Sarah dawdled along the quiet streets. She didn't know where she was, or where she was going but she just didn't care anymore. Everything she ever believed in had gone. She felt like curse, like everything she touched shattered between her fingers. She went through her life being stubborn and dynamic, thinking it was the best way to be, but her rigidity had only pushed away everything she had ever loved. The only ones she really treated with decency were her Labyrinth friends; Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Didymus, but she had neglected them over the years and now she didn't even feel worthy enough to deserve such loyal friends. Why did she not take time out everyday just to say hello, why did she not ever show her real friends just how much they meant to her.

"Pssst…pssst…Sarah" said Hoggle.

Sarah looked around and noticed her dwarf friend looking at her through one of the shop mirrors.

"Hoggle" she said in surprise to see the friend that she was just thinking about. "What are you doing here Hoggle."

"There ain't much time Sarah, if Jareth knew I was here, he'd 'ave my head, but you gotta come quick." Hoggle looked troubled by something.

"What's the point Hoggle. I'm not wanted in your world anymore." she said as she continued to dawdle leaving Hoggle to walk by her while still inside the mirror.

"But Sarah, this is important, ya need to come!" he said.

"No Hoggle!" yelled Sarah. "I don't deserve to come, just leave me alone."

"Alright, so maybe you don't deserve to come." said Hoggle acting as stubborn as Sarah was.

Sarah looked at him shocked that her friend would say that. She frowned at him.

"But if you won't come for ya self. Then come for Ludo."

Sarah looked at Hoggle. What did he mean by this? Was Ludo okay? She watched as Hoggle reached out his hand so it came out of the mirror. Sarah looked around to see if anyone saw. She took a deep breath and touch his hand as he pulled her through the mirror.

Sarah found herself to be in the Goblin City. She remembered it all so well. How she made it through the big goblin battle and how Ludo called upon the rocks to defeat them all. She looked up and saw the castle. She stared at it attentively trying to see if Jareth was there and if he was watching her.

Hoggle pushed Sarah from behind.

"Come on, in here…hurry up!" he screeched as he shoved Sarah into a small hut nearby.

The hut was small and confined. It was only just big enough to fit in Sarah, Hoggle, Sir Didymus, Ambrosius the horsedog, and Ludo. Sarah gazed in shock as she found herself standing in front of a very sick looking beast. Ludo looked terrible. She noticed before how he was uncomfortably limping but she never knew that he was seriously ill. His sombre eyes begged with hers as she wept with the sight of his decaying face. His once vivid chestnut fur was now a saddened grey and moulted across the floor. He looked helpless.

Sarah slowly approached him and gently touch his giant and gentle hand.

"Ludo…it's Sarah, are you okay?" she asked with a hope in her heart that he was going to get through this.

Ludo made a great effort to try to lift his heavy head. Through his pain he seemed excited to see his friend.

"Sarah?" he asked with a broken voice.

"That's right Ludo" she said kindly. "I'm here for you. Everything's going to be alright now."

Sarah looked at her friends pleadingly.

"He is going to be alright isn't he" she asked quietly.

Hoggle and Sir Didymus bowed their heads not wanting to say anything. Sarah looked back at Ludo and burst into tears before darting outside. She leaned against the hut trying desperately to fight back her tears. Hoggle came out of the hut and Sarah looked at him.

"Why?" she asked in a voice of despair.

Hoggle sighed.

"It's just his time. Beasts like him only live for so long." said Hoggle.

"But I didn't think he was that old. He seemed so…young and…childlike." she said.

"Well he's just one of the few good beasts out there. And now…now he's…"

Hoggle looked down not wanting Sarah to see that he was upset. Sarah put her hand on his shoulder. He looked up at her.

"Come on" she said softly. "Let's go and say goodbye."

Sarah sat with her friends for the rest of the night. She listened to their stories of their Labyrinth adventures and she even told them about what her life had been like while living in New York. Ludo even managed to join in. For the first time in years Sarah felt responsible for her friends' welfare. She hadn't felt like this since she rescued Toby five years ago.

"You know" she said. "I know that when I first came here, all I wanted to do was save my brother and get out of here. But now I think about it…"

Her friends stared at her attentively.

"…I wouldn't have missed it for the world" she said. Tears formed in her eyes again. "I love you guys so much, and I love this place. I know that I've made a lot of mistakes here but I want to put them right and…"

Ludo yelped. Sarah rushed over to him.

"Ludo! What's wrong." she asked. Ludo yanked his head back and yelled in pain.

"Ludo talk to me. LUDO!" she screamed as the beast started shaking and howling. In fact the entire room was shaking and rocks were falling down everywhere.

"Not now" Sarah said, "please don't go Ludo, Ludo I need you!" she shouted.

Hoggle and Sir Didymus trembled with the ground as they watched Sarah cry over her friend. The more Ludo howled, the more the ground shook. They frantically tried to dodge the large rocks that were falling on them. The ground thudded with noise as the rocks plummeted to the floor. Sarah screamed as a jagged stone cut into her arm but the pain was nothing compared to the grief she was feeling over Ludo.

"Ludo please" she begged but she knew that it was hopeless. Ludo was going to die.

Ludo took one last look at Sarah. He looked like he was trying to say something.

"What Ludo, talk to me" said Sarah.

"Don't…cry." he said. "Find…find…"

"Find what!" she asked.

"Find…love" said Ludo. She watched the light fade from his stone-like eyes as he plunged to the ground with a thump. Ludo had passed.

A/N - Please don't kill me!