Chapter 10

"Now she just needs to rest."

Sarah woke up to an unfamiliar voice. There was the sound of small steps and a door opening and closing.
She was still a little dizzy, but she felt a whole lot better than before.

"Hoggle..." she whispered.
"Yes, Sarah?" Hoggle's voice was just beside her head.

She opened her eyes and looked around in the bright room.

"No..."

She was back in the castle! In her bedroom and the sun was up!
Hoggle was standing by her bedside that reached to his chin, looking at her shocked and sad expression.
He looked sadly at her, realizing what she ment.

"Sorry, Sarah." he said and looked shamefully down on the bed sheets.

She turned her head to him. His whole nose was covered with white bandages.

"Hoggle! What happened?" Sarah asked shocked.
"Well you fainted and-"
"Not to me! What happened to you? Where you also chased by those things? Where's sir Didymus and Ludo? Are they alright?"
"They're fine," he said, waving it away with his big hand that was also bandaged. "Yes, we were chased too. They took us while we were sleeping."

So much for keeping watch...

"But we got away and when we got back you were gone…"
"Hoggle, you're hurt." Sarah said, looking at the bandages.
"Ah... No I ain't!" he quickly put his hand behind his back and looked innocent.

Sarah sighed.

"You still got bandages on your nose." she pointed out with a smile.

Hoggle crossed his eyes a little when he looked at his big nose.

"Oh, damn it..." he muttered grumpily.

Sarah held up her left hand to see that it also was bandaged.
She looked surprised.

"The swamp pixies were poisonous," Hoggle explained grumpily. "That's why you fainted."
"Oh..." Sarah said understanding before she laid her hand down again and looked out of one of the windows.
"So I'm stuck her now huh?" she said in a low voice, almost whispering.
"I'm sorry, Sarah..." Hoggle said again, hanging his head towards the floor.
"Hoggle, I need a moment..." Sarah whispered, feeling her throat getting thick.

Hoggle looked at her before he nodded and left the room, leaving Sarah alone.

When he had gone Sarah sat up on the bed. On the bedside table next to her stood the music box. She looked at it for a few seconds before grabbing it and threw it across the room. It broke against the wall and shattered into a thousand pieces that sparkled in the sunlight before falling onto the floor. The doll fell on top of the shreds, face down. Sarah cried when she laid back down and buried her face in the pillows.

Toby...

Sarah neither left her room, nor let anybody in. She didn't even eat.
She cried a lot.
But it was for a reason she didn't understand.
Of course she was crying because she would never see her family again, but she cried even more because she wasn't heartbroken.

What's wrong with me?

She fell asleep when the sun set, dreaming of home.

Sarah slept through most of the next day. She didn't wake up until the sun had started to set because she was hungry.

Feeling much better in her hand and head, she got out of the bed.

"What the..?"

She wasn't wearing her normal clothes. Instead she was wearing some kind of a long, white nightdress.
Surprised she walked over to the big wardrobe to search for her clothes. She opened the doors to find the wardrobe empty. There was nothing there except for one thing, hanging right in front of her.
The dolls dress. Her dress.

Sarah had forgotten how beautiful it was. She carefully drew her fingers over the beautifully cut skirt, enjoying the feeling of the soft, heavy fabric against her palm.

Oh, it will just be for fun.

She removed the dress from its hanger and put it on the bed before taking off her nightdress.

It still fits!

She looked happily at her reflection in the mirror. She still looked as beautiful as she had done seven years ago, though her face looked a little older more mature.
She looked at the remains of the music box on the floor and sighed, regretting that she had broken it.
The rumbling of her stomach brought Sarah back to the present.

Back to reality...

When she turned back to the bed, the nightdress was gone.
She looked on the other side of the bed. Not there.
On the floor. Not there.
It was nowhere to be found!
Irritated and hungry she crossed her arms, which was a bit difficult with the dress' big arms.

"Stupid castle. Stupid goblin king. It's not fair!" she muttered as she walked over to the door and opened it.

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Okey... Chapter 10... What to say? x]
Chapter 11 is coming as soon as possible.
I apologize for eventual typos, but I only have a certain amount of time to write this down on the computer, so I don't have time to fix all the mistakes.
Hope you understand. ^^'''
Anyway thanks for reading and DON'T FORGETT TO COMMENT! It's what's keeping me to continue writing x''D

Thnx!

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DAVID BOWIE! ( *.,* )
There, I said it and I feel better for it! x''D