Entry 78: December 28th 1990

Hello. It's Jareth again. I decided this time to talk about this new dream I've been having about Sarah this time. It's no longer about her trying to kill me with that army she managed to created with my subjects, even though that's who she was killing before me, and before I always woke up. It's seems to be about us, in the future. Most say that when the Fey have a dream that it'll come true. That's good in this case, not in the other dream's case though. It's always the two of us sitting by the fireplace with two little kids by each of our sides, sleeping. Sarah seems so content in my arms. She's always smiling and resting her head against my shoulder. It makes me happy to think that that might someday happen. It helps with what I notice about her from Above. She's 19 now. My, how time flies. She broke up with her newest boyfriend. I think she noticed what she was doing, so she went for a different 'taste' of men. This one had brown hair and blue eyes. He was just a little taller than she is, but he isn't as muscled as the others. He was kind and sweet, but could still be a jerk when aggravated. Or drunk. He would boss her around; I went up to her multiple times to assist her when he got physical. Luckily, she never recognized me. But, I'm not worried about him anymore. I scared him off good last time, a week ago. I was there when she broke up with him, which caused him to get physical. But, he went on his way, never to be seen again, hopefully. I think his name was Josh, or something along those lines. I know it still started with a 'J'. She cried on my shoulder, thanking me for being there for her. I only wish I was able to do that without the guise I have to put on so she doesn't freak out. I only wished for so long that she would call for me. I guess the Wish-Giver can never have his own wish granted. I must go now. A stupid ball I must attend.

Sarah shut the journal and leaned against the tree she was on. After visiting King Thanos and Queen Zalika, Sarah and the Taraketh siblings had learned that Jareth wasn't anywhere in their kingdom, let alone in the area. She let out a sigh and put her head down on her knees. She remembered that break-up. His name was Josh, and she had tried to get away from the Jareth-y boyfriend. If only he had known that she knew it was him. The scent he had on him smelled like the dirt that covered the Labyrinth's path. She didn't recognize it until then, but she didn't mind this time.

She looked up to see Nathaniel and Coraine talking about what they're next move should be. Under normal circumstances, the brown-haired girl would've refused the help, but considering that it was the Underground, she decided that having a few Feys with her might be a good idea.

"…And then we'll attack from behind, with the army we would have freed…" Nathaniel mumbled to his little sister, who nodded in agreement.

Sarah, confused, asked them a very important question. "How do you know where he is?"

They both looked at her, then to the journal still in her hands. They nodded to each other and went back to their conversation. It was 5 hours after she had first arrived and Sarah was starting to worry for Jareth. 'Please let him be okay…' she silently begged.

Jareth awoke to someone trying to feed him something. He groaned loudly and opened his eyes. The last thing he wanted was to be poisoned before Sarah got there. He knew it had been 5 hours, leaving her with only 21. Less than a full day Above.

Looking up, the king saw someone he was half expecting to see. His little brother Phillipp, the one trying to take his throne, was holding a cup of water to his lips. The Goblin King growled and shook his head, trying to say something, but his throat raw with pain.

"I know how you must feel. Trust me. Drink this, it'll help." Phillipp said, forcing the edge of the cup passed Jareth's lips.

Jareth allowed the cold liquid down his throat and into his stomach. He winced when he felt something cold and hard hit the back of his throat causing him to gulp it down unwillingly. He yelped in pain at the cold hard iron went down his throat, burning its way down. Phillipp just laughed at his older brother.

"Such a fool, as always Jareth. You honestly think that I wouldn't try to hurt you in some way. Just because Ireland is keeping you here as a pet until that girl arrives doesn't mean that you're safe." He said with a laugh that sent shivers down the Goblin King's spine.

Jareth forced his eyes upwards to glare at the young king in front of him. Phillipp was the 2nd child in the family, and he was determined to take Jareth's throne. He wanted to take over the Above, thinking that humans are a stupid race and that they needed a firmer leadership. He was supposed to be the Goblin King, but he starting stealing the children from Above, even if they hadn't been wished away. This caused him to lose the chance of ever being a king that had connections to the Above. Thus, he was sent to be king of the Sea Creature kingdom.

Phillipp sent his fist flying towards Jareth's stomach, making the Goblin King double over, as much as he could, in pain. His knee was next, connecting itself to his older brother's jaw. A sickening crack resonated through the air as they collided.

Jareth felt his jaw go slack and hang open as he cried in pain. Who would have thought that all this was caused by a wish from 5 years ago…

Jareth flew against the closed window of the house. The wind blew more violently than ever before. He had done this with wishers in the past. The stronger the wind, the more they believed and trusted the story. He had felt strong winds before, but none like this. It pushed him up against the glass and wooden frame before it broke the lock and pushed him inside the room. He flew around for a bit before landing in front of the wisher, a cloud of glitter surrounding him.

The girl slowly lowered her hands from her face; tears welled up in her eyes. He stood tall and intimidating, guessing the girl's age was in her early teenage years. He smirked down at her, his sharp teeth barely pointing out from under his top lip.

"You're him, aren't you..? You're the Goblin King…" he heard her stutter and pass through thin, pale pink lips.

His smirk grew, lips pulled back and teeth gleaming in the moonlight shining in through the, now open, bay window.

"Please, I want my brother back, if it's all the same." She begged him.

"What's said is said." He taunted her, loving the look of fear in her eyes. He crossed his arms, his smirk growing even more.

"But, I didn't mean it."

"Oh, you didn't?"

"Please, where is he?" Sarah Williams asked, taking a slight step forward.

"You know very well where he is." He replied, uncrossing his arms and put his hands on his hips.

"Please bring him back, please." She begged again.

He took a step towards her, eyes gleaming as he looked down at the shaking girl beneath him. "Sarah. Go back to your room; play with your toys and your costumes. Forget about the baby."

Sarah froze before taking a step towards him. "I can't."

Jareth saw an opportunity, and so he took it. "I've brought you, a gift."

Sarah looked at his hand intrigued. "What is it?"

"It's a crystal, nothing more. But is you turn it this way and look into it, it will show you your dreams. Bu this is not a gift, for an ordinary girl, who takes care of a screaming baby. Do you want it?"

During that explanation, the Goblin King started twirling the crystal back and forth in his hand, up and down his both arms before rolling it back to his right hand and holding it out to her. The girl hesitated before looking into his eyes. "Than forget the baby."

"I can't. It's not that I don't appreciate what you're trying to do for me, but I want my brother back. Please, he must be so scared."

Jareth cut her off and turning his hand, the crystal turned into a snake. "Sarah. Don't defy me."

He proceeded to throw the snake at Sarah's neck, turning it into a boa scarf as she grabbed it and threw it to the ground, turning into a Goblin. The multiple Goblins around the room laughed, but hid as Sarah turned to look at them.

"You're no match for me Sarah." He smirked again, knowing that if she chose to run the Labyrinth, he would have luck on his side. Mainly because of the Goblins that mess around with the runners.

"But I have to have my brother back!"

With a sigh, Jareth turned and moved out of the way and pointed out the window. "He's there. In my castle."

Sarah ran up to the window and looked out.

Outside, the Labyrinth was standing before her, the outline of a castle showing in the distance. "Is that, the castle beyond the Goblin City?"

She turned to look at Jareth, his hair flying behind him and in his face. "Turn back Sarah. Turn back before it's too late."

Jareth had seen runners die in the process of running the Labyrinth, and he didn't want to see a girl so young, with her entire life ahead of her, to die at such a young age.

"I can't. Don't you understand that I can't?" She looked back towards the Labyrinth.

"What a pity."

"It doesn't look that far."

He approached her and leaned down so his mouth was by her ear. "It's further than you think. Time is short."

He felt her jump and he smirked as he walked back and towards the bare tree that stood there alone. "You have thirteen hours in which to solve the Labyrinth or your baby brother becomes one of us… Forever..." He whispered the last part before disappearing into thin air, ready to watch her fail the giant maze that is within the Goblin Kingdom.

Jareth forced his eyes opened as cold water hit his face. He glared up at Phillipp, who slowly lowered the bucket he was holding.

"So weak brother. I thought that you could hold up longer than that."

Jareth glared up at Phillipp and tried to yell at him, only to remember that his jaw was broken. He sneered at the younger one before closing his eyes and bracing himself for the impact of Phillipp's next blow.

Sarah Williams floated down from the Escher room, landing softly on the stones that were beneath her. She looked around in shock, seeing the Escher room fall apart in front of her. She turned around and saw as the Goblin King exit from the opening that was there. Feeling a rush of confidence, she stood up a little taller and began to reply the lines from her play.

"Give me the child."

Jareth approached her; head tilted the slightest to the left. "Sarah, beware. I have been generous up until now, but I can be cruel."

She turned with him as he started pacing in circles around her. "Generous…? What have you done that's generous…?"

"Everything! Everything that you wanted, I have done. You ask that the child be taken: I took him. You cowered before me; I was frightening. I have reordered time. I turned the world upside down and I have down it all for you. I'm exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?" He told her all of this while walking in circles around her, his face getting closer with each statement. When he finally stopped, Sarah looked him dead in the eye and continued her little rant.

"Through dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the Castle beyond the Goblin City. For my will is as strong as yours. And my-." She was cut off when he lifted a crystal towards her. She stopped walking towards him and, in return, he stopped moving away.

"Look Sarah. Look at what I'm offering you. Your dreams." He was begging her now, pleading at her to take the crystal. No baby was in this deal. Just her, her dreams and him.

"And my kingdom as great." She continued her pace towards him, making him backing up.

"I ask for so little. Just let me rule you, and you can have everything that you want." She could hear the need in his voice, the want to have her stay with him, and she, too, wanted that. But she needed to get home to Toby.

She stopped walking and started looking around for the answer, trying to get it come to her. "My kingdom as great… My kingdom as great… Damn, I can never remember that line…"

Jareth saw an opportunity and took it, taking a step forward and held the crystal closer to her. "Just fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave…"

She heard the begging again, him pleading her, but she had to remember the line. "My kingdom as great… My kingdom as great…" She looked around and up at him as she remembered the line.

"You have no power over me…"

Sarah looked around the field. The flowers were blooming and were bright with colours. The grass was a bright emerald green. There were fairies flying around, picking up flower petals and throwing them at each other.

She turned to see Coraine and Nathaniel walking down the hill. They had decided to go to the Sea Creature Kingdom, at the other end of the Underground, or Avalon, as they called it. The Taraketh siblings used their magic to get them to the outskirts of the kingdom, but they still needed to walk a whiles to make it to the actual kingdom, the castle where Jareth was being held.

'Don't worry Jareth; we're coming for you…'

A/N: Wow. I got more words than I expected. So, I will try to update once a month for now, until the summer, but, musical in less than a month, barely finished. Plus English and Health homework. It sucks. So, I will not update until I get al least 5 more reviews. I'm gonna be mean like that, but I need more reviews. I will write the chapter, promise. So, as always, read and review, flamers not welcomed, but will be taken. Also, I do not own Labyrinth or its characters.