Disclaimer: I do not own anything Labyrinth or Disney related.
Authors note: I thought this would be a cute little story about Jareth and Sarah going to Disney World. I got the idea for this story while I was sitting in the Magic Kingdom waiting for the Ferry. Most of the writing of this story takes place while I'm actually in the parks since I work at Animal Kingdom. I travel to the parks on my days off for inspiration. I am really not sure how serious this story is going to get but I wouldn't expect it.
Chapter 1: Prologue
Sarah Williams, Champion of the Labyrinth, had stayed in contact with the creatures from the Underground ever since her return ten years ago. In fact, the majority of her time was spent passing between the two worlds.
At first, it had been tiring wishing to go every time she had wanted to visit. One day, the Goblin King surprised her by granting her access to the Underground through a mirror. He'd arrived unexpectedly in her bedroom telling her that he was tired of granting her wishes so he'd made her a portal.
It had surprised her even more when he'd invited her to dinner in the castle beyond the Goblin City. That particular dinner had been the best dinner of Sarah's life. Not to mention the food prepared by the servants of the castle was phenomenal. She found the Goblin King's company easy companionship and ever since that day eight years ago, they'd spent most of their time together.
In no time at all, Jareth and Sarah had become good friends. She still visited Hoggle and Sir Didymus from time to time but more and more often Sarah spent her time in Jareth's castle. The pair would spend hours reading quietly in each other's company commenting now and again on the characters of their perspective books. Sometimes, they would play chess. Sarah always lost much to Jareth's amusement. Other times they strolled through the garden hand and hand talking about the day or their own lives.
Their platonic relationship was something Sarah valued above all others. The Goblin King was simply her best friend. He even gave her relationship advice when she was having a hard time with boys. College had been a trying time for her when it came to boys. She'd been hurt by a few guys. Jareth had always been there to talk her through it and even to threaten the offending boys' bodily harm to which Sarah always declined.
The pair quite often took trips together. Usually the trips were in the Underground, to the mermaids cove, the dwarf mines and countless of other places that Jareth had insisted on showing her, being the proud ruler that he was. Sometimes they visited the Aboveground together, France, Germany, and the UK. Jareth had loved England. While trolling through one of the side streets in London he'd happened across a specialty tea shop and purchased 30 boxes of assorted tea.
One night on the computer, Sarah had been researching vacations for them to take. It had been almost nine months since their last vacation Above or Under ground. She had originally been researching New York City when an ad popped up for Disney World. A wicked smile spread across Sarah's face as she gazed at the ad. How much fun would it be to drag Jareth through Disney World? To her knowledge, he'd never been on any sort of ride or any amusement park. She couldn't be sure until she asked him though. After all, Jareth was a 4000 year old immortal being. Even though they talked constantly, she had only scratched the surface of his very long life history.
Deciding this was indeed the place to go on their next vacation Sarah booked the tickets and then walked through the mirror to tell the Goblin King the good news.
"I feel like I should record this," Sarah said as she finished her dinner in the dining hall of the castle beyond the Goblin City.
"What the devil are you talking about, Sarah?" Jareth asked as he brought his wine glass to his lips.
"Well, I've picked the spot for our next vacation. It's already booked. All the arrangements have been made. Usually, when this location is revealed people record the reactions."
Jareth raised his winged eyebrows skeptically. "Uh huh and where are we going?"
"To the happiest place on Earth, Walt Disney World." Sarah told him with a huge smile on her face as she waited to gauge his reaction.
When he didn't react, Sarah realized he had no idea what she was talking about. "Leave it to humans to make their happiest place a different world." Jareth replied distastefully. Sarah roared with laughter to which Jareth shot her a dark look causing her to laugh harder. That was Jareth, always taking things so literally.
"No, Jareth, Walt Disney World is a theme park in Florida. There are rides and shows. It's an awesome place. I think you'll love it."
Jareth passed through the mirror carrying his luggage. Soft leather goblin crafted bags given to him on his birthday this past year by the goblins. They usually rallied together and gave him a handmade present. He had a plethora of items in his private rooms in the castle beyond the Goblin City, journals, totes, leather bound albums, drawings, pottery and the like. The goblins were his subjects after all and even though he usually despised them and kicked them and was downright cruel to them, he found their loyalty endearing and kept everything they'd ever made him. 4000 years' worth of items tucked away in the nooks and crannies of the castle.
Sarah stood in the middle of the living room with a pen and paper in her hand checking off items that she'd already packed. Jareth set his luggage down on the floor gently and crossed the Oriental rug to stand next to his friend. He peered over her shoulder at the all too familiar loops and curves of Sarah's frilly handwriting.
"I think you've packed too much," Jareth said humorously, chuckling as Sarah jumped.
"When did you get here?" she chided throwing him a dark look.
"Just now. Why are you taking so much? I thought you said this trip was all inclusive," Jareth replied plucking the paper from her hands and reading over the list.
"It is but you never know what we'll need. It's cheaper to bring the items from home instead of purchasing stuff there. Orlando is a tourist trap. Things are expensive there," Sarah said taking her list back and continuing to check things off.
He glanced at the clock. "Aren't we supposed to board a plane at 5:30?"
"Yes, why?" Sarah confirmed.
"Because it's 4:00," Jareth told her. Sarah's eyes widened.
"Shit, we're going to be late. We can't miss our flight. Would you mind packing all this stuff? You know, magically?" Sarah pleaded with the Goblin King. He usually goaded her for asking him to use magic and this time was no different. Instead of verbally scorning her though, he made an aggravated noise and waved his hand. Instantly, all of the bags were packed neatly, stuffed to the brim, ready for adventure.
I hope you enjoyed the prologue. I am having so much fun writing this story. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Like I said before, I don't know how serious this story is going to get. It may just end up being a cute little story with J/S remaining platonic… Then again it could develop into a romance. I don't know yet. The personalities of my J/S characters in this story are closely related to those of my other Labyrinth story.
