First Off I owe EVERYONE and apology. This chapter was already written and simply sitting around waiting for me to post. I was ready to post right after my Christmas break, then my world exploded. My Ex-Boyfriend and I are having some trouble, and my mother has also decided that she needs to enter my life with problems. A girlfriend of mine has been having an extra hard time with her life because her boyfriend (which she has been dating on and off [mostly on for 5 years) is now moving to Australia. This news is really hard on her. I think she loves him and isn't really ready to admit it because it would make the move harder. The option of her moving with him is also out of the question (she has to complete her degree; stupid biology majors). So I have had to be there for moral support. So between me being the shoulder to cry on, a butt in some jackass's joke, a daughter who never gets anything right, and a person who is trying to pass her classes this quarter, I couldn't get on line. I am so very sorry. I will be trying to post more often and for the next 3 weeks or so I should have some chapters done. I don't want to make any more promises because I don't know what life is gonna throw at me next.

I want to thank all of you who reviewed me and I hope that I haven't lost any readers.

BEE BOP BEE BOP! I AM STILL IN NEED OF AN EDITOR OR BETA! PLZ!

There will be a few more flashbacks in this chapter so hang tight and tell me if it gets too confusing. Well if I haven't bored you all to death, heres the third installment of my little fanfic. Enjoy!

Remember: M for a reason!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Labyrinth. If I did I would be watching anime all the time and hiring someone to deal with my ex...(evil laugh) ...

Chapter 3

Tears I never Cried

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The living room had become ground zero. Wrapping paper and cardboard boxes littered the once clean area. For the past three hours the Williams family had been tearing apart the beautifully wrapped packages with ruthless determination. The result of which was a very, very large mess.

Karen was in the corner of the room admiring the necklace which Robert had spent most of his money on, while Robert himself was sickeningly fawning over his new golf club set. The only evidence that Toby was even there, were the small "Vroom" noises coming from behind a very large stack of wrapping paper. Sarah sighed and looked down at her small stack of Christmas gifts.

There wasn't much: A thick sweater or two, and a few Jane Austin books from her Aunt Matilda. Toby had gotten her a Rubber Chicken ("...But Karen said you liked chickens!") which had caused quite a commotion. Sarah knew that Karen still didn't like her, but she found it terribly hurtful when she did things like this. 'Maybe shes just jealous,' Sarah thought fondly, giving her rubber chicken a light squeeze, 'Jealous that I'm rich and unmarried.'

Sarah was wakened from her thoughts by Toby, who was tugging on her housecoat with fervor.

"Sawah," he said, his eyes glittering with pure cute-ness, "It's time for breakfast."

Sarah looked around the living room to find that her father and step-mother had both left and the smell of eggs was wafting from the kitchen.

"Ok," she said, "I'm coming Tob"

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Karen's new glittering necklace bounced away from her as she flipped the pancakes one by one. Robert had already sat down at the small table and was reading yesterday's paper. Toby skipped to the breakfast bar and lugged himself up onto the stool. Sarah gently sat down next to him and watched him run two of his new hotwheel cars together (making appropriate "KrsCHKSHT!" noises the entire time).

'Sheesh! How hes grown!' Sarah mused, 'God, could that be the same kid in a blue little onesie that I-'

Sarah stopped herself short.

'No need to be thinking about that anymore,' she decided, 'It's refused me altogether, remember? It would be better to just forget about it entirely. It was nothing but a dream, nothing but a dream, nothing but a dream...'

She continued that mantra as she stood up and fetched herself a steaming cup o' joe, glad of its warmth on her dry tongue.

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The girl didn't know what she was doing. The Goblin King could sense that. Yes, he had given that book to her for a reason and yes, she was supposed to come to his realm, but not like that... not like that...

She had said those stupid words, the words thousands had said before. He had taken the child for her. That was what she had wanted wasn't it? Well, Wasn't it? Oh, how he had boiled that night, with anger, and with longing.

She was smart, and she had easily defeated him. She drug him down into a new low, a new darkness.

He was defeated and he was alone.

Before she ran the labyrinth, he had often watched her. He enjoyed her little plays, poems and stories. She was so vibrant and lovely. She was kind of thing he would love to have in his grasp, like a caged bird, that sang so sweetly.

He had stopped watching her when he had been defeated. Or at least, he had tried to. There were nights when he had tossed and turned in his chambers wishing that his nightmares would end. That was when he would reverently draw the crystal and send his darling a dream. He never knew the contents of these dreams, for that was not for him to decide. All he knew is that he sent her hearts desire; something that she longed for. Just so that he could see a smile on her face.

And that would be his lullaby.

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Sarah really didn't know that the words would work. In fact she was quite startled when the Goblin King had appeared in her parent's room.

They played the game, and she had won. She had new friends, and a new outlook on life.

She called on her friends every spare chance that she had. Talking with them, and partying with them. She never had many friends aboveground and the ones underground really seemed to relate to her.

So it was Hoggle that she had confided to.

She had told him of her love for Jareth. It was a surprise to him at first, but then he started to understand. Sarah herself didn't really understand it. Loving him felt all to right, but she didn't know why. She knew that the Goblin King would never return her feelings, so she had told Hoggle to keep everything absolutely quiet.

The Goblin King could never love her. She wasn't stupid; she had read that confounded book. She was sure that he had written it. And she knew who he had written it for. That girl. The one who first defeated the labyrinth. The servant girl who was really a princess. Not Sarah, not plain old Sarah. This must be his revenge on all women. This love she felt.

She had kept calling her friends for more than a year. Until one day, they stopped answering. She had just come home from the premiere of the movie. She had hugged David Bowie several times and answered many questions from the surrounding newscasters. She had so much to share with her friends.

"I need you, all of you." She had said solemnly into the mirror, and waited. And waited.

And waited.

"Hoggle," she had said, "Ludo?"

"Sir Didymus?...I need you, ... com'on guys... stop playing... I need you."

Sarah waited for hours, not wanted to believe that her friends had deserted her. Finally she changed into her Pj's and decided to try again tomorrow. And so she tried, she even tried calling Jareth.

Shouting his name into the air. Screaming "I wish..." and collapsing to the floor.

Days turned into weeks, which turned into months, and well... you get the picture. After an entire year of trying she completely gave up on her friends.

The entire Labyrinth had deserted her.

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He had been there at the premiere.

He rolled his eyes at every dull line the "Goblin King" had uttered. Really, he did not sound like that. And his hair did not look that ridiculous. He absentmindedly ran a hand over his head (which indeed, looked almost identical to the movie's interpretation).

If this was all the Labyrinth was to that girl, than so be it. If he was just a story to her, then he would make that a reality.

That night he had cut off all of her resources to the labyrinth. She would no longer be able to contact her friends (which he had so graciously given her) and she would no longer be able to make any wishes. Ever.

But if she dare try anything like that movie again, she would find out just how real his world could be.

TBC...

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Okay that took a lot out of me,...

Again sorry for any mistakes I make... I need someone to read over this crap...lol

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Notice how I didn't say who he was fawning over at night. (giggle) ooooh I'm evil!

Is it Sarah? Is it? Is it? Muwhahahha! You'll never know... well...you will... it'll just be later...

But don't worry too much I'm a J/S fluffy girl at heart...

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