You Have No Power Over Me

The next morning, as the Goblin Kingdom began to wake and begin their busy days, Jareth laid next Sarah, watching the girl sleep. The past three weeks had been hell, but Sarah had never asked to be released from the spells that held her. For that, Jareth loved her all the more, and knew that she would indeed make a good Goblin Queen.

Sarah's eyes fluttered open. She stretched sleepily and smiled. "Good morning, Jareth," she said quietly.

"Good morning, Precious," he said, brushing a stray hair out of Sarah's eyes. "It's morning," he added. Sarah looked confused. "It's daylight," he whispered. "Can we talk about marriage now?"

Sarah sat up, yawning and nodding. "All right," she said.

Jareth sat up happily, catching the yawn from Sarah. Wrapping his arm around the girl he asked, "Sarah, my love, will you marry me?"

Sarah smiled and said, "All right. But I want to see my family first."

"Of course," Jareth said. "We can go see them today."

"Why so quickly?" Sarah asked.

Jareth stood up and walked over to his desk. "Because," he said, opening the top drawer and pulling out a small box, "I said so." He sat down next Sarah, opening the box for her to see. Inside, set in a velvet-like cushion, there was a ring with a large stone. The stone might have been a diamond, except that it change color with every moment and every thought Sarah had. "Besides," Jareth added, taking the ring out of the box and slipping it on Sarah's finger, "I've waited over two years for you. I'm not going to give you a chance to back out now."

Sarah stood at the front door to the Williams' house., Jareth next to her in mortal clothing. Keenan and Galvin had shrunk themselves and were hidden on Jareth, Amaryllis and Belladonna on Sarah. The girl reached out to open the door, and drew her hand back quickly. "Maybe this isn't such a good idea," she said. "Let's just…"

"You can do it, Sarah," Belladonna said into her ear. "We're all here for you. And your friends Underground are cheering for you."

"Thanks," Sarah said, not sure whether she meant it or not. Sarah opened the door and stepped inside, Jareth following.

The first thing Sarah noticed was how quiet the house was. The silence was almost deafening. At first, the girl thought the house was empty. Until she heard a voice from the kitchen. "Come on," Karen said loudly. "Cheer up. We were going to be rid of her in a year anyways."

Sarah rolled her eyes. "At least she hasn't changed," the girl whispered to Jareth.

Suddenly, there came a loud stomping down the upstairs hall, earning a smile from Sarah. As the cause of the stomping got to the top of the stairs, he looked down into the living room and shouted, "Sarah! You here!" Toby ran down the stairs to greet his sister.

"Toby!" Sarah said quietly, rushing forward to pick up her brother. In her haste, the girl almost forgot about her tiny stowaways, remembering just in time to keep from crushing Amaryllis.

"What are you doing here?" came Karen's voice form the door to the kitchen.

Sarah turned towards the kitchen, thinking she would be facing her stepmother. What she saw, however, quickly silenced the girl. Not until did her stepmother and father stand there, but next to them stood Sarah's mother.

"Mommy," Sarah said quietly, hardly daring to believe that the actress was back. Sandra practically ran to her daughter. Amaryllis barely had time to move next to Belladonna.

Karen turned her accusing eyes on Jareth. "And who are you?" she asked, causing all the stowaways to wince from the venom in her words.

"Mom," Sarah said, directing Karen's anger at her instead of Jareth, "Mommy, Daddy," Sarah addressed each of her parents, "this is Jareth."

"He really nice," Toby said, spotting Amaryllis and Belladonna. He waved slightly, and the Queen and Princess waved back.

"How does Toby know this...pedophile?" Karen asked accusingly.

Sarah set Toby down and looked over at Jareth, "Darling, would you keep an eye on Toby? I have some explaining to do." Jareth nodded and took Toby out of hearing range."

"It'll be fine," Amaryllis said to the nervous girl.

"Ok," Sarah said, more to the Queen than her parents. "Two years ago, I wished Toby away to the Goblin King. I had to solve a Labyrinth to get him back. For some reason, Toby remembers it. When I ran away, he sent Hoggle, a dwarf friend of ours, to have Jareth, the Goblin King take me Underground where I would be safe. While I was there, I experimented with drugs and alcohol, but I'm over that. Jareth helped me get over that. Now, we want to get married," Sarah said rather quickly, hoping to confuse her parents.

"Yeah," Belladonna said, patting Sarah's ear. "Nice going."

It took her parents a few moments to understand what Sarah said. When they did, however, Karen got, if possible, even more angry, and Sandra rushed forward to congratulate her daughter.

"Sandra!" Karen said, incredulously, "She wished my son away."

"She got him back," Sandra said, and then turned back to her daughter.

"Richard!" Karen yelled at her husband, who was standing next to her.

"Sandra," Richard said. "Sarah." Both mother and daughter turned to face him. "I can't allow my son to be put in any danger." Everyone turned o face him, listening intently. "Sarah, I don't want to hear or see from you again."

Sarah sat in between Cattie and Llewellyn, crying. Both Felines were trying desperately to calm her down. All three looked up as the door slammed open. Jareth walked in, followed closely by Keenan, Amaryllis and Galvin.

"Don't worry, honey," the Dryad Queen said, walking over to Sarah and cupping her chin gently. "Everything will be all right."

Sarah nodded and hugged the Fae. "Where's Bella?" she asked.

"She'll be here soon," Galvin said.

"What did you two do?" Jareth asked, exasperated.

"Nothing much," Belladonna said from the door. Sandra stood next her. Behind her was Ludo, in front Hoggle, Sir Didymus and Quillan. In her arms, she carried a small child, wrapped in blankets and such so that one could not even tell if the child were male or female.

Quillan looked up at the Princess, who nodded, and ran over to Sarah. He crawled up into his father's lap, and asked the girl, "Can I play with Toby?"

Sarah looked down at him sadly and said through her tears, "If I had any right to him, I would say you could."

"Sarah," Belladonna said giggling again. "You have every right to him." Sarah looked at the Princess, deeply confused.

Belladonna put the child down. Still completely wrapped up, it walked over to Sarah. Pulling the blanket back slightly, Toby peeked his head out and said, "Can I play with Quillan?"

"How…" Sarah started, but couldn't get any further. She swept the small boy up, tears changing to tears of happiness.

"With a Changeling," Galvin answered. "From my country."

"Thank you," Sarah whispered through her tears, still holding onto her brother. "All of you."