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A/N: I lied! ;o)
"You called?" Spinning around Sarah faced the Goblin King, the real Goblin King.
"Jareth?" Relieved and scared, shocked and drawn, Sarah stared at him, or rather through him.
The cat like pose that he stuck by open window showed him as he had been in the picture that Sarah had found of him and her mother. Only now he was a shadow of his former self, colourless and transparent.
"You finally needed my help ten." He smiled at her; a warm and caring smile.
"I needed you before, why did you not come then?" With every word she spoke she never took her eyes from his.
"You wanted me before, you never needed me. But I only came here to tell you that I cannot help you fight Tarrick, there is very little that I can in fact do for you, Sarah. It is you that has to fight this one."
"Like I did before?"
"Yes!" Hs eyes lowered to the floor, his words sad and quiet.
"How? How can I fight him, he has power over me, stronger than any power you ever held."
"Listen to your thoughts, not your heart. He has bewitched you, as I once did, but you cannot be won over by magic. There is a deeper magic than his that runs within you. Magic stronger than that of any Goblin king."
"I don't understand."
"It was a gift Sarah, my gift to your mother. You are the daughter that I should have had but never did."
Sarah's head began to reel, what did he mean?
"I…I don't understand, Jareth?"
"And I don't have time to explain. But know this, I loved your mother more than life, and I took Toby to be with you, close to you, and her at the same time, you are so like your mother Sarah, I thought that if I loved you then you would love me in return, but I found the hard way that love cannot be forced. You have her power, her strength. Use it to save yourself before he takes complete control.
"I cant! I don't know how."
"You can do anything you put your mind to Sarah. Fight him, and you will win. But if you give in you will be lost forever within the Labyrinth."
"Help me?" she whispered, tears falling swiftly. "I can't do this on my own.
"You must! Remember! Listen to your thoughts, heed their warnings."
The already faint projection of Jareth began to fade, his body becoming no more than a wisp of smoke before he disappeared.
"Jareth!" Sarah ran to the window, but he was gone. "Please stay? I need you." Falling to the floor she sobbed, streams of tears flowing freely. "Don't leave me!"
"I will never leave you." His words no more than a breath of wind.
Placing her head in her hands, Sarah rocked back and forth, unable to decide if what she had seen was real or not. But she knew more than she had before. She had the power to defeat Tarrick within her. All she had to do was access this flood of power that she had and he would be destroyed, once again making her free.
Exhausted by her tears, Sarah fell into a dark dreamless sleep, the word around her growing darker with every passing minute. Night fell over the castle, casting long fearsome shadows over the Labyrinth. A darkness that passed over Sarah as she was held in the protection of her slumber. She would be going home, and it would be soon.