Chapter 4

The scan came back clean. Sarah Williams would wake up within the next few hours as long as she continued to breathe on her own and exhibit healthy brain function. Jareth was happy to hear the news. Sarah would be safe. But then, Jareth had made the time loop to keep her safe, if she was fine then the loop shouldn't need to start. It was taking her forever to walk her way to his chamber. He forgot that he had changed his interior a bit since her last visit. He needed a break from the goblins and had moved his throne room just beyond the hall of stairs. She had already spent three hours wandering around and was now muttering about waking up. Two hours later and her head was in her hands and she was crying. He checked on the hospital. Sarah was shifting...10...9...8...her hand twitched opened and closed...4...3...her eyes started to flutter...2...she was...

It was 6 a.m. February 2nd. Jareth looked around. He had fallen asleep seated in his throne, the crystal resting in his lap, he looked in and saw the chaos that was when he had just left Sarah alone at the hospital. Shifting his view he saw Sarah wake up in the courtyard. "No." He shook his head gently. "No..nonoonnonoonono. This can't be. Nothing goes without my planning. Why is time restarting?" He looked into the life of the weatherman and saw him just as confused.

Jareth walked up to a goblin and picked him up by the ear. "What day is it?" The goblin squirmed and looked as though it was trying to think very hard, "Is it majesty's birthday?" Jareth dropped the stench ridden thing and watched it scurry away. He would have to get the book and undo the spell.

He stormed into the library and, after spending the day trying to find the blasted thing, pulled the offending tome from it's place on the shelf. Upon thumbing through he found the spells undoing. "Two beasts alike in attitude both entitled and stagnate. Two beauties akin in fortitude who must the beasts trans-mutate." He sat down in a puff of dust and glitter. "Well what is that supposed to mean?" Then he was back in the throne room. Days passed like this and then weeks and then it stopped the day would go from 6 a.m. to 6 a.m. everyday but by then Jareth was done watching her fall into the bog or get lost in the hall of stairs but mostly he was tired of seeing her beaten by the Labyrinth itself. Despite the Labyrinth denying him his magic Jareth was going to win over this loop and maybe Sarah too.