FLASH BACK!

All characters belong to Jim Henson.

She had been scared that night as all of the Goblins were running around her and the thunder and lightning outside was flashing so bright and so loud that she lost most of her senses in a matter of seconds. She didn't know where her brother was and that was also scaring her. And then the window came open! A giant barn owl came flying in at her face and she had to block her face to make sure that she wasn't the one who got hurt. Then the owl landed and there, standing in it's place, was the most handsome man she had ever seen. His hair was awry, long, and blonde. His eyes were mismatched with that beautiful blue and that soft brown. He was wearing a giant cape with leather pants and knee high leather boots.

He was gorgeous.

She looked at him and immediately she knew who he was. "You're him aren't you? You're the Goblin King!" He just smiled at her and she took a step toward him. "I want my brother back. Please, if it's all the same."

He crossed his arms and stared at her. "What's said is said."

She was confused as she looked back up at him. Why was he so cold? "But... I didn't mean it..."

His smile just grew wider. "Oh, you didn't?"

Why was he being so cruel? She had to get Toby back! "Please. Where is he?"

He stared at her as if she knew that answer already, "You know very well where he is."

She thought for a moment. The Goblin City! Thats where he had to be! But she couldn't get there! "Please, bring him back. Please!"

He stared at her and took a couple of steps towards her. His eyes sparkled with a different kind of emotion in them for a moment, but she couldn't tell as they flashed back. His voice was softer when he whispered, "Sarah, go back to your room. Play with your toys and your costumes. Forget about the baby."

Was he serious? "I can't."

He put out his hand as if he were holding something and smiled. "I brought you a gift." And in his hand appeared a crystal ball.

But she wasn't so sure... "What is it?"

He smiled crookedly and began to juggle it, "It's a crystal. Nothing more. But if you turn it this way and look into it, it'll show you your dreams. But this is not a gift for an ordinary girl who takes care of a screaming baby." He stopped juggling it and offered it to her. "Do you want it?" She nodded lightly. His smile widened and became a bit cruel. "Then forget the baby."

She sighed and looked up at him with desperation in her eyes. "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. He must be so scared-"

"Sarah," and the crystal turned into a snake. He looked at it slightly and then looked at her, "Don't defy me." And he threw it at her.

She screamed and threw it down, getting angry as it turned into a goblin. The Goblin King grinned his evil grin and looked at her, "You're no match for me, Sarah."

"But I have to have my brother back!"

He sighed and pointed out at the open window, "He's there. In my castle."

She ran over to the window to see a castle that was in the middle of what looked like a maze of some kind. He was behind her as he whispered, "Do you still want to look for him?"

She turned and looked at him, "Is that the castle beyond the Goblin City?"

"Turn back, Sarah. Turn back before it's too late."

How could he ask her that, "I can't. Don't you understand that I can't?"

"What a pity..."

She turned back and looked at the maze again, "It doesn't look that far."

All of a sudden, she felt his breath by her cheek as he came up behind her, "It's further than you think. Time grows short." He turned and looked at a clock that appeared out of no where. "You have 13 hours in which to solve the Labyrinth before..."

"Jareth goes away with all of us... Forever..." Said the mirror image of herself. "Such a pity."

Sarah looked down at the Labyrinth before her, taking in a deep breath. "Well... on to Rebuilding the Labyrinth..."