Sorry it took me so long!

I am writing this on May 12, 2005.

If this isn't on the site until later it is because my stupid comp still won't work.

Hey, at least I can use word. (Shrug)

And I know Toby is a little advance for being, like, five…but whatever. The Underground had an advancing effect on him? (Sweat drops)

Disclaimer: If I had owned the Labyrinth at any time I would have made David Bowie's tights tighter. And I would have given the worm more speaking time. And then made me into a character and have Jareth fall madly in-love with me and—I'll shut up now.

Sarah woke up smiling.

She couldn't really remember her dream but she knew that was why she was in such a good mood.

All she knew was that the dream felt so much like a déjà vu.

She frolicked down the stairs and into the kitchen where she saw Karen was already fuming at the oven over the fact that Toby would not eat his vegetables.

"Good morning stepmother, sleep peacefully?" Sarah asked kindly as she ran over and hugged Karen from the back before kissing her cheek. "I'll get Toby to eat his vegetables," she smiled.

Karen froze completely shocked before turning around to see Sarah's bubbly face smiling at her.

Karen couldn't but smile back.

"Um, yes it was peaceful enough. And thank you Sarah."

Sarah bobbed her head as her smile became a grin.

She turned around to her little brother who was sitting in his seat with his nose in the air and arms crossed.

She bounded over to the chair next to him and sat down leaning towards him.

"Toby, won't you eat your vegetables?"

Toby shook his head.

"Do it for me?" Sarah puckered out her lower lip.

Toby shook his head.

"Why not? I'm your favorite sister."

"You're my only sister Sarah," he rolled his eyes.

"Well then why not?"

"Because…I'm a goblin! Goblins don't have vegetables to eat and they don't have to listen to their bigger sisters."

Sarah leaned back in her chair and folded her own arms.

"Oh, so you're a goblin now?" she smirked.

"Yeah," Toby said defiantly, a little worried by his sister's reaction. What was she thinking? "Why?"

Sarah just sighed and looked up at the ceiling.

"Well, if you're a goblin then who do you think is in charge of you?" she asked as she looked back at him.

"No one! Goblins don't belong to anyone."

"What about the Goblin King?" she whispered as she leaned in towards him and bugged out her eyes. "You would rather be the slave of the mean ol' Goblin King instead of the brother of your beautiful sister? If you don't eat your vegetables that is exactly what will happen."

Toby thought for a moment before picking up a carrot from his plate.

"I guess I would rather be the brother to my sister," he smiled.

"Hey, what about 'beautiful'," Sarah fake pouted.

Toby grinned as he took a big bite of his carrot.

"Oh, you are a nasty little goblin!" she exclaimed as she jumped out of her chair and chased after Toby who was already to the door as soon as she finished her sentence.

She chased after him for a few minutes, laughing all the way, until Toby turned a corner.

When she did though, she fell in a tangled mess with another body.

She gasped and looked down at who she was atop.

"Jared!" she breathed as she pulled her hair behind her back and out of his face.

"Good morning Sarah; I thought I would come and give you a ride," he said innocently but couldn't hide the grin on his face.

"Oh, I'd like that."

"Sarah?"

"Yeah?"

"You're still on top of me."

"Oh!" Sarah blushed as she untangled from him and stood up before helping him stand.

It was then she realized that he was wearing gloves. And when she first met him he was wearing gloves. And yesterday he was wearing gloves as well.

Had she seen him yet without gloves?

Shrugging it off she scowled at her little brother who popped out from behind Jared with a grin on his face.

"Who's your boyfriend Sarah?" he teased.

"Why you--" Sarah began but was cut off as Toby made a little yelp when Jared turned around to look at him.

Toby backed away a little bit.

"Toby, stop being rude and say hello to Jared. He's new at my school and has no friends."

Toby never took his eyes off of Jared's.

Jared was so familiar. His eyes…

He reminded him so much of…

"Jareth?" Toby whispered.

"What is with your family and calling me 'Jareth'?" Jared joked.

Sarah laughed uneasily.

"Yeah, I guess. Now let's get out of here before--"

"Sarah, who's your little friend?"

Sarah turned around to see Karen standing in the doorway.

"This is Jared; he's new to my school and he is giving me a ride to school. Bye Karen."

Sarah pulled Jared out of there before he could so much as utter a word.

"Sorry about that; Karen gets a little nosy sometimes. Let's go."

Jared nodded as he opened the car door for Sarah before going to the driver's side and getting in himself.

"So, the party is thirteen days from Saturday; can you make it?"

"Wait, this Saturday?" Sarah counted it up in her head.

"Yeah, it will be on a Friday."

"It will be on my birthday."

"Really? Wow, what a coincidence."

"Yeah…"

"Will you be able to make it Sarah? I really hope you can."

"Um, I'll see if I can or not."

"What did you think about the outfit I showed you?" Jared asked after a few moments silence.

"It was okay, although I think that a blue coat would be better," she said without thinking.

Her minds eye then drifted to her dream.

She was at the ball again but this time she wasn't racing against the clock to save Toby and she didn't run away.

The only thing that could have been better had been if she hadn't woken up right before the kiss she was about to share with the Goblin King.

Wait, where did thought come from? I don't want to kiss him. He tried to kill me and turn Toby into a Goblin, Sarah thought as she straightened a little bit in her seat.

Well, technically he wasn't trying to kill me. He just wanted to slow me down so that I would loose. And the ball scene was just what I wanted. Wait, I don't to dance and be with the Goblin King. And I definitely don't want to kiss him!"

"Sarah?"

Sarah snapped back into reality as she realized Jared was outside of the car holding her door open.

"Oh, I guess I zoned out there for the moment," she said simply as she got out and their headed to homeroom.

Sarah rolled her eyes as Ginger sat on Jared's desk, legs crossed, with a black mini skirt and see-through white blouse that showed off her black bra.

"Oh, Jared, good morning!" Ginger cooed.

Jared smiled.

"Good morning back to you Ginger. You look cold," he stated with a quirked brow.

Sarah rolled her eyes again. Men.

"Want to keep me warm?" Ginger asked as she ran her foot against Jared's leg as he stepped closer.

"I'd love to," he grinned. "Here."

Ginger looked confused as Jared took off his jacket and put it around Ginger and ushered her back to her own desk.

Jared sat down and smiled up at Sarah.

"Are you going to sit down or what?" he asked.

Sarah smiled inwardly as she sat down next to him.

Jared reminded her of someone she met when she was younger. A real person, but she couldn't name it.

Shrugging it off, she looked over to the teacher and took out a piece of paper as was instructed.

Sarah was leaning against her locker as she read a flyer a girl gave her.

There were auditions for a play going on this Friday.

"Maybe I should look into it; the only way you can get cast is if you audition. I wonder what the play is."

She sighed as she stuffed the flyer in her locker.

"Who's that?"

Sarah spun around to see Jared looking at a picture of a girl in her locker on the door.

"That's my friend Alice. She moved to America last summer."

"Oh."

Sarah pulled out her notebook and almost shut the door until she saw something poking out from under a book.

She pulled it out and looked at it.

It was a newspaper article from a couple months ago saying that her mother was going to renew her vows to husband and frequent co-star Jeremy.

She was there at the wedding and had just come back from the second one last month.

Jeremy!

That was who Jared reminded her of.

Sarah smiled as she remembered the day she was given the little music box from Jeremy.

She still had it and played it every once in a while when she got lonely.

Sarah realized she hadn't called upon her friends from the Underground in quite some time.

The last time she did was years ago.

She would call them today when she got home.

"Sarah, you're zoning again."

"What? Oh, sorry. Just thinking about some old friends I need to call."

"Oh, did they move to the Americas too?"

"No, they live Under--" she cut herself off.

"They live under? I wonder what it's like to live down there."

"Down where?"

"Down Under; duh. I wonder what Australia is like."

"Oh, yeah…"

Sarah mentally sighed in relief.

"Well, I gotta go. See ya next period Sarah."

"You too," Sarah waved.

Sarah smiled to herself as she walked down the hall jauntily.

She could just envision Hoggle's scowl when she called him up.

'Why didn't you call us sooner Sarah?' he would ask as he crossed his arms.

She would beg forgiveness before throwing her arms around him and hugging him.

Maybe I could ask him how the King is doing…

Sarah jumped out of Jared's car yelling her goodbyes without opening the car door and ran up her lawn.

Before she ran inside though she noticed that they had mail so she went back and grabbed it.

She tossed all the bills and trash on the table by the stairs as she went through looking for anything for her.

Her eyes widened as she saw a letter from America.

"Alice!" she giggled as she snatched the other letter for her and ran up the stairs.

She jumped on her bed and opened the letter from Alice.

Dear Sarah,

How you doing? I barely have had any time to write so I'm sorry this is so short.

I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday and tell you that your birthday present will be sent in a few days.

I saw an article about your mom and Jeremy. How many years has it been? Only three right and they are already getting their vows renewed? Linda is so lucky to have a man like Jeremy. You people have all the luck.

Merlin Jr. is getting big; almost as big as his father was when he was that age. I was so surprised when mom let me get a dog and then Merlin got her pregnant. Never try to ship a dog to a different land when they are pregnant. I think Nerissa is sick though; she always mopes around.

How is school over there? I made a couple new friends but none of them have the same connection we share.

There is this totally hot guy at my school and I think he is going to ask me out sometime soon. I'm so excited. Have you found a special someone yet?

Well, I'm afraid I have to go. Tell your dad and Karen 'hi' for me and give Toby a big hug for me too.

Love always, Alice.

Sarah shook her head.

"What a freak."

Smiling she looked over at her other letter.

It was a letter from her mom and Jeremy!

She tore it open and grinned as she saw it was a birthday card.

She looked at the cover which was brightly colored with a fairy with a wand on a flower.

Inside it said; May all your birthday wishes come true.

Sarah shook her head.

"Fairies don't grant wishes mom," she chuckled as she tucked the hundred dollar bill that dropped out of the card in her pocket.

Sarah placed her card with all the other cards she had received over the years from Linda and Jeremy.

She wondered faintly why this card was so…kiddish.

But she just shrugged it off a she sat at her vanity table.

"Hoggle, I need you."

Sarah waited a while for him to come out with his arms crossed but nothing happened.

"Didymus, Ludo, I need you."

Still nothing happened.

"That can't be right," she muttered.

She squirmed in her seat and fixed her poise before trying again.

"Hoggle, Ludo, Sir Didymus I need you. I need all of you."

Sarah was getting a little anxious by now.

Where were they?

"Where are you guys; I need you!"

When nothing happened Sarah shot out of her chair.

What was happening?

Maybe they were all just indisposed at the moment.

"I need you," she whispered softly.

She was about to say something she was likely to regret later on when she was interrupted by Toby's yelling.

"SARAH!"

Sarah rolled her eyes as her little brother busted into her room.

"Don't you ever knock you little goblin," she teased.

"Sarah, that was the Goblin King!"

"What are you talking about?"

"This morning! It was Jareth!"

"If that was the Goblin King then I am Hoggle," she sighed.

"Ask anyone from there; it was him!"

"Remind me never to tell you that story ever again. You hear it once and you think it was all real."

"Sarah, I may be five but I'm not stupid."

Sarah was a little confused now.

"Sarah, I may have only been about one but I still had a brain. I can remember a little bit. I blame the food."

"What? Toby what are you talking about?"

"Goblins eat weird food."

"Um, ok."

They just kind of stared at each other for a while.

"Sarah, I don't trust Jared."

"Toby, your imagination is just a little piqued right now. Tomorrow you will see there is nothing to worry about."

Toby rolled his eyes.

"Sarah, don't forget you promised we could spend time all alone on your birthday. You said we could go to the park."

"Oh, yeah. Ok, I'll remember."

Sarah walked over and scooped Toby into her arms.

"Now let's go see about food," she fake growled as she started to chew on a strand of his hair.

Toby laughed and squirmed in her arms as they descended down the stairs.

My butt hurts.