Disclaimer: Thanx to those who invented The Labyrinth. David Bowie, you ROCK! Thanx to all the bands I stole songs from. I wouldn't have taken them if they weren't good. The song that closes this chapter is "Running Away" by hoobastank. If I make up another song that is better than this one, I'll either put it in instead of this one, or add it as a "chapter"

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Sarah found herself in Jareth's maze room. Stairs stretched from every side, twisting and turning everywhere in sight. Horrid memories filled her head of finding Toby within this confusion. Not knowing what to do, she started to climb one stairway. She ended up on a balcony. How was she supposed to escape this torture? She sat down, and began to ponder over her decision. Suddenly she heard the grind of boot against stone, and she looked up to see Jareth standing on the stairway opposite her. She stood up slowly.

"Sarah, I made this dream in case you chose to marry him and not me." His voice was deep and slow. He walked down a flight of stairs. Sarah, not wanting to lose sight of him, walked down a flight of stairs. She stopped. Where did he go? "Sarah, I know now what your dreams were that I promised you your first visit." She looked all around and found him upside down above her.

"What do you mean? I turned you down for Toby!" She ran up a flight.

"After you went home, I realized that I loved you. I missed your presence. So I decided to give you your dreams anyway. I wanted you to be happy." He was now below her, sideways.

"Are you saying that this is my dreams? To marry someone I don't even know if I love?" She ran to her right.

"You were the one who said 'I do.' If you didn't mean it, why did you say it?" He was below her somewhere.

"I didn't want to let down so many people. It wasn't until your 'goodbye' that I realized I hadn't meant it. I love you, Jareth," she confessed. She ran down a flight of stairs and found herself face-to-face with him. She gasped as he gently took her hands.

"You mean it?" His voice wasn't harsh as she thought it would be. It was tender.

"I do," she said. She wanted him to kiss her again, like in his "goodbye," but instead he let her go and turned away.

"Sarah. You are married now." His voice was filled with hurt.

"To a man I wish I never knew! I don't love him, I love you and only you!" He spun to face her.

"Do you truly wish that?" His expression was serious.

"With all my heart. Oh, Jareth, take me away!" She exclaimed, and threw herself at him, her lips meeting his. The moment stretched out forever. He held her close; she melted into him. The world spun once again, and she began to feel dizzy. He whispered into her ear.

"So you have made your choice? You wish for me to take you away from your family?"

"Yes," she whispered back. She didn't feel like she signed over her life. She felt free and happy. She pulled away to look into his eyes. She realized that that was all she needed to make her happy - his deep, adoring, beautiful eyes.

"Then welcome home, my love." She tore herself away from those eyes to observe her surroundings. She was in his castle.

"Will I forget again?" She leaned against him, hoping it wasn't a dream.

"If you wish." He pulled her close.

"I want to remember." She looked back to his eyes.

"Then so be it." He looked back.

"What about them? Will they remember? What will they remember?" She played lightly with his wispy hair.

"Life will continue on for them as if you hadn't gotten married and moved away." He cupped her cheek.

"I love you." She leaned upward to meet his lips.

"And I love you." He leaned forward to meet hers.

They lived happily ever after for Eternity.

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I would like to thank everyone who made this story possible. Thank you Vara, for helping me with those annoying grammar mistakes. Thank you Stacy, for getting me involved in Fanfiction. Thank you Scattered Logic for inspiring me. To my loyal fans: draegon-fire, Born-of-Elven-Blood, Dawn, Shed, Mayleene, Emerald Skye, Kitten, and any others I haven't mentioned. Without you all, this story wouldn't exist. Or at least sound good. Who knows? Maybe I will write another..

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I don't want you to give it all up and leave your own life collecting dust and I don't want you to feel sorry for me you never gave us a chance to be

And I don't need you to be by my side and tell me that everything's all right I just wanted you to tell me the truth You know I'd do that for you

So why are you running away? Why are you running away?

I did enough to show you that I was willing to give and sacrifice and I was the one who was lifting you up when you thought your life had had enough when I get close you turn away, nothing that I can do or say so now I need you to tell me the truth you know I would do that for you

So why are you running away? Why are you running away?

Is it me? Is it you? Nothing that I can do To make you change your mind

Is it me? Is it you? Nothing that I can do Is it a waste of time?

Is it me? Is it you? Nothing that I can do to make you change your mind

So why are you running away? Why are you running away? (What is it I have to say?) So why are you running away? (To make you admit you're afraid) Why are you running away?