Chapter 17

Sarah fell without stop. No helping hands this time, not a sound. Only darkness.

Down?! What kind of a smart move was that?!

It felt like she'd been falling for ages before it felt like gravity slowly seized to exist. She was falling more slowly now.

"Hey... It feels like I'm flying!" she said happily to herself, enjoying the feeling of weightlessness. But unfortunately, the happiness didn't last very long as she finally hit a hard stone ground. With a moan from a little pain, she rolled over on her back and looked around. She couldn't see a thing! Not even her hand in front of her eyes as she rubbed her forehead before getting to her feet. A chill from cold went through her body as she stumbled around in the darkness, keeping her arms wrapped around her body to keep as much warmth as she could.

"Where am I?" she asked quietly, releasing one of her arms and held it in front of her. There was nothing but cold air. She suddenly came to a stop, her heart felt like it stopped beating for a second.

What if... what if I'm in the Oubliette?

She sank down on the ground, feeling forgotten already.

"What if I'll never get out of here..." she whispered. "Oh, if only Hoggle was here..."

No! I can't give up yet. If there's a way in, there's a way out!

She got to her feet again and began to walk forward again, faster than earlier.
The coldness seemed to get more and more intense every minute that passed. Moving became more difficult and she couldn't stop herself from shivering from freezing. Yet... there was nothing.
Giving up she sank down on the ground, pulling up her legs to her chin. Her whole body shivered so much that her teeth hit each other. She wrapped her arms around her legs, fighting desperately against the cold.

"Now what do I do?" she asked herself and let out an uneven sigh. "S-stupid labyrinth... S… Stupid J-Jareth..."

She leaned her head on her knees, feeling tiredness taking over her body. Her eyelids felt heavy as the cold numbed her whole body. Her mind screamed at her to fight the sleep, not to disappear into unconsciousness. With a last struggle, her frozen lips separated and stuttered the words:

"I... I wish I would be out of here..."

"Well then why didn't just say so?" a deep, kind mans voice suddenly echoed in the dark. To Sarah's ears the voice was distant, but as hope awakened inside of her she began to hear it more clearly. Her energy returned to her, slowly, but steady. She slowly opened her protesting eyelids and looked around.

"J... Jareth?" she asked in a weak voice.

The voice laughed out loud, making the ground shake.

"Oh, I wish!" the voice laughed. "No, I'm afraid I'm just a wishing well, created by the King."

Sarah's eyebrows drew together in wonder.

"A... A wishing well?" she asked surprised as a light went up for her. "You can get me out of here?"

"Well of course! Is that what you wish?" the voice asked friendly.

"Yes!" Sarah managed to call out, feeling relief wash over her.

"So as you have wished," the voice said formally. "So shall it be!"

A stream of light shone down on Sarah's frozen body, slowly lifting her to her feet. The light didn't only bring her hope, but also warmth. The numbness disappeared entirely as Sarah found herself standing on a high, steep cliff, looking out over the sparkling ocean.

A smile played on her lips as she took a deep breath and looked down on the ground.

"Thank you," she said sincerely.

"My pleasure!" the voice echoed back from a distance. "I just feared that you were going to wish your way home. That sure wouldn't have pleased the king!"

Sarah froze, feeling as if someone had just thrown a big boulder on her head with big letters spelling 'idiot' on it. She looked down on the ground.

"Wait-"

But Sarah didn't get to finish as the laughter from the voice disappeared.

The anger she felt towards herself burned within her like a thousand fires.

"YOU'RE KIDDING ME!" she screamed out, childishly stamping her foot. "THIS IS SO UNFAIR!!!"

She slammed the palm of her hand on her forehead, feeling a breakdown coming.

"Why didn't I just wish my way home?! Idiot!!!"

Her screaming echoed over the ocean and between the trees, making a few birds lift from their branches in fear in the distance. But Sarah didn't care. Now she was tired, hungry and pissed.

"Stupid labyrinth. This is all Jareth's fault..." she muttered angrily while walking alongside with the ocean.

Time had lost it's purpose to her as she lost track of it. She hadn't realized for how long she'd been walking until the sun began to set. All the thoughts of her home and her friends... and a certain Goblin King, had occupied her mind.

Something long suddenly caught her eyes in the distance, but the suns reflection on the ocean made it difficult to see clearly.

She put her hand over her eyes to cover them from the sharp light and gasped at the sight of the bridge that stretched over the big ocean. She followed the weak looking bridge with her eyes and looked over to see the other side of Labyrinth. The maze of high walls continued on the other side, but not for long.

Sarah gasped at the sight of the end of the maze.

"This isn't such a bad place after all!" she said happily and started to run towards the bridge. As she came closer she noticed that the bridge was an old-fashioned one, made only of ropes and planks.

I hope it'll hold...

She quickened her pace, the eagerness taking over her mind. She was so focused on her goal that she didn't hear the sound of other running mixing in with her own... until it was too late. She looked to the side just in time to see the blood red eyes before she was tackled over the edge.

It felt like everything went in slow-motion. She could feel the creatures hands clutch around her arms as she fell. Its feet pushing away from the edge with such strong power that she gasped at suddenly flying over the ocean instead of towards it.

It was then panic took over. The creature roared as Sarah pulled and scratched it with all her might, fighting to get free from its painful grasp. But the creature didn't let go. Instead it fought back with its feet, tearing her clothes and the skin under. With screams of pain she hauled herself up, biting the creature's hand. The creature roared in pain, letting go of on of her arms, only to leave her hanging painfully in the other.

It felt as though her arm was slowly being separated from the shoulder, sending exploding pain through her right arm.

Jareth...

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There you have it dudes. Chapter 17~

I hope you like it though I SUCK at writing action stuff x''D

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