Prologue...
Jareth watched the girl and his citizens dance around her room. He had no idea how the girl had beaten him. His emotions were strange to him, painful and unwanted. He would find a way to destroy her even if it took his last breath. Flying towards the large full moon, he raced onward, knowing he could not return to his lost kingdom.
The Labyrinth would find another Goblin King and life would continue without Jareth. He wondered briefly if any of the little demons would even remember him, then made a low very not owl like growl. The full moon guided him on his journey, even as he knew it was the last place he wanted to go. But rules were rules, even for former Goblin Kings, and Jareth had to deal with the consequences of his defeat.
He had offered her dreams and the child had thrown it back into his face. Usually such a slight by a female would be forgotten but he could not forget. She destroyed his piece of mind and had beaten his Labyrinth. Had beaten him. It would not go unpunished.
He flew for hours, over an ocean that silently watched him. He let his rage fuel him until he saw his target. A small island misted in a light blue fog greeted him
and he landed at the mouth of a large cave. Landing gracefully as a
man again, he walked into the cave and waited for his summons. He did
not have long to wait.
"How the mighty have fallen," a sweet feminine voice mocked. "And by
the words of a child."
"I have not been defeated, only stalled in my quest," he answered
stiffly. "And I will have my revenge."