Chapter One: Enemies around:

Sarah realized that being able to pop crystals out of nowhere should have surprised her… but after the Labyrinth nothing surprised her. She just imagined that being able to levitate things and sometimes herself and produce magical crystals was a side-effect of winning de damned Labyrinth.

She used her magic to do ordinary things when nobody was watching like cleaning her bedroom or fixing herself something to eat… and, what she really loved was to go to the park at midnight and levitate to the highest branch of the highest tree there and simply contemplate the night sky. She loved to feel the cool air around her, and loved to sing… A habit she had picked from a certain king we all know.

She started writing songs a couple of weeks after the Labyrinth. She basically wrote about things that had happened there, or her feelings. She liked to create music to accompany her songs with the crystals, and eventually achieved that.

But of course nobody knew about the singer-magical-beautiful-mature- wise Sarah. Everyone just saw boring Sarah… well, almost everyone. There was a little fellow who knew about the real Sarah… Toby. The four-year-old little boy saw more than anyone saw, he saw past Sarah's mask. He spent most of his time in her room, where she read him stories and played with him. Her stepmother tried to keep the boy away from her room, almost as she was a bad influence, but Toby stubbornly kept going and going there, even after starting kindergarten and gaining a large amount of friends.

And Sarah appreciated that very much. She used to think that if she died the next day, nobody would miss her till Toby entered in her room the first time to ask her to tell him a story so he could sleep. Since then they shared a bond…



"This Winter Ball will be like… so cool!" a blonde-haired girl, with the most horribly short miniskirt ever, said giggling a little.

"Oh, yeah… It's gonna be a blast!" another blond (too blonde) girl with a miniskirt trying to compete with the other girl's miniskirt added, eyes all dreamy.

Sarah tried not to roll her eyes, but it was just too tempting to let it pass. She was trying to concentrate in a new song she was composing when she had heard the conversation between Carla and Tamara, aka Tammy. They were stupid, air haired popular girls. And, of course, they were talking about some party. Sarah winced slightly, remembering that she had to be there to please Karen, who was worried because she was 'always at home'… What a lie! She wasn't worried, she just felt guilty for barely acknowledging her. But Sarah accepted to go, so Karen's conscience could rest in peace.

She was lost in her thoughts about Karen's conscience (which, mind you, I don't believe it exist in the first place) when a raven haired, black-eyed, tall and cocky senior girl walked straight to the blondes.

"Oh, Hi Alexa!"

Alexandra Caprice was the perfect girl. Sweet and gentle, head cheerleader, with the perfect hair and always on fashion. But, under that façade, Sarah could see coldness; she could sense envy, greed and evilness. She was… well, to put it on easy words, a bitch.

And Sarah wanted to laugh every time Alexa on one way or another tried to tell her how much power she had. But Alexa was just a petty little mortal, nothing compared to her…

"Oh my God, when did I start thinking like HIM?" she suddenly thought, a little shaken. That was bad… She was starting to act like HIM and do things HE did!

She shook her head almost violently. It was of no use thinking about HIM. She didn't even dare to call HIM by his name or title, because she knew he would listen.

With those thoughts still on her mind she maid her way to her Science class. It was the most ridiculous of all…After all magic put Science on shame.



The moon was almost full that day. Mist surrounded her and she kind of liked it. Sarah Williams smiled and started playing with a crystal ball.

"Oh… Who does that game remind you of?" her inner voice chanted.

"Shut up" she ordered aloud. Then sighed "I am NOT becoming HIM. I am not mimicking HIM. I am not HIM!" she shouted the last words, putting an emphasis in the words "not" and "HIM". Then she tried another trick: "Focus on HIM as he really is: cocky, boastful, petty, selfish, tall, dark, handsome… Whoa, Sarah Williams, stop right now. That path of thoughts leads to dangerous situations!" she admonished herself.

"Mmm… How about a little improvisation…? Sarah Williams, now imagine you are HIM…" she sat down in the top of the tree and looked disdainfully at a dove nearby. "Hogbrain, there you are pathetic little excuse of a dwarf" she whispered soothingly yet haughty. Then she smiled "Its fun… Let's see… Do as I said or I'll drop you head first in the bog of Eternal Stench!"

Sarah laughed heartily, throbbing her head back but still with elegance and perfect balance.

"Your eyes can be so cruel…" she whispered, and then she realized he had been right. She was cruel sometimes, as well as she was dark. Just… like him.

"You need my cruelty just as I need yours…" he voice now was hard as his had been when he had spoken those words. She started to breathe heavily.

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I'll be… Enough!" She produced a crystal that transported back to safe ground. "Not more thinking about him tonight, Sarah. It's of no use for you" she whispered and then, suddenly, quieted.

"I am not alone" she mused silently. They were watching her again… She didn't know what where them, but they appeared to be a little taller than goblins and some of them rode in unicorns. They were soldiers, or guardians, or killers. Sent by who knows to kill her… a mere mortal.

"Get lost" she shouted as she tossed a glowing silver crystal at her back. She heard screaming and some words said on a strange language and, when she turned, there was no one.

"A mere mortal, indeed, but with a few tricks of her own" she laughed and then decided to try and teleport herself.

"I have the feeling that I am not ready yet but… what the Hell" she flicked her wrist and closed her eyes. When she opened them again she was… outside her bedroom, floating on the air looking at her bed though a window.

"Uh-oh" she muttered before falling on the floor with a loud thud.

"This is going to hurt in the morning" she sighed and levitated herself to her bedroom.



"What happened this time? I thought you would be able to kill a mere and simple mortal!" cried a woman with gold hair and piecing black eyes. She was dressed in a pure white tunic and had a crown on her head. Next to her was a tall man dressed as a warrior but also with a crown on his head… a black crown.

"We tried as usual, you Highness, but powerful magic stopped us" replied a shaking soldier, like one of the soldiers that attacked Sarah every now and then.

"What kind of magic?" the thunderous voice of the Warrior King asked.

"Crystal balls, My Lord…" replied the stuttering soldier.

"Jareth's magic…" the woman, Queen Cassandra, looked worriedly at the person standing near her "He is protecting her, Altair. He somehow found out that we wanted to kill the mortal girl… But how…?"

"Fear not, Cassandra. We will send a secret attack with the most powerful of our warriors. And not even HE will now about it… till its too late. We will kill the girl and destroy the prophecy"



Authors Note: Yes, Farseeker, I am from Argentina and English is actually my second language. If you want to revise my work before I post it I would appreciate it very much, you just tell me through the Reviews. Yes, I know this 'Sarah has magic' is really used but believe me; I am trying to give it a different twist to this story. Oh, and the more you keep reviewing the quicker I will post. Well, that's it. I'm glad everybody likes my story. The R rated is because of far away chapters I have in mind… So don't get all impatient over me. I will get to that part, I assure you. Your humble servant (yeah, sure),

Sabina V. Sinistra