Authors Note: I apologize in advance if this storyline has already been used by someone else. I have not yet had a chance to read everyone's Labyrinth work. All I want to do is get this darn storyline out of my head. Also: The parental guide on this story might change. There are a few things I haven't decided yet so pay attention as each chapter goes up. It could get hot in here.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Well I may create a few new things to own, but for now it is all someone else's genius. Sue if you must...all I have is debt. You can have that if you want.
Chapter 1 - It Begins
Jareth was dying. It seems strange for an immortal King to die, but...he's dying. Ever since Sarah defeated the Labyrinth and refused Jereth's "generous" offer our King has been unable to go on. What is killing him?? He is. He got it into his head that he didn't want to live anymore. Slowly but surely he has been willing himself to death. Anyone who knows Jareth knows he is very strong willed, but Hoggle and Sarah's other friends have a plan. They're gonna get Sarah back into the Labyrinth. Somehow.
Sarah just turned 18 and she doesn't feel any different. Her father and stepmother are still pestering her to pick a college or University and the Labyrinth still haunts her dreams. Nothing has changed much in the last 3 years. Whenever Sarah thinks about her time in the Labyrinth she has to focus to think of her friends. Mostly she thinks of Jareth and his "generous" propositions. How different her life would be if she had done a few things differently. No school, irritating parents, boys trying to get her to sleep with them, and best of all, no boredom. If there is one thing you can say about Jareth (and you could say plenty), it is that he is never boring. Everything around him is an adventure. What the hell is she doing thinking of Jareth again? Damn that man, will she never be able to live in peace?
For a long time it seemed like the Labyrinth was an elaborate dream, then Toby got older and Sarah was forced to realize that everything was real. Toby remembered a lot considering he was not yet two when Sarah wished him away. God, it seems like ages ago. Sarah hadn't touched her copy of the story since that tragic day. Well, almost tragic. Please God let him not ask about the Goblin King again today. Sarah never knew what to tell Toby when he asked about Jareth...what could you tell a child about love and pain? Nothing Jareth told her had worked. "I wish I could have seen things differently then...but what does a 15 year old girl know of love?" Sarah mused to herself aloud. She laughed at herself, "What do I know of love now?" Sarah thought. "Jareth, all I know of love is what you taught me, but I still don't know enough."