Chapter 3

            Sarah awoke several hours later; her legs were cramped from sleeping in front of the door for so long. Toby, she thought, I have to find him and get him out of here now! Grudgingly Sarah stood and opened the door a crack just to be sure that Jareth wasn't there before stepping into the long corridor, doors lined both sides of the wall, carefully and quietly Sarah limped along, feeling awkward in her bulky cast. Without a sound she slipped doors open and peeked inside, the rooms were empty, except for the furniture, so elegant and beautiful, Sarah found herself longing for a home such as this, away from her stepmother and Jareth, but, she couldn't hurt her father in that way by leaving him behind as she had nearly done two years ago in the labyrinth- it was the reason she had faltered on the last line of what she had always thought a story, because truthfully, Jareth had had power over her, she truly had loved him deep down and would have taken his offer but, Toby had been there and she didn't want him to be in the labyrinth, it was her fantasy and now, once more they were in it. The last door that Sarah tried was locked, "damn," she whispered.

Quickly Sarah slammed her shoulder into it; the wood splintered and fell away, Sarah gasped, "Toby!" Toby lay on a bed, he was as pale as a sheet and unconscious, Sarah rushed to his side, lifting the boy from the bed.

A noise behind her made Sarah turn, she gasped, in the doorway stood Jareth, he was looking at his gloved hand in a bemused sort of way, "You weren't thinking of leaving my realm were you?" He asked knowingly.

Sarah stood tall and defiant, "Of course I was, and in fact I plan to go to the realm of the elves, and then farther still into the underground until I find my way out." Sarah pushed past Jareth, when he grabbed her arm she whirled around and hit him in the temple, he groaned and slid to the ground. Sarah looked down at him, no matter how powerful you are there is still a weak point somewhere, usually in the temple. As quickly as she could Sarah snatched up Toby and left, she knew her way through the maze by now and knew where she had to go if she was to get out of the labyrinth before Jareth awoke, she was going to the oubliette and hopefully Hoggle would be down there as he had been before, "If only I could get to the Elvin city I saw when Jareth first brought me here..." She gasped as she ran, as fast as her casted leg would allow, down the stone steps at the gate near the goblin city, she ran past startled goblins and heard them whisper, "Isn't she the one who defeated our king? What's she doing back here? Do You Think- No of course not." The goblins hurried and hushed responses followed her into the maze, quickly she found the back of the blue door that had been where she fell, she felt herself fall into their midst, "Down!" She cried before they could ask her that old question.

Several hands formed a mouth, "I know you, you were that girl that was here before, haven't you learned your lesson yet?" Sarah grabbed one of the hands tightly, "I said down." She breathed.

"Down it is then." The hands chuckled, "Down it is."

Sarah felt herself being dropped into the oubliette, darkness engulfed her.

A small sound came from nearby, and Sarah turned...

Ha ha, if you want to know who it was you'll have to read the next chapter... well R&R plz