As she sat in her garden watching the world go by, Sarah noticed something hanging from one of the branches in the tree, the sun was high in the sky and shone down on the tree reflecting off the object making it impossible to tell what it was, after a few failed attempts at trying to make out what it was from afar she decided to get up and have a closer look at it.
As she got closer, she stopped dead in her tracks on the branch was a pendant, not just any pendant, but HIS pendant, slowly she went closer to the tree and took the pendant off the branch and turned it over in her hands a couple of times taking a closer look at the object she had seen three years ago that day. 'What in the world is his pendant doing in my tree' she thought, puzzled as to why it was there, then suddenly out of no where a snowy white owl flew past Sarah's face and out of sight, only to reappear moments later as the Goblin King.
Sarah dropped his pendant and watched as the terrifyingly beautiful Goblin King walked towards her slowly, she looked up at his face, his eyes still held the same mismatched cruelty as before but there was something else there to, anger or hatred maybe, possibly something else she just couldn't put her finger on it, she looked up and down his form she could feel her cheeks growing warm as she looked at the slight bulge between his legs, she could feel his gaze on her which didn't help with the already dark pink colouring on her cheeks, he wore a white poets shirt, opened slightly to reveal some of his slightly toned, alabaster chest, black leather gloves covered strong, masculine hands, black knee high boots and tight grey breeches finished off the outfit, 'They'll do things to a woman's mind' she thought, his hair was slightly longer than she remembered it and it looked a bit wilder too, some of the longer bits blew gently across and around his face in the breeze.
Jareth watched his pendant fall to the ground as he slowly made his way over to Sarah, she stood still apart from her eyes which, he noticed, swept up and down his form and rested for a moment between his legs, a grin broke out across his regal features as he noticed her cheeks becoming a dark shade of pink, he also took her form in she'd filled out and lost her puppy fat, he'd seen her in his crystals but it was nothing compared to the real thing, he noticed that Sarah had grown into a beautiful young woman, more so than the last time he had seen her in the labyrinth, she had bare feet, her toes were coated in a deep shade of blue 'My favourite colour' he mused with a small smile, she wore a plain light blue vest and knee length shorts. Her eyes were a lovely shade of green and still held the fire he remembered so well, her mouth was open slightly from the shock of seeing him and framed by full lips, her skin was like porcelain and shone slightly in the sun and her long chocolate coloured hair blew around her slightly in the breeze.
"Is that any way to greet an old friend ?" he asked grinning, the sun gleaming off his pointed teeth, Sarah snapped out of her stillness at the sound of his haughty voice ringing in her ears.
She was shocked, "...What ?" she asked, almost whispering it to him, coming to her senses again and before he had chance to answer, "Why are you here Goblin King ?" she asked more forcefully, like she wasn't actually slightly scared by the fact her childhood enemy was stood inches away from her.
He looked at her, a look of complete innocence on his face, "Why Sarah, today is the three year anniversary of when you beat my labyrinth, is it such a bad thing for me to come and share the day with it's champion ?" he watched her face, smiling angelically at her all the time, he could see the inward struggle she was having for whether or not she should believe him and trust what he said.
Sarah turned towards the house and back to Jareth and eyes him warily, "How do I know you haven't just come back for Toby ?" she watched his expression change from angelic to one of mock hurt and crossed her arms and waited for him to answer.
He laid a hand on his chest, "Why Sarah, I'm offended, do you really think so little of me as to accuse me of such a thing ?" he could see she was about to open her mouth and say something else, but he held up a leather clad hand and continued, "IF I'd have come back for dear little Tobias, do you think I would have made my presence known ?" he questioned and just as she was about to open her mouth again he carried on, smirking as he knew he was irritating her by the look on her face, "The child is safe, Sarah, neither I nor my goblins have touched him since three years ago this day"
She eyed him skeptically, her mind couldn't decide whether or not to trust him, 'He sounds like he's telling the truth' she thought, "Ok, I believe you" he was about to reply when she cut him off with a smirk, "Why are you here Goblin King and I want the truth ?" she said the last part slowly and clearly, emphasising the last word.
'Gods she's beautiful when she's angry' he thought, a slight smile creeping across his features, he sighed and held his hand up, inches away from her face, a crystal appearing almost instantly, "I've brought you a gift..."
