Crumbling World

Chapter Seven

 

Sarah sat on her bed confused “why didn’t I let him kiss me” Sarah shrugged her shoulders, walked to the closet getting out a white satin nightgown and changing, leaving her clothes on the floor for the goblins to get. She pulled the blankets back and climbed into bed. As soon as her head hit the pillow she fell asleep.

 

Jareth sat in his throne room in the chair lounging with his legs over the arm. He was wondering why Sarah wouldn’t let him kiss her, he knows she finds him attractive, well every woman found him attractive, well ones he wasn’t related too.

 

 

The Next Morning

Jareth walked into his garden he saw Sarah squatting down talking to a little girl who was showing her a flower she looked to be about 6 years old, with sunlight hair and wearing a blue dress. Jareth saw his Sister Josie watching with a smile on her face. Jareth walked up to her.

“What’s going on?” Jareth asked confused watching Sarah and the little girl

“My daughter Lily, seems to take a liking to your Sarah” Josie told him

Jareth looked at her “is that okay?”

“Of course it is, but if you remember, Lily is shy around strangers, but she took a liking to Sarah right away, she’s been showing Sarah her knowledge of flowers all morning” Josie told him smiling

“I told you Sarah was a special” Jareth told her

“Yes you did brother” she told him smiling

Jareth looked around “where are your other two kids?”

“Rose and Petal are at home” she told him

“Why you name your kids after plants, I will never know” Jareth said

“I have always loved flowers you know that” she told her brother

“Obsessed is more the word” Jareth said teasing her smiling

“Oh do you think you can keep an eye on Lily, I have a meeting to get too?”  She asked him

“Sure” he told her

Josie smiled and kissed her brother on the cheek and disappeared. Jareth walked up to Sarah and Lily, watching from a distance so he could hear them.

“What kind of flower is this?” Sarah asked Lily smiling at her as she held a flower in her hand

“That is a Lily, the flower I was named after” Lily told her

“You’re a very pretty Lily” Jareth said walking towards them

Sarah stood up looking at him, Lily ran to Jareth with a big smile on her face. Jareth squat down and open his arms to her, Sarah watched smiling, than she got a vision of Jareth holding their child and shook her head, and she saw Jareth hugging Lily tight. He let Lily go and she looked at him.

“Did you have fun with Sarah?” he asked her smiling

Lily itched her nose and replied “yeah she’s funny” she giggled

“Oh she is, is she” Jareth said laughing than he started tickling her, Sarah laughed right with them.

Jareth stopped tickling Lily and noticed she started to cry. Jareth and Sarah both got worried. Sarah squatted down in front of her.

“Lily what’s wrong honey?” Sarah asked

Lily sniffled and showed them the flower in her hand. “The lily is all smushed” she told them sniffling

Jareth smiled at her and waved his hand over the flower, and brought it back to life, Lily’s eyes got wide and so did the smile on her face. “See all better”

“Thanks uncle Jareth” Lily said and ran back over to the flower garden, touching and smelling all the flowers

“That was very sweet of you” Sarah told him while watching Lily

“I would do anything for my family” Jareth told while watching Lily than looked at Sarah

Jareth and Sarah walked over to a bench and sat down still able to see Lily from where they are.

“She is just like my sister, loves all flowers” Jareth said

Sarah smiled “she is very cute and very smart”

“She takes after me” Jareth said playfully

“I think she takes after your sister” Sarah teased back

“Are you saying I’m not smart” Jareth said

Sarah smiled at him, Jareth smiled back at her, than looked at Lily.

“Lily honey don’t eat the flowers” he told her

Lily took the pieces of flower out of her mouth “why not?”

 She asked her head tilted to the side looking at him

“There are bugs that live in those flowers” he told her

Lily looked sick and started spitting the flower out “ewww…. Buggies”

Sarah put her hand over her mouth laughing, they heard Lily keep spitting, Jareth laughed at her, Jareth and Sarah than watched Lily stop spitting and started chasing a butterfly, they watched her little hands trying to catch it, but it kept flying higher away from her.

Unknown to them someone was hiding behind the tree watching Lily.

“So I guess your wedding is off” Sarah said

“Yes I am not going to marry someone that lies to me” he told her

“Plus you didn’t love her” Sarah said

“No I didn’t” he told her

“Your majesty” a small voice said

Jareth and Sarah turned their heads to look at the goblin in front of them

“Yes skittle?” Jareth asked

“Lunch is ready” skittle said

Jareth and Sarah started to look around for Lily. The both started to panic they couldn’t find her.

“LILY” Jareth yelled

“LILY” Sarah started to yell too

They checked everywhere around where they seen Lily, Skittle helped too,

“Your majesty” skittle said sadly

Jareth turned around and looked at skittle” what” than he noticed the goblin was holding up a bracelet, Jareth took it from him looking at it.

Sarah looked at the bracelet Jareth was holding “is that...” Sarah couldn’t even finish the sentence.

“Lily’s yes, it’s her bracelet I gave it to her for her birthday, she never takes it off” Jareth told her sadly

“Then why did she?” Sarah asked

“I don’t think she meant to” Jareth replied

“Than what happened” Sarah asked

“I think someone took her” Jareth told her

Sarah gasped and put her hand to her mouth.