Wow guys, I really wanna thank everyone that's reviewed this so far! It's really helped me decide to keep going seeing as one point I was hovering over the delete button. I REALLY want to say thank you to mslady17 who gave me confidence in this story, and to everyone else who read it : ) Without you guys there probably wouldn't be a story lol. Anyway, here's a bit of a dramatic chapter for you. Enjoy! *runs and hides behind a pillow*

Disclaimer: I don't own the Labyrinth or any of it's characters. :( rubbish.

Sarah's room was deathly silent. Rain pounded on the window pane as lightening continued to light the room in short sharp bursts of bright white light.

Sarah looked around nervously before staring back into her own reflection in the mirror. Nothing. She examined herself in the mirror before questioning as to what she had exactly thought was going to happen? She highly doubted he would just show himself to her after what Hoggle said. Even if she had called him.

Sarah sighed heavily and rested her head on her hand. What was she going to do?

"Now, Now, don't tell me our Heroine Sarah is so easily defeated?" Jareth's voice harshly called through the darkness of the room. "Tut tut, I really did expect better."

Sarah spun round on her chair quickly trying to determine which direction his voice had called from.

Her search quickly ceased as the King stepped forward into a pool of bright moonlight spilling through the window.

"I do believe you called Sarah" Jareth spat coldly.

Sarah gasped as she took in his appearance. He was not how she remembered. Granted it had only been a few weeks since she had run the Labyrinth but he had certainly changed. His attire consisted of all black, which was not such a huge difference; it was however his physical appearance that shocked Sarah the most. His skin was pale and taught, lacking in its usual fae shimmer and clung to his once stunning features. His usually wild blonde mane lay timid and lifeless while dark rims etched themselves under his mismatched eyes. As for his eyes themselves, they were hard and lifeless. Where they once dazzled with mystery and mischief, they were now cold and unforgiving. For the first time since their acquaintance, and unbeknown to Sarah his whole life, Jareth was finally showing his age. He looked tired and ragged.

Sarah tried to compose herself as the Goblin King stared her down his ice cold eyes. Every second that pasted between them imparted on Sarah exactly why Jareth was King of the Goblins, for in place of the mysterious man she once met stood a cold and ruthless King with a fiery temper that radiated off him in powerful waves.

Gathering herself, Sarah forced herself to say something. Anything.

"I… I just…" Sarah mumbled.

Jareth scoffed. This was the girl that defeated his Labyrinth? A scared young girl? Jareth had previously questioned how much of Sarah's success was down to luck and reviewing the current situation he decided that nearly almost all of it was.

"Come now Sarah, speak up. I haven't got all night." Jareth whispered in a hushed voice leaning closer to the mortals face. "Tell me why you summoned me."

Sarah clenched her jaw, biting her tongue and fighting the urge to tell the cruel King exactly where he could shove it.

But she didn't.

She wasn't doing this for her own guilt, well, maybe a little. But she was doing this to help the others, they needed her. Who knows what could have happened to them by now. So she grit her teeth and swallowed her pride.

"I just wanted to say that I was sorry." She paused wondering if he was going to bite back at her with a bitter response. To Sarah's surprise he didn't. "It's just; I had to get my brother back. I know I was selfish to wish him away, but I just had to get him back no matter what happened. I suppose I was just hoping you would forgive me for any harm my running the Labyrinth has caused."

Sarah groaned inwardly, she really hadn't worded that right, she sounded like a self absorbed child that thought the world revolved around her. Great.

There was a moment of silence in which Sarah thought her stomach may collapse in on itself if he didn't say something soon.

Jareth cocked his head slightly to the side before letting a sly smirk slightly creep across his harsh features. His exterior was cool and collected but inside his blood was boiling. He let out a low hollow chuckle. "Sarah, what makes you think that during your brief spell in my Labyrinth, however *trying* it may have been, had any effect on me whatsoever?"

Confusion etched itself across Sarah's face. "It just that Hoggle said-"

"Oh yes Sarah, what did you precious little dwarf say, hmmm?" Jareth pause momentarily to study the mortal. "Did he run and tell you that the Labyrinth and it's cruel King were in ruins?" He let out another low chuckle and turned away to face her window, moonlight dancing across his tired face."Well I hate to disappoint Princess" he practically spat. "But as you see, that is not the case."

Sarah bite back on her anger, she had had enough of his stubborn, bitter attitude. "Look." Sarah took a brave step towards the worn King. "I'm sorry for any kind of bitterness my victory left with you, but surely you should not let any issue between us affect your kingdom."

Jareth's eye's flared with rage as he spun to face Sarah. "You forget your place mortal. You do not know me. You are nothing to me."

Anger flared inside Sarah, while Jareth's harsh eyes burned into her own fiery ones. In the Underground he may be a king, but here in her world, he was just a stubborn ass.

"I may not know you *Jareth*" Jareth growled at the lack of his formal address. "But I know your so-called subjects and this isn't fair on them."

Jareth stepped forward towards her, continuing to close the space between them. "There's that word again. Fair. And what would you, dear Sarah, deem as fair? I am their king, and they will do as they are told."

Jareth took another step towards Sarah and cut across her before she could start her side of the argument. "I have lived for hundreds of years, I have seen kingdoms rise and I have seen them fall. Entire kingdoms have knelt before my power, so what makes you think that a selfish little child like yourself could have any effect upon me whatsoever." Jareth scoffed as he saw rage flare across Sarah's face.

"Well, maybe not, but don't forget that it was this so-called 'selfish little child' that beat your beloved Labyrinth."

Sarah regretted the words almost before they left her mouth. Anger flashed within Jareth's mismatched eyes before they turned ice cold. Sarah backed away as far from him as she could before she felt her lower back softly collide against her dresser.

He closed the distance between them in an instant, his gloved palms gripping onto the dresser on each side of her, his face mere inches from her own.

"Do not think to toy with me child, you do not wish to feel my wrath. I assure you, you will pay for the damage you have inflicted upon my kingdom. And my heart."

Sarah stared at him in disbelief; did she just hear what she thought she heard? He couldn't have possibly truly meant those things he had said… that was just how the story was meant to go. He didn't mean it. But if he had… oh god.

Sarah looked up into his unforgiving eyes that were so close to her own and mustered every ounce of sincerity within her. "I'm sorry." She whispered heavily.

Jareth's expression softened slightly as he let a small smile creep onto his thin lips. He raised a hand from beside Sarah and softly brushed a stray strand of her dark hair behind her ear.

"No you're not" He sighed letting his hand drop back down to her side. He leaned in close to whisper to her, his blonde hair falling across Sarah's pale face as she turned away from the touch. She could feel his oddly cool breath on her neck as he leaned his entire body into her. "But you will be." He whispered, his voice dripping with venom.

The next instant he was gone.

Nothing more than a cloud of falling glitter, leaving Sarah standing alone in her darkened room. All that could be heard was Sarah's harsh breaths and the continuous drumming of the rain against the window pane.

Here you go guys :) I hope you like it. I've been deprived of sleep for this lol. God help me at work tomorrow lol. R&R :)

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