Disclaimer: I do not own anything dealing with Labyrinth, so please do not ask me.

A/N: I am so sorry it has taken me so long to update this, but I'm quite passionate about me's HP fics. LOL! I'll finish this either with the next chapter or the one after that.

Chapter Sixteen: Utter Chaos…

Jareth flew through the air, the wind whipping against his face. He absolutely had to get to the wedding on time. If Sarah married Bryan, then he would never forgive himself. There was just something about Bryan that made Jareth's skin crawl. And any man who did that was definitely up to no good.

Jareth sighed as he thought of Sarah. If the Labyrinth was forgotten, then all would be lost for future generations of children. Even if she didn't love him, she hoped that she would do it for the sake of children everywhere. A life without fantasy, much like a life without love, was no life at all. Every child had the right to a fantasy… imagination… and above all hope. If a child had no hope, then what was their life worth?

Ooooooooooo

Bryan stood at the front of the alter, a smile plastered on his face. In just a few short minutes, he'd be married to Sarah… and her money. He was so close to the money he could almost taste it. All he had to do was make it through this wedding and he'd be off to Paris with his new wife's money and his lover on his arm.

The flower girls walked down the isle, throwing petals upon the floor. They looked so beautiful… Then came Toby, the ring bearer. He was so proud when Sarah had asked him to be the ring bearer. He looked so handsome in his little tuxedo and a huge grin upon his face. Once he reached the front, the bridesmaids came walking down the isle. One, two, three, and then the maid of honor, a friend of Sarah's from high school.

Then, the music changed and the traditional wedding march began to play. All the guests stood up and turned to face behind them. They all smiled and made little comments as Sarah walked down the isle with her father. She looked radiant in her long, flowing gown and the veil her mother had worn when she got married. But despite the smile on her face, any close observer could tell that the smile did not quite reach her eyes. There was something sad about them, and something forced about the way her lips turned up. She was not quite happy and no one would know why? But she did. She knew why. It was him. Jareth.

Yes, Jareth, king of the goblins and ruler of the Underground. Ever since that kiss her mind had been in a flurry. Why did he have to kiss her? Why did he have to confuse and scare her the way he had? He couldn't possibly love her. Not after all she had put him through. She angrily shook her head. What about all that he had put her through? He had taken her brother. He had forced her to run the Labyrinth in order to save him. He had given her a time limit.

She had not noticed that they had reached the front and nearly jumped when she felt Bryans' hand upon her elbow as she was passed to him by her father. In a sorry attempt to distract him, she offered a weak smile in an apology.

"Dearly beloved, we have gathered here…" Sarah stopped listening. She had looked past Bryan and saw… No, no, no, that couldn't be. She blinked and looked again. She had thought she'd seen Sir Didymus sitting upon the bench which was not too far off. But after she had blinked, he was gone. Great, now she was having delusions on top of her doubts. No, she scolded herself. She was not having doubts. She loved Bryan. Didn't she? She was almost sure of it. Almost? Did she just think 'almost'? "And if there is any among you who can find reason for these two persons to not join in holy matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace." There was a silence as Sarah looked around. No one said a word. In fact, it appeared as though no one were moving. When she thought that the silence was rather drawn out, she looked to the priest and frowned. He appeared to have been frozen, his mouth left partly open. Her heart beat wildly as she wondered what this could have meant. She looked at Bryan, who also seemed to have been frozen.

"Wha-?" she whispered. She backed away, wondering what was going on. She turned around and saw that everything seemed to have stopped. The people, the photographers, the birds. Everything and everyone was frozen. Her heart suddenly stopped as she knew who had done this.

"Jareth!" she called out, looking up in the air. "Jareth! Get down here right this instant!"

"No need to scream at me," he pouted. She gasped and turned around to find him standing right behind her. "Now, before you start to yell at me-,"

"What did you do?" she shouted. "Why did you interrupt my wedding?"

"Please, Sarah, just calm down and listen to me-,"

"What do you mean 'calm down and listen to you'?" she exclaimed. She pointed to her frozen fiancée. "You just froze the man I was attempting to marry!"

"Please, Sarah, just listen to me," he pleaded. She was about to go on but saw the tears in his eyes and it caught her completely off guard. The words which had been about to erupt from her throat stopped halfway up. "Look, Sarah, you may not love me the way I love you…. In fact, I don't think you could love me at all. But the happiness of all future children depends on your next decision."

"What decision is… Wait, the happiness of future children?" she asked, confused. "What children? What decision." Jareth sighed.

"Please, Sarah, believe me when I say that the happiness of all generations to come is at stake." He went on to explain, as quickly as he could, everything that would happen if she were to refuse him one more time. She rubbed her head.

"Are you telling me that if I were to refuse you again then the Underground will disappear completely and that children everywhere will lose their imagination?" Jareth let out a relieved breath and nodded.

"Yes," he replied. He stepped closer to her and ran a finger down her cheek. "Please don't refuse me again, Sarah." She bit her lip, then looked at him furiously.

"How do I know you aren't just trying to confuse me and get me to turn from Bryan?" She huffed and walked up to the front of the make-shift alter before Jareth could answer. Facing Bryan, but speaking to Jareth, she said, "Please unfreeze my fiancée and all our guests and then leave me alone."

"But Sarah," Jareth pleaded in a pathetic voice. Sarah glared at him.

"I said leave me alone!" Just as she said this, Jareth began to flicker. This shocked them both and Sarah couldn't take her eyes off of him. He looked at his hands as he continued to flicker violently. And then, in a flash, he was gone.

"Jareth," she whispered.

"Darling?" She jumped when she heard Bryan's voice, he brow furrowed. "Who's Jareth?"

A/N2: Okay, a bit rushed, but I'm attempting to finish this fic. Hope you guys liked it, despite its rushed feeling. Read long and prosper. Always Hopeful