Sarah's Birthday: The White Queen and her Jack of Diamonds

BTW this is completely separate from the other stories I've done. Set completely in Pandora. I shall strive so that there is no spoilers.

The White Queen

and her Jack of Diamonds

Sarah sighed for what felt the hundredth time that day and flopped onto her bed allowing her thick skirts to fan around her. She took the note, which had been clutched to her chest all morning(and was now well on its way to being memorized), and read it again;

Dearest Sarah,

I regret to inform you that we shall be delayed in returning from our mission. Gil found a lead on one of Alice's memories and Oz and Alice are eager to pursue it. We shall be back as soon as we can.

Your's sincerely

Jack

That had been a week ago; Sarah was almost out of her mind with worry. Alice's memories were almost always located in the most dangerous of places. The fact that they had heard no word since only increased her worry. She stared up at the ceiling again and sighed again.

"They say each time you sigh a bit of your soul floats away." said a voice by her foot. Sarah screamed and leapt over the back of the couch before falling on her rump.

"That was quite impressive. I don't think I could have made it that far in skirts like those." said Xerkzes Break peering at her comfortably over the top of the couch. 

"Stop popping out of random places! I almost had a heart attack!" cried Sarah flopping back on the floor. She rubbed her eyes and sighed again.

"Sarah-chan, didn't you hear Hatter-sempai? what if some evil magician steals the pieces of your soul and makes something creepy like a Horacox!" said Yasmine coming out from under the couch as well. Sarah had another small heart attack.

"Very good my young padadowan, people are starting to have a good reaction to you as well!" said Break patting Yasmine's head.

"Yay!"

"Please stick to the correct fantasy guys." sighed Rachel leaning on the oppisit wall. Sarah squawked again.

"Rachel, what are talking about?"

"Never mind that! how did you get here." said Sarah sitting up and pointing at her, "Break is one thing; he's always popping out of odd places. And Yasmine's his apprentice so that makes sense too. But not you Rachel! Besides, your supposed to be at the next town for that ball!"

"Eh? oh, I didn't want to go to that. So I asked Cheshire to make me a demention gate so I could ditch and now I am too far away for them to force me to come anyway!" said Rachel happily helping herself to the sweets Break and Yasmine had set out as they began tea. The little black cat on Rachel's shoulder, that Sarah had not noticed before, jumped to the ground and snatched away Yasmine's chocolate before running away quickly.

"@#$% CAT! GIVE ME BACK ME CHOCOLATE!" yelled Yasmine running after him.

"Did someone say chocolate?" said Alana appearing.

"WAIT I LIKE CHOCOLATE!" said Siana scrambling after her.

"Too bad for you." said Bethany.

"Why is Sarah on the floor?" asked Jaya.

"How do you people all get into my room?!" demanded Sarah in a squeaky voice.

"We came through the window!" said Alana happily as she ate the chocolate Yasmine had left when chasing Cheshire.

"shh! you weren't supposed to tell her that! now we can't use that method again!" said Siana.

"The window? are you guys crazy? we came through the front door." said Jaya.

"How come I didn't notice...?" wondered Sarah.

"Because Jaya is a spy in training and I am a Ninja without any training!" said Bethany brightly.

"Oh yeah... forgot." mumbled Sarah.

"Sarah... what's this?" asked Rachel trying to read Sarah's letter upside-down.

"Nothing!"

"Ooh! a letter from Jack! let us see!" said Jaya eagerly.

"I said it's nothing!" said Sarah clutching the letter tighter.

"Oi Hatter, go away!" said Bethany.

"But I like being nosey too!" whined Brake.

"Sorry sempai but... out!" said Yasmine coming back in and booting her teacher out the door.

"Now Sarah, you don't have to show it to all of them, you just have to show it me! don't worry! your love life is safe with me... and my friends." said Jaya charmingly.

"Um Jaya...." said Sarah frowning at her.

"Distraction! aha!" said Jaya snatching the letter, Sarah just stood there shocked as Jaya read it, her face slowly turning from anticipation to disappointment, "Sarah! this has got to be the most unromantic letter I've ever read! I was hoping for something juicy!"

"Let me see that!" said Bethany snatching it from Jaya,"hm... perhaps we need to properly educate him in the courting of our young and beautiful Sarah..."

"Bethany-! He's not-! I mean, Jack doesn't like-" stuttered Sarah blushing at the idea of Jack courting her.

"Pish tosh nonsense,he'd be a fool if he didn't." said Rachel taking the letter from Bethany.

"We'd kill him if he didn't." corrected Siana.

"Definatly." said Yasmine gravely.

"See! he even calls you "Dearest Sarah" it's a sign!" said Alana.

"Guys I think you're missing the point of this letter... So this is why you've been down Sarah. You should have told us Jack was on a dangerous mission!" said Rachel looking alarmed at her friend.

"WHAT?! WHAT IF THEY DIE!?" screamed Yasmine snatching the letter, "I WON'T BE ABLE TO EAT PILES OF MEAT WITH ALICE! I WONT BE ABLE TO PULL ON MY DARLY OZ'S CHEEKS! I WON'T BE ABLE TO CHASE GIL AROUND WITH CATS! I-I-I-I WON'T BE ABLE TO BEAT JACK UP ABOUT NOT CONFESSING TO SARAH ON HER 18TH BIRTHDAY!!!"

"What?!" said Sarah, almost fainting.

"Tardnugget." said Bethany smacking Yasmine.

"Sarah, don't listen to Yasmine; she's delusional." said Jaya smiling in a very unreassuring way.

"Speaking of which, WE HAVE LESS THAN 24 HOURS TILL SARAH'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!" screamed Siana.

"PLACES EVERYONE!" called Jaya, "SIANA AND ALANA YOU'RE IN THE KITCHENS, RACHEL AND BETHANY YOU'RE DECORATING, YASMINE YOU'RE HELPING OUT WHERE EVER WE NEED MOST HELP, I AM DOING INVITATIONS, AND SOMEBODY FIND CHESHIRE AND THAT USELESS CLOWN SO I CAN PUT THEM TO WORK!"

"Actually Jaya, I have a mission for Yasmine." said Rachel.

"Oh ok, whatever works best." said Jaya going out with Siana and Alana.

"Okay Yasmine, listen up *whisper whisper whisper whisper* got it?" asked Rachel.

"Yeah, yeah... wait what?" said Yasmine, Rachel sighed and whispered it again, "I can't really hear you, could you speak louder?" Rachel gave Yasmine a look and whispered again, "A little louder?"

"That would kind of defeat the purpose of whispering Yazzy, here I'll just write it." said Rachel giving Yasmine a annoyed look. She quickly scribbled down a note.

"Wow Rachel, I didn't think your handwriting could get any worse, but man when you write fast I can't read anything. By the way, you misspelled-" began Yasmine.

"If you can tell that I misspelled things you can read it well enough, now out!" said Rachel booting Yasmine out the door with a red face. 

"Bethany?" asked Rachel.

"Yes my telepathic twin?"

"I take it you already know what I am going to ask?" grinned Rachel.

"Everything is prepared, I have some plans of my own." said Bethany.

"I guess we're not actually telepathic twins... I don't even want to know." sighed Rachel.

"And that," Bethany sighed dramatically, "Is the reason why the telepathy is merrily one sided." and with that she exited leaving only Sarah and Rachel... and apparently Cheshire, who had come back to his masters side and purred on her shoulder nuzzling her cheek.

"What was all that about?" said Sarah bewildered, and momentarily distracted from her worry of Jack.

"You'll see, in the mean time I promised Jaya that I'd get you dressed before the festivities. Then I suggest you get some sleep." said Rachel leading Sarah to the back of the room where a dress was zipped into a bag on a hanger.

"My birthday isn't until tomorrow you know..." mumbled Sarah.

"I know, I giving you a heads up, though the party doesn't start till tomorrow evening, things are planed from the moment you turn 18, and a little hint; the present I think you'll enjoy the most will come right at midnight." grinned Rachel mystirosely.

"...Should I be worried...?"

"Extreamly. Our friends are involved after all."  grinned Rachel unzipping the bag. Sarah gasped, inside was a beautiful white gown with shining diamonds peeping out of every seam.

"It looks like a gown fit for a queen." breathed Sarah.

"That was the idea, you being the contractor for the white princess and all." said Rachel grinning as she helped Sarah into it. Now Sarah saw that there were actually white ribbons that crisscrossed all over the dress, starting at her waist then crossing up around her neck and then down both her arms. After quickly dusting Sarah's face with light makeup Rachel then pulled Sarah's hair up in a bun and surfed it there with a small crown.

"There. You're ready." said Rachel smiling, "No peeking in the mirror! there is someone that I promised that I wouldn't let anyone see you before them, not even you. Now drink this." said Rachel handing Sarah a cup.

"What is it?" asked Sarah.

"I won't lie... it's a sleeping potion, it will make you sleep till the start of your birthday. but understand you really have to drink it. Believe me when I say for the things our friends have planed you will need all the rest you can get, and I know you'd keep yourself up with worries of Jack." said Rachel.

"Okay." said Sarah giving Rachel a hug, Rachel smiled and tucked Jack's letter back into her hands.

"I suggest you sit down somewhere you can sleep before dining that, I hear it's strong stuff." said Rachel. Sarah nodded and sat down on the couch. She glanced at Jack's letter which was still tightly clutched in her hands and then drank the potion.

the last thing she thought as she drifted into unconsciousness was I hope that I will get to hear if Jack is okay when I wake up.

Sarah opened her eyes to the light of her chain. Sarah looked at the White Princess in confusion before she saw where the little lady was pointing.

"Jack!" cried Sarah throwing herself off the couch towards him. Jack was tied to a chair with his head slumped to the side a large bruised cut on his head coated in dried blood. A note was pinned to Jack's coat:

Here's your bloody man Sarah, he wouldn't shut up when we brought him so Jaya and I had to help him - Ignore what Yasmine just said, here's the first part of your present Sarah. 

Enjoy -Jaya

Happy Birthday! -Bethany

Happy B-Day! If that b*****d tries anything i'll -Yasmine

It's a pity this thing is in pen, but happy birthday anyway! -Siana

Yay Sarah is a grown up! Happy Birthday -Alana

Sorry for the scare this probably gave you, but do try and enjoy it, お誕�"��-�- Rachel

P.S. We only hit him because we knew you'd heal him right away Yeah pluss he's already an idiot for not confessing to you so it's not like we hurt his IQ - Sarah Yasmine is no longer allowed (or able) to write anymore.

P.s.s. Don't try and leave your room till we let you out, just warning you

"Oh my god.... my friends are insane." Sarah whispered, putting aside the note. Untying Jack, she carefully laid her hands on Jack's forehead, "White Princess, Heal." she whispered and at once the chain sitting next to her dissolved into light and swirled around her hand and into the wound. Slowly the wound closed and healed and the light faded till only the dim lamp Rachel had left on before remained. Sarah felt faintly dizzy as always after a healing and slumped foreword onto Jack without thinking. Vaguely she felt him stir beneath her. 

"Sarah? Sarah! Are you alright?! What happened?!" came Jack's panicky voice as she drawn up onto his lap and typed back so he could see her.

"Ihm fineh..." mumbled Sarah struggling to focus her gaze. Jack's grip on her tightened and he pulled her protectively close to his chest. Sarah's previous dizziness was now replaced with a new type of dizziness.

"Don't tell me you're fine when you're clearly not. Where are we? isn't this your room? What happened? Why am I here? I don't really remember...." said Jack still holding tightly to Sarah. Sarah blinked through a haze of happiness, why was Jack here? then it started to come back to her... the insanity of her friends.

"Oh!" said Sarah sitting up straight but then collapsing back on Jack as another wave of dizziness overcame her, "Drat, I bet they planed that too, they know how I get..."

"Who planed what?" asked Jack.

"I bet that's where Rachel sent Yasmine earlier, and then Jaya and the dress, and Bethany saying she had something up her sleeve, and the warning Rachel gave me..." mumbled Sarah cursing the fact that she had gone along with the madness.

"Sarah, if you don't start explaining things I might just go mad." said Jack. Hearing the strain in his voice Sarah looked up into his dazzlingly green eyes and then had to quickly look away blushing as she realized how close their faces were.

"Sorry Jack, I think my friends may have kidnapped you. They hit you over the head and I healed you, but healing really takes it out of me so I got like this..." explained Sarah trying to hide her face.

"Ah... yes, I think I do remember something of that." frowned Jack, he looked nervously at Sarah, "Did they tell you why they tied me up here?"

"Um... I think it was supposed to be for my birthday..." said Sarah, now blushing ferioriosely.

"Ah... yes... right..." said Jack sounding immensely relieved, "You 18 now Sarah! thats so great! Is that why you're all dressed up?"

"Ah..! yes. um.. I know I look silly, but my friends wanted-" stuttered Sarah suddenly feeling insecure.

"Sarah," Jack interrupted, Sarah hesitantly looked up at him and then wished she hadn't, the gaze he was giving her was so intense her poor heart could nearly handle it, "Sarah, you're beautiful." 

Never mind; her heart stopped completely... before picking back up double time.

"Um! we'd better go check to see if the others will let us out of the room now!" said Sarah her voice uncharacteristically high as her legs regained feeling and she jumped to her feet. 

"I suppose so." sighed Jack trying to fallow her, then frowned, "Looks like I am still tied down somehow... ah, a note."

"What does it say?" asked Sarah hesitantly coming back over to see if she could help. Jack's face turned a dark shade of red as he read the note, he glanced at Sarah and turned an even darker shade of red.

"@#$%^ them all." muttered Jack crumpling the paper looking deeply ruffled.

"Jack what is it?" asked Sarah intensely curious over anything that could possibly make him look like that.

"N-nothing!" said Jack unconvincingly.

"Lair! let me see!" said Sarah. What called was a small tussle for the note which Sarah only won because she had long fingernails and Jack couldn't move out of his seat. Despite Jack's panicked protests Sarah opened the note and read, then froze;

To my lovely Sarah and Jack,

as you may have discovered our young Jack is still tied down. Now before you try cutting these strings I'll warn you that these ropes will only be able to be cut after you two go all mushy mushy for at least a minuet. AKA; kiss.(and take your time there is no hurry) but Jack won't be able to get up till you do and we won't let you out either till you do so... get to it! 

I told you I had a little something extra to add

-Bethany

"No way!" exclaimed Sarah turning a even darker shade of red than Jack.

"I told you not to read it." mumbled Jack. Sarah stared at the note a moment longer before glancing at Jack and squaring her shoulders.

"Alright then, I guess thats what we've got to do." said Sarah though her insides were melting.

"N-no Sarah-hime I could never ask you-!" began Jack.

"I am not going to just leave you here Jack! we have to get you out!" said Sarah. She plopped back down on Jack's lap and taking a deep breath, and making sure not to look into her eyes lest she lose her nerve, kissed him. At first she just simply pressed her lips against his, but remembering that Bethany had said it had to be for a minute she had shifted to the side to get into a more comfortable position. the movement however seemed to jolt something in Jack though for he moaned her name softly against her lips and began kissing her furtively. Forgetting all about Bethany's deal Sarah wrapped her arms around Jack's neck and tentivly kissed him back. When they finally broke apart for air they were both panting.

"Wow..." said Sarah her whole face red coming back to the world of thought.

"Yeah... wow." breathed Jack burying his face in the crook of her neck.

"That was definitely more than a minute..." said Sarah now working to get the ties off.

"hmmm..." was all Jack said. As the ropes fell away yet another note came lose.

"Oh no not another one..." muttered Sarah picking it up.

I hope you guys didn't actually believe me because there is no way I could work a spell that complex. There is no hoax on Jack's ropes (haha that kinda rhymed!)

If you did than you guys are even more GULLIBLE than I thought.

-Bethany

"Evil...." was all Sarah managed to get out.

"What?" murmured Jack still holding her.

"There is no spell." muttered Sarah slightly mortified.

"Ah... well I suppose I should thank her anyway though." commented Jack sighing.

"For what?!"

"For giving me the opportunity to kiss the girl I love before she rejects me." singed Jack pulling away reluctantly.

"Wha-?!"

"This was all set up for me you know," he said sadly, "They knew about how I-well, I am just sad it had to mess up your special day."

"Wha- What are you saying?! I should be the one apologizing! you got dragged into this- this mess because my friends found out I was in love with you and wanted to surprise me on my birthday! it's not your fault!" said Sarah hurriedly, then she realized what she said and put her hands over her mouth not daring to look at him.

"You... love me? you really do?" asked Jack slowly something strange in his voice. Sarah nodded, unable to look him in the face.

"Sarah-hime..." he said softly catching her face in his hands and pulling her back into a kiss. Sarah melted and buried her fingers in his long blond hair. "Sarah-hime, I think you missed the important part where I said I loved you." Jack whispered.

"Oh..Oh!" said Sarah her eyes widening in realization, Jack chuckled and said softly "サラ™め�'大好きです。愛ー　愛�-てています."

"Jack, I only took one year of Japanese!" complained Sarah.

"I know." grinned Jack and kissed her again.

*outside the room*

"Well that turned out even better than I thought it would." mused Bethany.

"Shhh! it's getting to the good part! god he looks like a good kisser!" said Jaya peering through the peep hole.

"NOOOO! NOT MY SARAH! SOMEONE SAVE HER FROM THAT GOOD FOR NOTHING BASTER-UGH!" wailed Yasmine as Siana delivers her a quick kick.

"Shh... I am learning from my sempai's!" said Siana staring attentively through another peep hole.

"Shouldn't you guys give them some privacy?" asked Rachel.

"Its the illusion of privacy that matters." said Bethany.

"I am sure you will say something quite different when it's your turn." commented Rachel.

"Ahahaha if you guys tried something like this on me I'd kill you." said Bethany.

"Exactly." sighed Rachel.

"Do they really need us as chaperones though? this is Sarah we're talking about." said Alana.

"This is Jack we're talking about too." said Siana, Yasmine whined in agreement.

"Girls! the chocolate for Sarah's birthday party has been delivered!" sang Brake, "You better go quick before Alice and Gil eat it all!"

"NOOO MY CHOCOLATE!" there was a mad rush for the door. Cheshire ran up and curled up in Rachel's lap after delivering the illusion of chocolate to the front door as Rachel had ordered (the real chocolate would be delivers later) hopefully after tiring themselves out the others would forget about Sarah and Jack and go to bed.

"Good kitty." smiled Rachel betting him.

Cheshire smiled toothily and purred.

Author's Note

サラ™めを大好きです。愛ー　愛してています。"I really like Sarah-princess. Love, I am in love." more or less. Yasmine could break it down for you further if you like Sarah. Hope you liked!

Reviews

[selkietales]

Ahahaha this is funny! I was a bit confused because I think this is a fanfic? Anyway, just some grammar issues to look out for like: "'It looks like a gown fit for a queen.' breathed Sarah." After "queen" it should be a comma, not a period.

[StillShorterThanYou]

XDD LOVED IT~
the best part were the letters :)

[PokemonFan#1]

X////////X

I think I litterly turned red at the note B-mel left of where Jack and I had to kiss.......with the second note...that most likely would have happened...

[I am too, overly obsest with Jack! I bought the 7th vol. on my Birthday JUST -well, maybe not JUST- because Jack was on the cover! See?! Over obsesion!
..........I really want Jack to be real!!!!! Or at least find a guy that's JUST like Jack!]

I loved it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

KEEP IT UP!

[Imagination-mage]

LOL!! I AM OVER PROTECTIVE LIKE THAT!! Jaya would say something like that too and B-mel would definatley trick them! hahahahahaha! loved it! Am i really that much of a bully?

[TheEverHungryOne]

Princess Sarah is now a the White Queen, with her Jack of Diamonds attending to her.