AN/ I don't own Labyrinth or any characters or even david bowie's sexy body... But I do own the idea for this story :D Anyways... Italics are scenes from movies if they are large portions . ENJOY
Sarah sat down at her desk, slowly packing her toys into her drawers. As she placed her music box in the drawer and shut it, she felt part of her life coming to an end. When she entered the Labyrinth she had been a spoiled young girl, feeling completely dominated by her stepmother and her overly spoiled little brother. Then in a fit of rage she had made the biggest mistake of her life, but also the most important. She looked into the mirror and sighed, thinking wistfully of her friends from the labyrinth. Although she hated the Goblin King for his childish game, she was also grateful. Dramatic Sarah Williams, who had a boring name and a dull home life, had embarked on an adventure and become friends with Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Didymus. And in that, she reluctantly thanked the vile Goblin King.
A small bang sounded below startling Sarah briefly before she realized that it was simply her father and stepmother coming in.
"Hello, we're home!" Her father called. Sarah quickly finished pulling pictures of her mother off the mirror and set them down.
"Sarah, are you home?" her father called again. She felt a sudden burst of joy in her heart. She had really made it out of the Labyrinth and saved Toby. She had defeated the Goblin King, and failed to submit to his will.
"Yes!" She called out, "I am home!"
She turned back to the mirror and saw Ludo looking back at her. He smiled at her and tilted his head, "goodbye Sarah."
Sarah twisted around looking at her bed where Ludo had been in the mirror, but he wasn't there. A little disheartened, she turned back to the mirror, seeing Sir Didymus there on her bed. He looked at her, a little sad, but brave.
"...and remember fair maiden, should you need us..." He faded as Hoggle jumped up from behind her bed.
"Yes, should you need us, for anything at all," he stretched out his arms towards her with his offering and a tear built and rolled over one of her charcoal lashes and down her cheek.
"I-I do need you Hoggle," she whispered, trying to speak past the lump in her throat. Hoggle looked shocked.
"You do?" he asked. She tilted her head and smiled slightly, "I don't know why, but every now and again in my life, for no reason at all, I need you. All of you."
"You do?" Hoggle's eyes widened. He grinned suddenly, "Well, why didn't you say so?"
A loud party whistle sounded from behind her and she turned to see everyone from the Labyrinth in her room. Sarah ran over and grabbed Hoggle in a fierce hug, laughing and crying as she spun him around. She let go of him to next pull Sir Didymus into a tight hug and clambered over to where Ludo stood, slightly hunched over so he didn't bang his head against the roof. She wrapped her arms around her eight foot tall companion and snuggled into his furry torso. She smiled as she watched the goblins and Fierys pop the party crackers and silly string all around her room. Letting go of Ludo she danced with Hoggle and smiled. Maybe things would not be so bad. She would still be able to see her friends, with the benefit of not having a mischievous and troublesome Goblin King to stop her.
But little did she know, outside her window, a white owl sat, his eyes sharply focussed on her as he ruffled his snowy white feathers. It irked Jareth that she had not submitted to his will but already his mind was filled with possibilities.
Soon my love, he thought, then flew out of sight, and seemingly out of Sarah's life.
Sarah woke up the next morning, and looked around at her empty room. She vaguely recollected having several strange creatures in her room last night... Ludo. What was that? She shook her head, recalling that her friends were here but as soon as their faces appeared in her mind, they turned fuzzy...
"Whats going on? Why am I forgetting?"