Hi Guys….

OK let's get this out of the way, I KNOW I haven't updated in months and I am deeply DEEPLY sorry for that. I could bullshit you and say some crap about I've been really busy (which I have) but instead I'm going to tell you the truth. The truth is I kinda lost the motivation for this story; it just seemed to run out of dramatic steam after the previous chapter. BUT, the other day while at work I was hit by a sudden urge to dig this story out from under the dusty piles of work by my computer and finish it. I even wrote a story plan, character profile and everything (which I've never done for a story before). So this is it. I hope you guys like it, I know it's not much, but that story is just getting going. I think that maybe it's because I hit a brick wall with this chapter that I stopped writing. Anyway, after this things are going to get VERY interesting for our pair so stay tuned and I hope you enjoy it.

Much love guys.

R and R

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Description: Set immediately after Sarah's defeat of the Labyrinth, Jareth returns home in a fool mood. His views of the brief aftermath.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Labyrinth or any of the characters, I have just borrowed them for my own personal amusement. If I did, I wouldn't be here right now.

Four years had passed since Jareth's threatening appearance in Sarah's bedroom and she had not seen or heard from the King since. She often found herself wondering if he had given up on revenge all together.

The first few months that had passed after their intense meeting where some of the hardest Sarah has ever lived through. She found herself jumping at the slightest noise or sudden movement, and being extremely careful not to say anything that sounded like Jareth or Goblin King out loud. You never know who could be listening. To make matters worse for Sarah, she still hadn't been able to contact her friends that still resided within the Underground so she wasn't able to gain a heads up for when this impending doom Jareth promised was actually coming.

But things began to get easier as time passed.

As the days turned into weeks and weeks into months Sarah grew up. And not just physically. She was nineteen now and had a much more mature head on her shoulders. She still lived at home but it was a much more enjoyable experience now. She loved her family dearly, even Karen who did managed to get on Sarah's nerves occasionally, only had the best intentions at heart. Yes, overall things had turned out pretty well of Sarah Williams.

Sarah smiled broadly as she flung her worn book bag onto the clean floor of her bedroom and collapsed onto her small bed after a hard day at college. She let out a small content sigh as she sunk lower down into the soft blankets surrounding her.

"Why so happy Sarah?" a cold English accent cut through the room.

Sarah's heart leapt as she bolted upright and scanned her room for the speaker. Sure enough, there lounging on the chair in front of her dresser in all his regal glory was the Goblin King himself. Sarah gapped as she took in his appearance.

He hadn't aged a day since their last meeting. If anything, he looked younger. His pale gaunt skin was gone and was replaced with his usual youthful glow. The mischief in his piercing mis-matched eyes was also back and dazzling Sarah speechless. It began to dawn on her that, even though she had never really noticed before, Jareth was stunningly beautiful. Feeling the rush of air escape her lungs as she took in his appearance, Sarah tried to pull herself together.

Jareth let a smug smile play on his lips as watched Sarah's reaction to his presence. It seemed to be changing as quickly as the tide. So far he had seen fear, admiration, panic, confusion, but she appeared to have settled on Anger. A low, hollow, laugh left his lungs as he watched the scowl form on her delicate features.

"Jareth." She spat while folding her arms tightly across her chest.

"Long time, No see" Jareth practically purred at her, a lop-sided grin etched across his face.

"Not long enough." Sarah bit back, feeling quite brave today. She had been waiting for Jareth to show his, surprisingly handsome, face for four years now and was not going to let him get the upper hand.

Jareth continued to smirk as he pulled himself to his feet and wandered around the room idly, examining random possessions of Sarah's before replacing them and moving onto the next. "Now, now Sarah. You should know better than to speak to a King like that."

Sarah scoffed. "You may be a king Jareth, but I am not one of your subjects so I will speak to you however I see fit."

Sarah watched the king carefully from her position on the bed as he toyed idly with her books. Looking in to the King's icy eyes she could have swore she saw a flash of hurt. But if she had it was gone in an instant, replaced instead with a mocking gaze.

"You see, Precious Sarah, that's just not true now, is it?"

Confusion covered Sarah's features before she could stop it.

"Tell me Sarah, do you love your family dearly?" he questioned while skimming through the pages of a discarded notebook before tossing it back to where it originally lay.

Sarah stared at him dumbfounded before getting up and snatching the book away from the blonde male.

"Why is that any importance to you Jareth?" Sarah question suspiciously while returning to her side of the room and putting as much distance between them as possible. Jareth continued to smile faintly before turning his entire attention on Sarah.

Sarah felt her nerves begin to surface as her stomach plummeted. Suddenly the conversation she had had with Jareth four years ago was very much fresh in her memory as she remembered just how terrifying he could be. As if reading her mind Jareth's eyes suddenly turned cold. Any hint of mischief that was there had been replaced with something cold and hard. He had raised himself up to his full height and Sarah could tell his muscles were tensed, much like a predator before an attack on his prey.

Sarah searched her brain for ways to distract him or possibly throw him of guard, just some way to escape this situation, but came up with nothing. Panic flooded her system as he took a single step closer to her, closing the distance between them by at least half. Sarah backed away as far as she could before she felt her back hit the cold door behind her. Her panicked eyes searched his frantically but found nothing within the cold blue that could be classed as compassion.

Jareth let out a low chuckle as he watched Sarah back away from him. "You see Sarah, I told you I would have revenge for the damage you inflicted, and although it has been a little longer than I anticipated, I will have that revenge." Jareth paused briefly taking several steps towards Sarah so that he was mere inches away from her. "Ah, just like old times." A small grin played across his features as he tucked a way-ward strand of dark hair behind her ear and let out a content sigh.

"Jareth-" Sarah began.

"Shhhh…" Jareth hissed while pressing a gloved finger to her lips. "No need to say anything. You see, my theory is, to a creature like you, family is the most important thing. And what better way to inflict damage than to take that family away." He grinned a crooked smile that flashed his pearly whites, stunning Sarah briefly.

Rage and desperation pounded through Sarah's system burning every inch of her. "I swear to God if you touch one hair on any other them…" She spat while raising her fore arms to push against the King's defined chest.

Seizing Sarah's wrists in order to stop her struggling Jareth hushed her quite, the grin never leaving his features. "Now Sarah, why would I take all of them away from you when I could just take you away from them?"

As the realization of what was about to happen hit Sarah it was too late.

All that was left in the place the pair had been standing was a discarded notebook and a cloud of falling glitter.

So there you go :D i'm sorry it was short but they are officially in the same story line. Wackiness and romance will ensue. Like I said before I'm back on this story with a fiery passion so the next update should be by AT LEAST Tuesday, if not I give you permission to heckle and abuse me :D

Much love

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