Chapter 1 Sarah
Sarah paced the length of her apartment letting her fears get the best of her. No her fear wasn't entirely rational, she was afraid that her chance with Jareth was up, that he'd moved on. At first when she'd escaped the labyrinth she could feel him watching her or hear the little footsteps of his goblin spies and at times she swore she saw a white barn owl watching her. She hadn't liked it at first but as time went on she started to appreciate having someone looking out for her. Then he'd stopped. Now she realized she'd taken him for granted all this time.
"Oh, what do I do?" She whispered sitting on her couch with her face in her hands. "I've made so many mistakes with him. Those stupid words…I should have never remembered them. I should have excepted his offer back then instead of rejecting the most amazing man. Fae or not, he did not deserve that."
She looked around at her apartment's living room; her taste in décor had matured though she still kept remnants of her past hidden among the collectables that sat on her shelves. The doll that looked like her dressed for the Goblin King's Masquerade ball remained her most prized possession. It was the only thing that connected her to Jareth in anyway.
"Sarah, think! There has to be away to see him again!"
She walked to the shelf and pulled out the little red book that had caused her so much trouble. Perhaps it had the answer. Sarah read every sentence carefully; searching for the answer to her problem so she could return. Nothing seemed to stand out to her. There was no magical answer like there had been last time. She sighed. What did it matter he wouldn't want to see her anyways. He probably hated her for rejecting him the way she had. Hell, she hated herself for those words.
The story never said what happened to the Goblin King once the girl had left. All it said was that the girl got her brother back and returned to her kingdom, no happily ever after; no she got her prince just the end. If she had written it she would have written an afterward about how the Goblin King must be what the runner thinks he is. For her he had to a villain he had to test her; provoke her; become her enemy even as he fell in love with her. He had lived up to all her expectations, turned the stars for her, reordered time, the least she could have done was…..No, she couldn't afford to waste time on the past. If she found away to him she vowed she would never take him for granted again.
"I wish the Goblin King would come and take me away." She whispered