Disclaimer- I do not own Labyrinth (although I do own the special addition DVD), nor do I own Jennifer Connelly, nor David Bowie. (although I will once I get his wife Iman out of the way…bwa ha ha ha!)

Return to the Labyrinth

Sarah sat in the parlor, gently rocking Anna, while she reminisced. Did it ever really happen? It all seemed so real. Hoggle, Ludo…Jareth. But why did it really matter? It had been eight years since her trip to the Labyrinth. Yet it was still on her mind. She was twenty-two and had a baby girl, Anna. Anna was almost a year old and Toby was now nine.

"Sarah, Sarah, can I hold the baby, please?" Toby gave Sarah those huge, blue, puppy eyes. With those freckles and blonde hair, how could she say no?

"Sure, Toby, but be sure to be careful. She's still asleep," Sarah replied as she handed Anna to Toby. She stared down at Anna. Anna looked just like Sarah when she was a baby. She had her father's eyes, though…one bright blue, the other, hazel.

Her father and Sarah's husband, James Flanges, had passed away almost two years ago due to a freak car accident in the winter. It was only a couple weeks after Sarah had conceived. They were so much in love, Sarah barely stayed alive after he died. All she had left now was Anna and their house. She now lived in the house she grew up in. Her parents had moved to a larger house, a few blocks away and then sold her their old house. Sarah's old room was now Anna's and her parent's was hers.

"Sarah were here," said a man. The man was Sarah's father, come to pick up Toby.

"How was he?" inquired her stepmother.

"Excellent, as usual," replied Sarah. Watching Toby was no chore for her. In fact, it was kind of fun. It helped keep her mind busy, off James.

They all had some tea and cakes while Sarah rocked Anna and they talked over their days. Sarah's father and stepmother were soon going on a trip to the Caribbean, a cruise.

"Wow, Mom, a cruise, that's big," said Sarah

"I got a recent raise at the law firm," she replied.

"No kidding!"

"Actually, Sarah," said her father," We were hoping you could look after Toby."

"WHAT? I'm not going?" cried Toby.

"No sweetie, this is a special time for your father and me," said her stepmother. It was their tenth anniversary.

"Why don't you go out and play in the snow for a bit?" said Sarah.

"Oh fine," he said as he moped out.

"I would love to watch him," said Sarah.

"Excellent. We'll drop him off next Monday," said her stepmother, staring at her watch. "We'd better get going. I've got to go the company Holiday dinner at five."

"Okay. Call me tomorrow to get things figured out for next week," said Sarah.

"Sure will, Sare-bear," said her father.

Sarah smiled, "You haven't called me that in years."

They kissed Sarah and Anna and said their goodbyes and Sarah took Anna up to her bedroom.

"You are my little angel, Anna," said Sarah as she laid Anna down and stroked her smooth face.

She walked out into her room and slipped off her shirt.

"Eeh," she said as a shiver went down her spine. Someone had opened the window. But who? Perhaps the cold wind simply blew it open, she thought. She closed the windows and then remembered when a man with a blazing stare once stood at them. The man was Jareth, the Goblin King.

End of Chapter One!

This is my first ever fanfic, so please be kind! I'm not sure if I should continue it or not. Review and we'll find out! Thanks. o

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