AN: Sorry I left you like that. What a horrid place to stop. I should have updated sooner. WAY sooner. And many thank you's to Athena's Avatar and black moon inu for the great reviews. They were very helpful. Shall we continue?

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Sarah jumped off her seat, realization hitting her brain. This wasn't just a silly day dream; she was really stolen away to this Goblin Kingdom and had just become the Goblin Queen. She quickly tried to explain, "It's not that I'm not flattered by all this, but I should really get home."

The king looked disappointed. "Now come come, Sarah. Are you seriously going to say you don't wish to stay with me? I'm sorry, but it's a little too late. The marriage is going to be final soon."

"When?" She asked loudly.

"As soon as you agree to it. Which I think will happen sooner than you think." Jareth then stood up too, towering over her.

She took a steady breath. "What if I say no?"

Anger flared behind his eyes for a moment before the anger was gone. He then slyly said, "Then you'll have to find your way out of my Labyrinth before the thirteen hours are over."

Sarah thought for a moment. "Can I see this labyrinth?"

Jareth smiled and they appeared in a high tower looking over the huge maze. The trip left Sarah feeling slightly dizzy, but she could tell they were in a study of sorts. She looked over to Jareth who had a foot on the windowsill and was pointing to a far away field. "There's the exit. Do you still want to try?"

Sarah joined him at the window. She felt his eyes on her, but she kept her cool. "It doesn't look that far." She hoped she sounded confident.

He reached out and began to twirl a strand of her hair in his fingers. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Sarah was nervous about the proximity, but she almost caught the hint of sadness in his voice. She turned to look at him. His lips were in a firm line, but his eyes betrayed him. As she stared in to his eyes, his face slowly moved toward hers. Sarah let her eyes flutter closed. She felt his breath on her ear as he spoke, "You could stay here and live you dreams…"

Sarah came to her senses at backed away. "Yes, I'm sure." He sighed and twisted his hand and a clear orb appeared. He began to twirl it around his hands. Before she could blink, they were outside again, at the gate into the Goblin City.

"Sarah, Take this with you. If you want to forfeit and live with me or if you ever need my help in any way, just smash it." He handed it to her. As she looked at it, it suddenly was filled with a dark black fog. She put it in the pocket of her dress. "You have thirteen hours to solve the Labyrinth, or you'll be trapped here forever." Sarah watched as he slowly disappeared to become a floating clock counting up to thirteen.

Sarah sighed. She looked over the large piles of trash and made her way towards them.

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You know, I'm not very good at this longer chapter stuff. Um… I want to hear your ideas about these things:

What should Sarah's age be? I was picturing her being 15-16, but wasn't she more like 13 in the movie?

Should I change the rating? I'm not sure where this will lead, but thinking about the ball scene, I'm wondering just how far Jareth will take Sarah.

Do you want the Labyrinth exactly like the movie? Because I was going to take some creative license and make it more Burton-ish and dark. That's just how I roll. But if you want it the same…

P.S. Thank Athena's Avatar for the plot's direction!