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READ THIS AN: so i got two story alerts in one day and decided to post the next chapter to those who are watching. so julliette, kittyloverluna, this chapter is for you. to everyone else PLEASE REVIEW, reviews help me write, cause i get inspired. so the more revies, the quicker i can put up a new chapter. not saying i won't, but it may take longer.

Sarah walked into a room she had never seen before. Behind her, she heard a soft click, as the door closed. she whirled around and opened the door, trying to get back to her home, but inside the door was a closet full of beautiful gowns. shocked, she reached out and touched them, seeing if they were real. she felt the delicate fabric beneath her fingertips and her shock disappeared. somehow she was in another place, and she had to find a way back. now was not the time for panicking. turning back to the room, she studied it. it was large, and made of stone, like from an old castle. there was a large bed, with a canopy, and rich red sheets. on the bed it looked like there were stuffed animals, they looked like hers. over to the side, she saw a large vanity, looking like it was made for a queen. on it were numerous bottles of perfume and make up it looked like. finally, there were a set of doors, that she could see lead to a balcony.

walking over to it, she went out onto the balcony. she could see for miles, and it was beautiful, in a way. down below, there was a city, which she couldn't make much of the details since it was so far down, bond that there seemed to be a maze of passages.

"beautiful, isn't it?"

Sarah spun around to see a tall man leaning against the open doorway. he was beautiful, was Sarah's thoughts. his eyes were a miss matched blue and green. he had high eyebrows, and high cheek bones. his hair was long and feathered out. it looked like pale gold spun into thin strands for his hair. all his features stood out against his cloths. he wore a dark cape that had a high collar, which made him look pale, as well. she couldn't say she took in the details of the rest of his cloths, though she knew they were dark. but her eyes were focused totally on his handsome face. "who are you," she asked.

"You know very well who i am Sarah you asked me to bring you here, and i did," he said.

"y-your the goblin king," she said shocked. he smirked, confirming it. "please, i need to go back. my brother is all alone."

"I'm sorry Sarah, but what's said is said. those words you said were a one way pass here to my kingdom. there is one way though, to get back to your world," he said.

"what is it, please, I'll do anything to get home, to get to my brother," she said.

"it'll be dangerous. you sure you want to do this, you could live here at the castle, beyond the goblin city. being treated like a queen, never having to deal with bossy step mothers, or screaming babies again," he said, trying to stop her.

"I'm sorry, but i have to. my brother needs me. if he didn't i might take you up on your offer, but i just can't now," she said.

"very well. the door to your world is all the way at the other end of my labyrinth. you'll have to travel threw it to get there. you only have 13 hours to do so. Only a few minutes will pass from when you left to when you get there. But should you fail, you'll be stuck here forever Sarah, as a goblin," he said.

"I'll do it," she said.

"then go Sarah, the labyrinth awaits you," he said, waving his arm at the open doorway. it no longer lead to the stone room she had gone threw, but rather, to a vast maze of garbage. Sarah looked out over the garbage for a minute, then, with a heavy sigh, she walked out the doors and into the labyrinth.

Jareth sat on the railing of the balcony, watching Sarah leave the safety of the goblin city and enter his maze. A short, old goblin woman came out next to Jareth, looking down at Sarah as well. "that's the girl, isn't it," it asked.

"yes," he simply said.

"I guess it's best she didn't choose the easy way out. I don't think she'd deserve what you offered her, if she did. Leaving a small boy like that. It'd be different if she wished the boy away, like so many others have. Yes, he'd be turned into a goblin, but he'd where he'd have friends and fun. Leaving him here wouldn't be so bad. But to stay while her brother cries for hours till his parents arrive, that's just irresponsible," the goblin said.

"Sarah isn't like that. She may complain a lot about how she doesn't get her way, but she's responsible. She wouldn't leave her brother alone, weather it was him she wished, or herself. I trust she'll make it threw this," he said.

"you'll have to do your job, you'll have to try and stop her," she said.

"i know, but I wish I didn't have to," he said sorrowfully.

~*~

This place was disgusting. Sarah picked her way threw mounds of garbage, apologizing several times as she found some of the piles had goblins under them. But at least it didn't stink. It looked more like a thrift shop had a tornado go threw it. There was nothing that you would normally see at a garbage heap, like food waste and such. It was like piles of things that were lost or forgotten. At one point, she passed a mound of socks, which, after seeing some of the items there, didn't surprise her. It just made her think 'so that's where they all go' as she passed.

Finally, she made it out of the wasteland, into a glittering forest. She sat against a tree, resting her tired feet. As she looked up, she saw a gold and white barn owl sitting in a tree opposite her. "well, you're a site for sore eyes. Everything I've seen since I've gotten here has been a bit weird. You're the most normal thing I've seen."

slowly she stood, and walked towards the bird, being cautious of it getting scared. Thankfully, it didn't move as she approached. It even let her reach out and pet it's breast feathers. She relaxed as she pet him. "you wouldn't happen to know the way out of here," she asked. He gave a low hoot, which Sarah couldn't tell if it was a yes or no. "well, mister, I should get going. I got to get back to my brother. I wish there was something to eat though. This is going to be a long walk."

the owl hopped off the branch, flapping it's wings. It landed on a different tree and pecked at the trunk. Sarah followed him and looked up into the tree. It was filled with peaches. Sarah reached up and picked one, and smelled it. "wow, this is great. I'll save this for later," she said putting in a little pouch at her side. "thank you."

she pet his breast feathers once more then left him, walking away from the goblin city. When she was out of site, the owl turned into Jareth, sitting on the tree branch with one foot on the branch and one hanging down. He had his arm resting on his knee, as he watched her go. He reached up and picked a peach from the tree, looking at it for a long minute. Frustrated, he threw the fruit to the ground. It landed with a flop, as it broke open, the inside juices sparkling with magic.