Sara slowly opened her eyes. Immediately after, she felt a wooden bowl be pressed to her lips.
"Drink this it is some herbal medicine. You have not eaten in days and you are starting to get sick. It will at least settle your stomach."
Sarah could make out a shape of a little women standing by her. Her vision was skewed from her being so weak.
"Where am I? How long have I been here? what.."
"Shhh.. You are ok now. It is Aida. You have been sleeping for almost a whole day. You need to rest and drink more fluids. We will talk when you are better. Now go back to sleep. I will wake you again when it is time for more food and medicine." Soon after Aida spoke, Sarah fell asleep.
Aida took one last look at the poor girl and then exited the room.
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(In the Throne Room)
"So? How is she?" Jareth snapped. He looked very annoyed and crossed.
"Well, Sire she is very sick and she lost weight and the color from her skin is practically gone." Aida stood there with her head bowed. She was making sure not to make eye contact with Jareth.
"Well, how unfortunate, but this does not excuse her from her punishment."
"Sire, she can hardly move and.." Jareth cut her off.
"Silence!" He roared. " I do not want to hear it! She is a little over dramatic at times, don't you think? She probably will be able to fool you with her tricks, but not I." Aida took this as a dismissal and turned to leave.
"Aida I will be coming tomorrow morning to see how sick she really is." Aida then quickly ran out of the room.
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Sarah opened her eyes, feeling somewhat better. Her body was telling her it was night time. She slowly sat up and looked around her surroundings. She noticed she was in a very small bedroom. It was not the cleanest room, dirt and dusts everywhere. All the furniture seemed to be hand made by pieces of tress. The bed she was sitting on was a little small for her but not so small it would be uncomfortable. She then looked down at the bed. It too was made out of parts of trees. The blanket was a quilt and noticeably hand made. She then noticed she was no longer in her other cloths. She was also no longer covered in dirt. She wore a cotton night gown that flowed all the way down above her ankles. The straps were like of a tank top and the top was very modest and only showed a hint of cleavage.
She then heard the door open and she looked up.
"Glad to see you are somewhat up." Aida walked in with a cup and a bowl. Aida then approached the bed. "Here you need to drink and eat all of this. I was lucky enough to find better medicine to put in the soup." She handed the bowl to Sarah and put the cup on the night stand that was next to her.
Sarah did as she was told and started to eat the soup. It tasted just like chicken noodle soup.
"Now Sarah I want you to listen and just eat. I will bring you more soup once you are finished. You need to eat more before tomorrow. You have to regain your strength." Aida went and sat on the end of the bed. Sarah kept sipping her soup.
"Tomorrow Jareth is going to come and see you. He is not at all in the right set of mind. He is beyond furious and I fear what he may do to you." Sarah took a big gulp of water and swallowed hard.
"What am I supposed to do?" Sarah asked. Aida gave her a not so happy look.
"Sadly you have to do what he says or it will just get worse. You are no longer a free young lady."
"What if he tells me to do something I do not want to do?" Sarah's mind was thinking of all the possible things he would make her do. She was not dumb; she saw how he first looked at her when she first saw him. A shiver went down her spin just thinking about it.
"Miss you have to take every situation with him with caution. His mood can change very fast. Sarah sighed and new she was right.
"Thank you Aida it means a lot to have a friend here."
Aida smiled sweetly and said "No problem Miss."
"Please call me Sarah." Sarah gave a warm tired smile.
"Well Sarah it is time for you to rest. Long day tomorrow I feel."
Sarah finished her meal and went back to sleep with no trouble.
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Author's Notes- I was debating putting this up because I have more in my head to write but I am much too tired…. But I did not want to leave you lovelies with nothing! Hope you Enjoy!