The Music Box

Hi, sorry it's taken so long for me to get this new chapter up; I've been trying to plan out what I want to do in my mind and I have a bit of an idea. I've made up for it by doing the longest chapter I've ever done. If there's anything that you think could be improved then please let me know, I always love to hear interesting ideas and I'll help anyone who wants to develop them. I know that Sarah suddenly sleeping with Jareth is a little OOC but she's scared and it shows that she's realised that she loves him.

This chapter is from Toby's point of view because I still want him to be an integeral part of the story and we all know that Sarah loves Toby by the end of the film.

OMG!!!!! Major name update!!! I was looking on a website for a name that I needed and I typed in 'Jareth' just to see if it's an actual name and it is! It's Welsh, and a form of 'Gareth', possibly meaning 'gentle'. I guess you do learn something new everyday!

If anyone can guess what 'Kobold' means without looking it up then they'll get a big cookie!

I don't own 'Labyrinth' or any of it's characters and I've just adopted this story from kittycat-popko. I also don't own any of the other movies, books ect that I've referenced.

Toby

'It's not fair!' I thought as I slammed my bedroom door. I'd just had another argument with mom and dad about Sarah. I knew that something strange had happened to her but they were adamant that she had faked her disappearance for attention and the publicity.

I had hoped that I'd be left alone for a while but no such luck. Mom decided to follow me and be patronising, as per usual.

"Tobias, I understand that you're annoyed with Sarah for just vanishing like her mother but you can't take it out on us!" Mom sighed.

"I'm not annoyed at Sarah mom. She had no choice, I'm annoyed at you and dad because you won't listen to me. You never do! Sarah's the only one who'll ever listen to me!" I shouted back.

This, of course, had dad bursting in.

"Tobias, that's no way to talk to your mother now apologise." He said.

"No, I'm only telling the truth." I snorted.

"Right, that's it young man, you're staying in your room for the rest of the night." Dad growled. I could tell that he was getting annoyed.

"Fine!" I shouted. Lucky for me we'd already had dinner. They stormed out the room leaving me alone with my thoughts.

I might be 11 but sometimes I have to act older than I actually am, like now. I knew that no-one who was looking for Sarah would ever find her. My guess was that she was in the Underground. It's funny, I was only a baby when I was there but I remember everything that happened perfectly. I forgave Sarah for wishing me away, especially when I saw a video of myself before Sarah ran the Labyrinth for me. I was a right brat! Also mom and dad went out a lot leaving Sarah alone with me. I stayed in contact with one of the goblins from the throne room. His name's Kobold and although he's rather mischievous, he looks out for me. He's my only friend and he was actually one of the goblins that Jareth, the Goblin King, originally told to watch over Sarah. Anyway, Kobold told me that it's probably because I'd been partly changed into a Fae while I was there and Fae have different memories to humans.

My parent's and I didn't make up the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. In fact, over a week later we still weren't talking.

"Tobias, this has got to stop. You're going the same way as Sarah." My mom sneered Sarah's name. She's never liked her, especially as my first word was 'Sawah' instead of 'mommy' or 'daddy'.

"What's wrong with me having an imagination?" I asked sullenly.

"Because you don't need an imagination to be a stockbroker." She replied.

"I don't want to be a stockbroker!" I yelled, making dad jump.

"Listen, it's a respectable job and you're going to be one and that's final!" Mom shouted, her face going red and blotchy just like it always does when she's angry.

"I HATE YOU!" I shouted, tears welling up in my eyes.

"I…I…I wish that someone would come and take you away right now!" Mom screamed.

The lights flickered and went out, as did the television and all other electrical objects. A sudden storm broke over the house, just like it had 10 years ago. I rushed out into the hall and grabbed my backpack. I'd had a feeling that something like this was going to happen so I'd packed a bag ready. It only contained toys but they were special to me. There was Lancelot, the teddy that Sarah had given me, her old copy of 'Labyrinth', as well as all her old toys of her friends from the Labyrinth. I ran back into the living room in time to see Jareth appear in a cloud of glitter. He was wearing his Goblin armour, just like last time but unlike last time he seemed surprised to see me.

"Well this is unexpected." He said softly. Happily I ran over to him. If anyone could help me find Sarah then it was Jareth. Mom and dad stared at him gob smacked, and slightly scared.

"Tobias, come away from him." Dad said shakily.

"Why? He won't hurt me." I shook my head. Jareth smiled at me and put his hand on my shoulder, he knew I trusted him.

"How do you know that? And who are you anyway?" Mom screeched, it would have been funny if she hadn't have been walking towards me, trying to get me away from Jareth.

"Because he's never tried to hurt me." I replied.

"That still doesn't answer who he is!" Dad bellowed, his face showed that he was livid with me. If Jareth didn't get us out of there quickly then things would get pretty violent. Like when Sarah refused to date this guy that mom tried setting her up with or when she told mom and dad that she wanted to be an actress instead of something 'respectable'. After that dad would often hurt Sarah.

"My name is Jareth, I'm the Goblin King." Jareth said grimly, I think he could sense that things were not going well.

"The what? Did Sarah put you up to this?" Mom demanded but still sneered Sarah's name. As she did Jareth's face grew furious.

"I'm the person who wished-away children go to. And seeing as you wished young Toby away, he's coming with me." He snarled. Mom and dad just gasped.

"Of course, if you wanted to get him back then you could run the Labyrinth; but I should warn you, it's not easy. Only one person has managed to complete it." Jareth continued.

"And who's that?" Dad asked, seeming genuinely interested but both Jareth and I knew that he was just trying to get at me.

"Why Sarah of course!" Jareth smirked, I could tell that he was proud of her and so was I.

"Sarah? Who did she 'wish-away'?" Mom sneered. Then it dawned on her. She looked at me and the colour drained from her face.

"That little bitch!" She screamed, her face red and blotchy again. Dad was looking equally un-amused.

"If she thought I could be mean before, then she's going to get the shock of her life." He growled. Then he looked at Jareth.

"We'll run your stupid Labyrinth." He said roughly.

"Actually, only Karen can run it. She's the one who wished Toby away." Jareth smirked again. I think he was actually enjoying himself.

"No way, it could be dangerous!" Dad said adamantly. It made me sad that he thought it was too dangerous to attempt to get his son back, not that I wanted to stay with them.

"But not too dangerous for Sarah." Jareth chuckled humourlessly.

"If she can do it then I should have not trouble." Mom sneered again.

"I'll take that as acquiescence then." Jareth smirked before transporting us outside the Labyrinth. It was exactly as Sarah described to me in the stories she told. Of course she never told him that they were true but he knew they were.

"You have 13 hours to solve the Labyrinth before your son becomes one of us forever." Jareth smirked again before transporting me and him to his throne room.

Sarah

The night after the ball I woke up to find myself naked in Jareth's arms. A few years previous I'd have been furious but I actually found myself elated. I knew that I love him, finally; and what's more, he still loved me. I looked up at his sleeping face and gently kissed the soft smile on his lips. This caused him to stir. He opened his mismatched eyes and smiled softly at me.

"Good morning." He whispered.

"Morning." I smiled back.

"Not yelling? That's unlike you. I'd have thought you'd have been throwing things at me after waking up next to me." He smirked.

"Now why would I do that? I don't want to hurt my future husband and the man I love." I grinned. As I said that his face softened. We didn't have time to say any more at that point because there was a faint tapping on the door.

"Lady Sarah? It's Elwen, Princess Meriel and her daughter Róisín would like to know if you'd like to walk in the gardens after you;ve broken your fast." Came Elwen's voice.

"I think that's my cue to leave." Jareth grinned, kissing me. He quickly used his magic to change before transporting himself away. I ran my over to my nightgown and pulle it on before calling for Elwen to come in. She brought in breakfast for me and then went over to my wardrobe. She searched through it for a few minutes before pulling out a forget-me-not blue dress with a corseted bodice, a full skirt and half-sleeves trimmed in lace (Picture on profile). She left it on my very messy bed before running a bath for me.

"I though you might want a bath to relax after what that horrible vampire tried to do to you." She smiled as she came back in once I'd finished eating.

"Thanks." I smiled. The bath was nice, I'd been feeling a bit sore from the night before and the hot water helped. I finished my bath quickly and pulled on a white silk robe before running back to my bedroom.

Elwen was waiting for me. She helped me into the dress although we did have a small argument about how tight my corset should be. I refused to let her lace it as tight as she would for a normal Fae lady (even though she didn't realise at the time that I actually was a Fae now). In retaliation she refused to let me have my hair simply hanging down my back, instead she swept it up into and elegant twisted style on the top of my head. This revealed my newly pointed ears to her which caused her to squeal in delight.

"Does this mean that you're going to marry his majesty Lady Sarah?" She asked, hope evident in her face. Smiling I nodded which caused her to squeal again.

"If you're not careful Elwen you'll deafen Lady Sarah with your squealing." Came a voice from the door. We both looked over to see Meriel stood in the doorway with Róisín. Meriel was wearing a dress like mine only in pale pink, her hair was hanging down her back (it was a lot neater than Jareth's, not that I complain about his hair!) and she was wearing a circlet of silver leaves in her hair. Róisín looked so cute in a pink dress with gold and cream trim with red roses on the top of the bodice and along parts of the puffed sleeves (Picture on profile) and her hair hanging down in little ringlets.

"Sorry Princess Meriel, I'll just finish Lady Sarah's hair." Elwen said, embarrassed. I noticed that there were blue roses on the dressing table (Seriously, I found some on Google images, there's a picture on my profile). Elwen placed several of them in my hair before stepping away.

"Thank you Elwen. Sarah, I think we have a lot to talk about." Meriel smiled.

We ended up walking through the most beautiful garden I've ever seen, Róisín running ahead of us.

"So Sarah, what changed last night?" Meriel asked once Róisín was out of earshot.

"What do you mean?" I asked carefully. Not knowing what she wanted me to tell her.

"At the ball last night you were a mortal and now you're a Fae, what happened?" She smiled.

"Well, Jareth sort of asked me to marry him and I said yes." I replied.

"What do you mean sort of?" Meriel asked, looking confused.

"Umm…some other things happened beforehand." I replied, my face going red. She seemed to take the hint and didn't ask me to specify.

"So you're going to be my new sister, I guess we've got a wedding to plan." She smiled and I smiled back.

We were sat in the dining room having dinner that evening while discussing wedding plans. Poor Jareth was in the middle of a huge amount of girly talk. When a summons came he looked slightly relieved.

"Sorry ladies, a child's been wished-away." He smiled before transporting himself there. Half an hour later we had just finished eating and were heading to the library when a little goblin, Kobold I think his name was, came running up to us.

"Lady Sarah, his majesty needs you in the throne room." He said. I looked at Meriel before running to the throne room, Meriel and Kobold on my heels.

"Jareth, what's wrong?" I asked when I got there. He was stood with his back to me talking to someone. He turned to face me and moved out the way.

"Toby!" I gasped.

"Sarah! I knew you were here!!! Mom and dad wouldn't listen to me and then mom wished me away. And now she's running the Labyrinth but I don't think she'll get very far!" Toby gabbled so fast it seemed like he wasn't breathing. I had to get him to repeat what he'd said several times before I understood it. After that Jareth got a goblin to get a room ready for Toby who went to bed as soon as his room was ready. Meriel went to bed not long after, leaving Jareth and I alone.

"Sarah, why didn't you tell me about your father?" He said suddenly.

"What about my father?" I asked warily, praying that he didn't mean what I thought he meant.

"Why didn't you tell me that your father was hitting you?" He sighed.

"I was embarrassed about it. That and I managed to move out fairly sharpish." I replied.

"I won't let anyone hurt you ever again." He promised before we went to bed.

He stayed with me in my chambers again, not that I minded.