A/N: I do not now nor have I ever owned the characters from the Labyrinth. Gods I wish I did. Can you imagine . . . Oh well :D Catch ya later

Chapter 1: Alone

Sarah sat alone in her parent's room. Still, downstairs they wouldn't bother her. She watched him as he slept, his blond hair catching the moonlight. 'His dreams must be peaceful,' She thought to herself. ' He looks as though he hasn't a care in the world.' She found it hard to believe that not two hours ago she had been fighting the Goblin King 'Jareth' a voice in her head corrected, to get him back, and that she had won. She'd come into the room a few times to make sure that Toby was still there, always a little surprised and relieved to see that he was. She moved away from his crib and checked to make sure the window was locked, then walked back over to her little brother and gave him the last goodnight kiss for the night, then headed to her room.

It had been about a half hour since the party ended. Everyone had left, everyone that is except Hoggle, who stayed to help with the clean up. It didn't take them long to clean up her room, the confetti being the hardest part. About 20 minutes later Sarah looked around her room and smiled, before turning to her friend and hugging him, " Thank you for all your help, Hoggle. I don't think I could have done any of this without you. " She pulled away from him as he started to speak.

" Ye' don' hav' to thank me, Sarah. Twas' only a little mess, and it didna' take us to long. " He looked at his human friend confused as she shook her head.

" Not just for helping me clean up, for everything. For helping me through the Labyrinth, for helping me get my baby brother back, for everything. " She kissed him on the cheek and giggled, when he realized that they weren't going to end up in the bog this time.

About five minutes later they heard her parents come up the stairs, that's when Hoggle decided that it was time for him to leave. After promising to call on him soon, Sarah waved goodnight to her friend as he headed home to the underground. She sat up for a little while after he left thinking and talking to herself. " I called all of them, why didn't he come?" She asked aloud, and a voice in her head answered her question.

" Because you defeated him, think of the blow to his ego." The voice sounded upset and amused at the same time.

" Oh come on. I can't be the only one to ever defeat him. " Sarah said aloud to no one.

" How can you be sure? " The voice answered.

" What in the hell is that supposed to mean?" Sarah asked starting to get upset.

" Well if nothing is what it seems in the underground, then how can you be sure of anything? How can you be sure that the dance in the ball room, the songs that he sang to you, the last thing he said, wasn't true? How can you be sure that he didn't want you to stay, that he didn't care? " It asked, sounding sad and regretful.

" Because first and for most, he would have and did do anything and everything within his power to stop me from getting Toby back." Turning to her vanity mirror, she added. " Besides what the hell is so special about me that he would want me to stay with him, what do I have to offer?" For a moment Sarah felt both happy and upset that the voice in her head had nothing to say in reply.

" All right, " The voice said sounding smug about something. " Then tell me this, when he said those words, " Sarah said them aloud as she heard them in her mind. " Fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave." Tears welled in her eyes at the thoughts and feelings they brought. " How did the make you feel?"

" How did they make me feel?" Sarah thought for a moment, 'how did they make her feel?' " I guess it made me feel special and afraid at the same time." She remembered the words she said next and the said them aloud. " You have no power over me." The voice sounded sad when it spoke again.

" How did those words make you feel?" It asked trying to make her realize her mistake.

" How did those words make me feel?" Sarah's eyes flashed. " They made me feel a lot of things, most of them bad. I was sad and upset because I didn't really want to leave, but then again I didn't want to spend my life running a maze where anything and everything is possible, and where the ruler is a King who likes to see people squirm." Tears welled in her eyes. " But to hear him ask me to stay and to have to tell him no, in the worst way I can think of, it killed me." Tears started to spill down her face. " It's still killing me." Sarah fell to the floor, crying into her hands.

Jareth sat in an empty throne room, having kicked all the goblins out as soon as he returned from the aboveground, he needed time to think. He produced a crystal and gazed into, Sarah was in her room the party that had started when he left was just ending, everyone had left. Or so he thought, taking another look he noticed that Higgle was still there, but he wasn't interested in Haggle. He was watching Sarah. She was heading for Toby again. He wasn't sure if she was checking to make sure that he was still there or whether he was there at all. She sat watching him for a few minutes before checking to make sure the window was locked, and giving him a kiss, and walking back to her room.

He sat on his throne in silence for a while, he couldn't figure out what the hell was wrong with him, why did he care what a mortal girl did? He was a King, a Fae, he could have any woman he wanted, so why did he want this one? She was pretty in her own way, and she was smart, and determined. But she was also stubborn, smart mouthed, and immature, but even with all her faults, there was something about Sarah Williams that Jareth found completely irresistible. Deciding that he had a few things he wanted to say to her, he moved to one of the windows and jumped out, turning into a barn owl and flying toward Sarah.

Once Jareth reached Sarah's window he found that not only had Hedgehog left, but Sarah was on the floor of her room crying. Jareth didn't know what he wanted to do. Part of him wanted nothing more than to see her cry, to see her in pain. She had defeated him at his own game and even though he would admit that he had feelings for the mortal girl, he wouldn't lie and say that his ego hadn't been bruised. The other part of him wanted to rush into the room and hold her tight, stop her crying and make sure that she never cried again. But in the end revenge won out.

Opening the window to her room, Jareth was both pleased and upset that she was crying too hard to notice. He walked into the room and changed back to his original form. He walked over to Sarah and couldn't help but say something " My Sarah, what happened?" His voice smug and arrogant.

Sarah didn't jump, didn't scream, she merely stopped crying and turned her fiery gaze to the Goblin King. She stood not bothering to dry her tears, keeping her eyes locked with his. Jareth knew that he was in for a fight and the thought alone put a smirk on his face.

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