Sarah Williams was the first and only friend Franklin Hartford ever made when she moved to a new town to live with a new foster family.
Since Sarah walked right up to Franklin on her first day of freshman year of high school to introduce herse...
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"Oh god, oh god! Hoggle what did you do?" I rage at the man whilst trying to get Sarah to spit out the peach. But before I could jam my fingers in her mouth it had already been too late. The big bite she took was swallowed greedily.
"Did Jareth put you up to this? Huh!" My legs ran over to the short fellow. I yanked him toward me by the shirt collar. If it were possible, steam would be shooting from my ears. I can feel the boiling heat rise up my neck.
"Tell me or else!" I rush my words in case something horrible happens in the next few seconds to my only friend. It was then followed by a series of unforgivable words that surely wounded his heart.
"I didn't know what it does!" That is the only thing he said before ripping away and trotting off into the trees. Hoggle tripped over a few roots sticking up out of the ground.
"Coward!" My scream is filled with pain. Like a hot fire poker has been stuck into my chest and out through my ribcage.
I look behind me to see Sarah walk slowly over to a tree. Her movements are fluid and soft.
"Everything is dancing." Was all she said before carefully sitting on the forest floor. Those green eyes glazed over quickly. Shock rattles my whole being.
"No, no Sarah!" I skid so hard in front of her that the fabric covering my knees rip. Warm blood flows from my raw cut skin and onto the leaves. None of that matters now.
There is no light in her. A dormant body rests before me. What did he do?
"I'll kill you Jareth! Do you hear me? I'll kill you!"
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I'm not sure how long I've been laying my head on her cold lap.
For hours maybe.
I don't care really.
My tears have dried long ago. The night air hits right on my exposed torn knees. It seems I'm too broken inside to attempt an escape from here.
My eyes have never left the bitten peach that lies a few feet away. Somehow nothing has changed. Still so perfect except for the huge chunk missing. The one Jareth gifted me personally is next to hers. All nice and untouched.
A part of me wants to eat mine and feel what she is experiencing. Maybe it would kill me. That sounds like a great way to leave this all behind. To leave the labyrinth in such a selfish way. At least that is how I see it.
Here I am resting on the empty shell that was once my best friend. Toby is being held in a fortress filled with magical goblins. And I, I am doing nothing but staying in my own suffering.
My eyes have drifted shut yet sleep can't take over. I've been praying to death, wanting whoever it may be. Pleading that I could vanish into nothing.
