Jareth watched as Sarah slipped away from this world. Her own blood was pouring out her mouth, her eyes were open but looked blank and cold, and her body showed no signs of life. First grief build up in Jareth, then it was over come by anger. All of his anger was projected to Schnauts, he killed Sarah! He lurched towards to the man who killed the girl who revolved around Jareth's world. Jareth pinned him down to the floor and was violently punching Schnauts with his fists are closed. Schnauts was able to push Jareth other and slam him against the stone wall. He pulled out the little remote control, pushed the button, and many volts of electricity were running through Jareth's body. He screamed an agonizing pain running through out his whole body. He fell to the floor and cursing at Schnauts when the electricity had stopped. And just for that he was zapped again. The Goblin King yelled again from all of the pain that was taking over his body. Suddenly, he was kicked in the stomach and pushed into another cell. Once he was in it, the door slammed and he was locked up again like a caged beast. Jareth lifted up his head with the last amount of strength he had left and looked Schnauts straight in the eye. Jareth watched him wipe the blood from his lip and walk away, while saying some unpleasant words under his breath. Then Jareth dropped his head and he was staring at Sarah, who lay dead on the ground. The dagger wasn't in her neck any more; Schnauts must have pulled it out before he left.
Tears welled up in his eyes and he cried out loud. He just lost the only girl he had ever loved just because he never told Schnauts some stupid plan of attack Lord Samuel had in mind. Guilt had taken its course; Jareth was blaming himself for what happened to Sarah. He crawled closer to the bars so he could be closer to her. He loved her so much and he wished he could turn back time and never have brought her here. If he hadn't brought Sarah back to the Labyrinth, she wouldn't be lying dead on a dirt floor in a dreary dungeon. He would do anything to bring her back to him, anything; even if it cost his life. It was unfortunate that his powers are so limited from his kingdom and that he could not resurrect the dead.
Now his heart felt empty with out her. What would he tell Aelise and everyone else of what happened to her? They would be past depressed if they found out. He imagined Aelise would hate him for letting this happen to Sarah; her mother. Now Jareth was beginning to feel sorry for himself.

Gavin made it to Samuel's camp in two, hard days of riding and pushing his horse to the limit, and only stopping for a few hours of rest. The horse and him were both near exhaustion when they arrived. He wearily slid off the horse and made his way to Samuel's tent. He was ready to collapse when he reached it.
He barged through the tent flap and gasped, "Samuel...I know where Jareth is. We have to go and get him." Then he fell to the floor, unconscious. He had nothing to eat or drink for several days, this was causing him to crumble like a brick wall being hit by a huge boulder that was shot by a powerful catapult.
Samuel had his servants take Gavin to his bed and let him rest there. He ordered them to tend to him and prepare some food and a drink for him. They did what they were told and hastily tended to his Majesty's friend's twin brother.
Gavin aroused from his dreamless slumber and found himself on a feathery soft bed, covered with several blankets. When he sat up, the world started to spin. He still felt a little weak and faint from his strenuous journey. He sat at the end of the bed holding his head with his hands. Gavin's head was throbbing and he felt light headed. While he sat there, someone walked in.
A young, male servant was standing there with a tray full with food and a cup of ale. He cautiously walked over to Gavin and placed the tray on a near by table. Before he left he said, "I'll tell His Majesty that you are awake."
Gavin raised his one hand and a gesture of thanks, then the servant left the room. Several minutes later Samuel walked him and looked down on Gavin. Gavin looked up at him and nodded his head in a lame formality and said, "Your Majesty."
Samuel asked, "How are you feeling? You gave us all a fright when you rushed in and fell cold to the ground."
Gavin sat up straight and lied to Samuel, "I'm much better now, thank you. But let us skip the part of seeing how I am and get straight to helping my brother, your friend, out of the dungeon at Schnauts' castle."
Samuel laughed, "You were always the one who had to dive head first into things weren't you? Even if it killed you doing it."
Gavin said sardonically, "Well someone has to do it, or things would never get done. So c'mon, lets get to business."
Samuel asked, "All right then. So how are we going to rescue your brother? My spies say that the place is covered in guards and that there's no way to get in, except through the main entrance. I'm sure we can't just walk in like we own the place. It'd be a suicide mission for sure."
Gavin grinned, "Well I see that your spies aren't that good. There is a way in; we're just going to have to disguise ourselves to get there." He stood up and he stumbled, but he kept himself from falling, then he started to pace from one side of the tent to the other.
"You'll bring part of your army with me, and of course you'll come, but..." he stopped and though out the plan that was pouring out, "but we have to be inconspicuous and only take a few good men with us when we head into the castle. We'll steal the armour from a few guards at the castle so we won't announce we're there with our look."
Samuel just sat there listening to Gavin ramble out his plan to get Jareth back safe and sound. Gavin was saying there is a way to get with out being detected by the guards that were just crawling about it. They would have do some swimming though. According to Gavin, there are places where water gets into the castle from the moat and one had a loose bar in it. They could pull that bar out and squeeze through, hopefully Sam had no idea how his excited friend knew all this information, or how he was coming up with it, but he was happy that Gavin knew all of it.
Gavin had finally finished with his extraordinary plan and Samuel sarcastically asked, "So if you had this all planned out, why did you need me to help? It sounds like you knew all of this before you got here."
Gavin chuckled, "Actually, I didn't have a single clue what to do. Maybe I should starve myself for a few days and be on the brink of death more often to get my master plans." He then winked at His Majesty.
The both laughed heartily. After they were both in tears from several, long minutes of laughter, Samuel managed to ask while wiping the tears from his eyes, "So when are we heading out?"
Gavin sat down, holding his stomach because it hurt from laughing so much, "As soon as possible. Hopefully tonight, if you can get some of your men ready by then. It'd be better to arrive at the castle at night so we won't be spotted as easily, and also for the men who have to sat behind while a few of us go in."
Sam nodded in agreement, "I get some of men ready and we'll be off tonight."
At that Gavin hungrily ate his food that was brought in, and Samuel left the tent to get ready so they could depart that night.

Jareth was in the darkest corner of his cell, sobbing heavily. His heart felt like someone pulled it from his chest and stomped on it. The death of Sarah has caused him so much grief; his heart was in so much pain. He felt all alone in the world now, and he was ready to give up. The only thing that was stopping him from killing himself was his anger to get his vengeance for Sarah; he was going to kill Schnauts, even if it just might take his in the meantime.
A few days have passed as he watched the motionless body that was in front of his cell. Her once rosy face that had so much compassion and so much care, was now a pale-blue color, cold, and stone faced. Jareth asked himself so many times, why her? Why take such an innocent life that still had so much to live for? This was a major earth shattering event in his life, and he did not approve of it. Maybe he would of been smarter and not have tried to go after Schnauts alone and never have gotten caught in the first place. Jareth was again blaming himself for this tragedy. He was starting the "what if's". He blamed himself more and more each minute that passed. Jareth was a wreck. He wasn't even thinking straight.
All he was thinking of was ways to get revenge or his fond memories of Sarah. He realized of how much he took her for granted, and now that she was gone he wished he did more things with her, never yelled at her for the tiniest things, and said the things of how he felt for her. But it's all too late now, she's gone and there's nothing he can do to change that.
Jareth slammed his fist on the ground and it hit something sharp and hard. He lifted up his fist to his face and saw a dark substance dripping from the side of his hand. He took his other hand and felt the substance, sniffed it, and then tasted it. It was his own blood. Suddenly a idea struck Jareth's head! He felt for the sharp object with his uninjured hand and finally found it. He moved into the light to see what it was; his guess was right. It was a knife. Now he was going to get his revenge!

Samuel and Gavin arrived at the castle three days after they left. They couldn't get to the castle any earlier because for one thing, they wanted to get there at night, and also Samuel had some foot soldiers so they could only go so fast. Just before Gavin and Samuel were ready to leave to get inside the castle, Sam took two soldiers them. The middle-aged one was named Silph. He was quite robust, tall, and looked like a fighting machine. His dark brown hair was pulled back into a loose ponytail at the back of his head, his eyes were a forest green that looked like he wasn't afraid of anything, and his face showed that he had been through many battles with the amount of scares on it. You knew automatically that you didn't want to get on his bad side, or you might be in some trouble.
The other was just a small lad, about early twenties, named Landorion. His build was small, and he wasn't as nearly as tall as Silph. His dirty blonde hair was shaggy and it covered his eyes. When he brushed his hair from his face, his eyes were grey but a twinkle to them. His face was young and seemed childish, but had a sly look to it; almost like he was concocting a brilliant plan. His featured showed Gavin that he was a spy of some sort and that he was very hard to detect and good at whatever he did. He'd be great to get them into the castle, while the other can take care of any other any inconveniences that stand in there way.
Sam explained that these two men where his best. As Gavin suspected, Landorion was a spy for Samuel and he could get into almost any place. He was quick at picking lock and he was as silent as a lion ready to pounce on its prey. But Silph was a true warrior at heart. He had been through many battles with Samuel and he was the best of the best. His swordsmanship was cunning, and again, one of the best that Samuel had. He would be the best man to fight off the guards that might block their way. Gavin approved with both men and then they were on their way into the castle.
They went by foot and Landorion was in the lead to make sure the coast was clear. Samuel, Gavin, and Silph stayed back and waited for Landorion's signal to proceed. But when they were approaching the castle, he called Silph over and the larger man went to the small, weasely man. Gavin and Samuel both exchanged quizzical glances and looked off where Landorion and Silph disappeared off to.
A few minutes later they came back and were carrying amour from the goblins and Fireys.
Samuel asked, "How did you get-," he stopped and changed his question. "No never mind. Dumb question. Where did you dispose the bodies?"
The two both had Cheshire cat smiles on their face. Then Silph said with a heavy accent, "We jus' pushed 'em inta the river, don't ya know your Majesty."
Sam nodded in approval, "Ok. But next time you decide to bash some heads in, let me know."
Landorion winked and his smile beamed like he was a small child in a candy store, "Ok, sure. We'll do just that."
Samuel rolled his eyes helplessly and started down towards the castle. Gavin chuckled at the two men and the followed Samuel.
He walked beside Samuel and stated with a bit of a laught in his voice, "I see we got a joker on our hands, huh?
Samuel looked over at Gavin with a grin, "That we do. He's so impossible! He's attitude is just like a child, like it's all a game to him." He sighed. "Oh well. What can you do? At least his attitude doesn't always get the best of him, especially when he working."
Gavin agreed and then put on the amour.
For the rest of the way down Landorion followed Gavin's orders to get them to the entrance that they were going to sneak through and get inside. The silently crept down on the west side of the castle where the water went into the castle. Everything was so far so good by the time the reached their destination. No goblins or Fireys had noticed them since they were wearing the amour to disguise themselves, so they pretty much looked normal to their enemies' eyes. But when they looked at the moat that surrounded the dark and dismal castle, it was infested with some kind of water creatures with razor sharp fangs. When Silph threw in a stick into the murky and dangerous water, the creatures attacked it like a swarm of hungry piranhas.
Silph looked questionably at his leaders and asked, "Ummm....are you sure we have to submerge into the water to get in?"
Gavin sighed and nodded his head. He had to think of some way to distract the creatures long enough so they could get into the castle. He looked around to see if anything could help him out. He noticed the opening wasn't completely submerged in the water and there was a grassy area that surrounded the place that was about two feet in width. The moat wasn't too terrible wide, maybe 50 meters, so it wouldn't take long to cross it. Gavin figured they could swim across, take the bar out with out having to dive in to do it, and get in without the creatures noticing. Now, the only problem was to distract the nasty carnivores. He stood there for a few minutes pondering. Finally an idea struck him. He remembered Silph and Landorion dumping the presumed dead bodies into the river when they got the amour, so they could kill a few guards and dump them into the moat, and hopefully they creatures would swarm around them. He thought a few less guards out of the way was a whole lot merrier and it would also buy them some time. Gavin then told his plan to his companions and Landorion and Silph liked the whole idea. They went off and did a sneak attack on a few guards, and then pushed them into the moat. As suspected, the creatures went to the bodies and the four swam across the other side as quickly as possible. It was so far successful. They made it across safely with even some time to spare. Then Silph used his strength and yanked out the loose bar and then quickly, one by one, slipped through the opening. Silph had a bit more difficulty since he was larger than the rest, but he managed to squeeze through. He put the loose bar back to it's original spot and then climbed out of the water and caught up with the rest.
They were downstairs where prisoners were brought in and taken to a cell. The place was dark as the deepest part of the ocean. There were only a few torches that lit the walls. The whole room was disgustingly filthy and smelled of decaying corpses; a smell strong enough to churn your stomach. Gavin tried to keep himself from gagging from the horrible stench that filled the air around him.
Samuel took a torch off the wall and proceeded to look around the room to find any clues of where they should head to. The sight of the room was very disturbing. Human skeletons were occupying the room. Some were still in shackles and chains, while others were in piles in corners. Rats also lived among them, feeding and using the bones for their homes. The whole thing was rather disturbing. This room made them all more determined to find a way out of there.
After stumbling over many bones and rats, Samuel found a set of stairs that lead up. He whistled to his friends and they ran over to him. He could tell they were all upset about their surroundings, even the brave Silph was about to show his innards. He lead them up the dark stairwell, stepping over rats and getting away from the skeletons that infested the last room.
Landorion said, "Well, I hope we don't have to go back that way to get out. The whole place was making my gut retch."
Silph agreed, "Yea, same hare. That a place down there was not vary pleasant, don't ya know."
Gavin added, "Well, we left that place now, so lets not worry anymore. It'll cloud up your brain if you think about it too much and then you won't use your full amount of brain capacity you have that you'll need tonight. But don't worry, we won't be taking that way out since our cover will be blown once we find Jareth."
They walked some ways up the stairs and it lead to another chamber, but this once wasn't as bad as the first one. The smell wasn't as strong and there weren't as many rats and bones lying about.
Gavin looked around the room, figuring the two floors were used to hold prisoners when they didn't have any room in their dungeons. He shuddered at the whole though of being locked down in a basement with no food or water, and letting the rats eat away at your flesh when you were dying.
Samuel saw a bar door that lead out, but it was locked. He motioned to Landorion to pick the lock, and the young lad jumped at the chance and pulled out some of his tools. He took two pieces of wire he had and stuck them into the lock. You could see he was in deep thought when he was breaking them free. They heard clicking and scratches on metal when he was picking the lock, and suddenly there was a clang and the door was opened. Landorion smiled broadly, bowed deeply, and let the three walk through.
Samuel commanded, "Stand straight, Landorion! Don't get all big headed on us now. You can gloat after we're done this whole escapade."
He smiled childishly and obeyed his Majesty. He then followed them up the stairs and they were approaching the end of the stair well. Once they were getting closer Gavin put his index finger up to his lips to tell them to keep quiet and not to make any loud noises. He heard some guards around the opening, so they had to keep quiet. They waited there for a bit, listening to the conversation. One guard was saying that Schnauts had killed the girl and he figured that he would kill the Goblin King now since he'll never speak of Lord Samuel's plans.
Gavin shot a look at Samuel and mouth "plans?" He nodded his head and mouthed that he was going to do a sneak attack on Schnauts' army and get rid of them once and for all. Gavin was stunned that Sam had never mentioned it before. He dismissed that from his mind a went back to listening.
The other voice was saying it was such a pity that the girl had to die. If she didn't attack Schnauts, she might be alive that day.
Gavin wondered if the girl they were speaking about in great detail was Sarah. She was taken to the castle to get Jareth to say something, but she was never sure what it was about. He imagined Sarah lying dead on a floor; her body cold and lacking color. He shook his head to dispel the thought. He knew he couldn't think that way. It mustn't be true. Sarah can't die.
Samuel suddenly gave the signal for Landorion and Silph to take down the two guards and dispose them. They smiled at each other like they were two kids in a candy store and went to have some fun. First Landorion got the two guards' attention while Silph snuck behind them. With a quick bang, Silph smashed their heads together and the dropped to the floor.
Landorion gave his friend and thumbs up, "Good work, my dear friend. Amazing it never got messy." Then he winked at Samuel and Gavin.
Silph asked while he was throwing one of the unconscious men over his shoulder, "Could ya gimme some help here, Landorion? It'd be quicker if ya help me get rid of these stupid blokes."
The small man smiled and grabbed the other guard's arms and drug him to a dark corner. He then he patted his hands together like he was getting dirt off them, "Well, no one should so them here. So lets get going. We probably only have so much time. You know how these little rescue missions go; you only got so much time before something happens to the victim or the rescuers."
Sam agreed and they proceeded to find Jareth. Gavin had a feeling that Jareth was in the dungeon where there was a lot of security around it. That was concerning him because he wasn't sure what he'll be up against.

Schnauts was pacing back and forth in his bed chambers yelling at his head guard. He was frustrated with Jareth that he hasn't said anything about the plans. Then he thought back and thought it was sad that he killed the girl, but he dismissed that thought right away. It was her fault she was dead and decaying in the dungeon, not his. His plan wasn't to kill her, but she left him no choice. She threatened his life with the small knife she had. But having sensitive hearing, he heard her sneaking up on him and knocked her down. The knife went flying from her hand and it landed somewhere. After he did murder her, he had a few quick glances to see where it went, but never saw it.
There was a knock at the door and the guard went to answer it. Schnauts just heard some whispers and his head guard nodded his head and shut the door.
The guard hesitantly said, "Ahem...Your Highness, I was just informed that we have several guards missing." He saw the furry in Schnauts' eyes and quickly added, "But they did find two, Sir. They said two men attacked them and two other men stood back. He said one of them looked strangely like the Goblin King and the other resembled Lord Samuel. But he wasn't quite sure what the weasely, small man and the warrior were."
Schnauts voice rose like a lions roar, "WHAT?! How did you let this happen? How did they get in?"
The guard backed up into the dark corner, trying to hide from his master's vicious anger.
His voice quivered as he spoke, "I honestly don't know. Every entrance is blocked with my best guards. They couldn't have got in without being detected."
Schnauts' eyes were full of anger and he had the look like he was going to kill something. His guard fell to his knees and pleaded for forgiveness. Then Schnauts walked over to the frightened man and pulled out his dagger, the same one that had killed Sarah. The man's eyes widened at the site of the razor sharp dagger. By the time he struggled to get up and head to the door, Schnauts grabbed him by the scalp and slit his throat.
Blood oozed from the guard's neck and onto the stone floor. Schnauts apologized with no meaning or sympathy at all and let the body drop. He then yelled for another guard to come in. Once one did arrive, their eyes filled with horror and disgust. Schnauts could tell that the soldier was going to vomit everywhere, but he didn't care so he ordered the sick man to drag the body out and properly dispose of it. Once he left he called for a few more guards to clean up the mess while he left to speak with his other soldiers.

A bell rang as Samuel, Gavin, Landorion, and Silph were approaching the dungeon. They weren't too terribly far from where the bell sounded and all of the soldiers turned their attention towards Schnauts in his tower. They hid in the dark, but tried to be inconspicuous.
He bellowed, "My friends! We have some unwanted guests among us. There are to believed to be four of them and they are of Lord Samuel's army! I am told they are by some colleagues of ours who have seen them sneaking about. They are Lord Samuel himself, a man that looks like Jareth the Goblin King, and two other men. One is a big, well built man that could possibly a warrior, and the other is small and lanky-"
The four men looked at each other and decided they should hurry up ad leave. If they stayed too much longer they would be caught. They silently made their way to the doors that lead them down to the dungeon that Gavin has suspected Jareth might be. But they had to act as if they were guards too or people would get suspicious and it was getting even more dangerous to be in there. They had to move fast because time was running out and they could not stay much longer with out being noticed.
The crowed separated once Schnauts finished his speech. The guards were everywhere and the four tried to act as normal as possible. They couldn't quite go and find Jareth or that would make them looks suspicious to others around them. Samuel's plan was to spilt up for a half hour and meet back up by the dungeon door. This whole split up idea was so they wouldn't be so obvious. And if anybody had seen or heard anything they had to tell the rest once they were back together or find one by one and tell them. Everyone agreed to the idea and they went on their own ways.
Gavin stayed around the opening to the dungeon. He didn't want to be too far away from the entrance, just in case something with happen that would affect their mission.
He stayed in a dark corner, watching the entrance like a hawk. No one had gone through those doors, until Schnauts came. Gavin watched very carefully and slowly made his way to the door. Schnauts was waiting for one of his guards that was with him to open up the door that lead down into the dungeon. Now Gavin was completely sure that's where Jareth was held captive.
When he was close enough he heard Schnauts say something about Jareth and seeing if he will talk. Gavin thought this would be the prefect opportunity to go hit two birds with one stone. He could finally get rid of Schnauts once and for all and also he can get Jareth and take him home.
When the guard unlocked the door, Schnauts went in and Gavin followed closely behind. Gavin still stayed hidden in the shadows while he followed his enemy deep down in the dreary dungeon where Jareth was held captive.

Jareth was waiting in his cell for Schnauts to arrive. He'd been waiting a few days for him to come visit Jareth. He was going to go through with his plan and get his revenge for Sarah. He stared blankly off into the darkness of his cell. Jareth turned his gaze over to Sarah who still remained lying on the floor. His mind went back to the times when she was smiling, laughing, throwing fits, and just living her life. Who would figure that she would die so young?
His mind like a slide show, remembering everything. As he kept staring, his rage was growing and growing. His blood was boiling and he couldn't wait to slit Schnauts' throat and watch the dark blood spill from his neck. Jareth wanted him to suffer a slow painful death. He'd cut into the juggler vein in the neck, and then slowly die from the lack of blood. Jareth would enjoy watching him die, like Schnauts enjoyed killing beloved Sarah.
Jareth heard someone coming down the stairs and he jumped back into reality. He could tell it was his arch enemy the way he tromped down the steps. But he heard someone else that was coming behind Schnauts. Their footsteps were more quieter and they would stop for a second and start up again. Someone was sneaking up behind Schnauts.
Schnauts reached Jareth's cell and asked, "So how are you tonight, Goblin King?"
Jareth snapped, "How do you think I am? You killed the only girl I had feelings for and you suspect me to tell you the plans now. Well, I'm not! The deal is over. You said Sarah would be kept safe if I agreed to tell you, but you killed her so I don't care if you'll kill me too! I'd be much better off being with Sarah again than being stuck here in the dungeon."
Gavin was waiting in the shadows in the stairwell entrance. He heard everything Jareth said, then he saw the body lying on the ground. His eyes grew wide. It was true, Sarah was killed! His eyes welled up with tears, but he held them back. He would not break down now. He'd come too far to throw just away the plan because something had happen. Gavin peeked out from the shadows, and he spotted Jareth in the cell refusing to tell Schnauts anything. Then Jareth spotted Gavin from the corner of his eye. Gavin quickly placed his index finger up to his lips that gestured for silence.
Someone tapped Gavin on his shoulder, and he quickly turned around frantically. Landorion placed his hand over Gavin's mouth to keep him from saying anything.
Landorion explained in a whisper, "I watched you follow Schnauts in here, so I figured you'd might need some help springing your brother."
Gavin nodded and said, "It's good you're here 'cause I'm going to need your pick-locking skills to get Jareth out."
Landorion smiled mischievously, "So what's the plan, boss?"
Gavin explained to his small friend that he was going to do a sneak attack on Schnauts while he would pick the lock and get Jareth out of there. It sounded like an easy and a good plan to Landorion, so he went along with it.
Jareth watched Gavin come out from his hiding place in the shadows and kept closer to him. Then he noticed a smaller man looking out from the shadows. Jareth wasn't sure who he was, but he could be stalking Gavin. The man came out from the shadows too and tip-toes closer to the cell.
Suddenly Jareth's twin pulled his sword that was fastened around his waist, from its sheath and it made the sounds of metal on metal. The sound rang through the air and Schnauts whipped around and saw Gavin coming towards him. He too pulled out his sword and struck it against Gavin's sword that was coming right for him. The two were in an all out sword fight while Landorion was picking the lock and explaining to Jareth who he was and what they're going to do. He picked the lock and quietly swung the door open. Landorion motioned for Jareth to follow him, but he just froze their, looking at the small man and then set on Sarah and on Schnauts. Jareth wasn't about to forget his revenge for Sarah.
Gavin swung around when his enemy thrust his sword forward at it, and whipped his sword at the same time, that led him to slit Schnauts' upper arm. Schnauts grabbed his bleeding arm with his hand, and gave a look of pure hatred to Gavin. For a second, Gavin put down his guard and Schnauts kicked his feet from under him, and Gavin fell hard to the stone floor while his sword flew from out his hands and landed several feet from him. Now Schnauts had the upper hand. He held his sword up above his head, and was ready to finish off Gavin. Gavin tried to reach for his sword, but it was way out of his reach.
When Schnauts was about to thrust his sword through Gavin's heart, Jareth ran for Gavin's sword, picked it up, and charged at the unsuspecting Schnauts. Schnauts had a pained look when Jareth charged at him. He looked down and he saw the sword went right through his abdomen. His mouth was agape and he looked at Jareth, then at Gavin. He finally collapsed to the floor, dead. Gavin quickly scrambled to his feet and looked at his brother surprisingly. He then walked over to him and hug. He was so happy his brother was all right. When Gavin pulled away, he saw Jareth staring at Schnauts' body with a look of defeat. He had killed Schnauts and got his revenge for Sarah.
"Sarah," Jareth thought. "My dear, Sarah." The thought of her brought tears to his eyes. Then he looked at her. She was still laying in the same spot where she fell when Schnauts killed her. That was now a few days ago, he though; it seemed like it any ways. He wasn't sure what day it was any more. Oh how he wished she was still alive so he could hold her in his arms and tell her how he loved her so much. But now she was gone, and he couldn't tell her what he thought and felt about her.
Jareth walked over to Sarah's lifeless body and picked her up. Her body was stiff and cold and her skin was very blue-grey color. This was his first time he got to hold her, and he wished it didn't have to be like this. He fought to hold back the tears as he carried her body past his brother and Landorion and up the stairs. The two followed closely behind him, but kept silent.
By the time they reached the door, Silph and Sam were waiting for them. They were over joy when they Jareth, but once their eyes fell onto the dead girl in his arms they were filled with grief. To Silph, it was just a girl who was there dead, in Jareth's arms, but Samuel knew it was Sarah. When he saw her his heart went out to Jareth, for he knew how much he loved the girl. Still, no one said anything as they silently walked through the city and back to the opening where they came. Gavin went in the cool water first and removed the bar so they could get out. Samuel went next so he could tell his army to attack the castle, and defeat the enemies once and for all. Jareth went next and slowly went in with the body still in his arms. When he was at the other side, Gavin tried to take her, but Jareth wouldn't let go. He was not going to let go of her, never! When the other two came through they all rushed towards the their horses while arrows were zooming past them. The battle has started and they were right in the middle of it. Arrows, big balls of fire shot from the catapults were flying right by them from both sides. Samuel's men were closing up on Schnauts', but they were so out of it. Their leader was dead and no one knew who was going to command them.
Silph, Landorion, Jareth, Samuel, and Gavin made it safely across and the mounted their horses. Sam was going to stay and lead his army, while Silph and Landorion helped. Gavin and Jareth then started their several days journey home.
Before they departed, Sam took Jareth's hand in a hand shake and said sympathetically, "I'm so sorry, Jareth. I knew you loved her, but she would want you to put her at rest and move on with your immortal life and look after Aelise without the burden of holding on to her." Jareth then released the shake and rode off.
Samuel yelled, "Jareth! Heed my advice. It will do you good in the long run." He didn't know if his friend heard him, but at least he told him that he has to let Sarah go.
Before Gavin left Sam told him to keep a watchful eye on Jareth and report anything to him about Jareth. Gavin nodded and left to catch up to his brother.

The journey was long, then never did stop to sleep, just long enough to rest up their horses. Jareth still held Sarah when he was on the horse, and Gavin knew right away he wasn't going to let go and he wasn't going to dare try to take her away from him.
The whole trip Jareth just kept his eyes to the road and never said a word. He let his mind wander to what Samuel said to him before he left. He couldn't believe what his best friend said to him. Jareth just could never move on with his immortal life without the love of his life. She was the only reason why he kept living when he was in the dungeon for so long, and now he left empty and torn apart from everyone. No one knew what he's going through, no one! He doesn't even know why he's still here, he would rather be dead, then at least he could be with Sarah.
Finally Gavin interrupted his thoughts, "Jareth? Are you ok? Do you want to talk?"
Jareth glared at his brother, then turned his attention back to the road, "What's there to talk about? She's dead, I cannot do anything."
Gavin suggested, "You could listen to what Samuel told you, and let her go; move on with your life. You knew one way or another she would die, Jareth. She was a mortal; mortals die, unlike you and me."
Jareth grunted.
"C'mon, Jareth! Grow up! Let Sarah go! You can't be like this, you have Aelise to look after," Gavin's voice grew quieter, "and yourself."
Jareth shrugged, "So? You try losing someone you love, then you come back to me and tell me to let her go. It's not possible, Gavin, it's not!
"Sarah was the only girl I loved. I was so happy she came back here to the Labyrinth. She made me happy, happier than any other girl I have even been with. Before I left she told me she loved me. You should of saw that look on her face when she said that, she really meant it. And now I can't be with her, and it hurts!
"I know over time I will slowly get over her, but I doubt it. It'll take eons for me to let her go. I don't even know if I want to be here any more."
Gavin said, "Don't say such things, Jareth! You have Aelise to look after. Imagine your daughter, how she'll feel if you killed yourself. She'd be inconsolable. She just lost her mother, don't let her loose you too."
Jareth didn't reply back, for he knew what his brother was explaining was true. What would happen to Aelise if she lost both her parents? How would she reacts? Jareth just kept his eyes in front of him and he made his horse trot. He wasn't the type of guy to admit when he was wrong, but he was confused and hurting so much that he couldn't think straight.
Gavin followed closely behind him, but didn't say another word. He knew he must of upset Jareth, but he had to say something. He was watching his brother wasting away and he could really do anything, but tell him the truth. He just wished he knew what was going through his brain.
The sun was just about to set when they arrived back to the Goblin City. When Gavin and Jareth were riding through the streets to get back home to the castle, the village goblins were staring at the body Jareth was still holding with grief; their future queen was dead. Jareth didn't even bother to acknowledge his people, he still kept his eyes on the directed path back to his home. On the other hand, Gavin was studying the goblins' faces; he saw sorrow, confusion, awe, and some between happiness and sadness. The younger goblins, the children, didn't know what has happened so they weren't affected, all they knew was their King was riding through the street with a dead girl in his arms. Some of the ladies cried openly when they saw Sarah's lifeless body and the men tried to comfort them. Gavin then spotted Sarah's dwarf friend, Hoggle, watching them go through the city. His eyes were brimmed with tears and his nose was running. When Hoggle noticed the prince was watching him, he quickly turned away and left the crowed. Gavin saw with his own eyes the pain that this caused Hoggle, and the whole Goblin City. Sarah must have been an asset to this city somehow.
They all moved to the sides of the streets to make room for the king and the prince so they can hurry and get back to the castle. They knew that Jareth had to make arrangements for Sarah's funeral and that he would want to get back to the comfort of his castle to be alone.

Aelise spotted her father from her bedroom window when he was entering the castle gates. She hurried out of her room and yelled as she was making her way down to the front doors that her daddy, mommy, and uncle were finally home. The servants, maids, and everyone else in the castle made their way to the doors too, to greet their masters and mistress. Aelise slid to a halting stop and pulled the huge wooden doors with all her might. Once the door were just opened enough for her to squeeze through, she dashed out and ran up to her father that was on the cobble stone in front of the doors, but he was still on his horse. As she got closer and saw the body with the long brown hair that was dangling in her father's arms, her eyes that were sparkling with excitement, were now filled with grief and tears. She looked up at Jareth, then at Gavin with their sad look in their eyes, and back on the body. She knew right at that second that it was her mother. She looked more closely at the lifeless body to make sure it was Sarah, and she saw her face. Sadness swept through Aelise's body as she saw her mother's face. The tears now came like waterfalls flowing over rocks. She stepped back, shaking her head furiously, not believing what she was seeing. She fled from the scene and ran away towards the garden, then she vanished into thin air; she teleported herself to another place to keep away from the truth.
Jareth stared off to space. He wished that Aelise hadn't see Sarah's body, not like this. He saw the pain that went through his own daughter, once she figured it out, and it made his heart hurt even worse. Gavin rode his horse up beside Jareth's and put his arm around his brother's shoulders and said quietly, "She's just sad, Jareth. I'll talk to her."
Jareth shook his head and argued, "No, I have to talk to her. She's my daughter and it'll be better if she heard this from me. I have to explain it to her, and it'll just be better if I did it."
Gavin nodded his head and got off his horse. The stable boy took his horse as he walked into the castle with his shoulders slumped. Jareth watched his brother walk away, then he got off his horse and carried the body in. Jareth ordered one of his servants to call for the funeral parlour and get someone to take the body and get it ready for the funeral. He wanted the best casket every built for Sarah and the most beautiful flowers in the whole kingdom. Everything had to be perfect as it could be. Right then the servants went on their way to make the arrangements and left the master be alone to say his goodbyes.
He laid the corpse on the couch and knelt down beside it. Jareth smoothed her hair and brushed it away from her face with his one hand. Memories filled his mind with her smiling face, her voice, when they first met...everything that he could remembered flashed through his mind.
He spoke aloud to the body, like Sarah was still alive, "Sarah...why did you do such a stupid thing that risked your sweet, innocent life? That will be a question I will never understand or even know. But I love you, and I wished you knew this a long time ago, when we first encountered each other. I watched you all my life, and I fell in love with you the first minute. You could say I was your guardian angel; I watched over you like you were my own. I kept my promise to your mother, to keep you safe, until now."
Tears welled up in his eyes as he was speaking, "She too, came to my Labyrinth when she was your age when you came. I took her little sister this time though, she wished that her sister was taken away. But at the end, it wasn't as heart breaking as yours. She did defeat me too, but she didn't shut me out after when she returned home. She didn't want me to be with her all the time though, but she did let me know that she still needed me in her life."
Several years down the road, after she married your father, and had you, she called for me. Of course, I came to her and she told me that she wanted me to watch over you and keep you safe. She made me promise I would watch you, and I tried to keep my promise as long as I could, but it looks like I did a poor job."
He smiled, "When you wished for your daughter to be taken away, I didn't really want to, but I knew it would be for the best, so I did what I did. I never did regret taking Aelise from you. It was like I had a part of you with me everyday, and I loved that."
When I first brought you to my Labyrinth, my heart melted a thousand times. My love grew for you every time I saw you, and I knew once I danced with you for the first time that you had to be mine. It was destiny, but you were so young still that I could be with you just yet, which tore at my heart.
"You were also so confused too, you loved me one minute, but he hated my guts the next; and that's how I treated you too. I would be so kind to you, then I would do some thing that made you angry at me. I so hated it when you were angry with me, but I had to do what I did. I'm so sorry, Sarah..."
Jareth started to sob, "I wish you were here with me! I miss you Sarah and I want you back! I can't live with out you. You are my sun of my day, the stars of my night; with out you I'm empty. I'm not even sure if I can look after Aelise any more since she reminds me of you in so many ways, and it hurts. When she smiles, I see you; when she throws her tantrums, I see you again; I hear your laugh when she laughs."
He buried his face in Sarah's chest, "Please, Sarah, I beg of you to come back and make me whole again. I'd do anything to bring you back to me, even if it risks my life in return; just come back to me so I can tell you I love you."
Jareth sobbed harder that it made him unable to speak and that it caused his head to hurt. As he cried in Sarah's shirt, he felt a small hand on his shoulder. He slowly lifted his head up and turned his head towards the hand. He saw his daughter standing there with her tear stained cheeks and red eyes. She was also crying. Jareth pulled Aelise into his arms and embraced her, while both of them were weeping.
Between sobs Jareth said, "I'm so sorry, baby.....I'm sorry!"
Aelise held on to her father tighter and said, "It's ok, Dad-Daddy. I-I miss her t-too!"
They held each other for some time, until they were interrupted when the man from the funeral parlour came so he could take Sarah away. Jareth was reluctant to let him take her, but he knew he had to let her go for now. He had to talk to Aelise, and he had try to regain his strength to move on. The both watched as the body that Sarah's soul once occupied leave the castle. Jareth was now done crying as he picked up Aelise and told her they had to talk. He took her over to the living room and sat her down on a chair as he kneeled in front of her and took her small hand in his. He was not sure what to say to his five-year-old daughter, or even how he was going to start, but he decided to tell her everything from square one. Jareth told his small daughter that he was captured my Schnauts and his army, what they did to him, and why. He went on explaining on why Sarah left and what she did what she did. The he told her how Sarah died and the reason.
Jareth watched Aelise's expressions. She was horrified and sad of what her father told her. He decided then that he try to make the subject a little lighter. Jareth said that Aelise's mother was up in heaven where she wouldn't hurt any more. He went on saying that she'd be watching them every minute. He mentioned Sarah would always be in their hearts and they will never forget her, and she to them.
Jareth finished explaining and waited for Aelise to say something. There was an awkward silence for several minutes, then Aelise finally spoke up, "Daddy...will Mommy ever come back? Will we ever see her again?"
Those questions almost made him break down again, but he managed to reply with out crying, "No, sugar, she won't be coming back. But you will see your mother again, but not right now. One day you'll be leaving this world and will be going up to heaven. I bet she'll be waiting for you up there with a big smile on her face and a hug waiting just for you."
Jareth also knew that Aelise was mortal and she would live her life and die; hopefully not as soon as her mother. He'll out live his daughter and everyone else who was around who were mortals. Many, many years would go by and he will see people die as time goes by and his heart with break each and every time.
Aelise announced, "I'm tired, Daddy. I think I will go up to my room now, and go to sleep."
Jareth nodded and she left the room. She climbed the many stairs up to her bedroom and took her time as she climbed them. Aelise too, couldn't believe her mother was gone. She only knew her just less than a year and Sarah was already gone, like a candle blown out.
She got to her room and fell onto her bed. As she laid there looking up at the ceiling, a tiny breath of wind swept through her room. The wind that blew in her face faintly smelt of roses and it said something to Aelise in a whisper. She heard "I love you....I always will." And then the wind was gone like that. She sat up and looked around to see where the wind would have came from, but the window was closed, along with her door. Aelise thought that was quite strange, but she started to think about it more; the voice and all. She replayed the voice over and over in her head, and each time it reminded her of her mother, Sarah. It sounded just like her. Aelise whispered, "Mommy..." and then curled herself up in a ball on her bed.
Jareth slumped in his the chair Aelise was sitting in earlier. His head laid back against the back of the chair and his arms draped on the soft arms of it. Then a breath of wind came into the room and made the candles flicker. It brought in a smell of freshly cut roses and it said, "I love you, Jareth....forever and always."
He shot up in his chair and immediately recognized the voice; it was Sarah's. But the wind left quickly as it had entered. He looked around to see if she was there, but when he realized what he heard and was looking for, he thought he was nuts. He told himself he was just hearing things and she was dead, and he had to let her go. Jareth slumped back in the chair and went back into his daze of grief.
Gavin was walking through the garden so he could just let his mind wander. He sat on the swing and thought about everything; Sarah and her death, Jareth and Aelise, the promise he made to Samuel, and everything on his mind. He heard what Jareth said when he was all alone with Sarah's body when he was walking by the room. He didn't know anything about what Jareth said, and Gavin was astonished. He did know he knew Sarah's mother or that he knew Sarah for so long. Gavin cleared his mind from that and went on thinking that if it wasn't for Sarah, her would have never been on his twin's good side again. Before her, there was a lot of friction between the two and somehow she smoothed thing over between them. He was very grateful for what she did, and he'd always feel that he'll be in debt with her.
Gavin gave out a big sigh and remembered the funeral would be held tomorrow. He had no clue how he's going to survive that and look out for Jareth and Aelise. "It's not going to be a good day," he thought. Gavin decided the he should head inside and see how his older brother was doing.
He walked into the living room where he found his twin sleeping in the arm chair. "Man! Does he look terrible!" Gavin thought to himself.
He figured maybe it would be better for Jareth it he were to sleep in his bed tonight, maybe he might sleep better. But he wasn't completely sure if he should wake him, since he was already asleep anyway, and there was a chance Jareth might not go back to sleep. Gavin thought better and decided to wake his brother. When he crept close and was about to gently shake his brother, Jareth woke up with a start and yelled, "I got it!"
Gavin jumped back immediately, scared out of his wits. His heart was beating rapidly as he watched his brother sit up and looks at Gavin.
Jareth said, "I know how to get Sarah back!"
Gavin shook his head and declared, "Jareth, Sarah is gone! You can't get her back; it's not possible!"
Jareth replied coolly, "Yes, I can, but I would be taking a big risk if I do this."
Gavin asked, "Do what?"
Jareth explained, "I can use my magic and bring her back. I just realized that I can, it just might drain all of my strength to do it though, and I might die doing this."
Gavin exclaimed, "What?! Are you nuts? You're willing to risk you life just to bring back another. You can't do it, it's not possible! Even Dad said we can't."
Jareth countered, "No, he said we weren't allowed, he never said we couldn't."
Gavin argued, "But still, Jareth, it might kill you! What would be the point for you to bring Sarah back if you died doing it? It just doesn't make sense!"
The Goblin King said, "Well, love makes you do crazy things. You'll understand it one day."
Gavin then glared at his brother, "You have no clue if I have ever been in love! You know nothing about me, Jareth, so don't start thinking that you do!"
Jareth stood up and marched away, "I don't care what you think! I'm going to do this if you like it or not! It's my life and I would rather Sarah be with me or live to take my place."
Gavin just stood there, watching his brother storm away from him. He couldn't believe the idiocy his twin was going through! Why would Jareth do such a thing, just to get a girl back? She was dead, and no one in the world can change that. Gavin wished Jareth would just let it go and move on. He'll be tampering with nature's course with mortals, and no one should change it.

The next morning, Aelise woke up with her dad sitting at the end of the bed, watching her sleep. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and wondered why her dad was there.
Jareth said, "Good morning, Aelise!"
Aelise yawned, "'Morning, Daddy. How come you're here? Is something the matter?"
Jareth shook his head no, "No, honey. I have great news actually."
Aelise sat up excitedly, "What? What's the great news?"
Jareth smiled, "I'm going to get your mother back."
She looked at him in awe. She wasn't sure if her dad was serious or that he was crazy.
Aelise asked, "How are you going to get Mommy back?"
Jareth took his little girl's hand and explained, "I'm going to use all my power to give her life again."
Aelise questioned, "Is that possible?"
Jareth made a crystal ball appear in his hand and tossed it to Aelise, "Anything is possible, dear."
She looked down at the crystal sphere that was lying on her lap. Her father was going to use these little crystal balls and the other powers he posses to bring her mother back. A smile beamed from her face as she looked back at Jareth. She was so pleased that her father was going to get Sarah back, then they can be one big, happy family again. She picked up the crystal ball with her tiny hands, and then he changed into a rose. Her smile grew brighter.
Jareth reached over and placed his hand on her cheek and said softly, "You can have your mommy back again, Aelise, and she'll be here later today. I promise."
Aelise then hugged her dad.

As Jareth was eating his breakfast down in the dining hall, Gavin walked in and stared in his brother in disbelief. He could tell the king was going to follow through with this idea and Gavin did not like it at all. But he wasn't going to bring up the subject again because he had a message to deliver to his brother, and he also didn't want to talk the whole ordeal either.
Gavin cleared his throat to get Jareth's attention, "Jareth...I got a message from Samuel and he said he coming today. I guess they won the war and he's coming straight here to see how you're doing."
Jareth exclaimed, "Great! Now he can see Sarah again."
Gavin just shook his head and left. Jareth saw the look Gavin gave him and he didn't understand why he wasn't happy for Jareth of what he was about to do.
Jareth left the table and headed down to the funeral parlour down in the city. Aelise watcher him leave the castle when she was playing in the garden with a pang of sadness running through her. She heard what her uncle was ranting all day when he was walking down the hallways by himself. He kept on saying that Jareth was risking his life trying to revive Sarah. Aelise figured it all out of what her Uncle Gavin was worrying about; there was a chance that Jareth would doing it. Aelise decided she was going to follow her father and keep an eye on him.
She kept her distance as she was following him down the street. She wore her cloak and kept her hood covering her face as she was walked nonchalantly. She walked behind Jareth every turn and every corner he went; she wasn't going to loose track of him.
When Jareth went into the parlour, Aelise silently made her way to the nearest window in that building. She climbed up on the wood pile that was under the back room window where her father went in to and peered into the window. She saw Jareth talking to an older goblin who was only 4 feet tall and he had a hunch back, grey hair, and spectacles that were on the tip of his nose. Aelise could see that her father and the small, old goblin were deep in conversation. She only caught some words through the glass such as "just a few minutes" and "I need to do this". Then finally, the little goblin left the room and then the shop. Aelise then went back to the door and quietly slipped into the shop. She stepped into the shadows that swallowed up the walls of the small funeral parlour. Silently she crept to the curtains that acted like doors between the back working room of the small shop. She cautiously moved the curtain so she could see, but that so no one would notice.
Aelise watched her father take his hand and smooth Sarah's hair on her head as he mumbles some words she could not hear. Silently, as she watched Jareth for several minutes, he noticed that he was getting a pale blue aurora around him and his mumbling was getting louder and she could not understand it because it was in a foreign tongue. The whole time he spoke, he never took his hand off her head. Soon, after watching him for several minutes the blue light surrounding Jareth was growing brighter and his voice was growing louder, still speaking in the unknown language that Aelise had never heard before. She felt the horror surging through her body and her eyes still stayed fixed on her father. It was becoming harder for her to see Jareth since the light was extraordinary bright and she could only make the figure out as her father. Soon it was getting too bright for her and she had to close the crack of the curtain and close her eyes. The whole building was illuminating, almost like she was standing right in front of a sun.
Soon the light dimmed and it was no more. She then heard a thump, something heavy had fell onto the wood panelled floor. Aelise burst threw the curtain and looked gravely. Jareth's body laid sprawled out on the floor. Tears brimmed her eyes once again, and then she looked up at the casket that held her mother in it. Aelise's eyes stayed fixed on the casket, and she heard no life from within it. She dropped her head in grief for she knew she no longer had a mother nor a father. She felt all alone and orphaned.
She crouched down on the wood floor and hugged her knees to her chest as she sobbed hard. She was in hysterics and she was having troubles breathing since she was heaving so much. Tears had stained her smooth, rosy cheeks, her beautiful blue eyes were now red and swollen, and her hair was a matted mess from shaking her head in disbelief.
"No! This can't happen, she thought, they can't just leave me like this! I need them..." she said to herself.
As she was crying for the loss of her parents, she heard a bang. Her head slowly lifted to see where the noise came from. She struggled to keep silent so she could listen for it again. Aelise waited a few minutes and then she heard it again; it was coming from inside the casket. A smile beamed across the child's face and she jumped up to her feet and ran to the casket. She tried to peer into it, but she was much too small. She stood on her tip-toes and her eyes were just over the edge so she could look in.
Aelise saw her mother's hand move from where they were on her chest, and then there was more movement from inside. She squealed with glee as she watch the life run through her mother again once more. And now, she heard a rustle where Jareth laid. She looked down and watched her father regain his consciousness and she beamed even brighter. Both of her parents were alive and she wasn't such an orphan any more. She knew though, if her parents did die her Uncle Gavin would have taken care of her and helped her rule the kingdom as well, or he would take over for her until she was much more older and understood everything much better. The "people" of the Labyrinth wouldn't have agreed to be ruled by a 4-year-old girl, so her uncle would have to take over for her.
He groggily sat up and shook his to clear it. She fell to her knees and wrapped her tiny arms around his neck.
She shrilled, "Daddy! You're alive!" She kisses his cheek and smiled brightly.
He grinned, "Of course I am sweetheart! Did you actually think that would actually kill me?"
She bit her lip nervously and didn't reply. It was a possibility that it could have happened. Since he was alive though, she pushed those horrible thoughts away and hugged him again. She whispered, "I love you, Daddy."
"I love you too, Jareth," a womanly voice came from above them.
Jareth and Aelise both looked up from where the voice came, and they were filled with happiness. Sarah sat up from the casket and smiled gently at them. Her color had returned, her eyes were twinkling and full of life again, and she looked revived; like she was only sleeping for weeks, not like she was dead and decaying. Jareth felt a wave of gratefulness as he gazed upon his love.
She said, "Umm...could you guys help me out of this death bed of mine?"
He grinned as he stood up beside her with a look of mischief dancing in his eyes, "Are you sure you want to leave that lovely bed of yours?"
Sarah rolled her eyes at him and said sarcastically, "Oh yeah! I really want to stay in this coffin and wait to die again. No thanks, Hun."
His face then turned a green-grey as those words came from her mouth. She saw his terrified look on his face as the color fled from his flesh. She quickly said to calm him down, "Sorry...my black humour got the better of me." She slapped herself playfully, "Bad me! Don't start with that!" She grinned, trying to make light of things.
The color was slowly coming back to his face and he shook his head a smiled. He realized how silly he was for thinking she would die again. He knew her only way through her most horrible experience was from her humour.
Jareth embraced Sarah and whispered in her ear, "I love you, Sarah. I'm so sorry for what happened to you." He then started to sob. "I tried to save you....but I was too late."
Sarah wrapped her arms around his neck and smoothed the back of his hair with her hand, as she comforted him and cooed softly like he was a child, "It's ok, Jareth. Sshh....It's ok. You couldn't have done anything to prevent what happened."
She held him for several minutes as he cried on her shoulders and kept on apologizing for what had happened and that he loved her and would never let that happen to her again.
Finally, he pulled away from her arms and looked into her eyes. Right then and there, he swore to himself that he will protect her until death and be with her always. The time she was gone, it was horrible and he didn't want to go through that since she was so young and innocent. Jareth wanted Sarah to be his for eternity, and he knew if she stayed for a little longer at the Labyrinth, she too would be come immortal, and then Aelise will be immortal too since her mother would be and it would somehow not make her mortal anymore. She would then live forever, as well as Jareth and Aelise too, and then he and Sarah would rule the Labyrinth for as long as they would want, and then they would retire to a small cottage out of the city and live happily. The thought of that made him smile.
She looked at him funny and asked, "What are you thinking, Jareth?"
He snapped back into reality, took her out of the casket, and held her in his arms, and said innocently, "Oh nothing. Just was thinking how much I love you." He then bent his head down to hers and then kissed her lips.
She blushed as he pulled away and they noticed Aelise was watching them happily. Jareth carefully put Sarah down like she was a china doll and Sarah said, "Hey, honey! I'm so happy to see you."
She wrapped her arms around Aelise as they hugged each other. Sarah smothered the child with kisses all over her face. She missed her daughter and she knew her daughter had missed her as much as she did.
When they had their moment of I love you's, Jareth told them that they should start to think that they should head back now. Sarah and Aelise nodded in unison and walked through the curtains behind Jareth.
Before they reached the door, Jareth turned on his heels facing Sarah, and bent down on his one knee.
He looked up at her with a loving smile, "Sarah, my love, I love you so much. You've been right by my side when I needed you, you slightly forgot the pain I put you through so long ago, and you are willing to give up your life at your home to stay in mine. I love you so much, and I want you to be my side forever and be with me."
He watched her blush deeply as he was speaking to her, and a smile was creeping across her face. He continued, "What I'm trying to say, Sarah, is that I want you to be my wife, the mother of our daughter, and the queen of the Labyrinth."
Jareth then held her left hand and slipped a small diamond ring on her finger.
He paused as he tried to force the words from his mouth, "Will you let me take you hand in marriage?"
Sarah was speechless. She had never heard such a grand proposal in her entire life; not even on movies she had seen. But maybe it was just because he was asking her; but for whatever reason, she was overwhelmed. Tears trickles down her cheek but she was smiling happily. Sarah covered her mouth as she happily cried. She couldn't speak a word, so she just nodded her head.
Jareth beamed with joy when he watched Sarah nod her head. He jumped up and hugged her, lifting her off her feet as he spun her around. He had an overpower of excitement rush through his entire body. Jareth thought he was the happiest man alive to have Sarah be his fiancée, and soon his wife. He put Sarah back down on, but he was still holding on to her, rocking side to side. He kept on whispering in her ear, "I love you, Sarah" and, "Thank you, thank you."
Jareth let got of Sarah and looked over at Aelise who was jumping up and down in excitement to what had happened. It was a glorious day for her now. Her mother was alive once again, he father didn't die trying to revive her mother, and now her father and mother were getting married! Aelise rushed over to Sarah and Jareth and hugged them both. They had a family group hug and they were all happy.
The three left hand-in-hand, with Aelise in the middle; Sarah to her right, and Jareth to her left, as they walked slowly back to the castle. They couldn't wait to tell the extravagant news, but they still didn't want to rush back so soon; this was their time. They were finally a family again, once more.

As they arrived back at the castle, Samuel was there waiting in the garden He sat solemnly on the swing and stared down on the grass. They could tell he was deep in thought, probably about Sarah's death.
Samuel's head shot up as he heard numerous footsteps on the cobblestone path that ran through the garden. When he spotted the three, especially Sarah, he looked at them quizzically. His eyes then went to Jareth questioningly, wondering how was it possible for Sarah to be alive once more?
Jareth smiled cunningly, "Good evening, Sam. How was your trip?"
Sam stared and stuttered, "Wh-what?...H-how?..." he finally stopped tripping over his own words. "What's going on, Jareth? Am I dreaming that Sarah is actually standing right beside you?"
Jareth grinned, "No, you're not dreaming, Samuel. Sarah is actually full of life again. And now," he grabbed Sarah's left hand to reveal the ring, "we're engaged."
He watched them doubtfully. He still couldn't believe that she was alive. Of course he was happy, but he couldn't see how it possible. He got up off the swing and made his way to her. He circled around them, making sure she was actually there, not being an illusion of some sort.
Jareth added, "Samuel, she's actually alive so quit being so sceptical."
Sam face slightly reddened, "I'm sorry...I just find it hard to believe this. Last time I saw her, she was in your arms, cold, colorless.... and dead."
Jareth draped his arm over Sarah's shoulder and smiled at her. He led them back into the castle with his two special girls by his side
It took the whole evening to explain to Jareth's long time companion, and best friend, of how he pulled everything off when he bargained his own life for another. Gavin joined the conversation too, admitting that he though his twin was crazy for doing such a thing just for a girl who had been dead weeks before, and could have possibly killed himself and leaving poor Aelise orphaned. He humorously added, that it would have been terrible for his niece to be raised by him and pick up on all of his bad habits and having him to watch her with a careful eye as she ruled the Labyrinth; when really, he didn't even know how to rule a kingdom. Everyone laughed at that because it would have been very true if that happened to her.
Soon, the clock in the living room struck 10 o'clock and Aelise was sent up to her bed. Sarah accompanied her daughter up to her room, while Jareth, Gavin, and Samuel, visited. They were probably going to talk about the war Sam had just won, and she did not want to hear all of the gory details that those men could get into.
As they walked up the lonely stair well to Aelise's quarters, Sarah was twirling her engagement ring with her thumb, deep in thought about her future with her fiancé. She thought it about more and more, wondering if she was ready for such a commitment in this point in her life. Was she ready to take all of the responsibilities of a wife, plus a queen? The thought disturbed her a bit, but she had a feeling that everything will be ok. She'll have the man she loves by her side to help her, and a daughter to inspire her.
Aelise squeezed her mother's hand when they reached her door, and looked up at Sarah.
She said reassuring, "Everything will be ok, Mommy. You'll do just fine."
Sarah smiled down at her, "Thank you, Aelise. That settles me nerves a little bit."
Aelise grinned and then opened the door to her room.
The little girl was getting ready for bed as her mom studied the ring while she sat on the bed. Aelise sat at her vanity and took out the pins in her hair that was keeping it up.
She looked at her mother through the mirror as she spoke to her, "You know, Mommy, you should really tell Daddy how feel about this. I'm sure he'll understand, and will make you feel better and more at ease."
Sarah look at her daughter for the first time, and saw all the wisdom she had had. Aelise reminded her of someone who had been around for many, many years and knew a great deal about many things. One could forget that this little girl that had such an in site on life, was only four-years-old. But maybe she had grown and matured quite a bit for her age, because she has such a responsibility with her gifts and has to act older than she really is for her position.
Sarah walked over to the girl, and stood behind her. She beamed happily as she looked at the reflection of her daughter. Aelise was raised very well, and Sarah was proud of her.
She picked up the ivory brush and brushed Aelise's hair and said in a enlightening tone, "How did you become so wise for your age?"
Aelise grinned and shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know. I guess I just read too many books."
Sarah laughed heartily, "Oh man! I wish I read a lot when I was your age then. Maybe I would as wise as you, maybe even wiser," she winked.
Aelise giggled and Sarah continued to gently brush out the blonde mass of hair. They kept silent for several minutes, both lost in their own world of thoughts.
As time passed there was a soft knock coming from the door. Jareth opened the door a crack and asked from the door, "Is it safe for me to come in?"
The girls both laughed and told him the coast was clear. Jareth walked in and helped tuck in Aelise. They said goodnight to each other, and left Aelise to the world of dreams.
As they were walking down the hallway and back to the living room, Jareth said, "Samuel asked why I lied about you and I being married."
Sarah gasped, "Oh no! I forgot about that." She looked at him worryingly, "How did he take it?"
Jareth explain, "I told him I wasn't sure why I did such a thing, but he's ok with it now. He was hurt at first, but I think he understands." He thought about it for a second and laughed. "Actually, I don't even remember why I lied. Maybe it was because I was caught up in his marriage and everyone thought I was taken already, so I said I was married to you."
Jareth shrugged his shoulders. Then he turned to Sarah, smiled charmingly, and then winked at her. "But soon all of it won't be a lie. You'll be my wife very soon, and I'll make sure of it. I just you don't get cold feet while I'm waiting at the altar."
Sarah's laugh sounded through the hallways like bells. "Maybe I should say the same for you, since you've been a bachelor for how long now?"
Jareth slightly blushed and then looked away as they kept on walking. Sarah smiled to herself for making him somewhat embarrassed. She still had the touch.