Hey guys, this is my first Labyrinth fanfic so bare with me ok? So this one is really a prequel to a story I am working on. This story was originally supposed to just be flashbacks in the other story, but that would be a lot of flashbacks. So I made this one. I hope everyone enjoys this.
Sarah Williams was anything but a normal twenty-one year old. Still living at home with her dad and stepmom. She had no social life, she mostly kept to herself, not by choice that is. People always excluded her, causing her to feel like rudolf most of the time. They would say that she was too quiet and too weird. That something was off about her. And Sarah knew that was not the only reason that people pushed her away. Even though she was weird and very quiet. But that had nothing to do with it. The problem with Sarah was not the present, but the past.
Sarah remembered all too well what had happened to her almost six years ago. She remembered every single detail of the labyrinth and what happened to her and her little brother. She remembered all of her friends that she made there, how couldn't she, she talked to them.
And that was her problem. When ever she had a problem or something was wrong, she would call on her friends and talk to them. And people would see her, talking to herself in the mirror, to a closet, in the bathroom by herself.
When she was younger, they sent her to a hospital to get her help. But all that did was make her train herself to look normal, or at least seem less crazy. But that didn't stop people from noticing that she was a bit off, especially her roommate. So after her freshman year, she moved back home and commuted to college everyday. The transportation became a big problem, living two hours from college. But it was way better than staying there all the time.
Now Sarah has graduated college and is going to start her new job as a teacher's aid soon. She would be staying at home for only a few more months, then she would move out and leave all of this behind. No longer would she have to hide who she was or try and act normal. She would be a teacher's aid for kindergartener, she could fill their minds with her wild adventures from her days in the labyrinth. No more hiding from mirrors or dark places. The creatures of the underground come out to children and children only, they have more imagination and are more likely to believe than adults.
Everything would be ok, she wouldn't have to hear the whispers of people around her. Everything will be fine. Or so she thought.
It had only been two weeks into her new job for the rumors to start flying around. Someone found out about her past time in the hospital. And of course, instead of asking her about it and confronting her, they talked about her behind her back.
She hated people. How could they spread so many rumors about her.
"I heard she sees things in mirrors and talks to herself."She heard one person say as she walked down the hall to the teachers room.
"I heard she kidnapped her little brother for hours. She claimed some mystical man took him. But I bet you she did it."She heard someone else say.
"I hear she hasn't left home in years. I bet it's the boy. She's going to kidnap him again. I think we shouldn't let her around the kids."She heard a parent say. And that was it, that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
It took all of two months for enough parents to not want her around their children. After that, they fired her. They didn't even give her a legitimate reason. They just said :
"We no longer have room for you here."And let her go.
It took two more incidents like this for Sarah to finally throw in the towel. She could not go through life like this, she would not be tormented and fired for the rest of her life. So she did what she always did when she had a big problem that she did not know how to handle. She talked to Hoggle.
"Hoggle! I need you!"Sarah said very loudly to her mirror as she paced her bedroom.
Her room went through some renovations after high school. She gave all of her toys to Toby and gave away all of her things that reminded her of childhood, except her vanity mirror. Though she did take all of the pictures from around her mirror. But she will always keep her mirror, she felt that it was the strongest connection between the aboveground and the underground.
"Sarah."Hoggle smiled to see his only friend calling once again. But his smile faded once her saw her pacing and angry. They had been friends for six years now, he knew when something was up.
"I'm guessing work didn't go well."Hoggle asked in his concerned rough accent.
"I got fired again."Sarah finally stopped pacing to finally look at the mirror revealing Hoggle's body and home.
"This is the third time in six months. I can't do this anymore. No one believes me and everyone thinks I'm going to kidnap their children. Even my stepmother held Tob closer to her once I told her what happened. What am I supposed to do when everyone is afraid of me and no one believe a word I say. What kind of prize is this?"Sarah flopped down on her bed in defeat. How could her life get any worse.
"Sarah, you can't give up now. You beat the labyrinth, you can beat this too."Hoggle said, hoping his words of encouragement is enough to get her through the day. He would hate himself if she did something drastic.
"I know, but Hoggle, this is way harder than the labyrinth. This is life, and it sucks. It's just not fair."Sarah laid back on her four poster bed. She hated saying how unfair things were, but she had to admit it. Things were getting pretty shitty.
"Sarah."
"Hoggle I got the most wonderful idea."Sarah jumped up with excitement.
"Show yourself."Sarah smirked as she moved closer to the mirror.
"Sarah I know that we have been friends for a long time. But I ain't too sure that's a good idea. There are plent good lookin boys out dere."Hoggle blushed at the misinterpretation of Sarah's words. This only made Sarah fall into a fit a giggles.
"Oh hoggle you."
"I meant, come out of the mirror and let my parents and toby see you. They will see you and know that I am telling the truth, and so will everyone else."Sarah smirked, but Hoggle frowned.
"Sarah, I can't do that."
"Oh Hoggle I know you can. You did it before, when I escaped the labyrinth the first time. You and everyone else."
"Sarah, you were the only one in the room. Only those exposed to de undergrounds magic, or de Goblin king, can be shown creatures from the underground. You only started to see dem goblins after you meet Jareth. I can't reveal myself, because it is law. I would disappear once they looked at me. It's for our own protection."Hoggle answered Sarah's unasked question.
"Oh Hoggle. I am screwed."Sarah said as she sat at her vanity mirror and pondered what to do. Then after a few seconds, it hit her.
"Jareth!"She yelped as she rose from her seat. Her scream made Hoggle jump.
"What about him?"
"I will call him forth. He will come of course and then they will all see."Sarah said in triumph, Hoggle shook his head.
"I'm not sure dats a good idea Sarah."Hoggle warned.
"Oh it will be fine."
"Dad! Karen! Toby!"Sarah opened her door and yelled to her family for assistance.
"What is it now Sarah?"Came her father's tired call, with her stepmother and baby brother in tow. Sarah forgot it was pretty late and everyone else was in bed by now.
"I want to show you all something."Sarah smirked as she thought over her plan.
"Make it quick."Remarked Karen who looked more tired than anyone, holding on to young Toby's hand.
"I wish the Goblin king would come and take me away, right now."Sarah said, not wanting him to come and take Toby again.
The family stood there for a good two minutes before turning around and going to leave.
"No wait!"Sarah pleaded, and then suddenly, the window of Sarah's bedroom bursted open and a white barn owl flew in. The whole family was astonish, all but Sarah of course. She was prepared for this, her whole life.
"What the hell."And then, the barn owl turned into a man in one flash of glitter.
The man was tall and absolutely beautiful. He was perfect from his white glitter tipped hair, all the way to his black leather boots. And his eyes. His amazing mismatched eyes. If he wasn't an evil manipulative asshole, he could be mistaken for an angel.
"You're him aren't Goblin king."Toby squealed in excitement. Even though he was very little when he meet him, he remembered him from the stories sarah used to tell him.
"At your service master Toby. My have you grown into a handsome young thing."Jareth smirked and he looked from the young boy to his parents.
"Sarah, this is the man that took Toby before?"Sarah's dad asked, already knowing the answer to his question.
"I brought him back unharmed. Though I do not think that I can say the same will go for you daughter."Jareth kept his cheshire grin as he looked other to the now grownup Sarah. Karen pulled Toby behind her back, protecting the young seven year old, and her husband stepped between Sarah and Jareth.
"You will not be taking any of my children ever again. Sarah I am so sorry that I never believed you."Sarah's dad said as he turned his back on the massive Goblin king.
"He will never hurt you again."
"I do not think that the decision is completely yours."Jareth grabbed Sarah's arm and pulled her to him.
"What do you mean. She is my daughter, I make the decisions on where she can and can not go."He said, growing angrier by the minute.
"Jareth, this is enough. I only called you to prove you are real. Not to kidnap me."Sarah tried to get away but his grip was too strong.
"Ah, but that is not what you said. You asked me to take you away. I am not kidnaping you, just granting your wishes. Now if we are done here."Jareth said as he pulled out a crystal ball.
"Dad, Toby. No!"Sarah screamed, but it was too late. She was gone, back at the gates of the labyrinth.
"Oh my god. Hoggle was right. This was not a good idea."Sarah said as she was finally released from his grip.
"I will have to talk to the dwarf later. But for now, look at your new home."
"New home? Not for long. All I have to do is run the labyrinth again and I am home free."Sarah gloated as she started walking towards the gates of the labyrinth. When suddenly, Jareth appeared before her.
"It will do you do good but tire you out."
"What do you mean?"
"You have no runner. You wished yourself away. No one can run it for you. You are stuck here my darling."
So how did everyone like it? What do you think? What will happen next? Don't forget to review.