Jareth stood on his balcony over looking his labyrinth, when suddenly his thoughts were interrupted by a sudden surge of power. It didn't take him long to find the location of this strong magic, it was the mirror. The mirror's magic was growing stronger every second, this baffled Jareth. It wasn't long before the mirror itself began to glow.
Jareth began to be concerned about this wild magic that the mirror was emanating. He felt the mirror beckoning to a being from somewhere, he couldn't quite figure out where though. It was a being from another realm but which one Jareth was not sure of. This made the being possibly dangerous and Jareth wanted to be prepared for danger.
After about an hour Jareth grew bored of waiting for this approaching being and began to play with his crystals. This was considered by his family to be a bad habit, especially his mother and sister. His family wasn't very close knit with how cantankerous the fae can be. He had only two sisters and one brother, only one of the three he actually got along with and trusted.
It was from his youngest sister, Cahira, that he received the mirror. She told him that it would bring him his princess. This puzzled him because he thought that he could find him a princess whenever he pleased seeing as how, at the time, he was a prince. She just laughed at him and told him that he did not understand her.
Cahira was forced to fight for her land against a Nightmare that an ancient wizard had released. It would have been taken care of sooner, except that is was Cahira who released it and the Nightmare had no intention of going back. It had acquired a great deal of dark magic that was attracting more hellish creatures. The queen was trying to rule her land and protect its inhabitants from the dark creatures that loomed on its border.
If it weren't for her struggles, then Jareth would have called upon her wanting to know all she knew about the mirror and what was causing the sudden surge of magic. This was something he was going to have to deal with on his own. It seemed a good sign to him that since the mirror had begun to glow, its magic hadn't increased. Jareth was still prepared to intercept any danger; he was just playing around until the threat would reveal itself. What ever was to come through the mirror, he would be able to handle.
Jareth felt a suddenly change in the magic surrounding the mirror, time for the fun to stop and to be serious. He called forth a crystal to prepare it for anything that might happen. The glowing became a suddenly blinding light; just before the light became too bright he thought he saw something come through.
When the light dimmed, he looked up and dropped the crystal he had prepared. "Sarah…"