Memory

Chapter 4: Innocence Lost

Sarah woke up from her bed realizing she was not alone. An arm was draped across her chest which was heavy by the way and apparently a crushing noise was heard just the next room.

Her eyes lingered on the master of the arm. Jareth was in his usual hair style other than the normal casual clothing humans wear when they sleep.

"Jareth, how many times should I tell you of the impending doom when you touch me?"

"Love, when I gave you 13 days to rethink about us, do you really think I'm going to leave you in peace? Of course I'll be here acting as a proper lover and not a puppy who's going to listen to every word you say."

"Whatever. Go check on the next room. Something crashed I think." Sarah covered her head with half of her pillow. When she felt half of the bed shift to Jareth's weight as he got up, she heard him go out and she smiled. He's definitely not a puppy, he's a wolf.

A shiver went up Sarah's spine as soon as she heard another crash. Quickly she rose from her bed and stormed through the next room without hesitation.

The living room, quite a view for destruction, held a few goblins in mischief strangling men robbing the house. Sarah didn't know what to say at all. Which creature would she help out: the goblins, obviously out of control wrecking the plans of the robbers or the robbers just getting money for a living and having no knowledge of the existence of Goblins? She stood there at the door agape.

"Sarah-queen is already awake, your majesty!" Squealed the goblin holding the frying pan up.

"Ah, my dear" Started Jareth as he himself looked amused of the goblins' chaos with the robbers, "We were having a bit of a problem with people here." He stared at the robbers with great interest.

"Exactly how did you manage to destroy my house the second I told you to check?" She asked senseless as she looked at all the wreckage... She went to her cupboard and loaded a shotgun. Her eyes were gleaming... "It's maddening!" 

"Not to worry, my love. I'll fix those things later. For now, what shall we do to these unfortunate... men?" He peeked at her for a moment, but stood farther away when he saw a dangerous object. "...Sarah..." Oh no, She's serious. 

"Women" one of the men said with a shrug of his shoulders. He then immediately hit one of the goblins in the head then the other threw the little one outside the window. Jareth dumbfounded by the bloodlust these men just showed, looked at Sarah as her loaded gun pointed quickly at one of the robbers.

Jareth smirked. Sarah was definitely weird but it was the good kind of weird that everyone looks up to. One look from her could freeze you to death. The looked on the faces of the men however can slap you the quote "weird"

"Get out of my house and leave the things you've stolen." Coldly she stares at the robbers and they shook all the way. She loaded the shotgun. Another gulp escaped one of the goblin's throats. They scrambled out of the robbers' heads and hid all over the room. Some hid behind Jareth's legs to watch.

A glimpse of a second and the robbers were at the door hurrying to return the things they've touched safely. Jareth, amused, thought how courageous she was. After scaring the shits out of the robbers, she fake called the police and let them run after their lives.

"There. That's how you scare robbers WITHOUT chaos and with discipline." She says. Jareth laughed.

"How odd it is for a woman to be holding a heavy gun."

"So? I'm not the one for ladylikeness."

"That's not exactly what I meant to say." Jareth says as he walked towards Sarah making the shotgun disappear as he did. He pulled Sarah to him and pressed himself against her. He whispered closely in her ear, "Dragons amuse me, darling... and you acted dragon like. May we continue?"