. Jareth looked down at me, an almost pained look in his eyes. He hesitantly took his hand from mine and turned towards Sarah. She reached out eagerly to take his hand, and they began to dance away. I walked off the dance floor and stood leaning against a column, watching sadly at the couples dancing in front of me.

As the pain sweeps through

Makes no sense for you

Every thrill has gone

Wasn't too much fun at all

But I'll be there for you

As the world falls down…

As the world falls down...