Far From Home (open)

Jareth wasn’t liking the silence that Sarah was giving him but he used it to think himself. He really hoped that her silence wasn’t her worrying or loosing faith in him. Jareth didn’t want that at all. Maybe telling her that, giving her a vague description of what was going on with him was a bad idea that he wished that he could take back. Jareth wanted to be able to trust her but that had to come with time. He hoped that she would trust him enough for him to protect her. That was all he really wanted. He always wanted to be there for her.

Sarah spoke the truth. She was right and had a right to worry but he didn’t want her to. She told him that he hid his emotions. The rest of her words made him look away from the tree that he was staring at and look at her. He released his hand from hers and placed his hand on the side of her head and ran his fingers through her hair and then dropped his hand to his side.

“do you trust me?” Jareth then asked her, wondering if she truly did. “I do trust you, Miss Sarah, there are things that if I tell you, you would worry more and we cant have that can we?” Jareth asked with a small wink. She spoke words that sounded like they would be right out of her fairy tale stories. He was confused by this but he knew what it meant. “love? You truly love me?” Jareth asked her curiously, now fully believing that she did have feelings for him and him opening up was probably something he should do.

Trust. that’s what it all came down to. Jareth loved Sarah and trusting her was something that he knew he would learn to do. He never shared his world with anyone. Sarah was always the first person that he had opened up to, that he had shown his true feelings for. He would just have to get used to the idea that it isnt just him anymore and that he needed to include Sarah in his life, include her in almost everything.

She spoke about how she didn’t trust anyone, how her friends betrayed her. She wondered what friends she was speaking of. Her friends from the Labyrinth weren’t going to do that, well maybe Hoggle if certain things were threatened. She spoke about how he really does care for her because of what he had said to her. He meant every word too. He still does. She then told him that she had found the man she loves very much and that she does trust him and that she trusts him with her brother and she would lay her life down for him. Jareth shook his head.

“laying down your life for me isnt something I want so don’t ever do that, understand?” Jareth asked her, almost in a strict, stern manner. He wasn’t going to allow it. Not now, not ever. He wasn’t doing it to be mean. it was quite the opposite. He couldn’t loose her again. He didn’t want to loose her again. Sarah had then reached up and touched his cheek. He felt the warmth of her hand on his face and it was something that he actually enjoyed.

Sarahs hand had moved from his cheek to his chest. The Goblin King said nothing but allowed her to touch him still. It wasn’t that he had ever felt before. Her touch was soft, kind, only innocence behind it. There was no intention of her to harm him at all. The only way he knew that the young girl would harm him is if she had used the words again. That was the only way that Sarah had been able to hurt him. It wasn’t physical but it took a large toll on the Goblin king. He was depressed that she didn’t want to stay with him the first time around. No matter. She is with him now and he wont let her go unless hse wanted to.

Sarah went on and told him that it was an expression. He listened to what else she had to say and he let out a sigh. “expression or not, you shouldn’t speak like that.” He stated to her, hoping to get her to understand. He hoped that she would and realize that he couldn’t loose her. “friends from your world then? How have they betrayed you?” Jareth asked Sarah curiously.

He knew a lot about Sarah, who she is as a person but he didn’t know much about her life after she had left him. He knew she had won and that she was celebrating said victory in her room with the others and then he flew off, was never seen beyond the castle of the Labyrinth. Goblins weren’t inside his castle much after that. He rarely let anyone in. not that he would tell her that. Not yet anyway.

Jareth stood there and watched her. she looked around and he wondered what it was that hse was looking for or if she was checking to see if anything was around them. Sarah moved away from him and he didn’t want that at all. he was now worried, afraid that she was going to say something terrible. she had gone and sat down on a bench that wasn’t far from them. Sarah looked upset and seeing her that way made him upset. was she really that mistreated? Jareth walked over to her and he just stood there, didn’t sit down yet.

He listened to her speak. from what he got out of this little story was that they didn’t appreciate her. they were all immature children who didn’t deserve Sarah as a friend. if only they knew who she is friends with. they would probably run in fear if they saw the beast or even Jareth himself. he would surely get revenge on them if she really wanted him too. he was curious as to what they said about her though. he felt bad and wanted to help the woman who had stolen his heart.

“what were they saying?” Jareth asked her, still standing in front of her and not sitting down, not yet anyway. “if you want to tell me. you don’t have to. your choice.” Jareth then added with a small smile.

Jareth wanted to try to make her feel better. he didn’t want to see her like this. not ever again. it made him upset too that she was upset. there had to be something that he could do to make everything right.

Jareth looked at Sarah. she wasn’t too happy sharing, well didn’t look too happy sharing about the people who had made fun of her at her school. Jareth felt really bad. He looked at her as she started to talk again, explaining further. She told him about human nature. He knew of all that. She also told him that they made fun of her because of what she does, the stories, the costumes, everything that had to do with it. Jareth looked at her with a sincere look on his face. He was also surprised. She had told him that their words hurt the most and that there wasn’t anything she could do about it as well as everything happens for a reason. She seemed to be hurt but was also being strong at the same time.

Sarah had then taken his hand again and he looked at her smiling face. Jareth then pulled her up and into a hug.

“ignore their words, Sarah. You are perfect the way you are, and if you never read your stories, we wouldn’t have ever met.” Jareth said to her, both of his arms around Sarah.

Holding her like this was something he thought he would never accomplish, not since she had pulled away from him in the dream he had created for her when he tried to kiss her. He felt happy, holding her in his arms. It was something that the goblin king had wanted to do for some time now. The goblin king rested his chin on the top of her head as lightly as he could.

Jareth continued to stand there with Sarah Williams in his arms. He had let her go once, but he would never do it again. He made a mistake and realized that she had made the same one as well. Things were going to be different now. He could feel a sense of peacefulness standing here with her in his arms. Things were perfect. He could feel her relax herself and that was what he wanted. He didn’t want her to dwell on the past anymore. He could feel her arms around him as well. Nothing made him more happier than this.

She started talking to him and a smile appeared on her face with her words. He lifted his head up and he still kept his arms around her. “only you know this side of me, Sarah.” Jareth responded to her. “do I truly make you happy?” Jareth then asked her curiously. He didn’t want her to ever be miserable and if she wasn’t truly happy with him, he would let her go again, he would always let her go if it meant for her to be happy. He loved her too much to cause the young brunette girl pain. He had moved his right hand higher so that it rested around the girl’s shoulders.

“I have waited a long time for you, you know.” Jareth then stated to her with a small chuckle. He still never wanted to let her go. “you broke my heart that day you had defeated me. I could have kept you, but I had to let you go. I knew you would never love me that way.” Jareth said to her honestly.

Jareth stared at Sarah. Feeling her head against his chest was making him happy. More happy than she would ever know. Jareth liked the fact that he was here with her and that everything seemed perfect. He just didn’t like the fact that they weren’t in his home in the Goblin city but that didn’t matter. Jareth would have a castle here and it would be an exact replica of the one he had back in the center of the Labyrinth. The tall blond man looked down at her to notice that she was looking up at him. He stared into her eyes and he smiled to her.

Sarah seemed to feel really bad that she had hurt him. She had told him that he made her very happy and she really made him happy. She also said that she was sorry for hurting him and she would never make that mistake again. Jareth knew that to be true. Every word that Sarah spoke to him he knew was true just by the look in her face and her eyes. He knew that she meant every word that she was speaking.

“I love you more than my life.” Jareth said to her as he looked at her, her face being inches away. Jareth knew what she wanted and it was something that he had wanted back in the dream, he wanted to steal a kiss from her but now he guessed that it wouldn’t be stealing anymore since he and her had admitted to each other that they love each other. Jareth had moved his hand to touch her cheek and then he was lost in this moment. Jareth leaned down and he pressed his lips against hers.

Jareth’s lips were still pressed against Sarah’s. Jareth had felt her return his kiss and now he knew that everything that was spoken between the two of them was true. Everything he had ever wanted he had right in this moment, right now. Jareth had pulled away from the kiss and he just stared at Sarah’s beauty. They are together now. He hated that he had to pull away but that was the fun in it. There would always be another kiss somewhere.

“I hope that was what you were searching for.” Jareth had said to Sarah, still holding her in his arms. The Goblin King wanted to walk around a little bit now. He had dropped his arms from Sarah to his side and he then held out his hand for her to take. “fancy a walk?” Jareth asked her curiously with a smile on his face. He wanted to spend all the time in the world with Sarah, just not in the same place. Maybe walking around would get her talking again and maybe he would open up to her as well. He hoped that he would be able to. There was just too much he didn’t want to worry her with.

The Goblin King just stood there waiting for her reply. She was unusually quiet right now and he wondered if that kiss was a bit of a surprise and she couldn’t process it in her head. That made him worry a little. Was it too soon to do that? She didn’t object to it either. Jareth was just now a little confused about it.

Jareth smiled as she placed her hand in his. He really didn’t know what to expect being here, but he knew that since Sarah was here, they can do this together. The two of them together was all he really wanted in this moment in time. He looked up at the clear blue sky. This was perfect weather as well. The sun was shining in the wonderful afternoon. It was more wonderful that he was here with her and that they had ended up in the same place, even though she had been here longer than he had.

Sarah’s voice had caused him to look back down at her. She told him that he seemed very happy. He was very happy. He was happy that he was here with her and that they had gotten their feelings out in the open, like humans usually do. She was right. He was very happy that he finally had won over her love, not that he had lost it in the first place. Jareth smiled to her. It would be even better when he gets himself a castle and when Toby ends up here too. She then said being with him is exactly where she wants to be and in the end they had both won. Again, she was right.

They had started walking, his hand still grasping hers. They stepped back out into the market place where people were still around, doing their shopping or what ever they were doing. Jareth never gave any of them a second glance. None of them seemed to impose a threat.

“you mean when I came into your life the first time or the second time?” Jareth asked her. He paused a moment. “yes, in the end we both won.” Jareth said to her. “Sarah, I hope your brother ends up coming here too, for your sake. It sounds like the little journey I put you through made you love him more. Am I wrong?” Jareth asked her, a smirk appeared on his face.

Jareth continued to walk and looked around them. Everything here seemed fin, like nothing was there to harm him yet. That was the biggest thing he was worried about besides Sarah’s safety and now Toby’s if Toby is here somewhere. He didn’t want anything bad to happen to the humans that he wanted to protect. He never did and he never will. Jareth looked from one place to another, looking at the people who were selling things. This was definitely different from Jareth’s home world, the Labyrinth. People around him started pushing to get to something and Jareth pulled Sarah a bit closer so that she wouldn’t get shoved or hurt by the strangeness that was going on. The Goblin King had let go of her hand and rested his entire arm over her shoulders, hoping that would help a bit. Jareth was just confused at this whole concept. He would have to ask Sarah about it later.

Her soft voice had stood out from the noise that was going on around them. She told him that she started to fall for him when they first met. He continued to look ahead as she spoke so that they didn’t run into anything or anyone. She told him she blamed Toby for her being so miserable and Jareth knew all that. That was why she wished the baby to him. She told him that she couldn’t stop thinking about him and hoped that she would see him again. Jareth nodded. “I never fully left you Sarah.” Jareth said to her truthfully hoping she didn’t think that it was weird. “I watched you to make sure you were okay and that you were happy. You didn’t see me, well notice me.” Jareth said to her.

The big crowd started to die down and Jareth continued to keep Sarah close to him. He had just found her. He didn’t want to loose her again. He never wanted to loose sight of the thing he found most precious in the world. “you did hurt me, but you did what you had to, to keep your brother safe. That was putting him before your wants. Just as the Labyrinth was trying to teach you.” Jareth said to her. He then listened to her talk about Toby. “don’t worry. We will find your brother and he will stay with us forever.” Jareth said to her, reassuring her, hoping it would make her feel better.

“I don’t understand the concept of this…” Jareth then said to Sarah about the marketplace, and the rushes of people. “Goblin City has something like this but, its different.” Jareth added. It was all truly different here. In the city of the Goblins, things werent traded or bought for, mostly shared and Jareth, being king, could take what he wanted, though he did share his home with the Goblins, which was why they all seemed to hang around his castle.

The Goblin King looked at Sarah as he continued to hold her close to him so that the people around wouldn’t hurt her to get something. Jareth looked around, still highly confused on the scene that was happening around them, the people acting the way they were. It was almost interesting, it was something that he would want to watch, learn on. Jareth looked at Sarah before she had answered his question. She looked as if she was longing for something, or more remembering something. He wondered what was troubling her.

She had said that she didn’t know what the rest of his world was like and he knew that to be true. She had started telling him about her world, about what it was like when it came to shopping and this sales thing that was going on around him. He shook his head at what she was saying. This made no sense to him, or maybe just a little sense to him but it was still very foreign.

Jareth let out a sigh as a scene unfolded in front of them. It appeared that two people were fighting over something. He had rolled his eyes and pulled Sarah around them, trying not to get noticed by the two people yelling. “is it like this in your world too?” Jareth had asked her curiously. He looked back over his shoulder and the Goblin King shook his head as they continued to walk onward from the situation behind them.

“everything is done differently in my world. Im not the evil ruler people believe me to be, Sarah.” Jareth gave her a small smile.

Jareth did not like being here at all, well in this part of town anyway. Maybe it was because there was just too many people. He just didn’t like the bunches of people that were around. It was just too overwhelming since he was in a strange new place. Sarah seemed to not mind. Maybe she was used to it because it was like this way in her world, like she had stated before.

He wondered if she believed that he wasn’t an evil ruler. Sure, some of the things he had done weren’t conventional, he was manipulative and controlling but it was all because he had to be. He liked being in control and when he wasn’t, it really made him frustrated, like he was now since he wasn’t in control of his situation, being in the strange new world.

Jareth looked down at Sarah, as the crowd seemed to have gotten lighter and there weren’t a lot of people around, not as much as there was back behind them. He listened to her words. She was being honest and he was happy that she was. He hoped that he didn’t frighten her and she was holding back. He didn’t want that. He was never going to harm Sarah and he never will. Jareth looked at her when she said that she could trust him with her life and then asked about his kingdom. He really was happy when she said that she could trust him like that. He just hoped he wouldn’t let her down.

“the Goblin city is like that to an extent, though a lot of the things were shared, if you understand what I mean. when you first entered the Goblin city, it was empty, no? that was because they were all with me in my throne room. Sure, there is a trading like this but things arent this out of hand.” Jareth replied to her, trying to give her an idea. It was hard to explain with out here being there.