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Chapter One- Before the events in Labyrinth
Before the events that happened in Labyrinth, Jareth and Sarah had met before. Sarah was a three year old and one day she was being very unruly. Her mother made the mistake of saying a phrase she knew from one of her favorite books, The Labyrinth. "I wish the goblins would come and take you away, right now."
Sarah's mother didn't realize what she had done until she was face to face with Jareth the goblin king. She knew what she had did. She looked at him in the eye with defiance and anger when he asked her, "Forget the child. Leave it here and I promise it will be taken care of."
She saw the look of surprise in his eyes when she said, "I'd rather die. I know what's said is said but I didn't mean it. Tell me how I can get her back."
Jareth looked into the determined mother's eyes, he didn't even know what the child looked like. Every time a child was wished away it was taken to his home. When he saw the determination and defiance on the mother's face he could tell that the child was normally well behaved. By seeing how much she was loved he had a rebellious thought. Would it be so hard to just give the child back? Pushing the thought back he told himself that what's said is said. There was nothing to do. He made an oath a long time ago, he couldn't let any child go without a fight. So he replied with a smooth voice, "You must run my Labyrinth, solve it and find your child in order to get it back." Before the woman could speak Jareth raised his hand, "There is a catch, and you must do it all in under thirteen hours."
His final statement was what brought fear to her eyes. Although the fear he saw was gone as quickly as it came. Then in reply to the statement she said, "Piece of cake, I accept your challenge."
With these words Jareth disappeared and the mother was transported to the front of the Labyrinth.