Labyrinth
Chapter 1: Dreaming
Sarah was running down a dark hallway. She felt like she had been running for hours and nothing had changed. She wasn't sure how she had gotten here or what she was running towards, but she knew it was imperative that she get there. From far off she could hear the giggle of a small child. She ran frantically towards the sound. She must be getting closer. The giggling was louder than when she had started.
Sarah's eyes flew open and she let out a shaky breath. That dream always frustrated her and left her feeling exhausted when she woke up. She had been having the dream for three years and never seemed to get anywhere. She heard the giggling again and she sat up and looked towards her bedroom door. Throwing on her robe she moved out into the hallway. She heard Toby's voice. It sounded like he was talking to someone. She made her way slowly to his room and carefully pushed open the door. "Toby?" He was sitting up in the bed looking towards the window. He looked at her and smiled. "What are you doing up? It's late." He laid back down and she threw his covers back over him and sat on the edge of the bed. "Who were you talking to?"
"The man," Toby answered sleepily. Sarah felt a small tug of panic, but she tamped it down. She yawned.
"What man?" She looked nervously toward the window. When she got no answer her gaze wandered back down to Toby who had slipped back into a peaceful sleep. Sarah let her head fall into her hands and sat motionless for a long time. This wasn't the first time Sarah had been woken up to Toby's delighted giggles or his soft musical voice in the middle of the night. She always told herself that he was an animated dreamer like her, but a more sinister part of her mind reminded her that Toby was always awake and always staring out the window when she came in. She pulled herself to her feet and went to the window. Everything seemed right. The window was closed and latched and there was nobody around. That didn't mean a thing, her mind told her. She shivered then, with one glance back at Toby, headed back to her room.
She threw herself back down on her bad and scolded herself for freaking out like that. It had been three years since… and Sarah still couldn't get her mind to stop thinking about him. The Labyrinth had all been a dream and so had he. Jareth. The Goblin King. A lot of the time she was able to convince herself that she had made him up. But sometimes her imagination would run too far away with her and she would doubt herself. If the Labyrinth had been a dream it had been so vivid. And if it had been her dream then why was Toby affected by it. She knew he was having dreams too. He would try to tell his mother all about them in the morning. 'Stop!' Sarah ordered her mind as she snuggled back under her covers. She closed her eyes and desperately tried to force sleep to come, hoping that it would be dreamless. As she began to drift off, she was sure she heard soft laughter at her window. She forced the sound out and slipped into a restless sleep.
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Silently the window slid open letting in a bit of the cool night air. A figure slid in and then stilled as Sarah shifted in her sleep. Slowly he made his way to the bed side and stared down at her. She was even more beautiful than he remembered. Even as she slept he could see the familiar fire that burned within her. He smirked. In three years he had thought of only Sarah and it was beginning to affect his performance as king. It was time that he finish what he started with her in the Labyrinth and be on with his life. This time it would take just a bit more finesse. He was sure he could win her over. Jareth brushed a strand of hair out of her face and smiled. "Soon, my darling Sarah." The window shut quietly behind him as he left. The moon shone down on the white owl as he made his way back to his kingdom.
A/N: Here's the first of my Labyrinth fic. It's short, but I just wanted to get into it. Enjoy. I'll try to update soon.