A/N: Thanks to all who reviewed! If you people didn't, I swear this wouldn't have survived to chapter seven. Wh00teh!

…Hey, you, reader. Right now, put your pointer finger and middle finger on your upper lip. Feel the definition between your skin and the lip on your upper lip, right on the border between the two, (This is starting to sound a little odd…) and slightly push up. Isn't that weird?

Huh… I wonder how many readers actually did that? oO that means, that I'VE MANIPULATED A PERSON'S ACTIONS, WITHOUT ACTUALLY KNOWING OR TALKING TO THEM! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH- Okay, on with the story.

The Labyrinth isn't done with you! Chapter seven: Welcome to the Underground, again.

November 28th, 2004

Dear Diary;

The strangest thing happened today. Sarah Williams disappeared, right before my eyes! Remember that book I 'borrowed' from her? The Labyrinth? Well, it was about a princess wishing her brother away to the goblins, yadda yadda yadda. I was just kidding, but at lunch, I said, 'I wish the goblins would come and take you away, right now!' to Sarah. Then, suddenly, the room went dark. I heard an owl, (which was a little creepy, since in the book, the Goblin King could turn into an owl) and even the SUN didn't seem to shine. It was completely dark.

Suddenly, the room seemed to be crawling with these things… goblins, is my wild and wacky guess. I think I've gone insane! Did I imagine it all?! A big fat 'goblin' took Sarah away at the end, and then suddenly the room was back to normal. It was as if Sarah wasn't even there. Literally. I was the only one who seemed to have NOTICED it! I saw everybody during the whole thing, and they were so totally freaked out! But when the lights came back on, everyone just resumed their lunchtime. When I asked Natalie about it, she just stared at me like I was crazy, then started talking about her new purse again.

Ugh!! What's going on? What happened to Sarah? (No matter how much I HATED her; I'm still really worried. What happened? I'm seriously messed up in the head… totally.

-Jacklyn K.

Meanwhile, down in the Underground…

It was dark. That's all that Sarah knew. Wait, no. She did know that she was in some sort of smelly room, and crouching in a corner.

Sarah groaned as her eyes slowly adjusted to the unlit room. There was a tiny bit of light filtering under what seemed to be a door. It wasn't much, but it allowed Sarah to absorb her surroundings.

A dungeon? Well, probably. It stunk. Real bad. Like week-old gruel and moldy hay.

Yeah, like she'd ever know what week-old gruel and moldy hay smelled like? Nonetheless, it was a good comparison. There was a bench chained awkwardly to the stone wall, and Sarah didn't realize it yet, but a figure lay sleeping underneath it.

"…Where am I?" She whispered to herself, even though she quite clearly knew the answer. She put a supporting hand on the wall next to her, and forced herself to stand. Her knees cried out, not liking this sudden disturbance. She hadn't moved from that place in a while, apparently. Her butt hurt, as well as her spine, neck, back, head, spleen, and every other part of her body.

"…Ow…" She winced, and sat herself down on the bench with a THUMP. This seemed to awaken the figure below, because it yelped and crawled out from under her.

It sat up against the only light source-The crack on the door.

Sarah squinted through the darkness at its' silhouette. Large ears, wispy hair, short and stubby…

"…Hoggle? Is that you?"

Indeed, it was. The voice of her friend croaked, "Sarah! Is that yew? Why! It's been so long!"

Sarah squeaked with delight, despite the circumstances, and practically tackled the poor dwarf. "Hoggle! I'm so happy! What are you doing here?" Sarah was about to add something, but froze. "…Wait, what?"

Hoggle grunted. "Sarah, why didn't you try an' contact meh through the looking-glass? It's been so long since we talked-"

"What? No! That was only two days ago!"

Hoggle paused, and seemed to be considering something in his tiny head. Finally, he seemed to remember something. "Oh yes! Time passes much faster here in the Underground… Two months here in deh Labyrinth pass like a day in deh' Aboveground…"

Sarah stared, bewildered. "Two months?! That's not fair! It's not possible!"

"I 'tink that Jareth controls the time in his Labyrinth, it was likely 'him. Thought I'd forget 'bout yew Sarah, I'll bet. Nope! I'd never forget me only friend!"

Hoggle was about to say something more, but was rudely interrupted when he fell backwards with an' OOMPH,' and light spilled into the room.

A large, bulky goblin, later recognized as the one who'd pulled Sarah to the floor in the lunchroom, opened the door and was grinning stupidly.

"Eh, eh, Hogbrainy, yer to the leave deh 'Missus alone in 'ere now."

Hoggle stood, and hobbled over to Sarah. Sarah frowned, and tilted her head in question.

"Why? That's not fair!"

The goblin only grinned wider. "Orders of 'is Majesty, missus."

Sarah opened her mouth to protest again, but all that came out was a feeble squeak when Hoggle staggered out. Chains were clamped onto his wrists the moment he did so, but he only gave a dwarf-ish, apologetic look to Sarah when the door was slammed shut again.

Sarah was thrown into darkness yet again. Sarah retracted to the wall, and sat on the bench. She pulled her feet up, and hugged her knees against her chest as she quietly wept.

Somewhere, in a different part of the castle…

Cruel laughter rang throughout the room, echoing down the corridors. His High Majesty Jareth, the Goblin King, (As was his formal title) certainly was pleased. It had been much too easy! That snotty Jacklyn girl proved a much better use than she seemed.

He lifted one gloved hand, and pulled a crystal from the thin Underground air. With a grin set on his face, he danced it upon his fingertips and stared deeply into it.

It was quite dark, but the small illumination in the room allowed Jareth to see the crying form of Sarah in one of his dungeons. He very much preferred oubliettes to dungeons, but that couldn't be helped. It's not like he was going to let her run through the Labyrinth again! She knew her way now, and how to get out of those cavern prisons.

He willed the image in the crystal to change. The image of Jacklyn sprawled on her bed and writing in her diary pleased him even more. It seemed, she wasn't about to go run the Labyrinth in order to save her nemesis any time soon.

He let the crystal smash to the floor, just to dispose of the thing.

Even if she didn't want to, Jareth had to pay the girl a visit anyway. If she didn't want to run it, which hopefully she wouldn't, he'd simply wipe her memory of the entire experience anyway.

A/N: Well, that's it for now. Not as great as I'd hoped, but still, it's better than nothing, yes? Please review!