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To What May Come

Prologue

Jareth sat in his owl form outside Sarah's window. She had won; she had accomplished what no one else had. She'd solved his labyrinth, but she'd wounded more then his pride when she had. She'd shattered his heart, for he gave it to her fully. Though he could be a cruel man, with his tricks and his games, Jareth still had a heart none the less. At least until he'd seen Sarah. He remembered the first time he'd ever laid eyes on her. She was 11 then and she'd already fascinated him. She'd had her hair pulled back in a small ponytail and wore jean overalls. Her imagination was vast and he could see in his crystals all she dreamed and wished for. It captivated him, maybe this girl could somehow grow to understand him and his world. Even at that young age he knew she'd be a beauty, one he'd want only for himself to admire or touch. And when she wished Toby to his kingdom, he'd planned on keeping her as his trophy, his greatest possession. Jareth never imagined that things would take the turn they did, and he intended to get his revenge…

…Eight Years Later….

Chapter 1

Since that night, many things had happened. Homework, drivers licenses, proms, broken hearts and graduation had flown by in a flash it seemed. Currently, Sarah sat in her college English class not paying much attention to what her teacher was saying. She was thinking about that night. She thought of the Labyrinth, Hoggle, Ludo, and Sir Didymus…even Jareth. In the end she had to let them go, she had to return back to reality and forget her childish fantasies. She had to forget…and grow up.

"Ms. Williams! Would you please pay attention?"

Sara looked up at her teacher, "Yes Mrs. Chancellor, I'm sorry"

"Thank you. Now, class please open your text books to page…"

Her voice trailed off and Sarah once again went back to her daydream. She glanced out the window to the scenery outside. It was nice out today. The sun was shining and there were only a few patches of water left on the ground from the previous day's rain. There was also a tree right outside Sarah's classroom. Small blossoms sprouted from the limbs and when the wind blew they flew and danced with the wind. Sarah wanted to be that free again. She'd been free in the labyrinth; she didn't notice it till last night in her thoughts that everything there was a part of her and changed only by her will. Jareth was simply the one to wield it while she was away…right? Suddenly Sarah caught some movement out of the corner of her eye. She gasped out loud. There high on a tree branch, sat a white barn owl. She blinked once, twice, before it was gone.

"Sarah, is something the matter?" Mrs. Chancellor asked rudely.

"No mame, I just -"

"You'll just get back to your seat before I send you out!"

Sarah just realized she was standing a few feet from her desk. The other students snickered and giggled as she sat back down and the teacher continued. Ten minutes later the teacher dismissed them for the day. Sarah sighed with relief and left the class in a hurry.

When she got home, the first thing she did was jump on her bed. She was tired and worn out. She had to quit thinking about them…and even worse…him. Sarah knew from the start that there had been an attraction between she and Jareth. But how could she make much of it when he was stealing her baby brother and making things impossibly hard for her. Sarah nodded to herself at that. This was entirely his fault. How could she accept all the things he had offered her in the end when all that time he'd simply been using her for his amusement. Well she was no one's amusement, least of all Jareth's. And even worse, she had only been 15, she couldn't just drop everything she was doing and be his queen. 'You're being ridiculous Sarah, you know very well you wanted to stay there, to never have to worry about homework, or evil step mothers or taking care of the baby. You know damned well you'd have taken everything he offered, given your heart to him as he'd given his to you, but something deep inside said that it could not be. Damn that "something".' Sarah curled up into a small ball, feeling the day's fatigue finally washing over her until she drifted into dream.

It was dark. She'd never seen it dark before. The labyrinth. The walls cast strange shadows on everything making it seem like a nightmare world. But Sarah knew better. In the sky hung the big round full moon. Its companions, the stars, glittered in equal beauty. She was back in her fairy tale, but no prince was to be seen. With one swift movement an owl perched itself high on a wall across from Sarah, staring down at her.

"Jareth, you cannot conceal yourself anymore." Sarah said plainly "Change to your true form…"

The owl flew above and over her head falling behind her. In an explosion of light Jareth appeared, his mismatched eyes staring into her hazel ones.

"Sarah…"

Sarah inhaled one jagged breath. It was him, but why was her stomach in knots?

Jareth brought one gloved hand to her face, stroking her cheek with the back of it then letting it fall back to his side.

"You've grown…"

Sarah lifted her chin, "Yes, I have." She shook her head, "But that's not the case, why am I here?"

"Because you're in a dream Sarah, really, I figured you'd have known that." Jareth said with a sideways grin.

"What is it with you and always having to make smart remarks?"

"I'm stating what I know, not being "smart" as you call it."

She sighed, frustrated as she always was with him.

"Why are you in my dream then?"

Jareth's eyes lit up then, "You think this is my doing? Dear child-"

"I am not a child!" Sarah had her hands balled in fists at her side. She closed her eyes a moment and composed herself. "And this must be your doing…I don't dream about people I hate."

"You lie Sarah, and you can't hide the truth from me here." He lifted his hands to emphasize their surroundings. "Here I know your thoughts, I feel what's inside you. Here, whether you want to or not, you show me everything."

Sarah remained quiet and Jareth continued.

"You know you've had dreams of the labyrinth many times." He stepped closer to her, threading a piece of her dark hair through his fingers. "You've dreamed of your friends…even me Sarah. So don't try to lie. I'm here only because I need to ask you something."

"So this is your doing!" Sarah eyes held a bit of irritation, but also fear. She didn't know what to expect from the Goblin King anymore. Not now, she'd seen his cruelty, she'd seen his magic at work when she'd traveled to the labyrinth. But the concern that she saw in his eyes confused her and therefore scared her. She was helpless.

"Yes, this is my doing."

She nodded, "Well…what is it you want to ask me?"

Jareth dropped his hand from her hair only to take one of hers in his. Sarah resisted a little but held it anyway.

"Come with me."

He pulled her along to a fountain on the other side of a labyrinth wall. He led her to a concrete seat in front of it but remained standing while she sat.

"Sarah, did you ever love me?" he didn't look at her when he said it.

"What?"

"…Did you, ever in the smallest amount…love me?" he shifted his gaze from the ground to her eyes, his own full of curiosity.

"I…I loved your story, the book of the Labyrinth itself, really. I guess you could say that it consumed my mind for a time…but I-"

"Sarah." Jareth's voice had gone hard, "Don't avert the question. Did you love me or didn't you?"

She paused a moment before answering, "Yes, once I did love you. But I was only a child, I loved what I couldn't have."

"You could have had everything, but you denied me." He said it plainly, trying to conceal his emotions.

Sarah looked off, anywhere away from Jareth. "I didn't have a choice." She replied softly.

"Yes you did! I gave you that choice! I told you I'd give you everything, anything you wanted all you had to do was be mine and you'd never have wanted for anything! Yet you still denied me."

"It was either my brother or my dreams. I may have been a brat, but I wasn't without selflessness. I loved Toby and I didn't want for him to turn into one or your hideous goblins."

"I'd thought then you'd have been smart enough to figure out that I would have sent Toby back safely. All you had to do was ask." Jareth's voice fluctuated from anger to resolve.

"I did ask! You made it into a game!" Sarah stood, composing herself. "It wasn't meant to be Jareth-"

"I would have made it so!"

"STOP! I don't want to hear anymore…leave me to wake Goblin King. Keep away from me. You only bring me pain." Tears stung Sarah's eyes; she turned from his view.

"You haunt me, how can I let alone something that consumes my thoughts? You cause me equal pain." He walked over to her quickly jerking her hand from her side and placing something in it. Closing her hand he said, "I will send you to wake Sarah, but we will meet again. Next time it won't be a dream and it won't be as easy to escape me…" Forming a crystal in his hand he sent Sarah back to reality to wake from his dream. Staring into the crystal at the sleeping Sarah he said, "The night you denied my heart, I vowed revenge…and I shall have it…"

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