Since Lent is over I am back! And as a special treat I have present this new story.

Jareth sighed. He was tired of being alone. He stood by the window and looked out over his vast labyrinth. Without a second thought he changed into the white brown barn owl and flew out of the window, up towards the Aboveground.

He didn't stop till he was perched on a large oak tree outside an old house. He remembered the tree and the branch he sat on though he hadn't been there for many years. His heart in his little feathery chest was beating fast.

He needed to be brave to look in the window but how to be? How can I love when I'm afraid? Afraid of her, it was stupid to be afraid of a mortal girl. But Sarah was more than just some silly girl. No, she was strong, she was brave.

With a deep breath he looked into the room that was Sarah's. It didn't look the same anymore. The walls were a little empty but as he looked around the room he knew it was still Sarah's room for a few objects here and there proved that to him.

He flew towards the window. It opened slightly so he could sit more comfortably on the window sill. He carefully looked around the room for the girl. He looked over at the bed. There she was, asleep. She wasn't a girl any longer but a young woman of what seemed to be about twenty-two.

Jareth stood there watching her. He was hypnotized by her yet again. He doubted that she could ever love him as he loves her.

Then in that instant his doubt faded when Sarah moved in her sleep and muttered, "Jareth."

He changed back into his normal form and took one step closer to the still sleeping Sarah. He softly spoke to her as he gently stroked her dark hair with his gloved hand, "I have died everyday waiting for you."

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Again she called out to him. He used his powers to enter her dreams since she was freely letting him into them.

There she stood alone in what it seemed to be the labyrinth. At first she was surprised by his sudden appearance, then afraid. Jareth took one step closer.

"Darling don't be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years. I'll love you for a thousand more," he looked at her standing there. She was wearing a similar outfit from her run as a child. But she wasn't that child that ran his labyrinth many years ago anymore.

She looked at him, her dark hair blowing behind her in the slight wind. Then took one step closer to him and then slowly raised her hand up to touch his face.

Jareth felt her cool smooth hand touch his face softly; it was as if time stood still. She looked up at him. Her green eyes sparkled. She softly spoke as if more to her than to him, "I will be brave," she then spoke a little louder, "I will not let anything take away what's standing in front of me. All along I believed I would find you."

With every breath Jareth took he couldn't fight himself any longer. Time has brought Sarah to me. She lowered her hand to his chest. He reached out for her and held her face in both his hands.

Everything came to this. He bent his head down and kissed her.

Please review! It will be a great birthday treat for me!

This story uses references from some of Christina Perri's songs...Thousand Years, Distance, The Lonely