Power and Its Vices

Jareth waited for the Dwarf to return home. He knew that the gardener was avoiding his notice and wanted to keep a low profile since his last visit to the girl.Something had happened then, Hoggle returned quickly and ignored her requests to return. Jareth was curious as to what happened between the two friends and Jareth wasn’t used to having to wait.The Dwarf arrived home mumbling to himself. Jareth his from immediate notice and just listened.“Power, she wants power” he wandered around his house putting things down and picking them up again.“Out of all of us, she wants power.” Hoggle snorted “I don’t need a man to make me complete.” He mimicked. Jareth listened to Hoggle’s ramblings unobserved trying to peace together the story. He knew that if he appeared and questioned the dwarf he would get guarded answers that left Jareth more unaware than listening this way. Hoggle kept moving about in a nervous dance. “After all these years she wants one moment to be relived. After all that happened she just wants him.” Hoggle sighed. “I always knew I was no match for Jareth.” The Goblin king smiled hidden from the dwarf. So this is what had his henchman so bothered. The girl still dreamt of him, Jareth left the dwarf’s house and returned to the castle. He had no doubt what moment she sill relived. He had been in her dreams once and knew that was what she wanted. She still wanted to be wooed. But the dwarf had mentioned power. Jareth knew what power she wanted. Power to make her dreams comes true. Power he possessed. Jareth decided it was time to visit the girl again. Since Hoggle’s abrupt departure Sarah had kept herself busy, calling him once or twice to see if he was still angry, and it seemed he was. She tried not to dwell on how much his absence bothered her. Days turned to weeks and soon Sarah was to into her training to worry anymore. Diane had taught Sarah a lot, from understanding what Sarah herself wanted to what her submissive wanted.It seemed most of the time submissive were too embarrassed about what they wanted and it was up to the Dominate to read the signals given.Sarah was taught about safe words, “But don’t rely too heavily on them. IT is your job to know what your sub can take and what they can’t. Sometimes they forget or they think they can take more than they can.” Diane had said.Sarah absorbed all of the knowledge before she was ever given the “whip and gag” that Diane took as tools of the trade.It seemed all Sarah and Diane did was talk. But it was good for Sarah. She was beginning to understand what Diane had meant by finding the lifestyle the hard way. It was all too easy to walk into a club wearing leather and find yourself a sub. But the hard part is knowing what is right and caring.“You see Sarah, this lifestyle can be very nurturing and loving if you go about it the right way. Few people see this. They see the whips, the chains, and the people on their knees and think we live in a forced feudal society. Where few lead and all others are made to suffer.”“But it seems there are people who want to be subs just as there are those who want to be Doms.” Sarah said“Exactly,” Diane’s voice brightened over the phone. “You start work again in a few weeks don’t you?”“Yeah, 3 weeks and I have to get back to the school and start on the correspondence and stuff.”“Well I think it is time for your first Party. Before you get back to work.”“Really??”“Yep, I think it is time for your Début!” Sarah hung up her phone excited and pumped. In three days time she would be going into her first D/s party.Diane had reminded Sarah that is was just a party for Doms and their subs. No other exhibitions were allowed. Sarah hadn’t been initiated yet into the S&M scene and Diane wanted to enforce the D/s relationship before the “torture” as she called it.Sarah respected that, and she felt she knew what she wanted from that side as well. She wasn’t keen on giving other’s pain or terrifying them. Sarah liked the idea of controlling in other more subtle means. But she was excited about the prospect non-the less. On the night of the party Sarah choose her outfit carefully. Her wardrobe was more suited to relaxing at home to work clothes and she didn’t’ own anything extreme. But that was Ok with Sarah, Diane was a large believer in Subtly, and Sarah agreed.Sarah choose a sophisticated short skirt in a rich burgundy and close fitting silk blouse. She wore a pair of killer heels and kept her hair loose.When Sarah looked at herself in the mirror she looconsconservative. But as it was all she had she moved on to her makeup. She drew attention to her eyes with dark smoky colours. For a moment when she added a touch of grey to her outer eye she thought she saw he makeup change and make her eyes more sinister. Her skin seemed paler than it was as well.Sarah blinked holding the eye shadow brush above her eye. “Must have been the light bulb, I’ll replace it later.” She finished and left the room.Diane arrived at Sarah’s half an hour before the party dressed in a scarlet cat suit, a large belt with silver rivets that hung jauntily on her hips. She wore a pair of leather desert boots that matched her cat suit so she was covered entirely in scarlet. “I like it.” Sarah said with a smile. “But it makes me look mousy.”“Awe sweetie,” Diane pouted, “Never worry I came prepared, and I figured your wardrobe might be lacking.” She handed Sarah a bag. “You and I were on the same wave length on the colour though.”Inside was a burgundy Cheongsam dress with a very high split on either side of the skirt. It was covered in gold and green embroidery of dragon’s ad phoenixes.“I thought it would suit you. The shoes are perfect, but let’s warm up the make up a bit and add something to your lips.” Diane opened up her make up bag as Sarah got changed.Sarah was startled when she looked at herself in the mirror. It was perfect. The side splits allowed her freedom of movement while the high neckline kept her chin up and gave her a look of superiority. Diane did a few deft brushes of gold and copper over Sarah’s makeup and handed over a gold lipstick.“Here you go golden lady” Diane offered her arm. “Let’s go show this town the new Domme!”Together they walked to Dianne’s car and off to the party.