I wish…

Disclaimer: I suppose that I am supposed to say that I don't own anything or anyone within the Labyrinth. However, I may introduce a few of my own characters.


Sarah is sick of live Aboveground, but she thinks that her time in the Labyrinth is unreal. That is until she wishes herself away to the Underworld where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems…

Chapter 2 – Return to the Labyrinth.

Sarah watched him leave and she hadn't yet processed what had just been said. It wasn't until he left, that she realised she didn't miss him; she missed the Labyrinth. She didn't love him; she loved the Labyrinth.

She patiently waited for this new Goblin King, but she had not realised he was already there. He was in the form of a bird outside of the window, watching her contemplating about what had happened. His bird form was of an Eagle, a rich brown colour. Much like Jareth, in his Fae form, he was very strikingly handsome but to differ from him, his hair was a dar brown colour and rather straight unlike Jareth's messy mane. He decided to reveal himself to her and her flew through her open window. He transfromed to his fae form. She wasn't blind she saw how handsom he was and her breath caught in her throat.

"Ethan, King of Goblin City, at your service." He said in a thick British accent.

Sarah smiled and nodded.

"Nice to meet you, now I guess that I have already said the words I must come with you." She said calmly. It was clearly obvious she was more mature now.

"You are far more sensible than Jareth said." He said holding her close to him as he transported them to the Underground.

They appeared in Jareth's old throne room and Sarah looked around. It was exactly how she remembered it. She let go of Ethan, who felt a shiver run up his spine at her touch. She was clearly beautiful, just as Jareth had said she was.

Sarah turned around to Ethan after exploring the room.
"What now?" She asked in excitement and he just smiled at her eagerness.

After spending the day exploring the castle and it's grounds Ethan found it appropriate to retire to the library where he knew Sarah would love to spend a couple of hours.

"Sarah, I am afraid that I must see to arranging some dinner for us, are you ok if I leave you here?" He asked knowing that Sarah wouldn't mind being left alone with all these books. Sarah shook her head, giving him consent to leave.

The shelves that she explored were full of many genres of books from romance to horror. Every title that Sarah scanned screamed out to her as if willing her to read them. After about twenty minutes of exploration, she managed to settle down with one book entitled Denied love. For some reason it made her think of her position with Jareth, but she did not love him, so she had no idea why it made her think of this.

It took only a few hours until she had finished that book and as soon as she closed it with a smile, Ethan appeared in from of her.

"Enjoy that did you my dear?" He asked, offering her a hand to help her up. Sarah nodded and placed the book back where she had found it.

"Are you hungry?" He asked her. With a smiled Sarah nodded and Ethan held out her arm for hers. Ethan was disappointed about her refusal but decided to let it go.

"Follow me Sarah." He said and opened the doors to the library and held out an arm, encouraging Sarah to go first.

What a gentleman. She thought with a smile on her face.

After a silent walk to the dining hall Ethan pulled Sarah to the wall beside him.

"What are you…?" She said before he covered her mouth.

"Shhh…if Gallivant sees you here he will surely try and seduce you." He whispered. "Now will you keep quiet if I take my hand away?" Sarah nodded and Gallivant walked past their shadows not even noticing them at all. After about a minute Jareth pulled her away from the wall. "All is clear." He said boldly.

"What do you mean he'll try and seduce me? Not jealous are you?" She asked with a sneaky hidden smile. Ethan blushed slightly but soon hid any kind of emotion.

"Don't be so ridiculous. Why in Underworld would I be…jealous?" He asked and Sarah just shook her head dismissively. "Right now that we have established the fact that I am NOT jealous, maybe we should go to lunch."

When they arrived in to dining hall, she was amazed.

The hall was decorated in light creams and gold's and the table was right down the centre of the room, taking up the whole length of the hall. This is what she expected when she returned to the Labyrinth. She found it fit for a King. She laughed after realising that Ethan was in fact a King and he came up behind her and asked why she laughed.

"Private blonde moment." She said, wanting no more of the topic to be taken any further.

"Well let's eat. Dine with me." He said leading her to a seat and pulling out a chair for her to sit on. Sarah thanked him for his gratitude with a nod and smiled at the comfort of the seat. Ethan took a seat next to Sarah and began to eat the food in front of him, with Sarah following his lead.

During the course of dinner they found themselves talking about the events of the past four months that had taken place in Sarah's life and Ethan showed to be sympathetic. Sarah also found out a lot about this new Goblin King.

After dinner Ethan showed Sarah to her room.

"Ethan…this is amazing!" She said, seeing a four-post bed against the wall by a stained glass window. Coming off the room were three doors. One was a walk in closet which shocked her as she had never seen a closet as big as that before. It was full with medieval dresses and clothes rather like the costumes she used to play with before the Labyrinth became real for her. Her face lit up with joy at the sight of this and Ethan smiled at seeing her happy.

Through the second door lay a bathroom which was just as big as the room. There was a large sized bath, with all the luxuries any girl would look for within a bathroom.

Before Sarah could open the third door, Ethan put his hand on the handle.

"This door leads to my room. I put you so close to my room so I can keep an eye on you." Ethan said letting go of the handle.

"What now you don't trust me? You're just like Jareth." She asked. Ethan showed no emotion but shook his head.

"Sarah, please understand that while you are underground there can be many dangers to you. I need you close…so I know you are safe." Sarah nodded. "It is getting late. I must leave you to get some sleep," and with that he walked through the door and went into his own room.

Sarah giggled to herself; her room was fantastic. She gracefully made her way to the bathroom door and opened it. Sarah ran over to the bath and turned the taps to fill it. She found a bath robe hanging over the door as she also found a towel by its side. As soon as the bath was done she turned the taps to the left, to stop the flow of water.

She dropped her clothes to the floor and climbed into the bath, where she relaxed for about an hour before reaching for her towel and putting on her bath robe.

When she returned to the bedroom she found an elegant night dress resting on her bed and she smiled as she knew Ethan had picked it out for her. Straight away she pulled it over her head; an amazing sensation ran through her body as the dress warmed to her skin. Sarah smiled and climbed into her bed, now realising that it was late and her eyelids were getting heavier. As soon as her head hit the pillow she felt herself falling into a deep peaceful sleep.

Ethan strode around his room trying to get his head together. Sarah had asked him to bring her here, so why did he feel as though it wasn't the right thing to do? Of course he was glad that Sarah was here; he had learnt so much about him from the former Goblin King, but something in the back of his mind was telling him that bringing her here was a mistake. He shook his head,

"Ethan you're a fool!" he said to himself and he calmed himself down, but then something alarmed him again. A flickering light was shining through the bottom of Sarah's door. "She is asleep…but then…" He ran over to the door and opened it to see a beautiful slim woman standing over Sarah, fire resting on her hand; ready to strike.

"Your fate lies within my hands tonight, Sarah." The female voice said and Ethan protested.

"I don't think so Memsahib!" Startled the fire was disarmed and Memsahib snarled at him.

"This Kingdom should be mine Ethan! Not some…some humans!" She spat as if humans were the most disgusting creatures ever to be created. Memsahib advanced on him as he saw her face he also saw a sardonic smile creep up from the corner of her lips.

"Ethan…you know that I am worthy of your Queen!" She said flirtatiously and let a finger run down the side of his face.

"SARAH IS NOT JUST ANY HUMAN!" He shouted. Ethan never lost his temper but when it came to Sarah at the moment his emotions were unpredictable. Memsahib flinched at the tone in his voice and somehow, unbeknown to Ethan, Sarah still slept on peaceful.

"Memsahib what have you done to her?" He asked pushing past her and running to Sarah's side. He ran his fingers through her long black hair. Memsahib just snarled after laughing quietly.
"I just put the little bitch into a deep sleep…only lasting ten minutes but it would have been enough to kill her…mercifully." She added although now she regretted it and wished to cause this…Sarah the pain that she deserved.

Ethan's anger worked its way to the surface again and with a click of his fingers Memsahib disappeared. He had sent her to an oubliette but he knew this would only give him enough time to hide Sarah in a safe place.

Author's note: I know, I know I am not very good at this…but it's my first attempt so…sorry.