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Sarah must have fallen asleep. When she opened her eyes it was dark out, she looked around the room. She was alone. Good. She really didn't want to see anyone right now. She saw a pile of cloths folded neatly at the foot of the bed. She crawled over and unfolded them. It was a pair of satin pajamas, a button up shirt with pants. Also a matching robe and slippers. Denim was very uncomfortable to sleep in, so she changed into the pajamas.
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She got up and walked over to the glass doors looking outside. The wind howled and the snow still fell. So thick she couldn't even see the edge of the balcony. She pressed her head against the cold glass. Hunger pulled her attention away from the storm outside as her stomach rumbled.
"I don't think anyone would mind if I went to get a little snack..."Sarah said to herself, walking out of the room. She walked down the hall, passing countless doors. When she got to the kitchen she dug herself up something that seemed close to a muffin, and a cup of tea. She then left the kitchen, not really wanting to go back to bed yet, she deiced to walk around the castle. She got a good idea of where everything was. Which wings of the home belonged to who, where things such as the library were and such.
It looked different at night though, a bit more intimidating. The candle chandeliers were dimmed and the candles along the walls were all blown out, other then one before each door. The shadows seemed to be swallowing up the halls, making them seem much bigger. Sarah was not one to get a fright easily, but her walking speed picked up none the less. She quickly walked in the directing of her room, needing to go down a few more halls first. Sarah could hear the wind from outside, it howled so very loud. She practically started running, not sure of what got into her. She turned the corner and stopped, leaning against the wall.
'This is silly Sarah,' she thought to herself, 'it's just the wind...'
A hand came down on her shoulder, causing her to scream. Another hand came over her mouth gently, only for a second, then turned her around.
"Good god woman, are you trying to wake everyone?" Jareth's voice said quietly.
"Oh, its you," Sarah said with a sigh of relief, and slumped back against the wall again.
"What were you running from? Shouldn't you be asleep?" Jareth asked taking his hand off her shoulder.
"N-nothing, I just, spooked myself I guess. I came down to the kitchen to get something to eat. I wandered around for a bit, and was on my way back to my room," Sarah told him. 'How embarrassing' she thought.
"Will you allow me to escort you back to your room then?" Jareth asked her in a very gentleman like voice. Sarah bit her lower lip.
"Um, s-sure," She agreed. They walked back to her room without saying a word. Sarah though Jareth seemed distressed. Although he was good at hiding it, she could tell something was the matter. She just hoped she was the cause of it. When they reached her door, she found he courage to speak up.
'Uh, Jareth? Is everything ok? You seem...lost in though," She only held eye contact with him for a moment before looking away. She hadn't seen him for a few years, how would she be able to tell if something was wrong.
Jareth gave a weak half smile at the Sarah's words. 'She see's right though me' He thought. He didn't want to tell Sarah about what his father had told him about Colleen. No. That would only make things that much more complicated. Although, he felt as if he could lie to her completely.
"My father and I just had a little disagreement, that's all," He told her kindly.
"About what?" She asked tilting her head.
"It was nothing," He cast the topic away quickly. "I see you found the cloths Terra laid out for you." He quickly eyed her. She did look truly wonderful, the cloths looked comfortable enough to sleep in, but hugged her body in all the right places, The top button of her night gown was unbuttoned, he quickly snapped his eyes up to make eye contact with her.
"Yes, I'll have to tell her thank you in the morning, they are so nice,"She couldn't think of anything else to say.
Jareth reached out slowly, and brushed a piece of hair out of her face, letting his fingers slowly run down the strand. He never thought he would see her here again, and now here she was. So many emotions ran though him, shock, frustrating...hope.
"They look very nice on you, forest green suits you well," He added lightly. A light blush ran up on Sarah's face. Jareth had to suppress a smirk. He saw she was uneasy, so he decided to let her off the hook.
"I bid you good night, My lady," He bowed slightly for the effect of it and turned to walk down the hall.
"Jareth," She called out, he voice echoed lightly in the hall. He slowly turned around.
"Yes?" He answered.
"Um, I'm sorry about before. I shouldn't have been so rude. I just wanted to be alone for a while. But I'm ok now. And, I'm sorry," She rambled out quickly.
"Think nothing of it. It was perfectly reasonable,"
Sarah went back in her room and closed the door tightly. She could feel the warmth in her cheeks. Maybe this is who Jareth really was. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad living here, maybe.
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The next morning, everything was in order, just as the king said it would be. Everyone knew Sarah was here, and she was to be treated as well as Jareth, Terra and Lynnett would be treated. Sarah wondered down to the kitchen for breakfast, she felt everyone's eye's were on her as she pasted. She just tried to look forward. When she reached the dinning hall, Jareth, Terra and Lynnett had just sat down. Lynnett was the first to spot her.
"Oh Sarah, come sit by me! I saved you a seat see?" Lynnett patted the seat next to her and smiled brightly up at Sarah. She made her way over and sat down next to Lynnett. Jareth and Terra sat across from them. She looked at everyone, they were all dressed for the day. Sarah's face went red as she realized she was still in her PJ's. Lynnett seemed to know what Sarah was thinking and giggled. Terra caught Sarah eyeing her slippers.
"Oh that reminds me, there are some cloths on there way to your room right now. I sent a small army it seemed of tailors this morning, most of your wardrobe should be there when you go back," Terra said thoughtfully.
"Thanks," Sarah said. She still felt pretty dumb though, and a little out of place.
Breakfast was served as trays and trays of food were brought out. Sarah eyed most everything she tried suspiciously. It was far from Aboveground food. Terra told her she could try to ask the cook to make a few dishes from Aobveground, but that was a loosing battle. The chef couldn't make heads or tails of anything of that nature.
After they were all done eating, Sarah left to go back to her room. Terra went with her and helped her pick out an outfit for the day. It was still a stormy mess outside, but Sarah had no intention of going out in that weather. Sarah ended up wearing a long dress of a deep violet. As with all the other dresses in her new wardrobe, they were embroidered in elaborate swirls and designs and so on. She let her hair fall free.
"Funny, when I was a little girl I used to dress up in costumes like this and pretend I was a princess and I really felt like one, but now, I am wearing real princess like cloths, and I sure don't fell like anything special," Said said aloud. Terra smiled at her.
"Well you sure look like one, so don't argue," Terra said with a fake authoritative voice. Both girls lightly laughed. Terra left the room long enough to bring a box back with her. She opened it and started pulling thing out of it. Things from Aboveground. She asked Sarah what each on was and what it was for, writing in all down in a book as Sarah told her. Sarah smiled to herself, it was funny to see someone so interested in simple things. Well they were simple to Sarah at least. She had things like a battery, a CD, an empty bottle of Windex, headphones and countless other objects they didn't have here Underground.
A knock on the door interrupted them. Sarah went over and opened the door. Jareth stood before her.
"I hope I'm not interrupting, but I was wondering if you had anything particularly planed for today?" Jareth asked Sarah. Sarah looked back at Jareth's sister for an answer. Terra just shrugged at her.
"I don't think so," Sarah said, unsure of what else to say to him.
"Well, if you have nothing better to do, I thought maybe you would like to see a few things here that Lynnett may have failed to take you to see?" Jareth said in a friendly tone. He wore, what she gathered, was his everyday like outfits. A dark grey poets shirt, with his form fitting black pants, and knee high boots. Sarah wanted to go, her discomfort with being here has vanished it seemed. And she was a little bit eager to know Jareth better.
"You might as well Sarah, I fear I have a list of things to do today. And Lynnie has a friend over now I believe," Terra piped in.
"Well, ok then," Sarah agreed as Jareth led her down the hall. He told her about different painting and such that decorated the halls as they walked though them. Soon they cam to a door at the very end of the hall. He opened it and it just showed a stairwell going down. Sarah seemed a little hesitant, but Jareth grabbed her hand and led her downstairs.
"Come, it's just a set of steps," He told her, though he couldn't blame her, the steps down to the cellars were a bit on the dark side. He recalled countless time that Lynnett had called on him to walk down the steps first or to hold her hand. Once they had descended the steps, Jareth opened another door to his right.
It was very warm for a cellar Sarah thought. It wasn't hot, just a very comfortable temperature. Jareth bidded Sarah to follow him though the door he had opened. She now knew why it was so warm down here, it seemed to be a barn of sorts, stales lining the sides. Hay was bailed up all around.
"I thought you might like to see the horses, we keep them here during the winter. Its far too cold for them in the outside barn," Jareth added. He walked over to a stall and pushed aside a sliding door. He turned to Sarah who was just standing there watching him.
"Come," He said lightly, walking inside. Sarah followed and her jaw dropped at what she saw.
"This is a horse?" She asked in awe. This was no normal horse. It's body shape was the same as the kind of horse Sarah knew, but much more muscular, and a bit bigger. Its color was a beautiful grey. It seemed to have paws, more so then hooves. It's hair was a little thicker then that of a normal horse. It's mouth was also a bit more muzzled shape. It's main was sleek and shiny. The only was Sarah could seem to compare it to was a horse with wolf genes on steroids.
"You like her?" Jareth asked with a smug look on his face. He walked over and patted the horse on it side, It turned and acknowledged Jareth was there. It saw Sarah and stepped forward towards her. Sarah took an unwilling step back.
"It's alright, you just smell different to her, she just wants to know what you are," Jareth walked away from the 'horse' and over to Sarah. He took her hand in his own and brought her over the the beast. Jareth raised Sarah's hand and rested it on the main of the animal. He let go and Sarah ran her hand over the smooth hair of the horse. It turned and lowered it's head to Sarah's level. It seemed to make eye contact with her and stared. It glanced between her and Jareth. After a moment, it pushed its nose into Sarah's shoulder, slightly leaning it head against her. Sarah let out the breath she had been holding and reached up to pet the animal with both hands.
"Heh, She acts like a big dog," Sarah said now smiling.
"Her name is Nessy, She was a gift from my parents a few years ago," Jareth commented. Sarah smiled, and continued petting the gentle beast.
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The next few weeks went on with the same old schedule. They all ate breakfast together, Then Lynnett would claim Sarah for the biggest part of the day, and Terra would end up joining them at some point. Then Jareth always met up with Sarah towards the evening. They sometimes went to the library, or to the barn, or just walked around. All the servants and everyone else for that matter were familiar with Sarah, and she was treated like Terra, Lynnett or Jareth were. Lynnett had also started a tradition with Sarah. Lynnett pleaded every night for Sarah to read her a story before she went to bed. Sarah did so willingly. It reminded her of how she used to read to Toby, So it comforted her in a way.
This night was no different and Sarah started reading out loud to Lynnett, She sat at the foot of the bed while Lynnett was tucked away warmly under the covers. Jareth sat in a chair a few feet away, offen joining in to listen to the stories Sarah read.
"...And just as she thought there was no last sign of hope, someone appeared from the darkness..." Sarah read on to Lynnett, changing the pitch of her voice to imitate the speech of a character. Captivating Lynnetts attetion, her eye's gleamed.
Jareth had been seeing the change in Sarah, everyday since she had been here. She seemed completly comfortable at this being her home now. She no longer asked politely what she could and couldn't do. She knew she was welcome to anything she wanted. She had even seemed more relaxed around him. They offen exchanged stories of when they were children, or Sarah would show him games she played Aboveground. Tonight she promised to teach him how to play 'Go Fish'. He waited patianly for Sarah to finsh her reading.
"...Then suddenly the man swooped in and-" Sarah stopped and looked up to see Lynnett's eye's closed solftly. She snored lightly.
"Heh, night Lynnie," She whispered, and carefuly got off the bed. She placed the book on a nightstand, and her and Jareth crept quietly out of the room.
"Guess she will have to hear the end tommor night," Sarah said once the door was shut.
"Yes, I sppouse so. Now about this 'Fishing' game, how do you play? I'm sure you wouldnt want to try and catch anything out of these waters, most anything is bigger then you and-" Sarah shook her head, keeping Jareth from going on.
"No no no. It's a card game," She exsplained as the walked down the hall into on of the study rooms. Sarah pulled out a small stack of make shift cards. She had hand written all the numbers and drew all the symbols on the cards. "I made these up this morning."
She pulled a chair around to the other side of the desk, Jareth sat across from her. She laid the cards on the table.
"Now, it's kinda hard to play with only two people, but we can give it a try," Sarah told him. It seemed Sarah spoke too soon.
"Two players for what?" Terra poked her head around the corner and stepped into the room.
"We are going to play 'Going Fishing', Sarah says she used to play this all the time,"Jareth informed his sister, turning to her.
"He mean's 'Go Fish'. Would you like to play to Terra? It's better of you have more then two players," Sarah gestured to the side of the desk. Terra grabbed a chair and joined them.
"So where are the fish?" Terra asked, looking around skepitcaly. Sarah smacked her hand to her forehead. They were going to turn a simple card game into something more difficult then solving the Labyrinth all over again.
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After Sarah gave them the rundown, and after a few re-do's, they finaly had the game down. Almost all the cards were gone and it was Sarah's turn.
"Jareth, do you have a Queen?" Sarah asked. Jareth started to open his mouth to speak, but intsed, he just nodded once, and threw down his card on the table. Sarah picked the card up, but looked at Jareths face. Something flashed in his eye's. Sarah couldn't say what it was though. His eye's seemed to fog for a moment, then snapped back up to look at Sarah. She held his uneasy gaze for a moment before turning away.
"Alright, now everyone count up your matches, remeber who ever has the most wins."
Terra ending up winning by two matches. Sarah and Jareth tied.
"Oh that was so much fun! I think I'll teach it to Lynnett in the morning," Terra said beaming from her victory.
"You only like it because you won,"Jareth said to his sister,
"Aw come one Jareth, don;t be such a sore loser!" Terra stuck her toung out at him childishly.
'Ah, sibling rivalery...' Sarah thought.
"I am not a sore loser, you cheated," He replied flatly.
"Cheat?!" Terra raised her voice. "How ever did I cheat?! I learned this game the same tim as you."
Jareth looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"You saw my cards, you dropped your hair clip on pourpose and when you leaned over to pick it up, you looked at my cards."
"Your supposed to be the Older brother," Terra emphisized on the word 'older.' "And here you are being a big baby over a silly game." Terra smiled smuggly and got up. "I fear sleep is calling my name, and I am going to bed. Goodnight Sarah that was such a fun game! Oh, and goodnight my sore loser of a brother," Terra said playfuly as she flicked Jareth's ear as she walked by him.
"I swear sometime she-" Jareth stopped mid-sentence, as Sarah started laughing. He relized them how serious he acted over this game, and couldn't fight the smile that took over his lips. Soon he joined in with Sarah's laughter.
"Aheh, you were kinda being a sore loser," Sarah said with a big grin on her face.
"Yes, well..." Jareth couldn't find an exscuse, so he just smiled and shrugged at her.
They cleaned up the cards and Sarah stowed them away in the desk.
"Ya know it's funny the story Lynnett picked out for m to read tonight, It's really close to a story I used to read to myself when I was little. She fell asleep at the best part," Sarah told him, sitting back down in the chair. Jareth pondered her words for a moment.
"Maybe you would like to finish readin it tonight then?" He said it more as a statement then a qestion. He ficked his writs, a crsytal appearing in his hands. He set it on the desk, and tapped it once. Sarah watched as the clear orb morphed into no other then the book she was reading to Lynnett. Jareth gently pushed the book twords her.
"I'd like to hear the end too." He sat back and got comfortable in his chair. He looked at Sarah exsectanly.
Sarah felt something spark in her mind at his mild boldness. She looked down at the book and bacl at Jareth who incliend his head twords her. She gingerly picked up the book and flipped the pages to were she had left off. She let herslef one more glance at him before settling herslef into the chair. She quickly cleared her throught, and began to read...
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"...And they lived happily ever after." Sarah closed the book with a light thud, and looked up at Jareth who was watching her intently. She ignored him and set the book down on the desk. She stood up and streached lightly.
"I liked that story," Jareth said, stading with her. They walked out and down the hall, continuing there conversation, Jareth escorting Sarah back to her room. "The princess got what she was looking for all along."
"Yes, it's such a happy ending, for pretty much everyone. I wish things were that easily in real life," Sarah said thoughtfuly. By this time they had reached her room. Sarah turned to bid him goodnight.
"Sometimes they can be," Jareth said quietly, answering her remark from a moment ago. Sarah looked at him qestionably. He took a step forward, bringing a hand to Sarah's face. He lighty traced her face from her temple to her chin, letting his fingers rest under them.
Sarah looked up at him. She wasn't sure why she was remaing still. His touch had sent goosebums down her spine, but in a good way. Jareth slowly tilted her chin upwards and his lips gently claimed hers for a brief moment. Her eye lids fluttered down. It took everything in Sarah's power not to push herslef into him and to wrap her arms around his neck. Too soon, let pulled back and dropped his hand, taking in her reaction. He face seemed a little flushed, her eye's glazed a bit.
"Goodnight, My Lady," He, once again, bowed lighty and walked down the hall.
Sarah went into her room and solftly closed the door. She changed quickly and climbed into bed. She brought her hand up to were Jareth's lips had been only moments ago. She smiled to herself. Something about that one little kiss did it for her. She knew how Jareth felt about her, she could see it in her eye's. And now maybe, just maybe, she would start feeling the same way.
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"ARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!" The piercing scream echoed though the room. Colleen threw a crystal sphere hard against her wall causing it to shatter into millsions of little pieces. She had been keeping an eye on Sarah ever since she had heard of her being there. Even more so after her father told her about the deal he had stuck with Jareth's father. No one would stand in her way of getting Jareth. Ecspecaily not a human.
Colleen flung herslef on her bed and looked up at her cieling in anger.
"You will marry me Jareth! I will see to it that I am your Queen, Me and no other. I'll do whatever I have to.
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Hope you all liked.
The Horse thing is for Emmy, They are creatures she draws all over my stuff. 3
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