Jareth!

Chapter 12

Chapter 12, Jail Time!

Sarah's POV

Sarah never had felt so down. She felt Jareth betrayed her in so many ways. He let her down. She thought for sure he was going to come to her rescue. How could she be so wrong about someone? She thought in her heart he loved her. But did he only love himself? As they all said all along? Could it be true?

She had not seen nor heard from Jareth since the day of her rescue. They were preparing for her to wed King Torto. That was coming up in a few days.

She did not have much time for herself to think things over. She had little time to be alone in her own thoughts. She needed time to think. But time was not on her side.

Sarah sat at her vanity there in her room. Wishing to hear from Jareth. She wondered where he could be. He said he was always going to be there.

Should he not be there now? Was he angered she was marrying the other king? Was he not going to stop her? Was this it for them? It could not be it.

Sarah sets her gold be jeweled hair brush back down. Her hair was perfect enough.

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"I bring you a gift princess Sarah" King Torto announces he was in the room with her.

He was standing behind her. She sees him pull out crystals. Three of them. Then spin around in the air. She gasps. She knows who they belonged to. Jareth. How did this king manage to get his hands on Jareth's magic?

"Where did you get these?" she demands to know.

"They are of no use to me. I assumed you might like them. They belonged to your former friend" says Torto.

"Jareth?"

"Jareth" he agrees as he hands them over to her.

"Where is he? He needs these" she tells him.

"Not where he is. He will not be doing any magic any time soon" laughs the king.

A chill washes down her spine hearing his words.

"Where is Jareth? Why won't he need these? Where is Jareth?" demands Sarah.

He smirks in her mirror.

"Dear Sarah he is locked away in your mother's jail dungeon" laughs Torto.

"For what reason?"

"He placed the princess in endangerment" says Torto.

"He did nothing of the sort. He had no idea what I was doing! He had nothing to do with the whole plan" says a worried Sarah. "free him!" she orders.

She turns around to take Jareth's crystals so the other king could not have power over them.

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"Sarah, he did. You knew he would try to go after you. And that put you in danger. The queen is worried for you. So, we are done with his little games. You are going to be my queen soon. Very soon. I can take care of the both of us. I will give you anything your heart desires" he promises her. "forget Jareth. All I need is for you to focus on us. On our wedding day" he smoothly says to her.

"I can do that. Do you really think he put the idea in my head to do such things?" wonders Sarah.

She really did not believe a word of it.

"I will focus on us. Thank you for this" says Sarah.

"You are welcome" he tells her. "try not to worry lovely" he tells her. He kisses her on the cheek then he heads out on his way.

He leaves the crystals with Sarah.

Sarah never used crystals before. Ever in her life. If she was a goblin could she use them to like Jareth?

Sarah place the crystals up in the air. They float then spin for her.

"Show me Jareth" she demands.

They spin then an image appears.

Right before her. Jareth in the basement jail. Chained to the wall. Powerless. Her heart sinks. Her poor Jareth, he looked miserable. She wanted to go to him. But would he need her help at all? He had magic. Yet he was chained. Helpless. So were some of her friends.

She gasps.

Her friends.

Hoggle. And others.

"NO!!!" she exclaims.

She rushes down to the basement with his crystals. Why were her friends there? She was going to free them. ASAP. Jareth looked cold and dirty. He looked miserable. He did not notice her when she entered the jail. Making the others let her in.

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"Jareth" she softly calls out to him.

"SARAH!" Ludo whines to her.

"I am here too free you all" she tells them. She one by one lets Ludo and Hoggle go. Then she was up to Jareth.

"Leave me be" says Jareth dully.

"But prove him wrong. I need to know" says Sarah.

"If you know you should know it is not true. You know he lies. You know my heart Sarah" says Jareth. "I have nothing to prove you already know in your heart"

"But Jareth" she softly says.

"Sarah, you know" he argues.

"Ask the crystals" he tells her.

"Ask them what?" she wonders.

"Ask them to show you who really had saved you" he demands.

"Torto found me" she sighs.

"No ask them. You will see" he argues with her.

"Crystals show me who saved me" she sighs feeling annoyed. She is getting another headache. They were stress headaches.

The crystals begin to spin for her. She sees her mom going to Jareth for help for her. Then she is desperately crying for her help.

"Show me Sarah" demands Jareth at his castle. Then he finds Sarah at the swamp crying out for him. "I am coming for you Sarah" he tells her. "I am coming"

Then they see Torto sneaking off. Then the crystal dies down the image.

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"You see Sarah. Who found you?" Jareth asks dully.

"You" says Sarah.

"Yes, me as I said I will never let you down" he promises her.

She nods. "We have to get you out of here" she softly says.

"Leave me. You are still marrying him?" he asks her.

"Well, I have to. I made a promise" she tells him. He looks pained.

"Then leave me" he tells her.

"Jareth!" she sighs.

"You let me down Sarah" he softly answers her.

Her head was pounding. She rubs her forehead.

"Are you pained?" he worries.

"Headache..." she answers.

"Come to my hand where I can reach you" he orders.

She does as she is told. Then he places his hand on her forehead. Then she sees magic. The pain flies from her body.

His warmth comes through. She wanted to stay at his side. He had to care for her. Before he can remove his hand she holds it to her cheek. Then she kisses the palm of his hand.

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"Sarah" he softly says her name.

"Let me free you" she begs.

"Are you going to marry him?" he orders to know.

"Yes..."

"Then no" he tells her. "I will stay"

"I will leave these for you. If you need them. They are yours" she points to his crystals.

"Go" he orders to her.

"Jareth"

"GO!" he snaps.

She rushes away from him. She felt so confused. Why could he not just tell her he loved her. If he told her then she would end this marriage.

She would not marry Torto. If she only knew how Jareth felt about her. She did not know. She did not understand. She wished that Jareth returned her love. But he never would love her in return. She was doomed to live out a loveless marriage in her life.

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