SORRY! Comp has been down and I am barely able to start updating, but I am. I will try to work on my others as soon as possible. I have decided to try to post a new chapter for most of my Laby Fics and so I'll try to keep to that.

Disclaimer: Really, what a preposterous idea! If I owned said movie do you really think I would be doing something which gets me absolutely no money? No, I don't believe I would. Now if you would please get rid of your lawyers so that I can try to answer your questions…thank you.

"Stupid creep," came the muttered whisper as Sarah began to write down the scene she loved the most but would never admit that. "Freakin' pedophile, seducing teenagers," she continued to mutter. "Has more damn glitter than the freakin' fairies." She stopped suddenly and looked up in thought. "If they did grant wishes I would wish for the damn King to spend time with Ginger; then they'd both be happy. Actually, I don't want him to be happy," she stated while swearing to herself it was not because she would be jealous. Muttering under her breath Sarah could help but laugh as she was finishing up the scene with her refusing the high and mighty Goblin King.

"Sarah, why are you laughing? It's…3 o' clock in the morning," a tired Alice asked from her makeshift bed where she was examining the alarm clock. She groaned and got up setting the clock down and walked over to where Sarah was leaning over her vanity desk writing furiously. "What are you doing?"

"It would be the ultimate humiliation, along with the new ending of course…," Sarah chuckled.

"What would be?" the groggy Alice asked rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"When I refused him! When I pushed away and left him in his own failure!" Sarah cackled up at her, her eyes shining with mischief. "Of course I have to think about Ginger," she sneered. "I don't know if I want Ginger to dance with him…even if it is just Jared who will be there. But Jared…"

Alice, who was utterly confused on what exactly her friend was talking about, grinned when she heard Sarah's last comment. "You really like him don't you?"

"Sarah looked up at Alice from the corner of her eyes. "Mehbeh," she answered softly and quietly.

"I knew it! So why aren't you two together yet?"

"Because…" Sarah trailed off looking back at her papers sprawled before her. But as Alice opened her mouth to ask another question Karen knocked on the door rescuing Sarah from answering. "We'll go back to bed Karen," Sarah laughed knowing exactly what Karen was about to say. Karen lingered for a bit but then left. "Go back to Wonderland," Sarah joked returning to her own bed and pulling the covers over her head. Her last thought before sleep took her again was of Jared…only Jared was dressed like the Goblin king.

"I'm so happy that your mom already took care of everything so you could come to school with me and Jared," Sarah commented as she and Alice climbed into Jared's car.

"Yeah, I am too," Alice replied a little uneasily. Sarah was about to comment on that but Alice quickly changed the subject back to what she had asked last night. "Sarah is it because of Mason?" she asked in that same sympathetic tone she used every time she asked why Sarah didn't have a boyfriend.

Sarah opened her mouth to say something but Jared cut her off. "Mason?" he asked curiously but Sarah could swear she heard something else…jealousy?

"Mason was Sarah's ex-boyfriend from tenth grade but he dumped her for another chick," Alice answered.

"Why would he ever dump such a beautiful and perfect creature like Sarah?" he asked before thinking the jealously now clear in his voice. His face screwed up as he realized what he had just spoken.

Alice began chuckling and Sarah blushed covering her face with her hands and slinking lower in the seat. Sarah mumbled under her hands and Alice and Jared both asked what she had said. "I said," she answered loudly scooting back up and setting her hands in her lap, "that Mason always did like Mallory and she liked him. We both realized that we felt nothing but friendship for the other and so we both broke it off. We are still good friends. Mason just wasn't the one. I didn't feel for him like I did for--," Sarah cut herself off. She had thought she would have said Jared and didn't want to say that but realized she wasn't going to have said Jared at all. It was a drug-induced dream and I never actually felt that way for Him, Sarah growled mentally.

"'For'…who?" Alice asked sweetly.

"For…Juan…," Sarah answered with the only name that popped into her head.

Both Alice and Jared repeated the name only Alice asked in confusion and Jared in jealousy as his grip tightened on the steering wheel.

"Juan was a boy I met at summer camp doing Sophomore year and we clicked. But he had to go back to…Arizona and that was the last I ever heard of him." Mentally Sarah patted herself on the back for thinking up a story so quick.

After the silence was too much for Alice she brought up the next conversation she had in her head. "Sarah, I still think you should be the lead in Labyrinth." Sarah's face took on a stricken look with so many emotions flying over her face and in her eyes as she almost got a whiplash from swerving her head around so fast to stare at the girl in the backseat. Alice only smiled innocently. "Why did you give it up?"

"Because…Ginger should be allowed to play it. With me hogging all the roles how is everyone else going to get enough experience to really show the world what they are made of?" she asked logically.

"Well, what if something happened to Ginger? Who is her stand-in?"

Sarah groaned. "No one. But I'm the only one who knows all the lines by heart so if anything happens I might be forced to fill in for her." Then again I might have trouble putting myself in the character's shoes; we are so far apart! I doubt we have anything in common! She thought sarcastically. "But nothing is going to happen to Ginger so I won't need to fill in." Sarah nodded her head as to close the argument only to hear a giddy screech. She turned to see Ginger on the street corner waving to them, or rather to Jared.

"Jared! Yoo-hoo, Jared Reeves, over here!" she crowed walking across the street to where they were.

Sarah saw a car coming from the corner of her eyes and tried to yell to Ginger to get out of the way but everything seemed to move in slow motion. Ginger's eyes widening as she too saw the car, her mouth opening to scream; the horn of the car; Sarah yelling Ginger's name; Alice and Jared…all were moving slowly to Sarah's eyes. And then…

THUD!

Everything was back to normal speed as the car slammed into Ginger as her landed on the hood.

"GINGER!" Sarah screamed. She flew out of the car and raced to her fallen friend. She looked down at Ginger sprawled against the hood. Jared rushed to her side and quickly placed his hand to Ginger's neck to feel for a pulse. Sighing in relief he nodded.

"She is breathing and has a steady heartbeat," he replied looking around the gathering circle. Sarah, Alice, and Jared glared at the man who had hit her from where he stood on the other side of the hood ringing his hat between his hands.

"I-I-I-I'm so-sorry," he stuttered. "I di-di-di-didn't me-m-mean t-to." He looked at the others with mournful eyes before staring down at the victim on her car. "I'm so sorry," he whispered.

Sarah nodded. "It's alright sir, although you shouldn't have been running the red light!" she scolded. "You could have caused serious damage!" Sarah looked over to Jared but saw that he was missing. "Jared?"

"I'm here; I just went to call 911. An ambulance is on its way," he informed her and the others. There was now a small gathering of other students and parents and other adults.

In just a few minutes the ambulance was loading Ginger in. The driver was shaking his head at Sarah. "Go to school, we'll make sure that you know what happens."

"But someone needs to go with her!" she protested.

"I'll go," said the man who had hit her. "It's my fault I'm taking full responsibilities for my actions. If you wish to press charges I understand. I'm going to pay for the hospital bill and any other expenses that show up." To this Sarah nodded and allowed Jared to lead her and Alice away.

Once in the car and driving Jareth glanced in he rearview mirror at Alice and across to Sarah. "She shouldn't have said my name," Jared said looking back to the street.

"What?" a confused Sarah and Alice asked in unison.

"She said my last name; bad luck," he replied. The two girls just nodded absently.

Sarah flew through the day with little mind to her surroundings until the end of the day. She went to the auditorium and expected to see Ginger flirting with Jared but when she saw instead everyone moping around. She walked over to the Drama Teacher who was lumped in a chair. "Ginger?" she asked. Mrs. Koch nodded.

Suddenly Mrs. Koch sat straight up with wide expectant eyes to Sarah. "You be Nerissa!"

"What?" Sarah almost yelled. Her conversation right before Ginger was hit came back to her. Groaning she hung her head. "Isn't there anyone else?"

"Sarah, you were made for this part!" Koch tried convincing her.

"Or maybe it was made for me," Sarah grumbled.

"Exactly! Class!" she yelled gathering everyone's attention. "Class, listen up! Because of Ginger's…accident…Sarah will be filling in as the lead heroine!"

"Well, come now, the Goblin King isn't that bad!" Jared scoffed. "You have heroines with villains!"

Sarah glared at nothing. "He is a villain. Despite the fact he did what she asked he is still…a word I can't say in front of Mrs. Koch or she would shove soap down my throat. But fine, I'll be Nerissa," she sighed.

"Great, let's do the scene where Nerissa is--" Mrs. Koch began but was interrupted by Sarah.

"Mrs. Koch, I have an idea. You know how you said that there was a gap in the story? Well I figured out a way to fill it." Sarah dug in her backpack and pulled out the pieces of papers that were the dream scene and handed them to the teacher.

Reading over them Mrs. Koch's eyes widened. "This is amazing," she breathed. "This song is…"

"What song?" Jared asked a bit roughly.

Sarah grinned in victory. She had battled in her mind on having that song in there but she decided that the song was essential in the Goblin King's humiliation. The back of her mind argued that it was a special song to her but she pushed it down. His special song to try and ensnare her hadn't worked and she wanted to rub it in his face. That song was special to him so she wanted to slander it and Him unmercifully. "You will have to learn the song, Jared dear, and so will a few of the extras who will be ballroom dancers."

Jared's eyes widened but Sarah didn't notice; she was too giddy. Victory was hers. Jared glared a little bit but shrugged it off. "So it is a ballroom scene?" he asked as if it bothered him not.

"Much more than that, my dear. It is the beginning of the evil King's downfall," she exclaimed throwing her head back and cackling.

"Um…okay…" Johnny said as he took a step away from Sarah.

"Let's practice!" Koch cried handing the script to Jared.

Sarah watched as he left and she moseyed her way across the stage as if looking for him. She mastered it and had every single person there on the edge of their seat as she tried to look lost. When Jared came out and began to move around as if avoiding her they almost fell at the intensity in both of their eyes. When he began to sing the song he and Sarah met.

"There's such a sad love, deep in your eyes. A kind of pale jewel, open and closed within your eyes. I'll place the sky, within your eyes," he whispered softly. Sarah looked up into his eyes and could almost see herself dancing with the Goblin King again. There's such a fooled heart, beatin' so fast in search of new dreams. A love that will last, within your heart. I'll place the moon, within your heart." Sarah's heart began racing as she stared up into the Goblin King's eyes. No, wait, they were Jared's. She wasn't with the Goblin King; Jareth wasn't real. Yes he was. Her mind argued with itself as Sarah stared up into Jared's eyes. "As the pain sweeps through, makes no sense for you. Every thrill is gone. Wasn't too much fun at all, but I'll be there for you-ou-ou. As the world falls down." This wasn't right. Jared shouldn't be singing this song… "It's falling. It's falling down. Falling in love."

As Jared was saying the last three words Sarah pushed away. She ignored the hurt expression that mirrored her own…that was identical to the one the Goblin King gave her. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "But I've gotta go!" Sarah cried softly grabbing her backpack and flying out of the auditorium. Tears in her eyes she ran out of school and continued running, and running, and running until she collapsed. She fell to her knees and hands eyes closed as she cried tears falling to the grass under her. Sarah knew where she was without looking up. She was in the park. She was close to the place where she first started chasing after that damned owl. She thought back to Jared's eyes and thought of Jareth after she pushed away from him at the ball.

He wasn't hurt because I left, she yelled at herself mentally. He was hurt, no, upset because He failed! He never cared for me, it was all a lie! "His love was a lie," she sobbed. Sarah stayed there for a moment as her sobbing slowly ceased and then moved into a sitting position. She wiped away the tears and swallowed looking around. After calming down she tried to stand but her hand hit something besides grass and she looked up. She was staring at a very confused/hurt/worried Jared. "I'm sorry for running out like that," she said softly.

Jared shook his head and helped her up. Sarah rested her head against his chest and wrapped her arms around him lightly. "It's alright." Jared rested one hand on her lower back and the other he stroked her hair with. "I could tell the way you acted that that song is very special to you." She nodded against his chest. "Did your boyfriend write it?"

Sarah was about to nod again but caught herself. Blushing she shook her head.

"Love interest then?"

Sarah didn't know what to say. "I…I don't…I don't know," she admitted softly. "I don't know how he really felt. He…he was lying…he felt nothing but contempt for me."

"Oh, I doubt that," Jared shook his own head. "Listen to the lyrics; they are from his very soul. I think he loved you, or rather loves you still, with all his heart. Maybe he just didn't know how to show it."

"No. He only used me. He didn't love me," she said softly. Before he could counter she pulled away and smiled up at him. "Where's Alice?"

"She's waiting in the car. Come on, let's go. I have a surprise I want to show you." Nodding Sarah followed after him. He led her to the car and helped her in before going to his own side and starting the engine. "I left your surprise at your house so it could be kept safe."

Soon they arrived at the Williams' residence and Jared opened up the doors for the ladies. Sarah tried the door but found it was locked so she grabbed her key and unlocked it. "Weird, guess no one is home. Jared, wipe that look off your face," Sarah commanded without looking back to the young man behind her with a mischievous grin upon his face. Alice hid a snigger behind her hands and followed behind them. "So where is this 'surprise' Jared?" Sarah asked flippantly.

"Ah, in the not-so-wise words of you little dwarf fellow 'You gets it there'," Jared replied mockingly pointing towards a doorway that led towards the study. Rolling her eyes Sarah sighed and walked to the study. But as she walked in she stopped with a gasp her hands flying to cover her open mouth.

Before her was her dress.

"You…you bought the dress from the store?" she breathed in shock. "Why?" she asked spinning around to stare at Jared with wide eyes.

"Because, you deserve to be a princess, or rather a queen, so I'm helping make you one for the Masque," he laughed. "Alice says it's your size and she helped me moderate it to make it look more like the picture I drew for you."

Sarah nodded turning around and not really hearing his words. It was moderated; the sleeves were puffed out as was the skirt. A type of sequence was sewn on to make it look glitterier like it had in the picture…and Sarah's dream. It was close to the one in her dream with only a few differences. "Oh, thank you," she breathed walking over to where it hung to run her fingers lovingly over it.

"Oh, and remember when I showed you that first picture of that guy I named Jareth for you? You said the better outfit would be a blue sequenced coat and the such?" Turning around Sarah looked at the picture Jared just pulled out of his bag. "Well, I'm having this outfit made special just so that we can be King and Princess at the Masque." At her inquiring gaze he shrugged. "You have to be married to be king and Queen. Second thought, let's go to Vegas and let's Queen you." He grinned at her look she gave him while putting one fist on her hip.

"Boys," she muttered trying to play off her shaking voice. She grabbed the picture away from him and stared at the drawings of the outfit design. He even had the suspenders down…wait…was Jareth wearing suspenders?

"What's so funny?" Jared asked as Sarah burst into laughter.

"Suspenders? I can't believe he wore suspenders!"

Alice and Jared exchanged confused glances and shrugged.

"Okay," Alice stated. "Now you two have your clothes, what about me?"

Sarah and Jared exchanged grins as poor little Alice gulped and started to back away slowly…

Alice soon found herself standing like a mannequin, or as Jared and Sarah loved to put it "dummy", as Sarah stalked around her predatorily saying comments as Jared sketched them out. As they neared finishing the phone rang and Sarah told Jared to see what he thought as she went to go answer the phone.

"Hello?" she asked.

"Hello, is this the Williams' residence?" a voice asked. Sarah could swear she knew it but she could recall where.

"Mrs. Jaxon, is that you?"

"Sarah? Oh, Sarah, something terrible has happened?" Cindy Jaxon was Alice's mother and Sarah feared maybe her father was in a car accident or something.

"What's wrong?"

"Alice ran away!" the woman sobbed. "Is she over there with you?"

WHAT!

"Alice…ran away? Why?" Sarah couldn't understand it. She knew that Alice had been having some difficulties but she didn't think that she would run away. But she wasn't going to turn her friend over without an explanation.

"I don't know Sarah!" Cindy continued to sob. "It might be because me and Mr. Jaxon are getting a divorce and we haven't had time to really spend that much attention with her but it might also be that…well…there are just other things that have happened that might have caused her to run away. If she contacts you can you please tell her to call me or something? I miss my little girl," Cindy cried.

"Of course, Mrs. Jaxon, now go rest. You sound exhausted and a bit strain. Alice is safe, you can count on that. She wouldn't let anything bad happen to her," Sarah tried to sooth her best friend's mother but her last words caused her to cry out and sob even more. "I'll keep an eye out for her, don't worry."

After hanging up the phone Sarah walked back to where her friends were at and nodded at Jared's picture her mind somewhere else.

"Sarah, what's wrong?" Alice asked.

"Nothing, I'm just…thinking. So, who's up for some doof?"

"Doof?" Jared asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, doof is food spelled backwards…you'll get used to it," Alice laughed grabbing him by the arm and dragging him towards the kitchen. On the way she saw a picture of Toby at his latest birthday with cake all over his face. "Awe, he's so cute!"

"Yeah, Toby's your half-brother, correct?" Jared asked Sarah.

Sarah just rolled her eyes and mouthed the words that were coming out of Alice's mouth. "What's the other half of him, then?" Jared looked confused and Sarah couldn't help but laugh.

"Come on, stop acting hammy Alice," she said shaking her head and walking off.

"I'm not hammy!" Alice protested but couldn't keep the giggling out.

Soon all three of them were in the kitchen with a glass of lemonade and some chips.

"Well, it's Wednesday and that means that the Masquerade is two days away. Where is it anyways?" Sarah asked.

"Oh, it's no where special," Jared said shaking his head. "Just an old building that we've spruced up. I'll come to pick you guys up at 6:00, okay?"

Alice and Sarah nodded their consent.

"So, ready to go dress shopping?" Sarah asked. They cleaned up their mess and started to head out of the house when Karen and Toby pulled up. Sarah smiled at them and hugged Toby when he launched himself at her. "Hey sport." She grinned up at Karen and walked over to her giving her a hug. "Hey mom," she smiled. "Bye, we're going to go shopping!" she called back to the exasperated Toby and shocked Karen as she climbed into Jared's car and sped off.

Karen would open her mouth, shut it, and open it again, only to shut it once more for about thirty seconds before turning to the grumpy Toby (grumpy because Sarah hasn't pain any attention to him since that 'Jared' kid showed up) and asked "Did she just call me 'mom'?"

Ack, can't think anymore! Okay, you have your thingy so be happy for now. I got the idea for the car accident thing from my little cousin's movie. I was gonna make it more… "Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!" …but I decided that I'd just hurry up and hit Ginger. Well, give me your Rant & Rave. I'm gonna try working on Suicide now.

Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease!