AN: okay, guys! Here's the next chapter! Hope you like. There is a little bit there that might be kinda confusing, but don't worry, it'll all be sorted out by the end! I actually have plans for Leslie. Okay, that's it, I'll leave you to reading, now! Bye!

Losing track of time, I didn't even realize when Leslie slipped in the door until she had me pinned in. "So, Sarah…" I heard the unmistakable voice from directly behind me. Cringing, I turned around. Leslie stood behind me with a slight smile on her lips and her hands on her hips.

Taking a deep breath and hoping for the best, I smiled slightly at her, "Hi, Leslie… what's up?"

Her smile turned predatory and I held back a gulp. "Oh, not much, Sarah… Just thinking that now is a good time to finish our talk that you were too tired for last night."

I stood slowly and looked at her. She pointed to the couch and I slumped in defeat before sitting down on it, "Ok… Ask away."

She squealed and leapt onto the couch next to me. "What happened last night while I was gone? What happened today while I was gone?" I started to answer, but was cut off, "Oh, yeah! And did anything happen today in school while I wasn't around? And anything else you think I might wanna hear! Spill!"

She knew me too well. It didn't help that we had been friends since first grade…. "Ok. Here goes…" I started. I told her the entire story, starting from the moment he walked in the door, leaving out as little as possible, knowing that if I left out too much, she would question me and bring out far more than I wanted to reveal. She was bouncing up and down by the time I made it to the part about him giving me the crystal and insisting that I call him Jareth. I just rolled my eyes and continued. When I told her about the conversation we had this morning, she was intrigued, wondering what on earth he had meant by that sentence, 'Raised to lead'.

"MAYBE HE'S ROYALTY!" she screamed.

I laughed. "I doubt it, Leslie… he wouldn't be coming here if he was. If he was royalty, he would probably have a private tutor!"

"What do you call yourself, then?"

"A study buddy."

"Sure, sure. Keep going."

I sighed, continuing on to the evening's study session. She just stared at me when I finished.

"What?"

"Girl, he's got it bad for you…"

"Yeah, right! Les, he wants me 'cause I told him no!"

"Whatever, Sar," she murmured. "Can I see the crystal?"

"Which one?"

"Either. Both!"

I grabbed the crystal from the desk and as I grasped the one in my room, a wave of something washed over me and words came to me.

"There's such a sad love
Deep in your eyes.
A kind of pale jewel
Open and closed
Within your eyes.
I'll place the sky
Within your eyes."

I knew without a doubt that they were lyrics of a song, but I couldn't remember the tune, or the voice. I swayed on my feet as my eyes slipped shut and I started to drown in the words… I could almost remember, I was so close.

"Sarah! What's taking you so long?" Leslie asked, shaking me. "Are you okay, girl?"

I jerked out of it and ran back to the couch, flopping down on it with Leslie on my heels. I handed the crystals to her without a word and watched her carefully. She looked at them for a moment and handed them back, looking amazed.

"What?"

"They're exactly the same…"

"Yeah. Kinda creepy, isn't it?"

"Sarah… what were you remembering? When you were in your room?"

"I don't know."

"Explain."

I struggled for words, "well, I remembered words and knew instinctively that they were a song, but I couldn't remember what the tune was, or what the voice sounded like."

"Tell me the words."

"There's such a sad love deep in your eyes. A kind of pale jewel, open and closed within your eyes. I'll place the sky within your eyes."

Unconsciously, I realized I was singing it. When I tried to remember the tune, it slipped away again. Leslie's eyes were wide. "What? What, Leslie?"

"Sarah, that song is familiar!"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean I've heard it before, somewhere! Gimme a minute!"

I waited the song running repeatedly over in my head.

"I've got it!" she cried suddenly.

I snapped back to myself and looked at her expectantly.

"Remember that night that you gave Toby Lancelot?"

I nodded mutely.

"After that night, you started humming that tune! You never put any words to it, but for a good year or two, I would catch you humming it under your breath! You never told me where you heard it, because you never seemed to realize you were doing it!" she smiled triumphantly.

My eyes widened and I remembered Leslie asking me all of a sudden where I had heard 'that song.' Confused, I would always ask her what song she was talking about and she would always tell me I was humming something. I would just shrug it off, saying I didn't know.

"What was the tune, Leslie? Tell me, before you forget!"

She started to hum and I found the tune matched the words in my head perfectly. Softly I hummed along with her and soon she fell quiet. I found myself humming past the first verse and wondering what on earth the next line was.

I sighed, coming to the end of the song. Leslie opened her eyes and looked at me with a dreamy look in them, almost as if it had brought back memories of a time long ago. She shook herself after a minute and took a shaky breath.

"I think we need to go to bed now, Les. It's gotten late and we have school in the morning," I stated, trying to gain a grip on my whirling mind. She nodded and we stood up, walking to our rooms.

I was asleep before my head hit the pillow and fell right into a strange dream about dancing in a crystal ballroom with Jareth, the song playing in the background.

AN: I am already working on the next chapter, I just realized that this was the best place to stop because otherwise it would be too long. Please review. As always, constructive criticism is welcome!