Nothing is mine… well, except some of the goblins, and the friends… they're still stealing my chocolate. This one is NOT a one-shot like the rest of the series, but it should be rather short. All mistakes are mine.

All I Want for Valentines

Sarah knew she was dreaming again. For years she had seen this tall blond with wild hair in her dreams. He kept coming to her, but did no more than talk or even at times teaching her things that no book in her library could have. Over the years she learned all about the fae and how the Underground worked. She knew their customs, history, their style of dress and how to act around royalty, even the dances. Eventually she began to look forward to her sleep and what new knowledge she could pick up from the man.

It had been three years since she had her dream about rescuing Toby from the Labyrinth and as time passed she began thinking of it more and more as a dream. The blond with wild hair of her dreams now looked so much like her enemy then, but his face was so much kinder… so gentle… that the two were certain to be two different people. Sarah remembered once her friend, Hoggle calling the Goblin King Jareth, but the man of her dreams called himself Kingsley. The name always reminded her of Jane Austen in a way so she remembered it easily. Sometimes she'd think of him as Jareth since she had made him up as part of the Underground as well.

Back to her dream, Sarah couldn't remember exactly how the dream started, but she knew that she was in his arms again being led around the dance floor. She looked up into the deep blue eyes of her captor and smiled when he took her for a turn, one hand touching as the two slowly walked in a circle. She moved around him as he moved around her in perfect sync. The girl never failed to notice how well they fit together.

"You are getting very good at this, my precious," the man spoke quietly, turning her in his arms carefully then pulling her flush against his body.

"Would you…? Would you speak the right words, my Sarah?"

His earnest tone made her look up at him, "Right words? What do you mean?" He had asked her this before, but she never could get the proper answer from him.

Kingsley turned away from her tightlipped, spinning her away then back, but not as close.

"Why can't you tell me?"

The man stopped suddenly, his hands slowly moving from hers to her shoulders, "I can't Sarah, you must figure this out on your own."

"Figure what out? I've read everything you've shown me and even the book I found in my desk that told me all about the Underground. I know that words have power in dreams, but that's all it is, a dream." Sarah gasped softly, looking around her at how solid everything seemed. She knew at the end of this she would end up in bed again and would be heading to her last day of school.

"Is it really?" Kingsley backed away, lowering his arms from her completely.

Sarah jerked awake, tossing off her blanket that seemed to be holding her to the bed now that she was awake. With a growl she looked at the time then slammed her hand down on top of the alarm clock just as it went off.

"Really indeed," she hissed, going about her morning routine as normal.

Toby was already on his way to daycare with her father and Karen by now was probably sitting in traffic on the freeway on her way to work. With her mind racing, the girl couldn't seem to get things together enough to get ready for school. Her dreams had always been mellow or teaching, even loving at times, but this time was more forceful… it made her feel empty inside unlike anything she had ever known. She quietly wished she could talk to Kingsley again just once more.

With a sigh she rolled her eyes, tossing her backpack over her shoulder and heading out, glad this was her last day. She had friends there now to be sure, but the last few days at school had started to become unbearable. Ever since she turned eighteen coming here had been harder and harder. It felt like she was looking for something that she could never find. Sarah stopped, looking up as she realized she was in the park where all of this started… where she used to read that little red book and dream of elves, fairies, goblins and the beautiful fae. Before she realized she was crying, the girl wiped her eyes and started searching her eyes. There was always something here when she was and she had to find it. There… there he was… the huge barn owl that seemed to follow her everywhere. She felt so much better at the sight of him.

"Hey stranger," she addressed the bird, who nodded his head to her, "today is the last day of school." Laughing quietly to herself she continued, "Then you'll have me all day. I need to get going now or I'll be late." Last second she laughed, turning around once again to the bird, "See you on the way home, Jareth."

Since she had already turned to run off to school she didn't see the astonished bird take off high and vanish is a flash of glitter.

At school, Sarah couldn't believe she named the bird after her dream character, but its eyes reminded her so much of the eyes of her old nemesis. She debating on naming him Kingsley, but decided against it since an owl is fierce like Jareth and Kingsley is so sweet and caring. Shaking her head she sat down with her friends and began discussing their plans for the summer. Jane, Jake and Kerrelyn wanted to take off for the lake right after school while Kyle just wanted to spend the entire weekend at his dad's lake house reading books. The four of them made a compromise and decided to all meet up at Sarah's then go to the lake house together for the weekend.

School's school and soon it was over.

"Remember Sarah, we'll be there to get you at six tonight, don't be late!" Jane yelled at her across the quad.

"I'll be there!"

Excited about the prospect of having some time in the sun, Sarah ran through the park as fast as she could to get home. At a loud screech she spun and stumbled, falling onto her butt hard with a loud yelp. The owl flew down to her, landing just beyond her feet.

"Couldn't you think of a better way to stop me, Your Majesty," she grumbled, sitting on the ground and dusting the mud off her that was now all over her pants. She looked up at the huge bird and sighed, putting elbows on her knees then face in her hands.

"You know, Jareth, I dream about the world that holds the main you're named after all the time. I know it's a dream… but it feels so real. Sometimes… sometimes I wish it was. The Labyrinth, Kingsley… Ja… you. You remind me of him, you know, that's why I call you by his name. In my dream he turned into an owl right in front of my eyes."

Suddenly Sarah laughed, falling back into the grass and kicking her feet, "I can just see you being him," she was laughing so hard she could barely speak, "stalking me every day and night. What on Earth would he want with me, I'm too… weird?" Her laughing slowed gradually, finally ending still on her back with her arm across her eyes.

"I made a real wish this morning… I even spoke it out loud. You'd think I'd know better, especially after everything Kingsley has told me about the power of words. I wished to talk to Kingsley again. I'm getting to the point I can't breathe without him around. It's so strange… I'm so strange… I really need to stop dreaming of this entire magical world and grow up a bit."

The owl screeched again at her feet loudly, causing her to sit up her elbows, "You disagree? Don't know why you would." Sarah couldn't help but pretend he was the real Goblin King at least for a few moments. "We're going to Kyle's lake house tonight if you want to come join us. We should be there all weekend and if you're of the mind, I'd love to have you join us."

Sarah laughed softly, "If anything, you'll be able to scare the tar out of the guys when you swoop down on them like you do me." With a much practiced curtsy the teen turned and continued on her way to her parents' house to get ready for the weekend.

Now alone in the park, the great bird sang softly to itself as he took in everything around him. He knew things would change drastically in the next few days and he wanted to remember everything around him just as it was. This was the place where he first saw her… the place where he fell in love with her and always wanted to be with her. Her dreams had once paralleled his, but now she wanted to walk away. He had to stop that train of thought now before it was too late. Her wish was the key… he could not be himself near her thanks to all the rules the Labyrinth had placed on him and his Champion, but with Kingsley… he just may get her onto the right path.