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I continue to not own this.

A crystal appeared in front of Sarah and she touched it, listening as it told her that Jareth had gone to fetch a child.

With a smile, she transported herself to the throne room and shouted for Hoggle, pacing as she waited.

"Yes?" Hoggle asked as he limped into the room.

"Jareth has returned, so I'm going home. So long and tell Sir Didymus goodbye."

"Wells, lets me go and gets Sir Didymus so's as yous can tell him," Hoggle said as he began to limp out.

Sarah sighed. "Well, hurry. I want to be gone before Jareth returns," she called out after him.

Jareth crashed back into the room in his usual attire and a furious state of mind.

"Salt! The little wretch! I hope she starves to death in that oubliette! No…better," he said pointing a finger at Sarah. "I'll only giver her salt to eat! Salt! Then we'll see how she feels about calling upon the king with such trivial requests! Salt for crying out loud..."

Jareth continued to storm around the throne room, grinding his teeth together and spitting out insults.

Sarah chuckled, then began to laugh, sitting down before she fell. Tears began to fill her eyes as she continued to laugh, wiping at her eyes.

Jareth turned to look at her, calming somewhat. "I don't find this funny," he said utterly confused.

Sarah ignored him and slowly stopped laughing, taking deep and slow breaths. With a snap, her hair and makeup became the same she used as the Goblin Queen and she created a crystal, smiling at the girl in the oubliette.

"Poor little girl, did you get your wish? Did you see the Goblin King?" Sarah asked, smiling as she watched the girl look around the oubliette in alarm.

"I warned you that you'd end up in an oubliette, but you just had to see the Goblin King. Well, I hope you're happy with the outcome, because I certainly am," Sarah said, knowing the girl could see her face. Her smile was full of malicious delight as she let out a contemptuous laugh and disappeared.

Once the crystal vanished, she began to laugh again, still ignoring Jareth.

Jareth watched her amazed. A new side to Sarah? A side, he had to admit, he really liked. He felt himself smiling as he watched the Goblin Queen. She really did look wondrous. He chuckled to himself. Even her makeup and hairstyle was strangely similar to his. He was about to comment on her astounding looks when Sir Didymus walked in.

"M-Majesty?" he said hesitantly, looking at the still chuckling Sarah.

"Oh, Sir Didymus, I merely wanted you to come so I could say farewell," Sarah said, her makeup and hair returning to normal.

"Are thou leaving?"

"Well, your king is back now, and I might as well get back to my life," Sarah said with a shrug, slowly standing and smiling down at the courageous knight.

Jareth frowned. "I thought we had a deal. I thought you were going to stay for dinner," he said softly.

Sarah rolled her eyes and slowly shrugged. "Fine, I'll stay for dinner, then leave."

He nodded his thanks still watching her. Didymus bowed and left quietly, leaving Jareth alone with Sarah again.

"How long are you going to leave that girl in there?" Sarah asked, lounging on the throne.

Jareth shrugged. "Oh…I'm not sure. How long do you think is sufficient? Thirteen hours or so you think?"

"That sounds wonderful, should do the little brat some good," Sarah muttered, her smile cold.

He nodded and walked around the room to stand beside her. "That it would." He laughed cruelly. "Salt…"

Sarah was silent for a moment, then frowned. "Would it have been possible to have just created a broom and destroyed the salt circle? I didn't think of that before for some reason."

He shrugged and knelt down beside her. "It's funner this way."

Sarah chuckled slightly, then remembered that this was the Goblin King, the man who had made her go through the Labyrinth ten years ago. She stood and walked to the other end of the room, glancing out the window.

Jareth stood and came up to stand behind her.

"It's beautiful when you look at it isn't it? But I think it looks best at night, when the moon is full and makes long shadows. It seems more magical that way."

He smiled as he found himself looking at Sarah instead of the labyrinth.

"Personally I'll be glad to see a normal view when I look out of my window," Sarah said, shuddering slightly. She tried to move and found Jareth was cornering her next to the window, with no place to go.

He smiled down at her. "Normality is so overrated. I strongly suggest the unexpected. But," he looked to the window. "If you wish to see a normal view then change it. You are the Queen of this land."

"Only until you returned, now, I'm just Sarah and I'm going back to my home as soon as dinner is through."

He sighed and reached out to touch her cheek. She pulled away and he turned away from the window and walked to his throne.

"You can never be 'just Sarah' again. You have magik now. You are a part of this place now."

"No, Hoggle would have warned me if the magik stuck to me. He only said I needed to fill in until you came back," Sarah said, slightly worried that he might be speaking the truth.

Jareth laughed softly even though his mood was swiftly dropping.

"Oh yes. I forgot. I'm the villain and am incapable of saying anything but a lie. I'm sorry Sarah. I dropped out of character for a moment."

He stood, glaring down at her. "Go home then girl. You aren't any different than when you first came."

With that he faded from her sight.

Sarah glared at where he had stood. "Aren't any different? No, of course not, I've just been kidnapping innocent children and making others go through hell to get them back for the past three months, why should that change me?" she muttered angrily.

Jareth sat in a corner in the Escher room. This was too much. He liked Sarah. But she obviously had different opinions about him. He had assumed that Hoggle would get her to run things while he was gone. He had hoped that being in the labyrinth and giving her a taste of his world would show her why he was the way he was. She still didn't seem to see it though. He gritted his teeth.

"Why can't anyone like the villain for once!" he yelled, listening to his voice echo off the walls.

What was wrong with him? He was fairly good looking. He had a great voice. He even gave lots of presents when he was in the mood. Perhaps he should have chosen another girl. Perhaps it was his fault.

He leaned his head up against the wall and continued to pout.

Sarah pulled the medallion off her neck and looked at it cautiously. Could Jareth have told her the truth about the magik? Was she really now connected to the Labyrinth because she had used its magik? She really hoped not.

With a frustrated sigh, she threw the medallion out the window, watching it sail towards the ground.

After it hit, she felt like smacking herself on the head. The only way of getting out of this place was to use the medallion. Throwing herself onto the throne, she frowned and wondered how long it would take to find it.

Jareth sighed, guessing it was time to go and see Sarah home, that is if she wasn't there already. Besides, that brat was still in his oubliette. He stood, dressed once again in his black clothes with his orange hair and transported himself back to his castle.