Disclaimer – I do not own Labyrinth or I would have made Jareth and Sarah a couple. Sarah would be a few years older of course.

Author's Note – Rating may go up in later chapters. I know this chapter is probably OOC but I'm a romantic so please bear with me. Since this is fanfiction I also use a bit of creative license but I try to stay very close to who the characters are in the books, movie, TV series, etc.

Blood Lust

Jareth carried Sarah to her bedroom and gently placed her in the bed. The moonbeams gently illuminated her face making her strikingly beautiful to the goblin king. Her pallor was beginning to show more and her nails had become longer and curved in perfect arcs. The transformation was subtle yet would become more pronounced in the next few days, which would be the turning point for the relationship they had. Thought they had not kept any form of contact Sarah knew the goblin king would help her when no one else could. As much as her friends Ludo, Sir Didymous, and Hoggle would have tried to help her they couldn't have done much. They didn't know a thing about vampires. Jareth had studied the race for diplomatic reasons but the commoners didn't know anything about what vampires were really like.

Jareth placed a goblet of crimson liquid on her nightstand and pondered his next move. She would wake up and have questions about what had happened and why he was here. He would tell her the truth but he doubted she would believe that he had been so careful with her. After all she would remember him as the cruel goblin king that took her baby brother. She wouldn't remember him singing to her or his generosity in the labyrinth. He honestly wouldn't have let the cleaners get her, or have let her fall into the bog of eternal stench. What fun would a disfigured, rank soul mate have been?

After a few hours of waiting Sarah finally woke up. She immediately grabbed the goblet and drained it before noticing Jareth. His laughter was the only thing that snapped her out of the spell she was in, causing her stare at him in confusion and surprise. She had no idea why he was here or why she had called him. It must have been very good judging from his laughter.

"Jareth why are you here? I don't remember summoning you." She asked suspiciously

"Sarah you are truly an opal in a land of diamonds. You have so many endearing qualities but your memory is lacking. You summoned me before you fainted last night." He answered

"Why did I faint?"

"You had an unfortunate rendezvous with a vampire last night."

"So I'm a vampire now right? I can't believe I'm hearing this, I must be really drunk to have hallucinations like this." She said in disbelief

"Do you want proof?" he asked "Just taste the remnants of your drink. You should notice a distinct blood flavoring."

She licked the inner rim of the goblet and tasted the metallic tang for the first time. Her eyes widened in surprise and she looked at Jareth in awe. She set the goblet down on the table and looked at him for a moment.

"Where did you get this blood?" she asked slowly. When he didn't answer she asked again.

"Jareth, where did you get this blood? It didn't just appear."

She reached out and turned his wrists over to find shallow scratches on both of them. She looked at him in shock and he looked away. He couldn't bear to see the pain on her face. She couldn't be held responsible for her transformation and he needed to help her. It had been the only way without hurting anyone else, couldn't she see that.

"Oh Jareth." She said "You didn't need to hurt yourself again for me."

"Dear heart it's nothing and I'm healing quickly. In a few more minutes those scratches will be gone."

"Thank You Jareth." She said

She wrapped him in her arms to his surprise and pleasure. He gently wrapped his arms around her and enjoyed her warmth. It wouldn't remain for too much longer but he wouldn't care as long as he could hold her like this. She wasn't afraid of him anymore and she wasn't fighting him, she was actually letting him hold her. He wrapped his fingers in her hair and nuzzled her enjoying her holding him tighter.

"Sarah come underground with me." He whispered "We will start a new life together."

"I don't know Jareth. I do have a family." She said hesitantly

"There is nothing for you here, your family will hate and fear you. The other vampires will try to kill you. I will not stand for you being hunted like an animal and being killed." He said looking sadly into her eyes

"Alright" she said "I'll go underground" before gently kissing him