This is my first try at a Labyrinth Fanfiction. Please leave reviews and let me know how I'm doing/advice on making it better. Let me know what you want to see.

Chapter 1

Come With Me

Sarah lay sound asleep in her bed, nestled in another dream of the Goblin King. The same type of dream she'd had for the last five years. Outwardly she was fitful but in her dreamscape she was back in the Underground and he loved her.

She was given all she would ever want, save her brother who was now a goblin. In the dream she had, had so many times she made the other choice. She'd given in to Jareth and all that he'd offered her. Though, something was missing, as it always was in these dreams. They never touched. His stare was always cold, unwelcoming. Never could she figure out why.

Once again, as always, he came near to touching her and she jerked away. "Toby!" she would scream and then she woke.

Sweat poured over her as she sat up, covering her face. She would never be rid of these dreams, she thought. He would haunt her forever for choosing not to love him back. She sighed, pushing her long hair out of her face.

"Why couldn't it have been easier?" She said to herself, not seeing the tall willowy figure at her open window. "Why couldn't he have been kind instead of cruel? If he had just given Toby back…"

"I did." She jumped as a familiar accented voice shocked her senses. Now she noticed the open window and the cool, almost chilling breeze blowing in. The figure, it moved closer as she pulled the sheets about her to warm herself. Her eyes adjustedand she could see the face of the figure that stood before her.

She knew that face anywhere, that voice anywhere. The cruel upturned lips, the bird-like features, the wild hair; it was Jareth.

"Please tell me I'm still dreaming." She pleaded.

"You are not dreaming, Sarah." He stood calm and still and this unnerved her as it always had.

"If this isn't a dream then why are you here?"

"I think you know why." He said and she sighed.

"You're not getting Toby back."

"Toby is not what I'm here for, Sarah. I never needed Toby. It was you I was after."

"You're barking up the wrong tree! I still don't love you!" She lied. She knew somewhere deep inside that she yearned to be near him, to see him again. Somewhere inside she cared for him.

"How presumptuous." He replied, smirking. "I said I was after you, Sarah, not that I am."

"Then why are you here? It isn't enough that you haunt my dreams, now you have to haunt me awake too?"

"You dream about me?" He smiled wickedly, raising a brow. So she did still think about him. This was a new revelation and he admitted to himself that it stirred old, buried feelings; feelings he knew would never completely disappear.

He watched her, yes, all of these years, but never had she uttered his name. Even when she sporadically would call upon her Underground friends, he was never mentioned, always watching from afar, until tonight. He had no choice but to take her with him.

"Sarah." He leaned against her bedpost. "You must come with me, back to the castle."

"There's no way I'm ever going back there." She responded, jumping from her bed. She stood face to face with him, almost losing her stance as his musky cologne filled her senses, his face close to hers. "I'm not-." He turned away from her quickly, interrupting.

"Your brother is already there."

"What?!" She attempted to lunge at him but her caught her and held her still. "You bastard! I can't believe, after I-."

"Watch your words, Sarah, you may regret them later." He released her. "Again, presumptuous. Sarah, maybe I shouldn't have come for you after all."

Jareth turned away and headed for the window, knowing she would follow after. He knew her. He curiosity wouldn't fail her.

"What? Wait! Toby!" She exclaimed. He glanced back slightly.

"He is safe." He pointed out of the window. "There." Out of her window, like that night years ago, was the labyrinth and the castle beyond the Goblin City.

"You stole my brother and force me to run the labyrinth again?"

"No, Sarah. Your brother went willingly."

She shook her head. "Why would he do that?"

"I will tell you when we reach the castle. You must come with me. Unfortunately this time you do not have thirteen hours to waste."

Sara was in panic. Her brother was in the Underground with those god awful goblins. Here was Jareth with his gloved hand outstretched to her. She didn't know what to do or think but she couldn't leave Toby alone. It was hard enough for her, he was only five.

"Coming? I don't have time to waste." She took his hand hesitantly and in a blink of an eye they were past the labyrinth and entering the castle. He walked briskly in front of her, not wanting to show too much of how much he cared.

After a lengthy walk they came to a small door. It creaked as he opened it and he motioned her inside. It was a modest room with small tapestries on the walls and a writing desk with quill and paper and matching chair. Two comfortable looking stuffed leather chairs sat on the other side of the room with what resembled a couch.

"Stay here. I will return shortly." He closed the door behind him. After a short while alone in silence the door opened and her brother ran in instantly hugging her. Behind him was Jareth with a sly smirk on his face.

"I have Toby. Now can we go home?"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." He leaned back against the wall and crossed his arms.

"You are not putting us through this again!"

"I have no choice…"

"You are sadistic! Of course you have a choice."

"Sarah. You are in danger. You are not safe in the aboveground."

"Don't tell me you're doing this out of the kindness of your heart; to protect us."

"Not wholly." He walked toward her and towered over her stature. "You are also dangerous to me, Sarah."

"I'm dangerous?" She laughed. "So you bring me here? Right next to you?"

He pursed his lips. She was so aggravating. Anyone else would be in the bog by now, but not her, he couldn't. He continued though it was troubling to do so. He sighed.

"I need you here."

"You need me? You have no power over me, remember?"

"Yes but you don't understand. They want you because you have power over me. You always have, Sarah." He stepped closer.

"So I can leave and take Toby with me?"

"Yes…"He said, defeated. "… but if you go back it would me destruction for not only me, but you, Toby and all of your friends… dear Sarah. You are safer here with me."

"Safe? With the man that poisoned me, trapped me in an oubliette, sent the cleaners after me, tried to drop me in the bog of eternal stench, and most of all, stole my baby brother! You call that safe?!"

"No." He backed up and turned away from her. "I call it a reckless, jealous man in love who didn't know another way." Her heart panged at the mention of love and she didn't know why. She fought it the best she could and kept herself upright.

"If you'd loved me… you would have just…" She trailed off. "Send Toby home. I'll stay."

"No!" Toby objected as he ran to Jareth.

"Looks like he wants you to stay, Sarah."

Jareth hadn't given her all of the details, only that there was danger and someone was out there waiting to cause it. Why he cared about her and her brother's well being she didn't know, but she knew she had to explain something to Toby.

"I like him!" Toby exclaimed.

"You don't know him, Toby. He kidnapped you when you were a baby."

"He said you wished me there." Sarah's tongue caught. She had, but how could she explain the situation without hurting Toby's feelings? Sarah had wished him away, because of her selfish wants and needs, because she was angry at her parents. Was there really a way of explaining it?

"I did, but…" She picked him up and hugged him tight. "I went through a lot to bring you back, and after this is over I'm taking you home."

"But he told me only I was going back."

"What?" She put him down, furrowing her brows. "What else did he tell you?"

"That I need you here, Sarah." Jareth's voice resonated behind her. She turned on him angrily.

"You said I could go if I wanted to!"

"To take him back, but I can't let you go. You have powers that he does not." He crossed his arms. "Even if the threat is gone someone else could use you against me. No, Sarah. You started this when you wished him away."

"But I never meant it!"

"All the same, he goes and you stay. These are my rules. Don't defy me." He snapped his fingers and he and Toby disappeared. Her heart fell as she slumped into a chair. She was trapped here once again without any real explanation.

"Did ya hear?" Hoggle said as he squirted a fairy out of his way. "She's back."

"Is she now?" Sir Didymus raised a brow, sitting proudly on Ludo's shoulder.

"Yes." Hoggle put away his spray bottle and grumbled at Ludo's size under his breath. "Move out the way, why don't ya." Ludo stomped backward almost knocking Didymus off of him.

"Well where is she?" Didymus pried.

"Sarah…" Ludo added.

"She's in the castle."

"Well what on earth is she doing there?"

"Something secretive." Hoggle expressed his concern. "But I don't like it. Jareth is up to something."

"And what am I up to, Hogwart?" Jareth butted into the conversation.

"It's… Hoggle!"

"Hogwart, Hoggle… I had better not find you trying to save our dear Sarah or it's the bog for you."

"Of…of course not Your Majesty. I was just saying…"

"Enough. If you so much as look at her, Hogmead, I'll throw you into the bog myself and turn you into a goblin."

"I wouldn't dream…"

"Dream of her and I throw you into the bog."

"But, Jareth I only meant…." He gave up, knowing that no matter what he said Jareth would come up with some reason to throw him into the bog of eternal stench. He zipped his lips shut and began spraying fairies again.

"That's better." Jareth said, relieved. "I don't want any of you…" He pointed at each of them. "trying to save Sarah this time."

"You tricked me!" Sarah yelled as she stormed through the halls of the castle. "I know you can hear me! Show yourself!" She kicked at the bench next to her then fell against the tapestry wall with a huff. "Jareth!"

"Well, well, if it isn't my little champion of the labyrinth calling out to me again."

"You tricked me! You tricked Toby into getting me here!"

"Yes." He smirked.

"I don't want to be here. Send me home. This isn't fair!"

"It's never fair to you, Sarah. At least that's what you always say." He glided toward her. "I have news for you. Life isn't fair."

"You're cruel."

"Cruel, yes, but I can also be fair. If only you'd loved me…"

She shook her head, at the same time shaking away her feelings. Whenever she was around him she became intoxicated. Her skin ached and chills ran through her body. He was a cruel devil is what he was! Cruel but also addictive. She knew she could never dare getting too close to him. He would be too much for her to bear.

"But I don't." She straightened herself, lying skillfully. "You have no reason to keep me here."

"Oh, but I do, Sarah. I do." He slipped his arm through hers and guided her down the hallway. She held her breath at his touch, disguising the feelings it roused in her. "I have something to show you."

His stride was quick. If he hadn't held fast to her she would have surely fell behind. He was silent as they sped toward their destination though he had much twirling through his mind. Deep inside he knew she wouldn't take to what he was about to tell her. He knew she would reject him again and demand to leave, but he had no choice. His schemes and trickery wouldn't deceive her forever. At one point he would have to tell her the truth. He would have to lay it on the line.

"There is no way…" Sarah shut the book with a loud thud. "I'll never…" She couldn't believe what she had just read. A prophecy in an old torn book. The goblin king would one day fall in love with a human and she would have power over him, over his heart and all that he owned. He would have to fight for her but in the end she would be his. That he would only fall in love once and she would in the end rule with him.

"As you can see, Sarah. You are mine."

"I don't belong to anybody!" She plopped the book in front of him and proceeded toward the door.

"It's all there. There's no mistaking it." Jareth said.

"It's a fairy tale, nothing more." She replied.

"I thought you believed in fairy tales, Sarah."

She stopped, not bothering to turn and look at him. "I'm not a child anymore."

"You are the same Sarah that ran my labyrinth, the same one I watched over as a child, the same one that became obsessed with my book. That hasn't changed." His hands were resting on her shoulders suddenly and she shivered as his lips came near her ear. "You believed in me once."

"I'm not believing a book in your library that you could have conjured up to trick me. I'm not destined for anything, especially not for you. I'm just a normal woman."

He backed up, surprised at her self-deprecation. "Just a normal woman? I would not have done all that I have, and done it all for you, if you were just a normal woman."

"I refuse to believe it!" She spun around on him. "You have done nothing for me but cause me pain!"

"Let me rectify that. Let me show you what it's like to be Queen of the Goblins."