I hope you all enjoy this new chapter, I'm attempting to go into some of "how" Jareth and Sarah ended up together, along with continuing the Toby/Kiana plot line. For those of you who review regularly, thank you! Your input is my inspiration. For those of you who read and don't review...shame on you.

As always, the disclaimer applies. I own nothing pertaining to the Labyrinth; it is sole property of Jim Henson and George Lucas. I do, however, own my own characters, and you need permission to play with them.

Dancing and laughter, staring into mismatched eyes. A promise of forever from a man who would be able to keep that promise, from a fae king that had fallen in love with her when she was only fifteen; and had kept that love alive for the next six years until she was old enough to call him back.

"I wish the Goblin King would come and take me away, right now." Sarah was well aware of the fact that it hadn't all been a dream, no matter what she'd told Toby. At twenty-one, she had found that no human could ever compare to Jareth...no mortal could give her love like she'd seen in his eyes. She sighed unhappily, she just hadn't realized what he'd been offering her, but now she was prepared to make up for it; if he'd let her, that was.

"You do realize that this time there is no recourse, you must return to the underground with me." The voice was cold, just like she remembered.

Taking a deep breath, she turned to face him; not at all surprised to see him in the same, beautiful cloak he'd been wearing the first time. "I know that. I want to return with you."

His eyes narrowed, suspicion warring with a fragile hope apparent on his face. "Why Sarah? Why did you call me now, after all this time?" He stalked toward her, stopping mere inches from touching her.

She looked fearlessly into his eyes, and spoke softly but with all the conviction she could muster. "Because I love you. Or rather," she amended, "I could love you. I don't know the real you, only the one you showed me, but I desperately want to know the real you."

His smile was sardonic as he held out a gloved hand to his Sarah. "Then come, Sarah; come to see the reality of the underground, and the reality of her king."

Thus a timeless romance had begun, ending in their marriage and their daughter.

"Mama?" Kiana's soft inquiry broke into Sarah's rememberances.

Turning, she gazed at her daughter; the bright, energetic Kiana was back...her recuperation hadn't taken long. She reached out to gently caress her daughter's face. "What is it, bright one?"

"Mama, where is Toby?" At the look on her mother's face, she hastened to continue. "I realized today that I hadn't seen him since before we began punishing Dakarai, and I don't think he could have hidden in the castle without me seeing him some time. Mama, where did he go?"

Sighing with shared sorrow for her poor daughter who was in love with an unreachable man, Sarah ushered Kiana to the nearest set of chairs and sat down. "Your father sent him back aboveground, Kiana." This time, it was her turn to hasten as she forstalled her daughter's outrage. "He asked to be sent. He sat with you the entire time you were laying in bed; in fact, he was instrumental in saving you. But he realized that he didn't want to stay here without being able to have you."

Tentatively, Kiana reached a hand toward her mother. "Mama, I think I know a way, but it would require Dad's cooperation, and I would first have to talk to Toby." She grimaced. "I know this is all very strange, and would seem to be a hopeless situation...but we love each other so much. I wasn't raised knowing him as my uncle, and he didn't even know you were still alive, let alone that you'd had a daughter." She looked pleadingly into Sarah's eyes. "I can fix it, Mama; just let me try!"

Peering at her daughter, Sarah suddenly stood and spoke her husband's name.

"You rang?" His usual sardonic grin graced his face.

Hugging him for a moment, she breathed in the scent of him; spice and magic, and pure maleness. She imagined what it would be like never being able to touch him, hold him, make love to him. "Where did you take Toby, love? Kiana thinks she has a solution, and I think we should give them a chance."

He looked from his wife to his daughter and back again; trying to figure out what had come over them. "I took him home. To the place he said you and he had shared, Kiana. That is where he wished to be."

Smiling, Kiana wrapped her arms around Jareth. "Oh thank you Daddy. I'll be back soon, and I will need your help to see this through if he agrees."

"See what through, bright one?" But she was gone before he'd had the chance to finish his question. He sighed, a long-suffering sound that made his wife laugh.

"We will know soon enough, Jareth." She stepped up to him and kissed him teasingly while gently running her fingernails down his back. "We can keep ourselves occupied readily enough, don't you think?"

Growling softly, he pulled her to him and they disappeared, only to reappear in their private chambers...quite ready to keep themselves occupied.