She looked up at him, "Remembered you?"

He lean backed considered what to say for a moment then asked, "Who do you think I am?"

He watched as she looked around unsure of herself, unsure of many things. He waited for her to answer. He always waited and he wasn't patient but with Sarah he could be. She had been through a lot in a short time. He told her, "I won't be upset, Sarah."

She considered him for a moment, "The Goblin King, the toy store clerk, a friend, lover, white barn owl, and the boy." She held her head confused and looked intently at him, "Jareth."

He nodded and grabbed the hand from her head. He lightly kissed it, "Thank you. I have waited so long for you to call me by my real name."

"How is this possible? I knew you before I left to rule the Labyrinth." She tried to figure it out in her head. How could he do it? Then she looked at him knowing how, "You have reordered time!"

"And I have done it all for you," he said holding her hands in his, "It's quite a story, precious."

"But you were the owl?" her head couldn't wrap around the fact he was in two places at once.

"Yes I better start there first."

xxxxx

Jareth was sleeping next to Sarah in his owl form. His dreams kept waking him up, he feared that eventually the beautiful young woman would fade away. He turned to watch her she begin to fade away he got nervous and tried to grab her but it wasn't she that was fading but him. A blinding light consumed him all he could think of was that he was leaving his Sarah. I am the Goblin King!

He lifted his wings to realize they weren't wings but a feathered cloak was around him. He looked around the room. It was all white and in front of him stood a girl with dark brown hair who seemed too to have been blinded by the light. He recognized her.

She stared at him in awe, "Who are you?"

He gave a light chuckle. He had just left her side. He walked around her examining her but this wasn't the same Sarah he had just left. This was a different Sarah. She couldn't have forgotten him that easy. "Surely you know the answer to that."

He could tell by the way she acted that this wasn't Sarah the caring, gentle, stubborn and loving young woman but Sarah Queen of the Goblins who must be feared and obeyed. She was annoyed with the way he was treating her. He asked her, "Who are you?"

She only confirmed his believe on who she was. Sarah why are you like this? She asked again "Who are you?"

He could tell something about him was similar to whatever was going on in her life. He knew who he was much better than she did. He was about to answer but his name was lost. Who am I? But she must know.

"You are the disgraced Goblin King!" she shouted at him.

Yes he was a Goblin King he remembered that. She was Sarah, his Sarah. He began wondering what else she could have forgotten, "…Does the name Toby mean anything to you?"

He could tell there was something just something there. She mentioned some boy that must have been wished away. He could almost feel his hand burning with the power she spoke of and the pain when it was time to turn a child. And yet she overcame it with the same words she had said to him.

"Do you love me?"

His heart ached for her so much. He touched her wanting to kiss her but knew it couldn't be for she didn't know who he truly was. But with her near he felt complete. He slowly sang to her. He watched as she slowly began to fall asleep.

"I wonder where you will be when you wake up." I wonder where I will be…

His eyes started to close.

xxxxx

Years slowly passed.

"I'm counting to three, boy, and you better be down here!"

He was downstairs before she even started counting. He flinched when he saw the wooden cutting board. She shook it at him warningly her mosey brown hair was pulled up into a bun this time. "Get your stuff!"

He picked it up his old tattered backpack. He wanted a new one when school started but knew not to ask for if he did he would have been punished. "Fix your hair."

He tried to comb out his messy blonde hair with his fingers but it didn't help, it never did. He also kept his eyes down when anyone spoke to him. They always freaked them. He couldn't help it. "You've been a burden ever since those worthless parents dropped you here!"

"What were they like?" he never knew his parents. Not even what they looked like. All he knew was Nana. She just mumbled and he held his tongue.

Things weren't much better at school either. He drew pictures of some girl and goblins which scared most of the kids away, all except one. A dark haired blue-eyed girl she loved them, he thought she looked slightly familiar but had no idea why. They would have been friends if she had stayed in the same class but she didn't. However, today they were getting assigned their reading buddies from the big school.

He was out at recess when he saw the dark haired girl running up to a woman with dark hair too but instead she had green eyes. He walked over to the edge of the playground watching them. She hugged the girl lovingly. They saw him staring at them. The girl said something to her mom but he couldn't hear. The mom straighten up, "Wait in the car with dad okay?"

The girl looked back and waved at him, he waved back. He watched as the lady came up to him and knelt before him, "Hi Jareth."

"Hi," he looked at her. She was so beautiful.

"Are you doing okay in school?" She kept smiling at him. He wanted someone like this, someone to care about him.

"Yes I am. You are really pretty," he didn't understand this was the girl he drew all the time but all grown up.

She smiled and slightly blushed, "Thank you." She looked at him like she wanted to tell him so much more. He kept his eyes down to not scare her like he did so many, "You have very handsome eyes. Don't be ashamed of them."

He looked up at her. Her green eyes shone brightly and full of love.

She looked back at to the car. He looked at it too. The girl was in the backseat bored of waiting. A man got out of the car. He was in a suit and tie. He began walking over to them.

"We need to get going, precious," he put his hand on the woman's shoulder. The man smiled down at him and he avoided his gaze, "Keep your chin up, Jareth."

The woman hugged him tightly, "Enjoy reading time and be nice to the goblins."

She hurried to the car leaving the man behind. He then knelt down. "There is a lot I wish to say but can't. You are a smart kid you'll figure it out," he stood up ruffling the boy's hair, "Be careful when picking up the pieces of Olde Smokie. Also don't forget to tell Nana about reading time after dinner." The man wink at him, it was then he noticed that the man too had similar eyes as him. He was about to say something to the man but the man spoke first, "Yes they are similar but we have to get going now Jareth." He turned and followed his wife to the car.

The girl yelled out of the window, "It's Uncle Toby!"

The mom who was about to get into the car stopped and looked over at the teenage boy who had just parked his truck a few spots from them. He waved at them his wavy dirty blonde hair blowing in the slight wind.

The mom hurried over to the teen and whispered into his ear then looked to over where he was standing. He recognized the teen. A lot of the kids in his class had older siblings in high school so he knew who was on the football team. He watched as the boy nodded and gave the woman a hug. He too gave the girl and the father a quick hug too before walking into the school.

He heard the bell ring out that recess was over and ran quickly to the door to line up to go inside. He walked silently back to his classroom thinking about the family. He wanted to be needed like that.

They were now standing in line waiting to be called on by the high school kids. He saw that Uncle Toby was there. The teen spot him immediately and waved. The teacher clapped to get attention of everyone, "Toby why don't you go first."

"Thanks, Mrs. Clark," Toby walked over to him, "Come on Jareth. Let's find something interesting to read."

They walked over to the bookshelves. He could hear the other kids whispering about that he got picked first. "Okay, Jareth. What are you interested in reading?"

"I like goblins."

Toby laughed, "I figured you might," he walked him over to one of the nicer couches and sat down. Opening his book-bag up, "I brought this," it was a small red book, "It might be a little big for your age but my sister used to read this to me all the time."

He listened as Toby read the book. It was amazing full of adventure and strange creatures, especially goblins, "Say that part again!"

Toby rolled his eyes and gave a light chuckle, "Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered…"

He closed the book when he finished the line, "Well what do you think?"

"She should marry the Goblin King!" he thought it would have been a better ending for the king.

"Oh well it goes on later, but I think you'll need to find the ending yourself," Toby smiled.

"I like you. You are like brother," there was something about the teen that seemed familiar too and it was something to do with that mom, his sister.

"Thanks Jar, that means a lot to me." Toby hugged him, "I got to get going but I'll see you soon okay?"

He watched as the teen left. These people were so nice. They loved him why didn't they save him from his home and give him a home with them. He didn't pay much attention to anything else the rest of the day. That family was all he could think about and that man.

When he said be careful picking up the pieces of Olde Smokie, what was he talking about? He went home after school thinking on how to avoid Nana's old teapot which she had deemed 'Olde Smokie' when he ran straight into Nana carrying it causing her to drop it to the floor.

"Why you clumsy little brat, clean this up!" she stomped to the kitchen to get a rag for him to clean the broken remains of Olde Smokie. He knew he would be punished by not getting dinner. The other foster kids avoided him like he was a bad luck charm.

"What did you all learn today?" she asked all the kids before getting dismissed from dinner. He was forced to sit there without dinner as the others ate.

One by one they listed what they learned and were able to leave. It was his turn now, last like usual. He looked straight at her. He heard the man voice say "Keep your chin up." So he did and the man said, "Don't forget to tell Nana about reading time after dinner."

He cleared his throat, "I had reading time today and learnt about goblins. A girl wished her brother way by saying the right words. It was a really cool book. The boy was taken by the goblins and would be there forever if she didn't solve the labyrinth. The goblins sang and had tons of fun with their king."

"Oh I guess that gives you an idea of running way after all I do for you! Well then if life with the goblins would be so much better for you I wish the goblins would take you away right now, so I wouldn't have the burden of taking care for you anymore!"

He heard noises all around the room suddenly. He blinked and suddenly he was somewhere else. He looked around there were goblins everywhere. He was sitting in some type of throne room. He looked behind him and there was the same mom from before and yet she looked younger more like his drawing. The goblins were dancing around him. Be nice to the goblins, that is what she said. So he was.

xxxx

Jareth stopped. He watched as Sarah linked things together. "Okay so how are you older?"

"Oh well since you left I kind of have been ruling again without turning children into goblins," he watched as her brow wrinkled, "You are Underground right now ruling. Somehow when you said those, I didn't think I'll ever be saying this, amazing words it made you come back here."

"I was terrible to Hoggle! And to Sir Didymus and Ludo! We should tell them!" She was about to get up but Jareth held her down.

"No we can't. They don't know anything about what is going on," he looked at her forcefully.

"How do you know? You were seven then!"

"Sarah, listen to me. They, Ludo and Sir Didymus, told me that all communication has been blocked between the worlds. The only reason you ever contact them in the first place was because you wanted to but now you are ruling and fiercely protecting the labyrinth."

"That's not fair."

He shook his head at her. "I'm not going to even wonder where your basis for comparison is for that."

She let out a small laugh. He sat in silence as she went through the story again in her head, and then looked up at him confused, "How do you remember who you are?"

He smirked at her, "Peaches are interesting fruits aren't they?" He watched as Sarah's eye brows shot up. He knew he didn't need to say more.

They got up from the bench, Sarah now wearing the necklace started walking towards the pillar. She rested her hand on the cool surface, "So you have been trying to give me hints throughout the school year on who you really were? Why didn't you tell me?"

He nodded. "I couldn't tell you. You had to figure it out for yourself. Besides, if I told you the ending of a book wouldn't you be upset with me. Though, I thought for a moment at the dance you knew." He leaned against the pillar looking up it to the top, "I heard about that despicable challenge later and realized how much of a jerk I was. I frighten you didn't I?"

"Only a little, it was Aaron who had upset me the most," she grabbed his hand and interlaced her fingers with his. She watched as his features relaxed by the simple jester.

"I came to comfort you. Me the majestic barn owl," he smirked. He looked down at her.

She shook her head and rolled her eyes, "You'll forget that will you."

"Nope, I think not. I've been called many things but never majestic."

She let go of his hand and walked a little away disgusted, "Great! I inflated your ego even more!" She then turned around to him laughing, "You even get jealous of yourself!"

She watched as Jareth who she knew as posed and well mannered (at times) got red from embarrassment. "I never said anything about getting jealous. I may have been irritated at the attention…"

"Yes at the attention you in a different form were giving me while you were hiding in my room as an owl." She watched as he opened and closed his mouth, "Can't argue now can you, Goblin King!"

He walked towards her. "Yes I can I just choice not to." He roughly pulled her closer to him and kissed her passionately.

After all of this there it is a kiss! One more chapter to go!