Number 9 Salty and Smelly
Disclaimer: I do not own Jareth, Sarah, or the Labyrinth.
a/n: Thanks to my beta Talim Sparrow.
Sarah thought that she would pull an old prank that was very common aboveground. She is going to switch the salt and sugar around. So when Jareth puts sugar into his tea, it would taste salty.
Just before dinner Sarah made the switch. Sarah and Jareth had a nice dinner together until it was time to have tea. Jareth put sugar in his tea. He took a sip of it then he spat out the horrible tea. He could taste the salt in the tea.
"Sarah why is there salt in the sugar container; It made my tea to taste horrible. Did you change it Sarah? Do not lie to me sweet." Said Jareth pleasantly.
"Yes I did Jareth. Too much sugar is not good for you. A little salt will make you more salty." Smiled Sarah as she said that.
"Sarah it does not do no such thing. This is another one of your pranks. I will get you back when you least expect it precious thing. " Said Jareth threateningly.
He got up and walked away. As Jareth was seeking a way to get rid of the bad taste in his mouth it was when he got an idea how to get back at Sarah. He was going to get a fish and hide it in a room just down the hall from their bedroom. The room would start to smell rotten after a while. Jareth would pretend that he could not smell it at all.
So Jareth set up the room, it would take a while for the room to smell badly. A few hours later Sarah was walking down the hallway to their bedroom to get something. It was then that she caught a whiff of something that smelt horrible; The smell was a rotten fish. Sarah went back to the throne room to corner Jareth about this latest development.
When Sarah saw that Jareth was in the throne room. She approached him and asked him. "Jareth have you been down the hall lately. The room that is a short distance from our bedroom smells like there is a rotten fish in it. It smells terrible. Did you have something to do with it?"
Sarah took him to the room where the smell was coming from. She opened the door, and saw the fish in question.
Sarah turned to her Husband and said, "The smell is coming from that fish."
"Sarah I do not smell a thing. The air is fresh and sweet. That is all I smell." Jareth told Sarah.
"You are a liar Jareth. This is a prank that you are playing on me." Sarah complained.
Jareth said nothing. So Sarah waved her hand and the fish and smell was gone. Then she walked in the opposite direction from her husband. Jareth just stood there for a minute then he went back to the throne room. He thought that his prank went well.
A/N: The idea for this prank comes from Satan'sPixie.