Notes & Disclaimer

This is a movie crossover of Labyrinth and Inkheart. No I do not own the rights to the movies or any other stories that might appear in my story. All credit goes to the rightful people, I only expand my ideas off theirs. *Looks to Jareth* Though I do wish I owned them.

Jareth: What am I, a fairy-godmother or whatever Like Cinderbell had.

Sarah: Really! Come to think of it. It almost seems like you were trying to be my "fairy-godmother or whatever" from CINDERELLA. Not so long ago.

Me: Um-mm okay, saying out of that. I'll... uh... just get to the story. first cue music. My Dark Star by Nick Flavell

Italic = thoughts

[Brackets] = Dream

{Squiggly Brackets} = Jareth mind speak

\\ \\ = Silvertongue magic being worked.

More indications will be added as needed or required and changed accordingly.

Ch. 1

Secrets and A Rare Gift

A while after Jareth left, solemnly, the victory party was over. Sir Didymus was all scrabbled out. Sarah said good night to everyone. Now that Toby was safe, she was exhausted from the nights events. She plopped down on her bed, still dressed and fell asleep. She had a dream of her mother, the first one in a long time. Sarah was small in her dreams, she couldn't remember how old, maybe five or six. Her mother and father were reading to her.

["Sarah bedtime, grab a book sweetie." Linda chimed as she finished scraping a half eaten plate of Sarah's dinner into the garbage, then setting it in the sink with the other dishes. She would wash them later after her husband and she read Sarah to sleep.

"Yes. How bout we read some more of "The True Bride'?" Jim suggested, he always left Sarah's books down at her level so she could reach them while he or his wife grabbed her pajamas. Which they took turns getting.

"Okay." Sarah said and ran off to grab the volume of the Grimm's Fairy Tales that had the story in it. It was one of her favorites besides Rumpelstiltskin.

"Brush your teeth first, then let's get you in your pajamas before we get started." Linda said as Sarah came back with the book.

"Okay." said Sarah handing the book to her mom, then went with her dad to brush their teeth.

As they all headed to Sarah's room, Jim took the book from his wife. "Now where were we." he said while thumbing through the pages to the story.

"She is going to wear the moon gown to the ball." Sarah said as they entered her room and her mom helped her put pajamas on.

"That is right my little precious." Linda said while bringing Sarah over to the bed to lay her down and tuck her in.

"Ah yes. Right." Jim said finding the page. \\"Next evening she took out the dress with the silver moons and put on a half moon made of precious stones in her hair. When she appeared at the festival, all eyes were upon her, but the King's son hastened to meet her, filled with love for her, danced with her alone, and no longer glanced at anyone else. Before she went away she was forced to promise him to come again to the festival on the last evening."\\ He read from the story when there was a slight shimmer that was barely noticeable. But shook off as the on come of sleep. Unknown to everyone the dress from the story floated down out of nowhere in Jim and Linda's room and landed on the bed.]

Sarah started to stir from her slumber.

"Sarah, breakfast is almost ready. Waffles." Her stepmother, Cornelia, called from the foot of the stairs.

That woke up Sarah the rest of the way. She got up and went to her bedroom door and opened it. "Be down in a minute." She replied and closed the door. She looked herself over and saw she had fallen asleep in her clothes, she decided to just brush her hair. It was her favorite attire after all. She thought about her dream, it was lovely, she missed her mother and guessed she always would. She decided to try to be friends with her stepmother. She didn't think of Cornelia as the evil stepmother anymore, not after her adventure through the Labyrinth to rescue Toby. She started to head out the door then looked back in her room, and she saw a figure in the mirror, it disappeared when she looked back. She shrugged it off and bounded downstairs, she was famished.

Cornelia had finished putting the food on the table along with the dishes and silverware. "Your father should be down with Toby shortly, go a head and start dishing up. There's eggs and bacon too." She said while putting cups and a pitcher of orange juice on the table.

"Sounds great. I'll feed Merlin first." Sarah said grabbing Merlin's food and water dishes. Having fed and watered Merlin, Sarah came back and fixed her own plate. "I had a dream about my mother last night." She said.

"Really, sounds nice. Well lets wait until your father and Toby are here so you can tell us about it all at once." Cornelia said, fixing a plate for Toby.

"Mm-hum." Sara agreed. Pouring herself a glass of orange juice and taking a bite of food. She wondered if she should tell them she almost lost Toby first.

Jareth's POV

Jareth was in the throne room pacing about. He known there was something about Sarah that attracted him to her. He loved power and there was something about her that screamed she had power. He made a crystal appear and brought up Sarah's image, she was sleeping. Dreaming about her parents reading her a story, 'The True Bride; by the Grimm's Brothers. Then the image briefly shimmered near the end of the story. It shifted to the dress floating down and landing on a bed. He had never thought of how he came to be in Sarah's world before, his only thoughts where of how he desired her. "Interesting. What a gift. Perhaps she has inherited it." Jareth mused aloud. He had to find a way to lure her back to the labyrinth, a way to woo her.

"The Silvertongue is a bit young for you isn't she?" A voice called out. It was a young girl who wasn't to much older than Sarah. With part of her ebony hair in a shoulder length pony tail. While the rest was cut chin length and a line bangs. She had beauty marks in the shape of Orion on the left side of her face. Her eyes were so dark brown they looked almost black. She wore jeans, a black tank-top and a jeans jacket. "Being immortal has its downsides, I guess."

"How did you get in here, what is a Silvertongue?" Jareth said. "What do you know of immortality insolent girl. I can tell your mortal." He stated. He was not going to just give up on Sarah or forget her, that he could not do, would not do.

"How am I here, I'll let the be my secret. A Silvertongue is someone who can bring characters out of the books they read aloud. Not only can they read characters out of the stories, they can read the characters and anyone else back into the story. They are also rare." The girl said. "Do you not realize you're a character from a book" The girl said.

"If I am a character from a book that would make Sarah from a book too." Jareth argued.

"Technically your book say 'the King of the goblins had fallen in love with the girl'. She probably read herself in to the story or thought of herself as the character, something like that. She might not know she is a Silvertongue, since she hasn't read any of you back yet." the girl said.

"How is it she doesn't know about being a Silvertongue?" Jareth asked.

"Not everyone who is a Silvertongue knows they are one. Anyway I did not come here for idle chit-chat and all that. I thought I could include you in my plans, but no, your too lovelorn." The young woman said. "Perhaps I could use some of your goblins though." She let a devilish smile show.

"Hold on. You can't just waltz into my castle, let alone my Kingdom and demand use of my goblins." Jareth warned. "Who are you?" He asked.

"It wasn't a demand, nor did I ask." The girl stated. "That information, I'll keep to myself as well." she said. "Now it shouldn't take to convince some goblins to come with me. Just some ale and allowing them to create as much mischief as possible." she added. With that she was gone in a blink.

That surprised Jareth, no one else but him used magic here in the underground. She was as surprising as Sarah. How did the girl get so much power at such a young age and for a mortal. Mortals normally can't handle or use magic, mainly because mortals didn't believe in magic. That was one reason he was attracted to Sarah, she was one of the few who believed in magic, oh there were plenty of other reasons he was attracted to her. Whether or not he came from a book, he knew Sarah believed in magic. He wanted talk to Sarah and tell her what he heard but he wasn't sure if she would talk with him let alone see him. Maybe he would get her friends to convince her to. With that he disappeared and reappeared where he said he would make Higglyhog prince of if Sarah ever kissed him, the Bog of Eternal Stench. "Hello Hagglepig. I've got a job for you and uh your friends. You and they are still on good terms with Sarah, somethings has come up. I have some information for her." Jareth stated.

"Ah. Your Majesty. Job. It's Hoggle and yes we are. In fact when she got home and we told her that if she ever needed us. All she had to do was call. She said she needed us all every no and again in her life. I was actually surprised you weren't there for the... uh... never mind. She did say all of us." Hoggle said, he wondered if Jareth knew he looked in on Sarah.

"I got the impression I wasn't invited." Jareth said. "That's not why I am here. If you talk to her. I would like her to know about the information I have for her and I would like to give it to her." he said, it was a happy coincidence who ever he chatted with gave him a way to at least talk with Sarah.

"You honestly think she will listen to you. Tell me what it is and Sir Didymus, Ludo and I will tell her." Hoggle was now looking forward to talking with Sarah.

"No and no. Still I would like to tell her myself." Jareth said. "In the Labyrinth, you are still my subject, loyal or not. You are still friends with her because I allow it. Now you will tell her I have information for her, or I could make the bog a far worse place." he stated with a hint of warning.

"Oh no, your Majesty!" Hoggle pleaded and threw himself at Jareth's feet.

"Oh yes, Hoggle." Jareth kicked him away.

"Alright then, I'll tell her." Hoggle agreed out of anguish. He started to leave to get the other two.

"Oh and Hoggle." Jareth said for attention.

Hoggle looked back when he heard his name.

"If she kisses you again, I will make the bog a far worse place." Jareth smirked, the repulsive little scab needed to know his place and that he had better only be Sarah's friend. Sarah was to be his future Queen, he would not take no for an answer. He would wait for her to mature first, of course.

They both left.

Sarah's POV

Oh good here they come. Sarah thought as she heard her father's footsteps coming towards the dining room. She started to get an odd feeling about her dream and the reaction it would get. She didn't have a reason why, it just felt that way.

"Good morning." Jim said handing Toby over to his wife.

"Good morning, Jim dear." Cornelia cooed, placing Toby in his high chair and giving him his food.

"Morning dad." Sarah replied with a smile. "I had a dream about mom last night, and I have a confession to make." She took a bite of food and a drink of orange juice to wash it down.

"Confession. You only told me you had a dream." Cornelia said sitting down and fixing her own plate.

"Sounds like you two are bonding. Good." Jim said doing the same as his wife. "Now what is this confession and dream?" he asked.

"I... I almost lost Toby last night." Sarah stammered. "I was telling him a story when he disappeared after said some words when I finished the story and went to leave." Sarah told them.

"You must have dreamed that up because Toby is still here dear." Jim was trying to hide a look on his face.

"I must say that is quite a story Sarah, no one has disappeared because of a bedtime story." Cornelia said as a matter of fact and taking a sip of orange juice.

Sarah was going to say something more but thought it might only make her look loony tunes, since they already didn't believe her. "Alright." Sarah agreed, if only to avoid an argument since she decided to be friends with Cornelia and her dad thought they were starting to bond. "I dreamed about mom last night, too. Dad, you and her were reading me a story." She looked to her father to see his reaction.

Jim was about to take a bite of food when Sarah related the dream. He had not told her anything about his gift or about when Linda disappeared or who was responsible. No it wasn't him, he had been tricked and betrayed. Now Sarah has inherited his gift and dreaming about her mother. "Did you notice anything strange about the dream." He put his silverware down on his plate.

"No, just that it is the first time in a long time since I dreamed about mom." Sarah was starting to think her dad was hiding hiding something.

Relief flooded over Jim. Good she doesn't know yet. He thought and continued eating. "Let's finish eating." He said between a bite of food and drink of orange juice.

"Aright." Sarah thought her dad was acting strange, he was the one who said they could talk about anything, now there is something he is not telling her.

Hoggle's POV

Jareth is up to something, he always is. Hoggle thought while he went to tell Sir Didymus and Ludo that their visit with Sarah had an importance and sounded like it had to happen sooner than planned. Both his friends moved away from the bog as Ludo would not stop complaining that the bog "smell bad" and since they were brothers hence forth and fought for the right as one, they move somewhere near the hedge maze. "That rat is up to something. I think he is going to do something to Sarah. He says he has some information for her, I think that it is just a trap for her." Hoggle said coming around a hedge and saw his friends.

"What art thou talking about Sir Hoggle. I do not think his Majesty would harm our fair maiden friend." Sir Didymus said from a top Ambrosius. "Besides Lady Sarah defeated him once. She can do it again, she is a most noble soul and would find away. Being as resourceful as she is." He commended Sarah.

"You weren't there when that rat set the cleaners after us. We hadn't met either of you yet." Hoggle said. "Suppose your right about Sarah though." He agreed.

"Sarwa brave too. Not scared of King." Ludo added.

"Yes. Yes. That to. But Something's not right, we need to tell her the information all the same." Hoggle said.

"You have not told us this important information yet." Sir Didymus pointed out.

"Your joking." Hoggle place a hand on his forehead and shook his head. "The information is, Jareth has information for her. He did not tell me what it was. That he wanted to tell Sarah personally." He explained.

"We not see Sawa until next time she calls us." Ludo said.

"Yes and that will be next week." Sir Didymus followed up.

"Well the rat made it sound urgent, so I guess we are gonna have to contact her." Hoggle said. "I.. uh.. already tried, but she was leaving her room." He confessed.

"Without us, Sir Hoggle. We made a promise. A promise is like a vow. She told us why she would be the one contacting us, she might have school.' Sir Didymus proclaimed.

"Yeah." Ludo agreed.

"I know that. That is why when I saw her leaving I thought she was going to school and I left." Hoggle defended himself.

"She must of just went downstairs to breakfast. Did she not say it was the weekend. We could still contact her yet." Sir Didymus said.

"Yes it is and we could. Let's do it." Hoggle said turning to leave and waving his friends to follow him.

Jareth's POV

Jareth was upset to find the girl had taken five or ten of his best havoc wreaking goblins. He didn't really want to punish them for such disobedience, that only happened with the three friends Sarah made. Those bog for brains idiots were not havoc wreaking or the best. They were misfits. "Did the girl say anything else." he asked the goblins." She must of told you her name or something to get so many of you to trust her besides ale." he stated.

"No she didn't say anything else besides that she would give us ale if we went with her." A goblin spoke up.

"Those goblins were the only ones who went with her. They were not as loyal to you as the rest of us." Another goblin said. "The woman might know something about the girl." It continued.

"Now why would she know something?" Jareth inquired. "Even if she is mortal, they might not know each other."

"When she saw the girl, she acted like us." a third goblin said.

Jareth all but for gotten about the woman who he imprisoned, come to think of it, Sarah resembled her. This changed everything. Why had he not figured it out sooner, he had thought Sarah looked familiar. Now he knew where she got her enthralling and mesmerizing green eyes, and beauty. "Dismissed." He gave them a dismissive hand wave. He wanted to talk with Sarah's mom. He headed back to the castle and to the dungeon.

When she first got to the labyrinth, Linda was met by Jareth who said she could return home to her family if she could solve his labyrinth. She accepted the challenge and lost. She lost track of how long she had been in this awful cell. She heard Sarah's name being whispered. there were other whispers about why she was there too and Linda was proud her daughter would be so noble for a step-sibling. She was not mad Jim found someone else. She regretted letting him to take Moirai in and help her control her gift, now she had control over every thing. She heard footsteps coming. "Goblin King, what a nice surprise. I did not expect any visitor, let alone an audience with you."

Jareth stopped in front of Linda's cell. "Now I see the resemblance. She's got your eyes." he looked Linda over. He noticed Sarah also had her mouth. "I'm sure you know who I'm speaking of." He said.

"Of course I do. What mother would not know their own child even after... I don't really know how long I've been here. Sarah was maybe nine or ten years old." Linda leaned on the wall. "How old is she now?" she asked.

"Fifteen. And are you aware of why she was here?" He questioned further.

"It's been four or five years." Linda's knees almost buckled. "Yes. You goblins are chatterboxes. I even know your infatuated with her." She replied.

"It would seems they are. Tell me. Do you know a mysterious woman with a mysterious plan and is a... Silvertongue." Jareth asked.

"She is here!" Linda ran to the bars of her cell in surprise.

"So you do. Who is she." he asked.

"Her name is Moirai." She retorted and went back to leaning on the wall only facing away from Jareth this time.

"I'm beginning to wonder how your daughter came across this book and if it was intended or not." He mused.

"I wouldn't know. I've be imprisoned for the past four or five years. The only other Silvertongue I know would be..." She started

"Would be Sarah's father." He interrupted.

"Yes. How did you know?" Linda asked and turned back towards him. "He doesn't know which book. Moirai put me here. He must have given up looking for me after a while. I heard Sarah was here to save her baby brother." Linda said.

"You do realize that when the baby and Sarah were here. Means either someone read them here or that your daughter inherited her father's gift." Jareth reminded her.

"Yes I realize that. I do hope it was the latter. Her father and I knew the day he found out that he was a Silvertongue. That Sarah might inherit the same gift one day." Linda said. "But how did you know my husband was a Silvertongue?" She asked.

"Long story to tell later. Right now I have to catch up to the three friends your daughter made here." Jareth bid Linda adieu and started to leave.

"Your not going to let the mother of your love interest go." Lind called after him and rushed to the bars of her cell again.

"Not home. Not yet. I'll let you out of that cell. You can freshen up and explore the castle, boss some goblins around. It'll be fun." Jareth turned back to the cell and magically opened the cell door. They were out of the book but they were still underground, and he could use this woman in more ways than one. To keep from being read back and Sarah's hand in marriage when she was old enough, for her mother. Neither Sarah's father or Sarah knew her mother was with him.

"I figured as much, I am your bargaining chip. Sarah gets her wits from me, your Majesty." Linda stepped out of the cell. She would take his offer while she could, A decent bath sounded wonderful.

"So formal, I do intend to wed your daughter when she is old enough. Call me Jareth." He bowed slightly.

"I am Linda. Not that I am against it, but your a story book character." Linda laughed.

"You don't know. We are not in the book. Though we are still in my labyrinth, where you are still trapped." He told her.

"You devious, conniving, scoundrel. Why didn't you tell me." She was pissed. "How do I leave." she demanded.

"You never asked." Jareth said. "I told you not yet. We may be out of the book, I sill control the labyrinth. It is my kingdom after all. Now would you prefer to stay here in this cell or not. Your husband and daughter don't know you are here. Much less your daughter, she doesn't even know she is a Silvertongue." He informed her.

Linda thought about it for a second. "It seems I have no choice. I've had enough of the dungeon." She said with a sigh. If he was going to hide something like that, she would do the same, he never asked her how she knew Moirai. "Which way to a bath?" She asked.

"Right this way." He turned to leave.

Linda followed.

Sarah's POV

After everyone finished eating, Sarah helped clear the table. She had some questions for her dad, he was acting strange when she told them what had happened last night and her dream. He just blew it off like it was nothing, but it still seemed he was hiding something. And she wanted to know what that was. They went on walks after they went out, occasionally. While she recited in the park, bu today she was going to see if she could join them and ask those questions. "I know I don't usually go with you and everyone else on your walks, I want a change and thought I would join you this time." Sarah said.

"That would be great. It looked like both you and Cornelia were starting to bond. This would be a great opportunity to bond some more." Jim was unaware of Sarah's ulterior motive. He was already dressed and was getting Toby dressed.

"I would love that. All I've ever wanted was for us to get along and be friends" Cornelia said putting her shoes on. "But you would never talk with me." She added, putting her coat on.

"I agree and I am sorry." Sarah said starting to get ready.

"Probably going to be a short walk today, still looks like rain." Jim said as he opened the door and seeing the sky still filled with clouds since last night.

"That is what umbrellas are for, why cut short a walk, when it is now a family time thing." Cornelia grabbed a couple of umbrellas and handed one to Sarah with a smile.

"Thank you Cornelia." Sarah smiled back and took the umbrella.

"Just an observation." Jim defended himself. "First you two fight like cats and dogs, now you gang up on me. I don't know if I like the Idea of two bonding anymore." He joked playfully.

"In that case, we should tie him up and leave him so we can do some more bonding. What do you think Sarah?" Cornelia teased.

"That and let Merlin lick him up." Sarah said grabbing Merlin's leash and laughing.

"Okay, okay. I give." he played along. He was happy Sarah was now trying to get along with Cornelia, not that he didn't miss Linda. Sarah cold be the spitting image of her sometimes, her profile, her smile. Often reminded him of Linda. He was starting to regret not continuing his search for her. But he wanted to protect Sarah from the past and the gift he and Linda tried to hide from her, and he would continue to do so. What Sarah told him, he made himself believe to be a dream, a figment of her imagination. Because he didn't want to believe she inherited his gift.

"Dad." Sarah waved a hand in front of his face. "Earth to dad." She stepped back when she saw him snap back to the present.

Jim hadn't realized he was spacing out. "Sorry, lost in thought." Jim looked around and saw everyone was outside, waiting for him. He was lost in thought, but he was not going to tell them what those thoughts were. "Let's go shall we." He closed and locked the door, then joined them.

Sarah called Merlin, who came running. "Good boy, Merlin. I know you don't like being on a leash, but we are not going to the park today." She grabbed a hold of his collar and put the leash on.

"He needs a bath when we get back and when this whether gets better too of course." Cornelia noted the faint smell emitting from Merlin. "But agreed, lets go."

They began their walk, and walked a block in silence.

Sarah hadn't exactly thought of how to get her father to talk to her about what she said at breakfast. Now that her parents didn't believe her about what she said, she would be careful how she went about bringing it back up and the questions she wanted to ask. Not that her father lied to her, what he said was plausible, there was something he just wasn't telling her. Cornelia had a point too. Yet she knew that she did not dream of Toby being whisked away and her following him. She knew the difference between reality and a dream, though her parents didn't believe she did. Why should they all they saw as a girl who read fantasy books, and dressed up as some of the characters sometimes to recite in the park as.

"Sarah." Jim said ruffling her hair. "Are you listening?" He inquired.

"You must be dreaming about going to the pare again." Cornelia chimed. "Your father asked if you could watch Toby again next weekend, this time we have to go to a business dinner." She said as a matter of fact.

They couldn't wait to dump this on her again. Sarah started to think. No. No. I don't want to ruin any progress. "Of course I'll watch him. He has grown on me." Sarah looked over at Toby in the stroller being pushed by Cornelia. They had walked another block. "So how many blocks do you usually walk?" She asked.

"Maybe two or three more blocks." Jim answered.

"Why? Are you tired of us already." Cornelia teased. "Or are you still thinking of reciting in the park?" She asked.

"Neither actually. About at breakfast..." Sarah started.

"Sarah. We already talked about your dreams, that's all they were, dreams." Jim interrupted and raised his voice, upsetting Toby a little.

"Tell you what. I'll go ahead with Toby and you to can talk this out." Cornelia said, picking up her pace.

"Corne..." Jim tried to stop her. "Alright. What is it. You looked like you two were bonding. Look, you know I was joking when I said you two.." he started.

"It's not that. I want to know if you either lying to me or not telling me something. I saw how you reacted when I told you about my dream about mom. The one about Toby too. If that's what you want to call it." Sarah interrupted this time.

"I am doing neither." He hoped she believed him, and leave it at that.

"Okay, fine." Sarah wanted to get out of there now, before she reverted to her old self. Merlin went over to a hydrant and sniffed around, then did his business. "You go ahead and catch up with Cornelia, she was right my mind was on reciting in the park."She around with Merlin to go home and get her stuff. Also to take Merlin's leash off. Time to go to the park.

Jim sighed then went to join Cornelia.

Notes

Special thanks to tmwilson3 for a lot and your stories are awesome.

Wow, this is my second story. I am liking where this is going. My second on is Labyrinth Bride which I am in the process of rewriting. I know there is a lot of POV's this most likely will only be to set everything up. If you haven't caught on, I am playing with a couple of names, Jim and Cornelia. Cornelia Funke who wrote the book and produced the movie Inkheart. Jim Henson of course.

Is there any other stories you want me to include or certain characters to read out. I might use Hans Christian Anderson or more Grimm's Brothers. Any other movies you want me to crossover. Just let me know. With that cue the music To the Stars by Nick Flavell

Jareth: I like your music choices.

Sarah looking at Jareth then looks to me: He sounds familiar

Me: Hum. Really.