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In the six months that Sarah spend in the Aboveground, a whole year had past in the Underground. The first part of the year was hell for Jareth as she had taken a piece of his heart with her and unless she wished herself back to him, he would never see her again. He was strictly forbidden to use his crystals to watch her, so unless he had duties to his Kingdom or a runner to deal with, Jareth spent most of his time in the Escher Room, sulking.

One day, while sulking at losing his love, Jareth had an epiphany. If Sarah did come back to him, she would need a Kingdom and a King worthy of her. The Goblins already adored her but his Kingdom needed some serious repairs if not demolishing and rebuilding. With this thought in mind, Jareth quickly sent himself to his study and called for his friend and advisor, Broin. Broin was half a head shorter than his King, with brown hair and topaz eyes.

Seeing his friend buzzing with life, Broin quickly joined to help his King with what he was planning, if just to keep up his good mood. He watched as Jareth pulled out maps and blueprints of the castle and it's city.

"Broin, my Kingdom needs some serious remodelling," Jareth said, excitement lacing his voice. "Don't you agree?"

"Yes, Sire," Broin moved forward to looked at the blueprints for the city. The Goblin City had been standing for over four millennia and was completely run down, not that the Goblins minded. "Where would you like to start, my King?"

"We will start on the west side of the City, demolishing all the buildings and starting from scratch." Pulling a quill from it's ink well, Jareth dripped a single drop onto a fresh piece of parchment and used his magic to design a new building. He'd never been good at drawing, which is why he used this method.

The new building plan was simple but neat in it's design and had two floors, perfect to house the smaller goblins that lived in the west side. Jareth continued to magically draw plans for shops and larger houses as well as a new town square complete with a fountain. In only an hour, a new blueprint for the entire City had been made and Jareth was pleased with the plan while Broin was impressed by his King's inspiration.

For the rest of that year, the plans for the City were put into motion and the much needed remodel of the City was under way. News of the Goblin King's revamp of his Kingdom reached everyones ears and many wondered; why now?

By the end of that year, only the South side of the City needed remodelling, however this was tricky due to the fact that the City's gates would also need to be taken down and rebuilt. Without the gates, the City was open to attack but Jareth had already foreseen this dilemma and had had Goblin's working deep in the castle on the new gates. Once they were complete, Jareth used a vast amount of magic to quickly destroy the old gates and replace them with the new ones. This plan worked perfectly and the work continued on the South side.

One evening, Jareth sat in his study magically drawing up new plans for his castle when he felt a change in the air. Realising he was about to have a visitor, he changed his attire and summoned refreshment in the form of his best brandy on the table in front of the fire place. No sooner had he done this, High King Mabon appeared in his study, Jareth bowed his respect to the High Monarch and offered him a chair.

"I must admit that I'm impressed, Goblin King," he said, while helping himself to a finger of brandy. "Can I ask what inspired this revamp of your Kingdom?"

Sitting in the chair next to the older fae, Jareth also helped himself to a finger of brandy and looked into the flames before him but he didn't see flames, he saw emerald eyes. Taking a deep breath and releasing it slowly, Jareth looked at his father.

"When did you know that you'd fallen for mother?" At his question, Mabon choked on his brandy. After a few coughs, he looked back at his son. Not once had Jareth ever talked about love, he'd been too self-absorbed to even notice feelings of the heart.

"I knew I loved your mother when she turned me down," he answered, smiling a small smile at the memory.

"She turned you down?"

"Oh yes," Mabon couldn't help but chuckle at the surprise in his son's voice. "I asked her three times to marry me but she kept saying no."

"Then how did you get her to say yes?"

"I was King of the Trolls at the time and after the third rejection, I put all my energies into improving my Kingdom and preparing to become High King. In five years I didn't see, speak or have any communication with Cordelia, the next time a saw her was at the summer solstice ball. My Goddess she was beautiful and the love I felt in my heart was still there for her. However, I only danced with her once then danced the rest of the night with her cousin, they had always been rivals.

"It worked too well and before the end of the night, your mother pulled me into another room and told me that I was a fickle idiot to even consider her cousin for my Queen when I'd already proposed to her three times. I asked, why did she care when she was the one to turn me down, her answer was that I was too selfish at the time and needed to grow up." Mabon turned to his son. "Women are very insightful beings and she had kept a close eye on me during those five years. She watched me grow and take care of my subjects and it was this that impressed her, it was the man I became that she truly loved.

"Don't give up hope, Jareth, you will see Sarah again someday," seeing his son's surprised look, the High King chuckled again. "If you think for one minute that Lavena hasn't told your mother and I anything about her Champion, then you've greatly misjudged her."

Over the next two years, life continued in the Underground. Sarah's change into a fae went smoothly and she mastered her magic quickly. She also managed to keep up with her studies, learn archery and how the handle a small sword while so spending time with Toby.

Her little brother adjusted to life in the Underground with surprising ease and his transformation into a fae was complete by the time he turned four. However, this brought new challenges, as he enjoyed using his magic to playing pranks on his nanny, Alana, as well as his sister but the women had the upper hand as they had mastered their magic, where as Toby was still learning. In other words, the women always had the last laugh, much to the little fae boy's annoyance.

The Goblin Kingdom completed it's revamp and Jareth was very pleased with the results. The City had been finished within a month after his Father's visit then they started on the castle. It took longer than the city but after a year it was perfect, however, Jareth wasn't finished.

He and Lavena had a meeting about clearing and cleaning up the corridors of the Labyrinth. The Spirit of the Labyrinth was over the Aboveground at Jareth's suggestion and they got to work immediately. It took another year but the result was well worth it, now the Labyrinth was clear of any debris, it's plants and forest areas well tended and the bog had been changed into The Lake of Starlight and had mermaids living within its depths soon after it was finished.

Life kept both Sarah and Jareth busy but at the end of the day and they were lying in their lonely beds, their thoughts were filled with each other. Sarah had begun to wonder at the meaning behind Jareth's final words and wondered if he ever thought of her. Jareth wondered how beautiful Sarah would look now, was her spirit still burning bright and if she ever thought of him. Then one night they both held the same wish inside their hearts; a wish to see each other again. Little did they know that Fate had heard their wish and set things in motion to bring them back together.