I do not own the characters it is all thanks to the brilliant mind of Jim Henson …

This is my 1st story and still working out "kinks" so hope you like it. Comment and please be honest.

Well enjoy ^-^

The only sound Sarah could make out was her own heart racing. Sweat dripping down her back, people pushing and yelling. All she could see was a blur of different colors. The surrounding was unfamiliar to her. Nothing made sense at all. All she knew was she had to keep moving. She felt hand grab her from behind. To her surprise a familiar face.

"Come on Sarah you can dance better then that."

It was Sarah's 18th birthday. She spent the night with friends. For a gift her friend gave her a fake ID. Not in a million years she would do something so out of character. Sarah loved the thrill she got out of taking a risks. She finally got home around 2 o'clock in the morning. When she got home her dad was sitting in his favorite chair.

"where have you been Sarah?"

" I told you dad I was going out with Amy and Jess for my birthday"

"Just because you are 18 doesn't mean you don't have to call and check in with me. Your grounded!''

" God even after all these years you still treat me like a little kid. Its not fair!" Sarah ran upstairs and slammed her door.

Once she was safe in her room she cursed quietly under her breathe. She plopped herself onto her bed and let out a big groan into her pillow.

Then a familiar voice echoed in her head. "You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?."

She rolled onto her back and thought about it. She started to feel guilty. After all he is her father and just cares about her. She sat up and stretched. Sarah decided to go downstairs and apologies to her father. She stood up and as she was about to leave the room when something caught her eye, an object on her desk. She walked over and stared confusedly at the object. Sarah quickly looked around the room to make sure no one was watching. She felt silly doing this sense no one would be watching anyway. She slowly unwrapped it. It was what she expected a box. It was blue and about the size of a softball. She slowly lifted the lid. The lining of the inside was black velvet and cradled in the middle was a crystal ball. She slowly picked it up. Her eyes seemed widen. She dropped the box and ran out of her room.

Once she was in the hallway she was panting. Her dad ran to the bottom of the stairs.

"everything alright Sarah? I heard a bang?"

" Yeah everything is alright… I…I just had a bad dream is all."

" You going to be ok?" Sarah nodded.

" Dad?"

"Yes?"

"I am sorry about before and all…. I know it's because you love me.. Just I wish you would trust me more."

" It's alright Sarah.. We will talk about it more in the morning. Now go back to sleep."

Sarah turned around and walked back into her room. She closed the door behind her and leaned against her door. She looked up and noticed the crystal was placed back onto her desk.

" Ok Jareth … what do you want? I know you are here somewhere. Show yourself."

There was no answer. Sarah giggled to herself. She knew it never happened it was all a dream. Probably Toby or her stepmother gave it to her as a gift. She crawled back into bed and closed her eyes.

The next morning came around and Sarah felt energized. She was lucky that her birthday landed on a Friday. She went downstairs and there was everyone in the kitchen eating.

"Good morning Sarah" They all seemed to chime in.

"Morning.. I have a question.. Which one of you gave me that crystal ball that was on my desk?" Sarah's dad looked down from his paper, Toby stopped playing with his truck and her stepmother stopped cooking.

"No one did honey. Why?"

"No reason.. Maybe Jess left it there and I forgot."

Sarah still stood at the doorway.

"Oh Sarah I thought about it last night and well you are right we should trust you more now that your eighteen. Your not grounded." Sarah smiled and ran over and gave her dad a hug and a kiss.

After breakfast she got dressed. That day Sarah felt like being by herself with her thoughts. She took a walk to the park. She was standing on the bridge looking at her reflection when she heard whooo. She looked up she saw an owl perched on a tree. It seemed to be staring right at her. She thought it odd sense owls are nocturnal. Sarah started walking closer to the tree. The owl seemed to follow her gaze. She stood right under the tree.

"I don't know what you want or what you trying to prove but leave me alone." The owl seemed to be amused. At this Sarah got angry.

" You know what? Do what you want!" Sarah stormed off.

That night Sarah didn't want to think about what had happened that day. She quickly got changed into her silk nightgown. It was long and white it went right above he ankles. It showed a small bit of cleavage, which would be a tease to any male. She walked into her bathroom brushed her teeth and brushed her hair. When she came out she heard a peck at her window. She looked at her window. There was the same owl from that afternoon. She walked over and kneeled down.

"I'm not opening this window." she mocked. All of a sudden the owl disappeared in thin air.

"You don't have to" Sarah jumped up and spun around. There he was standing there with a smirk on his face.

"You know what you are doing? It's called breaking and entering." she said through her teeth. Like always he was amused by her anger.

"Why aren't you happy to see me? All I came for was to wish you a happy birthday."

"Well you're a day late .. Now get out."

"To correct you I was on time you just chose to neglect my happy birthday wish. So I decided to come here personally to wish you a happy birthday " with this he took a step forward.

"Well thank you and now you can leave." Jareth took another step forward.

" Sarah Sarah what am I going do with you. I was nice enough to give you a gift and come here on my own personal time to wish you a happy birthday. You are ungrateful aren't you?"

"well that's a flaw I'm going to have to live with. Now please go." At this point Jareth was face to face with Sarah.

"Come come Sarah you can't just send me away like this. Besides the crystal was only part of you gift."

Sarah was looking right into his eyes. She didn't remember his eyes being enchanting before. She seemed to be holding her breathe.

Exhaling . "Well Jareth is there anything I can do to make you leave?''

"why yes there is.. You can except this…..'

" which is what?"

" I brought you a gift." with this he made the crystal ball appear in his hand.

"Look Sarah. Look what I'm offering you." Sarah pushed by Jareth.

"GET OUT! I don't wanna be with you .. What part don't you get.. Leave!"

Jareth sighed. "Sarah I was trying to make this easy. The truth is you have no choice."

Sarah saw the rage begging to fill Jareth eyes. It seemed as if they were turning red.

Sarah ran to the door. As she was about to turn the knob the knob disappeared. Sarah turned around. There was Jareth right in front of her. He seemed to be towering over her. He quickly grabbed Sarah around the waist, pushing her in closer. Sarah was about to scream when suddenly the room turned into a confusing distortion. To shocked and dizzy to react Sarah collapsed onto a familiar stone floor.

"Now Sarah you are mine. You may go anywhere but nothing beyond the Goblin City."

Sarah, confused and impaired, began to cry. Jareth didn't even so much as glare at her before walking into the darkness.