"Give me the child." Said Sarah.
Sarah put on a front of bravery, though she knew Jareth would see past that. She couldn't understand his ways. Why her? Why her wish? A Goblin King falling in love with her... a dreamer, a nobody…
Jareth walked towards her, smirking, his hair in his eyes. "Sarah, beware. I have been generous up until now, and I can be quite cruel."
Sarah glared. He wouldn't dare hurt her. She wouldn't let him touch her. Not after all he put her through. And generous? There were too many near- death situations she had gone through to deal with that comment.
"Generous? What have you done that's generous?"
"Everything!" Jareth snapped, "Everything that you have wanted, I have done. You asked that the child be taken, I took him. You cowered before me, I was frightening. I have reordered time, I have turned the world upside- down… and I have done it all for you."
He stared deeply into Sarah's eyes. "I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't that generous?"
Sarah didn't know what to say. Everything he said was true… she did wish Toby away, however accidental. She had wished it. She stopped and thought of what to say, and by habit, began to recite her favorite excerpt from "The Labyrinth".
"Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered… I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City. For my will is as strong as yours… and my-"
"Stop." Jareth motioned, "Wait. Look Sarah." He put his hand in the air, and a small bauble appeared at his fingertips. Swirls of light and color were swimming in the clear glass. It intrigued her. "Look what I'm offering you. Your dreams."
Sarah stopped to focus. Toby… she had to think of Toby. He was the one she had to save. Yet, everything was so blurry and unfocused. She was starting to forget. She had to finish it…
"And my kingdom as great-"
"I ask for so little. Just let me rule you… and you can have everything that you want."
"Kingdom as great…? Damn, I can never remember that line."
"Just fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave…"
Sarah was poised to say it… You have no power over me. But she couldn't. She saw the look in his eyes. He was serious, he wanted her. He would give her a better life- one that wasn't like the old. So she chose Jareth. He placed the bauble in her hands, and she looked inside. There were her dreams and her hopes, forever entrapped. And she forgot, she forgot everything.