Sarah followed the small goblins up flights and flights of stairways until she had reached her room. It was on the top floor in the tower. Sarah smiled at the goblins, though it was hard after losing her life back home. Tears began to well up in her eyes as she tracked the disgusting sewage all over her clean room.

Sarah tried to hold strong. "Well then, first things first. A bath."

A small bathroom was located in her room with running water (provided by small water falls), and a small toiletry. At least her room was private.

Sarah soaked in the bath for what seemed hours. Her clothes had been dirtied so she had no apparel to wear for dinner. As Sarah walked out of her bathroom she saw a beautiful white dress lying upon her bed.

A note lay upon the sleeve it read: Dinner in 1:01 hour(s). The note had its own little timer so Sarah had no excuse for being late. She slipped on the dress which fit her perfectly. It seemed from another time, which the Labyrinth almost was. Yards and yards of fabrics had clearly been used. Flower rained down on the print of her dress and they glimmer in the sunlight. Most of the day had gone by at that time and the sun was setting.

Sarah had never had time to observe the Labyrinth since she was always running. The frost seemed to have evaporated once she surrendered and the labyrinth was returned to its glory. The sunset just behind the hill she had started her journey off all those years ago.

Sarah's eyes began to burn with tears as she sat upon her bed. At last the effect of what she had done hit her like a pound of bricks. She pulled her faced to her knees and began to cry. Looking up she saw her balcony her curtains blew in the wind. She felt like Princess locked atop a tower waiting for her Prince Charming to save her. But her Prince Charming would not save her, H he Prince Charming had given up on her a long, long time ago.

"What have I done?" she asked herself. "I've given up my family and my life… and any chance at love."

"What did you think Sarah?" A familiar voice was heard from inside the room.

Sarah jumped up unaware of company. "Who's there?"

"Behind you." The voice called.

Sarah looked behind her and saw a plain ordinary mirror. But something was different. Instead of her current reflection the mirror had shown her old self, her 15 year old innocence.

"Didn't think you' see me again huh?"

She shook her head.

"What were you thinking. " The mirror asked.

Sara stared at her younger being. "I don't know…"

"You thought you and Jareth would fall in love and get married and have little goblin babies and live in your goblin castle."

Sarah nodded her head.

The mirror replied. "It seems like he used you didn't he?"

Sarah's eyes welled up again. "Yes, and now I'm all alone… here, I'll never find someone to love. I'm so stupid. And I could really use a cigarette right about now."

Sarah former self gazed at her adulthood. "You're not alone. What about Hoggle and Ludo? What of Sir Didymus?"

Sarah's eyes brightened. "No, I suppose I'm not alone. But it still feels that way. Will I ever see you again?"

"Perhaps, just call on me."

Sarah's former self disappeared into the mirror and left her once again alone.

But she was right, Hoggle and the rest were sure to still be alive. Sarah pounced off her bed and ran down the stair cases, all the way down to the throne room. It was still filthy as ever with little goblins running about and making a mess. Jareth still sat on his throne relaxed as ever, he was smiling and gazing into his crystal ball.

"They're in the dungeon." He said no even glancing up at her.

Without question she ran down the stairs, for that's were dungeons usually are located, in the very pit of the castle. Sarah ran and ran the stairs seemed to go on forever. Finally though, she smelled it, the putrid dungeon.

She heard no voices, only the snoring of a goblin guard.

She crept down past the snoozing goblin and gazed into the first cell, it was full of bones. They're we so many cells they seemed to stretch as far as the eye could possibly see.

How will I ever find them here? Sarah questioned.

"Ludo!" she yelled. Her voice echoed through the dark hall. "Sir Didymus! Hoggle!"

She yelled they're names louder each time.

"Hoggle!" she yelled again.

The she heard it, a faint whimper coming form a cell further down in the chambers.

"Hoggle!" she called again running towards the whimpering.

At last she saw it, the darkest cell of them all that imprisoned all of her friends.

At first the characters did not even recognize her.

"Release us at one you vile dirty scum sucking…." Sir Didymus barked,

"Sarah?" Ludo said.

The entire cell went silent.

"Yes Ludo, its me.. I'm here."

"Sarah!" they all yelled in unison.

A small stubby hand came through the bars.

"You – you came back?" Hoggle asked his eyes filling with tears.

"Yes, Hoggle I did. I couldn't have just left." Sarah thought about it, she did just leave them to rot in the dungeon. And never had she any intent of seeing them again, at least while she was in the outside world.

"Sarah, back?" Ludo asked.

Sarah's eyes filled up as she looked at her old friends.

"How long have you been here?"

Sir Didymus pointed at the tally marks on the walls.

"Too long." Sarah finished. "I'm getting you guys out of here."

Her friends' eyes brightened.

"I'm afraid the guard carries the keys close to him… you'll have to…"

Just then Sir Didymus went silent as a dark shadow crept upon Sarah's face.

"I had expected as much." Jareth said.

"Let them go." Sarah said standing up.

"I assume you enjoy your clothing." Jareth snickered with a grin.

"Yes I—stop trying to change the subject. Release them at once!"

"And why should I? They're traitors to the underground and dangerous."

Sarah looked at here friends faces and wondered how they could be considered criminals.

"Jareth I'm begging you. Let them go. Isn't torture and imprisonment enough?"

"They're scheduled for death in a few years, I've been promising my goblins."

Sarah scowled at the Goblin king. "You disgust me."

"Very well." Jareth said walking away.

"Wait!" Sarah called behind him. "Please..."

"I suppose your going to say its not fair?"

Sarah stood up. "I've helped you return your labyrinth to its greater from. Now help me, I've given my life for you."

"That was your decision now wasn't it?"

"Please…"

"I was never one for groveling but… as you wish."

The cell door swung open with a crash as Sarah's friends ran to her.

"Oh, I've missed you all so much." Sarah said embracing her friends.

She glanced at they're faces. They had obviously been beaten and tortured to great extent. They're eyes were rather glossy and nearly lifeless.

"I'm so sorry." She said to them. "Come on. You're all getting out of here."

Jareth had vanished by the time they were leaving, Sarah nearly hated him now.

"Were shall we go my lady?" Sir Didymus asked.

"You all can live... oh I don't know. But you must leave. I have a feeling we've disturbed enough here for today."

Sarah led her friends outside. They all squinted at the sunlight. Sarah wondered when the last time they had actually seen sunlight.

"Now you must go." Sarah said kissing Hoggle on his forehead.

"Aren't you comin with us?' he asked.

"No, I'm afraid I must stay. My place is here now."

They all looked at her puzzled.

"I'll explain it all later. Just promise you'll visit me tomorrow."

"We promise my lady." Sir Didymus said bowing. "And thank you for so gallantly saving us."

"NO problem." she said. "You must go,"

The trio shuffled off the steps and Sarah was left alone once again. She never thought that on her first day back she would be so lonely. A chilly wind blew by and Sarah hugged her arms around her and entered inside the castle again, for dinner was in 10 minutes and she knew not to be late.

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