Sarah slowly shuffled up the steps, down the hallways, and into the dining hall. A small goblin led her; she imagined this goblin was once a little girl maybe 7 or eight. Sarah had never actually received a tour of the goblin castle, but just as she had expected the dining room was as dim as all the others. Candles sticks that had run too low were hanging from the ceiling and a long table sat in the middle of the room. It was one of those tables she had seen in palaces, one of those tables you had to yell across the room for someone to pass the peas.

As expected Jareth hadn't shown up yet.

"Figures." Said Sarah surveying the room. "That man would be late to his own funeral."

Many vivid paintings hung all over the walls. It seemed to be Jareth's ancestors. The wall stretched on forever, various goblin Kings with they're goblin wives. Sarah stopped as she looked at the picture of Jareth.

There he was in all of his glory standing tall and proud, but then Sarah noticed something. Jareth wasn't alone in his painting. A very lovely woman was sitting on a chair below him. She had not a trace of a smile on her face and her eyes were icy and cold.

Sarah couldn't believe it, Jareth was married. In her own childish fantasies she thought they would be married if they ever met again. But it really was true; Jareth only needed her to return the labyrinth to its original state.

Sarah heard the doors open and Jareth glided in with the icy woman at his side. He noticed Sarah eyeing the picture and he smirked.

"You're late." Sarah said.

Jareth nodded as he walked by with his ice queen. Sarah felt her heart grow heavy and she felt the jealously sneak in past her rib gates. Jareth and his trophy wife sat together. They settled Sarah close enough to them so she could reach the food, but further away so she couldn't be in the conversation.

"Please, sit." Said Jareth motioning to her chair.

Sarah did as she was told, her mind felt blank and empty, orders were the only set of guidelines she had before madness.

After the three had settled down and the silver platters had been set out Jareth spoke up. "I do not believe you have met my wife… this is Egony."

Egony put her hand out, Sarah made not attempt to kiss it. The name suited her almost perfectly, she looked like agony.

"Pleased to meet you." Sarah said nodding.

Egony nodded her slender face and placed her ring covered finger atop he lap. She had very fair skin and gray hair, she was not old or frail, and she was one of the most beautiful women Sarah had ever seen. Her blue eyes pierced through steel and her black dress made her seem like a snow raven.

"Shall we eat?" she asked.

Jareth nodded and opened a silver platter; he then dished up his love's dinner and his own. He threw the ladle back into the pot making Sarah get her own food. It was a brown stew with some sort of meat in it.

Sarah took her first sip, it was actually quite delicious.

"Are you enjoying your meal my dear?" Jareth asked.

Both the women nodded they're heads.

"And how about you Sarah?" Jareth asked. "I supposed you've never tasted roast Ludwen before, hmm?"

Sarah shook her head. "No, it's actually quite delicious. Just what is Ludwen?"

Egony laughed and put her spoon down; "I believe we had one in the dungeon just this week. Did we not Jareth?"

"Yes, we did that is until the little girl set him free. You know Sarah that big brown furry friend of yours, it's from his race"

Sarah looked up at Jareth with fury and spit out her soup. The couple laughed at her.

She had practically been eating one of her best friends.

"No hungry anymore?" Egony asked.

"I believe I've had my fill thank you. Now if you'll excuse me…."

Sarah left the dining hall in a hurry; she could hear Egony and Jareth's laughter as she race outside into the garden. She bent over one of the bushes and let her supper land from her stomach onto the ground. Sarah collapsed on the ground. The labyrinth had been almost a happy memory for her, Jareth was her first love, and she thought things would be so perfect. But they were far from it, she was forced to eat her friend's relatives and undergo Egony's tortuous beauty.

"Fine," Sarah said. "If they won't accompany my needs I'll just ignore them."

Sarah tried to leave the castle, but all the roads in the goblin city led straight back to Jareth's domain.

Sarah could hear Egony's laughter bouncing in her head; she couldn't help but be jealous of her, with that perfect body and flawless face.

Sarah walked once again down the road of the Goblin City; this time she reached the gates that led outside towards the Labyrinth. Sarah wondered if she ventured to the gates of the labyrinth, she wondered if she would be free.

"Don't think such nonsense." Sarah heard a voice; she looked down and saw once again her young reflection, this time shown from a puddle. "You're trapped here."

"I know… I know… don't remind me please." Sarah replied.

"You didn't expect this much did you?"

Sarah shook her head.

"If you just let your young innocence come through every once in a while then you would of seen. There is no good in Jareth."

"I can't believe that." Sarah replied to the puddle.

"It's true. It's better if you just stay with Hoggle and the rest of them. If you want to find them they're living in your old room, beneath the junkyard. It would be better that way you know…"

Sarah cut off the puddle and smashed it. "I'll do as I please!" she yelled.

Of course as she please was to find her former room in the junk pile. Sarah trudged and trudged through layers of garbage calling her friends names. Until finally she head a little yelp coming from a larger pile of dump.

"Sarah?" Ludo called sticking one of his hands out.

"Yes it's me."

"Sarah my lady!" Didymus yelled as he ran through the door and clobbered her onto the ground. "You've come to stay have you?"

Sarah laughed, she felt a surge of happiness flow through her body, yes perhaps she would stay.

"Come in, come in. "Said Hoggle motioning to the three figures. "These aren't safe parts."

Sarah stepped into her old room, just how it was before the move. Her old book was sitting atop her dresser along with her old figurines and music box.

"I thought this place was destroyed." Sarah said laying down on her bed.

"Nonsense." said Hoggle, he had built a fire on her windowsill and it looked ahs though he was frying vegetables. "Anything can be put back together."

"What happened?" Sarah asked as he gazed at her Escher poster.

Sir Didymus sighed as Hoggle answered. "The three of us stayed down here for a year or so, that's of course how we visited you. Then one day we were found, not really sure how. Then were all charged for corruption or some muck like that. We were stuck in that dungeon every day until you saved us."

"It's amazing how you all stayed sane." said Sara hugging Lancelot.

"It wasn't easy my dear. " Said Didymus wrapping his small arms around her torso.

"I missed you all so much. Now I'm back forever."

"Forever?" all three friends asked at once.

"Yes, haven't you noticed the Labyrinth isn't all ice anymore? Well it was all my doing, I gave into Jareth."

The three gasped. "I never though you'd do that." Said Hoggle.

"I always thought it was so cold because of Jareth's wife, such and ice queen."

"I know, I met her today. She's terrible. I know she's changed him."

"Perhaps she hasn't changed him; maybe you've just finally seen what a monster he really is."

Sarah nodded. "I don't know what's going to happen to me. But I'm happy you all are here now"

Her friends smiled.

"Here my lady. "Said Didymus. "All your old clothes are here." Didymus opened Sarah's closet, her entire wardrobe from her sophomore year was hanging just as she had left it. The only things missing were her normal clothes, jeans and such. All she had on the hangers were her old costumes. She hadn't changed much body-wise since then.

"Thank you all." she said running her fingers up and down her old play clothes.

That night the quartette sang, drank cheap wine, and ate they're fill of fried foods. By the end of the night Didymus and Ludo had inhabited Sarah's bed. While the two trouble makers snore d away Hoggle and Sarah sat near the fire.

"I thought things would turn out so differently, you know? I mean I assumed that if I ever met Jareth again we'd fall deeply in love with each other." She took a sip of some spiced rum. "I always was, you know? In love with him that is."

"But don't you see how awful he really is?" Hoggle asked.

Sarah took another sip and cringed at the bitter taste. "I see how awful Egony has made him. But somehow I know he will return to the way he was before."

"Oh alright I su'pose he'll jus' go back to snatching children, eh?"

Sarah laughed. "At least before he had a heart."

"A small one."

"A small heart is better then none." She gazed into the fire and thought about the ballroom dance she shared with Jareth. "I have to go back. I have to find some good in him. It'll be like the grinch!"

"The who?" Hoggle gave her puzzled look.

Sarah shook her head. "Nevermind. Let's go to sleep. Nite Hoogle."

"Nite Sarah."

The next morning Sarah gathered up all of her costumes and left the junkyard before the others had even awoke. She knew Jareth would be up waiting for her, like a parent scolding her teenage daughter for being out to late.

The stars still shown in the sky as Sarah approached the castle doors. Jareth had left them opened. But he had left no candles lit for her to find her way to her room. Eventually after tripping over many a loose stepping stone, she found her way into her bed chambers. She knew Jareth would be sitting on a chair inside her room waiting for her. She decided to soften his heart as soon as she walked in the doors.

As she opened her doors she began to sing.

"As such a sad love
Deep in your eyes, a kind of pale jewel
Open and closed within your eyes
I'll place the sky within your eyes
There's such a fooled heart
Beating so fast in search of new dreams
A love that will last within your heart
I'll place the moon within your heart"

Sarah could feel Jareth's eyes on her as she gracefully danced around the room. She acted as though he was not even there. She could feel his gaze piercing her heart, his gaze was softening.

"You're late." He said after she had finished.
"Oh!" she exclaimed. "I'm sorry I didn't know I had a curfew."

She hummed the song under her breath.

"How are you…" Jareth started

"As the world falls down, Falling in love." Sarah interrupted Jareth's question.

"Sarah, why did…"

"Makes no sense at all."

"Sarah, you'll…."

"Makes no sense to fall." She whispered these words seductively.

"Sarah, listen to..."

"As the world falls down."

"SARAH!" Jareth was tired of being interrupted.

"Falling in love." She whispered. "Yes?"

"I just would like to know how your stay is."

"Oh. Marvelous." Sarah said sarcastically. She pulled off her white dress and slipped on her night gown. Jareth couldn't help but stare. "I love being locked in a tower."

"Well I can see you're more then comfortable. And I assume your going to bed. Good night."

Jareth began to walk out of the girl's room.

"Jareth?"

He turned around, but something was different he wasn't being sharp or unkind.

"Did you think of me?" Sarah asked.

Jareth nodded and shut the door.

"That was a surprise." Sarah's mirror spoke.

Sarah smiled and curled beneath her sheets.