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Sarah loved this small village right outside of the castle. It was not full of goblins as she had first expected, it had a large variety of creatures. She loved the different shops and things that were in the shops. It was so much fun to be able to shop with a limitless amount of money, being the king's guest had its kicks. They spent most of the day shopping and just having a fun time. At the end of the day Sarah could hardly believe that she had spent the entire day with the Goblin King and had actually enjoyed it.

It was late in the afternoon when they returned to the castle. Jareth took Sarah's hand and she was very confused by this action, he looked at her and smiled. "I have something I want to show you." He led her to a garden out side and they walked around a bit. It was then that she saw Hoggle, Sir Didmus, and Ludo.

"Sarah!"

"I am so happy to see you guys again."

Jareth stepped aside and let Sarah catch up with her old friends. He had enjoyed the day spent with her. He decided to go to his room and try once more to contact his sister. He felt that she was ignoring his calls and knew exactly what was going on. Jareth needed to know how Sarah got into his world, so that if she wanted to she could stay or go home. He did not want to let her got and most likely wouldn't if he could. Sarah would be his and she would stay with him.

That night they had dinner apart and then each retired to their own rooms. Jareth was trying to study his mirror to see if he could find some clue to how Sarah got there or what caused it to transform in such a way.

Sarah was in her room gloating about how good things had been that day. She had so much fun and it was so good to see her friends again. She kept feeling more and more at home in this place, but she had a home of her own and a life of her own. Her feelings about the underground were so mixed up and that included her feelings about Jareth. She knew that he was no longer the villain, but wasn't sure what role he played now. It was almost like he was a different person then the one she had known while playing the game. It was more like when she was in the ball room or at the last minute in the Escher room. Sarah decided then that she would go in there and talk to Jareth, to see what he knew and to learn more about the underground. So she walked over to the door, opened it, and walked into his room to find a shirtless Jareth. Sarah turned bright red and Jareth just smirked at her reaction. "Sarah, I feel that I would be in much trouble if the situation was to be reversed. What do you need?"

"I'm sorry. I'll come back at a later time or tomorrow, or something." It was as she turned around she saw the ring on Jareth's desk and picked it up. "Jareth, what are you doing with this?"

"You recognize it?"

"Yes of course. The last time I saw it was when I gave it to the wise man,"

"And the wise man gave it to me."

"But why did you keep it?"

"It was mine to begin with."

"What..? I don't understand. What do you mean?"

"This ring belonged to my mother, it was meant to be passed down to me and I would give it to my wife when I married, but my sister took it. See the ring it holds great power, such as a queen would need. My sister in her search for more power took it and gave it to a young human child. The idea being that the child would wear the ring and it would gather more power from the above ground and then she would get the ring back and use the power for herself."

"But then how did I get it, the first time I was in the underground was when I wished away Toby."

"The child wasn't you. The ring, who gave it to you?"

"My mother gave it to me, but I think that it originally belonged to my grandmother."

"That ring must posses a great deal of wild magic and you having worn the ring could possibly have access to that magic and power."

"Does that mean you sister will want to use to me to get power or something like that?"

"No, I don't think so. She has learned her lesson and now would only desire the power to win back her land from the Nightmare that she unleashed onto it."

"Wait, so my grandmother came here when she was younger and that is her in that picture with your sister. So that would make you how old?"

Jareth just smirked. "I'm not sure how exactly how old I am in your years, I can safely say I am older than you."

"What would happen to me if I was to stay here?"

Jareth wasn't sure why, but her question seemed to suck the air out of his lungs and make his heart skip a beat. "I would give you a potion and have a spell cast to make you fey so that you would live as long as you wanted. Why did you want to know?"

"I was curious in case you were unable to find out how I got here or something like that."