Sarah pulled back and frowned as Xander opened his eyes slowly. "Xander..."
Sarah said, unsure of herself, "Did you feel that?"
"I didn't feel anything..."
"Exactly," Sarah whispered. And suddenly, Xander understood.
They had kissed, their lips pressed against the others; but such a kiss was a hollow one. It seemed as if there was a resistant air around them, like they both were magnets, trying to force the other away... there was no love ushered from the kiss Xander and Sarah shared, they could just as well have been a boy and girl having to kiss on some silly dare. There was nothing in it; it wasn't right. There wasn't that familiar click. The love had been swept away from Sarah at Jareth's first touch, and Xander knew it.
Sarah's boyfriend shifted towards the window. "Ummm.." Xander didn't meet Sarah's eyes. "I'll call you sometime."
He might well have said; "Get lost, you're no good at kissing," but Sarah felt the same way about him... it was gone.. the love was gone...
"Good-bye," Sarah said, almost pushing him out the window as he climbed towards the tree. A good-bye that meant forever - the end of their short relationship. She watched him slide down the tree and, turning around, he gave her one last glance, waving a cute little sayonara. "Good-bye," she repeated bitterly, this time with much sadness in her voice. All she could think about was how guilty she was for denying Jareth's wishes.
Poor Jareth, she thought, I have only been a brat to him... but now it's all over, I can do nothing more...
Sarah couldn't restrain herself as she buried her head in her pillow and wept openly, trying to mute her sobs in this deep night.
"Why, why, why, why does it have to be this way?" She muttered to herself through sobs, "What have I done to deserve such punishment? I regret the decision I've made, okay? I regret it! I wish I could go back in time and just fix everything! I wish I had never met Xander! Never, ever, ever!"
But she knew her words were from fury at that moment. Xander had been nothing but kind to her. He was the sweetest guy she'd ever met, and probably the sweetest she ever WOULD meet. Sarah beat her fists against her pillow childishly, sitting up and taking some deep breaths to try to calm down, laughing in spite of her mothers former words: "I'd like if you had a date once in a while, girls your age SHOULD be out on dates!" Now she was confused and broken BECAUSE of men.
"I don't want this anymore," Sarah grumbled to herself, "I want.. I want the out-of-the ordinary life of a fairy tale! I want to go back to the Labyrinth! I want to spend my time, my life - with Jareth!" She whined this, astonishing herself at the name that popped out of her mouth.
She knew though, that she HAD changed him from the arrogant king he had been during their first visit.. the Goblin King was no longer as evil and crude to her; he had changed because she was loving him back! She had melted his icy heart and turned it into a beautiful one, one which was capable of love... Sarah had helped him to battle his impulses, push them to the back of his conscience and learn to control himself enough to be... dare she think the word.. kind? Yes, it was no longer astonishing to love him. She now had reason to want his mind to beat against hers, to let him share his world with her... she loved him.. she loved him...
Sarah suddenly aroused a crazy, wild idea that might have lead to self-pity if it did not work, probably one only a desperate person might try to use, but it was worth a try. She stopped her sobbing and pondering, and leapt to the door, dashing down the hall to her brother's room where there was a big glass window that Jareth had appeared originally through, where he had taken her the year before to the Labyrinth...
She skidded to a halt through the door of Toby's room, tiptoeing so as not to awaken her sleeping baby brother.
"I wish - I wish the Goblin King would come and take me away right now," she said softly. Nothing happened. "I wish the Goblin King would come and take me away right now!" Sarah said loudly. Toby stirred. Again, nothing else happened. "I wish the Goblin King would come and take me away right now!" Sarah almost shouted, beginning to feel tears pricking the back of her eyes evilly. "I wish - I wish.. I" she couldn't finish because of the knot that had just formed in her throat. "Jareth, come take me away-" Sarah pleaded, sobbing. She collapsed onto the empty bed in the room beside Toby's crib, having given up all hope of ever seeing the Goblin King again.
Suddenly, Sarah heard a soft voice that seemed carried by the breeze, and stopping her crying, she listened to it's haunting melody and beautiful words:
"If you wished for the world
You know I would give it to you
Too many years I fought with myself
Should I plead for your love, you deny me
Right now, more than ever
I feel as if the stars are below us
We should forever Be, not be parted
I promise you I won't wish another deed
If you surrender your pure heart to me
And tell me you love me..."
Sarah smiled secretly and spun around to face Jareth, who was sitting at the windowsill. "I love you!" She cried, hopping off the bed and running to embrace the Goblin King. He took her in his arms, both clinging onto each other as if they had been away from each other for fifty years. Sarah began to cry again.
"Why the tears?" Jareth whispered into Sarah's close ear.
"I'm happy," Sarah said, her voice quivering.
"At long last," Jareth joked lightly.
"I never admitted to myself how happy I always was around you," Sarah said, "And I knew I made a mistake, so Xander and I broke up... and I thought you'd never come..."
"Sarah, you know I'd always come," Jareth murmured, holding Sarah closer yet.
"I want to go with you," Sarah announced, wiping her eyes and drawing away enough to make eye contact with Jareth. "I can't love anyone else."
"You will have to sacrifice some things," Jareth warned, warily.
"Like what?"
"Your parents, your brother.. I could make them forget you were even here," Jareth said.
"You'd do that?" Sarah asked.
"You WANT me to do that?" Jareth asked, taken aback, standing from his sitting position.
"If that's what it takes to be with you, then yes," Sarah breathed.
Jareth composed three crystals out of thin air. "When your mother, your father, and your brother are touched by these, you will be forgotten by them," he said, absentmindedly twirling the balls in his hand out of habit. "Are you absolutely sure-?"
"Absolutely," Sarah answered, taking a deep breath.
Jareth tossed the crystals gracefully into the air, and they started to drift lazily around the room, two of them finally bobbing out the door and down the hall.
"I love you," Sarah repeated, standing inches away from him, gazing up into his eyes. He looked down at her and gave a magical little smile, and again, made Sarah get the feeling of power radiating off of his strong, graceful body.
The Goblin King leaned down and kissed his queen deeply. Her arms felt their way around his waist as she gave him everything she had back, and he pulled her into a loving embrace.
As the two of them began to fade away into the Labyrinthine world, Toby awoke, rubbing his eye sleepily. He opened his bright eyes just in time to see the lovers disappear from his room. "Bye-bye, Sarah," Toby smiled happily, giving a wave.
The third crystal glided towards the small boy, reflecting his cute features. "Ooh! Pretty!" Toby laughed, reaching towards the shiny bauble. And he touched it, having the same feeling Xander felt; as if he were falling down the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland.
The house was silent, magic hovering in Toby's now quiet room, slowly draining from the air. There would be days when Sarah's family might walk down the streets, thinking of a girl they thought they once knew from a dream, but only Toby would remember the Goblin King; now at peace with his beautiful queen by his side, thinking that nothing; nothing at all could compare to her.
FINIS
A/N: The end! Thank you all for reviewing, you make me happy! Do you think I should write more Labyrinth ficcy's? Just a thought... anywho, now I can go back to my Phanfics I've been putting off for so long!
"I didn't feel anything..."
"Exactly," Sarah whispered. And suddenly, Xander understood.
They had kissed, their lips pressed against the others; but such a kiss was a hollow one. It seemed as if there was a resistant air around them, like they both were magnets, trying to force the other away... there was no love ushered from the kiss Xander and Sarah shared, they could just as well have been a boy and girl having to kiss on some silly dare. There was nothing in it; it wasn't right. There wasn't that familiar click. The love had been swept away from Sarah at Jareth's first touch, and Xander knew it.
Sarah's boyfriend shifted towards the window. "Ummm.." Xander didn't meet Sarah's eyes. "I'll call you sometime."
He might well have said; "Get lost, you're no good at kissing," but Sarah felt the same way about him... it was gone.. the love was gone...
"Good-bye," Sarah said, almost pushing him out the window as he climbed towards the tree. A good-bye that meant forever - the end of their short relationship. She watched him slide down the tree and, turning around, he gave her one last glance, waving a cute little sayonara. "Good-bye," she repeated bitterly, this time with much sadness in her voice. All she could think about was how guilty she was for denying Jareth's wishes.
Poor Jareth, she thought, I have only been a brat to him... but now it's all over, I can do nothing more...
Sarah couldn't restrain herself as she buried her head in her pillow and wept openly, trying to mute her sobs in this deep night.
"Why, why, why, why does it have to be this way?" She muttered to herself through sobs, "What have I done to deserve such punishment? I regret the decision I've made, okay? I regret it! I wish I could go back in time and just fix everything! I wish I had never met Xander! Never, ever, ever!"
But she knew her words were from fury at that moment. Xander had been nothing but kind to her. He was the sweetest guy she'd ever met, and probably the sweetest she ever WOULD meet. Sarah beat her fists against her pillow childishly, sitting up and taking some deep breaths to try to calm down, laughing in spite of her mothers former words: "I'd like if you had a date once in a while, girls your age SHOULD be out on dates!" Now she was confused and broken BECAUSE of men.
"I don't want this anymore," Sarah grumbled to herself, "I want.. I want the out-of-the ordinary life of a fairy tale! I want to go back to the Labyrinth! I want to spend my time, my life - with Jareth!" She whined this, astonishing herself at the name that popped out of her mouth.
She knew though, that she HAD changed him from the arrogant king he had been during their first visit.. the Goblin King was no longer as evil and crude to her; he had changed because she was loving him back! She had melted his icy heart and turned it into a beautiful one, one which was capable of love... Sarah had helped him to battle his impulses, push them to the back of his conscience and learn to control himself enough to be... dare she think the word.. kind? Yes, it was no longer astonishing to love him. She now had reason to want his mind to beat against hers, to let him share his world with her... she loved him.. she loved him...
Sarah suddenly aroused a crazy, wild idea that might have lead to self-pity if it did not work, probably one only a desperate person might try to use, but it was worth a try. She stopped her sobbing and pondering, and leapt to the door, dashing down the hall to her brother's room where there was a big glass window that Jareth had appeared originally through, where he had taken her the year before to the Labyrinth...
She skidded to a halt through the door of Toby's room, tiptoeing so as not to awaken her sleeping baby brother.
"I wish - I wish the Goblin King would come and take me away right now," she said softly. Nothing happened. "I wish the Goblin King would come and take me away right now!" Sarah said loudly. Toby stirred. Again, nothing else happened. "I wish the Goblin King would come and take me away right now!" Sarah almost shouted, beginning to feel tears pricking the back of her eyes evilly. "I wish - I wish.. I" she couldn't finish because of the knot that had just formed in her throat. "Jareth, come take me away-" Sarah pleaded, sobbing. She collapsed onto the empty bed in the room beside Toby's crib, having given up all hope of ever seeing the Goblin King again.
Suddenly, Sarah heard a soft voice that seemed carried by the breeze, and stopping her crying, she listened to it's haunting melody and beautiful words:
"If you wished for the world
You know I would give it to you
Too many years I fought with myself
Should I plead for your love, you deny me
Right now, more than ever
I feel as if the stars are below us
We should forever Be, not be parted
I promise you I won't wish another deed
If you surrender your pure heart to me
And tell me you love me..."
Sarah smiled secretly and spun around to face Jareth, who was sitting at the windowsill. "I love you!" She cried, hopping off the bed and running to embrace the Goblin King. He took her in his arms, both clinging onto each other as if they had been away from each other for fifty years. Sarah began to cry again.
"Why the tears?" Jareth whispered into Sarah's close ear.
"I'm happy," Sarah said, her voice quivering.
"At long last," Jareth joked lightly.
"I never admitted to myself how happy I always was around you," Sarah said, "And I knew I made a mistake, so Xander and I broke up... and I thought you'd never come..."
"Sarah, you know I'd always come," Jareth murmured, holding Sarah closer yet.
"I want to go with you," Sarah announced, wiping her eyes and drawing away enough to make eye contact with Jareth. "I can't love anyone else."
"You will have to sacrifice some things," Jareth warned, warily.
"Like what?"
"Your parents, your brother.. I could make them forget you were even here," Jareth said.
"You'd do that?" Sarah asked.
"You WANT me to do that?" Jareth asked, taken aback, standing from his sitting position.
"If that's what it takes to be with you, then yes," Sarah breathed.
Jareth composed three crystals out of thin air. "When your mother, your father, and your brother are touched by these, you will be forgotten by them," he said, absentmindedly twirling the balls in his hand out of habit. "Are you absolutely sure-?"
"Absolutely," Sarah answered, taking a deep breath.
Jareth tossed the crystals gracefully into the air, and they started to drift lazily around the room, two of them finally bobbing out the door and down the hall.
"I love you," Sarah repeated, standing inches away from him, gazing up into his eyes. He looked down at her and gave a magical little smile, and again, made Sarah get the feeling of power radiating off of his strong, graceful body.
The Goblin King leaned down and kissed his queen deeply. Her arms felt their way around his waist as she gave him everything she had back, and he pulled her into a loving embrace.
As the two of them began to fade away into the Labyrinthine world, Toby awoke, rubbing his eye sleepily. He opened his bright eyes just in time to see the lovers disappear from his room. "Bye-bye, Sarah," Toby smiled happily, giving a wave.
The third crystal glided towards the small boy, reflecting his cute features. "Ooh! Pretty!" Toby laughed, reaching towards the shiny bauble. And he touched it, having the same feeling Xander felt; as if he were falling down the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland.
The house was silent, magic hovering in Toby's now quiet room, slowly draining from the air. There would be days when Sarah's family might walk down the streets, thinking of a girl they thought they once knew from a dream, but only Toby would remember the Goblin King; now at peace with his beautiful queen by his side, thinking that nothing; nothing at all could compare to her.
FINIS
A/N: The end! Thank you all for reviewing, you make me happy! Do you think I should write more Labyrinth ficcy's? Just a thought... anywho, now I can go back to my Phanfics I've been putting off for so long!
