SUMMARY: Sarah lived her best friend Allison for the five years following her adventure in the Labyrinth. Her father and step-mother thought she was making the entire thing up. Well, now she's 21 and her entire life is about to change. Will her new life include the Goblin King or will she forget all about the Labyrinth?

DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Labyrinth or any of its characters. I just like the feeling of control. Ha, ha, ha, ha!

Chapter 1

"Open your eyes! Happy birthday!" Allison exclaimed as Sarah blew out the candle on her 21st birthday cupcake. Allison handed her a small box with a bow on top. Sarah opened it and inside was a necklace shaped like a colorless rainbow. Her breath caught in her throat. 'It looks so much like the necklace Jareth wore,' she thought. She could never get him out of her head. She dreamt of him when she was asleep and thought of him whenever she closed her eyes. It was her birthday and she was thinking of a man she would never see again.

"I'm taking you out on the town. Are you ready?" Allison asked, snapping Sarah back to reality.

Sarah nodded her head, but she really hadn't heard what Allison said.

Allison laughed, "No you're not. You still have your pajamas on. Come on, go get changed."

Sarah laughed and did as she was told. On her way to her room though, she could have swore she had seen someone outside the kitchen window.

Sarah was determined to have a good time because she didn't want Allison to feel unappreciated. They went to a club and Sarah had to admit she felt stunning in the new dress that she had bought as a birthday gift to herself. It was a tiny little strapless mini-dress that didn't leave much to the imagination. She got a lot of male attention that night which made her feel very sexy. She flirted and danced quite a lot that night with a lot of men, who would have been great for anyone else, but there was only one guy on Sarah's mind and he was a world away. Little did she know that Jareth lurked just outside the window, in the form of a snowy white owl.

'God, she looks terrific. That dress is amazing and… What am I saying? Look at her with all those men!' Jareth thought as he stared at her and her "prospective interests." He wanted to fly through the window and peck all their eyes out for even looking at his beautiful Sarah. He had come to watch her on her birthday every year since she turned seventeen. It seemed liked she'd blossomed overnight, into the beautiful woman he knew she'd become. 'She's not yours, you fool!' he scolded himself silently. He was too deep in thought to realize Sarah and Allison had left the dance floor and were already on their way home.

In the car, Allison asked Sarah if she had a good time. "Yeah, I did. When the bar switched bartenders I'd go over and get my free birthday drink again. I got five free ones, I think." Sarah smiled at no one in particular. She had just those five drinks, and she was nowhere near as drunk as Allison probably believed.

"You seemed like you were spacing a lot. You didn't have that much to drink, did you?" interrogated Allison.

Sarah shook her head, "No, I was just thinking."

Allison stared at her intently, "What about? You seem to think a lot and I always wondered what about."

"Nothing really important. Just stuff." Sarah replied as they pulled into the driveway.

"Sarah," Allison began as they entered the house, "I want to talk to you."

Sarah laughed, "I thought you already were."

"Sarah, I'm being serious. I finally got accepted to UCLA and I'm really considering going. I would miss you so much, but don't you think it's time you moved on with your life. You know, find a nice guy to settle down with and maybe start a family. I know that's what you've been missing since they moved." Allison told Sarah everything she didn't want to hear.

"You don't understand. No one does!" Sarah declared a little louder than she wanted.

Allison jumped, "Jeez, you don't have to yell at me. What don't I understand?"

"You wouldn't believe me. No else did." Sarah responded, making herself comfortable. She figured she'd have to tell Allison the story and it might take a while.

"Let me go get a drink and you can tell me anyway. Okay?" Allison got up and went into the kitchen.

Sarah stood back up and went to her room to put on jeans and a t-shirt so she'd be more comfortable. She returned to her seat before Allison knew that she had left.

By the time Jareth figured out that they must have gone home and went back to the house, it was pouring. He landed on the window looking into the living room, causing Sarah's head to twitch slightly. She glimpsed back and saw an owl sitting on the window sill. She knew she saw something earlier. Although she was certain he hadn't noticed he'd been detected, she still avoided looking at the window.

"All right," Allison said as she plopped down on a chair across from Sarah, "I'm ready. Let's go."

"Well, it all started when I was 15 and I was babysitting for Toby." Sarah began, making sure to keep one eye on the window. She knew he could hear her. "I was in my dramatic stage at that point. I liked to act things out. That doesn't mean I lied. I was just so dramatic about everything. So Toby kept crying and I couldn't take it so I wished the goblins would come take him away…"

"Like that stupid book we read at the summer reading class. The one about the maze?" interjected Allison.

Sarah nodded with a tear in her eye, "That's the only thing I got of my mother's when she died. That book. Anyway, I left the room and he instantly stopped crying. I went back in and he was gone. All of a sudden, a man appeared, the Goblin King. He said if I wanted my brother back, I'd have to beat the Labyrinth within 13 hours. This thing was huge. I got help from a little man with a big nose, named Hoggle. There was also a fox named Sir Didymus, and a big, furry monster named Ludo. I almost died a few times. Finally, I made it to the castle and rescued Toby. I told my parents about it and they said I had an overactive imagination and they got really mad when I insisted I hadn't made it up.

Allison stared at Sarah, mouth hanging wide open, "I never knew you were so screwed up."

"I knew you wouldn't believe me." Sarah uttered with a tear in her eye and a crack in her voice.

"Well, it does seem sort of dream like, doesn't it? It just doesn't make any sense. There's another world out there filled with all these creatures. What am I supposed to think?" inquired Allison.

"You are supposed to believe me. You're my friend." Sarah replied, her voice still shaking.

Allison rubbed her neck, "I am your friend, but…"

Sarah stood, "I can prove it!"

"How? Sarah, I'm worried about you." Allison said with a look of sympathy in her eyes.

Sarah readied herself, because she was still quite afraid of the Goblin King, "All you have to do is say, 'I wish the goblins would come and take me away right now.' That's it and you'll have all the answers you want."

"What? How would that…" Allison was saying, but she was interrupted by Sarah.

"Just say it." Sarah instructed.

Allison sighed and repeated Sarah in a mocking tone and waited, "Well, nothing happened."

Then there was a scratching noise on the door. Allison jumped, "Very funny, Sarah." Allison strode over to the door and pulled it open. There was no one there until a gust of wind brought in an owl.

"Oh!" Allison screeched and ducked behind the chair on which the owl had landed, "Damn that owl scared me."

Sarah bent and looked at the Goblin King, "I wish the goblins would come and take me away right now."

Allison was just getting to her feet when the owl transformed into a man, who looked a lot younger than he had the last time Sarah had seen him. Allison toppled over the ottoman and screamed.

Jareth looked at Sarah very slyly, "Your wish is my command." He took Sarah's hand and grabbed hold of Allison's arm.

"No, wait…" Allison started but there was no point in finishing because the next instant they were standing in the middle of the Goblin King's castle.