Disclaimer: No characters are mine unless known by others such as J/S and because I killed off Ludo and the rest in Green is not her colour, they will not be featuring in this fic.
A figure emerged from the shadows, his head bent low staring into the face of the girl who lay in the middle of his throne room. "Take her to her chamber." He ordered to three goblins. They too emerged from the shadows, each as tall as he. "And make sure she stays there."
"Yes my lord." Two of the goblins took Sarah's arms, while the third took one foot on either side of his waist. His eyes followed them as they left. "Sleep well, my queen. We will meet soon enough."
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When Sarah awoke she found herself on the floor of her bedroom. It had been a dream, a hallucination. "Thank god!" She was safe in her room. She said raising herself onto her elbows, looking out of the window. The warm feeling that had been growing inside of her was quickly becoming fear and alarm. The sky was not blue out of 'that' window, it was the sky that she had been looking at before she had returned home, Jareth's sky. "Oh no. NO! Sarah what have you done?" Sarah scrambled to her feet heading towards the window. She stared out of it with mixed emotions, she was back in Jareth's world. Her legs gave way and she sank to the floor with a scream.
"Ah I see you are awake. How nice."
Standing quickly Sarah came face to face with a boy not that much older than her. "Where is Jareth?" Her voice shook.
"Dead!"
"No! He can't be." Now where would she get the answers that she sought?
"Really? And why is that? Where did you think he would go after you caused him so much pain?"
"I…I never thought about it. When did he die?"
"What do you care?" He took a step closer, she stepped back, closer to the window.
"I need to know is all."
"Ten years ago. The doing of a girl who did not understand the gift that he was offering her." Another step forward.
"That cannot be. I was here, with him, two days ago." This time Sarah did not move. The thought of not getting the answers she needing clouding any rational thought that she could possibly have at that moment. "Just two days ago."
The boy began to laugh. "Two days, ten years, what is the difference? Time can travel faster or slower than you think Sarah." She flinched as he said her name, but he continued. "Under Jareth's command it moved slowly, but then he was old wanting to live a thousand lifetimes, but now this kingdom belongs to me, and I can make time move at any pace I want. Jareth didn't understand the essence of time as I do…"
"Send me back." Sarah pushed past him, interrupting.
"Send you back!" He laughed at her again, a cold cruel laugh, colder than any of Jareth's. "Now why would I want to do that? You haven't even been polite enough to ask me my name. So why should I do as you ask?"
"I don't care what your name is, I want to go home."
"I'm afraid that is impossible, my dear." His voice was as cruel as his laugh. "You see you asked me to take you and bound by law, I cannot let you go until you have completed a task that I have set. Rules are rules."
"WHAT? SEND ME BACK NOW!" Sarah was losing her temper, who did he think he was?
"HOW DARE YOU!?!? SIT DOWN!" Fire raged in his eyes. Sarah sat. "How dare you order me, King of the Goblins, to send you home. You called on me! You invaded my land!" Emphasis put on the 'me' and 'my'. He was a spoiled brat.
"I invaded no land and called not on you but on Jareth but if what you say is true he is dead and the answers that I need cannot come from you. You will not get me back into that labyrinth and you will not get me to obey your command. EVER! You have no power over me."
Sarah closed her eyes, but when she opened them she was not home and he was not gone. "Hi!" He waved and smiled. "Your magic will not work on me Sarah, but any magic I possess I can use against you. Now are you ready to play a little game of labyrinth?"
"Please send me home?"
"Afraid not. Rules as I have said are rules. You have thirteen hours to solve a problem that I pick and as your little brat is safe in the mortal realm I will have to think of a good one."
Sarah began to panic, she had to return to the labyrinth. "Please don't? I came here looking for answers about my mother and Jareth. I cannot go back into the labyrinth."
He stepped closer to her, each step pushed her further back until she was up against the wall with his mouth inches from her own. You will go back into the labyrinth Sarah." He whispered. "You will do as I say. Every command I give, you, will put every effort into trying to obey. Jareth is gone and let me assure you I am a worse enemy to have than he was." A few tears escaped down Sarah's face. Still his whispering continued. "Forget about the answers that you seek. You will not find them here. But here you shall stay until I have the perfect puzzle for you to solve, and it will be nothing as easy as finding your way through the labyrinth this time."
"I will not play your games." Sarah said trying to unpin herself from the wall but to no avail. He pinned his body against hers. She could feel the muscles of his chest under the thin shirt that he was wearing, just as he could feel the softness of her body against his, he could feel the shiver that went with every breath she took. She was scared. "I beg to differ. Be warned Sarah, I am not a patient man and I always get my way." With that he left, leaving Sarah to sink down the wall.
A/N: Sorry folks but no matter what the first few chapters said to u this will not be a J/S fic. In fact Jareth doesn't even feature in this fic, he be gone!!!