Chapter 37 (Written on the very last day of the holidays, whilst watching Saiyuki reload…which reminds me, I don't think I put a quote in last chapter…:()

Sarah lay panting, her teeth clenched tightly around the fabric in her mouth.

"And how was that for you?" The snake like man said sarcastically. "Good? It was for me too."

Sarah glared, wishing all sorts of pain to him and his ancestors.

"What's the matter dear, in a bit of pain? Then maybe you should do as you're told" He said, beginning the crucio curse again.

Westley stood in a corner of the room leaning against the wall. He looked down at the floor, trying to block out what was happening, his eyes closed, his arms crossed.

"Stop it! Haven't you hurt her more then enough? She is an innocent. We are after the boy." He said.

"I'll tell you when we have had enough!" the man said, turning the curse towards Westley now. "I knew it was wrong to trust a stranger. Avada kadraba!" He cried, enveloping Westley in a bright green light. "Pathetic." He said, returning to his chair.

Sarah watched the entire thing, unable to take her eyes off until the last moment.

Wormtail, who had remained by his masters chair, smirked and said

"Excellent… excellent work my lord. I knew he was weak from the beginning."

"Silence!" the man replied, pointing his wand at Wormtail threateningly, before turning to Sarah.

"Well now, what have you to say for yourself? Come on, speak up." He waited in silence, as did Sarah. "Nothing? Well then, I guess we shall just have to continue your punishment."

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." A voice called, echoing around the room.

Sarah's eyes widened in shock as she realised who it was.

"Who's there?" the snake man called nervously, looking around the room. "Wormtail, go find the intruder. No, wait. Nagini, you go and greet our newest guest in the proper manner."

The snake hissed and slid off the top of the chair and out the door, in search of the man who had spoken.

"In the meantime… Wormtail, remove our guests gag. It's time we heard what our new friend thinks of our humble abode."

The small rat-like man rushed to do so, bending and scrabbling at the binds encircling the lower part of her face. The moment it was loose, Sarah spat the fabric that had held her tongue

"Who are you?" She yelled at the man.

"What, did I not introduce myself?" He said, feigning embarrassment. "Silly me. I am Lord Voldemort. And you shall bow down to me." He said, raising his wand (yet again…)

But just as he was casting the spell, a strange form of magic was blasted towards him, knocking his chair over backwards.

"Pleasure to meet you." Sarah said, her bonds slipping away.

Once again, Sarah had realised, at an incredibly stupid moment, that she was a witch. But not an ordinary witch, an incredible witch, with extraordinary powers. A sorceress, that was the only word she could find to describe herself. This had come to her when Jareth's voice rang throughout the room.

Westley had guarded her against wizarding magic, but not the sorcery that she and Jareth (and Anastasia, and probably many other Faes etc…) possessed. Working hard, and attempting it three times before getting it right, Sarah had managed to tear apart the binds on her wrists, and to free herself from the constricting spell. She had held the binds on her wrists in place until Voldemort had been distracted. Then, she had blasted him with as much raw power as she could gather, using, surprisingly enough, a technique much like Anastasia's (you know the one where she holds her hand up… much like Orphen…mmm Orphen…).

While he was still bewildered by the blast, Sarah had pulled off the binds on her ankles and, shakily, stood and began to run, as well as she could after her crucio session, to her freedom.

I AM LOOKING AT PROM DRESSES BECAUSE MY SEMIFORMAL/SOCIAL IS SOON! YAY!

Jareth stood on a hill overlooking a rundown manor, its windows and doors boarded shut, but with a sliver of light showing through an upstairs window.

"She's here, I can feel it." He whispered, before pulling out a crystal connecting him to a crystal ball he had given Dumbledore to keep in his office.

"Scumblepaw" He whispered. "I think I've found her."

"Excellent my dear boy" Dumbledore's voice called loudly and slowly. Jareth rolled his eyes. "Where is she?"

Jareth gave him directions, before saying, "I'm going in for a closer look."

And before anyone could object, he had changed the crystal to watch Sarah.

"Nothing? Well I think we shall have to continue our punishment," A strange looking man said, raising his wand to point at Sarah.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Jareth cried, outraged. He threw the crystal away, and strode quickly down the hill in the direction of the house.

However, as hard as he searched and pulled at the walls, Jareth could not find a way in. Even more frustrated, he conjured another crystal and throwing it at one of the walls of the manor.

It struck with a crash and a flash of blinding light.

LALALA MY HEAD HURTS… AND I SHOULD SLEEP SOON…

Nagini had slithered down the stairs of the manor towards the eastern wall, the one overshadowed by the large hill, which housed the unmarked graves of the previous owners.

They had been exterminated by their own faults, they had refused to join her Lord and give him a new hide away to protect him from being found by the fools who called themselves the Order of the Phoenix. If only they could find their headquarters, the place that had housed Voldemort's only true enemy during the only time he was not under the watchful eye of Dumbledore himself.

But he had been hidden, behind their wards, under the protection of the Aurors.

As Nagini thought these thoughts (she was very perceptive for a snake… usually), she was slowly moving throughout the lower lever of the manor, check behind curtains and furniture, listening for the man who had spoken.

Eventually her path brought her to the outermost wall on the Eastern side, and she was just turning to search the other side of the house, when the wall on her left was blown open, and Nagini crushed under the stone it had been built from.

As the dust fell, a tall blonde man stepped, brushing off dust from his clothing. He looked around to get his bearings, and then began to walk up the staircase towards the room the light had been coming from.

When he walked through the doorway, he found the strange man with silvery skin crouching on the ground.

"Wormtail she has escaped. Bring her back to me, now!" He said, his voice soft, but filled with malice.

"I am not Wormtail." Jareth said.

The man looked up

"Who are you?" he demanded, slowly standing. He was tall, much taller than Jareth.

"I am Jareth Cambrensis G. Sidhe. King of the Goblins. Son of the High King and Queen of the Underground. Who are you?"

"I am Lord Voldemort." He said. "And if you know what's good for you, you will step down."

Jareth laughed. Voldemort, enraged, drew his wand and screamed

"Avada kadabra!" sending out a brilliant green light.

Jareth yawned.

"Are you quite finished?" he said. Voldemort stared at him in shock. "Good. Now it's my turn." Jareth took hold of the front of Voldemort's robes and pulled him down to eye level.

"Where is she?" he asked menacingly

"Potter's girl? I don't know"

Jareth shook Voldemort.

"You know very well where she is. Now tell me, or I will kill you, like I killed that rat running down the stairs. And let me tell you, it didn't die well."

I THINK THIS IS WHERE I'LL LEAVE IT, BECAUSE SCHOOL TOMORROW, AND IT'S 10:52PM…

Well well, that was chapter 37… YAY!

Wow, it's so long and… PLOTTED?!?!?!

Lolz

I just watched the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

OH MY GOSH

I finished watching Saiyuki Reload today… and man was I sad when it finished…

Not to mention when it began, because ALL of the voice actor's had changed… and even their clothes were different, so Hakkai didn't have his fun puffy sleeves, and Gojyo didn't have his fun vest, and Goku didn't have his white skinny jeans!
And I've been trying to decide what to do abut my semi formal dress…, which is more like a cocktail night… for grade 11 students…

Anyways

I need go sleep sleep now, but here's a quite from…

Howl's Moving Castle, which EVERYONE should go see… cos it's Christian Bale doing a sexy voice too… mmm Howl!

AHAHA

It's from my favourite scene…

Two soldiers are bothering Sophie
Howl: There you are sweetheart, sorry I'm late. I was looking everywhere for you.
Soldier: Hey, hey! We're busy here!
Howl: Are you really? To me, it looked like the two of you were just leaving.
gestures with his hand, the soldiers are forced to march away

Howl: Don't be alarmed but I'm being followed. Act normal.

Howl: Sorry, it looks like you're involved.

Anyways, have a lovely evening!

Your Queen, who made sixty cupcakes and iced them all different colours…

PS!!!!!!!

WC 1,587 words!