Hi everyone! New story in three parts. Its all written so the parts will come out quickly. Thanks to my new beta LDeetz!

Meddlesome little brother

"No, I said I will not go with you to Craig's party! Leave me alone Marcus!" Sarah said in an irritated yet calm tone. She walked towards the day-care-centre to pick up Toby.

"Come on Sarah it will be fun; lots of empty rooms and cosy corners to snuggle in." Marcus said in a way that was supposed to sound seductive but Sarah just got the creeps of it.

Marcus was a year older than Sarah and had a bad reputation. For some reason he had decided that he wanted to date Sarah; he didn't seem to understand the word no. Sarah had no idea where his interest in her came from and did not want to know either.

As Sarah turned the corner she saw Toby standing outside waiting for her.

"Hello Shrimp, ready to go home?" She asked her baby brother playfully, ignoring the guy that was still following her.

"I was born ready Sar," Toby said and put his backpack on. Then he noticed Marcus." Is that the guy that keeps stalking you Sarah?" He asked trying to make his five year old voice sound grown up.

"Yes Toby, ignore him and he might go away." Sarah smiled down at her protective little brother and took his hand as they walked home.

"If you didn't play so hard to get I would not need to stalk you Sarah, just come with me to the party." Marcus said, still following the siblings.

"I'm not 'playing hard to get'! I don't want to go out with you! Go ask one of your fan girls instead they would probably die of happiness." Sarah turned around as she angrily answered him.

"Don't be so stuck up!" Marcus said and stepped closer and tried to be intimidating. Sarah had experienced intimidation from someone that was much better at it and was not impressed. Before she could say anything an angry voice did it for her.

"Don't say mean things about my sister you meany! She turned down the Goblin King, why should she go out with you?" Toby defended his sister.

"Toby, I told you not to say that kind of things." Sarah knew it had been a bad idea to tell her brother about the labyrinth. He now made her tell the story every night and he almost knew it better than her.

"Goblin King? Who's that? One of your earlier boyfriends?" Marcus asked scornfully.

"No he's…" Sarah started and was interrupted by her little brother who was on a roll. Toby walked towards the much bigger older guy.

"He's a king and he takes babies you wish away. He could turn you in to a goblin; he juggles with crystals; and he's in love with Sarah; and mhmf." Sarah stopped the little boy's flood of words by putting her hand over his mouth.

"That's enough Toby. The Goblin King is a character in a story I read to Toby." Sarah held her brother still as she gave Marcus the short edited explanation.

"You do self-insertions in your bedtime stories? I didn't know you were in to role-play Sarah. You know I can help you with your kinky fantasies; I'll even invite some friends if you're in to that." Sarah went stiff with rage from his intimations. Toby did not understand what the evil guy had said but he understood by his sister's reaction that it was not good. Anger at the bad man and protectiveness of his sister made him slip out of Sarah's hold. He charged straight at the guy (that was at least twice his size), hitting him in the stomach and kicking at his legs. Marcus cursed as the little boy hit him. Almost as a reflex he shoved the five-year old out of his way. He used too much power and Toby flew in to the brick wall at the side of the lane.

"Toby!" Sarah screamed as her brother knocked into the wall and fell down into a heap on the ground. She was at his side in a heartbeat. Toby had hit the wall headfirst and was unconscious. Sarah went cold with fear and rage. With eyes colder than ice she turned towards Marcus. She searched her mind for the worst curse she could think of. "I wish the goblins would come and take you away right now." She said coldly and clearly with a voice of ice. Her mind hadn't really registered what she said until she already said it but she did not regret it.

Toby moved and moaned a bit and Sarah turned her attention to him again, when she looked back the street was empty. The weather suddenly turned from cloudy and gray to thunder and lightning; big raindrops suddenly began falling. Sarah thought she saw strange creatures out of the corner of her eye.

Then the owl was there, stopping straight in front of her. Sarah to closed her eyes against blinding lightning. As she opened them again there was the Goblin King in full armour, just as she remembered him from the night four years ago. The Goblin King posed and was obviously waiting for her to speak first.

"Hello your majesty." Sarah said politely and turned her attention back to her brother.

"Sarah, did you not learn last time what happens when you wish someone away?" Jareth asked her, sounding a little irritated.

"I did but that guy deserved it! He hit Toby!" Sarah defended herself.

"He did?" His voice turned from mocking to serious in an instant. He was by Sarah's side examining Toby's head a second later. He had taken of his gloves and had his pale hands around Toby's head, an expression of concentration on his face. "Concussion." He stated gravely. "Not too bad thankfully, I can fix it quite easily."

"You can?" Sarah asked. Jareth gave her one look and produced a crystal from nothing.

"Oh right... I'd forgotten about that…." Sarah mumbled feeling slightly silly. The crystal dropt from Jareth's hand to Toby's head and disappeared like water into a sponge. A second later Toby opened his eyes again.