Jareth stared across the aboveground 'road' as they liked to call it, at
the happy scene of Sarah's family. He sat down on the bench never taking
his eyes off the family, it was the perfect picture he thought to himself.
The man stared into his wife's eyes which were full of love, Toby sat
happily content as his father pushed the swing higher and higher.
'Me and my Sarah will be that happy, when she knows how much I love her,
I know deep inside she must feel the same way' Jareth thought to himself.
Sarah wasn't there in the perfect picture family, she had her own life
now, a lifestyle that Jareth thought couldn't possibly give her any joy.
' Sarah deserves to be a queen...' he thought to himself 'my queen.'
Watching Toby, now 11 years old he felt the odd twinge at his heart,
Toby reminded him of 'her' so much, the woman who haunted his dreams, the
woman who he thought about everyday for the last 10 years – the woman who
had stolen his heart so long ago.
Jareth still watched on in deep thought, Toby bored of the swings was
now eating a icecream. 'Still spoilt' he thought.
The last 10 years had passed so quickly for him, there was never a day
gone by that he never wished Sarah had taken his offer. ' Surely she
never believed I'd really turn Toby into a goblin' by saying one of us he
had always's meant a fae, if any child was still unwanted at the end of
the thirteen hours, he would bring the child up by himself. That was the
whole point of the labyrinth, to prove you would risk your life to save
the child, Sarah had proved this many times. He sighed 'It was always's
her that I'd wanted, ah, Sarah if only you knew what I'd do for you'
Jareth had watched Sarah as she slowly forgot about him and the
labyrinth, looking at the red book increasingly less and less.
Toby and his parents came out of the park. Toby noticed the odd man
staring at him from across the road, 'weird' he thought to himself. The
man was strange looking, he brought back memories of Sarah's stories of
the high and mighty goblin king, dressed in his black cape, tight
trousers and poet shirts. Sarah always had this goofy look on her face
when she talked of the goblin king, a kind of dreamy distant look. Toby
never understood why.
As they crossed the road he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks looking
for where the Goblin King lookalike had gone.
"Toby," his mother called out, her voice grew into a shout.
"TOBY, MOVE!" Toby looked up to meet his gaze with a lorry speeding
towards him, his feet stood glued to the floor.
Jareth who'd been watching pushed Toby aside to the ground as he felt
the force of the lorry crashing into his own body.
"Oh my god, that poor man!!" Toby's mother gasped, she ran to his
side.
Everyone around them gasped and watched as she bent to his side, the
lorry driver hadn't even stopped, just speeding away leaving the body
behind.
Blood surrounded Jareth, he clenched his teeth, he had never been in so
much pain. He looked up to meet Sarah's step mother Karen's gaze leaning
over him before falling unconscious for the first time in his immortal
life.
Toby stood shocked between his mother and father watching on as the
paramedics quickly loaded jareth on the the bed into the back of the
ambulance.
"Is he going to be okay?" Karen asked the nearest paramedic.
He looked up with a grim frown upon his face "I can't really say, I
mean it's a wonder he survived the impact anyway, we'll have to hope for
the best,"
The paramedic sighed "He sure is a hero, you don't see much of that
nowaday's do you?"
Toby felt so much guilt, this man could die, not long ago he had thought
the man was 'weird' when he now owed him his life.
"The paramedic said they're taking him to saint Mary's hospital,
that's where Sarah works isn't it?" Karen asked.
"Yeah it is, we should go see if she knows how he's doing"
The family bundled into the car and set of to the hospital, Toby
silently hoping the man was going to be okay.
'Me and my Sarah will be that happy, when she knows how much I love her,
I know deep inside she must feel the same way' Jareth thought to himself.
Sarah wasn't there in the perfect picture family, she had her own life
now, a lifestyle that Jareth thought couldn't possibly give her any joy.
' Sarah deserves to be a queen...' he thought to himself 'my queen.'
Watching Toby, now 11 years old he felt the odd twinge at his heart,
Toby reminded him of 'her' so much, the woman who haunted his dreams, the
woman who he thought about everyday for the last 10 years – the woman who
had stolen his heart so long ago.
Jareth still watched on in deep thought, Toby bored of the swings was
now eating a icecream. 'Still spoilt' he thought.
The last 10 years had passed so quickly for him, there was never a day
gone by that he never wished Sarah had taken his offer. ' Surely she
never believed I'd really turn Toby into a goblin' by saying one of us he
had always's meant a fae, if any child was still unwanted at the end of
the thirteen hours, he would bring the child up by himself. That was the
whole point of the labyrinth, to prove you would risk your life to save
the child, Sarah had proved this many times. He sighed 'It was always's
her that I'd wanted, ah, Sarah if only you knew what I'd do for you'
Jareth had watched Sarah as she slowly forgot about him and the
labyrinth, looking at the red book increasingly less and less.
Toby and his parents came out of the park. Toby noticed the odd man
staring at him from across the road, 'weird' he thought to himself. The
man was strange looking, he brought back memories of Sarah's stories of
the high and mighty goblin king, dressed in his black cape, tight
trousers and poet shirts. Sarah always had this goofy look on her face
when she talked of the goblin king, a kind of dreamy distant look. Toby
never understood why.
As they crossed the road he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks looking
for where the Goblin King lookalike had gone.
"Toby," his mother called out, her voice grew into a shout.
"TOBY, MOVE!" Toby looked up to meet his gaze with a lorry speeding
towards him, his feet stood glued to the floor.
Jareth who'd been watching pushed Toby aside to the ground as he felt
the force of the lorry crashing into his own body.
"Oh my god, that poor man!!" Toby's mother gasped, she ran to his
side.
Everyone around them gasped and watched as she bent to his side, the
lorry driver hadn't even stopped, just speeding away leaving the body
behind.
Blood surrounded Jareth, he clenched his teeth, he had never been in so
much pain. He looked up to meet Sarah's step mother Karen's gaze leaning
over him before falling unconscious for the first time in his immortal
life.
Toby stood shocked between his mother and father watching on as the
paramedics quickly loaded jareth on the the bed into the back of the
ambulance.
"Is he going to be okay?" Karen asked the nearest paramedic.
He looked up with a grim frown upon his face "I can't really say, I
mean it's a wonder he survived the impact anyway, we'll have to hope for
the best,"
The paramedic sighed "He sure is a hero, you don't see much of that
nowaday's do you?"
Toby felt so much guilt, this man could die, not long ago he had thought
the man was 'weird' when he now owed him his life.
"The paramedic said they're taking him to saint Mary's hospital,
that's where Sarah works isn't it?" Karen asked.
"Yeah it is, we should go see if she knows how he's doing"
The family bundled into the car and set of to the hospital, Toby
silently hoping the man was going to be okay.
