Hello everybody! So this is my first story here on this website and I am quite nervous of what everyone is going to think of it. But I am also very excited to get my writing online and to get opinions and constructive criticism. So right now, I'm not quite sure where this story is going to go, but I'm going to try to write my chapters ahead of time so they are well written and I don't keep you all waiting for updates. Also, I honestly do apologize if this story sucks. I'm trying my hardest here being that it's my very first Labyrinth fan fiction. And yes, I am currently listening to the Labyrinth soundtrack to get the proper mind set haha. Also I am 100% against plagiarism, so if there are any similarities in between my story and an existing story it is honestly pure coincidence. Okay, here we go. I hope you all enjoy my story.

DISCLAIMER: This is said literally in the beginning of EVERY Labyrinth fan fiction, but I have to say it too. I do not own Labyrinth in any way, shape, manner, or form. All rights go to Jim Henson and Lucasfilm and whoever else had say in making the film.

Love Without Your Heartbeat

Chapter 1: I Can't Live Within You.

"Your eyes can be so cruel." His voice rang out in the Escher room, bouncing along the walls and staircases making its way to Sarah's ears. His voice was intriguing just like the rest of him, it was like silk and it made her shudder every time she heard it.

"Just as I can be so cruel!" He continued, one of his magic crystals forming in his hands. He turned and threw it across the room with full force. The sound of the glass hitting the concrete of the stairs was like nails on a chalkboard, it slowly bounced it's way up to a young child dressed in a red and white striped onesie. That's what she was looking for. Her little brother, her entire journey through the Labyrinth was for this little boy; not even two years old yet. Who she wished away, not knowing the consequences that would be ahead of her.

"Though I do believe in you!" Jareth continued to sing, but at that point Sarah wasn't listening.

"TOBY!" Sarah shouted soon running past the Goblin King and trying to find a way to her younger sibling. She climbed staircase after staircase, all of them leading her to a dead end. Her little brother continued to crawl his way along the room, further away from Sarah making it harder for her to reach the infant.

"Yes I do! Live without the sunlight..."

"Love without your heartbeat..."

"I...I...can't live within you..."

She continued to yell his name until she reached the platform, right back to where she started. She had gone up every possible stairway, every possible corridor. She wasn't sure what to do until she looked down.

Toby was sitting on a stone ledge holding the crystal orb in his small hands, his wide childlike eyes stared up at her.

"Toby.." Sarah said in an uneasy voice. She soon realized what she had to do. The only way to him was to jump, it was the only way. What else was she supposed to do?

She took a giant deep breath and with all her might hoisted herself off of the platform. She squeezed her eyes shut expecting to hit the hard ground, but instead she felt she was floating. Indeed she was, she opened her eyes wide and looked at her surroundings. What looked like the broken pieces of the Escher were floating around her. What happened? Where is Toby? Didn't I win? She wondered as she landed softly on a small section of platform. The pieces of concrete and stair continued to float in the air around her.

That's when she made eye contact with him, he was concealed by shadows but she couldn't mistake those eyes that always seemed to pierce her soul and make her weak at the knees. Sarah, what are you talking about? Yes you find him freaking gorgeous but you're here for your brother. Not romance, this is not a love story. He's the villain and he always will be.. won't he? Her thoughts continued to echo in her mind.

He made his way out of the darkness and into the light. He was wearing the cloak that reminded Sarah of feathers of a bird, and skin tight tights that showed his manhood quite clearly.

"Give me the child." Sarah said clearly once he made his way toward her.

"Sarah, beware." Jareth warned. "I have been generous up until now, but I can be cruel." he continued, his voice deep.

"Generous! What have you done that's generous?" Sarah replied with awe in her voice as she tilted her head to the side. Generous?! Oh so apparently kidnapping children is being generous.

"EVERYTHING!" He shouted startling Sarah. "Everything that you wanted I have done. You asked the child to be taken, I took him. You cowered before me, I was frightening." He circled around her like a predator encircling their prey, getting faster and closer with every step.

"I have reordered time!" He said pointing to a clock floating in mid air along with the pieces of the Escher. "I have turned the world upside down, and I have done it all for you!" He yelled, coming to a stop in front of her, close enough where she could smell his intoxicating scent and feel his hot breath on her face. She looked up at him, a glimmer of desire was in his piercing blue eyes.

"I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?" He almost whispered to her, her whole body shuddered with the close proximity between them.

"Through dangers untold.. and hardships unnumbered. I have fought my way here to the castle, beyond the goblin city." She stayed strong, her voice wavered a bit but she continued to say the lines regardless of how she felt when she was around him.

"My will is as strong as yours, and my-"

"STOP!" He yelled cutting her off completely. "Look what I am offering you!- your dreams!" He conjured up an orb in his hands just he did the first time that they met in her parents bedroom only a short thirteen hours ago. It seemed way longer than a few hours.

She contemplated a bit before saying the next line in the story. What were her dreams? Was he involved in them? Reading the book as a child she always found the Goblin King quite intriguing, but she had always thought he was pure fiction. But then he was there in front of her, sending her on the quest to find her baby brother. She wanted anything for her brother to return safely home, but what was waiting for her there? A stepmother who she couldn't stand, a father who forgot all about her old family and completely shutting her out once her mother left, and a step brother who she tried to wish away. But she was only fifteen, she was too young to look at Jareth with passion and desire. Too young to give him what he needed.

"I ask for so little, let me rule you, and you can have everything that you want." Jareth said to her, trying to persuade her. "Fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave!" His voice rang out.

"Can we.. can we compromise?" The young girl said, her voice stuttering, nervous of what the king's answer would be.

"A compromise can be put into consideration, only if I approve." Jareth responded. But at this point he was willing to approve of anything. He couldn't be beaten. But another part of him couldn't be without the girl, the girl with the power to beat him. The Labyrinth had warned him that his equal would be coming to him soon and here she was. He felt it was her when she made the initial wish. Her stubborn personality and strong will was perfect to rule, and to be his queen. He had come to know it during her time running the Labyrinth, and how she handled situations just showed how well fit she was for the position to rule next to him. She was breathtakingly beautiful as well, and all Jareth wanted to do was place his lips onto her soft plump ones, and let her know of his affections toward her.

"I'm willing to come stay here, if you bring Toby back home safely, but the one condition is.. I come here when I'm 18. I'll live here against my will then, but until that happens I'd like to go home. I'm not ready for this yet, I'm not ready for you to 'rule me'." Sarah finished. That was her proposition, she'd come back when she was 18. When she was a legal adult in the aboveground, when she was old enough to know what she wanted.

"It's a deal Ms. Williams." said Jareth, without a second thought. He took her hand in his gloved ones and place a gentle kiss on her knuckles, sending shivers throughout her whole being.

"Until we meet again precious." His silky smooth voice said, it soon started to fade away and everything around her faded into nothingness.

She hardly believed what happened was real when she woke up in her own bed the next morning.

"Until we meet again precious." His voice replaying in her mind.

XOXOXO

Okay, so that was the first chapter! A little short I know, but that was basically setting up the whole story. I'm not really going to have an updating schedule because every day is different for me so I'm not really sure when I'll be able to update but I'll be doing it as soon as I possibly can. Hopefully every day or every other day. Probably every other day.

It would be fantastic if maybe you could leave a review for me to give me an idea of what to work on in the next coming chapters? It would honestly make my day to see someone took the time out of their day to read a piece of my writing.

OH! Also if you find any grammatical mistakes/spelling errors in my writing please feel free to let me know! That is always appreciated. :)

Okay, so ta ta for now darlings.

Love, JarethsGoblinQueen