A/N: I wrote this story AGES ago, so now I'm revisiting, and rewriting to get the old writing juices flowing again for an original piece that's on my mind... It's been a good minute since I've written though, so I wanted to revamp 'TFR', and see where it can take me for my Labyrinth fix :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Labyrinth, or any of its characters. The story is my own, as are the original characters (Kindari in this chapter)

-Chapter 1-

It had become commonplace for sleep to evade her, ever since she'd found her way to the Labyrinth and returned to the normal world a year ago. Then again, Sarah still found herself wondering whether or not the magical place had just been a dream, as well as it's ruler, the Goblin King.

She stared out her window, fiddling with end of the long brown braid that fell over her shoulder.

'If it wasn't real, how can I still remember him? Every look, glance… Or Hoggle? Ludo?'

Sarah smiled as her thoughts turned to the friends that had helped her solve the Labyrinth, and save her baby brother, Toby. They hadn't answered her since the night she came back, though she suspected that might have had something to do with Jareth. He'd been so angry with her for leaving; maybe he'd closed the way back forever. She sighed and stood, walking to her door.

'Maybe something to drink might help.'

A body stood in her way, and before she could speak, she was up against a wall with her mouth was covered by a gloved hand. The figure was too dark to see, but by the height it definitely had to be male. Her eyes searched his, they were so similar to his… There was a cool, quick wind around them, and when she could see again they were in the park next to her mother's grave.

"Who are you?" The man just stared at her, almost trying to size her up. Golden hair streamed out down his shoulders, and piercing green eyes leered at her. "Jare-?" The name was cut off abruptly by his hand again.

"You know, he did make you out to be much more clever than you seem to be to me. I am not the Goblin King Sarah, and you'd do well not to summon him by speaking his name."

"Well since you obviously know who I am and the name I was going to say, who are you?" If she had been trying to hide her irritation, it didn't show.

"Tsk Tsk, not very polite princess." He said, shaking a finger. "My name is Kindari, the Goblin King happens to be my 'flair for the dramatic' little brother."

When she looked closely, Sarah could see the resemblance. The same jaw, cheeks, eyes… Even the smirk. Yep, definitely a slightly altered Jareth. She crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.

"Do you go around kidnapping random women during the night, or am I just lucky?" Kindari laughed.

"Oh Sarah, Sarah, Sarah… If only you knew the trouble you brought me. I'm at a cross-roads of how to deal with you. On the one hand, my brother seems quite madly infatuated with you. Your quite cold-hearted rejection seems to have put him out lately, so much so that suicide seems reasonable to our beloved Goblin King. Oh, don't look so shocked. If he hated you, quite simply put, you wouldn't be alive."

"You're telling me, that a year after he kidnaps my brother-"

"Which you asked him to do."

"Put me through the rat maze of the century-"

"You had to earn Toby back somehow."

"And almost killed me more than once, that he was 'infatuated'? Where do you people learn your social skills? That's like putting gum in a girls hair on the play ground!"

"I'm going to pretend I understand your gibberish, because I have no idea what reference you're on about. But yes, the Goblin King took a special interest in you. The neighboring kingdoms are a lot less fond of the idea of you remaining alive. When you rejected him Sarah, you brutally crippled what was left of his humanity. The Labyrinth is dying, the Golden Age of the Underground is circling the drain, and the only one that can stop that from happening completely is you."

"And I'm going to try to stop that because….?" He glared at her.

"Because you can't sleep at night. You can't stop reliving the Labyrinth, and your mind doesn't want to be in this world. You don't belong here anymore. He chose you, and the Labyrinth chose you. Not a day went by before you came to the Labyrinth that you didn't dream of adventure, of fairy tales and magic. You don't belong here! You care for him, or you wouldn't have sought him out in the Crystal Ball"

"He drugged me! That wasn't real! He wouldn't have danced with me, held me… That was just a dream!"

"Sarah I was there. I watched you look for him, I watched him come to you. It wasn't a dream, it was a way to get you, a mortal, to a place that mortals don't get to go without help. I'm not like him, I won't indulge your little fantasies or selfish desires. You are going to save the man that you've all but destroyed, and his kingdom, or by Oberon I will kill you myself." Kindari grabbed her arm and started dragging her away from the path and into the forest behind the lake.

"You said people are after me anyway, does it make a difference who kicks my bucket over?" She snapped.

"Because I will just kill you for destroying my brother, and they will take their due time torturing you for ending the most prosperous time in our people's history. It's not too late to right a wrong Sarah, not even for you. With you back here, he may yet see reason, and he may yet be saved."

"Back here?"

As she asked the question, the brush and trees abruptly ended, and she found herself staring at the long lost maze of her dreams and nightmares. It looked different though, almost like ancient ruins. The castle and it's goblin city were still there, but there was no green, the outer walls were reduced down to rubble. Pieces of the vast puzzle were just…gone.

'It's dying...' She thought, and as she did, she saw Kindari nod from the corner of her eye.

"Yes, it is. You have to help him, you're the only one who can." He said gently.

"I don't have to do anything." She snapped. "What if I make it worse? What if he ends up killing me before any of you even get the chance?" He laughed again, still staring out at the castle. Sarah looked at him. "I mean it! I mean, the guy does have a temper."

"I've seen it first hand, and I'm sure I'll see it again for bringing you back."

"What am I supposed to do exactly? I get that somehow I'm supposed to put some magical band-aid over all this mess, but how?"

"I wish I could tell you Princess, but you'll have to figure that out with time." She sighed, but he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and gave her a soft hug. "You'll know what to do, I have faith in you. I'm going to send you to the castle now, have faith in yourself, and you can fix this." He stepped away from her. "But if he does throw a crystal at you, just hold up your hand, it won't hurt you. You have more power than you know here. Just give it time."

She blinked and looked back at him, only to find herself staring at the castle door.

See you soon with Chapter 2!