Chapter 1

"Toby, come on, its time to go." Sarah said to her little brother, Toby, who was now 5 years old.

"Sarah, 5 more minutes please" Toby pleaded with his older sister.

"Fine, but if I get in trouble with Karen, it's your fault." Sarah said, taking a seat on one of the park benches.

Sarah watched as her younger brother, or should she say, Step-brother, ran back to play with his new friends in the playground. Sarah couldn't believe that it's been 5 years since her encounter with Jareth, the Goblin King, when she unthoughtfully wished her brother away to the Goblin King on that faithful night.

She had decided that she had been selfish, only thinking of herself, and not of Toby's well being. Every night she thought of what might have happened if she hadn't solved the Labyrinth that led to the Goblin City, where Jareth had kept hostage her little brother.

Sarah had promised herself that from now on, she would be very careful on her words whenever she was forced to talk about the Goblin City and its horrid king.

Sarah looked up at the sky that was getting darker by the minute with threatening storm clouds. "Alright Toby, lets get home before its starts to rain." Sarah said calling to her brother, who was working his way down the slide.

"Aww, but Sarah." Toby wined, gathering his stuff.

"Don't start with me." Sarah said glaring at him.

"Fine!" Toby said, surrendering.

"Were home!" Sarah called out, running through the front door, just as the clouds decided to let the downpour start.

"Finally, I thought you would never come back." Karen, Sarah's step-mother, called out.

"Don't blame me, blame the little man right here who decided he wanted to stay 5 more minutes." Sarah said, looking down at Toby.

"But I wanted to play some more with my new friends, Jamie and Rachel." Toby said, giving his mother the puppy dog eyes, in which she always fell for.

"Ohh ok, well at least you didn't get caught in the rain." Karen said, taking Toby's things from him and putting them in the foyer.

Sarah watched as Karen led Toby into the kitchen for dinner. She had always envied Toby, because he had a true mother who loved and devoted herself to him. All Sarah had was a step-mother who ordered her around like a maid, a father who was constantly working and never had the time for her, and a mother who decided to peruse her dreams of acting and leaving her family behind in the dust.

Sarah made her way upstairs to her room. She opened the door, and walked towards her vanity, in which she kept all her most treasured possessions, like her make-up, her pictures of her mother, magazines in which her mother was featured in and the book which started the reality of Jareth and the Goblin City, The Labyrinth.

This book was given to her by her mother, just before she left for her dream of acting. It was the last thing she ever had received from her mother, so she treasured it like she would treasure a child of her own. She must have read it a hundred times by now, remembering what had happened when she herself had visited the Labyrinth.

Sarah put her book down and headed towards her bed. She looked around her room at all her stuffed animals and other material possessions she owned. She had given her favorite stuffed animal, Lancelot, to Toby after she had rescued him from the Goblin king. From what she could see, that was one of Toby's favorite toys, because he took it everywhere with him, pre-school, the park or wherever else he went.

Sarah listened to the cracks of thunder and the streaks of lighting going on outside. She shivered, remembering again that night when she had wished Toby away. It seemed anything she looked at reminded her of the Labyrinth, whether it was the book itself, or a tiny worm crawling out of the earth's surface.

Sarah laid down on her bed, closing her eyes and preparing for a short nap before she headed downstairs for dinner. In an instant, she was asleep, dreaming about the Labyrinth, in which she did every night. Only this time would be different. As she turned over, and snuggled more into her bed, she whispered the one name that she would never allow herself to say if she was awake.

"Jareth."

A/N: Well tell me what you think. I'm working on the second chapter now, and it will be up as soon as possible…