"You have no power over me…" Those were the last words I said to him three years ago, today. I once roamed the Labyrinth in search of his magnificent castle upon the Goblin City, though since I retrieved Toby, I have had zero contact with Jareth. I feel the need to call upon the goblins once more, though I wouldn't want to lie to Jareth, the Goblin King, about anything in particular. I remember dancing in the hallucination with him, so majestic and gentle, and his voice like rose petals gently falling to a cold, brown bed of leaves that had fallen, showing that fall had finally awoken from its slumber. Though, all dreams and hallucinations must come to an end one day, and that time has yet to come beyond my eyes. I am eighteen years old and this is the anniversary of my meeting with Jareth. I miss him and the others, Ludo, Hoggle and Sir Didymus, terribly, fore those four made me feel like I actually had a friend, or even family.
"Sarah, get down here and help with dinner," cried my step-mother from the kitchen. I guess I should; besides I was going to be living on my own soon, so why should I not start cooking and cleaning whilst I'm still with my family? "Sawah, pick me ups," asked Toby, whom is now three years old. As I picked up Toby from the cold, dirty, tile floor, I looked into his eyes and thought of Jareth singing in his sweet voice whilst we were in the stair art within his castle, 'Your eyes can be so cruel', since of course Toby's eyes were the same shade of blue that Jareth had. "Toby," I said. "Do you remember anything from three years ago?" "Pssh, Sarah, you must be joking. Don't even ask a stupid question like that to a three-year-old," giggled my step-mother.
I looked back at Toby and put him back down on the ground. As I was boiling angel-hair pasta for supper, I glanced out the kitchen window and spied an orange and white owl staring right into my eyes. "Jareth…" "What was that, Sarah?" "Nothing, nothing… I just thought that I saw something out in the backyard." "Then go deal with it, we can't have vermin in this household." I sighed and walked out of the backdoor, closing it tightly.
Cautiously and quietly, I slowly stepped toward the owl, looking deep into its eyes, praying for it to be my Goblin King's. "Jareth, is that you?" The owl flapped its wings and flew into the darkness under an old cherry tree and, without making a noise or startling anything, the owl grew into a fully grown man, the same height as Jareth. "Sarah," his voice was hushed but audible. "This is the exact date and time that you said, 'I wish the Goblin King would take you away' three years ago, when we met." I smiled and looked into his sapphire-like eyes. "Jareth, why exactly are you here?"
"I'm here because I heard your wish, Sarah, and I'm here to take you back to my Labyrinth for as long as you desire." I blushed and said, "Oh, Jareth," and tightly wrapped my arms around his body. "Oh, how I've longed for the day with which you would come back for me!" "Sarah, do you realise how much I have awaited this moment," he asked in his gentle voice. I looked back at the old screen door, then back into Jareth's eyes. "I cannot leave yet, my Goblin King, fore I am needed in my home right now. My bedroom window is opened, so if you would be so kind as to wait there until I am ready." "I realise that, Sarah. Now, go back to where you are needed, and I shall await for you," said the Goblin King.
I gave Jareth one last hug then rushed back into my parent's house. "I took care of the vermin for you," I said to my step-mother. "Good, now you can finish dinner while I enjoy some quiet-time with your father," she replied. "Remember to watch Toby until dinner, Sarah." "I understand." After I finished that sentence, I saw her leaving out of the kitchen to my father's study. "Sawah," said Toby, again wanting to be picked up.
I gently swept him off the kitchen floor and gave him a kiss on his left, chubby, pale cheek. I peered out the window to find Jareth leaving for my bedroom, back in his owl form once more. 'Maybe I should bring Toby along to the Goblin City so he can play with Sir Didymus and the others, if of course my parents go out, yet again this weekend,' I thought to myself. I emptied out the boiling water from the sterling silver pot that the angel-hair pasta was in and gently opened the oven door to check on the meatballs that were cooking, when I found that something out-of-the-ordinary was within my stove. "Woo, is it hot in there," said an old friend of mine. "Hoggle," I exclaimed happily as he was maneuvering out of the hot oven, carrying the silver pan of meatballs with him. "Sarah, I should warn you that Jareth-."
"I already know, Hoggle; don't worry about it. Jareth is here to take me to the Goblin City to spend some time together." "You must be crazy, Sarah, to have actually fallen for him," said Hoggle. "You might want to keep your voice down, Hoggle, fore Lord Jareth is up in Sarah's bedroom; oh, and good evening to you, m' lady," said Sir Didymus, coming in to the kitchen on his noble steed, Ambrosia, whom was being followed by my dog, Merlin. "Good evening to you too, Sir Didymus, Ambrosia," I replied. "Where's Ludo?" "He's outside because he couldn't fit into the doors or windows, poor fellow," said Hoggle. "Sarah," said the orange yeti himself, whom was outside of the kitchen window.
"Ludo," I exclaimed happily. I finished preparing dinner and told the gang to meet me out in the Goblin City, back within Jareth's Labyrinth, which they did. "Dinner's ready," I called to my father, step-mother, and Toby. After a minute or two, the three sat at the dining room table, having me bring out supper by myself. "Now, Sarah, your mother and I were planning on going out tonight, so would it be so much trouble to watch Toby?" I smiled and replied, "That'd be just fine by me, father." Father's eyes widened as if he was expecting me to storm off, though I doubt he knew what I was planning on after they had left.
Okay guys, this is my first fanfiction for the Labyrinth! I don't own anything off of the Labyrinth, nor do I make any money off of it. If you don't like this story, don't read it. Inbox me if you have anything you would like for me to add in the story, and I'll make sure to mention you in the chapter. I do apologize if I'm making the characters a bit OOC, though I'm making this on how I viewed the story line and characters. Stay tuned for the next chapter of "Within My Heart is Your Labyrinth." I know, it's a pretty long title, but I like it.