Chapter 3: Surprise!
Jareth had locked him up in the dungeon!? How dared he? The bastard! Sarah was furious. "Sarah," Hoggle said nervously from behind her. "This isn't such a good idea." Sarah didn't listen, as she stormed towards the main hall. She pushed the doors open, and they crashed into the walls on either side. The whole room, filled with mischievous goblins, grew silent. Jareth stared at her, and got up from his throne, eyes full of surprise. "You let him go right now!" Sarah's eyes shone with anger. Jareth's mouth was open.
"Sarah?" was everything he could get out, not knowing he was the third person to say it that day. "Wh… How… What?"
Jareth hadn't seen Sarah since that faithful day. Before it he had often been sitting in her windowsill as an owl, but she had banished him. He had no power over her. Sarah marched towards him. "Let him go!" He had forgotten how pretty she was when she was angry. Quickly he shut his mouth and sat back down in his throne.
"Who?" he asked.
Sarah rolled her eyes. "Sir Didimus of course!"
Jareth frowned. "Who?" he repeated.
"My friend! The brave dog!" Sarah wanted to punch his noble face.
"Oh." Jareth raised one eyebrow. "The annoying mongrel? I forgot about him."
Sarah could feel her face getting red. "You locked him up in your dungeon and FORGOT ABOUT HIM?" She would have continued to yell, if Jareth hadn't gotten up again and grabbed her shoulder.
"Very well, I will release him." He waved his hand, and one of the goblins ran away. "So Sarah, what brings you back here?" He was standing very close, and Sarah could feel her heart going faster. She pushed him away, and turned around.
"Why can't you just be nice to people?" She mumbled as she went outside the castle. She had gone back here hoping for a place to stay, but there was no place for her here. She wasn't welcome here. In her hope for a home she had forgot about all the bad things, about how Jareth really was. Sarah felt like someone was watching her, but shook off the feeling.
Someone coughed behind her. Sarah had been sitting outside the castle for some time, thinking. She had been sitting on a hill overlooking the goblin city. The city seemed oddly quiet for being so big. A guard was standing behind her. "The prisoner has been released. The king would like to talk with you in private." Sarah got up, wondering what the goblin king would want with her.
The goblin king sat nonchalantly on his throne, one leg over the arm lean. He looked her up and down, a slight smirk on his face. "Sarah, Sarah, Sarah," The goblin king said, shaking his head. "I never thought I would see you again." Sarah looked down and the king with his smug face.
"What do you want with me?" Sarah asked.
"You banished me Sarah." The goblin king got up while he talked, circling her. "You told me I had no power over you, and you were right. Until now, now you're back. So what are we going to do with you?"