"Sarah!" turning her head, her deep green eyes looked back as she could see her best friend Amya as she was running towards her. Her light brown shoulder length locks delicately whipped in the spring breeze as her friends stopped as she tried to catch her breath, "I've… been… looking for you." She panted as Sarah laughed.

"Looks to me you got more of a workout," Sarah joked as Amya tucked back a lock of her light ginger hair as she looked up at Sarah. The sweat from her neck had stained the collar of her blue button up as Sarah saw a few grass stains litter across her black slacks. "Is something the matter?" she asked.

Amya shook her head, "no it's just…" Sarah knew what she was going to say as she looked down at the beaten down dirt pathway that crawled across the other side of the flower gardens. "I've been worried about you, I haven't really seen you that much since, well," Amya voiced her concerns as she and Sarah sat down on a nearby wooden bench.

Readjusting her pencil skirt and the floral red and pink blouse she wore Sarah looked over at the blooming roses as she sighed, "I understand…" she said to Amya. "To be honest I guess… I guess I just accepted the fact that-"Sarah felt herself choke up as a lump started to form in her throat.

Sarah always found it hard to talk about the accident six months ago; it was around the same time that she had given birth to her daughter, Melody. In the back of her mind Sarah could remember that had just put her daughter to bed and was finally going to get some rest, but in the end she never got any rest.

In her wildest dreams she would have never thought the call would have been from the hospital as they called to inform her that her father and stepmother had been in a terrible car accident. Within those short minutes of the call and even now, Sarah still felt as if everything was just a dream; something conjured by a wicked witch or a spiteful goblin.

Though at the end of that day, she was more than sad to see tragedy play its cruel hand as she and Toby had lost two of the most important people in their lives. Ever since that day, Sarah moved back into her old family home and out of Amya's apartment as she swore to take care of Toby. And even though she still talked to her friends in the mirror, she could tell that even they could see that this tragedy had taken more than her family, but also, something more.

"Sarah?" Amya shook Sarah's shoulder as she snapped her out of her trance, "you ok?"

Sarah shook her head, "yea… I just zoned again," she told her friend as she turned her head up towards the dark cloudy evening sky as a few brightly colored petals danced in the air before abruptly landing onto the ground.

"Look if you ever need someone to watch Toby and Melody or anything, you know you can always call me." Amya offered as Sarah felt a small smile creep across her face.

"Thanks, but we're doing ok. I really do appreciate your offer, but Toby's been starting to get more and more independent. And he usually offers to watch Melody when I'm busy," she explained as they started to make their way toward the large two story white painted house.

"How is Melody?" Amya asked.

Sarah sighed, before letting out a small chuckle. "Well she finally said her first word last night, mama, and I have to set up an appointment with the doctor soon." She listed. She wasn't surprised that Amya didn't ask her about Melody's father, but then again he disappeared out of Sarah's life the minute their daughter was born. But to Sarah none of that mattered, she was blessed with a beautiful baby girl and joy; that's all she needed in her life.

"Does Melody need her vaccines already?" Amya asked.

"Yes, but I also need to see the doctor as well." Sarah said as she stopped, placing her hand on her head she could feel the skull splitting pain ravaging in her head as it trickled down her body before leaving her temporarily numb. "These headaches always seem to find a way to come back and haunt me." Sarah said as she felt Amya grab a hold of her as she pulled herself together.

"I just hope you can figure out how to stop them," Amya told her as Sarah stood in front of the steps to her house. "Well I should probably get going now, we've got another busy day tomorrow." She said sarcastically before giving a wave and walking down the street light lit way. Walking up the stairs, Sarah pushed open the door as she could see hear the sounds of the television in the other room.

Leaning her head into the doorway she saw her little twelve year old brother holding a game controller as he played in the darkness of the living room. The lights flashed as he grunted at the screen, "shouldn't you be watching your niece?" Sarah asked as Toby jumped at the sound of his sister's voice.

He looked over at her as he paused his game before putting down the controller, "I have been watching her," Toby argued as he pulled his hood over his head. "Mel's been asleep for about an hour now," he told her as he resumed his videogames.

"Alright," Sarah stopped as she looked back at her brother. "Don't forget, it's a school night so be in bed at 10 o'clock," she reminded him as she pointed towards the small clock that hung on their wall as the hands clearly said 8:55 on them. "You've got about an hour left to finish your game." She warned him as she walked up the stairs.

Sarah opened the door to her old childhood bedroom as she walked over to Toby's old wooden cradle as she looked down at the sleeping bundle. A little puff of dark hair lay on the top of her daughter's head, Toby had taken good care of her as she could smell the delicate scent of baby shampoo and noticed she was dressed in a clean cartoon cat covered onesie.

Lightly stroking her daughter's cheek, Sarah pulled the pink blanket up as she walked over to window and shut the cream colored blinds. "So, did Toby do a good job?" Sarah whispered as she looked into the vanity mirror that lay on the dresser.

She could see Hoggle appear behind her as she could see him nod his head, "the boy done a decent job." Hoggle told her as Sarah only laughed. It'd had been a decade since she had defeated the Labyrinth created by the Goblin King, Jareth and to her surprise neither Hoggle or any of her friends in the 'Other Realm' had seen him. Nor had she seen the white barn owl form he disguised himself as when she first encountered him all those years ago.

"Hoggle, have you heard anything about Jareth?" she asked as she looked over at her sleeping daughter. The little bundle rustled a bit, but didn't cry…yet.

Hoggle shook his head, "ain't no one hear from him since you beat him. No one seen him either," Hoggle told her as Sarah felt a wave of relief hit her. The last thing Sarah needed to worry about was a Goblin King spying on her and her baby.

Though something did occur to her, ever since she had Melody, Sarah always felt this warmth in her heart and joy whenever she heard her laugh and saw her smile. There were vast joys that came from having a child to call your own, and unlimited happiness. Thinking back on how determined Jareth had seemed about keeping Toby all those years ago, it would only make sense that maybe he didn't take Toby because Sarah had wished for it.

Maybe Jareth had taken Toby because he wasn't happy.

Walking into her home Sarah let out a sigh as she was exhausted from another stressful day at work. Making it up the stairs, Sarah could hear the laughter of her young daughter as she approached the shut white door of her old bedroom. Opening the door she saw a very familiar dwarf dancing as her young daughter jumped around, behind them a large and rather dark orange furred horned beast almost cheered as it looked over at Sarah.

"I thought you guys were having too much fun!" Sarah said as everyone froze, "you guys always seem to celebrate whenever Toby isn't around." Sarah joked. It was true though; Sarah had told her trio of friends and her young daughter that Toby must never know the mirror that she kept in Melody's room was the only way to call upon her friends. If he found out he might have her taken away to the looney bin.

"Well if isn't lady Sarah!" a noble dressed fox-terrier cried out as it climbed off of Ludo's back.

"Mommy!" the little girl cried as Sarah picked up her five year old daughter in her arms, she brushed a lock of dark hair out of her face as her brown eyes almost seemed to sparkle in joy. "Look what Uncle Haggle and I made you!" she said as Sarah laughed at her mistaking Hoggle's name again.

Looking in her daughter's hand Sarah took the small silver necklace, as she saw that a large blue gem was embedded around a thin layer of silver. "Hoggle, did you use one of you lovely jewels to make this?" Sarah asked as Hoggle put his hand onto of his leather capped head.

Placing Melody down on the bed, Sarah placed the necklace around her neck as Ludo sat on the down in front of his friends. "Well… the little lady tolds me it was your birthday," Hoggle said as Sarah pulled her friend in. She hugged him close as he hugged her back. "I'd hopes you would like it."

"I love it, thank you so much Hoggle!" Sarah said joyfully as she looked back up at Melody. "Now little lady, what are you doing up so late?" she asked Melody started to crawl under the sheets of her bed, "it's past your bed time."

"I'm sorry mommy," she said as Sarah sat down next to her daughter, placing her arms around her. "I just wanted to you to tell me a story; Uncle Higgle is bad at telling stories."

Sarah laughed as she saw the frustration in Hoggle as only Ludo and Sir Didymus mocked at the fact that Hoggle's name was hard for a five year old girl to say. "I don't know, only good little girl who go to bed on time can be told a story." Sarah said as she looked at the brown puppy dogs eyes her daughter flashed at her as she jokingly rolled her eyes, "ok, ok, I'll only make this exception once. Now… what tale should I tell you?"

Sarah pondered, as she tried to think of a story. "Mommy, can you tell me about the one about the Goblin King?" Melody asked.

Shocked, Sarah looked over at her companions as they shrugged their shoulders as they scrambled around while Sir Didymus called for his trusty steed, Ambrosius. The white sheep dog rushed over as Ludo sat back down, "alright, well once there lived a beautiful young girl who lived with her father, step-mother and little brother." She started as Sir Didymus brushed back his imaginary mane as he tried to act like a girl.

"One day the girl came home and was told she had to watch her younger brother while her parents went out, but the girl felt frustrated. They had always depended on her and made her stay home and watch the baby," Sarah continued as Didymus rolled around on the ground, causing the young child to burst out in laughter. "Feeling that her life would be easier without the baby, the girl wished it away as it was taken by the evil Goblin King!" Sarah said menacingly.

Hoggle strutted towards Didymus as he tried to portray Jareth, leaving Sarah to laugh at his performance. Despite not having the right clothes for the part, when it came to capturing Jareth's personality, Hoggle had it down to a tea. "The girl begged the Goblin King for her brother back, and then the Goblin King transported the girl to a hill that overlooked a giant maze. He called it the Labyrinth."

Didymus pretended to overlook an imaginary Labyrinth as Hoggle gently nudged him, "the Goblin King gave the girl thirteen hours to find her way through the maze and save her baby brother before he would be turned into a goblin forever."

"On her journey the girls met a little dwarf who feared the Goblin King as he had threatened to make him a Prince of the Land of Stench, a beast who had the power to bring forth an avalanche of boulders and a heroic knight that could not smell the Bog of Eternal Stench, as they made their way to the castle that lay beyond the Goblin City. Together they defeated the armies the Goblin King had sent out to stop them."

"What happened next?" Melody asked.

"Well, Goblin King knew that he was on the verge of losing when he heard the girl say this; 'through dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City. For my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom is great,' he knew that if she said those last six words he would lose."

Melody seemed completely engrossed in the tale, "so what did he do?"

"The Goblin King offered a crystal to the girl that contained her dreams, her fantasies, everything she could possibly want. But he knew that alone could never be enough, so he said this to the girl 'just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave' but the girl knew what he would not be true to his words. So she said to him 'you have no power over me.' And with that the girl and her little brother were returned back to this world and the Goblin King never bothered them again." Sarah concluded the tale as she heard Melody give out a loud yawn.

Getting up from her daughter's bed, "alright, time to say goodnight everyone." Sarah said as Hoggle walked up to the bed as he hugged Melody before walking over to the vanity mirror that lay against the wall, Ludo and Sir Didymus did the same as they all disappeared into the mirror and back into their own world.

"Mommy?" Melody pulled the sheets up as Sarah kneeled down next to her daughter's bed, "how do you know how the girl stopped the Goblin King?"

Putting a hand on her daughter's head. "Well… I was the one who conquered his Labyrinth and defeated him."

Toby knocked on the door as he could hear Sarah's terrible coughs from their kitchen, opening the door he could feel the heat in the dark moon lit filled room as he looked over at his ill sister. Lying in her bed, the now eighteen year old Toby could see puddles of sweat formed around his older sister as he heard her bark out the pained cough. "Here sis, I brought you some water." Toby placed the full clear glass on the nightstand as he sat on the edge of her bed.

"Did the doctor call?" Sarah asked as Toby shook his head.

"No, I tried to call them but they said they were still running your latest blood samples. They said they might have the results next week," he told her as Sarah let out another pained cough. "Sarah!"

She continued to cough as he cringed; Sarah had been ill for months now and still none of the doctors or specialists they had gone to in the past was able to diagnose what ailed her. "Toby," she weakly pointed towards the small little jewelry box on her night stand as he grabbed it. "Melody's tenth birthday is coming up in a couple days…" Sarah stopped as she let out another cough, "I want you to give that to her." She requested as Toby put the box in his coat pocket.

"Sarah you'll make it through this, you'll be there to celebrate Mel's birthday." Toby said, as he tried to encourage his sister. "Sarah?"

She shook her head, "Toby… I need you to do me one last thing,"

"Sarah!"

"Please Toby," she begged.

Toby nodded his head. "What is it sis?"

"I want you to watch Melody, please? You'll be the only one she can depend on-"

"Sarah, you're going to pull through. You can't let this illness-"

"Toby stop." Sarah grabbed her young brother's hand as he could feel how bone chilling cold she was despite having so much sweat covered her body. "Melody is my precious daughter, just please look after her that's all I ask of you." She said as Toby nodded his head at his sister's request.

"Ok, Sarah, I'll do it."

Sarah smiled. "Thank you Toby, thank you so much."

As daylight shined in for a new day, Toby and Melody entered Sarah's room as everything stood still for them. In that one moment they could see no life in the one person they both loved, in that one moment they knew that tragedy had striked their family again.

Opening his shining bright blue eyes, Jareth could feel a surge of pure power running through his body as he slowly stood up from the cobwebbed covered throne. Looking around he could see none of his inanity subjects that use to fill his throne room as he slowly walked up the steps. Sitting upon the ledge of the window, Jareth gazed out as he could no longer see the miles of stone walls, turns, dead ends and vast marks that made up his Labyrinth. It was now turned into meadows and fields, and a small lake that occupied where the Bog of Eternal Stench once lay.

He looked down at the quiet Goblin City as it seemed that many who stilled lived near the castle as they almost seemed to not have a care in the world. Clenching his white glove hand, Jareth swayed his fingers as a clear crystal orb appeared in his hand. The wind whipped through his golden locks as Jareth blew the crystal out of his grasp as he saw it fly out a distant before shattering.

The ground below started to quake violently as he could hear the screams of many as he could see the maze stone walls rise up from the grounds. For miles on end he could see his beautiful Labyrinth slowly returning as he could clearly see a few new perks. The hedges seemed taller than last time, as he could see that whoever dared to take on the Labyrinth again shall find it to more challenging than ever before. The goblins below cried out as he could hear them screaming that the Goblin King has awoken; leaving the ledge and walked back to his throne.

Conjuring up another crystal he threw it onto of the shambles of his old throne as it shattered. Stretching itself taller and wider Jareth sighed at the sight of his new throne as it was still dully colored, but had some of the aspects of his old one. Sitting down, Jareth draped on of his legs over an armrest as he pondered why his powers had returned to him.

"Could it be?" he asked himself as he placed his forefinger against his lips; the thoughts ran rampant in his mind as he couldn't think of another reason why. "When the Champion has fallen, the former one has control once again…" he whispered as Jareth shook his head.

"What a pity… but I will have to admit, it does make me rather upset that things had to end like this." Conjuring up another crystal Jareth could see images of a young girl, no older than fifteen. He could see the innocence in her soul, while a fire of determination burned in her eyes. She was the only one who was able to defeat his Labyrinth to save her baby brother, and in the end she had done more than to win Toby back.

Clenching his chest, Jareth felt a sharp pain surge threw his heart as he almost trembled at the pain. He could feel a single tear escape his blue eyes, "I'm sorry that I could not say goodbye… my dear Sarah."

Hello everyone! Thanks so much for deciding to give this story a try, I love Labyrinth it's such an amazing movie. So yes this is a JarethXOC fanfic, and I really hope you guys enjoy it. I'll try and update soon, don't forget to favorite and review! Thanks! :)