Disclaimer: I do not own the Labyrinth.
Everything she ever wanted. Everything she ever desired. He would be her slave. All he asked in return was her love.
Time was slipping by quickly, the minute hand ticking evermore closer to the 13th hour on the ornate golden clock that had been her reminder during her journey to set her brother, Toby, free from the clutches of the goblins and their king.
The man, if you could call him that, who had taken Toby away from the world of mortals to this fantastical place stood before her awaiting her answer. Sara had recited, as if in a trance, the words that she knew so well, having pretended ever since she was a small child that she was a brave, glorious heroine, fearlessly fighting her way through the Labyrinth to the Goblin King, her powerful words making him cower before her.
But now she paused, not feeling so brave and fearless now, gazing up at the stately Goblin King, who was definitely not cowering. His stormy, blue eyes piercing into hers, almost mockingly as it seemed he knew she would accept his offer.
And accept she did.
Jareth grinned wickedly at her as she stammered her meek "yes", his flowing white cape and long golden hair billowing in the strong wind that seemed to pick up at his command. The desolate space filled with uneven staircases, floating as if frozen in time above their heads, snapped together, not forming the random pattern they were in before, but a single one stretching on and on as if it would reach heaven. Without asking what to do, Sara walked towards the tall, tan stoned staircase, her footsteps echoing eerily. As she placed one foot on the bottom step she turned to Jareth, the Goblin King, her master.
"You will send Toby back, won't you?"
He grinned again and nodded, raising a pristine white arm as if making a signal. Sara caught the gleam of the tiny crystal ball he had once offered to her as a gift, and watched as he threw it up into the sky and disappeared in midair.
She took that as a good sign and began climbing the tall staircase into the darkness of the unknown.
Why did she agree to stay? Why did her heart beat rapidly, not from fear, but from excitement? She asked herself as she turned back to see Jareth watching her progress up the stairs.
Perhaps she knew that the adventure had only just begun.
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