Disclosure: I don't own the Labyrinth or Jareth

Notes: One year after Nell's trip to the Labyrinth, her life gets shaken up once again by the infamous Goblin King.

Chapter 1: A Distant King

Jareth sat on his window ledge as goblins ran about breaking things behind him. He twirled a thick leather bracelet, with a bright sun in between two moon emblems, around his wrist absentmindedly. His kingdom had grown much stronger, but the Moraine army was constantly attacking the outer wall now. "Jareth!" a goblin called as it ran up to him. "There's been a problem at the wall…" Jareth stopped twirling the bracelet and rose slowly from the ledge. Swiftly moving past the goblin towards the door, he told him sharply "Keep up if you can." Being the lord of the Labyrinth, he knew every secret, every corner, and every happening. He should have noticed there was trouble, though he was admittedly distracted lately. Thoughts of her just wouldn't leave him alone.