World's Apart
Sarah looked at the schedule in front of her. As of today it was the beginning of the end. It was the first day of her senior year of high school. She bit her lip calculating how long it would take to get from class to class on the estimation of previous trips down the corridors.
First, she had Calculus, oh joy. Then she had Choir, which was on the other side of the school, joy again. Then she would have her History class which was in between the first two classes, easier. Fourth period she had English which was across from the history hall, great. Before 5th she would have lunch then her Science class, followed by Art. Both we're in the same general area, and last she would have Drama class which was held in the auditorium, and was in the middle of the school.
She waved to her friends who waved back as she continued down the hallway heading towards Calculus. She sighed, readjusting her backpack comfortably over her shoulder. She looked up at the time, there was plenty of time until the final bell rung, so she decided to go look for her locker.
She rounded the corner leading to a new hallway and almost tripped. Her eyes were deceiving her, that had to be it. Just as she rounded the corner a man with short spiky blonde hair rounded the corner. No, it couldn't be him. What was he doing in her school?
His appearance was slightly different, but she could tell it was him. He didn't have blonde tendrils falling from his short hair, nor did he appear as old as he did when last they met. In fact he had the appearance of an 18 year old. He wore a white poet's shirt, with a black vest over it. His necklace that had dangled from his neck was gone, as was his tights, replaced by jeans.
Her eyes met with his for an instant and she saw his piercing mismatched eyes. There was no mistake now, it was him. His pace was fast and he was going in the other way. Before she could think she was following him, nearly running to catch him. He rounded another corner and she lost sight of him. He wasn't going to be there, he would disappear mysteriously like he always did. Yet she couldn't help it, she needed to see for herself that he was gone.
She was shocked though when she rounded the corner and came face to face with him. She panted slightly, amazed at how fast he had walked. "Jareth," she breathed, "what are you doing here?" He chuckled at her, she could see the amusement radiating from his eyes. This angered her, she had asked a question, why couldn't he give her an answer?
"My dear Sarah, why do you think I'm here?" He asked with a tilt of his head. This made her even angrier and before she thought about it she swung her binder in the direction of his head. Luckily for him he stopped it fairly easily from hitting his head and held it above her head, just out of reach. "Now Sarah, is that anyway to treat an old friend?"
An old friend?! Was he out of his mind? She gave him a smirk that mocked one of his most famous of smirks. "Jareth, what are you doing here?" She asked again. He moved her binder to his side and started walking down the hallway, leaving her no choice but to follow.
"Do I really need a reason?" He asked innocently, or what he thought sounded innocent.
"Yes." She replied bluntly. He gave a shrug to her and she reached out trying to grab her binder, but he only increased his pace. She let out a small growl, she would try to be reasonable. "Where are you going now?" She asked hoping for a straightforward answer.
"Down this hallway." He said his voice deadpan. Sarah let out another growl, he knew that wasn't the answer she wanted and it was exactly the reaction he had wanted. She let out a small breath, she wasn't going to let him get to her, not this time.
"Fine." She said following him. There was a fear growing inside her as she found them getting farther and farther away from people. It appeared they were heading towards the gym area, no one would be there because there were no classes first hour. The security she felt while being at school was slowly dissipating
The gym hallway had always been dimmer than the others, but now it seemed so ominous. The fear that she felt for the Goblin King was returning with every inch of light that disappeared before her eyes. It was getting unnaturally darker, in fact the lights were slowly all turning off! "Sarah, are you scared?" He asked.
"No." Her voice betrayed her though, for it wouldn't stop shaking. She closed her eyes, fist tightening. She wouldn't let him get the best of her, she wouldn't! She reopened her eyes with a new determination radiating from her eyes. If he was here for her brother, then she would fight with every ounce of strength she had. "You have no pow-"
She was stopped by lips on her own. 'What?' her mind was racing and she lifted her hands up to his shoulders pushing him away. "What do you think your doing."
"Don't say those words, don't." He commanded his voice harsher than before. "Words have power Sarah, do not say what you don't mean."
"How do you know I don't mean them?" She questioned. She could feel the smirk on his lips as he leaned to her ear.
"Because I know you, and your curious. You don't want to get rid of me, before you find out the reason why I'm here do you?" He questioned her, his voice back to the soft feather like way.
"You can't have him. I won him back fair and square." She stated, her defiance apparent. He laughed at her for the second time today.
"My dear Sarah, you're mistaken I see. I did not come here for your brother, on the contrary I have no intention of taking away anyone today."
"Then why?" She couldn't help but shout at him.
"There's something I need to learn, something I need to do, and I can only do it in this world." There was more to the story, she was sure but the 5 minute bell had just rang and she really needed to get to class, and she still hadn't found her locker. She let out a sigh as she turned around walking towards Calculus.
"So you need to become a student in order to accomplish your goal?" She asked turning around to stare at him.
"Yes."
"And you'll be gone once you accomplish this task?" She asked again.
"If all goes well." He said still with holding the whole story.
"I'm going to class, I'll deal with you later I guess." She said still wary of the Fae. She knew from experience the Goblin King could not be trusted.
She blinked as she heard his boots clink behind her, why was he following her? Was there something left unsaid that he wanted to clarify? Highly doubtful. "What? You know if you don't get to class your going to be late? If your going to live in this world then you should obey the rules, don't you think?" She asked turning around only to find him gone. 'Typical Jareth', she thought running towards her first class.
She had made it just in time apparently because after she entered the final bell rang and anyone not in the classroom was late. When she looked at the desks she couldn't help but be surprised, for sitting in the seat next to hers was the Goblin King himself. Was he stalking her now?
She sat down and leaned toward the side and whispered to him "I thought I said go to your own class? Not mine!" She exclaimed. He smirked.
"Williams?" The teacher called out.
"Here!" She said in a cheerful voice, and then looked back at the Goblin King expectantly.
He opened his mouth to make a comment to Sarah but the teacher called out another name, "Crystals?"
"Here." Jareth replied. Sarah was skeptical, this had to be some sort of twisted joke. Where were the camera's? The teacher continued to call out names but Sarah didn't pay attention anymore. Why was her world be torn apart? Everything was going the wrong way.
She couldn't talk anymore because the teacher had begun class and was going over the rules and assigning out textbooks to the students.
If she had thought first period was bad then the whole day was a disaster, because every class she went to he was there too, even lunch! He was stalking her, and there was nothing she could do about it.
When the end of the day she nearly ran out of the building wanting to get some room to breathe and try and understand what was going on.
It was a shame that she had to go home though, because the first thing she heard when she walked through the door was her step mom talking to her father. She was planning what the would do for the weekend obviously assuming that Sarah would baby sit as usual. Sarah was fuming inside, she really never did ask anymore! Not that Sarah didn't love her brother, really she did, but her step mother needed to be taken down a few notches.
Sarah walked through the kitchen doorway calmly, her step mom stopping talking as she entered. "Welcome home." Her father said.
"Thanks." Sarah said. She walked to the fridge grabbing a carton of juice and then walking to the cupboard for a glass, she poured the juice into the glass, and then returning the carton to the fridge. She picked up her cup took a sip and as she was about to leave turned around to face Karen and her father, "By the way, I won't be babysitting this weekend on account of having a date." She said walking out.
She held her laughter in until she reached her room, she couldn't believe the shocked expression on her face, it made lying worth it, it really did. Now she'd really have to find something to do this weekend, or else her mother would call her lie, and Sarah would probably need to find a guy to say that she was going out with too." She sighed such a trouble for such a pain in her neck, if only her stepmother was more considerate, Sarah might be more nicer to her.
Sarah sighed gulping down the last of her juice and putting the glass on a coaster. She laid down on her bed, what a tiring day today had been. Life seemed to prove over and over that it wasn't fair, but wasn't it? Could it really be bad to have Jareth in her life? Yes! He was mischievous and was no good, wasn't he? Sarah screamed into her pillow cursing Jareth for making her life more complicated than it already was.
TBC
Disclaim: I don't own Labyrinth or any of it's character's they all belong to Jim Henson. I also don't own Three Days Grace (just their cd) which I have been listening to for the past 6 hours. TDG belongs to TDG! or some record company or whatever.
A/N: So what'd you think for the first chapter? Did it suck a lot? I've never wrote fan fiction for Labyrinth before even though I've wanted to ever since I saw the movie. Which was before I even knew what fan fiction was! I've always been afraid that'd I just write the same thing as what other people have wrote, which is quite easy to do since this movie has been out for a long time.
Well RR please! Oh and you'll understand the title later on when the story progresses a little more.