Title: I'll Place the Moon within Your Heart
Author: Meghan_aka_KRAMMIT_THE_FROG
Rating: PG-13
Summery: Seven years after the events of "Labyrinth". Jareth is still upset over Sarah's leave. But will he be able to control his emotions, or more correctly, his actions, once he sees Sarah get engaged to another man?
Author's Notes: The astrics represent a person's thoughts. Oh, and this is my first Labyrinth fan fic, so please, no flames! I'm a sensitive person.
Disclaimer: Um… I don't own anything from Labyrinth, and I'm not claiming to. It all belongs to Jim Hansen (R.I.P.) and George Lucas. So don't sue, all you would get is $2.75, Dr. Pepper Chap Stick, and a pair of black Converse.
"You have no power over me!"
Oh, how those words haunted him.
Through the great Labyrinth and past the Goblin city, layed a great castle, belonging to no one other than Jareth, the Goblin King. Within those walls, there was no one. The usual insanity that took place was gone. Just dead silence. The inside was black, except for a faint source of white light. It came from a round crystal that sat in the palm of hand of the Goblin King himself.
Jareth sat alone in his castle. He had sent all his goblin minions away on his most depressing of days. Today was the anniversary of that day. The day which occurred seven years before. The day that she came, defeated his labyrinth, broke his still beating heart, and, basically, turned his world upside down.
His mismatched eyes watched the crystal, a hunger outlining them. Within the crystal, there was the scene of a beautiful park with large trees in full bloom, radiating a deep green color. A flowing stream of crystal clear water ran under a small, stone bridge that connected the park.
The silence was broken by a barking sheep dog running across the patch of grass. Behind him, walked two fairly young adults, no more than 22 or 23 years of age. One of the two was a male, fairing at about 5'11. He wore plain, black pants with a white Pearl Jam shirt on top under a red flannel shirt. His red converse shoes and his black baseball cap, which sat on top of his unruly black, curly hair, completed his look.
Meanwhile, his hand was linked with a rather beautiful girl. She stood at 5'7, with her long, ebony black hair coming down to the middle of her back. The girl wore normal blue jeans, with a loose, black Edward Scissorhands t-shirt on top. With her normal, black shoes, she kicked a nearby rock.
The girl looked at the boy and looked dreamily into his beady black eyes with her own moss green ones.
Jareth, still in his large and desolate castle, smiled at the girl and whispered,
"Sarah…"
Sarah walked with her boyfriend of seven years, Michol Foster, through the park, her dog, Merlin, far ahead of them. It was a wonder that he was still alive, since he was ancient in dog years.
Some weeks after she had returned from the Labyrinth, Sarah was trying out for the school play when she met Michol. As it turned out, Michol was a huge fantasy fan also, especially with Dungeons & Dragons and Lord of the Rings. The two began comparing different fantasy stories with each other and they just clicked.
"Wow, its really nice out," Sarah observed, taking in the beautiful weather. It was a cool summer evening, as the town clock tower stroke seven. Michol smiled at Sarah and replied,
"Yeah, I know. Jeez, I still can't believe your dog is still alive." She smiled at him and bent over, calling Merlin.
The old dog trotted over, with some object attached to his neck. A puzzled look came over Sarah's face. "What's this, Merlin?" She muttered to him. Michol took the object from the dog's neck and looked it over.
"Well, what is it?" Sarah asked impatiently. The object was, in actual true, a small, midnight blue box. Michol ran his thumb over it and murmured aloud,
"It looks like… a jewelry box," Observing it closer, he continued, "There's a piece of jewelry in here." Sarah frowned a little and commented,
"Ugh, I guess we need to find the owner." Michol glanced at her and smiled. "What do you mean? She's right here…" Sarah looked around, only to see Michol drop to his knee. She gasped as he slowly opened the box, revealing a beautiful diamond ring, which was a light mint green color.
"Oh my God, Michol, where did you get this?" She said, still in utter shock. He smiled at her and replied, "My father's a jeweler, remember?" After a moment of silence, Michol asked,
"Sarah Williams, will you marry me?"
This caused the Goblin King to raise to his feet from his throne, the crystal still tightly grasped within his hand. He shook his head at the sight and pleaded to her image in the ball,
"Refuse it, Sarah! Think of what I have to offer to you, my dear Sarah. I offered you the position of Queen of the Goblins! Balls, beautiful dresses, magic… This repulsive looking boy offers you nothing of the sort! Please Sarah… refuse his offer…"
But his words of passion fell to deaf ears, as a moment later, Sarah happily announced,
"Yes, Michol, yes!" Michol shot up and the two embraced tightly and kissed passionately. He slid the ring onto Sarah's left ring finger as she began to cry tears of joy.
Jareth was not able to see the joyous reaction, for as soon as the words, "yes" left her mouth, he had shattered the crystal ball into a thousand pieces. He began to turn over random objects as he circled the room, hot tears soaking his face. The Goblin King leaned against a wall and slowly slumped to the ground, quietly sobbing.
*How could she do this to me!? After all I did for her, she agrees to marry that horrifying looking boy!* At the command of his hand, another crystal ball appeared, showing Sarah and her, now fiancé, Michol, walking across the bridge and towards the exit of the park, Merlin not far behind.
Jareth stood up from the floor and rushed towards the window of the room. He was determined to make sure that this terrible match, as viewed by his mind, would never happen. The Goblin King quickly turned into a white barn owl and flew off, leaving the Underground.