Disclaimer: You know the drill

Disclaimer: You know the drill. I own nothing from the Labyrinth.

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Old Friends

"Hoggle!" Sarah cried with delight, "Ludo, Sir Didymus. I'm so glad to see you!"

She ran to them, hugging each one in turn. Jareth stood back, not wanting to intrude.

"You's back." Hoggle said, as if it were expected. "It took you long enough."

"Yes, fair maiden. We were disappointed when you stopped calling us." Didymus said, his whiskered nose trembling with excitement. "Did you stop needing us?"

"I thought I did." Sarah admitted, "But I was wrong. I stopped making time in my life for what mattered to me."

"Your dreams." Hoggle pointed out.

"And old friends." Sarah added. "I've missed you. All of you."

"If you stay you can see us whenever you want." Didymus told her.

Sarah shot Jareth a look, grinning at the feigned innocence she saw on his face.

"Dirty pool, Jareth." She said with a grin. "Since when have you three been on his side?"

"Jareth, friend." Ludo burst out with, making everyone laugh.

"We's always been on his side." Hoggle said, somewhat ashamed as Sarah stared at him. "Well, for the most part. We wanted you to make it through, but it couldn't be too easy for you."

"You knew I was coming?" Sarah asked, looking at all of them.

"Jareth told us." Didymus replied. "He said his 'future Queen' was coming, and had to be tested."

"So that I could live here in the Labyrinth."

"Yes." Hoggle said, "Is you mad at us for helping him?"

Sarah looked around at her friends, unable to reply for a moment. She should be mad. She had been deceived. But the end result was that she was getting what every girl had dreamed of. A fairy tale story, with a King who loved her and friends that looked after her. And, of course, living in a castle.

"Of course not." Sarah said firmly. "We all learned something from our trip through the Labyrinth together. Didn't we Jareth?"

"Yes, we did." He said softly, pleased at her reaction to what she'd learned.

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"I just need you to keep him busy for a few hours." Sarah told Hoggle, hurrying down the hallway towards her room. "Just keep him out of the castle, ok?"

"How's I supposed to do that?" Hoggle asked, rushing after her.

"You'll think of something, Hoggle." Sarah said with a grin.

"What's you planning, anyway?"

"A surprise." Sarah said softly, as the door to her room closed behind her.