Disclaimer: i own nothing that is featured in the movie Labyrinth.The song is from the Pokemon soundtrack

A/N: This is Future Jareth P.O.V, written as a songfic, cos i cant stop thinking how well this song goes,lol. Also the timeflow is different between timelines.realise it may not be long/informative but this is the mood.

What Might Have Been...

Chapter Four

King Jareth, the one who is married to Sarah, woke one morning to find his wife missing.

Over the next several weeks his agents searched the entire known realms for their Queen, with no success.

How will I start
Tomorrow without you here
Who's heart will guide me
When all the answers disappear

Jareth would have searched for her himself, but there were threats beyond the borders that only he could deal with.

Is it too late
Are you too far gone to stay
This one's forever
Should never have to go away

"it's rather strange" he mused, late one evening-alone in their room, "that i am beginning to accept the idea that she might be gone forever"

What will I do
You know I'm only half without you
How will I make it through

Gazing over the moonlit Labyrinth, he could see signs of her presence every where in the roses that covered the city walls, a silent tear slid down his cheek glimmering in the moonlight.

If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do, what I would give
If you returned to me someday
Somehow, someway
If my tears could bring you back to me

If only he could find out who had taken her, he would pay any price to see her returned to him.

I'd cry you an ocean
If you'd sail on home again
Wings of emotion
Will carry you, I know they can

"Galan" he called out, drying his eyes some time later.

"master?" said the chief spy, appearing out of the shadows

"have you checked your contacts in the Shadow Realm?"

"surely they would not dare?"

perhaps and perhaps not, check anyway"

"It shall be done."

The creature disappeared, and Jareth returned to his vigil.

Just light will guide you
And your heart will chart the course
Soon you'll be drifting
Into the arms of your true north

He had an idea, standing on the roof he called out to the Labyrinth.

Look in my eyes
And you will see a million tears have gone by
And still they're not dry

what is it?

I seek the Queen, can you find her?

she is not here

Clearly that is so, can you tell me where?

Beyond this time,beyond this place.The Queen is gone-you must bring her back!

Believe me, i want to! but how?

We are linked, all three.Memory is a powerful beacon, give me the fuel and i will create it

Jareth wasn't sure what it meant, communication with the Entity that controlled the Labyrinth, that was the Labyrinth-tended to be...difficult for those not as closely linked as the Queen.He was close to giving into despair, a thousand possibilities rushing through his mind.

If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do, what I would give
If you returned to me someday
Somehow, someway
If my tears could bring you back to me

your fondest memory of her, show it to me

His fondest memory, he smiled and replayed it through his mind.At first it was the ballroom where he'd attepted to distract her, but this time there were no jeers, no onlookers, no clock, just the two of them and the music...

I hold you close
And shout the words I only whispered before
For one more chance, for one last dance
There's nothing that I would not give and more

...then when it finished, he had kissed her, and asked her to marry him.

that will do nicely

He felt the Presence leave his mind, this time when the tears slid down his face, it was hope.

If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do, what I would give
If you returned to me someday
Somehow, someway
If my tears could bring you back to me

Jareth knew he would find her, no matter where she was, or what the cost.Sarah was his Queen, his Love and he would not abandon her.

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Review thanks for chapter three:

general thanks: Stargazer39,theonevanyel (is that vanyel as in mercedes lackey?),Kalinda and Annemarie

I'm glad all you guys are enjoying it.

to Musicgirl141: "weird...but cool", thanks, i think, lol