Disclaimer: I still don't own anything, but one day I will.hey it could happen. The song is Field of Innocence, Evanescence

Chapter 1

Sarah was standing on the bridge in her childhood refuge, the park, the same place she used to recite the lines from the Labyrinth. That is until the night she wished away her little brother Toby. After that night though, after her defeat of the Labyrinth and it's master Jareth, the Goblin King, Sarah had grown closer to her brother. Unfortunately the same could not be said for her step-mother, Karen. Karen seemed to do everything in her power to make Sarah's life hell. Karen gave her chance to go out with her friends, or go out on dates, Sarah was always too busy looking after Toby, but she didn't begrudge Toby because of it, after all it wasn't his fault. Karen also never lifted a finger around the house anymore. All of the cleaning was now Sarah's responsibility. Perhaps it was for the best though. The few experiences she had, had with guys, well they hadn't worked out too well. Especially Matt, her latest ex. They had been apart 6 months but he still haunted her.

~I remember the world~

~Through the eyes of a child~

~Slowly those feelings were clouded~

~By what I know now~

She didn't want to think about Matt. Not now. Not ever.

"I wonder," she murmured, "how Hoggle, Ludo and Didymus are doing." She had spoken to them a few times since she had returned from the Labyrinth 3 years earlier, but hadn't spoken to any of them in over a year, in fact, she realized, she hadn't spoken to them since she had started going out with Matt. Sarah shook her head to rid herself of her thoughts. "Sarah," she reprimanded herself, "you're 18 years old, it's time you grew up. You got rid of Matt, and now it's time to let go of the Labyrinth." Her voice sounded strong, much stronger the she felt, it was just too bad she didn't believe a word she was saying.

~Where has my heart gone~

~An uneven trade for the real world~

~I want to go back to believing in everything~

~And knowing nothing at all~

Sarah sighed as she stood up, "Better get home before Karen goes postal at her. again." Nothing she did was ever right, she was never good enough. What was the use in even trying anymore? Sarah started to walk slowly home.

Once she reached her front door Karen opened it before she even had a chance to.

"Sarah," Karen practically shrieked, "Where have you been? You're father and I are going out. We'll be leaving in about 5 minutes. Toby needs dinner and you can clean the house while we're gone. I expect the house to look perfect when we return. Now get inside and go fetch Toby from upstairs."

Sarah sighed and muttered "Yes Karen," as she walked through the door.

Sarah made her way up the stairs to get Toby and before she even reached the top she heard the front door slam closed and then her fathers car door slam and the car engine start up.

"Typical," she muttered, "I shouldn't have expected anything else though. Although I don't understand why she has to bloody well yell all the time."

A short while later Sarah sat at the table with Toby waiting for his dinner to finish cooking.

"Toby I'm sorry, you're dinner will be ready soon. Sorry it's taken so long but you're mother didn't get anything out for me to cook for you." Sarah felt guilty that her younger brother had to wait for his dinner to cook when he should have gotten it about the time she arrived home, forty minutes earlier.

"It's alright Sar, I know what mummy's like to you," Toby told her, following her as she got up and walked into the kitchen. Sarah bent down to be eye level with Toby and pulled him to her in a quick hug.

"Toby, you know too much for your age sometimes, but I guess that could end up being a virtue as you get older."

Toby just looked at his sister and replied, "I know," with a small smirk on his lips.

"Sarah stood back up and shooed Toby out of the kitchen, "Go on, back to the table so I can get your dinner." And with that Toby ran back out to the table.

After Toby ate his dinner Sarah let him stay up for a while to watch a video while she went and sat in her bedroom. Sarah was thinking, a sometimes dangerous pastime, Sarah stood, looking out her window and staring at the night sky. All the while thinking about her adventure all those years ago, and the one person who she realized truly loved her, for no reason other than being herself.

~I still remember the sun~

~Always warm upon my back~

~Somehow it seems colder now~

Sarah shivered from the cool night breeze coming in through her open window. She closed the window and went downstairs to send Toby to bed.

"Come on Toby," Sarah said as she walked into the room, "time for bed."

"Aww, come on Sarah, just a little longer. Five more minutes? Please?" Toby was looking at her with puppy dog eyes and pleading with her.

"I'm really sorry Tob's, but I'm beat and I can't go to bed until you do. Just tonight, can you please go to bed the first time I ask? Please?" Sarah sighed the let out a yawn.

"Oh, alright Sarah, since you're tired." Toby headed upstairs while Sarah turned off the light and then followed her younger brother.

Sarah went into Toby's room and tucked him in, "G'night Toby, sweet dreams hun."

Toby smiled up at his sister, "Night Sar."

Sarah walked into her room, got changed into her boxers and an old t-shirt and practically collapsed into her bed. She was just so tired. Ever since she had started getting these dreams, not long after her journey, it was like no matter how long she slept she always woke up tired. Though lately it had been getting worse. She used to wake just a little tired, but alright, lately she always seemed to be so tired but when she'd go to bed it would always take her a long time to get to sleep. Sarah lay in her bed, trying to sleep, but it wasn't working. For some reason her thoughts kept turning to a certain Goblin King.

~Where has my heart gone~

~Trapped in the eyes of a stranger~

'Maybe,' she thought, 'I always end up in bad. relationships.because I'm not meant to be with any of them.' Deep down inside of herself, Sarah knew that she had fallen for the Goblin King. But she was scared. After being hurt so many times, by both her family and her pats boyfriends, she didn't want to risk getting hurt again. She didn't want to risk the one person she had ever truly cared about hurting her. No, she could never call him. Never let him know. Hell, she couldn't let herself love him. Or anybody else for that matter. Love led to nothing but pain.

And with that Sarah drifted into sleep.

~I want go back~

~To believing in everything~

A/N: Well, how'd I do? I bet everyone's sick of reading Evanescence when they read my fics, but I don't care, I like the songs. Anyway you known the drill, please r&r cause I need the reviews! If I get reviews then I'll post more. And anyone reading my other fic What is there to live for, I will keep going with it, I'm just suffering writers block with that story. So review already would ya! RW