Sarah was in a nightmare. She had finally caught up to the Goblin King,
only to have to enter a Escher room. Stairs filed the room and they went
every which way, and at every angle.
"Toby!" she called as she spotted her baby brother on the other side of the room. She headed to a stair way hopping it would lead her close to Toby. As she did strange music was playing and suddenly Jareth made his appearance.
"How you turned my world you precious thing." He sang. Sarah stared at him. Suddenly she heard his voice behind her and she turned to see him there. "You starve and near exhaust me." He walked over to her. Sarah stood her ground as he came closer and closer. "Every thing I've done, I've done for you." He continued, and kept walking, but to Sarah's surprise he walked right thought her.
Turning she saw him step up to the edge of the platform, "I move the stars for no one."
Jareth couldn't help the feeling of panic when Sarah had spotted Toby and his panic got worse when he felt the presence of Sydney as she entered the city. Using his power, he allowed Toby to defy gravity and all reason as he crawled upside down and side ways on the stairs in order to make it almost impossible of Sarah to catch him. Then he "Split" himself to continue to watch Sarah and to confront Sydney.
Sydney gasped when she heard Jareth singing, he seemed angry and displeased. She was startled to find him standing in front of her.
"You've run so long, you've run so Far." He sang as he walked around the city, following her. Sydney knew this was a distraction and ran for the castle. "Your eyes can be so cruel, just as I can be so cruel," he continued. Sydney struggled to block out his voice as it followed her everywhere. A moment later she finally found her self at the castle and she went inside. "Though I do believe in you." Jareth's words followed her.
Jareth couldn't reach Sydney, she was to determined know that she was in the castle, and Sarah wasn't giving up. Thought it seemed that the longer Sarah searched for Toby the more stranger place he would turn up. Finally Sarah reached a platform and Toby was about twenty feet under it.
"Toby" she called sadly. Toby looked up at the sound of his name. Sarah decided that if she tried another staircase it would only lead her away. This was as close to Toby as she was going to get. So taking a deep breath she closed her eyes and jumped.
The sudden sensation of falling was abruptly cut off, and she opened her eyes to find that she was slowly gliding down to the floor. The Escher room was destroyed and blocks of it hung in the air. She landed softly on her feet, looking around, Toby was nowhere to be found.
Just then Sydney plowed into the remains of the room so suddenly that she ran right into Sarah. "Sydney!" Sarah said guiltily, she had almost forgotten all about her friend. Sydney was about to say she was glad to have finally found her, but she was hushed as Jareth made his dramatic entrance.
He wore white, all white. His heavy cape was now a light flowing cape of what looked to be cotton and wisps of white fur. His poets' shirt and white pants blended together. As did his pale knee high boots and gloves. He looked utterly drained.
"Give me the child." Sarah said calmly, Sydney only watched as Jareth came ever closer to them.
"Girls beware," he warned as he paused in front of them. "I have been generous up until now, and I can be cruel."
"Generous." Sarah said disbelievingly, though Sydney knew it was true. "What have you done that's generous?"
"Everything!" he snapped, circling them. " Everything that you've wanted, I have done!" He gazed at Sydney, " You asked the child be taken, I took him." he stepped around and glared at Sarah, "You cowered before me, I was frightening. I have reordered time," he turned again to Sydney "I have turned the world upside down," he walked back in front of them. " and I have done it all for you! I'm exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?"
Sydney wondered just how exhausted he was, though the dark circles under his eyes and his even more pale skin was a sign that what he said was true.
"Though dangers untold and hardships unnumbered," Sarah continued as she stepped up to Jareth. He backed away. " I have fought my way to the castle beyond the goblin city to-."
"Stop" Jareth hissed holding out his hand to stop their advances. "Wait, look girls, look what I'm offering." A crystal formed in his hand and he held it out to them, his eyes pleading. "Your dreams," Sarah continued to stalk forward with Sydney at her side.
"To take back the child you have stolen." She said in all determination.
"I ask for so little," Jareth said sadly. "Just let me rule you.and you can have everything that you want."
Sarah continued, "For my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great."
"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave." Jareth begged.
"And my kingdom as great" Sarah whispered to herself. "Damn, I can never remember that line."
"What!" said Sydney, she saw her friend work to find the last line. But there was no time.
Jareth held out the crystal to them, they still had time to take it. Sydney looked at the crystal, and his heart skipped several beats.
"Sydney" Sarah whispered to her. "I can't remember the last line." She took hold of her friend, as tears stared to fill her eyes. Sydney was crushed, they were going to be trapped here and it was all her own fault!
Suddenly Sydney had a revelation, with only second to spare she stepped over to Jareth.
"Jareth, I'll take the crystal and stay here with you voluntarily if you allow Sarah and Toby to go home." She said hurriedly. Jareth didn't hesitate one second.
"DONE" he said.
"Sydney no!" Sarah screamed, but Sydney had closed her hand around the cool surface of the crystal. The clock rang the hour of thirteen o' clock and Jareth let the crystal go and Sydney was now holding the heavy ball.
The last thing that Sydney could remember was a crying Sarah holding Toby in her arms.
Sydney was awake before she opened her eyes. She stretched in the soft bed she was in, such a strange dream she had. She was sad that it was just a dream. Sighing she opened her eyes, and choked back a yawn as she saw a pair of mismatched eyes watching her. Sydney sat up in the bed and stared with her mouth open, at the man sitting in a chair next to the bed.
"Good morning Sydney" Jareth said as he watched her surprise though her sleep heavy eyes. Standing out of the chair he walked over to the window and gazed out at the sunrise. He could feel Sydney's eyes on his back. The colors of red and gold bathed the Labyrinth and started a new day. Jareth sighed ' a new day.with Sydney'
*o* Yes it ends there. for now. But I already have the rest thought up so all I have to do is type it up. I thought that this one was long enough. So if you want to know what happens now that Sydney is living forever with Jareth, or what that red light was that entered Sydney's mind, you must give me some feed back. Ideas are welcome for the second part so go ahead and give them. And I know that their wasn't much emotion or deep thought in this story. And that's because it is a retelling, the next story will have all the emotion and all that good stuff.
Remember .I wont post the continuation if no one is reading it, and for me to know that some one is reading it you must review O.K.
"Toby!" she called as she spotted her baby brother on the other side of the room. She headed to a stair way hopping it would lead her close to Toby. As she did strange music was playing and suddenly Jareth made his appearance.
"How you turned my world you precious thing." He sang. Sarah stared at him. Suddenly she heard his voice behind her and she turned to see him there. "You starve and near exhaust me." He walked over to her. Sarah stood her ground as he came closer and closer. "Every thing I've done, I've done for you." He continued, and kept walking, but to Sarah's surprise he walked right thought her.
Turning she saw him step up to the edge of the platform, "I move the stars for no one."
Jareth couldn't help the feeling of panic when Sarah had spotted Toby and his panic got worse when he felt the presence of Sydney as she entered the city. Using his power, he allowed Toby to defy gravity and all reason as he crawled upside down and side ways on the stairs in order to make it almost impossible of Sarah to catch him. Then he "Split" himself to continue to watch Sarah and to confront Sydney.
Sydney gasped when she heard Jareth singing, he seemed angry and displeased. She was startled to find him standing in front of her.
"You've run so long, you've run so Far." He sang as he walked around the city, following her. Sydney knew this was a distraction and ran for the castle. "Your eyes can be so cruel, just as I can be so cruel," he continued. Sydney struggled to block out his voice as it followed her everywhere. A moment later she finally found her self at the castle and she went inside. "Though I do believe in you." Jareth's words followed her.
Jareth couldn't reach Sydney, she was to determined know that she was in the castle, and Sarah wasn't giving up. Thought it seemed that the longer Sarah searched for Toby the more stranger place he would turn up. Finally Sarah reached a platform and Toby was about twenty feet under it.
"Toby" she called sadly. Toby looked up at the sound of his name. Sarah decided that if she tried another staircase it would only lead her away. This was as close to Toby as she was going to get. So taking a deep breath she closed her eyes and jumped.
The sudden sensation of falling was abruptly cut off, and she opened her eyes to find that she was slowly gliding down to the floor. The Escher room was destroyed and blocks of it hung in the air. She landed softly on her feet, looking around, Toby was nowhere to be found.
Just then Sydney plowed into the remains of the room so suddenly that she ran right into Sarah. "Sydney!" Sarah said guiltily, she had almost forgotten all about her friend. Sydney was about to say she was glad to have finally found her, but she was hushed as Jareth made his dramatic entrance.
He wore white, all white. His heavy cape was now a light flowing cape of what looked to be cotton and wisps of white fur. His poets' shirt and white pants blended together. As did his pale knee high boots and gloves. He looked utterly drained.
"Give me the child." Sarah said calmly, Sydney only watched as Jareth came ever closer to them.
"Girls beware," he warned as he paused in front of them. "I have been generous up until now, and I can be cruel."
"Generous." Sarah said disbelievingly, though Sydney knew it was true. "What have you done that's generous?"
"Everything!" he snapped, circling them. " Everything that you've wanted, I have done!" He gazed at Sydney, " You asked the child be taken, I took him." he stepped around and glared at Sarah, "You cowered before me, I was frightening. I have reordered time," he turned again to Sydney "I have turned the world upside down," he walked back in front of them. " and I have done it all for you! I'm exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?"
Sydney wondered just how exhausted he was, though the dark circles under his eyes and his even more pale skin was a sign that what he said was true.
"Though dangers untold and hardships unnumbered," Sarah continued as she stepped up to Jareth. He backed away. " I have fought my way to the castle beyond the goblin city to-."
"Stop" Jareth hissed holding out his hand to stop their advances. "Wait, look girls, look what I'm offering." A crystal formed in his hand and he held it out to them, his eyes pleading. "Your dreams," Sarah continued to stalk forward with Sydney at her side.
"To take back the child you have stolen." She said in all determination.
"I ask for so little," Jareth said sadly. "Just let me rule you.and you can have everything that you want."
Sarah continued, "For my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great."
"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave." Jareth begged.
"And my kingdom as great" Sarah whispered to herself. "Damn, I can never remember that line."
"What!" said Sydney, she saw her friend work to find the last line. But there was no time.
Jareth held out the crystal to them, they still had time to take it. Sydney looked at the crystal, and his heart skipped several beats.
"Sydney" Sarah whispered to her. "I can't remember the last line." She took hold of her friend, as tears stared to fill her eyes. Sydney was crushed, they were going to be trapped here and it was all her own fault!
Suddenly Sydney had a revelation, with only second to spare she stepped over to Jareth.
"Jareth, I'll take the crystal and stay here with you voluntarily if you allow Sarah and Toby to go home." She said hurriedly. Jareth didn't hesitate one second.
"DONE" he said.
"Sydney no!" Sarah screamed, but Sydney had closed her hand around the cool surface of the crystal. The clock rang the hour of thirteen o' clock and Jareth let the crystal go and Sydney was now holding the heavy ball.
The last thing that Sydney could remember was a crying Sarah holding Toby in her arms.
Sydney was awake before she opened her eyes. She stretched in the soft bed she was in, such a strange dream she had. She was sad that it was just a dream. Sighing she opened her eyes, and choked back a yawn as she saw a pair of mismatched eyes watching her. Sydney sat up in the bed and stared with her mouth open, at the man sitting in a chair next to the bed.
"Good morning Sydney" Jareth said as he watched her surprise though her sleep heavy eyes. Standing out of the chair he walked over to the window and gazed out at the sunrise. He could feel Sydney's eyes on his back. The colors of red and gold bathed the Labyrinth and started a new day. Jareth sighed ' a new day.with Sydney'
*o* Yes it ends there. for now. But I already have the rest thought up so all I have to do is type it up. I thought that this one was long enough. So if you want to know what happens now that Sydney is living forever with Jareth, or what that red light was that entered Sydney's mind, you must give me some feed back. Ideas are welcome for the second part so go ahead and give them. And I know that their wasn't much emotion or deep thought in this story. And that's because it is a retelling, the next story will have all the emotion and all that good stuff.
Remember .I wont post the continuation if no one is reading it, and for me to know that some one is reading it you must review O.K.