A/n: "Hi yuck!" Hello friends! That's it. Hello. New chapter. (Blow kiss)

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Disclaimer: not mine (I'm tired)

Chapter 14: Ballsy

"Sooo… I'm like trapped here, cause' he like put this spell-y thing on me, and so I can't leave."

"Oh you can leave." The mirror added a little too helpfully. "You can leave anytime now."

Sarah didn't notice.

She just continued telling him/her/it her inane second adventure through the labyrinth.

It was so nice too talk to someone who wasn't a particular flamboyant sadist...whoshallnotbenamed.

"Nah, no I can't. Even if I got past the godzilla castle alarm I still wouldn't know what to do once I got out there."

"Ah…. Drag… but, you could always…uh…kill yourself?" The thing suggested with a 'glad to help' nod.

"Nah… too emo." Sarah said thoughtfully… then after a minute she smiled and clapped her hands. "Wait, Wait! I totally have a funny emo joke."

The thing glared at her. She really couldn't take hint. It scoffed.

"No, really… this is so funny. Okay?"

"No-"

"Okay." She took a breath and smiled. "I wish my hair was EMO." She looked for it's reaction. "…because that way I could save money, because it would cut itself!"

She burst out into giggles. But the eyes in the mirror got darker.

"Wasn't that funny? Ashley told me that."

The eyes broke out into slits.

"I have a joke."

"Ah really? Shoot."

"Go away."

"What?"

"Yes, that's my joke. Go away."

She looked at him.

"Okay wait, I have another one. You'll like this one."

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So, she confided her soul to this odd creature.

So much had happened this week, and she had no one that she could tell with 100 percent accuracy…(reason? It was crazy.)

buuuuut…. There was still something bothering her- aside from it's blatant hostility.

"Can't you do anything besides my face? I mean having a two-way conversation with my reflection is sci-fi enough without having that manly baritone coming from my lips. I'm like seriously weirded-out by this."

"Then go away."

"No I really need your help."

"What is it? I promise I'll help you in any way I can as long as you leave me in peace."

Sarah frowned and looked rather tired all of a sudden. "I need to get away from here. I also need to save my friends somehow…" She glanced around the room. "I need a way to do both things."

"Fine. Do you know how to do magic?"

"No."

"Then you need to get a hand on one of his balls…"

Sarah stared at him.

Then she realized what he meant.

"Okay, that's gonna be a trick, I'll think of that later,

but once I get one what do I do with it?"

"I don't know- what does he do with them?"

"I don't know… he like juggles with them." Sarah swayed her hand back and forth sort of mimicking how Jareth did it.

He must've used magic, she wasn't sure her wrists even bent like that.

"Then juggle his balls!" it screamed impaitently.

"Mirror!" Sarah yelled. It came out like a croak because she choked the same time.

"What?"

"Don't say it like that!"

"What's wrong? I'm just saying great magic comes from those balls, and you would benefit from handling them."

Sarah glared at him painfully, trying her darnedest to shoo away any uncomfortable images. "What would I do once I got one of his…crystals?"

"Umm… what you up class goblins do. Magic." It gave her that 'duurr…obviously' look.

"How?"

"How should I know? Just do it."

Now it was Sarah's turn for her eyes to darken. At least it was a goal she might be able to achieve. But how would she get one?

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The stairs were a no go of course. Up or down brought her to the same spot. So with a sigh she called for assistance.

Well.

She poked her hand through the window.

The castle shook again and even her hair wafted a bit in the alarm's vibrations. With a little bit of satisfaction she decided that the sound wasn't as bad on her because she was the one making it.

For everything else in the castle it was probably not so.

Just barely she could make out a yell coming from behind the curtain on her right. She didn't know what it was saying, but it wasn't very nice.

A leather hand clamped down on her outstretched arm and pulled it back. "No." He whispered in a shudder. He looked like he just got out His face was pale and his eyes were a bit…glossy.

Sarah grinned. "Ah! Glad you're here! That bell is loud, Jareth! Don't'cha think it's loud? I think it's loud." She prodded faux-smiley and right in his ear. He was still shaking, he used his body to slightly push her away from the window.

"Loud, obnoxious bell, goes off at any given moment and it's loud…very loud." She clamped her hands on his cheeks and turned his head so he had to look her in the eyes for emphasis. Maybe he'd get it now now that she's tortured him with it a few times. "Don'tcha think you should take it off?"

She smiled.

He smiled.

He bonked her head with his own. "Or I should just get rid of all the windows."

With a small quirk of his lips the bricks around the window wobbled, moved out and closed it off.

Her lip curled up in a little whimper.

Jareth took advantage of the mere moment Sarah had looked at the was-window to shorten the already close distance with puckered lips.

Not even looking at him Sarah adverted certain kissy disaster with a quick act of 'talk to the hand'.

Jareth smiled behind it, quickly shaking off the cringe the bell had done and licked her palm.

When Sarah felt something wet cross her hand she screamed and thrashed out of his grip.

"No.no.no.no Nnnn..NO!" She rubbed her hand ferociously against her pants. "You.Just.Don't.Do.That!"

He just smirked. He definitely had the air of a victorious demon king. "Well, now if you don't like it…" he started pleasantly-

"Then don't get in my way…" he ended unpleasantly.

She looked at her palm and then looked at him. She saw him grin.

Crap.

He looked hungry.

But not for food.

"Ha ha you in for it now, bitch." The mirror called out.

She glared in that general direction and Jareth quirked an eyebrow,

but yeah,

that was about right.

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a/n okay, okay I know the balls joke has been used by many.. but who cares? Now it's used by many plus one.

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