Chapter 7: Just a Dream or Something More?

After Toby left Sarah, he felt confused and out of it. He went through dinner without saying much, then he showered. He was in deep thought the entire night, trying to figure out why he felt the way he did.

He kept seeing this blonde man and he wanted to know why. He had something to do with what Sarah was hiding and this man had to be why Toby felt Sarah shouldn't have been dating Tyler. After awhile he gave up and went to bed, hoping that sleep would help him to clear up his thoughts.

Toby tossed and turned in bed as everything was put into place for him.

Voices echoed throughout his mind. Somehow, he knew they were from the past.

Sarah's voice could be heard - "Once upon a time, there was a young girl whose evil stepmother always made her stay home with the baby! And the baby was a spoiled child and he wanted everything for himself and the young girl was practically a slave." Toby had heard this story before, but Sarah had never told it to him like this.

"But what no one knew was that the king of the goblins had fallen in love with the girl and he had given her certain powers."

"I've brought you a gift"

Now, a man's voice interrupted Sarah's and Toby saw the blonde man speaking with Sarah. But that image was soon ended when Sarah's voice returned.

"So, one night, when the baby had been particularly cruel to her, she called on the goblins for help. 'Say your right words' the goblins said. And we'll take the baby to the Goblin City and you will be free."

You remind me of the babe - what babe?

The babe with the power - what power?

The power of voodoo - Who do?

You do - Do what?

Remind me of the babe.

"But the girl knew that the king of the goblins would keep the baby in his castle for ever and ever and ever and turn it into a goblin. And so the girl suffered in silence until one night, when she was tired from a day of housework and she was hurt by the harsh words of her stepmother and she could no longer stand it … Oh, I wish I did know what to say to make the goblins come and take you away."

"You know very well where he is."

"Turn back, Sarah."

"What a pity."

"I wish the goblins would come and take you away … right now!" The words echoed everywhere and images began to run together as a song was heard.

There's such a sad love

*Sarah in a beautiful white gown*

Deep in your eyes, a kind of pale jewel

*Sarah in a wacky room where staircases were everywhere and the man was standing on a staircase upside-down*

Opened and closed within your eyes

*Sarah talking to the blonde man in what seemed like a tunnel*

I'll place the sky within your eyes

*the blonde man watching Sarah through a crystal*

But I'll be there for you-ooh ooh

*the man offering Sarah a crystal*

As the world falls down

*the man throwing the crystal into the air as the words "You have no power over me" disrupted the angelic melody*

Now, images began to form in his mind and Toby knew that they were more recent.

The blonde man snuck up behind present-day Sarah and grabbed her waist, pulling her into a little more than friendly embrace.

"Jareth!" she laughed. He laughed into her hair then turned her around to face him. He held up a crystal then turned it into a rose. As he placed it behind her ear, he asked, "Are you ready to go?"

Sarah grinned, looked around, and said "Yep!" She looked at his face and rolled her eyes. Tugging lightly on some of his hair, she said "Oh quit your pouting!"

"But I always miss you when you're gone. It's too quiet without you here to annoy me … You know the drill."

"Don't worry. I'll be home in two weeks."

Sarah threw a crystal up into the air and before she knew it, the man she had called Jareth quickly strode towards her and kissed her cheek.

As soon as Sarah disappeared, Jareth turned into an owl and flew out the window.

He had been the owl that Toby had seen!

Jareth following Toby and Sarah in the mall looking incredibly happy as he gazed Sarah with immense love and adoration in his eyes.

Jareth following Sarah and Tyler outside of what looked to be the cinema looking pissed off and hurt; the exact opposite than before they had run into Tyler at the mall.

Tyler and Sarah kissing as the owl dug its talons into a branch.

The owl attacking Tyler's head.

Jareth throwing a giant crystal at the wall and beating his fists against it as well although it looked to be rather painful.

Tears welled up in Jareth's eyes though he paid no attention to them.

He screamed and cried out with rage and betrayal. He threw a couple more crystals at the walls and destroyed anything he could get his hands on.

He screamed again as he sank to the floor and held his head in his hands.

Toby didn't know this man at all, but seeing him so distraught tore Toby up inside. He wanted to cry with Jareth. He wanted to comfort him and tell him that it would be all right.

Jareth looked at himself in a crystal and said to himself, "Jareth, my boy, tonight will be your last night acting the way you do. Tomorrow, when Sarah comes home, you will not act as you always do. No flirting, hand-holding, kisses of any sort, or arrogance. From now on, you shall be sweet, kind, shy, and … pathetically lame. If that's what Sarah wants, then that's what I'll give her."

Suddenly, it all made sense to Toby.

Jareth was the man that Sarah was living with.

Jareth was in love with Sarah and seeing her with Tyler was killing him inside.

Sarah was in love with him too, but she hadn't admitted it yet.

Jareth was about to change himself for Sarah and Toby somehow knew that this wasn't good.

Toby felt very upset with his sister for hurting Jareth like this and making him think that he needed to change for her. Especially, when Toby somehow knew that Sarah returned Jareth's feelings for her but was just too stubborn to admit it. How could she be so cruel?

Toby shot up, very much awake. He glanced outside his window to see that it was day.

His digital clock said that it was 8:17 a.m.

Sarah was leaving for home (wherever that was) today.

Toby ran a hand through his hair as he pondered his dream. It had felt so familiar, yet strange at the same time.

It was too abnormal to be real and Toby thought that maybe this man was symbolic of something (or someone) else.

There was no way Sarah would intentionally hurt somebody like that, he thought to himself, but still ….

No! I refuse to believe anything until Sarah tells me herself.

Finally making up his mind, Toby got dressed as the smell of bacon drifted throughout the house.

A/N: Ok there's Toby's chapter. It probably could have been better, but I'm trying to get what I can posted before school starts up again on Monday. I hope this chapter is at least somewhat satisfactory.

Now, normally I thank everybody who reviewed but I'm short on time at the moment. Just know they make me SO happy and give me the will to write more. I'll thank you all properly in the next chapter which should be coming out sometime later today (since it is now 12:40 a.m.) or tomorrow.

Until then here's a small preview.

As Sarah was hugging Toby close to her for the last time for awhile, she was surprised when he gently pushed her away.

"You better get going," he said, almost darkly, "You don't want to miss your plane."

Sarah nodded, hiding her surprise, and saying goodbye for the final time, she entered the taxi cab.

Really short, I know but I don't know how long the next chapter will be and I don't want to give away too much. Bye now!