Sarah moved to the bed. "Okay, how do I find someone?" She asked herself. First off, she went to the desk and picked up a small red book titled 'Labyrinth' and started reading. If she was going to help anyone she needed to know the story. By the end she was enthralled.
"Give me the child." She said.
"Sarah, beware. I have been generous up until now, but I can be cruel."
"Generous!" She spat. "What have you done that's generous?"
"Everything! I have done everything you wanted." He paced around her. "You asked that the child be taken. I took him. You cowered before me, I was frightening."
He stepped away from her. "I have re-ordered time. I have turned the world upside down and I have done it all for you. I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Is that not generous?"
He raised his up to stop her advancements. "Stay back!"
Sarah's lips parted. "Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City..." She recited while stepping closer.
"Stop!" He shouted as he back further away.
"... and my Kingdom as great..." She said as she took another step.
Jareth held up a crystal ball. "I ask so little." He said spinning the ball. "Just believe in me, and you can have everything you want... Everything you have ever dreamed of... Your dreams, Sarah..."
But she continued on. " My Kingdom as great... Damn! I can never remember that line."
Jareth sighed in relief, he needed her to believe in him. "Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave." He pleaded while he stretched his crystal to her. But she started again.
"My Kingdom as great... Kingdom as great." Then she looked him in the eye.
"You have no power over me!"
Jareth sighed and tossed the crystal into the air. Defeated he turned into an owl and disappeared. The last thing she heard was a whisper. "Sarah...Sarah..."
Sarah was crying as she closed the book. Of all the things that happened, why didn't she ever know before? He loved her and she broke his heart without ever realizing it. Suddenly there was a strange ached in her heart. Longing.
"Hoggle! The south walls are under attack. It's the Goblins! They're revolting!" Shouted Sir Didymus as he mounted his noble steed.
"Oh no! Quick take everyone you can find. We need to stop them from reaching the castle. We just need another few days!" Shouted Hoggle while putting on a chest plate. Oh please hurry Sarah, thought Hoggle.
Sarah was out the door before anyone woke. She left a note by the door saying she would return later. When she started her car she had to pause. "Where should I start?" She asked herself and taking a deep breath. She took the necklace from her pocket and hung it up in the mirror. "I'm just going to drive around town until I pick something up, I guess."
She drove around the city until the afternoon. Nothing happened to the necklace. Sarah parked by the gardens of her favorite park.
Leaning back, she closed her eyes. "Okay, let's think for a moment. If I were a King and banished to earth what would I do? I'm probably gonna go somewhere that was familiar. So where on earth do I know?" She spoke out loud softly. She sat there for a few minutes, then it struck her.
Of course, he would come back here. She thought. "He would come back to the last place he was. My home is the last place he was, but I was away at school. So if he couldn't find me, what then? He would stay close by. Toby!" She shouted. Then she started her car, Toby told her that he had a new friend. I assumed he was an imaginary friend.
At the house Sarah ran in the door before anyone saw her and ran to Toby's room. He was playing with his toys. "Sarah! Where did you go?"
Sarah didn't say anything at first but rushed to his drawings. She found the one she was looking for and went to Toby and asked, "Who is the man in the picture?"
Toby glanced at it and back to what he was doing. "That's my friend, David. He lets me tell him all kinds of stories and plays with me. I think he lives by the park."
Sarah smiled and kissed him on the head before running out to her car. She stared at the drawing before placing on the dashboard. She was hesitant, the drawing was crude but it showed a man with short blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a dark trench coat. It didn't look like how she thought he would but it was going to have to do.
The engine roared to life and she took off towards the park. When she arrived she parked in the empty lot. She gathered the things she needed. The necklace, drawing, and book and shoved them into her purse. She walked the short distance to the other side of the park and pulled out the necklace. At first there was nothing but then it started to faintly glow. Holding out in front of her she started walking slowly and let it direct her to a house. She went one way and it started to dim so she turned around and walked faster. Soon it flickered brightly in front of a large old house and she stuffed back in her purse. Taking one last deep breath she knocked on the door and heard someone come approach and opened the door.
"Hello?" Asked the man.
She froze for a moment, not sure if she had the right person. He was handsome and looked young, though she was still much younger. He had blonde hair but it was short and wavy. He dressed in a black, well made business suit. His voice was a velvet English accent but she was confused when he didn't recognize her. He only looked at her with a friendly smile but she knew from his eyes that it was him.
"It's you." She whispered to herself. He looked at her with confusion.
"Can I help you, miss?" He asked again which jolted her back to reality.
"Uh, yes. I'm sorry my name is Sarah Williams." She smiled at him.
He grinned at her. "What can I do for you, Miss Williams?"
She pulled out the drawing and showed it to him. "Um, do you know my little brother Toby?"
He took from her and smiled. "Ah yes, little Toby. What a lively little chap always telling great stories about goblins. Please do come in." He stepped aside to let her pass.
Sarah walked into the hall and noticed that it was almost barren of decorations. She went into the living room and sat on the sofa.
"You'll have to excuse the place. I just moved recently and my things haven't arrived yet. Would you like anything to drink?"
She smiled at him nervously. "No I'm fine. Thank you."
He sat down in the chair next to her. "So what brings you here then? Did something happen to Toby?"
"Oh no, he's just fine." She dug threw her purse and pulled out the book and handed it to him. "Do you recognize this?"
He took it and the smile disappeared from his face. "Um, it looks familiar but I haven't the foggiest clue." He looked back to her again and tried to hand it back.
"No keep it, please. It's really important that you have it. I have to tell you something that you're not going to believe, but I swear it's the truth." Sarah closed her eyes, took a deep breath and turned to him. "Do you remember the Underground?"
He didn't answer but just stared at her. She then continued to tell him about the Labyrinth and the Goblin King.
He didn't say a word as he listened but the things she was saying felt familiar. Especially when she told him about the King falling in love with a mortal girl and she had rejected him. He could almost see it in his head.
When she was finished with her story he got up and paced a little. "Well that was a fantastic story. Now I know where your brother gets his stories from."
Sarah sighed heavily. "No it's the truth. I know it sounds crazy but you have to believe me. Because you are the Goblin King Jareth."
He laughed at her. "Me? A Goblin King? Sweet girl, I think you've gone mad. What kind of name is Jareth anyway?"
Sarah stood up to face him and he stopped pacing.
"What do you remember from your life before you were human? What do you even remember from before a few weeks ago? Think about it."
He did and the funny thing was, everything seemed to be foggy. He closed his eyes and tried to focus. He just moved here but where from? Suddenly he was upset, this girl was making him upset, who was she? Then he moved back a step. "Okay, I've had enough crazy talk for one day. It's time you go now."
Sarah smiled at him. "You don't remember, do you? You can't think of where you came from. You see, I was right."
He looked away from her in anger, something about her arrogance bothered him. "Now listen Miss Williams, you shouldn't be harassing your neighbors like this. You're a very stunning young woman, why don't you go bother your boyfriend or something?" He looked away when he said that.
Where did that come from? Why does it matter if she has a boyfriend or not? It's not like I'm into her, she's so young barely out of her teens and yet I find myself strangely attracted to her. I must be losing my mind.
Sarah was stunned to hear that and she saw the embarrassment he felt after he said it as well. She almost thought he could be jealous.
Scowling hard at him she spoke fast. "Okay first of all not that it's any of your business but I am not dating anyone at the moment. Second, I'm here for you because I need your help. You are the only one who can save the Underground from being destroyed. I know that you don't remember but you are King Jareth."