4F #6 comic of Sarah asking the Easter Bunny for an egg just to find a surprise person in the suit. Art by Poisonisnotgoodforu

A/N: this may seem like it starts oddly given the prompt but well real life inspires all kinds of things. (Yes I'm in Sarah's position right now. I'm fine just bored out of my mind. Sadly no Toby to visit me, but Jareth is looking out for me as I've had peaches every meal)

Sarah sat in the hospital room, a week before Easter, bored and alone. She had gone to the Emergency room the night before because she was having trouble breathing. She thought it would be a simple go get checked out, get a breathing treatment, get told it was bronchitis, and be sent home with a dozen prescriptions. She was wrong.

The doctors did x-rays, cat scans, blood work, urine analysis, and poked and prodded her. Two hours later they said she had pneumonia and wanted to keep her for a day or two. So now she was in a room, hooked up to oxygen and an IV, and bored out of her mind. She had a tv but as usual, there wasn't anything good to watch. She was sharing a room, but the other patient was not fully coherent and talked random nonsense to herself, so Sarah didn't even bother trying to have a conversation. The nurses were nice at least. They made sure she was doing alright every hour and kept her water cup full at all times. Still, she was bored.

She had called her dad and stepmother the night before and told them what was going on. She hadn't expected them to come running to see her, but after protests from Toby, her dad agreed to bring him by after school. So Sarah napped, did her breathing treatments and exercises, and tried not to watch the clock and count the minutes as they ticked by. She even found her self thinking the Goblin King's ability to speed up time would be wonderful right then.

Finally, 4 pm arrived and a bouncing twelve-year-old boy raced into the room and jumped on her bed. "Toby!" Their father scolded him.

"It's alright, Daddy," Sarah assured him. "I'm not injured, just having issues breathing." She hugged Toby tightly and ruffled his hair.

"Are you ok, Sarah? Are they going to operate?"

"I'm fine Tobes," She shook her head at the boy. "No operations, just lots of needles and breathing vaporized medicines with a mask. I should be good as new in a few days."

Robert walked over to stand by the bed that she and Toby were laying on. "Are they taking good care of you, Princess? Plenty of water and food?"

"Yes, Daddy. They are doing all they can to help me get better. Sadly they can't do much to provide entertainment though." Sarah told him.

"I can solve that!" Toby grabbed his backpack, which Sarah hadn't even realized her father was holding. "I knew you'd be bored so I brought you some things."

She watched as her brother pulled out coloring books, colored pencils, a sketch pad, books that she'd read to him a hundred times, and his Gameboy bag. "Wow, Tobes. You really want me to stay busy."

Shrugging, he grinned. "I didn't know what you'd want to do so I brought a little of everything."

"Well, I appreciate it very much." She leaned over and kissed his forehead. "Have you and Daddy had dinner?"

"Not yet, I wanted to see you first," Toby said as he placed everything on the table for her.

"I think the cafeteria closes at 5. You two might want to go grab something." She told her father.

"I don't want to go yet." Toby protested. "We just got here."

"How about you stay here with your sister and I'll go find us something to eat?" Toby nodded in agreement and Robert looked at Sarah. "Do you need anything, sweetheart?"

"I'm fine Daddy. Just get food for you and Tobes."

As soon as her father left, Toby pulled out his Gameboy and started showing Sarah all the games he had that she could play. By the time he returned, Toby was coaching Sarah on the best tactics to use when battling Pokemon. They stayed and visited with her til almost 9 pm at which time Robert insisted they leave and let Sarah rest. When the boy tried to argue, Robert threatened not bringing Toby with him to visit the next day. Reluctantly, Toby said goodbye and left with his father.

Sarah put the Gameboy away. She appreciated Toby sharing his games with her, but she wasn't big into Pokemon or any of his other games. She was more of a puzzle person. She liked to solve riddles and rearrange blocks to make the right shapes. Picking the books up, she scanned the titles. She stopped when she came across a very familiar red book. "I haven't seen this in years."

Sarah climbed back on her bed with the little red book in hand. When the nurse came to check on her an hour later, Sarah was fast asleep with The Labyrinth laying open on her chest. Smiling, the young nurse picked up the book and put a card to mark her place before closing it and setting it on the table.

Sarah was standing in an open field and she saw a long line leading to a large blue bunny standing by a tree. He was handing out large eggs to the people in the line, mostly teenagers. Curious she approached and watched as he handed what appeared to be the last egg to a girl roughly her height with long brown hair.

"I want one," Sarah whispered to herself, unsure of exactly why she wanted one of the large eggs.

"OMG, this is a Togetpi egg!" The girl exclaimed as she hurried away.

Slowly Sarah walked up to the bunny, who had his back to her. The zipper was clearly visible on his back which confirmed that this was someone dressed as the Easter Bunny and not the real thing. Though Sarah was confused as to whether the Easter Bunny was real or not. "Can I have an egg, Mr. Rabbit?"

"Here you are, love." He said as he turned and held a crystal out to her.

Sarah's mouth dropped open as she stared at the Goblin King, smirking at her while dressed in the blue bunny suit. "What...?"

"Sarah..." He stepped closer and called her name repeatedly.

"Sarah."

"Sarah, hon come on I need you to wake up." The nurse called softly as she shook Sarah. "Good morning, Sarah. I need you to sit up so I can get your vitals."

Sarah sat up and let the nurse do her job, but she couldn't shake the crazy dream she was having. Why was she dreaming about Jareth? And why was he in a bunny suit? Sarah was content to blame it on the drugs they were giving her.

Later that day, right before lunch, one of the nurses came in carrying a large vase of the most beautiful flowers that Sarah had ever seen and a brown teddy bear identical to Lancelot. "These were delivered for you a little while ago Miss Williams." The lady smiled as she placed the flowers on the table. "There's a card too."

The nurse handed the card to Sarah along with the bear and then left the room. Sarah looked at the bear and smiled remembering Lancelot, who was now missing an eye and had a permanent home on the shelf in Toby's room. Opening the card, Sarah read the eloquent writing.

Get well soon dearest. Be sure to eat all your fruits, they will help you heal faster. I hope the bear will keep you company, if not you know how to call me. Take care, Precious.

-J

Sarah stared in disbelief at the card. Even after reading it multiple times, she wasn't completely sure she wasn't still dreaming.

A little while later the attendant that delivered the meals arrived with her lunch. "Here you go, Miss Williams. I was informed that you'd be thrilled if your fruit cup was peaches for all of your meals. So I made sure to get them just for you."

Sarah looked at the tray before her and saw a large cup of peaches and when the attendant pulled the cover off the plate there was also a whole peach sitting on the plate, where her chips should have been, by her chicken salad sandwich. "Now how did that get there?"

Sarah shook her head and smiled. "It's fine. I know who is behind it. I'll thank him later." Shrugging, the attendant left and Sarah ate her lunch in silence, even the peaches, while Lancelot II sat on the table by the little red book.