Thank you so much for your reviews! It meant a lot to me that you could relate to both Jareth and Sarah. I hope that you'll continue to enjoy what I have planned!

Sarah hitched up her skirts, on her way to the garage when she heard yelling from upstairs.

"YOU'RE MEAN!" She heard Toby scream.

"Toby-" she heard her own voice pleading with her brother.

"I WISH THE GOBLINS WOULD TAKE YOU AWAY RIGHT NOW!"

She heard thunder and lightning.

"Toby, what did you do?"

Present Sarah ran up the stairs, being as quick as she could. She looked into Toby's room and her mouth fell open. Past Sarah was screaming, a tornado of glitter enveloping around her and carrying her out the window. Toby screamed in horror, running after the swirling of glitter.

"Sarah!" He screamed, his feet on the ledge.

He was going to jump after the tornado of glitter.

Present Sarah ran as fast as she could. "TOBY!"

Toby looked behind him. "Sarah?"

When he looked behind, he lost balance and slipped.

Sarah reached just in time. She grabbed ahold of his hand as he dangled from the ledge. "Toby! Hold on!"

"Sarah!" He cried, swinging back and forth. "HELP ME!"

He was not light. Holding a kid his size over a ledge was not easy to do. She was worried that she would pop his arm out of the socket. "Put your foot against the wall!"

"What?" He was still shaking with fear.

"You know, like those rock climbers." She reached her other hand out. "Grab me with both hands!"

It really wasn't helping that both of them were sweating. He was getting slipperier and slipperier by the moment.

He was still confused. "Huh?"

Sarah realized that she had to talk to him from his point of view. "You know, like Spiderman when he uses his web to climb buildings, when he puts his feet on the side of buildings?"

Toby looked at her with complete trust. "Spiderman?"

"Yes!" Sarah said quickly, trying to not lose her mind. Or her grip on Toby.

Toby planted his feet on the side of the house. "Now what?"

"Now walk to me, and don't let go." She wished that she had grabbed his wrists instead of his hands. This was incredibly difficult.

To Toby's credit, he bravely walked up as she said. He almost got to the window, at a really awkward angle where it was too weird to climb. Sarah told him to grab on her neck, guiding him as she counted to three for him to trust her, to let got for that one second as she wrapped her arms around him.

Toby cried as she carried him inside. "Oh, Tobes. It's okay." She rubbed his back and kissed his head. "You were so brave!"

He cried for a long while. Sarah told him that he would be fine so long as he doesn't stand on window ledges again. "Toby, what were you thinking?" She asked without thinking herself.

"I wished you away." He sniffed. "I wished you to the goblins and I didn't mean it! I had to get you back!"

He looked at her dress. At her hair and make up. He got even more confused. "What happened?"

"TOBY!"

Both siblings turned around to see the parents at the door. Robert and Karen went to hug Toby, kissing him over and over until he pushed them away.

"We heard that you were hanging from the window!" Karen sobbed. "The neighbor called and said that you were going to fall."

Sarah looked across the window. "Wait, THEM?" It was one of their nosy neighbors. "So instead of helping us or letting us know, they called you guys instead of the ambulance?"

Stupid, nosy neighbors.

"Sarah, what happened?" Robert asked her. "And why are you all dressed up so nicely? You're dressed up more than you did when you went to prom."

Before Sarah could respond, Toby butted in. "It's my fault! I wished Sarah away to the goblins! Then they took her away and I tried to go after her. But she came back and rescued me and pulled me up!"

Toby looked at her dress and made a connection. "Did you meet with the Goblin King, Sarah? Did he give you back because he knew I was sorry? Did he give you the pretty dress?"

Their parents were scratching their heads. Robert tucked Toby in. "That's enough, Toby. I think whatever game you were playing went too far. You should go to sleep."

When they tucked Toby in, the three adults went to the kitchen.

"I'm sorry." Sarah started to make tea, needing to do something with her hands. It gave her time to remember what occurred weeks ago. "Umm, I know that you were on a date. Everything's fine now. Toby was just being difficult before bed."

"See, I knew this would happen." Karen sighed. "I'm sorry, honey."

Karen's words were fading in the background. Sarah thought again about how she was HOME. How she had thought that she would never see her parents or Toby again, and now she was back. She could resume the life that she had here.

But for some reason, she felt empty.

"I think his imagination is just taking over." Robert agreed with Karen.

Sarah thought about how Jareth had given her the crystal, how he had not only taken her back here, but had turned back time. Time to mere seconds before she had left.

She thought about how Toby had been in the hospital, according to the crystal.

"What made him go to the window like that?" Robert asked Sarah.

The window! If I hadn't been there, he absolutely would have fallen. Did Jareth know? Wait, he couldn't have because he said that to conjure magic to spy on people takes up too much energy, it's why he roams around Above as an owl. Or used to. Before his wings were gone. Jareth saved his life…

"Sarah?" Robert's voice got a bit louder. "Did you hear what I asked?"

Sarah set some mugs on the table and poured the boiling water in. She wasn't paying much attention and poured some onto her hand. "AH!"

She set the kettle down and went to the sink to run her hand under cold water. "What Dad?"

Karen put a hand on his arm. "I think she's in shock, Robert. She did just have a huge scare with Toby."

Robert gathered the mugs. "Sarah, are you okay, honey? You seem to be so far away."

Indeed, Sarah did feel far away. She hadn't had time to process anything. One moment she was so intent on coming here to be with Toby and then the next, he was almost dying. And now, she hadn't had the chance to think about what happened between herself and Jareth.

Not to mention what ALMOST happened between them when their heads got close…

Sarah shrugged. "Yeah, I'm fine now. Everyone is safe. Everyone is fine."

It was a lie. She was NOT fine.

"I think I should go to bed." She stood up suddenly, needing to be alone.

"Sarah, if you need us, just call, okay?" Robert called after her.

Sarah rested her hand on the wall. She turned just slightly at the words that echoed much like her three companions had. "I will."

She went up the stairs as quickly as possible, not wanting her parents to see her tears.

"I think we should stay home and not watch that movie." Karen put her hand on Robert's shoulder. "I think the kids had a shock."

Robert nodded. "Yeah. Do you want to still maybe watch something down here? Just the two of us?"

Karen drank the rest of her tea, smiling at the idea of cuddling next to her husband to enjoy a film. "Let's get changed into our pajamas."

"She's gone?" Hoggle couldn't believe what Didymus was telling him. "Ya canna be serious!"

"Brother Hoggle, you know that I am a knight!" Sir Didymus poked his friend's shoulder with the staff. "I am bound by honor and duty to always tell the truth and to be serious in these sort of things! It is in the Knight's Code of Conduct on page-"

"STOP TALKING!" Ludo roared.

Everyone stopped and stared at the usual gentle and patient beast. He never lashed out, never uttered a word of frustration like how he was now.

Ludo rubbed his eyes, large tears flowing. "Ludo miss Sarah."

Hoggle wasn't having this. He walked away from his friends.

"Where are you going?" Didymus called after him.

"To talk to the rat who calls himself Jareth!" Hoggle replied.

He got to Jareth's chambers and nearly smashed his hand through the door.

The door opened on its own, just a crack. Hoggle didn't waste a second telling him how he felt. How dare he stop her from saying goodbye? What did he did to make her go away? All Didymus said was that Sarah needed to be with her family, that she was too upset to say goodbye. "Why ya gotta send her away? Why ya gotta-"

He stopped when he saw Jareth on the floor, eyes drawn and extremely pale. He had a bowl in his hand that was full of-

-Coughed up blood?

Hoggle backed away a little, unnerved. He had never seen such piercing sadness from him before.

"Believe me, the last thing I wanted to do was to send her away." He pulled the corner of the blanket from his bed and wrapped his body around it. "I found a clause that lets her go, as the Champion. I wanted her to stay, I thought maybe I could forget about it. But I can't. She wants to be with her family. Young Toby is sick, or was. So I sent her back to the time right before she would have been wished away."

Hoggle couldn't believe it. He was a creature of magic but not one who can harness it like the fae can. Still, he understood the basic principles. "Ya sent her back to those weeks? How are ya not dead? Ya can only turn back time a few hours at a time, can't ya? And even then that's when there's an active runner."

Jareth smirked a little, running his hand through his hair. Hoggle no longer felt scared. He felt sad for the king. Sarah was beyond a friend to him, that much was obvious. She had enchanted him just as she had with everyone else in this world. "And I would do it over again. For her."

Hoggle understood the gravity of the situation now. He never had a good relationship with Jareth, but he never would wish something this painful on him.

Jareth answered his unasked question. "You want to know what happens now. Now, we wait. A letter will be sent to the High Queen about a replacement for me when it's time. Although, I advise for you to not tell anyone about that right now. If you had listened to Didymus, he would have told you all of this and now I'm forced to repeat it to you."

Hoggle felt his stomach drop. He didn't know how to approach that subject so he just nodded, accepting it. "Will she come back?"

Jareth looked out into the moon, smiling at how peaceful it was. How he had seen Sarah not a few hours ago, her whole self being lit by it. How he would have given her the moon I she asked "Yes, she will. Because she loves you and the others, her friends. She has a way back, and she will come. I have ensured it. If she wants, she is eligible as Goblin Queen and can take the throne if she so desires."

Hoggle didn't miss the underlying message. "She'll see ya too, for no other reason than to be polite. She cares about ya."

Jareth shook his head. "No, she won't. By the time she will have made up her mind to come back, to think about it carefully, it won't be because of me or for me. And by then, it will be too late for me to see her."

Hoggle's eyes opened wide. The door behind him opened.

"I wish to be alone now." Jareth said. "Unless I am being delivered food or anything else happens, I will only have visitors if they are summoned."

Hoggle hesitated. He didn't want to leave Jareth in this state. He looked too sad.

"Hoggle, please go." Jareth said.

Hearing his real name being used, he gave a bow. "Yes, Yer Majesty."

When he left, Jareth looked back at the moon. He got more than what he deserved, he understood that now. And his grandmother gave him the chance to redeem himself. He wished he had did some things better, but now, in what he was sure would be the last of his life, he was at peace that he did what he could to amend what he could to those that he had wronged. That he had changed. That he did the right thing for the right reasons. That for a brief time, he could understand empathy and goodness through Sarah. He had started that journey before he met her, and it was now completed.

He hoped that she was happy, that she would one day forgive him for his actions.

And knowing what will happen, that she wouldn't blame herself.

For the first time in his life, he felt peace.

He wasn't happy, but he felt at peace.

And that was enough.

In her room, Sarah looked around. She touched the mirror of her vanity, looking at her own reflection.

It had been a few hours ago, but already it felt like a lifetime since she danced in Jareth's arms. Since he had teased her. Since he had told her how sorry he was for keeping that information from her…

She took off her hair pieces. Then wiped her make up. And slowly, she took the dress off, holding back tears when she saw flecks of glitter flowing down.

She got a small vial that she had for some reason and scooped up the glitter into it. She tied a string around it and slipped it over her neck after she had gotten into her pajamas.

"He kept things from me." She tried to say, but even now, she knew her words were hollow. While true and that he had no right to keep such information from her, could she really blame him? He was doing his best to be a good person. He cared about her, and he didn't have to do that much for her.

He wasn't just doing the right thing for the sake of it. He did it because she was important to him.

"Did I make the right choice?" She rocked on the bed, holding her pillow to her chest and weeping into it. "What was I supposed to do, stay with him? Especially when Toby was hurt…"

Maybe she should have. But what about that curse? Then again, how much did she know about him? She hadn't even known him a whole month. He didn't deserve to be alone, but she didn't deserve to be stuck there either.

She pulled out the crystal, just holding it in her hand. She was afraid of using it, afraid of what she might see. So she just held onto it.

When she finally fell asleep, she did so with the crystal cradled close to her heart.