Sorry it's been a few days, and this is a pretty boring chapter. I just wanted it to be obvious that Sarah will not just jump to the Underground because she's bored in her normal life. And I wanted to show a tiny bit about Jareth and his history. I hope you enjoy this, and don't hate me for being boring all the time.

Disclaimer: I do not own Labyrinth *sigh*

Chapter Three, The Wish

It was the next day when she was starting to go a little bit mad. How had the Goblin King's words had such an affect on her? She had been FINE before he'd decided to come back and ruin her life. For the second time.

Well, actually...maybe her life was boring.

It's not that Sarah's life was a complete monotonous car ride. It definitely could have been an extremely exciting rollercoaster for anyone else, but, Sarah had grown up with a love for challenges and adventure. A hope to be strong and independent, and still to be loved and cared for by her own Prince Charming.

The Labyrinth had given her every dream she could ever have wanted. She ha her challenges, adventures. She got angry, she was saddened, she made friends for the first time since everyone else had grown out of fairytales and imagination. She was strong. She thought for herself. She had a lot to learn in that maze. And she had a King, who wanted her as his Queen. Something she knew but would never admit was what she always wanted, but thought she didn't have a chance of getting.

The Underground seemed to be the only place she was ever truly happy, where she felt she belonged. With mystery and surprises and fear. Challenges and adventures and fights to be won. Jareth, a handsome man with a way with crystal spheres and with a kingdom beneath him, had pursued her not a year before, and had confirmed his love for her was still strong not long ago.

The only real reason she had really opposed staying with the Goblin King in the Underground was Toby. Toby couldn't be kept in the Underground because she decided not to leave, and even though she was almost sure Jareth would allow Toby to leave and be taken back to their parents, something told 15 year old Sarah that this could just be a teenage thing. She might have regretted it later, and there were things from the Above that she would miss, weren't there?

When she arrived back home, however, Toby in tow, she realised just how ordinary life in the Above could be. Sarah was not one for ordinary. She didn't like ordinary. Not at all.

So it was now, months after having escaped the hold of the Labyrinth, that Sarah longed to be back. Back where the magic happened, back in her dreams. Back in the arms of the King.

But no. Not yet. She wouldn't give up that easily.

Dammit Sarah, just say the words!

Yes, precious, I'm just a call away...

Jareth!?

Yes, my love, 'tis I.

This made Sarah feel like he was making fun of himself. She would have laughed, but there was a king in her head.

Oh my God get OUT OF MY HEAD!

Very well. though I must say, your thoughts are quite intriguing. Much of me seems to be up here...

JARETH!

Goodbye, my love! With an echoed chuckle, he faded out of her mind, as far as she knew at least.

That man would be the end of her. Or the beginning of her forever.

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In the castle beyond the Goblin City, Jareth was draped lazily over his thrown in the thrown room, tapping his swagger stick against his leg whilst deep in thought. The goblins were wreaking havoc as always, annoying the hens, getting drunk.

The goblins were overjoyed when Jareth had first come into power. He was a big change to their last, cruel dictator of a King they'd had before him. As soon as Jareth had turned 18 in mortal years, his father had abdicated from the throne. The new king, though very young, was compassionate and kind towards the goblins, and made changes to better the kingdom as soon as he could.

The goblins loved him. And though he was strict, and proud and careful, and most definitely had an infamous temper and intolerance to idiocy, he really did CARE for them. Jareth cared for his kingdom. It was the top thing on his mind at all time. Except for, of course, Sarah.

"Your majesty?"

Jareth was at the moment, trying out a magic he hadn't used in thousands of years. He was trying to pop into Sarah's head. Just for a second, to check that she was ok.

"Your majesty!"

Focus...focus...focus...

"Your majesty!" The Goblin King was forced out of his reverie and roared at the idiot who was trying to contact him.

"WHAT!?" The King roared, searching out the goblin that dared to interrupt him in his dreamlike state.

"Oh...um...uh" he stuttered at the King's fury. Jareth's faced softened slightly. But only slightly.

"The faeries are attempting to attack some of the huts sire." Once he'd given his message he shuffled back quickly to be hidden by the whimpering crowd who had been surprised by their king's outburst.

The duties of a king are endless.He complained as he got up from his seat and began his journey to the Goblin City.

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It was now another Saturday night. Storm season had begun again, and Sarah was walking Merlin in the park. It was funny how sometimes Sarah could see the rain start on the other side of the lake, and quickly make its way towards her. As soon as she saw the drops create ripples of the surface of the lake, she ran. Her childish instincts made her giggle as she imagined running just ahead of the rain all the way home, however it was seconds before the rain was falling full pelt on her head and Merlin was shaking his coat of fur around him as he bounded happily beside her.

When she was home, Merlin went into the garage as always and Sarah sprinted up to her room, slamming the door by accident and heard Toby start crying.

"SARAH! DON'T SLAM THE DOORS! WE'RE LEAVING! STAY OUT OF TROUBLE!" She heard her stepmother yelling through the house over Toby's cries. A goodnight came from her father and she heard the front door close with a thud as thunder rumbled across the skies outside. Sarah sighed and went to go comfort Toby. When she walked into her parent's bedroom, however, Toby was in the arms of a particular man with feathery blonde hair and tight, sparkly clothes.

"Jareth, what are you doing here!?" She asked, running and taking Toby into her own arms. She'd be crazy to trust the man who'd almost taken him away not a year before with him.

"I heard Toby cry so I came to check on how my favourite child has been." He said as if it were nothing. Sarah rolled her eyes. This was such a Goblin King thing to do.

"Well I'm afraid you'll be on your way now, he's obviously fine." The tense pressure in her voice made the King smirk.

"My next question was going to be of whether or not you had thought about my offer, but it appears quite obvious that you have. Maybe it's even getting to you a little bit..." Her nostrils flared and he chuckled. "Very well Sarah, I'll be on my way. But be warned. The tiniest slip of the tongue that can even be kind of related to a wish, I will act upon immediately. I am not one to enjoy waiting. You will be mine." His last words echoed inside of her head as he faded away once again. She sighed.

Why was the Goblin King so very intent on getting her to the Underground? Why was he working so very hard, even to get to the Above without being wished there? Sarah may have been into fairytale endings, and a hopeless romantic, but she had the sense to know it wasn't just because he was in love with her, if that were even the truth.

But it was wearing on her very quickly. The routine of every day. School. No one talking to her because they thought she was weird because she still wanted to be a princess when everyone else just wanted to be famous. It was becoming increasingly obvious to her that everything the Underground offered was everything she wanted. The excitement, the...well. Everything.

When Toby was put to bed for the night, Sarah sat down on the living room couch and opened "The Labyrinth", before frantically slamming it shut and throwing it down of the couch beside her with a frustrated groan. This was the fourth time she'd be reading the book this week! The worst part being that, that wasn't even abnormal for her! She did that frequently! She read the same book over and over and over for months on end, because there was nothing else to do. She snapped.

It was over. She couldn't deal with this! She wasn't meant for this! Not for a life that was constantly telling her to grow up, and live an unextraordinarily boring existance until her inevitable death! And yes, maybe this did mean never coming back. But that didn't make much of a difference. She wasn't close to Karen or her father for that matter. She only worked so hard to get Toby back because she knew he meant the world to Karen. She hadn't heard from her own mother for years, since she'd become a big thing in the film industry. Sarah just wasn't a famil person. It didn't make her cold hearted. She just...wasn't hugely dependent on them.

So she did it.

She said her right words.

"I wish the Goblin King would come and take me away. Right now."

Yayyyyy! SHE DID THE THING! THE WISH THING! Hahaha. So. What will come next? I DON'T EVEN KNOW YET. GOTTA GET WRITING AGAIN! YAYYYYYYYY.
Hahaha. Well I really hope you liked this boringness. It will get better. Very soon. Haha, stay tuned, kids!

-Sianie