This is my Jareth POV moment. It shows Jareth's initial plan for Sarah, why he brought her into the Labyrinth all those years ago and a little of his thoughts along the film. I have considered sending her back there. If, mayhaps, I get some good reviews, I might continue, but until then, this is all I have.

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He had seen her, the entity of that prophecy made so many years ago. The prophecy foretold that Jareth would be defeated in his own Labyrinth. The fool that made that prediction suffered eternal stench, oh yes he did. Jareth made absolute sure of it. The moment she lay her hands on the Book, he sensed something was in motion. He investigated immediately.

He found her researsing lines from the story that displayed an eerie closeness to foreshadowing. He should have killed her on the spot. She was so young, however, Jareth could scarsely believe this fragile human would be the one to defeat him. She sent his heart soaring without the use of wings. Pale skin and thick ebony locks framed a heart shaped face of pure innocence. In that innocence a pair of green eyes scanned the world around her. He was immediately smitten, which was odd to him, an immortal king so well above the average age of any men she had heretofore met. But he saw timeless life behind those devilish green eyes. He could tell right away she was going to be fun. In his human-worldly form he followed her, the barn owl almost as natural as the skin he took in the Goblin City. He could only take human form in their homeworld after a wish was made. And even then, every extended moment agonized him, which would always explain his bitter temper with Sarah at their first true meeting. Once her brother had been snatched, her confident demeanor had become whiny and childlike, displaying her true age.

"You're Him, aren't you? You're the Goblin King! I'll have my brother back, please, if it's all the same."

"What's said is said." He said matter of factly. She stood before him, hands limp at her sides.

He had wanted to wisk her away right then, but refrained. She needed to mature and learn before he would chance bringing her among goblins.

So he magicked them to the entrance of the Labyrinth that guards his domain.

"You have thirteen hours in which to solve the labyrinth, before your baby brother becomes one of us..forever." He mandated her. He didn't particularly want another Goblin subject, he would most likely keep the boy on as his companion.

Her face fell and he relished it.

Later, he mused about why he had given the girl that extra hour to find Toby, to be renamed Jareth. She was already destined to defeat him, why had he furthered her progress? He knew the answer: He had become taken with her. Granted, the idea repulsed him, as she was so young, but he could see her aging into a beautiful (and thanks to his plot within the Labyrinth) and strong woman.

As her time in the Labyrinth grew shorter, he felt the rise of panic in his chest. She would solve the labyrinth and be gone, possibly forever. So he confronted her and sent the Cleaners after her. She proceeded to make a friend in the Oubliette.

Still her loyal friends continued to save her. He had to enlist Higgle, Giggle, or whatever his bloody name was, to keep Sarah for a little while longer. The peach he created from a crystal became his only hope. She would take a bite, and like Snow White and her poisoned apple, fall into a deep sleep, wherein she would be more accepting of him. That didn't work either. She broke the subtle spell that had been placed over her subconscious. That had made him spout obscenities.

She made it to his castle beyond the Goblin City, despite the many encumbrances he had hurled in front of her. Still, he knew she would win, he had always known.

He had decided then and there to comfort her with his profession of love.

How you turned my world, you precious thing...Everything I've done, I've done for you...Your eyes can be so cruel..just as I can be so cruel. She had tossed the confession back into his face.

"Give me the child." She demanded boldly.

"Sarah, beware. I have been generous up until now. But I can be cruel." He warned.

"Generous? What have you done that's generous?"

"Everything! Everything that you wanted I have done. You asked that the child be taken, I took him. You cowered before me, I was frightening. I have reordered time. I have turned the world upside down and I have done it all for you! I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me." He spoke the truth without interruption, feeling the burden of his innermost thoughts leave him as he uttered every word.

Even his offer to stay did not deter her enough to give him more moments with her.

"I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave." He promised. He would have promised her the world if it would have gotten her to linger for only a handful of minutes.

Now, he sat here, eight years later, his kingdom in ruins and his Labyrinth in desperate need of redesigning. But the only thing on his mind was not his woes, but the girl. The girl that defeated him: Sarah.

~XxXxX~

I know it was a rehashing of the movie, but I wanted to start with a clean slate and decide if I wanted to move on from there. Please R&R. also this is my first Labyrinth fanfic. hopefully it's not my last.