4 The Door
As she reached the bottom of the hill Sarah saw another familiar sight, sadly lacking in one detail. It was the pond near the edge of the labyrinth still with the strange watering can and trowel at its edge. But there was no Hoggle. The memory of their first meeting still made her blush even now, yet even though she could see the faeries flitting in and out of the rushes, there was no sign of Hoggle. She knew the last time she'd been here he'd been sent to wait for her, so she was hurt and confused that he wasn't here. Why wasn't he here, didn't he know she'd come back, and if Hoggle didn't, did Jareth? That was a stupid question, if Jareth hadn't brought her, how the hell had she got here? Of course he knew she was here, but then where was he? Why was she stood outside the Labyrinth?
As before there were no answers so she was simply left to walk around the wall looking for the door, which presented another problem, without Hoggle, how did she open the door? Finding it was the easy part, her memories guided her to it sure enough, but how to get in? After ten minutes of futile pushing and pulling trying to gain entry to what had become an impenetrable fortress, she finally stood back to take a good look at the door. She decided the only logical course of action would be to climb over the wall itself, there were enough vines and holes in the wall to make it easy enough and she'd run out of other ideas. Within minutes she had hoisted herself up one side, over the top and down the other. Pleased with herself, Sarah turned around expecting to see a familiar dank and dreary corridor, instead she found herself once again on the outside of the labyrinth. She knew she'd climbed over the wall, but there was no denying it, she had not managed to get into the labyrinth. Frustrated she went back to the door and began to push again, but no matter how hard she pushed, the door would not open. Finally, exasperated, she shouted "Why won't you open damn it!" Instantly the huge doors swung outward.
Stunned, she simply stared at the now open doors for a while, trying to figure out what she'd done. After regaining her wits she said "Close." And the doors closed. Confused and worried the doors might not open again she said "Open" and immediately the doors swung open. She quickly hurried into the labyrinth only to have the doors slam shut behind her. Her mind didn't know what to make of this, did she have power over the labyrinth, could she control it? If so…
Taking a deep breath she closed her eyes and said "I wish to be at the castle in the centre of the labyrinth… right now". Slowly she opened her eyes but was once again faced with the damp black walls of the entrance to the labyrinth. Realising that whatever power she had over the door she clearly didn't have over the rest of the labyrinth, Sarah set off walking, retracing her footsteps from five years ago, once again making that journey that could take her anywhere.