It's far From Over
Chapter 1
Sarah's P.O.V
Sarah sank down into the chair in front of her vanity, the party was over and all her new found friends had returned to the Underground. It was now well after midnight and she was exhausted, running the Labyrinth had been difficult and not nearly as easy as it had seemed in the book. She glanced briefly at the draw where she had placed the velvet bound book along with her music box and other precious items. Who would have thought that that small book held the secretes of another world?
She smiled to herself remembering how many time she had acted out scenes from the book. She had thought it nothing more than a fairytale, how wrong she had been! It had turned out to be more of a nightmare full of her fantasies all turned against her. She shuddered at the memory of the dream ball. All her life she had dreamed about being old enough to go to a ball, to dance with a handsome prince, to be swept of her feet. But it hadn't been what she hoped; it had been designed by HIM! To trick her into forgetting about Toby and she almost had. But it was over now. She had rescued the child and defeated the Goblin King. But why then did she feel that somehow it wasn't finished, as if there was more yet to come?
"It over!" she said sternly to her reflection, as if saying it out allowed would make it seem more true. It didn't.
"Sarah are you awake?" Sarah jumped at the sound of her father voice coming from just outside her door.
"Ermm yeah. I'm just getting ready for bed" she called out snatching the paper crown from the party off her head.
"Alright then I just wanted to say goodnight and thank you for watching Toby. He didn't cause you any trouble did he?"
Sarah froze, Trouble? No he hadn't caused any trouble but she almost certainly had. Although she had fixed the trouble she had caused, Sarah still felt really bad for wishing Toby away.
"No he was fine." She hoped, Sarah actually had no idea what had happened to Toby while she had been running the Labyrinth for all she knew he could have screamed the place down and thrown things around The Goblin Kings untidy throne room. She smirked at this thought; it would have served the Goblin King right if Toby had instigated the biggest Goblin food fight the underground had ever seen.
"Well that's good. Night then Sarah."
"Night Dad." She called as she heard him close the door to his and Karen's room. She let out a sigh she was grateful that her father hadn't come in to say good night. She would have been hard press to find a good reason for her room to be covered in streamers and party balloons.
Sarah stood and stretched, she really was tired without bothering to change she threw herself on the bed and snuggled into her pillow. It had been a long day and all Sarah wanted to do now was sleep. She reached out and switched the light by her bed off. The room was plunged into darkness save for the shaft of moonlight that came from the window. She had forgotten to close the curtains. She groaned she felt way to comfy to get up and close them; she closed her eyes and drifted off into a deep sleep. If Sarah had looked out the window as she lay on her bed she would have noticed the Barn Owl sitting in the tree outside her window watching her intently.
Jareth's P.O.V
He watched her as she slept from his perch on the tree outside the window. He had returned shortly after the party had ended. He had not wished to remain and watch her celebrate her victory over him with her traitorous friends and his other subjects that had gathered in her room. He had found it hard to contain his anger when she had hugged that treacherous dwarf so he had left not wanting to spoil her victory. It was, after all this would be the only time she'd ever get to celebrate beating him. He did not like to lose and had it been any other girl he would not allow his subjects to rejoice in his defeat, in fact had it been any other girl he would not have accepted the defeat. But this was Sarah and it was never his plan for any real harm to come to her. He had put every obstacle he could in her way and she had overcome all of them, granted she had help, but still for any mortal to beat his Labyrinth was simple amazing.
He studied the sleeping girl. He had been enchanted with her the first time he had lane eyes on her, dressed in a long flowing dress that had long since been out of fashion in the Aboveground. He had watched as she recited plays in the park to her dog. He had been fascinated with her. Even for child she was incredibly beautiful with her long dark brown her and flashing green eyes.
He had seen outright her love for fantasy and her discontent with reality so he had sent her the little red book about his world and the creatures that lived there. He had pleased when she so eagerly acted out the story. And it had not been long until the Goblin King had decided that he would have her for his own. There was no female like her in the whole Underground, she shone with her own bright light that no mortal could ever see and what was more she believed in the magic of old that so many of her race had long since forgotten.
But how to take her? He could not simply snatch her away, if she was going to come to the Underground she would have to go willingly. And so he had given her certain powers, any wish she made would be granted so longs as she used certain words. He had waited patiently for her to say them but when she had it not been not wish herself away to him but her bawling baby brother.
To say he had been less then pleased would be an understatement, it was why he had been so cruel to her at first, he had then realised that he could still get her Underground by using the baby she had wished away. He would let her run the Labyrinth to try and win back the child just like the heroine had done in the book, and when she failed he would make a deal with her. She would stay in place of the child who would be returned aboveground. But she hadn't failed and what was more she had rejected him, cast aside her dreams and for what? A small child who she resented for being born. She had chosen to return to a life where she was bossed around by a stepmother and treated second best by her father.
He ruffled his feathers as he sat the on the branch of the tree. He had underestimated Sarah Williams but it was a mistake he would not make again. When she had been running his Labyrinth there had been rules he had had to follow, but that game was over now.
In flash of Glitter the Goblin King appeared in the bedroom. He bent down next to the sleeping girl, the leather of his boots creaking slightly. She was still breathing deeply indicting that his presence had not roused her. He studied her closely, how could such a young pretty thing entice him so much? He smiled to himself as he remembered her earlier words about it being over.
"Things are far from over Precious thing," He murmured gently tracing a gloved finger down the side of her face, from brow to jaw line, "You may have won this battle but there's still the war to be won." He rose to his feet and stared down at the girl who had captured his heart and thrown it back in his face. The Goblin King was never one to give in so easily.
"The first game may be over but the next one is just about to begin." He crossed over to where a toy fox sat next to a dwarf book end propping up a book called 'where the wild things are', "and this time you won't have your friends to help you," He waved his gloved hand over her possessions and they vanished in a cloud of Glitter, he turned back to face the bed, "This time I will win and you will be mine!"
A frown creased Sarah's forehead as if she was aware of his ominous plan. He crossed over to her and lightly brushed away the strands of dark hair that obscured her beautiful face. He bent low until his lips were barley inches from hers.
"As the human saying goes love, Game on." On the last word he closed the distance and pressed his lips firmly against hers. The kiss was short as he did not want to wake her. He backed away from the sleeping girl never taken his eyes of her face. As he reached the window he grinned showing his pointed teeth.
"Believe me precious, this time you won't escape me." With that he vanished from the room. A slight shower of glitter to fall to the floor was all that was left to mark his presence.