Author's Note: Thank you for the reviews! I think I'm going to add another twist to this challenge and make this all one story. Should be fun…on we go! Constructive criticism always appreciated.

Disclaimer: The brilliance that is the Labyrinth belongs to Jim Henson and company.

Prompt 34: Stars

The room was dim and void of goblins when the barn owl flew through the window. The creature hovered over the empty throne as its shape blurred and stretched until it was replaced by the weary body of the King of the Goblins.

It had been four hours and twenty-seven minutes since Sar—(don't think the name!) The Girl had beaten his Labyrinth and he'd watched her and his goblins obliviously and cruelly celebrate her triumph (and my broken heart). He'd seen her grant entry into her life to his entire kingdom—save himself. Well, himself and—

"Finally back I see. Enjoying the peace before the miscreants return?"

Jareth groaned and slouched farther in his throne. Speak of the devil

"Not now Rin," he growled, "I'm not in the mood."

The Labyrinth stood arms akimbo, at the base of the throne scowling.

"We don't have time for you to mope about! We need a plan to get Sa—"

"Don't say her name!"

"The Girl then! We need to find a way to bring her back to the Underground."

Jareth's expression became fixed and his grip on the arms of his seat tightened. "She refused me, Rin. She refused us. She has ripped any power over her life from me. It's over. Done."

"She's hardly more than a child, she couldn't have possibly understo—" abruptly he stood in front of the Labyrinth.

"Whether she understood or not is irrelevant. What's said is said and what's done is done," he moved across the room to stare out at the fading stars; same window where he'd sent S—The Girl the peach dream only hours earlier. He smiled ruefully, "she has made her decision."

The Labyrinth stared at him. "I've always known you were prideful, Jareth, but never did I think you could be so bitter," she murmured.

He turned but the room was once again empty. With a sigh he returned his attention to the waning stars.

"I can't live within you…"