Sarah woke the next morning refreshed. She stretched with her eyes closed. So comfortable in the position she was in. Wouldn't you find it hard to get up with extra soft pillows, a huge mattress, nice satin sheets, a warm blanket, and Jareth's arms wrapped around you?

Sarah's eyes then bolted open. "Jareth's arms are wrapped around me!" she exclaimed in her thought, "And mine are wrapped around him!"

"How do I get out of this situation without waking him up?" she began to wrestle with her thoughts, "Well do I really want to? Yes of course I want to! But it is so nice being this close to him. No it is not! He is a much nicer person then what I thought. He kidnapped your brother! Jareth also befriended him and never hurt him. That is true. Also during my stay here he has never hurt me. That is also true. I could just slide away a little bit, just out of his reach. Why would I want to though? Yeah why would I want to?" She then cuddled even closer to Jareth and fell back to sleep.

The next thing Sarah remembered was a bird singing outside. When she opened her eyes, she realized she was alone. There was a note on the pillow beside her. It read:

Dear Sarah,

I apologize for not waking you sooner. I just thought you would like to sleep in a little more since you went to bed so late. As for breakfast, I will not be able to join you today. I have some matters to attend to, which you will hear about in a little while, I am sure.

I took the liberty of having some food sent up to you. It should still be hot. There also should be a dress for you in the closet.

See you in a bit,

Jareth

Sarah looked around and sure enough, on a table next to the bed, sat tray with orange juice and a bowl of oatmeal on it. There was also a tiny bowl of brown sugar. Sarah loved to put lots brown sugar on her oatmeal.

When she put the tray on her lap she could see steam rising from the oatmeal. It was as if it was just taken from the pot. Sarah poured in all the brown sugar and stirred it together. It tasted wonderful.

Sarah usually hated eating the last little bit of oatmeal because it was cold and had a different feel to it. Not this stuff though. It stayed warm all the way down to the last bight.

When Sarah was finished she made her way over to the closet. It was a huge walk in closet filled with poet shirts, tight pants, capes, and boots. To her right though, on a rack was a beautiful, formfitting, sky blue dress. It came with a sheer blue scarf, awesome shoes, and a pearl necklace. Sarah quickly put it on. Everything looked wonderful on her.

It was such a gorgeous day that Sarah decided to spend it out in the garden reading. There was a bookshelf in Jareth's room. One of the books caught Sarah's eye. It was a history book. Sarah thought it would be interesting to see the differences between the stories she knew, and the actual tales.

Sarah made her way to the wall she knew she came in on. There was a door on the wall, a tangible door. It led out the hallway she came sliding in from the night before. After Sarah walked through the door and turned around, Jareth's room was no longer visible. All she could see was a suit of armor.

After a good hour Sarah finally found a way out to the garden. Sarah decided to venture a little bit deeper into it then usual. She passed a great number of fountains, and statues, a section of all purple, a section of all yellow, and a section of all red. When she came across a part of the garden that was all blue she decided to sit.

The book Sarah had picked up was very interesting. It talked of how Aslan was actually a human. At one point in time he was betrothed to the White Witch. He broke it off though because they didn't get along. There was also a little blur at the end of the book about Dumbledore, nothing about Harry Potter though.

When she finished the book, Sarah stared at all the shades of blue. Blue was such a calming color to her. Not realizing how much time had gone by, Sarah felt a little hungry. She decided to go find out what time it was and see if she could have some lunch or something.

As Sarah walked back to the castle she spotted Hester sitting on a bench eating.

"Hello Hester!" Sarah yelled up ahead of her, "Can you tell me what time it is?"

"Why? So you can just tell the king I am slacking off? Taking more time then is needed for my lunch?" Hester said.

"Hester, why would I do such a thing?" Sarah asked now standing beside her.

"Oh so we are the innocent Sarah today? I see," Hester said, "You know my brother risked a lot for you to help you beat the labyrinth. After you left he and I went through hell. My brother was ridiculed because everyone thought he was crazy. I got strange looks. Because of you these last few years have been sheer torture! You would think that you would treat me with a little more respect because of what I went through. But no, you just see me as a lowly servant! Someone you can just boss around!"

"Hester what are you talking about?" Sarah asked.

"Oh don't play dumb with me girl. You know full well what I am talking about. Now if you will excuse me Miss High and Mighty I have work to do!" Hester then stood up, brushed passed Sarah, and walked down the path.

Sarah stood there in shock. "What on earth was she talking about?" Sarah thought, "When have I ever not treated her with respect?"

"Sarah, are you alright?"

Sarah jumped. She did not realize that Jareth had been standing next to her. "No I am not. Hester is angry with me and I don't know why."

Jareth put his arm around Sarah's shoulder, "Don't take Hester's anger personally today Sarah. She is just afraid. That's all."

"Afraid?" Sarah asked, "Afraid of what?"

"Oh so no one has told you yet? Usually news like this spreads around the castle like wild fire." Jareth then began to lead Sarah back to the castle, "Hester is probably afraid that rumors will start up again now that Sir Didymus and Ludo have returned."

A smile spread across Sarah's face, "When did they get back? Why wasn't I told? Can I see them?" Sarah asked.

"They got back around 7 last night. When they found out you were here they wanted to see you right away. I had to tell them that you were sick and Adele would not have liked it if we disturbed you. The reason I came out here to get you is, I have a meeting with them right now, which in a way involves you."

"Did they find out anything about why people's memories were erased?" Sarah asked.

"Honestly, I do not know. After I told Sir Didymus and Ludo they could not see you, they asked if they could retire to their chambers. I said that was alright and that we could discuss their journey in the morning. I wasn't going to make them stay up and recount their tale if they were tired." Jareth said as they reached the fountain outside of Sarah's room.

"I think Hoggle should be at the meeting. He has as much of a right to know as I do."

"He is there, don't worry. They are all up in my study waiting for us."

"Your study? You better have that one book with you to get us there. I am not walking down that long hallway every again!"

Jareth laughed, "Sarah, all I have to do is simply think of wherever I want to be that is in the castle or the labyrinth and I am there. Now, hold my hand."

Sarah then laughed and did as she was told. In a flash they were gone.