Your Eyes Can Be So Cruel

Chapter 8: The Goblin City

I sighed and slid down the column to the floor, but even there I could see Jareth spinning around with Sarah in his arms. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a gloved hand reach toward me.

"If you sit on the ground, you'll ruin your beautiful dress."

"What's the point…" I mumbled.

"The point is," He said as he knelt next to me. "Is that a dress needs to compliment the beauty of the girl wearing it. It can't do that if it's ruined." I turned me head to the side and wiped away the tears that were starting to fill my eyes. "C'mon." he said as he took my hand and pulled me to my feet.

"Thank you." I said and he smiled at me and wiped the tears away from my face..

"You're welcome. So, what's your name?"

"Elizabeth. Friends call me Lizzie."

"You have a beautiful name, Miss Elizabeth. I'm…"

"Well, what do we have here?" I saw Jareth standing there watching us with anger in his eyes. It was then that I noticed that everyone was running around and that the bubble had been broken.

"We're just talking." I said, looking back at Jareth. "Is there anything wrong with that?

Yes, there was indeed something wrong with that. What that something was I had no idea. I turned to the man and glared at him.

"If you know what's good for you, you'll turn around and leave." He just smiled at me, took up Elizabeth's hand and kissed it.

"Until we meet again, Lady Elizabeth."

"Bye." She said, smiling back at him. Once he was out of sight she turned to me. "I don't even know his name because of you."

"He wasn't worthy of you. Let's go." I grabbed her hand and dragged her back to the castle.

I was lounging on my throne, propped up on one elbow. Elizabeth was sitting on the stool next to me, mending one of my shirts. Goblins stood all around us, their eyes on Toby and I, wishing they had Toby to play with. I would tickle Toby, and whenever I was within range the baby would punch me in the face. I could tell Elizabeth was amused by our little game by the small smile on her lips.

"Spirited little fellow." I chuckled. "I think I'll call him Jareth. He's got my eyes." Toby smacked me in one of them. "And my disposition." I added. I looked up when a goblin came running into the throne room, tripped on a dead chicken and fell flat on his face.

"Your Highness! The girl!" Elizabeth glanced at the goblin.

"What?"

"The girl who ate the peach and forgot everything?"

"Yes, yes," I said testily, although I had more than one girl on my mind lately. "What of her?" The goblin's eyes were huge and he had one arm out behind him, pointing.

"She's here."

"Hm?" I stopped tickling Toby and glared at the goblin.

"She's here, you're Highness! With the monster, and Sir Didymus, and the gnome who's in your employ!"

"Here?"

"They've gotten through the gates and they're on their way to the castle!"

"What?!" I stood up and tossed Toby to Elizabeth. "Stop her! Call out the guard! She must be stopped!" The goblins started running around the chamber, screaming.

"Here." Elizabeth handed Toby to a goblin. "Take Toby and hide him." Soon, it was just the two of us.

"She must not get the baby…" Jareth whispered to himself. "She must be stopped…" I walked over to Jareth and touched his arm. He jumped at my touch and looked at me, his mismatched eyes full of fear.

"She must not get the baby…" he said to me. I nodded.

"She won't…" I told him. He saw right through that lie. We both knew she could beat Jareth and his Labyrinth. My only worry was what would happen to Jareth after that. I took Jareth's hand in mine and led him back to his room, him dragging his feet behind me the whole time. We arrived at his room and I pushed him in.

"You need to get some rest, I'll wake you if she gets closer."

"Thank you, Lizzie…" I bowed slightly, a small smile on my lips, and left.

I stood looking out the window as Sarah, Ludo, Sir Didymus, and Hoggle walked through the Goblin City, coming ever closer to the castle.

She shall win… I thought as they reached the steps and the guards threatened them. I stood there, watching intently as Sarah and her friends fought their way through the guards. I barely heard Jareth walk into the room behind him. I only noticed him when he placed his hands ever so gently on my waist.

"Where is she?" he whispered, looking at the chaos below.

"Over there, hold up in that house." I said, pointing.

"Oh." I turned away from the window and started my attempt of clearing my mind by cleaning the chamber. Despite my fighting and rigorous cleaning, tears still managed to escape and fall on my hands. I let out a small whimper and Jareth looked at me.

"Elizabeth…are you okay."

"Yes." I said, not looking at him. "I'm fine." I glanced at him and he raised an eyebrow.

"You're lying."

"So what if I am." I turned my back to him and ran my fingers gently over the cradle where Toby had slept. "It's not like anything about me matters to you…I'm just invisible…I'm just a servant…" Jareth never answered. HE was leaning out the window, staring. I head the sound of Ludo yelling and rocks rumbling around the city.

"Damn." Jareth ran from the window and up the stairs to where Toby was. I sighed and sat down, my back leaning against the seat of the throne. I couldn't take it anymore. The loving, the hurting…it was all too much.

I stopped crying when I heard Sarah running up the stairs. I stood up, sat down on the throne, crossed my legs, and waited for her to come.

I hadn't gone all the way up the stairs. I froze a few steps up.

It's not like anything about me matters to you…I'm just invisible…I'm just a servant…

Her words kept ringing in my head, over and over; I wasn't able to think of anything else. Some part of me, part of my heart, couldn't bear knowing that Lizzie was crying. It seemed that part of me wanted to run back down the stairs and hold her tight in my arms. I shook the thoughts from my head, turned my mind back to Sarah and continued up the stairs.

Sarah ran in the room but stopped when she saw me. I looked at her while continuing to twirl a crystal in my fingers.

"Hello, Princess."

"Where is he?" She asked.

"Where is who?" I replied, a sly smile on my face.

"You know who! Tell me where he is!" I stood up and walked past her.

"You need to ask the right questions." I peeked out the window. "My, my, my, what a mess you have made of Jareth's city."

"Where is Toby!?" I turned around to Sarah.

"Now that's a question. He's safe and having a marvelous time with Jareth." I tossed the crystal to her. "And what of your dream, dear Sarah. Are you willing to give it all up for little Toby?" She didn't answer. She simply tossed the crystal back to me.

"Do you see one? When you look in the crystal I mean." I looked down at the shining crystal. Inside, I could Jareth standing next to me, his crown on his head. I too had a crown that was tilted to the side. His hands were placed over my stomach, my hands were over his, and we were looking out the window to observe our city.

"Do I see what?" I said, looking at her over the crystal.

"Your dreams." I looked back as the image shattered to show Sarah in my place.

"No. I don't see my dreams. I see my nightmares. Either way, it's not important."

"Why are you still here?" She asked, tilting her head. "You love him, so you stay. But, he doesn't love you, does her?" I couldn't even look at her.

"You wouldn't understand."

"I understand. You love him so much it hurts you. You cry, you hide it, you wish you were his everything. It's not enough though." She walked past me and started up the stairs. "You're pathetic. Give up. It's not worth it." With that, she was gone, running up the stairs to save her brother.

._. I have no idea what was going through my head when I wrote some of this. I tend to just...let my mind go where ever it wants and write down what I think first. But hey, I don't mind about the reviews...I'm going to upload the rest of this story today! ^-^