disclaimer: I do not own any of the Labyrinth characters, they are the creation and property of Jim Henson. the plot however is mine.

Chapter 1- Watching and Waiting

It had been three years since Sarah Williams had beaten the Labyrinth. In those three years, her father had died and Toby had been taken away, but this time not by something so easily defeated. Her step-mother, Karen, was never home, so she pretty much had to take care of herself. There was some good though.

After finishing high school, right before college, she had met a guy, his name was Matt. It had started out becuase they were both regulars at the Arabica, her favorite coffee house. They started talking and she found out that he was going to the same university as she was. That was four months agoand, even though he'd hinted at wanting more, they still remained steady and strong.

During the day, she was much too busy to remember, let alone think of, the Labyrinth. Between school, work, and Matt, her days were crazy. But there was nothing to distract her at night. At night, her dreams were always the same. It would always repeat her last encounter with Jareth, the Goblin King. And when the sunshine or her alarm woke her up, her last words echoed in her mind.

'You have no power over me.'

If only she had known how wrong she was.

Jareth sat in his throne room, looking though a crystal at the woman who had stolen his heart and beaten the Labyrinth.

"Sarah," he said, "you don't know what you have created."

Next time he got his hands on her, he wouldnot be as nice.

Looking again at her, he saw that mortal kiss her and witnessed her lack of resonse and, upon seeing this, he smirked.

"Come on, Sarah," Matt complained. "We've been going out for four months and you don't even act like you enjoy anything but talking to me."

"I know, I'm sorry," she replied. "Things have just been weird."

As she sat thinking, she stared at him and tried to figure out what was wrong with her. If she didn't, she wouldn't have a relationship.

'Your eyes can be so cruel.'

Shaking her head, Sarah said, "Come on, let's go to the Arabica, get some coffee, and just do whatever."

As they got up to go to the coffee house, Sarah wondered where that strange line had come from. It was so familliar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it, just as she didn't remember the Labyrinth as anything other than a story.

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