well heres chapter 11. Again i want to thank everyone who commented on chapter 10 ( I didn't actually think that many people were actually reading this!) It means a lot to me that you like my story and even though i'm sick right now i hope to get another chapter out before the end of the month.

Chapter 11

Sarah's P.O.V

"I mean that even if Sarah does break the contract she doesn't get to return home."

For a moment Sarah's mind was blank before the realization of what he'd just said hit her.

"What?" Sarah cried.

"What'dya mean she can't go home?" Hoggle exclaimed, outraged.

Jareth grinned evilly and produced the contract from thin air with a shower of glitter.

"My Dear you really need to learn to read the fine print, if you had you would have seen that should you break the contract I am under no obligation to send you home. You would have no choice but to remain here and watch your friends slowly die in their cell. Trust me precious the few days they've spent in here have done them no harm but should they remain...well I shouldn't expect they'd last more than a few years."

"You Cheat!" Sarah spat.

"Now now Sarah remember the contract," Jareth said tapping the contract, "you must 'obey me and take on all duties of a queen and of a wife'. And a wife does not speak to her husband in that way or a queen to her King. You wouldn't want to watch your friends suffer here would you?"

Sarah folded her arms

"We aren't married yet Goblin King! So I'm under no obligation to obey you or act like your wife!" she snapped.

Jareth smirked wickedly at her.

"Again Sarah that's where you're wrong." He pointed to a section of the contract.

Upon signing this contract I, Sarah Williams agree to obey the Goblin King and to marry him on a day of his choice. If the agreements of both parties are not met the contract is made void and the Goblin King is under no obligation to release the traitors or to return Sarah Williams to the Aboveground.

"You see my dear upon you actually signing the contract you agreed to obey me. Now you should be very polite and hope that I don't take your lack of manners or you unauthorized visit to my Dungeons as a violation of our deal.

"Our deal is already in violation, since you haven't kept up your end of the deal I don't see why I have to keep my end! You agreed to free them yet now you say they have to stay here till morning."

The smile never left the goblin King's face as he tapped another part of the contract.

Furthermore, I accept that the Goblin King shall keep said traitors imprisoned till a suitable punishment has been decided on so long as the imprisonment does not inflict any harmful damage upon said traitors.

"Do you ever play fair?" Sarah asked shoving the contract back towards the smirking Goblin King, while trying to hold back tears.

"I gave you a chance to come to willingly remember precious? But you were so determined on returning home with the baby, I had to try my hand at force instead, and I must say it turned rather well."

"For you." Sarah snapped.

"Oh come now Sarah isn't this what you've always wanted? To be a beautiful queen in some far off land full of magic and dreams. Here you can have whatever you want. All you have to do is stop fighting me and accept the life I'm offering you."

"No Sarah, never do that! If you give in completely he'll have won!" Hoggle cried

"Yes My Lady that's what he wants!" Sir Didymus added.

"Hold your tongues or I will force you to!" Jareth roared turning on the pair who both immediately shrank away from the bars.

Quickly Sarah moved between the Goblin King and her friends.

"If you harm them you break our contract is that what you want!" Sarah asked, "As it is I'm not overly convinced that locking them in a dungeon isn't harmful to them."

The Goblin King turned his attention back to her; she could see the anger still burning in his mismatched eyes.

"A few days in a cell won't harm them Sarah." His voice was icy cold, "You're visit is over." He took hold of her arm; His grip was not firm but something told Sarah that it was unbreakable.

"Can I at least say goodbye to them?" she asked pleadingly.

"No." was the Goblin king's short reply.

In whirl of Glitter they vanished.

"This is really bad." Hoggle Muttered

"It is indeed Sir Hoggle and I'm afraid this time we might not be able to help."

Seconds after vanishing from the dungeon Jareth and Sarah reappeared in Sarah's new room. The room had been tidied in Sarah's absence and Greta was nowhere to be seen. Sarah gave a tug with the arm the Jareth still held and to her relief he relinquished.

"You could at least let me say goodbye to them." Sarah muttered. Jareth raised one hand to his brow and rubbed his temples as if he were suffering from a headache.

"You and your friends have tried my patience enough for one day Precious I suggest you do not push your luck and I also recommend that you be very polite to me at dinner later this evening unless you want me to take longer in deciding a fitting punishment for your friends."

"You wouldn't." Sarah whispered

"Oh but I would dearest." Jareth replied, "Trust me Sarah, it would be best to give in now; it would save you a lot of heartache." Jareth reached out and cupped her cheek in his gloved hand.

"You have me trapped here, isn't that enough for you?" Sarah almost sobbed.

The Goblin King stared into her eyes for a moment before replying.

"For now. But you'll give in eventually Sarah I can promise you that." The Goblin King suddenly smirked, and leant forwards to whisper in her ear. "I have many methods of persuasion."

Sarah jerked backwards out of his reach.

"If you think I'm... I'm... you've another thing coming." Sarah spluttered.

Jareth just laughed, all traces of his earlier bad temper gone.

"Come our wedding night Precious I'm sure I'll have you more than willing."

"Please stop" Sarah cried covering her ears with her hands, Jareth only laughed harder.

Anger surged through Sarah, she'd never liked being laughed at and to have the Goblin King laughing at her only made things worse. This must have showed on her face as the Goblin King chuckling died down.

"My apologies Precious, I've upset you." He stepped towards her

"You think." Sarah snapped, backing away.

"Forgive me Sarah but I find your innocence very amusing." Jareth chuckled

"And I find your libido irritating." Sarah growled.

In a flash Jareth was inches away from her both hands gripped her upper arms, if it wasn't for the smirk on his face she'd might have thought she'd pushed her luck.

"I'll have to see what I can do to change that dearest." And before she could protest his lips were pressed firmly to hers. It wasn't like the other kisses he'd given her, they had been quick and chaste, and this one was deep and demanding. She felt his hands shift from her arms to entwine with her hair forcing the kiss to deepen further for the briefest second Sarah forgot who it was who was kissing her and revelled in it, never in her wildest dreams had she imagined being kissed like this. Then reality crashed back in and she wrenched herself free from his grasp.

"Get out." Sarah panted.

Jareth mock pouted.

"Tut tut Precious you're dangerously close to being in breach of our Contract, you may wish to rephrase your request."

Sarah took a few calming breaths before she spoke.

"Fine please get out." She muttered through clenched teeth.

Jareth smiled and gave a courtly bow which Sarah might have found quite charming had she not been seething with anger.

"As my Lady wishes." He walked back to the centre of the room before turning to face her once more. "Oh and Sarah, I think you've had enough wanderings of the castle today for the rest of the evening you must find something to entertain yourself with in here." And with that he was gone leaving his customary glitter to fall slowly to the floor.

Sarah glowered at the spot where'd he'd just been. A wave of defiance washed over and she strode over to the door determined to return to her friends and refuse to leave them till Jareth freed them.

She reached the door and tugged at the door handle. It didn't budge; she tried again, still nothing. She pulled hard but the door remained well and truly shut.

Looked like Jareth wasn't going to give her the option of disobeying him. She stormed over to her bed and threw herself down onto the silken covers. The day had gone from bad to worse and it still wasn't over. If Jareth was serious, which he probably was, then she would have to be on her best behaviour at dinner to stop him from acting upon his threat.

She looked over at a clock that was ticking quietly away, like the clocks she'd seen in her last visit it had thirteen numbers instead of the customary twelve. Jareth had said the Dinner was at six which left her with a few hours to kill. She felt exhausted and since she was already on the bed she decided that the quickest way to spend that time was in sleep. She also hoped that after a rest she'd be more cable of controlling her temper at dinner later, the last thing she wanted to do was give Jareth a reason to keep her friends in the dungeons for a longer period of time.

Within a minute Sarah was fast asleep and a few minutes after that the pendant around her neck began to glow.