A/N:I hope you like it it's my first Labyrinth fanfic, so tell me how I do. Disclaimer: I don't own the Labyrinth.
As the Petals fall
Chapter 1: Birthday Surprise
"Make a wish Sarah! Make a wish!" a 5 year old blonde boy exclaimed jumping into his sisters lap.
Sarah giggled, "Alright Toby hold your horses. Making a wish is a very delicate process. It takes lots of thought." the boy made a face. "Alright it doesn't I just love to tease you."
"Come now Sarah leave your brother alone and make a wish already I'm getting hungry." Sarah's best friend Tina growled.
"Ok already I already have a wish anyways." Sarah closed her eyes. 'I wish…I wish…I could see him again…What! wait I didn't want to wish for that. Oh well to late now.' She blew out the candles and everyone clapped.
"Good job Sarah we always knew you were full of hot air." Sarah's very gay shaggy haired friend Micah chuckled.
"Oh thanks a lot."
"What did you wish for Sarah? Huh? Huh?" Toby questioned, then squealed when Sarah tried to put frosting on his face.
"Toby you should know better than ask some one what they wished for. If I told you it wouldn't come true." Sarah explained while shoving cake in her mouth.
Toby looked at her with puppy eyes. "Please I won't tell."
"Don't even try to get anything out of her. She's as stubborn as an ox. Especially when it comes to dreams and wishes." Micah's boyfriend Tom put in, grabbing Toby out of Sarah's lap. "How bout we go open presents now?"
"Yeah! Sarah opens my present first!" Toby jumped out of Tom's arms and ran to the living room.
Sarah's dad walks in smiling. "What's Toby so excited about?" Karen gets out of her spot by Sarah with help from Micah to kiss him on the cheek.
"Toby wants Sarah to open his present first." Karen said putting her hand on her 5 month pregnant stomach.
It had been 3 years since Sarah's run in with the Goblin King. She had grown up some, making Karen and her closer, almost as if they were really mother and daughter. Thankfully Toby didn't remember anything about the Underground, making it easier for Sarah to forget it.
A couple of months after the incident Sarah's friends from the Underground stopped coming when Sarah called. Sarah had made new friends at her high school mostly art and drama geeks. Sarah once went out with Micah but they soon broke up after finding out he liked guys. Tina became her best friend after they had both been put as the leads of the school's play Wicked. Sarah and Tina found they had a lot in common. They both were actresses and loved art. Tina also understood Sarah's love for fairy tales.
Sarah's followed the others into the living room and sat on the couch between Tina and Toby. Toby handed her a badly wrapped package. Sarah giggled, "Did you wrap this yourself?" Toby nodded with much zeal. Sarah unwrapped it and almost cried. "Lancelot? But I gave him to you."
"I know, he's my favorite bear so you better take good care of him. He'll keep you company at night so you have to don't cry." Sarah looked at Toby funny.
"But Toby I don't cry at night."
"Yes you do. When I came in to your room last week cuz I was scared of the storm, you were a sleep and you were crying. I think you might have been having a bad dream and Lancelot will protect you from your bad dreams." Sarah hugged Toby and thanked him.
"Alright, enough with the mushy stuff open mine now." Tom handed her a green package. Sarah looked at him cautiously, knowing Tom to be a prankster. "It's not going to jump out at you just open it." Inside Sarah found a shoe box. She raised an eyebrow at him then lifted the lid with great caution.
"Oh my God!" Sarah laughed. Tom had gotten her a pair of hot pink sneakers with the most outrageously green laces.
"Remember when you said you didn't want anything that popped out at you, made disgusting noises, or alive? Well that narrowed my choices down some so I got you the most ridiculous thing I could find that did none of those things." Tom pointed out. "Besides you can never have to many pairs of shoes."
"Tom, I love them." Sarah kissed him on the cheek. "Who's next?"
"Now aren't we greedy." Tina said picking up her present.
"Yes, now gimme." Sarah grabbed the box out of Tina's hands. She ripped off the purple paper and pulled out a black silk cocktail dress with an extremely low neckline. "Tina it's gorgeous, but where would I wear it to?"
"To Charlie Macintyre's party tomorrow night, of course!" Sarah hugged Tina tightly.
"Alright mine next. I hope you like and use it." Micah said handing her a nicely wrapped black box.
"What is it?"
"Now why would I tell you that? Let's just say its not as fancy as Tina's but not as funny as Tom's. It's more useful." Sarah looked at him thoughtfully.
'Now what could he have gotten me this time. I hope it's not another thong. I don't even wear the ones I have.' Sarah thought lifting the lid off the box. She gasped and quickly closed the box. "I can't believe you got me one of these! I'm never going to use it!"
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Come now Sarah let us see what Micah got you." her father asked.
"Yeah Sarah I wanna see!" Toby exclaimed.
"Actually I don't think you want to see this, especially not Toby." Sarah grabbed onto the box protectively.
"Why not?" Toby wined.
"Toby why don't you and your father go get some more cake in the kitchen." Karen suggested. Toby got off the couch and followed his father into the kitchen.
"Now Sarah that the protective father is out and the child you have no reason not to show us what Micah got you." Tina said before Sarah could protest.
Sarah pouted, "Oh fine, knock yourselves out." she lifted the lid of the box and put the box on the coffee table.
"Holy shit! Opps sorry Mrs. Williams…Micah I can't believe you got her one and not me!" Tina exclaimed running her hands over the red silk teddy with black lace lining.
"I know! What am I going to use it for? At least Tina has a boyfriend I've been single since you found out you were gay!" Sarah proclaimed.
Tom walked over to Micah and hit him over the head. "Micah you should have at least set her up with a gigolo first, so she'll have something to wear it for!"
"What! You guys Karen is in here!"
"Sarah dear calm down. It's ok I've heard of a gigolo you know. And I think it was about time you get some clothing like that. You are 18 now and need to start acting like it." Karen pointed an accusing finger at Sarah, then smiled. "Besides I never got to wear one of those and you should be glad that I'm cool."
"See even your mom thinks so!" Micah smiled in victory. Karen called Toby and Sarah's father back into the room after put the lid back on the box.
Karen winked at Sarah and handed her the box. "Take your stuff up to your room and come back down, so your father and I can give you your present." Sarah grabbed the presents and ran up to her room with lightning speed.
Sarah bounced on the couch, laughing. "Ok where is it?"
Karen handed Sarah a small velvet box. Sarah looked at the box and gulped. She lifted the lid and gasped. She was speechless, in the box was a silver ring with gold leaves wrapped around a sapphire. "Oh…my…well umm I don't know what to say."
"How about thank you and a big hug." Sarah's dad suggested. Sarah smiled, then jumped up and gave her dad and Karen a big hug.
Sarah looked at her dad in question, "But why?"
"That Sarah is the family ring, past down from each generation. We have more to tell you Sarah but that'll have to wait until later." her dad informed her.
"Oh…k, whose up for a game of twister." Sarah exclaimed and everyone but Toby moaned.
"You'd think she would mature a little after getting such a great gift!" Tom grumbled.
"Stop wining you know you like to play twister especially with me." Micah wrapping an arm around Tom. "Now lets go play!"
After her friends had left and they had put Toby to bed after much protest, Sarah, Karen, and her father sat down in the living room.
"Ok what else about this ring did you want to tell me?" Sarah said rubbing her finger over it on her right ring finger where it laid.
"Sarah, we don't know how to tell you this but you are not our daughter." Karen said gently.
Sarah frowned. "What do you mean I'm not your daughter? I know your are my step mom, Karen but I'm certain dad is mine. Everyone says I look like him."
"That's because I'm your uncle." He and Karen exchanged a look. "Sarah, your parents sent you to me when you were just a baby so you would be safe during the war that was going on, where they were." he paused and wet his lips. "Sarah you're not human."
A/N: So what'd you think. Like it? Hate it? Let me know! More coming soon and don't hesitate to give advice!