Disclaimer: I do not own Labyrinth it is property of Jim Henson.

Also, thanks to my beta MorphManiac who wrote parts of this chapter.

Chapter One: Unexpected Occurrences

I shall tell you the story of love. Of hate. Of love and hate.

In the summer of my 16th year I set out to find my fortune. My family, being the cynics they are, simply warned for me not to get caught in the door, and when they closed the door it was locked. I was alone in a foreign world, and I had no place to stay.

I stayed out for weeks. Sometimes with friends, sometimes with pigeons, sometimes with police. I ate what I could find, what people were willing to give. I wish now I had known about this facility.

I hated my family, let that be clear. They never felt anything more or less than hate for me. I wish that it was not so, that I could have been the prodigal son and have my family welcome me back with open arms.

I love the people here. This place, this shelter is the best thing that has ever happened to me. But today, I saw my father go through the lunch line, and I think it is time for me to leave.

Sarah dropped her head, and welcomed the applause from her sixth period drama class. Mrs. Graddy smiled, which meant Sarah had passed. Sarah smiled in return, the bell rang, and the class was dismissed.

As she walked into her seventh period AP Chemistry class, her mind immediately began to wander. She tried as hard as she could to pay attention but she couldn't get herself to focus on the professor's lecture. Her thoughts wandered to the plans she had for that evening with her boyfriend, and then they started to drift to the monologue she had performed in drama class. There were two specific words that were sticking out in her mind… I wish. Those two simple words that had caused her so much trouble just three years before. She had wished her brother away and had her whole life turned upside in order to get him back. Her friends Hoggle, Didymus, and Ludo. The goblins. The Labyrinth itself and Jareth, the Labyrinth's overlord. All of the memories came flooding back to her in one exhilarating moment. Sarah's daydreaming continued until she realized her professor was staring at her along with the rest of the class.

"Miss Williams?" Professor James asked, "Are you paying attention?"

Sarah blinked, "I'm sorry. What was the question?"

"I asked you what the four components of our experiment we're going to be having on Monday," he asked. "I stated them just a moment ago…"

Sarah had no idea what he was talking about.

"Well?" Professor James persisted.

She gave him a blank stare and shook her head.

"Miss Williams, would you please see me after class?" He sighed and then continued his lecture.

She could feel her cheeks burning as he continued his lesson. She had never been so embarrassed in her life. The class seemed to tick by even more slowly than before until the bell finally rang. The other students filed out quickly, everyone in a hurry to get home and start their weekend.

Sarah slowly made her way up to Professor James' desk. "Professor, you wanted to see me."

"Yes." He confirmed, removing his glasses, "Is there something wrong? You are usually the most attentive in my class. I never thought I would have to say anything to you about daydreaming. The experiment on Monday is crucial to your grade, and you didn't get all of the information since you weren't paying attention."

"I'm sorry, Professor, I just have a lot on my mind. It won't happen again, I promise."

"I would advise you to find a classmate to get the rest of the information from. As much as I would like to give you the information, I do not feel that you should profit from not listening. Do you understand, Miss Williams?

Sarah nodded. "Yes, sir. I'll get the notes before Monday." She picked up her bag and headed to the door.

"I have no doubt you'll be fully prepared," he said as Sarah exited the room.

Sarah went to her locker and hurried outside to meet her boyfriend. A tall, muscular guy with brown hair and breathtaking green eyes was waiting at the bottom of the steps for her.

"Sarah!" he called.

"Hey, Jase! Are we still on for tonight?" she said with an extremely exited tone as she set her bag down.

Jason smiled and wrapped his arms around Sarah's waist, "Uh, I've got some bad news. My mom just called, there's been some type of family emergency. She and my dad have to go to my grandma's a.s.a.p. So, she asked me to watch Nathan."

Sarah's shoulders dropped sadly. "Oh…ok…"

"I'm really sorry, honey."

She straightened her posture and turned around. "No, it's fine. Maybe I could come over and help you baby-sit, and once Nathan goes to bed we can watch a movie or something." She suggested.

"You're the best. Do you want to come over around 6:00 and eat dinner with us?"

"Sounds great! I have to go pick up Toby and I'll see you at 6." Sarah said, as she kissed Jason on the cheek and headed to her car.

"See ya!" he called after her.

Sarah rushed over to the other side of town to Once Upon a Time Child Care. She ran in and got Toby, holding his hand as they crossed the parking lot out to her car. After the four-year old was settled into his car-seat, they headed home arriving there at about 4:30.

"Do you want a snack?" she asked as they headed into the kitchen.

"Cookies!"

"How about some crackers?"

"No, cookies!"

"Ok, I'll make you a deal. You eat crackers for a snack and you can have cookies after dinner."

"Aw…" Toby agreed reluctantly.

Sarah sat Toby down at the table and handed him a couple of crackers and some juice.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome. I'm going to go put my bag in my room. You stay there, alright?" she said. Sarah quickly ran up to her room and dropped her bag on her bed and hurried back downstairs. Toby was finishing his snack as Sarah came back into the kitchen.

"All done!"

"Ok." She said, as she picked up the cup and napkin. She threw the napkin into the trash and was rinsing out the juice cup when Karen walked in.

"Hello, Sarah. How was you day?" She asked.

"It was fine, but Jason and I have to change our plans. Is it alright if I go to his house?"

"That's fine." Karen replied and then turned to Toby.

"Hi, sweetie. And how was your day?"

"It was fun. We got to play outside on the playground, but then Mark stuck a rock up his nose. So we had to go inside and then it started raining and we couldn't go outside and play no more."

"Aww…I'm sorry."

"Karen, I'm going to go get ready," Sarah said and headed up the stairs.

"Ok. Well, have fun. Your father, Toby, and I are going out to dinner." She called up the stairs.

Sarah ran into her room and picked out a light purple v-neck sweater and a pair of jeans and laid them out on her bed. She headed into her bathroom and took a short shower. She got dressed and blow-dried her hair and put on a little bit of makeup. By the time she was finished it was 5:40. Sarah grabbed her purse and her keys and headed downstairs.

"Bye! I'll be back late," she said, heading out the door.

"Bye," Karen called from Toby's room.

Sarah got in her car and headed to Jason's house. She got there at 5:56. She quickly checked her makeup and then walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. There was a pounding of feet, and then the door opened to reveal a seven year-old boy with sandy blonde hair and green eyes just like his brother's.

"Sarah!" the boy said.

"Hey, Nathan! How are you?" she said as she walked in the door.

"I'm good."

"Are you keeping Jase out of trouble?"

"Yup," Nathan smiled.

"That's good."

"Dinner's ready!" Jason called from the kitchen.

The two made their way into the kitchen; they all sat down and started eating. Sarah indulged Nathan as he talked about things seven year-old boys usually talk about. After they finished eating, Jason started a movie for Nathan in the living room so that he could clean up the kitchen. Sarah helped Jason put everything up and wash the dishes. After finishing, they went into the living room with Nathan.

"Nathan, it's about time for you to get ready for bed."

"But, Jason, I want to stay up!"

"No way, man, I told Mom I would get you to bed at a decent time."

"But…"

"Hey, Nate, I'll make you a deal. If you'll go get ready for bed, I'll tell you any story you want before you go to sleep," Sarah said, trying to persuade him to go to bed.

"Ok!" he said and ran upstairs.

"You're an angel. It would have taken me forever to get him to bed by myself," Jason said, as he pulled Sarah into an embrace. Sarah smiled.

"Do you know how lucky I am to have you as a girlfriend?" he asked.

"Yes, I know. I'm wonderful. You are so very lucky, and you should appreciate me a lot," Sarah joked.

"Oh, really?" he said, and kissed Sarah.

Nathan came running down the stairs, to see his brother and Sarah kissing. "Eww…gross!"

"Gross?" Sarah asked, "You don't want to kiss a girl, too?

"No! Girls have cooties."

"Do they? So does that mean that Sarah has cooties?" Jason asked.

"Sarah doesn't because she's special."

"Aww, how sweet. Are you ready to hear your story?" Sarah replied.

"Yup."

"Well, let's go," she said. Nathan headed up the stairs, and Jason and Sarah followed.

Nathan crawled into bed; Sarah and Jason sat on the edge bed.

"So, what story do you want to hear?" Sarah asked.

"The one about the goblin king and the maze."

"The Labyrinth?"

"Ugh. Nathan, she's told you this story a million times." Jason complained.

"Yeah! That's the one. It's my favorite."

Sarah started from the beginning and told Nathan the story of a young girl's trip through the labyrinth to save her baby brother. She finished the story with telling the events almost exactly as they had occurred between Jareth and herself.

"And the girl saved her little brother and they lived happily ever after. The end."

"Ok, you've heard your story, it's time to go to bed." Jason said.

"Oh, man." Nathan whined.

"Goodnight," Sarah said as she and Jason left the room and headed downstairs.

"Ok, so what do you want to do?" Jason asked as he and Sarah sat down on the couch.

Sarah leaned against Jason's chest and he wrapped his arms around her. "Oh…I don't know. We could just sit her and… talk."

"Sounds good. So how was your day?"

"It was pretty good, except for the fact I almost died of embarrassment in Chemistry. Professor James asked me a question and I had no idea what the answer was because I was daydreaming."

"You? Daydreaming?" he replied shocked.

"Oh, shut up! You're not helping!" she said, looking up at him.

"I know, but you know I love you, so it's okay to poke fun at you," he said, as he leaned down and kissed her.

"That's not fair. You can't do that." She said.

"What? I didn't do anything."

"Yes, you did. You kissed me so I'd let you get away with picking on me and not seek any revenge. But let me tell you something, mister, I will get my revenge."

"Is that a promise?" he teased.

She nodded, "And I'm going to get it right now." Sarah turned around and kissed Jason neck and worked her way up his neck to his cheek but stopped just before she kissed his lips.

"Oh, that's cold!"

"Tear." She said running her finger down her cheek.

"Alright. I see how you are." He confirmed. "So what were you daydreaming about?"

"Oh, nothing really. Just random things."

"Come on, now. Don't do that."

"Well… You know that story I told your brother earlier…."

"You were daydreaming about that?"

"Yeah." She said leaning back against his chest.

Jason wrapped his arms back around her. "Why were you daydreaming about that story anyway?"

"Well, we did monologues in drama today and I don't know my monologue and the story just seemed to relate. Not the whole story but just a phrase." She explained.

"What phrase?"

"I wish…"

"That's weird." He said and kissed the top of her head.

They continued to talk completely content in each other's presence. Nathan had been in bed for a while, but all of the sudden they heard a crash from upstairs in his room. Sarah sat up, "What was that?"

"I don't know, but I better go see what happened." Jason stood up and headed to Nathan's room.

"Nathan! What are you doing?" Jason yelled.

Sarah heard Jason and Nathan arguing upstairs. She leaped from the couch and ran to Nathan's room toward the shouting. As she entered his room, there was a sudden crash of lightning and she felt a gust of wind.

"Nathan, where's Jason?" She asked, when she didn't see him in the room.

"I…uh…I don't know…"

"What happened?"

"I wished…"

"What did you wish?" she asked gently.

"I wished that the goblins would come and take him away."

Sarah's eyes widened. "You didn't!" she cried out. Sarah noticed that there was an owl rapping on the window, when she started to look closer the window burst open. Nathan ran over and wrapped his arms around Sarah's waist, burying his face in her side. Sarah raised one arm to shield her face from the glass that was thrown everywhere. The owl swooped around the room and then settled in front of Sarah and a frightened Nathan and changed into the less pleasant form of the Goblin King. Sarah moved her arm away from her face and stared into the eyes of the person who had kidnapped her little brother only a few years before.

"Hello, Sarah. I didn't expect to see you again."