"Just fear me, love me, do as I say... And I will be your slave." Sarah was confused. She had finally found her baby brother, made through the Escher room, but time was running out. Only a few more minutes until Little Jareth was mine.

"My kingdom as great." I smiled. "My kingdom is great..." She couldn't do it. I glanced at the clock. Less than a minute left. "You have no power over me!" I jerked the crystal I was offering her back. "You have no power over me!" The clock chimed. She didn't have her brother, does it count? I looked at her, her small, little innocent figure. Sighing, I changed into my owl form, and brought them both home. It's her fault. She's going to die in a matter of months, and I'll continue to live. Alone. We were in their living room, and I flew out their window. She ran upstairs, and I perched outside the window I had perched on so many times. She never noticed me.

She was across the hall or something, in the room they kept Little Jareth. She burst into her room suddenly and I jerked. I tried to hid in the tree, while she was stuffing all of her photos in her drawer. She picked up her jewelry box, and looked at it for a good minute. The dress that looked like the one in the crystal was on top of it. I hooted quietly as she stuffed it in the drawer.

She talked to herself in the mirror for a bit, I couldn't hear her, the window was closed. All of a sudden, her closet door opened. I'll kill them! But it was too late, the goblins had appeared in her room. Without me.

They cheered, on and on, for what felt like half the night, I dozed off a few times. After the goblins finally left, I flew closer to her window. She was combing her hair, and I peeked in. Her alarm clock said it was one in the morning. She didn't even look tired. She looked in her mirror, and made eye contact with me. Her eyes narrowed the slightest bit, and her mouth hung open. She walked over to the window, and I ducked down, prepared for whatever she had to throw. She opened the window slowly. "You know, you're actually kind of cute when you're like this." She ruffled the feathers on my head, and I snorted. "That's adorable." She smoothed them down. "Why are you here?"

I switched into my human form, and she gasped. I shrugged. "I wanted to make sure you were here safe."

"No you didn't. There's been an owl outside my room ever since the announcement."

"Shit." She raised her eyebrows. "That... Was not me."

"Of course. Just another barn owl." I nodded.

"Exactly." She rolled her eyes.

"See, you're not fun now. You're more... Intimidating. I could of told you off for stealing my brother, and now you're going to throw a crystal at my head, or something." I laughed. "That's not funny!" I nodded, while laughing even more.

"It's very funny." I conjured a crystal. "These things would break if they hit something as hard as your head." Her eyes narrowed into a glare, and I smiled. "Besides, you wished him away."

"I didn't think you would-" I held up my hand.

"Goodbye, Sarah." I changed back into my owl form, and flew away.


"Master?" I hit the goblin.

"Shut up." He ran out.

"Jareth." I broke my gaze from the crystal.

"Your... Your mother's here." The goblin ran out, and the others followed.

"Well, it's awfully empty in here without them." Mother crossed over to my throne.

"Mother. Why are you here?" She shrugged.

"I wanted to cross dimensions to see my son. Is that a problem?" I raised a brow at her. "Alright, that's a lie." She laughed to herself. "Your goblin tattled on you." She stuck her tongue out. "You can't bog them." I sighed. "So, you're having some lady troubles?"

"You could say that." She laughed her white teeth breaking out of her red lips. "Can't I tell you over letter?" She shook her head.

"God no. Those vampires tire you out. It's nice to be around things that are so different. Every vampire looks the same. Black hair, red eyes, fangs, and red lips. I'm lucky I have white hair."

"What about Father?"

"We don't talk. Vampires and werewolves don't mix."

"The royalty is all faes." She shrugged, propping herself on the edge of my throne.

"You can't starve yourself over this girl." I shrugged.

"I eat when I remember to." She sighed.

"My heir is taking care of the vampire realm. How about we go Aboveground? I bet everything's on sale, they're preparing for their death." She laughed, and then got quiet. "She's mortal, isn't she?" I nodded slowly. "Honey..." She hugged me, and got a crystal.


"Garson? Coffee!" The waiter came over, and refilled Mother's coffee. "Thank you." She took a sip.

"Mother." She raised her eyebrows. "Can we go back now?"

"No!" She hit my hand. "I hate those vampires... It's fun here. It's been a century since I've had coffee! It comes in flavors now!"

"You came here last year to do that movie."

"Playing a vampire, no less." She snickered. "No, I didn't want any coffee then. The stars were such bitches." She put on her best American accent. "Yes, I'll have a triple frap, no foam, green tea infused, two shots of espresso " She laughed. "Coffee's supposed to be black, and if there's a shot of anything, it's bourbon." I smiled. "Well?"

"It's true..." She laughed.

"Uh... Excuse me?" We looked up at the teenage girl. "Mrs. Jones?"

"Yes? But please, call me Elizabeth." Her friends squeaked.

"What are you doing in our tiny town? I thought you would be in London, or Paris, living in luxury!" She shrugged.

"I'm visiting my son." I waved, awkwardly, taking another bite of pancake.

"So, uh, if you don't mind..." Mother pulled out a pen, and I laughed.

"Really? You carry a pen?" She shrugged.

"You don't?" The girl squeaked. "What do you want me to sign?" She fanned herself.

"Kate." Her friend gave her a magazine, and she ripped out several posters.

"Wow. This is... I don't remember taking this photo..." Mother laughed, signing the posters. "Names? I have Kate."

"Taylor, Liz, and Yvonne." They giggled as she signed them.

"Well, Kate, Taylor, Liz, and Yvonne, it was very nice to meet you." She looked them up and down. "Don't bite to hard..." She laughed, accidently showing her fangs. "Seriously." She showed them again. "I was playing around with my boyfriend after I got my teeth filled down, and he had two little fang marks." The girls laughed, thanking her, snapping a few photos, and walked away. "Maybe we should leave." I laughed, but I stopped.

"My god..." My mother turned towards the door. "Don't look."

"Is that her?" She stirred her coffee casually.

"Yes. She's with friends." Sarah and two other friends went into the bathroom, while her other friends went to get a table and order for them.

"She's the brunette?"

"Just went into the bathroom." I paused. "How'd you know?"

"The other ones looked... Not you." She smiled. "Going to go to the bathroom." She smiled, getting out of the booth, and I groaned.


Elizabeth's POV


I walked to the bathroom, and I took out my little baggy. "What the fuck is that?" I smiled at the redhead.

"Oh my god... You're Elizabeth Jones?" I nodded, making a line. "And you do... That?"

"Yep..." I smiled, taking a line. "You three want some?" They shook their head, and I sat down on the counter. "So, you're not going to... Tell anyone about this, are you?"

"No."

"No, not at all Mrs. Jones."

"I may." The brunette piped up, and her friends glared at her.

"Excuse me?"

"I may! I don't think celebrities should do things like this!" Her friends rolled her eyes.

"Like you do?"

"I don't! I swear he was real!" I rolled my eyes.

"She thinks that she was swept up into a goblin realm, or something. Kind of like in your books, but with goblins." I smiled.

"You didn't just watch the movie? You read the books?" They nodded, and I laughed. "That's awesome." One of the girls fiddled around in her bag, pulling out a copy. "Wow!" I pulled out a pen, signing it. "You two are groovy. But... Sarah, what's up with you, honey?"

"How..." She tilted her head. "How do you know my name?" I smiled, leading her to the bathroom door. We peeked out, and she locked eyes with Jareth. "How..."

"I'm his mother." She fainted. "Fuck. Do you girls wanna see something cool?" They nodded, seemingly forgetting about Sarah. I laughed, pulling out a crystal. "She was telling the truth. I was too." I took them to the goblin realm.