After reasurring Hoggle that I was fine I sprinted torwards the nursery.To see the babe wiggling and smilling in his crib warmed my heart.The little child held out his arms torwards me,so that I might pick him up.

I willing obliged, his head rested on my shoulder as I rocked him back and forth,patting and rubbing his back.To think this peace might be threatened,what would happen to him if I went to the Dragon Castle in three months time.

The answers to these questions would no doubt come to me sooner rather than later.It wasn't long before I noticed that Philip was fast asleep.Genltly I laid him in the cradle to rest,the sweet innocent child so unaware of the events that had come to pass."Sleep well my son"I wispered before slipping into my own room.


Shutting the door,I made sure it was locked,for I did not want any of my goblin friends to see me like this.Pacing back in forth in front of the fireplace I battled with whether I should tell Jareth ,or if I should not.I was so emmeresed in my thoughts that I was startled when I heard a knock on my door.


"Yes"I answered
"Your highness dinner is served"responded a female goblin.
Sighing I looked at the clock and realized how much time had passed."Thank you but I will not be dining this evening"I said gently to goblin
"Would you like me to bring you something miss"the goblins voice portrayed that she was worried.
"No thank you"Sierra said sitting on the rug in front of the fireplace.
She could here the goblin shuffling away,but she hoped that Jareth would not be worried about her disappearance from dinner this evening.

As she lay there looking at the ceiling tears started to fall.She thought of how Jareth reacted to her dancing for Jeremy,it satisfied her that it meant something special to him as well.But in truth she could just be blowing her own horn and believing in what she wanted.She knew Jareth would try to stop Jeremy from taking her,but only because he considered her as a friend.

But in her mind as well as her heart she knew Jareth never really tried to love her in that sense,because of his hurtful past.He didn't extend his hand torwards me,but he did put his arm around me when Jeremy was being bold as all hell she thought in her mind.The real question was whether he was willing to try,or whether he was not.She never could get that answer from him.


"Will I ever"she says quietly to herself.The clock chimes as yet another hour has passed.